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.
In the three places, the total number of creatures infected with the power of the void has reached 18 million.
This is almost equivalent to the total population of two human principalities!
But this was also the first year that I went out to 'run business' on my own.
After this, these 'business running' tasks will be handed over to the Descendants of the Void.
I worked hard to develop dozens of Descendants of the Void starting at 15th order not just to create a group of powerful loyalists.
For the time being, their mission is to spread the power of the void.
Under the protection of the fifty-one Descendants of the Void, I woke up from the slumber of the feast.
I glanced at my current panel information.
\\
Status:
Name: Barbatos Caesar Volaric
Race: True Dragon
Biological Order: 19th (Peak)
Occupation Level: Mage LVL 18 (Peak),
Mountain Believer LVL 10(Peak)
Body Length: 117.6M
Vitality (VIT): 578.90
Current Feast Tier: 323
Feast Cooldown Time: 29 Days
Spell-like Abilities:
Spell Rune:
Zero Tier: Mage's Hand (Return to Nature)
First Tier: Water Blade (Return to Nature)
Second Tier: Water Element Strengthening (Return to Nature), Water Therapy (Return to Nature)
Third Tier: Acceleration (Return to Nature), Guard Barrier (Return to Nature), Fireball (Return to Nature)
Fourth Tier: Any Door (Return to Nature), Rupture (Return to Nature), Wrath of the Earth (Return to Nature)
Fifth Tier:
Sixth Tier: Water Dragon Technique (Return to Nature), Transportation Teleportation (Return to Nature), Instant Teleportation Technique (Return to Nature)
Seventh Tier:
Eighth Tier: Slave Soul (Entry 97%), Law Shock (Entry 20%), Anti-Magic Field (Entry 30%)
[Psychic Martial Arts]:
Rolling Stone Strike (81% Entry), Shunpo (15% Entry), Hundred Fissure Fist (3% Entry)
Abilities:
Dragon Scales (LV 16), Dragon Breath (LV 16), Draconic Vitality (LV 24), Draconic Might (LV 7), Draconic Magic (LV 9), Fly (LV 15), Dragon Eyes (LV 7), Bite (LV 1t + 0.2), Claw (LV 1t + 0.2), Wild Scream (LV 7), Atomic Furnace (LV 5), Vibration Perception (LV 5), Telepathy (LV 5), Soul Chain (LV 5), Seed of Distortion (LV 4), Void Walk (LV 6), Armor Shredder (LV 7), Seed of Distortion (LV 5), Void Walk (LV 6), Meat Eater (LV 5), Reincarnation (LV 4), Son of Death (LV 3), Master of Blood (LV 5), Super Speed Recovery (LV 3), Black Water (LV 1), The Eye of the Dark Demon (Pseudo-3rd LV), Plant Growth (LV 2), Poisonous Aura (LV 1), Purple Thunder (Pseudo-2nd LV), Soul Swallowing (LV 1), Demonic Flame (Pseudo-2nd LV), Sovereign of the Four Elements (LV 1), Multi-Headed Dominion (LV 1), Blessing of Sacred Might (LV 1), Friend of the Forest (LV 1), Space-Time Teleportation (LV 1), Radiant Force Field (LV 1) Frost (LV 1), Sharp Minions (LV 1)
\\
Although the biological order remains the same at high 19th order, over the past year, the superposition of more than a dozen feasts has improved my basic strength.
There is definitely still a big gap between me and the third level of legend. After all, the strength gap between each level is calculated in multiples. It cannot be overcome by the cumulative strengthening of the feast in a year—unless this year, every feast consumed only legendary creatures.
"But if I have another fight with Victor, and that guy doesn't come with backup, I might have a chance to defeat him," I murmured to myself.
The main reason is that Victor has teleportation props, as well as the legendary sword Red Blade: Thirst for Blood, which can save his life at critical moments. As long as he is not killed instantly, or if I fail to take advantage of his carelessness to severely damage or destroy the teleportation props, it is really difficult to win against him.
Not to mention, even the legendary third-order powerhouses do not dare to guarantee victory against him.
After all, the difference in strength is a difference in strength, but in terms of reaction and speed, the gap is generally not so outrageous.
"Now I have learned eighth-tier magic and the Anti-Magic Field. If I get close to Victor and release this spell, I can prohibit the other party from using teleportation items." I pondered for a moment and finally gave up the plan to fight Victor.
Hold on.
Not urgent.
When my strength is strong enough to crush the opponent without any mistakes, it will not be too late to take action.
Even if I'm willing, I could now have the strength to easily kill Victor—as long as the more than two million void dependents (old) in the Tal Plane, plus more than three million void demons (old) in the Abyss Lava Wasteland Plane, dedicate their soul, flesh, and energy to merge with me.
But this was undoubtedly a waste of time.
"When facing an irresistible crisis, this will be my ultimate trump card," I thought calmly in my heart.
In the Dragon Pond, I slowly opened my crimson, vertical-slit dragon pupils and emerged from meditation.
