More than two million plus more than three million—the total number of Void Familiars is almost six million.
If all the power of these more than six million Void Familiars were merged and unified by me, then...
"The strength of the third level is certain." I was very convinced.
After all, my current strength is at the top of the second level.
If it weren't for the huge gap in strength between each level of the Legend, and the fact that most of the nearly six million Void Familiars are at the mid-level, with quite a few only at the low level, and their quality being uneven...
If there were nearly six million high-level Void Dependents, after the fusion, my strength might have undergone earth-shaking changes.
"I have no clue about the true meaning of that bullshit 'legend,' and I simply don't understand it anymore. From now on, I will just spread the power of the void everywhere and then harvest it to strengthen myself."
Thoughts floated in my mind, and then they quickly became firm.
Instead of wasting time on the illusory true meaning of legend, it is better to carry forward the power of the void.
My talent for understanding the true meaning of legend was not enhanced by the power of the void.
What kind of understanding ability does an ordinary black dragon have? I guess I'm not far behind.
As for ordinary black dragons, it is quite difficult to break through to legend. There are a lot of extremely old black dragons in the Star Realms who have not broken through for thousands of years and then die of old age.
If I really stick to the legendary truth, maybe I will be like an ordinary black dragon. Maybe I will not die because I have the power of the void, and my strength will increase with the continuous accumulation of feast layers, but it will definitely consume a lot of time.
That is.
If this part of the time is used to develop the Void Familiar, and then harvest and strengthen myself, then I may have already reached the god-like level.
After thinking all this through, I felt extremely relaxed and at ease.
The dark clouds overhead were swept away.
"Absolutely, I'm still on the menu!" I grinned.
Understand the true meaning of bullshit legends, and when you do, the whole world will feed you!
"However, in addition to the ability to fuse the power of the Void Familiar, there seems to be more."
After calming down, I focused on the feeling just now.
In addition to fusion, it seems that the power of the void has some strange changes.
I once again summoned an intermediate dragonborn guard.
Then experiments started on him.
After possessing the dragonborn guard, I felt the strange ability.
But there is a price to pay for using that ability.
Without hesitation, I transported the power in my dragon body along the void passage between me and the dragonborn guard.
I could feel that the power I delivered was not magic, nor spiritual energy, nor blood.
But the pure power of void.
Under the 'irrigation' of the power of the void, the dragonborn guard kneeling in front of the Black Dragon Lord suddenly curled up, as if enduring great pain.
As more and more void power poured into the body, the appearance of the dragonborn guard began to undergo tremendous changes.
The two-and-a-half-meter-tall humanoid shape gradually expanded to three meters, four meters, and five meters. As the body continued to expand, black dragon scales grew out one after another, and a bloody dragon tail also grew from its tail. Then a ferocious dragon appeared. The dragon horns and human head were also transforming into a head that looked like mine.
A moment later, I stopped transmitting the power of the void in my body and looked at the dragonborn guard who had completely transformed into another creature, with a dazed expression on my face.
A 'black dragon' with a body length of ten meters transformed where the dragonborn guard was.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes and felt the same aura, I would never have thought that this 'black dragon' was the dragonborn guard just now.
"I seem to be able to control the body of this 'black dragon'." I followed this feeling and invaded the 'black dragon' that was still in a coma.
The ten-meter-long 'little black dragon' slowly opened its red, vertical dragon eyes, raised its head slightly, and looked at the huge black dragon in front of him, its body half-hidden in the clouds and mist.
The two black dragons, one big and one small, looked at each other with strange expressions.
The 'little black dragon' waved its claws and slapped the black rock beneath it hard, making a loud and dull sound.
Then, the 'little black dragon' opened its mouth and spit out a mouthful of frost dragon breath, freezing a large area of black rock on the ground.
"You can actually inherit my special alienation talent." A look of shock flashed in the eyes of the 'little black dragon' (Barbatos).
However, in the next experiment, the 'little black dragon' (Barbatos) was a little disappointed.
The only alienation talent inherited by this dragon body is the first-level talent [Frost]. Other abilities such as the Eye of the Dark Demon, super-speed recovery, and magic flame were not inherited.
"By the way, have the magic-like abilities of the black dragon clan been inherited?" The 'little black dragon' (Barbatos) suddenly thought of this matter.
It began to control this dragon body.
Levitation!
There was no movement.
The momentum is fierce (dragon's might)!
There was no movement either.
After a while, the 'little black dragon' (Barbatos) stopped the experiment with a look of regret.
None of the black dragon clan's spell-like abilities were inherited.
