Chapter 340 : Beginning to Perfect the Shapeshifting Spirit Master System
Chapter 340: Beginning to Perfect the Shapeshifting Spirit Master System
“What?!”
Within the Duanmu Family of Yunhai Base, a shocked cry suddenly rang out.
At this moment, Scorpion Lion completely ignored the gazes around him as he reconfirmed the information over the phone in his hand.
Naturally, the person on the other end of the call was Zhou Ming.
His purpose was to inform Scorpion Lion that the leader of Shadow Kill had already been slain by him, and that the Shadow Kill Organization was currently in a leaderless state.
If the Duanmu Family possessed the capability, they could seize benefits from the Shadow Kill Organization, such as taking over its headquarters.
Of course, the primary reason Zhou Ming informed the Duanmu Family was because he wished to borrow their power to completely wipe out the Shadow Kill Organization.
After all, Shadow Kill was ultimately an assassin organization and therefore a significant hidden danger.
Even if Zhou Ming himself did not fear for his safety, he did not want any unexpected problems appearing in the future.
One had to eliminate evil completely.
As long as it remained within his capabilities, Zhou Ming always handled matters thoroughly.
There was also another reason.
Zhou Ming had his eyes on the resources accumulated by the Shadow Kill Organization.
Thus, if the Duanmu Family truly succeeded in dealing with Shadow Kill, he had to receive fifty percent of the benefits as compensation for providing this information.
However, after confirming that Zhou Ming was not joking, Scorpion Lion directly rejected the demand for fifty percent of the profits.
Although the Shadow Kill Organization no longer possessed a Transcendent Expert, its headquarters was still hidden within the Dark Domain.
Even with advance knowledge, the Duanmu Family would still need to pay a considerable price to take it down.
At this moment, Zhou Ming’s identity as a Transcendent Master held no influence over Scorpion Lion whatsoever.
After negotiations between the two, they ultimately settled on a seventy-thirty split.
According to Scorpion Lion, even without Shadow Prison, the Duanmu Family would still need to expend connections and resources in order to deal with Shadow Kill.
After thinking it over, Zhou Ming agreed to the proposed split.
For him, it was best not to attract too much attention right now.
What he needed was a period of peace and quiet.
A period to perfect the Shapeshifting Spirit Master System and strengthen himself in preparation for the threat brought by Spider Queen Iliss after Blue Star was devoured.
Although he currently possessed a lifespan of three to four hundred years, if he could not survive the threat posed by Iliss, then his lifespan was only slightly longer than that of ordinary people.
After hanging up the phone, Scorpion Lion still had not fully processed the information Zhou Ming had just delivered.
A Mid-level Transcendent Expert had actually died at Zhou Ming’s hands.
One had to know that Zhou Ming had not even advanced into the Transcendent realm for a full year.
“How exactly did this guy cultivate?”
Thinking about his own hard work over the past two years, not only had he failed to close the gap between them, but instead felt their difference growing larger and larger.
“Still, I’m close too. You cheating snake, sooner or later I’ll get my revenge.”
Recalling the time Zhou Ming had violently beaten him, Scorpion Lion still felt lingering pain just remembering it, instantly reigniting his determination to catch up.
After strengthening his resolve, Scorpion Lion ignored the surrounding gazes and prepared to report the matter to his grandfather, Duanmu Ruibo.
Just as he had said, the headquarters of Shadow Kill was located within the Dark Domain.
Even if Shadow Prison had been killed by Zhou Ming, the Duanmu Family could not simply make a direct move.
If the Duanmu Family wanted to take seventy percent of the profits, they would at minimum need to hand over half of that to other forces in order to perfectly resolve the Shadow Kill Organization.
Meanwhile, on the other side, after hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming no longer paid attention to the Duanmu Family’s actions.
To him, the resources of Shadow Kill were merely an unexpected bonus.
Putting away his phone, he immediately ordered the Snake Guards on duty to summon Su Mei and Aina.
A short while later, the two arrived together on the third floor of the stone tower.
“My lord.”
“You’re here.”
After casually greeting them, Zhou Ming directly stated the reason he had summoned them.
