Translator: CinderTL
Tiger Soul Branch Base.
Rooftop.
Feng Qi sat in a rattan chair, sipping tea and lost in thought.
Half a month had passed since the Tiger Soul Research Institute provided their response.
The Tiger Soul Headquarters had already collected most of the spiritual materials on the list and delivered them to the branch base.
Among these materials were one hundred small bloodstones derived from the miracle bloodstone.
Upon seeing these small bloodstones, Feng Qi immediately suspected a connection to the Lord of the Mist.
For members of the Weakling Clan Alliance, these derived bloodstones held immense value. They could fundamentally enhance a clan's growth potential.
While the improvement might seem negligible, from the perspective of a clan's future development, it undoubtedly raised their starting point, granting them a broader future.
Such treasures capable of altering a clan's destiny were rarely shared, even by those who possessed them.
The ability to produce one hundred bloodstones at once could only belong to the Lord of the Mist or other Domain Forces who controlled fragments of the miracle bloodstone.
Feng Qi speculated that the Lord of the Mist might have already made contact with the Domain Force backing the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
But to this day, he had yet to receive a reply from the Lord of the Mist.
This made him uneasy, fearing that something might have gone wrong during the Lord of the Mist's investigation.
All he could do was wait, trusting in the Lord of the Mist's capabilities to handle any situation.
Historically, the Lord of the Mist had successfully infiltrated the Tiger Soul Research Institute and firmly established control over it.
Just then, his phone vibrated.
Pulling it out, he saw an incoming call from an unknown number.
Without hesitation, he answered.
"Feng Qi, I've successfully infiltrated Tiger Soul Headquarters."
Hearing the unfamiliar voice call him Feng Qi, he was momentarily taken aback before realizing it was the Lord of the Mist in a new body.
Judging by the Lord of the Mist's words, he seemed to have used his new body to infiltrate the domain force secretly controlling Tiger Soul.
Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Tell me everything you've discovered."
"Just as you suspected, the Tiger Soul Research Institute has long been infiltrated by another domain force."
"This force is called the Nightshadow Clan. They've infiltrated the Tiger Soul Research Institute for over a decade. During that time, they've erased the consciousness of the Tiger Soul High Command, controlling them through spiritual parasitism and exploiting the institute's resources to strengthen their own clan."
"Recently, their goal has been to create a super art magic. This is also why they're unwilling to let the Art Magic Genius Lin Ran attempt Cultivation Technique Research..."
As the Lord of the Mist spoke, Feng Qi gradually pieced together the truth.
According to the Lord of the Mist, several days ago, he used the Domain Weakling Alliance as a platform to contact members of the Nightshadow Clan behind the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
Under the guise of a trade, he successfully performed a body possession on a Nightshadow Clan member.
However, the possession process wasn't without its complications. A minor incident occurred.
He was nearly discovered by Nightshadow Clan reinforcements, but fortunately, he managed to handle the situation without raising suspicion, ultimately feigning unconsciousness to evade initial contact.
In his "unconscious" state, he was taken back to the Tiger Soul Research Institute Headquarters.
While pretending to be unconscious, an amusing incident occurred.
After being brought back to headquarters, the Nightshadow Clan members conducted a thorough physical examination on him.
They were particularly puzzled by the transformation of his eyes and hair into purple.
Following the examination, a clan elder concluded that his body had been corrupted by a mysterious power during the battle, causing his hair and pupils to turn purple.
The Lord of the Mist, who had been struggling to devise an explanation for his physical changes, found his impending dilemma resolved by this unexpected diagnosis.
He was deeply impressed by this turn of events, realizing that feigning unconsciousness truly could solve many problems.
During his days of feigned unconsciousness, he continuously reviewed fragments of memories from his new body's original owner.
Through these memories, he learned about the Nightshadow Clan's infiltration of the Tiger Soul Research Institute and the actions they had taken after seizing control.
By exploiting the institute's resources, the Nightshadow Clan had achieved rapid development in recent years.
They had also infiltrated and gained control over several domain combat teams that had previously served the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
Now that their development had stabilized, the Nightshadow Clan had begun formulating plans to enhance their overall strength as a race.
One of their core plans was the "Super Art Magic Project."
They aimed to create a perfect art magic tailored to the Nightshadow Clan's unique abilities, enhancing their combat prowess.
This project had been underway before Lin Ran joined the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
However, the institute's primary focus had previously been on "cultivation techniques," with less than 20% of its resources allocated to Art Magic Research.
Moreover, the Tiger Soul Research Institute lacked a true leader in the field of Art Magic Research.
As a result, the Super Art Magic Project had been stalled for a long time.
When Lin Ran emerged, the Nightshadow Clan saw renewed hope for realizing their vision.
The institute's resources gradually shifted toward Art Magic Research, explaining why the Nightshadow Clan constantly assigned Lin Ran research missions, leaving him no room for independent exploration.
They sought to exploit Lin Ran's innate talent to customize the art magic they desired.
During the phone call, the Lord of the Mist provided detailed explanations about the Super Art Magic.
The Nightshadow Clan's envisioned Super Art Magic was exceedingly complex, resembling a collective of art magics rather than a single technique.
This art magic allows members of the Nightshadow Clan to merge their released energy, ultimately transforming it into a Dharma Aspect God. The consciousness of all clansmen unites to control this divine avatar in battle.
The more clansmen who cast the super art magic, the larger and more powerful the Dharma Aspect God becomes.
Over the years, by assigning art magic missions to Lin Ran, the Nightshadow Clan had completed one-third of their research on the Dharma Aspect God.
The Nightshadow Clan believed that as long as Lin Ran continued his efforts, their super art magic would inevitably come to fruition.
The Nightshadow Clan had essentially been milking the Tiger Soul Research Institute dry.
Resources, talent... every exploitable asset had become nourishment for the clan's growth and expansion.
However, after learning the Nightshadow Clan's secrets, the Lord of the Mist felt even more confident in seizing the Tiger Soul Research Institute.
The Nightshadow Clan's true strength was far less formidable than he had imagined.
Their successful infiltration of the Tiger Soul Research Institute was solely due to their unique mental manipulation abilities and the accidental capture of a high-ranking Tiger Soul official outside the institute, which opened a channel for their infiltration.
Otherwise, in the Lord of the Mist's view, the Nightshadow Clan's strength wouldn't even be sufficient to infiltrate the Tiger Soul Research Institute's headquarters.
But the Lord of the Mist was describing the Nightshadow Clan of the past.
The Nightshadow Clan's current strength was vastly different.
Over a decade of resource cultivation, combined with the Nightshadow Clan's far superior resource conversion efficiency compared to humans, had allowed their power to grow exponentially.
(End of the Chapter)
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