Chapter 782: Helping a Favor
Barret and Obadiah had their calculations after they laid eyes on Lachlan.
Seeing Lachlan’s Qi Refinement strength reach the later stage of Golden Core, they felt at ease and dared to reveal the secrets of the Bloodline Ancient Domain to him.
Among the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association experts in the Bloodline Ancient Domain, three had already reached the later stage of Golden Core, while there were more than ten members who were comparable to Golden Core experts in strength.
With such power, they had no fear of Lachlan, a newcomer. If he had any ill intentions, they would be able to join forces to eliminate him.
In essence, Lachlan was within their control.
Of course, if Lachlan was willing to join the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association, it would add another strong arm to their ranks.
Although late-stage Golden Core cultivators were not the most powerful existences in the Bloodline Ancient Domain, they were still rare combat forces.
With Lachlan’s joining, they would be able to kill more people within the Ancient Domain and enhance their own strength. The first thing they could do was to eliminate the Azure Wolf Mercenary Squad.
“Oh? Killing others makes you stronger?” Lachlan raised an eyebrow, showing surprise.
In his mind, the image of Thelma killing a seriously injured member instantly appeared. When that person died, the energy and blood in his body seemed to be directly sucked away by a certain force, transforming into a pure blood energy that merged into Thelma’s body.
So this was the reason Thelma killed her injured comrade?
Killing could make one stronger!
“Yes, we call this ability ‘Slaughter Drain.’ Of course, it’s not just killing humans that can make you stronger, but also killing other creatures within the Bloodline Ancient Domain allows one to absorb their blood energy and enhance oneself. However, this does not include Blood Corpses! Those withered corpse monsters are no longer considered living beings,” explained Barret.
Obadiah added, “The blood pact we previously made is the most reliable way to gain each other’s trust within the Bloodline Ancient Domain. We have drunk each other’s blood, so even if we were to kill each other, we wouldn’t be able to absorb each other’s blood energy. Therefore, Lachlan, there’s no need to worry about us turning against each other because there is no benefit to killing one another. Welcome to join us, the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association!”
Saying this, Obadiah extended his hand to Lachlan.
After a moment of hesitation, Lachlan shook hands with him. “I’m only joining temporarily.”
“No problem! What we need is mutual support in this dangerous and opportunistic Bloodline Ancient Domain,” Barret said with a smile.
Lachlan nodded but felt that something wasn’t quite right. This blood pact seemed to be difficult to comprehend…
However, Lachlan didn’t delve into it for the time being and simply agreed to temporarily join the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association. He then changed his tone, sounding a bit nervous and expectant as he asked, “By the way, how long have you been in the Bloodline Ancient Domain? Have you heard of a group that also comes from Priocia called the ‘Lachie Fire’ Security Group?”
Upon hearing this, Barret, Obadiah, and Thelma exchanged glances and furrowed their brows as they contemplated.
Finally, Barret straightened his beard, shook his head, and said, “We’ve been here for about a month, but we haven’t heard of any ‘Lachie Fire’ Security Group. What happened?”
Upon hearing this, Lachlan’s heart sank. What? They haven’t heard of them at all? Could it be that Emerson and Noah are already in trouble?
“They are my friends. I came here to find them,” Lachlan said in a deep voice.
“Oh…” Barret sighed and smiled bitterly, holding back some information from Lachlan. In his opinion, Lachlan’s friends were probably in great danger.Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
In the Bloodline Ancient Domain, due to the effect of the Slaughter Drain, people and all kinds of creatures were constantly killing each other.
The chances of death were extremely high.
Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association hadn’t heard about Lachlan’s group of friends, which meant that they had most likely died long ago, possibly killed by other survivors, Ancient Domain creatures, or Blood Corpses.
However, Barret wouldn’t say this outright. Instead, he used this opportunity to persuade Lachlan, “Lachlan, now that you’re also here, the most important thing is to quickly improve your strength.
Only then can you better search for your friends in the Bloodline Ancient Domain and increase your own ability to protect yourself. Tonight, our Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association is preparing to take action against another group. I hope you can help us. It will also benefit you!”
Lachlan asked without agreeing, “What’s in it for me?”
“Killing itself is the benefit, isn’t it? That group of people is a mercenary group. The leaders are two individuals who are comparable to late-stage Golden Core cultivators and they have five Golden Core experts under their command. The others shouldn’t be feared. Their overall strength is slightly inferior to ours, the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association. We were already planning to take action against them, and with your participation, we’ll have even more confidence.”
“By joining, you will have the privilege to kill one of the two leaders who are at the later stage of Golden Core. You’ll also have the opportunity to kill one of the five Golden Core experts. With some luck, this could even elevate your strength to be comparable to an early Nascent Soul cultivator. How about it, Lachlan?” Barret pondered for a few seconds and then explained the conditions to Lachlan. It sounded sincere.
After considering for a moment, Lachlan nodded and said, “Alright! I promise you. I’ll help you this time as a token of gratitude for revealing the secret of this ancient domain to me. Once I deal with these mercenaries, I will leave and immediately search for my friends.”
Although Lachlan himself was a decisive person when it came to killing, he didn’t have much interest in killing others to enhance his own strength.
The power he gained was solely due to the “Unclean Power” bestowed upon him by the “Laws of Heaven’s Path” that enveloped the ancient domain.
He doubted whether the enhanced power would still remain once he left this area.
Furthermore, he was concerned that absorbing the life energy of others through this “Unclean Power” might subject him to the control of some unknown force.
This “Unclean Power” was the true power of the Laws of Heaven’s Path, which couldn’t be countered or expelled by his own Power of Death.
Otherwise, Lachlan would have wanted to eliminate this Unclean Power.
Moreover, although his Qi Refinement strength was only at the late stage of Golden Core, his true combat power far exceeded that level. In this situation, it was uncertain whether killing targets equivalent to the strength of Golden Core would actually result in a power boost.
In his heart, he considered it merely as helping the Frigid Dawn Wandering Cultivators Association.
Once this matter was resolved, he would leave the association and search the Bloodline ancient domain at the fastest speed to determine the fate of Emerson and Noah, whether they were alive or dead!