Chapter 693: Spoils and Emerald

Given that Eve single-handedly overturned this Thousand-Throat Amu during the incident, the right to distribute the spoils naturally fell into her hands.

She still had to ask her for this yellow crystalline core.

Eve had been completely bewitched by the treasures in the tomb, but she recovered after her own mother gave her a light tap on the head with a bitter smile.

She admitted that without Rod's Spirit Seed and the Growth Spirituality that activated the 【Sunlight Blessing】, the counter-kill was far from certain.

She generously gifted that yellow crystalline core to Rod.

She even said that those who see get a share, except for Tally.

Tally rolled her eyes; succubi themselves didn't care much about such things.

But Rod couldn't help but give her a reward.

He patted her small head, saying that for this week she could go from two meals a day to three; the succubus immediately cheered and jumped for joy.

Eve's gains this time were extremely substantial.

The gem 【Heart of Yellow Sand】, possessing the treasure traits of "Sandstorm Control" and "Curse."

The 【Thousand-Throat Mask】, capable of "Understanding Languages" and "Death Prophecy."

The 【Scepter of Sand】, granting temporary rank elevation to "Sand Skeleton" and "Sand Form."

The water vessel item 【Vial of Drought】 that never runs dry.

A large quantity of 【Sand of Oblivion】 capable of interfering with mental spells.

The 【Robes of the Sand-Speaker】 with considerable defense, the curved blade 【Blade of Thirsting Devour】 that absorbs surrounding moisture, the 【Sand-Transformation Amulet】 that enhances resistance, and so on.

Among them, she gave both the 【Scepter of Sand】 and the 【Robes of the Sand-Speaker】 to her mother, Lillian.

Although not all were treasures, their quality was quite good.

No wonder Eve was so happy.

Perhaps she truly believed Rod's help was involved in it.

It only increased her obedience by a trivial 3 points.

One could only say that obedience for a girl with a domineering personality was still hard to increase, let alone for someone like Eve who had a servitude relationship formed passively.

Obedience successfully broke through to 62, randomly drawing the 【Snake Scale Hardening】.

Perhaps due to the shared origin of dragons and snakes, this skill directly merged into the 【Dragon Scale Art】.

It directly turned the +18 Dragon Scale Art into +21, which was acceptable.

Next was the yellow crystalline core coveted by the Battle Soul.

Rod clenched slightly, feeling a very, very strong throbbing.

Inside the tomb, Eve was still excitedly examining and checking her spoils.

Lillian was, after all, a mature married priestess.

She more cautiously began inspecting the situation in the tomb and used a recording stone to record some special runes.

Just at that moment, she happened to pass by Rod's side.

The man was secretly holding her hand, and even interlacing their fingers in a very ambiguous way.

She immediately panicked, glanced at Eve, and after realizing her own daughter wasn't paying attention, she patted her trembling, soft backside and glared at him resentfully.

She hurriedly shook him off and ran to record and survey other places.

Rod smiled, watching Lillian's graceful back for a long time without looking away.

Tally's resentful little face appeared in his field of vision.

"I felt before, Master, do you like her too much?"

"Indeed, I like her quite a bit."

"Her beauty can't compare to the stinky elves in the forest, her skills can't compare to mine, her purity isn't like Vivian's, and her gentleness isn't like Watching Yuna's; why?"

"Liking is a feeling; Tally, your appearance and figure are one aspect, but identity is also very important."

Tally pondered: "Like when I turned into little sister Tally before? But after it happened many times, Master wasn't as excited and thrilled as the first time."

"That is because your identity was fake, little Tally."

"Oh, I get it, Master wants to do his own real mei."

"Don't talk nonsense! I was just making a metaphor! I wouldn't do something that goes against biological reproduction and endangers the next generation!"

"What's there to fear? We have 【Factor Adjustment】!"

The succubus's moral concepts have issues; please forgive us.

This topic was also a bit too much; let's skip it.

Rod squeezed the yellow crystalline core in his hand.

【Core of Devouring Battle】

【Details: The essence condensed after the Lord of Thousand Throats, Amu, devoured the battle will of thousands of warriors; inside, it seems as if countless sand grains are fighting and battling, stained with part of divine power, capable of summoning warrior battle souls to fight.】

There was no hesitation.

He followed the throbbing of the Battle Soul, slowly seeping blue-white soul mist to infect it.

After advancing to the eighth rank, Rod's means of controlling soul mist had long been incomparable to before.

Not long after.

The yellow crystal was soaked through with blue-white, cracked with a snap, and dispersed.

And the words "Battle Soul Impact" on the panel began to blur, slowly changing into 【Battle Soul Workshop】.

【Battle Soul Workshop: No longer limited by living beings, and capable of retaining certain traits.】

So-called few words, great matters.

Rod immediately widened his eyes.

Not limited by living beings?

That weapon? A treasure? A tree? Or perhaps the entire land of a nation?

"It shouldn't be that bad."

The four's brief looting expedition to the Thousand Throat Tomb was over.

Lillian detected more burial goods inside and summoned personnel to dig.

Eve handed the half-dead Lord of Thousand Throats, Amu, to Rod. She knew her counter-kill owed a bit to luck, had no way to suppress him, and thus gave up on him decisively.

With one 【Despair Mycelium】 from Rod, he gained another flesh factory to extract divine power and produce mycelial cores.

An old slave master indeed.

Life became decadent in the days that followed.

He either stayed in Eve's room or secretly slipped into Lillian's bedchamber.

In just one week, Eve successfully stabilized her strength at the high end of the Seventh Tier, while Lillian smoothly advanced to the Eighth Tier.

The merit of the 【Genesis Dewdrop】 was undeniable.

After a week of buffer time, most of the Ghurish clan's territory was carved away.

The mother and daughter began intensive work on their new territory and no longer had spare time to play around with Rod.

Rod had originally thought about returning to the forest, but since he was already out, he might as well take another tour.

The 【Emerald Tree】 shifted its course, arriving at Jade City.

Passing through the reconstructed Jade Domain, they entered the preservation space of the Sky Ancient Tree, Eva, once more.

"Rod?!"

As always, the super-long tree trunk stretched endlessly.

The Sky Ancient Tree Eva did not transform into a human form; a blurry face appeared atop the tree trunk, filled with surprise and joy.

She also glanced at Tally, who was looking around curiously behind him.

"Rod, succubi are hard to raise; they drain blood and suck marrow."

Tally frowned, leaped up, and kicked the tree trunk, which did not budge an inch.

Rod smiled and waved his hand, speaking directly: "Are you bored staying here?"

Eva made a bitter face: "Bored to death! The Jade Domain opens only once a year, and people as interesting and good-smelling as you are rare indeed!"

"If I said I could take you out, would you be willing?"

"Of course! Do you want to take cuttings from my branches? But I am imprisoned by the preservation domain, unable to rot or grow. Does the current continent still have room for me?"

"Perhaps it doesn't. But if you are willing to abandon this body, I can take you out."

"Oh?!"

Eva's eyes lit up. "Willing, willing! Can you really do it?"

Rod smiled slightly: "Of course. I have already found a way. Miss Eva, are you willing to become my war soul?"

(End of this chapter)