I looked at the fifty-one Descendants of the Void, standing motionless atop the stone pillars. I opened my mouth and let out a voice as low and thunderous as a stormcloud.
"Go to the Abyss—and spread the power of the Void without restraint!"
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The black Descendants of the Void roared in unison in response to my command. Their enormous dragon bodies flapped wide, leathery wings, one after another vanishing into the great white portal suspended in midair.
Opposite the Any Door was a deserted island at sea, where the teleportation altar had been placed.
---
On the deserted island, after receiving the order, a large number of Dragon Vein Warlocks channeled immense amounts of magical energy into the teleportation altar, acting as the "power source" for the physical bodies.
Under the infusion of tremendous magical power, the altar slowly lit up, then released a stream of divine light that pierced the sky.
One after another, the fifty-one Descendants of the Void—each no smaller than twenty-five meters—vanished into the pillar of radiance shooting into the skies.
At that very moment, in the Abyssal Lava Wasteland Plane, a group of powerful Descendants of the Void—each possessing strange alienation talents—arrived.
And this was merely the first wave!
Soon after came the second wave, then the third—each bringing with them the power of the Void granted by the Black Dragon Lord, flooding into the Abyss one after another.
---
Why not target the Tal Plane or the Ghost Plane?
The reason for avoiding the Ghost Plane was because the war there was far too intense. The last time I attempted to spread the power of the Void there, I was almost discovered. If weaker Descendants of the Void were to go, the outcome was foreseeable—it would almost certainly result in exposure.
And the Tal Plane?
No, no, no.
That was because the Black Dragon Lord intended to personally carry out the spread there—alongside the entire Black Wing Nest family.
Logically speaking, many of the races on the Tal Plane had already had their souls marked through their belief in gods.
If he turned them into Void creatures and harvested all from them in the end, he would undoubtedly be stealing food straight from the gods' rice bowls.
And not from just one god—but a whole pantheon!
He believed that his future potential was no lesser than any of the gods, but he wasn't foolish enough to think he could provoke them now.
If it were just a single god, he could still flee into the Ghost Plane and bide his time, slowly building his strength until the moment came to strike back.
But provoke an entire pantheon?
The Black Dragon seriously doubted whether he'd even survive the escape.
The gods might not be able to easily destroy a material plane, but that didn't mean they couldn't drag it away entirely.
For instance, when a powerful demon lord invades and corrupts a material plane, they can pull it into the Abyss and fuse it with it.
At that point, any so-called protection of the material plane becomes irrelevant. The Abyss is a realm where gods can release their full might without restriction.
Though gods cannot pull a plane into the Abyss like demon lords do, they can still drag it near their divine realms and hang it as decoration.
Not long after the Void Descendants departed for the Abyss, the Black Dragon Lord summoned Skye.
---
Dragon Pond.
The massive black dragon lowered its fearsome head slightly and looked down at the tall, burly kobold standing below and before it.
"Skye, spread my power—and let war and blood run wild."
"As you command." Skye nodded solemnly.
While multiplying the number of Void Familiars, it was also time to collect some interest.
But to harvest them prematurely would be a waste—it would limit the potential gain.
Thus, I decided to wage war. Let the Void Familiars experience battle and grow stronger. Then, when they finally perished, their deaths would bring a much greater return in harvested power.
Meanwhile, the Black Wing Lair would expand its territory.
As for whether this would provoke the hostility of the Pan-Continental Alliance Army?
Let them worry about themselves first.
The Crimson Nest had nearly digested the entire northern region and was now charging into the central lands—the very heart of the Alliance's defense.
At this moment, the Alliance had far more pressing problems than the Black Dragon Lord in the south.
And if, by some chance, they did shift their forces to target the Black Wing Nest—then if all else failed, I could always temporarily side with the Crimson Nest.
When I had allied with the Crimson Nest, wouldn't they be obliged to send some powerful reinforcements?
---
Southern Wastelands – Territory of the Principality of Kass.
The Black Wing Legion marched in disorganized yet utterly terrifying formation, eventually arriving at the northern border of the Principality—Karen City.
On the walls of Karen City, the soldiers standing guard swallowed hard, staring at the approaching black tide with sheer terror etched across their faces.
In the ranks of the army were two-and-a-half-meter-tall kobolds, goblins, and hobgoblin warriors, towering trolls five to six meters tall, hulking bugbears covered in shaggy fur like giant bears, and two to three meter tall lizard men.
In the skies above, gray eagle monsters hovered with bows drawn, prepared to rain death upon Karen City at a moment's notice.
"Kill!"
With the thunderous command of a master-ranked Black Wing commander, tens of thousands of warriors surged forward like a steel flood toward the towering city walls.
One hour later.
Karen City, border stronghold of the Principality of Kass, fell.
The city had over 100,000 inhabitants. Thousands who resisted were massacred on the spot. The rest, after forcing a small, dark-red pill in their throats, were ignored by the Black Wing army, which pressed deeper into Kass territory.
Along the way, city after city fell like brittle weeds beneath the advance—there was no organized resistance to speak of.
