Chapter 457 - The Evil Little Beastmaster (Part 2)
Several days later, during Lu Ran’s training, he sensed the imperial seal’s XP skyrocketing and couldn’t help but smile.
It’s so effortless. Maybe even too effortless.
With Six-Path Flower and Dark Crow handling things, he didn’t need to lift a finger. His empire’s foundation just kept growing. He took a peek and saw Dark Crow’s tactic in luring quasi-Legendaries to their turf.
After that, whether they liked it or not, it would be too late to escape. Once on land, with Six-Path Flower, Lu Yao, the Divine Fox, and the minotaur ready to roll, there would be no turning back. From there, it was all about brainwashing.
Dark Crow would likely say things like, “Join now, or there won’t be any leadership spots left... Plenty of quasi-Legendaries would kill for your position... Join us, and reincarnation awaits you... Believe in Lu Ran and gain eternal life... Follow our Legendary being and ascend to divinity!”
“It feels a bit shady, but if it turns out good, it doesn’t matter. We are the villains after all. Methods don’t matter; only results do.” Lu Ran accepted his empire’s expansion without a second thought.
And indeed, that progress soon brought him another breakthrough. Before him, a soul clone in the form of a dog demon struggled against a contract chain. After a long standoff, a radiant light enveloped the clone, and it vanished.
At the same time, Lu Ran collapsed to the ground, grinning from ear to ear.
“Hahahahahahaha! Manager Ying, I did it!”
“We saw, we saw.”
Inside the closed-door chamber, a few cats looked on, wincing.
Lu Ran had actually succeeded in using Super Beast Mimicry to replicate Manager Ying’s clone technique and turning his soul clone into a contractable familiar. Even Manager Ying hadn’t imagined this path.