Chapter 1189 Evolution

To put it simply, as long as a creature looks like a bug and its habits are also like bugs, Joan can use his improved "dominant bug" to try to control the opponent's mind without having to worry about whether the opponent's biological type is a monster Or insects.

"Canwa!"

Joan chanted the spell activation incantation, and a cyan beam of magic power burst out from her fingertips, hitting the young man's scavenger on the forehead, easily breaking through the monster's will defense, and firmly controlling its spirit.

In the next eight hours, Joan can give instructions to this mature scavenger through telepathy at any time, just like driving a loyal servant.

At this time, the battle outside the cave had just ended, and the other two scavengers had been hacked to death by Audrey and Hyrule. Joan ordered the mature scavengers to step over the corpses of the same kind, turn around and return to the depths of the cave, find and kill the Other scavengers lurked, clearing the way for the expedition team to move forward.

"Joan, how did you make that scavenger bigger?" Medea came over and asked curiously, "Did you use the 5-level spell 'Animal Mutation'?"

Joan shook his head.

"'Animal Mutation' can only promote the evolution of animals in nature, and it doesn't work against insect-shaped monsters like scavengers. Besides, with my current spellcasting ability, I can't cast 'Animal Mutation' at all."

"I cast the third-level necromantic spell 'Sands of Time' on the scavenging insect. I originally intended to make it old and weak and easier to deal with, but unexpectedly, the scavenging insect temporarily evolved into a mature man. form."

"'Sands of Time'?" Medea blinked blankly, "I've never heard of such a weird spell!"

Joan was not surprised by her reaction.

"Sands of Time" is Professor Moriarty's unique spell, which is not included in the Arcane Library of Midgard University.

Joan even suspected that this spell was invented by his mentor. If Medea had heard of it, it would be unbelievable.

The phenomenon that "Sands of Time" accelerates the development of scavengers reminds Qiao An of the ripening effect of "Giant Worm Technique" on eggs.

He's not yet sure if this phenomenon happens by chance with scavengers, or if it applies to all long-lived creatures.

To get a real answer, Joan needs to collect more samples and conduct more extensive tests.

"Joan, Hailaer and the others have already entered the cave, let's get on the road as soon as possible."

The soft voice of the sorceress came from the ear.

Joan came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."

The two walked into the grotto side by side, Joan hesitated for a moment, and hesitated to speak.

"Do you have anything to tell me?"

Medea sensed his thoughts, and her emerald eyes shone slightly in the darkness, staring closely at the face of the young mage.

"Well... Medea, that's it. I know a secret method to develop the power of a warlock's blood. Do you want to try it?"

This was the first time Joan was selling the "Secret of Awakening" he had invented to a stranger who was not a relative or a friend. The other party was a beautiful and charming sorceress, so he was inevitably a little nervous.

"Tell me first, how to operate it specifically?" Medea asked cautiously.

"It's very simple, you only need to provide a small amount of fresh blood samples..."

Joan introduced the process of "Awakening the Secret Technique" to her. Two of the core technologies, "Mythical Blood Interpretation" and No. 4 Rune Rune Ansuz, he could not go into details, but only mentioned them in general.

After hearing this, Medea fell into deep thought.

The two walked silently in the dark cave, each thinking about their own thoughts, and neither of them spoke again.

The silence lasted for a long time, and the conversation between Hailaer and the Zion siblings came from the front.

Medea looked up at the backs of the three of them, then turned to Joan and said, "Your proposal just now is very interesting, but I want to think about it again, can I?"

"It should be carefully considered. If you are interested, feel free to cast a spell and contact me." Joan replied nonchalantly.

"Okay then, thank you in advance!"

Medea smiled at him, and quickened her pace to catch up with Hailar and Zion.

Joan can completely understand her cautious attitude. After all, strengthening bloodlines is not a trivial matter, and it might cause death.

It is impossible for Medea to trust him, a stranger who met by chance, without reservation, so that she easily entrusted her life and future into his hands, and being able to express her refusal in a tactful way is considered a great honor to him ,

The truth is this, but Joan's heart is still a little sour, very uncomfortable.

The bases of the ears felt hot, as if they had done something very embarrassing just now.

It was obviously out of good intentions, and it was a good thing that both of them could benefit from, but they failed to gain the trust of the other party—this kind of encounter was unavoidable, not to mention that Qiao An was a very thin-skinned, introverted and shy person.

After this setback, he couldn't help being a little discouraged, and it was difficult for him to muster up the courage to mention this matter to Medea.

Joan once imagined turning the entire bloodline strengthening plan he invented into a paid service.

Now it seems that doing business is not as simple as I imagined, no matter how good the product is, it is useless if it cannot be sold.

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In the depths of the cave, there were still two scavenging insects lurking, but before they approached, they were discovered by the mature scavenging insect controlled by Joan and drove them away.

When approaching the exit of the tunnel, Joan sensed a deep pit nearby through the spiritual link with the scavenger's servant, which was the nest where the scavenger's eggs were laid.

Joan needed the devil's eggs to match the "Giant Worm Wand". In the recent battle of Elk Town, in order to resist the attack of the frost giants, more than half of the stored blood moss eggs had been consumed.

Considering that the fighting power of the scavenging insects is better than that of the blood moss, Joan asked his companions to wait for a while, and then went to the scavenging insect nests to collect eggs.

Audrey, Holden and Hylar were worried that Joan would be in danger, so they insisted on walking with him. However, as soon as he reached the periphery of the insect nest, he was so suffocated by the pungent stench that he couldn't open his eyes. Even the gas mask couldn't withstand it, so he had to stop.

Joan blessed himself with "water breathing", and under the guidance of the young scavenger servants, he continued to move forward despite the stench coming from his face.

To his surprise, Medea didn't back down and followed behind him silently.

The spawning room of the scavengers is a large pit in which rotting animal and plant remains are discarded to provide nutrition for the larvae that have just hatched and are not yet capable of hunting.

The rotting corpses in the pit emit not only a stench, but also strong swamp gas. No matter it looks or smells, it looks like a big cesspit!