On the third day, the Legion reached the capital of the Principality.
After a brutal clash, in which over ten thousand were slaughtered and all remaining rebels annihilated, the capital fell as well.
Only then did the Black Wing commander discover that Duke Bauhinia of Kass had already fled—taking with him his family and the elite Redthorn Legion, escaping further south.
To this, the Black Wing commander merely sneered in disdain and pressed on, continuing to raid cities and villages in Kass territory.
All the while, the small, dark-red pills imbued with faint Void power were being consumed by the human population.
---
At the same time, the Black Wing Lair extended its invasion into the territory of the Barbarian Court—composed mostly of former lands of the fallen Albit Kingdom.
When Barbarian King Victor received the news, he was mildly alarmed. But upon realizing the Black Dragon Lord had not personally appeared, and the war had dragged on for several days, he felt somewhat reassured.
"The Black Wing Lair's army is neither overwhelmingly strong nor weak. From the looks of it, they've come to test themselves against us barbarians," Victor muttered with a slight frown.
After thinking for a moment, he realized that the Barbarian Royal Court could only fight.
"If you train troops, then we will train troops too!" Victor snorted coldly.
At the same time, Fitz also began to expand outward in the sea area.
---
In the dragon pond.
I felt the increasing number of Void Familiars, and the power that each Void Familiar continued to gather with me as the core after their death.
Under the nourishment of these small, weak, but continuous powers, I could clearly feel that my power was slowly improving.
---
South Sea, the boundary between deep waters and offshore waters.
A majestic murloc over five meters tall rode on a 100-meter sea dragon. Behind him were sahuagin and sea beasts tamed and raised by sahuagin.
A four-armed predator with a strong body and generally over three meters in height.
The head was a shark head, a shark-veined murloc with super tracking ability.
There were also eyeless sahuagins with pale and smooth skin, terrible blindness and combat intuition, and fleshy whiskers on their bodies.
Eyeless sahuagin had a special ability—that is, creatures that approach them within a certain range would be dazzled. They appeared to be thinner than the four-armed predators and shark-veined murlocs, but their melee capabilities were not worse than those of the three fish. Ranked first among people.
The sea beasts ridden by sahuagin ranged from small bone beasts, which were sea creatures that looked like fish but had thick natural bone armor on their bodies, to large, dark blue creatures that were tens of meters long. Giant snakes.
In addition, there were dragon turtles as big as houses that could use water-based spells, giant squids tens of meters long with terrifying entanglement capabilities, magic swordfish with terrifying speed and penetration capabilities, and crab monsters, etc.
"Set off!"
At the front, Fitz, riding a sea dragon, gave the order.
The Black Wing Lair and the Sea Clan extended their bloody butchery knife to the races and creatures in the deep sea.
In the deep sea, in addition to the three dominant races of sea people, naga, and mermaids, there were other races of various sizes.
For example, Naga's slave race, the Astor Clammen, was a special race that was born with the talent of cultivating giant clam monsters.
Another example was the legendary black water Crab that was killed before. The black water Crab was also considered a group, and it was also a top group, but the number was too small.
This time, the target of the void army led by Fitz was a medium-sized sea tribe near their sea area.
Unlike groups such as Naga and Mermaid, which were sparse in number and relied on enslaving various deep-sea races to build a deep-sea empire as slave races, the sea people had a very large number of groups.
Just like humans on the surface, they reproduced based on a large base, and then geniuses and strong men stood out one after another, gradually occupying the deep sea territory and establishing their own deep sea empire.
There were only a few tribes of sea people at the beginning, but as time went by, the number of sea people multiplied and multiplied more and more, and the sea territory they occupied could no longer satisfy so many sea people.
What should we do at this time?
His Majesty of the Seaman Empire did two things.
First, it launched continuous small- and medium-scale aggressive wars with the neighboring Naga Empire, using war to consume more and more sea people.
Second, split. When the number of sea people in a sea people city reached a certain level, a sea people noble would lead a certain number of sea people civilians to take root in the deserted or captured sea areas.
The sea tribe that Fitz used for surgery this time was the second type.
"Kill!"
Roar!
The sea beast was roaring. The four-armed sahuagin was riding on the bone beast. One hand was holding the thick rope rein, controlling the direction of the bone beast to prevent itself from being thrown away. The other three were holding three long knives.
The bone beast roared and moved in the deep sea. Three long knives cut off the heads of four or five sea warriors.
Looking further away, a dark blue sea snake tens of meters long in the distance was bitten by a terrifying demon whale. A large amount of blood spread toward the sea with the struggle of the giant sea snake. This group of more than 100,000 people of the sea tribe had three magic whales in captivity, each of which was a top-notch monster.
Elsewhere, two demonic whales were also wreaking havoc, causing considerable damage to the sahuagin.
Fitz had just killed the leader of the sea tribe while riding a sea dragon. When he looked back at the three demonic whales raging among the sahuagin army, his eyes were cold.
*****
Thanks, you can read up to 30 chapters ahead on my Patreon.
patreon.com/GodofGreed