When Fan Wuji woke up the next morning, he was surprised to find a small blob made of water snuggling beside him. He thought it was a slime monster and was gonna go grab something to defend himself with when the blob of water captured his attention by making some weird sounds as it moved its two appendages like arms, appearing very cute and harmless. It also has an appendage on its top and Fan Wuji can't help but touch the mysterious object. He felt its texture was rather watery, but what really surprised him was that he was able to communicate with the mysterious object.

He learned that this object calls itself a river sprite. He also learned that through this object, he is able to control the mysterious reward from one of the gold trimmed chests he received yesterday. Learning that the river sprite likes water, Fan Wuji took a cauldron from their kitchen and filled it with water, leaving the sprite to play with itself while he checks out the mysterious reward from yesterday.

He found that the reward yesterday is like a mental gameboard with 7 by 8 unit dimensions, totalling up to 56 hexagonal unit spots. On the top side and bottom side of the board, there is a single row with 9 squares. The board is separated in two sides, the top half and the lower half, and he can only mobilize the lower half of the board. On his side of the board, he recognized the overgrown lizard who calls itself Deathwing yesterday. It claimed some obscure spot in the lowest rightmost corner of his side of the board. He decided to move the dragon to another place. He noticed that the dragon was unresponsive, and even if he tried to force it with all his mindpower, he still was'nt able to move the dragon out of the spot.

"What?"

"Nothing. Just trying out the new functions of this boardgame."

"Oh, did you try to move my model? Haha, a weakling like you won't be able to uproot me."

"Can't you please move to another place, like the middle hex unit in the topside perhaps?"

"Never! I have taken a liking to this place. By the way, check out the left side of the board.The words you see there are the origins and classes of heroes."

Fan Wuji took a look at the side where the dragon is hinting at, and he noticed the traits bar right there. He found out that there are 2 traits currently activated. The class called Bruiser and the origin called Warcraft.

Bruiser- All allies gain bonus base health. Bruisers gain double this bonus.

Synergy

1 Bruiser- 125 health

2 Bruisers- 225 health

5 Bruisers- 450 health

9 Bruisers- 800 health, Bruiser in spotlight gains Glutton

17 Bruisers- 1600 health, Bruiser in spotlight gains Glutton, devour has 20x the effect

Glutton- Glutton gains various amount of stats, depending on the rarity and rank of the unit consumed.

Warcraft- gains a general that can call for cavalry to charge the enemy. The cavalry units provide an aura that increases nearby ally movement speeds, and grants a damage bonus to nearby allied Heroes.

Synergy:

1 Warcraft- a General fights for you, generals have 2 abilities at the start;

* Whirlwind: Deals damage in an area around the General.

* Charge: The General dashes to the target enemy, dealing damage.

5 Warcrafts- 5 cavalry every 150 seconds (1 cav multiplier for each warcraft hero), the general gains 20 armor, receiving 20% less damage

8 Warcrafts- 16 cavalry every 110 seconds (2 cav multiplier for each warcraft hero), the general gains 40 armor, receiving 40% less damage

9 Warcrafts- 27 cavalry every 90 seconds (3 cav multiplier for each warcraft hero), the general gains 60 armor, receiving 60% less damage

43 Warcrafts- doubles the individual strength of the general and cavalry, doubles the buff range and buff strength, 129 cavalry every 50 seconds (3 cav multiplier for each warcraft hero)

After checking out the Traits, Fan Wuji took the cauldron with the river sprite to his room. He sat on his bunk and meditated, intending to check his beast guarding space.

After using the magical stone that shortens meditation time to just 8 seconds, he easily entered his beast guarding space.

He checked his rewards from the last chest that was opened on the virtual area.

"Hey, you're back. Look at this warbanner from yesterday's starter chest. Cosmic force warcrest, how lucky can you be? I'm just missing a banner and this is good enough for me to use."

"Speaking of starter chest, you got a new hero yesterday. Two actually."

The dragon snickered as he introduced the new hero. Fan Wuji saw the warcrest, and he also received 2 Armored War Steeds, one of which was converted into 100 shards, as Fan Wuji can't store more than one of each item. He finally saw the hero the dragon was talking about. It was a two headed ogre.

"That's Cho'gall, one of my servants. He's unresponsive right now, there must be something wro.... Look out!!"

The dragon shouted as the ogre melted in front of Fan Wuji and its particles turned into medicinal powers.

In an instant, these countless medicinal powers poured into Fan Wuji's body violently.

The tingling sensation was like billions of ants devouring themselves frantically, and it seemed like hundreds of millions of sword lights were piercing through Fan Wuji's sweat pores, exploding his meridians, breaking his dantian.

It hurts!

Heartbreaking pain.

Hold on, don't shout!

No matter how painful it is, you can't cry.

This is his virtual space, you can't lose your composure in front of an overgrown winged lizard.

If he shouted, how could he be worthy of conquering this untamed beast?

Tolerate....

Tolerate.....

I couldn't bear it anymore, it was so painful!

"what--!"