In addition to the alienated ten-meter black dragon body, he also obtained a first-level alienation talent [Frost].
As for the improvement in strength?
This dragonborn guard was originally at eighth order. After the transformation, the body of the ten-meter black dragon was still at eighth order, and there was no change.
However, the body of the black dragon must definitely exceed the dragonborn human body of the dragonborn guard. In addition, with the first-level alienation talent [Frost] obtained from Barbatos, the dragonborn guard's overall power has still been greatly improved.
Suddenly, when Barbatos was deep in thought, something moved in his heart, and he removed his control over the 'little black dragon,' and his thoughts returned to himself.
The 'little black dragon,' who fell into a coma again after Barbatos pulled away his thoughts, slowly woke up.
The first time he opened his dragon pupils, the 'little black dragon' was at a loss.
Then, it soon discovered the changes in its body. It was shocked and looked at the Black Dragon Lord in front of it.
"Master, what is this?" the 'little black dragon' asked doubtfully and anxiously.
Barbatos squinted his eyes, looked at the little black dragon, and said calmly, "This is the reward given to you."
"Nike, thank you, master, for the reward!!"
Hearing that it was a reward from the master, the doubts in Black Dragon Nike's heart disappeared, and a fanatical and loyal emotion appeared in the dragon's face and eyes.
Barbatos saw the little black dragon's abnormal mood changes and raised his eyebrows.
Unexpectedly, there was a third change—this guy's mind and soul were distorted by Barbatos's power of the void, and he became a complete loyalist.
Although the original dragonborn bodyguard Nike was loyal and reliable, he was not immune to betrayal from higher powers.
But now, Black Dragon Nike, feeling the other party's twisted soul, made Barbatos feel calm.
This second ability, in short, is to transform a group of fanatical believers with a black dragon body appearance similar to his.
But this ability is not without limits.
During the process of transforming Nike just now, Barbatos discovered that the power of the void in his body was consumed a lot.
Although the void power consumed is restored all the time.
"According to this level, it should be enough to transform a master-level life into a 'black dragon,' but after transforming one, you need to rest for some time to restore the power of the void," Barbatos thought thoughtfully.
The black dragon Nike in front of him was still lying down with a fanatical and respectful look on his face. He wouldn't move even if Barbatos didn't say anything.
After pondering for a long time, the Black Dragon Lord lowered his huge and ferocious dragon head, looked at Black Dragon Nike, and slowly said,
"From now on, you will be a member of the Descendants of the Void."
"Yes!" Nike, the Descendant of the Void, replied respectfully.
The chromatic dragon mother Tiamat has an army of evil dragon descendants under her command. Barbatos saw some similar shadows of the evil dragon descendants in Nike and the possibility of this ability.
Rumor has it that the Scions of the Evil Dragon were originally created by dragon believers who were loyal to Tiamat. These fanatical believers used necrotic dragon eggs as raw materials and created dragons like the Scions of the Evil Dragon through unknown and mysterious horrific rituals—monster-like.
Later, after being discovered by Tiamat, this ritual was perfected, and then a more terrifying and perfect descendant of the evil dragon was created.
These evil dragon descendants have similar temperaments to dragons with similar appearances. For example, the red dragon descendants are also arrogant, and the green dragon descendants are also extremely cunning.
However, although their temperaments are similar, these evil dragon descendants are completely different from the chromatic dragons in terms of beliefs. They are fanatical believers of Tiamat and can dedicate everything they have to Tiamat.
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Time passed slowly.
Since the change in the power of the void, Black King has no longer worked hard to understand the elusive true meaning of the legend, and even the time spent on spiritual energy and spells has been reduced a lot.
The Black Dragon Lord became active across the entire continent, sea areas, abyss lava plane, and ghost plane.
Of course, "being active" represents the behavior of the Black Dragon Lord, but in fact, the Black Dragon Lord is quite hidden. He transforms into a dragon-human form and spreads the seeds of the power of the void everywhere.
This is more diligent than spreading the power of the void before.
After all, these are my food.
I was like a hard-working old farmer, plowing fields everywhere, planting seeds, and waiting for the seeds to germinate, grow, and bear fruit.
Yes, through my experimentation, I've confirmed this: the longer Void Familiars—those imbued with the essence of the void—exist and grow stronger by feeding on its power, the more strength I can ultimately harvest. Every time they use the Void Overeat skill to empower themselves, they're not just evolving—they're investing that stolen might into a reservoir that will one day return to me. When the time comes to reclaim them, I inherit everything they've gained through that process.
