Chapter 161

After settling the final payment with the freight company, Li Ang began moving the ten half-dragon corpses, while the 【Doge Dragon Head】 had already been stored in his space ring.

A few minutes later, he stared at the ten corpses neatly arranged on the floor and wiped away sweat that wasn't there.

'I can begin attempting to create a corpse guardian now.'

Before today, Li Ang's understanding of corpse guardians had remained purely theoretical.

After all, in the Dragon Clan world, he had never had materials to practice on.

That was why he had ordered ten half-dragon corpses—to start with something simple, then gradually increase the difficulty.

After calming his emotions, Li Ang moved one of the half-dragon corpses onto his workbench.

Gazing at the lifeless, pale corpse before him, he picked up the surgical scalpel he had purchased and slowly sliced open its skin.

Thanks to his 【Agile Hands】 specialization, this delicate operation posed no challenge.

As he observed the shriveled veins inside, a sudden thought flashed through his mind:

'What if I inject my own blood into it, then perform the alchemical transmutation?'

The information Old Tang had given him on corpse guardian transmutation contained no record of this.

Perhaps no one had ever imagined a Long Wang would willingly donate his blood to such a lowly species.

Without hesitation, Li Ang immediately cut open his palm.

At the same time, a series of small alchemical matrices began appearing around the half-dragon corpse.

But the next moment—

Boom—

The half-dragon corpse exploded instantly.

Fortunately, its body contained no blood; otherwise, Li Ang would have spent hours cleaning up.

Staring at the half-dragon corpse reduced to a pile of mangled flesh, he stroked his chin in deep thought.

'Where did I go wrong?'

'Wait!'

Recalling the 【Nibelungen Project】 and Old Tang's blood-replacement procedure on him, Li Ang roughly deduced where the mistake lay.

He cleared the workbench, then placed another half-dragon corpse upon it.

This time, Li Ang did not rush into corpse guardian transmutation; instead, he began implanting another alchemical matrix.

It was a matrix designed to suppress dragon gene expression.

Moments later, he cut open his palm again, injecting his blood into the corpse on the workbench while initiating the corpse guardian transmutation.

Li Ang steadily advanced the transmutation process.

Until—

'Sssss—'

A hiss, like a serpent's, suddenly erupted from the half-dragon's mouth.

Watching the golden pupils snap open, Li Ang could not help but smile in satisfaction.

【Successfully completed an alchemical project, Professional Experience +347】.

After suturing the skin wounds on the half-dragon corpse, Li Ang ordered it to sit up.

After a series of tests, he had a rough estimate of the corpse guardian's strength.

'Roughly equivalent to a normal Level One, but with no special abilities—only physical power.'

'As for its intellect—'

Li Ang issued several simple commands and found the corpse guardian could carry them out adequately.

'It should be sufficient to operate heavy firearms.'

Thinking of this, he ordered the corpse guardian to carry the remaining half-dragon corpses onto the workbench, then began repeating the previous procedure.

Soon, the remaining eight half-dragon corpses were consumed.

Unfortunately, not every corpse successfully became a corpse guardian.

In the end, Li Ang had created seven corpse guardians.

Excluding the first one used for experimentation, the success rate was already quite impressive.

'Now, what's next—'

Li Ang stared at Odin's corpse in the dark room, his expression turning 【Solemn】.

After carefully moving Odin onto the workbench, Li Ang retrieved the 【Doge Dragon Head】 from his space ring.

Taking a deep breath and steadying his emotions, Li Ang began attaching the head to Odin.

Half an hour later, he gazed at the head now properly aligned on Odin's body and exhaled slowly.

Only with 【Calm Mind】 and 【Agile Hands】 could he have completed this step at all.

'Now comes the most critical part.'

With this thought, Li Ang sliced open his palm.

This time, he did not implant any alchemical matrix beforehand—Odin's body would surely withstand his dragon blood.

As the alchemical matrices unfolded, beads of sweat spontaneously formed on Li Ang's forehead.

Fortunately, his prior experience creating ordinary corpse guardians ensured everything progressed favorably.

More than an hour later, Li Ang finally slowed and stopped his movements.

He stared at the motionless Odin on the workbench and furrowed his brow slightly:

'Failed?'

Just as he thought this, a ferocious, malevolent aura suddenly surged from Odin's body.

Then

The King of Sky and Wind opened his eyes once more.

【Successfully completed an alchemy project, professional experience +3805】.

Looking at those golden pupils like a blazing sun, Li Ang could not help but let out a burst of laughter:

"Stand up, Odin!"

As his words fell, this Long Wang from the Dragon Clan world immediately sat up from the workbench, then rose to his feet and came before Li Ang to kneel on one knee.

Looking at Odin before him with his head slightly lowered, Li Ang's face could not help but show a satisfied smile.

'His strength is formidable; the only pity is that he can't use Word Spirits.'

Regarding this, Li Ang could understand, after all a Corpse Guardian is essentially a mummy made through alchemy.

It would be better to say Odin's current strength had somewhat exceeded his expectations; in the end, the other party was a Long Wang who wielded 【Authority】, and the power remaining in the corpse would not be much.

Of course, Li Ang felt that his own blood probably also deserved some credit.

'Come to think of it, can he use Gungnir?'

Thinking of this, he ordered Odin to go into the darkroom and pick up that Gungnir which he himself could not use.