In the virtual space, Fan Wuji finally couldn't bear it any longer, and let out an earth-shattering roar.

When the Deathwing heard Fan Wuji's roar outside the virtual space, he couldn't help shivering.

"Fortunately, I just enjoy the cultivation he provides, not empathize with his pain."

Next, Deathwing didn't just stood there, he used his spiritual energy to connect the cocoon Fan Wuji is in to the healing fountain, and gradually sent them to Fan Wuji as soon as they were filled up, in order to help repair his body that keeps disintegrating inside the cocoon.

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Although it was said that it was gradual and orderly, not all of it was stuffed into him.

However, this kind of terror is still impossible to take for human beings.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Fan Wuji's screams were terrifying, encompassing everything in the periphery.

Fortunately, this is the inside of the beast gathering space, no matter how much he shouts, it will not spread.

Under the maintenance of the healing fountain, Fan Wuji's body finally began to regenerate from the cocoon.

On the outside, the broken body has begun to grow back slowly, more stronger than ever.

Inside, the interrupted meridians in his body, as well as the broken dantian, are constantly recovering at this moment.

Hundreds of healing fountain refills, the stone in the heart that keeps sending out healing waves every 8 seconds, the essence of Cho's blood in the boy's body... These are the best of the best.

Not only will it allow Fan Wuji to reform his body, but it will also strengthen his talent.

This process lasted a full day and night.

After a day and a night passed, Fan Wuji's body was finally completely repaired. Except for the lack of a second head, everything else was as humanlike as before, but more stronger, like an ogre.

"It's time."

Deathwing pushed Gall's floating soul into Fan Wuji's body, this was the real highlight.

If Gall's soul is integrated into Fan Wuji, it is only a matter of time before he steps into the Diamond rank in this life.

Even above the Diamond, he dared to think about it.

However, Gall's soul, powerful and outrageous, cannot be fused at will, and it is accompanied by huge risks.

Once he succeeded, Fan Wuji would benefit immensely, and if he failed, he would even be wiped out.

Gall's soul entered the body, and an irresistible mental power immediately began to invade Fan Wuji's body and soul.

If it wants to take root in Fan Wuji's body, the first thing it has to do is to fight against Fan Wuji's genes and soul.

The soul of Gall can only accomodate Cho! The body of Cho can only shelter Gall!

"what--!"

This time, Fan Wuji felt a thousand times more pain than before.

It was as if his own soul was about to be torn apart alive.

He supported it, and within five seconds, the whole person's consciousness completely fell into darkness.

No matter how Fan Wuji struggled, he couldn't wake himself up.

This is no longer a matter of willpower. In front of Gall's mental power, Fan Wuji has no power to fight back.

His heart instantly cooled to the bottom.

Could it be that I finally got such a huge opportunity, and in an instant, will it be shattered?

If I can't hold the ogre's soul into the body reformed with ogre essence, will I be wiped out?

God, I just want to be an ordinary summoner, why did this soulbeast have to be unpredictable?

In this life, even if he has envied the sons of those rich summoners countless times, he never had such grief and anger, but today, for the first time, he was angry.

Downright anger.

Just because my family has no heritage, will I be helpless just from this?

Just because my parents are not summoners, no matter how hard I try, I can only paved the way for others?

I am not reconciled!

I don't know if the heavens heard Fan Wuji's call. In the darkness, a trace of fiery burning red flashed across the sky.

Fan Wuji's eyes lit up, and he immediately grabbed the fire. The next moment, the darkness was suddenly expelled, causing him to wake up and see the beast gathering place again.

But the next moment, he froze in place again.

What caught his eye was Deathwing, and behind Deathwing, stood a burning red sky, an exploding world.

The verdant light emanating from Fan Wuji's heart is full of vitality, shining on himself, allowing his body to be warmly nourished and repaired quickly while calming the despair on Fan Wuji's heart.

"This is... the stone from back then?"

After seeing Deathwing in all his glory, Fan Wuji's belief in life has completely collapsed.

After 14 years of his life, he believes that he has not yet seen too many strong people in his life.

However, after meeting Deathwing, he finally understood.

The strongest he has seen should be none other than this overgrown lizard. Even if it isn't strong now, it could still become stronger in no time at all.

This time, he will definitely be able to make his parents proud.

He will definitely make the Fan surname famous.

The process of fusing Gall's soul took more than nine days.

Although it is complicated and lengthy, it is ultimately beneficial.

Fan Wuji successfully fused Gall's soul, and in an instant, lightning and thunder began to startle the entire Xiguang base.

The dark clouds spread all over, the thunder trembled, and the refining thunder was like a sword light, tearing the sky.

The people in the entire Xiguang base were shocked by this vision of heaven and earth.

Countless powerhouses flew out of their mansions, and even in the city lord's mansion, there were some extremely rare figures standing proudly on the mansion wall, looking up at the sky in shock.

"How is this going?"

...

"This vision of the heavens and the earth seems to be the birth of a supreme genius. Even if it is the bloodline of the royal family, it is not half as good as the punishment for offending this bloodline. My Xiguang, when did such a terrifying bloodline exist?"

