Imperial Crown.

Chapter 519 Martial Soul - Void Extreme Divine Eye!!
The Heart of Mash is about the size of a watermelon, but much rounder. It is like a steel sphere specially cast by precision instruments, covered with tentacles as thick as fingers, which wriggle and undulate in the air like horsehair worms.

Regardless of whether this magical plant actually grew from the dragon's body, just because it looked like this, Raven wouldn't dare to eat it rashly.

"Chi Chi Chi"

As soon as Raven began to absorb the energy from the demonic plant, the Heart of Devouring immediately rebelled fiercely, emitting strange screams, and its tentacles transformed into venomous snakes, tearing at Raven's palm.

"Hmph," Raven snorted coldly, his fighting spirit surging in his hands, blocking the tentacles.

Raven's physique was truly unique and domineering. Back in Eagle City, he had devoured an entire seventh-tier magic core! A mere fourth-tier magic plant was utterly powerless against Raven's absorption! As Raven continued to absorb its energy, the Heart of the Devourer withered instantly, its color changing from scarlet to grayish-black. This caused Raven a pang of pain; he had originally hoped to transplant it back. It seemed that such specially cultivated magic plants were truly rare and hard to come by.

Soon, Raven absorbed all the energy from the Heart of the Devourer. After putting away the mere shell of the creature, he sat down and began to digest the energy within his body. It must be said, this energy was truly unique. Unlike the rich and pure elemental power of the magic core, or the gentle and abundant complex energy of the potion, it was powerful, fierce, and masculine… even bordering on mixed! It contained the scorching heat of dragon blood, the unparalleled hardness of dragon bones, and even the resilient toughness of dragon flesh… Raven didn't seem to be absorbing a magical plant; rather, it was as if he had devoured an entire adult dragon! And its most essential parts at that! As a result, a large mass of memories that weren't his own appeared in his mind. The previously obscure and difficult-to-understand dragon language instantly became clear, as simple as the Chinese he had learned in elementary school.

"Is this the racial heritage that Pindler mentioned?" Raven muttered to himself. However, he didn't have time to study those memories now; he could only wait until later to slowly integrate them.

The energy of the Heart of Devouring Ma surged through his body, like a strange fire, gradually refining Raven's battle qi and flesh. It didn't even spare the Blood Curse, showing no fear, and directly began to wrap around it, tempering it bit by bit. Raven was immediately excited. If this thing could really devour the Blood Curse, that would be perfect.

Unfortunately, after waiting for over half an hour, although Raven could sense the Blood Curse weakening little by little, the change was imperceptible to the naked eye. It seemed the Blood Curse's level was still too strong! "Never mind!" Raven muttered, no longer wasting time. After all, so many unconscious second-generation heirs lay at his feet—these were his most precious possessions. If anything happened to them, Raven would be heartbroken! If it weren't for them, Raven wouldn't even have wanted to expose himself in front of Rudolph; the risk was simply too great! Killing them was one thing, but keeping them alive was another. Raven was practically risking the entire plan's failure to protect these second-generation heirs' lives!

He took out about ten fourth-tier magic cores from his storage ring, threw them into the air, and then shattered them with a single sword strike. Raven's shoulders trembled, and he uttered a thunderous roar: "Breakthrough!"

As a massive influx of elemental power flowed into Raven's body, his weakened battle qi, after being tempered, surged back to full strength. Already at the peak of the third rank, Raven, with the help of the Heart of the Mash, successfully broke through to the fourth rank! "What will my martial soul be this time?" Raven wondered to himself, a hint of anticipation in his eyes. Eric's martial soul was a greatsword, and Fezhuoti's was a skull. If there was any similarity, it was that their martial souls were undoubtedly key elements in their cultivation paths. He'd heard from Hu Xia that a "useless genius" had emerged from the ancestral land of Eagle Territory, capable of awakening his martial soul from a young age, but it was only a Blue Silver Grass. He relied solely on his hidden weapon ambushes to shine on various martial arts arenas. Raven secretly prayed that his own martial soul wouldn't be so weak.

After successfully breaking through to the fourth rank, Raven's battle qi expanded once again. At this moment, a sense of confidence suddenly rose in his heart: if he encountered a fifth-rank expert like Fei Zhuoti again, he would be able to kill him with a single sword strike! Strands of scarlet battle qi rose from Raven's body, focusing on the top of his head and behind him, slowly outlining something.

