I Am Overlord - Chapter 268

Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Harvesting the Spirit Crystal Mine

Each species would have things they were good and bad at . For the cannibals, they had powerful physical flesh and a brutal energy that made them incredibly strong . But their weakness was rather obvious as well . They were simple-minded, and their souls were innately weak . Because of that, it did not take Xiang Shaoyun long to gain full control of the cannibal king .

This control was completely different from the type of control he had exercised on Long Hui . The entirety of this cannibal king's soul and consciousness had been fully taken over by Xiang Shaoyun . After all, this cannibal king's soul was too weak and couldn't resist the Nether Dragon Soul Curse, resulting in his complete defeat .

And thus, both the soul and consciousness were fully under Xiang Shaoyun's control . Xiang Shaoyun then learned that the cannibal king's name was Xiong Bao . He had a rather high status among the cannibals as he was the son of their patriarch .

"Great, this will make things much easier . " Xiang Shaoyun was overjoyed when he found out Xiong Bao's identity . He took out a spirit medicine and fed some of it to Xiong Bao before applying the rest to Xiong Bao's external wounds . He was not doing all this just to get a new puppet . Rather, he had something else he needed Xiong Bao for .

Soon, a day passed . Xiong Bao had recovered considerably . One had to admit that the cannibals really did have amazing physiques . Xiang Shaoyun no longer wasted any time and called Xiong Bao over before returning to the spirit crystal mine . Earlier when the cannibals had arrived, only Xiong Bao had gone after Xiang Shaoyun . The rest of the cannibals were still at the mine working .

"Go tell them to increase the mining speed," Xiang Shaoyun commanded through thought transmission .

The entirety of Xiong Bao's soul was already under Xiang Shaoyun's control . Thus, unlike Long Hui, he couldn't even think of resisting . He merely nodded obediently before heading toward the spirit crystal mine .

Xiang Shaoyun was still able to clearly sense Xiong Bao even with a large distance between them . He couldn't understand the cannibal language, but from Xiong Bao's soul undulations, he understood what was being said .

Xiong Bao was indeed doing as told .

"With free labor, I can now have a nice rest," muttered Xiang Shaoyun cheekily .

He then sat down and started meditating . In his Nether Soul Domain, the scenes of his battle with the cannibal king replayed repeatedly . After each battle, he would revise it to seek for his own insufficiencies . That was how he could further increase his combat experience, and it would help him greatly when he faced future opponents .

After fully analyzing his battle with the cannibal king, finding the weaknesses of the other cannibals he might encounter later would be easier as well . Soon, two days passed . Under the hard work of the tens of cannibals, the spirit crystal mine was completely emptied .

With the mining done, Xiang Shaoyun ordered Xiong Bao to send all the cannibals away . The cannibals would never disobey Xiong Bao, and they all left obediently . Next, Xiang Shaoyun rushed into the cave . He was greeted with piles of pure spirit crystals; a feeling of intense joy surged out from him .

"Haha, great! Awesome!" Xiang Shaoyun roared with laughter and started stowing the spirit crystals .

His current astral cosmos sea was big enough to store all these spirit crystals . After stowing them all, he found that a large part of the astral cosmos sea had been filled . A rough assessment of his concluded that the spirit crystals had occupied at least a space of 30 square meters .

With the average size of a spirit crystal, about 500 spirit crystals would take the space of one square meter . With 30 square meters occupied, after taking into consideration the height as well, he now had about 150,000 mid-grade spirit crystals in his possession .

That was an extremely large sum of wealth, more than what ordinary organizations would possess . Any Kings would go mad stumbling on such riches, and even Emperors would covet something like this .

After all, spirit crystal mines were extremely rare . Most of them were already under control of those large organizations . It wouldn't be easy for anyone else to get one for themselves . Xiang Shaoyun had only entered the Land of Soul Springs, and he already had such a harvest . One ought to admit that he was truly a person of great fortune .

With so many spirit crystals, I can do a lot more things in the future, thought Xiang Shaoyun .

Xiang Shaoyun then told Xiong Bao to bring him toward the lair of the cannibals . Why? Because he was now sure that the earthstone heart was being kept at a place important to the cannibals . There, it was placed on an altar, treated as the cannibals' most precious treasure . It wouldn't be easy for Xiang Shaoyun to obtain the earthstone heart .  

There are a lot of Kings among the cannibals . Moreover, that earthstone heart is being kept in their ancestral temple . With Xiong Bao's identity, he can get it for me . But there is an even stronger cannibal king guarding the temple . Xiong Bao will not be able to retrieve it easily . I need to think of something, pondered Xiang Shaoyun .

After the two traveled for about half a day, they arrived near the cannibals' lair . He could sense a large number of cannibals moving everywhere . Occasionally, some cannibals could be seen returning with the corpses of humans and demonic beasts, which would serve as their food .

If it wasn't for Xiang Shaoyun's ability to detect the cannibals long before they neared him, he would have stumbled upon them by now .  

Just as he was about to look for a place to hide himself, he sensed a battle happening not far away . After a slight hesitation, he brought Xiong Bao toward where he heard the battle . Soon, he saw a human fighting a group of cannibals alone .

When Xiang Shaoyun focused, he found that the human was actually Liang Zhuangmin from Cloud Margin Pavilion . Liang Zhuangmin was once a super genius of the Cloud Margin Pavilion, and he was the previous owner of Xiang Shaoyun’s first-class estate . But after being stuck in the Transformation Realm for seven years, he was kicked off the first-class estate by the disappointed higher-ups . He was also the society master of the Free Society .

As he fought, brown energy swirled around his body . With the prowess he was displaying, he was definitely a War King . Currently, he was fighting the cannibals with his physical flesh as well . Like a mad beast, he fought the cannibals head-on and killed them off one by one .

How strong, Xiang Shaoyun cried out inwardly when he sensed how overbearing Liang Zhuangmin's strength was .

Liang Zhuangmin was not only strong in terms of combat prowess . He also had a powerful defense that was akin to an impenetrable bastion . No matter how many bone clubs slammed into him, his defense stood tall .

That was why Xiang Shaoyun was so shocked . He watched on silently as Liang Zhuangmin killed about a dozen cannibals without even breaking a sweat . But since this place was near the lair of the cannibals, the battle had attracted a cannibal king .

The cannibal king immediately clashed with Liang Zhuangmin upon arriving . An intense battle erupted, and even when facing the cannibal king, Liang Zhuangmin was still able to stand his ground, showcasing his valiant strength .

However, Liang Zhuangmin had no intention to drag the fight on . Thus, he fought while retreating, trying to leave this place instead . But the cannibal king kept pushing on . To make things worse, a second cannibal king had also arrived . The two cannibals worked together and surrounded Liang Zhuangmin .

Liang Zhuangmin instantly sank into a crisis .