...

"Do your best to search, no matter what, you must find this peerless genius and protect it strictly."

...

The vision of heaven and earth made the entire Xiguang base boil.

As for Deathwing and Fang Wuji, because they were in the beast guarding space, they were not affected in any way, and no one found any breath.

After Fan Wuji repaired his body and successfully fused Gall's soul, his foundation began to consolidate itself continuously.

The first level of Cho...the first level of Gall...the second level of Cho...the second level of Gall...the third level of Cho...the third level of Gall...the fourth level of Cho...the fourth level of Gall... In the end, it continued until the fifth level of both Cho and Gall, and it stopped.

When he opened his eyes, two rays shot out like sword lights, instantly piercing the tree in front of him.

Rumble--!

The violent explosion was no less than the sound of a cannon.

Fan Wuji's body was filled with great strength, and although he had not move half of his full power, he can already hear the tiger's roar from his bones when he makes up a fist.

Deathwing nodded with satisfaction.

This wave of income is very stable.

Very perfect.

His foundation also just went from the level one mastery to level five mastery.

Four small realms were raised.

Although there are only four small realms, this is the foundation of cultivation.

Even a starting summoner with good fortune and good aptitude would have to spend at least a month or two before he can improve his realm.

If the aptitude is not enough, it may not be able to improve a small realm in a lifetime.

Moreover, his summoner also has the power of two heroes in his body. Not only is Cho the healthiest tank in the game, but he is also one of the few agile tanks with his own mobility ability plus Gall's shove.

In the future, he will have no scruples in fighting since his summoner is fully capable of protecting himself.

Deathwing predicted that although he is now at the fifth level of mastery, it should not be a big problem if he does not use all his cosmetic boosts and only relies on his base skin to leap a few ranks and defeat a bronze 5 with his current rank of black iron 4.

You have to know, heroes from the storm have all basic abilities activated from the start. But even more so is Deathwing, for he can already use his ultimate ability at black iron rank, while other soulbeasts can only have their ultimate at bronze 5 at least.

If he uses all his cosmetics, Deathwing feels that he should be able hunt an existence that has just stepped in the gold rank now.

However, this is just a thought. If Deathwing really wants to deal with gold rank beasts, he will definitely choose to not fight at all. Being huge and slow, it is absolutely impossible for him to fight pointless battles.

Unless there are special circumstances, otherwise, if the battle can be avoided, Deathwing will never take action.

"Drek'Thar, Stormpike!"

"We are coming, oh great one."

"I'm not your servant, lizard."

"My summoner, here are the generals. You need to choose one of them before you can mobilize their cavalry. Choosing Drek'thar here will allow you to mobilize the Frostwolf cavalry with orc riders while choosing Vandar Stormpike will allow you to mobilize the Stormpike Ram-riding Dwarven cavalry. I recommend you get Drek'Thar, summoner, for Stormpike is rather distrustful of me."

"Shut up, bastard dragon! Sooner or later, the alliance will rip all that steel out of ye."

"Haha, okay then. I'm sorry Mr. Stormpike, I'll have to work with Mr. Drek'Thar here. Once I get the chance, it won't be impossible to work together in the future."

"Bah, you smell of ogre, child. A powerful magi. Strange."

"Leave dwarf! You are not welcome here anymore, for now at least."

"You don't have to send me out, Stormpikes! Let's march!"

"Welcome, Mr. Drek'Thar!"

"This is the successor of the Ogre Magi Cho'Gall."

"I have seen the Chieftain of the Hammer clan and Fifth Circle Initiate of the Shadow Council. You can trust our Frostwolf cavalry to lead the charge in the Hour of Twilight!"

"Good!"

"I'll take note of that."

"Hehe! Master. Could we speak for a moment?"

"(Could it be that this beast has finally been tamed?) Yes?"

"Well, you see, it's not impossible for me to move to another spot in that map you know. It only takes one bit of, what can I say, an investment if you will."

"Speak. What would it take for you to move yourself?"

"If master can buy the Deathwing emoji pack number 1, this servant here will never dare go west when master says east."

"(Haha, finally, I've tamed you!) It's not impossible, tho I don't know where to find this so called emoji pack."

"Don't worry master, I've already put it on your wishlist, you just have to buy it. It only costs about 40 shards."

"Well, I don't think I can afford this. I don't know where to get the gems that are needed."

"Master, you just need to look here then you can find the number of gems and shards you have in your name. Right now, since you have a duplicate mount from the last chest, you received a prize of 100 shards for discarding the duplicate epic ranked Armored War steed. You can already buy the Deathwing emoji pack number 1 with shards. Master is very generous, thank you in advance."

"That should do it. Deathwing emoji pack 1 is bought and I still have 60 shards remaining."

"This world's true master grant me power."

"Hey, why are you still staying at the same corner?"

"Oh my, I've become so heavy my wings and stubby legs are'nt able to carry my body anymore. Maybe if master can buy me a wyrmrest accord, I should be able to move to that position this instant."

"Ahhhh!! I got scammed by my own soul beast!"