Chapter 1035, Blood Race Dao Troopers

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

“Can you make more ward nexuses, Junior Brother?” Feng Wujiang asked.

 

“Sure. That’s my plan.”

 

“Alright, I’ll ask someone to send the materials to you.” Feng Wujiang was gratified. He had seen how Lu Ye could easily make a ward nexus. It didn’t take him much effort to craft one. In that case, he would have sufficient time to make 200 ward nexuses every day.

 

Lu Ye then followed Feng Wujiang to another place. Soon, they arrived at a cave at the bottom of the mountain. Several cultivators guarded the entrance. When they saw Feng Wujiang, they saluted him. “Holy Master!”

 

Feng Wujiang nodded and led Lu Ye into the cave.

 

The passageway was straight at first, but it soon spiralled down until they arrived at a huge cave that was 300 metres beneath the ground. The cave was illuminated with torchlights.

 

Lu Ye could see that there was one big water tank every few metres. A round thing was on the surface of every water tank.

 

He initially didn’t realise what those round things were, but upon closer look, he was astounded. “Eldest Senior Brother, these are…”

 

“Dao Troopers!” Feng Wujiang replied gently as he stood beside Lu Ye with his hands behind his back.

 

“There are so many of them!” Lu Ye was astonished.

 

There were around 100 water tanks in this cave, and the round things he saw were heads.

 

The problem was that those heads had two pointed ears. It was apparent that these Dao Troopers were Blood Race members, not Humans.

 

In the past decades, those from the Holy Land had clashed with the Blood Race members several times. Blood Race members would suffer immense losses every time, and some of them were captured by the Humans.

 

Those Blood Race members were turned into Dao Troopers by Feng Wujiang. They were the ones before Lu Ye’s eyes.

 

Feng Wujiang had acquired the way to make Dao Troopers somewhere in Jiu Zhou. Tai Shan had learned it from him. Since Tai Shan could make Dao Troopers, Feng Wujiang naturally could do that as well.

 

But back then, he felt that making Dao Troopers was against nature, so he had never crafted one.

 

He wasn’t an inflexible person. Although it was against nature to turn Humans into Dao Troopers, he had no qualms about doing that to Blood Race members.

 

Over the years, he had selected some Blood Race members with excellent aptitudes and transformed them into Dao Troopers.

 

Unfortunately, the death rate was extremely high. Sometimes, not even one Dao Trooper was born out of 100 Blood Race members. After several decades, only around 100 Dao Troopers were born.

 

Lu Ye inspected the water tank closest to him and discovered that the container was filled with some special liquid, which exuded a herbal scent. It was a wonder what the liquid was made of. A Blood Race member was seated inside with his eyes closed, revealing only his head.

 

He didn’t seem to be breathing, but Lu Ye could sense that he wasn’t dead.

 

“These could be considered completed Dao Troopers. But they’re Blood Race members, after all. Although I’ve successfully made them, they’re naturally rebellious. There won’t be problems under normal circumstances, but if they’re attacked or go through painful experiences, they might betray us. That’s why we can’t use them in any war and they’ve been stored here.”

 

Lu Ye instantly realised the other man’s intention. “Do you want me to enslave them?”

 

Feng Wujiang nodded. “I initially thought these Dao Troopers couldn’t be put to good use. Since you have a way to control someone’s Divine Soul, I suppose I can give these Dao Troopers to you.”

 

When he heard that Lu Ye had such a skill the day before, he instantly thought of these sealed Dao Troopers. It was a shame that these Dao Troopers couldn’t be used after he had spent so much effort making them.

 

“Sure.” Lu Ye directly agreed to it.

 

“But you have to make sure your move is also useful on Blood Race members. You have to be cautious as every Dao Trooper here is more powerful than you are. If there’s a backlash, it’s no laughing matter.”

 

“Are all of them in the Divine Ocean Realm?” Lu Ye was shocked.

 

Feng Wujiang nodded. “Yes.”

 

The Blood Race members he had selected were suitable to be turned into Dao Troopers. With the Secret Technique squeezing their potential, it was only natural they could make it to the Divine Ocean Realm over the decades. The price to be paid was that their intelligence was damaged, and there was no more room for growth in power. It was just like Dao Thirteen.

 

Lu Ye lifted his head and looked around. A hundred Dao Troopers meant there were a hundred Divine Ocean Realm Masters. Even though they might not be powerful among the Divine Ocean Realm Masters, they were still in the Divine Ocean Realm, after all.

 

If they could use the power of these Dao Troopers, it would be immensely helpful to the Holy Land.

 

“That’s why I have to make sure your move won’t go wrong.”

 

“It certainly won’t go wrong,” Lu Ye said assuringly. “Actually, my move is a Divine Glyph. A backlash might happen if my target is a Divine Ocean Realm Master with normal intelligence. However, I’m sure I can have absolute control over these dull-witted Dao Troopers.”

 

“A Divine Glyph?” Feng Wujiang was astounded. “Isn’t that…”

 

Although he wasn’t a Glyphweaver, he knew what a Divine Glyph was. It had to be constructed using the Divine Ego, but Lu Ye was only a Real Lake Realm Master.

 

As Feng Wujiang spoke, he suddenly felt a wisp of Divine Ego coming from Lu Ye.

 

“You have a Divine Ego!” Feng Wujiang was flabbergasted. Even though he was an experienced man, he had never seen something as inconceivable as this.