Raven's expression grew increasingly grim. What had he seen? An eyeball?
A scarlet eye materialized behind Raven, but this eyeball was surrounded by tentacles, resembling the tentacles on the Heart of Magma! No! That's not right! It's not just resembling! It is the tentacles on the Heart of Magma! "What use is this thing?" Raven was somewhat frustrated, and then began to comprehend it.

The anxiety that had been hanging in the air finally died.

As he gained more insight, Raven understood the function of this martial soul: it allowed him to spy on anyone he had ever seen, regardless of distance or space! The deeper the bond, the stronger the effect. However, it offered virtually no benefit to his overall strength.

"Ok?"

Just as Raven was about to test the effect to see if Lux had cheated on him, he suddenly sensed Chirp Linga's unusual movement. "Are goblin detoxification abilities this strong?" How long had it been? Chirp Linga had actually regained consciousness on its own. "I'll call you Void Eye!" Raven sighed softly. He collected the surrounding magic core fragments and went to sleep. The martial soul's function was already so useless; he couldn't give it a trash name, otherwise, wouldn't all his efforts have been for nothing?

"Ugh...ugh..." Chuchulinga groaned unconsciously, clutching his head and swaying as he sat up. His head ached, his mouth tasted bitter, and his throat was parched, like the aftermath of a hangover! After a while, Chuchulinga realized he'd had a terrible dream. In it, he was utterly exhausted, spending 365 days a year serving those women. If he didn't wake up soon, Chuchulinga felt he was about to be completely drained! Truly drained!
"Haha!" Looking around, Chuchulinga saw Thor and the others who had fainted, as well as that damned Raven! Unable to suppress a smug smile, Chuchulinga struggled to his feet and came to Raven, a complex expression on his face.

"Kill! Kill him, Chuchulinga! You are a member of the orcs, you are the great chieftain of the goblins! You are a follower of Magnubiye! You absolutely cannot compromise and be manipulated by a human!" Chuchulinga suddenly roared.

Raven was startled and cursed the beast in his heart! He had kindly spared the man's life, and now the man wanted to kill him?!
"No! I can't kill him! If I kill him, how will I escape? These humans will definitely go crazy and seek revenge on me!" Chuchulinga suddenly stopped herself again.

Hearing this, Raven felt a surge of relief. Thankfully, this kid still had some sense of reason.

"Have you forgotten the tragedy of your broken horn? That damned Raven smashed your horn with his cane! It's a disgrace! Chirp Chirp Linga! He must be killed, killed to avenge this humiliation! To avenge the goblin race!" Chirp Chirp Linga's voice rang out again, "Besides, the world is so big, where can't we find refuge? We can always hide in the orc capital! Or go to the elven empire! We can even travel across mountains and rivers to the dwarf kingdom!"

Raven: ...

"No!" Chirpinga's voice quickly retorted, "Raven didn't kill me after all! He could have easily killed me! And I've already signed a contract with him, even though it's just ordinary parchment! It doesn't have any binding force! But I'm different from Raven! The great Chirpinga has the spirit of keeping his promises! Everyone says that we goblins are cruel, immoral, despicable, and lowly... but I will prove with my actions that we goblins are not like that."

After saying that, Chuchulinga clenched his fists, his face contorted in a ferocious grimace, and suddenly roared, "New Goblin!!!!!!!!!!"

Raven was speechless. What did this mean? Instead of rushing to save people, was he going to put on a live broadcast of a massive left-brain battle? Fine, let's have a battle! But why the roundabout, indirect, and sarcastic remarks... Raven had no sense of contract! Pure bullshit!
Chirping Linga sighed softly, walked to the side, and scratched his anus with his sharp fingernails before placing it under Thor's nose.

Ugh~~~~~~~~~

Thor suddenly retched, then sprang to his feet in an instant! "What the hell stinks like that? Did I fall into a latrine?!"

"Cough cough," Lin Ga coughed lightly, "No, you were poisoned. I'm the one who woke you up."

"You?" Thor instinctively disbelieved, then turned to look around, and it really was true! His expression softened, and he asked in a gentler voice, "Where are the people from the Hand of Death?"

"Ha!" Chuchulinga laughed in anger, shrilly, "What a stupid question! Of course, the great Chuchulinga Chieftain wiped you out with a flick of his finger! Otherwise, do you think you'd still be standing here talking to me? Hurry up and bring out a few bottles of Angel's Tears to reward your savior! I used every trick in the book to save you! My throat is so dry now!"