“During this trip outside, I gathered some resources for the two of you.”
Without wasting words, Zhou Ming placed the Spineback Iron Dragon Essence Blood and the Shadow Crystal before them.
“Su Mei, this is the Essence Blood of the Lord-level Ferocious Beast, the Spineback Iron Dragon. My previous arrangement for your path was mistaken.”
“You may use this Essence Blood to strengthen your beast while also correcting the wrong path you previously took.”
“With its help, advancing to the High-level Professional Rank should present no problems for you.”
“Unimportant matters within the camp can be delegated downward. You only need to grasp the overall direction.”
“Strength is the foundation. Do you understand?”
Looking at the ruby-like radiance blooming from the Spineback Iron Dragon Essence Blood within the specially-made glass bottle, Su Mei would be lying if she claimed she was not excited.
She simply had not expected her lord to so openly admit his previous mistake, nor that he would gather such precious resources for her.
“Thank you, my lord.”
Su Mei did not offer excessive verbal promises.
Because she knew that the only way to repay her lord was to complete the commands he gave her.
Zhou Ming nodded slightly before looking toward Aina beside her.
“Aina, this is the fifth-tier Spiritual Material, Shadow Crystal. It possesses tremendous benefits for shadow-attributed bloodlines.”
“I hope you can advance into the Transcendent realm as soon as possible and display the powerful bloodline strength of the catgirls.”
“Understood, my lord.”
Faced with the opportunity to advance into the Transcendent realm earlier than expected, the catgirl Aina’s reaction was not nearly as excited as anticipated.
It seemed she still had not forgotten Zhou Ming’s scumbag-like apology from before.
Regarding Aina’s reaction, Zhou Ming could only helplessly shake his head.
The reason he had done such things to Aina previously was partly due to emotional impulses, but he also suspected it had been influenced by their bloodlines.
However, he truly had little interest in romantic relationships.
Even if he had once possessed curiosity regarding such matters, he had already experienced them back at the Alliance Headquarters.
Afterward, he realized the temptation had not actually been that great.
Zhou Ming himself was unsure whether this was due to the influence of meditation methods or because his mind was naturally focused solely on becoming stronger.
No longer paying attention to Aina, Zhou Ming then looked toward Su Mei and briefly instructed her regarding matters within the camp.
Afterward, he informed both women that he would temporarily enter closed-door cultivation. Unless something especially important occurred, the two of them could handle matters on their own.
After resolving these miscellaneous matters and seeing Su Mei and Aina leave, Zhou Ming finally began organizing the spoils obtained from killing Shadow Prison and the Transcendent-level Cave Spider Men.
An hour later, Zhou Ming discovered that all the Source Crystal Coins he had spent in White Bone City had unexpectedly been completely recovered from Shadow Prison and the others.
Even more surprising, Shadow Prison actually possessed the class advancements for both Shadow Mage and Twinborn Demon Shadow.
After careful thought, Zhou Ming quickly understood why Shadow Prison had done this.
The Shadow Kill Organization possessed only one Transcendent Expert—himself.
Furthermore, after secretly submitting to Spider Queen Iliss in pursuit of a chance to advance into Legend, the moment the information became exposed, he would need the ability to immediately flee and relocate.
After reading through the Shadow Mage class advancement materials, Zhou Ming gained a rough understanding of this incomplete Beast Taming System.
Like many other class advancements, the Shadow Mage path also chose to abandon the road of bloodlines.
For example, Crimson Apostles pursued pure blood power, while Shadow Mages chose the path of shadows.
Through special rituals, they transformed their beasts into shadow beasts capable of becoming shadowized, thereby obtaining the power to manipulate shadows.
After advancing into Twinborn Demon Shadow, both Beast Tamer and beast could even enter each other’s shadows.
Rather than merely hiding within shadows, they truly entered another space entirely.
One could say that after obtaining the Shadow Mage class advancement materials, Zhou Ming became even more confident in perfecting his own Shapeshifting Spirit Master System.
After finishing the organization of all his spoils, Zhou Ming directly headed toward his laboratory.