That's why I can't simply force-feed a legendary powerhouse, a Void Seed and expect instant rewards. I wouldn't obtain the power of a legend—in fact, I'd gain little to nothing. I learned that the hard way. That shortcut leads to a dead end. The raw absorption is inefficient, a loss compared to the potential of the long game. The feast—that long, patient conversion—is what yields much better conversation.
But if I let them grow. I let them devour. And when their strength becomes rooted entirely in Void Overeat, when their core is no longer their own… that's when I consume them. And when I do—I take everything.
Waiting seems too much to me but…
On the contrary, the less.
This restriction did not extinguish my enthusiasm. After all, my lifespan is so long that waiting a few years to harvest a batch is nothing.
On the contrary, if I can harvest just after sowing, it will make me feel a bit unrealistic and illusory.
This will make me feel that he, an "old farmer," can easily gain power without putting in any effort.
This is not good.
At least I have to pay for a little time as a cost, right?
In addition to spreading the power of the void everywhere and creating large numbers of descendants of the void, I will use the second ability of the power of the void to create a group of descendants of the void every once in a while.
Except for Nike, who was used for experiments for the first time, I used Void descendants of at least 15th order as the original body and transformed them into descendants of the void.
If you want to transform into a descendant of the void, you must be deeply immersed in the power of the void. You cannot just transform other lives into descendants of the void.
Under the "hard work," one year passed in the blink of an eye.
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Dragon Pond
It was different from the original Dragon Pond, which was extremely quiet and only had the Black Dragon Lord.
At this moment, there are two neat rows of stone pillars on both sides of the Dragon Pond.
On top of the two rows of stone pillars, hundreds of meters high, dragon wings were folded in. A dark and ferocious dragon monster sat on each pillar, turning its indifferent dragon eyes. Its exaggeratedly muscular dragon body remained motionless.
There are fifty-one of these black muscular dragon monsters in total, and they exude a deep and terrifying aura.
The weakest one is 15th order.
The strongest among them has reached the peak of 19th order.
These are the Descendants of the Void, transformed by me using the power of the void over the course of a year. Basically, all the master-level dependents in the Black Wing Lair—except some core dependents and legion leaders—were transformed into Descendants of the Void.
For example, the peak-level 19 Cloud Eagle who joined the Black Wing Lair a long time ago.
Before transforming into a Descendant of the Void, Cloud Eagle's strength was still some distance from that of a pseudo-legend. After transforming into a Descendant of the Void, Cloud Eagle's physical fitness improved by a small level, and he also gained [Sharp Minions]. With a first-level talent, his overall strength should have barely reached the level of a pseudo-legend, and he is currently the strongest among the fifty-one Descendants of the Void.
The talent [Sharp Minions] comes from the four-armed sword demon I swallowed. The effect is to make the dragon's claws, teeth, and horns even sharper and more terrifying.
This alienation talent is not very powerful, but the effect is very practical—especially since the strongest point of the Descendants of the Void is their physical bodies. Their dragon bodies are much more powerful than creatures of the same order, and the originally extremely sharp claws, coupled with this [Sharp Minions] ability, make their melee combat ability directly maxed out.
The only thing that makes me feel a little regretful is that there are fifty-one—no, including the intermediate Void Descendant that was first transformed, there are fifty-two in total. None of these Void Descendants has obtained two or more of my abilities. All of them only received one ability.
I originally thought that the intermediate Descendant of the Void experimental body was just an accident—perhaps with poor talent or less compatibility with its abilities. However, after transforming dozens of Descendants of the Void, this conjecture was confirmed not to be an accident.
Perhaps there is only one upper limit to the number of talents that the power of the void can bestow upon the Descendants of the Void.
A little disappointed, but not too much. After all, with the extra talent of the Descendants of the Void, coupled with the various abilities they have learned, even the weakest among them at the same level can still rival a white dragon.
After all, even the first-level special alienation ability comes from the bloodline talents of legendary creatures. Although the white dragon's bloodline is also at the top, the probability of being promoted to legend is obvious to all.
In addition to the fifty-one Descendants of the Void who are at the lowest level of fifteenth order, I have spread the power of the void in various areas in the Abyss Lava Wasteland, the Ghost Plane, and the Tal Plane's sea area over the past year. It has exceeded all of the previous twenty years.
Now, the number of void demons in the Abyssal Lava Wasteland has increased from more than three million to more than seven million.
In the Ghost Plane, taking advantage of the war between the five major ghost tribes and the demon army in Black Smoke City, about five million void ghost tribes were also quietly spread.
In the Tal Plane, there were originally more than two million Void Familiars, but with my hard work, the number has grown to more than five million.
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