 

How did a Real Lake Realm Master develop a Divine Ego? Even though Lu Ye was an Eighth-Order Real Lake Realm Master, there had never been a precedent where a Real Lake Realm Master could nurture a Soul Body.

 

“Due to some opportunities, I acquired a lot of Soul Cleansing Water, and my Divine Soul became powerful through long-term consumption of it. Then, I nurtured a Soul Body by accident and eventually developed a Divine Ego.”

 

He didn’t have to hide anything from Feng Wujiang. Moreover, Shui Yuan and Nian Yuexian were aware of this matter.

 

Also, when he used his move to enslave these Dao Troopers later, Feng Wujiang would discover it.

 

Feng Wujiang was at a loss for words. He thought his life was unimaginable enough, but much to his surprise, Lu Ye’s life was even more inconceivable.

 

After pulling himself together, he said, “Show me what you’ve got, then.”

 

Lu Ye smiled and pointed his fingers at the Dao Trooper’s forehead before activating his Divine Ego.

 

It was apparent that Feng Wujiang had made the Dao Trooper fall asleep. It was just like how he made Dao Thirteen freeze and lose consciousness with a finger the day before.

 

Naturally, the Dao Trooper couldn’t resist Lu Ye’s move, and due to his damaged intelligence, Lu Ye could easily build the Soul Control Glyph.

 

Several breaths of time later, he retracted his hand.

 

Feng Wujiang turned to look quizzically at Lu Ye, who said, “It’s done. You can wake him up now.”

 

Only then did Feng Wujiang stand behind the Dao Trooper and press his hand against the back of the other party’s head. It was a wonder what he was doing. When he activated his Spiritual Power, the sound-asleep Dao Trooper suddenly opened his eyes.

 

In this dim light, his eyes were like two blood lights. Then, he rose to his feet as his Spiritual Power undulated uncontrollably. The water tank was shattered, causing the liquid to flow across the ground.

 

Feng Wujiang observed everything in silence. He would kill the Dao Trooper as soon as the latter showed any aggression.

 

However, the Dao Trooper only looked around before standing obediently in front of Lu Ye. He hung his head low with a look of respect on his face. His chaotic Spiritual Power also slowly calmed down.

 

Upon making sure that nothing had gone wrong, Feng Wujiang was relieved.

 

Lu Ye went to another water tank and did the same thing. Along the way, those water tanks broke apart, and the Dao Troopers regained consciousness.

 

It only took Lu Ye an hour to plant Soul Control into the Divine Souls of all these Dao Troopers.

 

When these Dao Troopers woke up, their Spiritual Powers would descend into chaos because they had been asleep for far too long. They would instinctively activate their Spiritual Powers when they awakened.

 

That way, Lu Ye could easily find out about their cultivations.

 

Just like what Feng Wujiang had said, all of these Dao Troopers were Divine Ocean Realm Masters. None of them were below the Divine Ocean Realm.

 

Their powers were fairly equal as most of them were between the Second Order and the Fourth Order in the Divine Ocean Realm. Only five of them were in the Fifth Order.

 

Dao Thirteen was also a Fifth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master.

 

It seemed that even though the way of making Dao Troopers was useful, there were huge flaws, and the success rate was low. The Dao Trooper would die once the process failed.

 

Lu Ye could tell the success rate was low just by looking at the number of Dao Troopers here. Although he had no idea how many Blood Race members Feng Wujiang had captured over the years, there were only around 100 Dao Troopers before his eyes.

 

“I’ll leave these Dao Troopers to you, then,” Feng Wujiang said.

 

“Don’t worry, Senior Brother. I’ll make full use of them.”

 

“Let’s get out of here.”

 

There were only three of them when they entered this place, but they were followed by many people when they left.

 

Since Feng Wujiang had other matters to attend to, he took his leave.

 

Lu Ye led these Blood Race members back to the peak of the Sacred Mountain. The green-clothed man was shocked, subconsciously thinking that Blood Race members had come to attack them.

 

A moment later, the green-clothed man came into the room with a trembling figure while holding several Storage Bags. “Sir, these are the items the Holy Master told me to pass to you.”

 

Lu Ye took the bags. “Thanks.”

 

“Don’t mention it.” The green-clothed man forced a smile and mustered his courage to leave. He was soon out of sight.

 

This couldn’t be helped as there were around 100 Blood Race members in the Divine Ocean Realm outside Lu Ye’s room. All of them were silent, and their expressions were horrifyingly grim.

 

Inside the room, Lu Ye looked into the Storage Bags. Two of them contained materials that were used to make ward nexuses. The other two were filled with Blood Crystals.

 

Lu Ye poured out the Blood Crystals from a bag and instantly formed a mound.

 

Looking at these Blood Crystals, Lu Ye let out a long breath, knowing that he had sufficient cultivation resources to make it to the Ninth-Order Real Lake Realm.

 

There weren’t only many Blood Crystals, but they were also of high quality. Lu Ye picked up one piece and felt the immense power inside it. He could instantly tell that it belonged to a Divine Ocean Realm Master.

 

He had never acquired the Blood Crystal of a Divine Ocean Realm Master.

 

Many Blood Race members were killed on the islands that surrounded the Holy Land. It was only natural that there were Divine Ocean Realm Masters.

 

Lu Ye directly tossed it into his mouth and munched on it. As usual, the Blood Crystal was crunchy and tasted bland.

 

As he felt the energy within the Blood Crystal, he was pleased.

 

He then leapt onto the mound of Blood Crystals and activated the Tree of Glyphs’ power. Invisible roots extended into the Blood Crystals and started sucking their energy.