"Where's the body?" Thor walked out of the small room, still uneasy. The stench outside was unbearable, and some flames were still burning, indicating a fierce battle had taken place. However, most traces had been burned away! Thor had no choice but to come back and asked with a frown. "Ugh, aren't you annoying? He got away! I chased him away!" Chuchu Linga shouted impatiently, "I had to deal with him and protect you all, how could I possibly keep him here? He got away!"

Hearing this, Thor became even more convinced and took out three bottles of Angel's Tears from his storage ring, handing them to Chuchulinga. He then took out some antidote potions, feeding some to Raven first. Then he began feeding everyone a sip.

As the medicine took effect, a group of people slowly woke up one after another, each clutching their heads, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

Thor was seen weaving through the crowd, constantly checking on everyone's condition, while Chirplinga sat to the side, legs crossed, humming a little tune, and shaking the Angel's Tear in her hand, looking incredibly content.

"Humans are so rude!" Chirping Linga shrieked as she saw that everyone had woken up. "Don't they know to come over and say a heartfelt thank you to their savior?!"

As Thor recounted the story, everyone understood what had happened. Although they were reluctant to believe it, they had no choice but to confront the facts and walk up to Chirpinga one by one, whispering their thanks.

“That’s more like it,” said Chiu Chiu Linga, in a very pleasant mood.

"Something's not right!" The observant Hoaz was the first to notice something amiss. "Where's the Heart of Mash?!"

His words were like a stone thrown into a still pond, causing a huge uproar! Thor was busy rescuing people, Chirp and Linga were busy showing off, and everyone was busy expressing their gratitude... For a moment, no one really noticed that the Heart of the Maw was already gone!

"What are you looking at me for!" Chuchulinga roared indignantly, "Of course it was taken by the people of the Hand of Death!" After all, Chuchulinga really didn't take the Heart of the Mash, so she had a clear conscience! As she spoke, she patted her chest, "My ring is long gone. If you don't believe me, strip me naked and search me! Do I look like I devoured the Heart of the Mash?!"

His confident and assertive manner actually intimidated everyone present! After all, he had just saved their lives, and these privileged kids couldn't afford to turn on him on the spot.

"Oh well, never mind," Thor waved his hand. "As long as everyone's alright! We owe it all to Chuchu Linga this time. Otherwise, it would be one thing if we died, but if anything happened to the head of the family, I'm afraid my father would kill me on the spot!"

Seeing that everyone was awake, Raven stopped pretending and woke up with a "uh!" "Don't kill me! I'm an Imperial Earl! I'm a genius mage! I am..."

"Father, don't be afraid! We're safe now," Thor and Hoaz rushed over to comfort him.

"Oh? Is it safe now?!" Raven's tear tracks were still wet on his face. Hearing this, he wiped away his tears, coughed lightly, and said in a deep and sexy voice, "My whole life, I started from scratch..."

Upon hearing this, everyone's vision went black. Thor couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. He and Horaz had heard this story at least 300 times.

Thor forced himself to listen to Raven finish the story while he was still annoyed. He then hurriedly led his men out to search again. After confirming that they had found nothing and there was no danger, he returned and told everyone to take Raven and retreat.

The journey back was much smoother! After a day and a night, Raven and the others successfully returned to Bloodstone Castle. This was natural, as Rudolf and Fedora's heads were still in Raven's ring.

After everyone had left, Raven suddenly grabbed Chiu Chiu Linga and asked quietly, "They said you saved our lives?"

Chiu Chiu Linga flashed what he thought was a very cool smile. "It was nothing, Mr. Raven, it's nothing!"

"Ugh"

Raven sighed, "Anyway, I have to thank you." Raven took out a bottle of Angel's Tears and handed it to him, "But I'm just giving you a friendly reminder, Chuchulinga, the Dwarf Kingdom isn't a good place to go. I've heard the environment there is very harsh."

The smile on Chiu Chiu Linga's face vanished as if by magic, replaced by immense terror in her eyes, so much so that her right hand, which was outstretched to catch the Angel's Tear, froze in place.

"He wasn't unconscious? He wasn't poisoned? He was faking it?" Chiu Chiu Linga was in a state of utter confusion. Looking at Raven's eerie, half-smiling face, her knees buckled, and she knelt down with a thud. "Lord Raven, spare me! Earl, spare me! I, I, I was just momentarily bewitched, I was just talking nonsense! I would never, and would never, have had even the slightest thought of betraying you!" Chiu Chiu Linga didn't know how much Raven had overheard, and could only keep pleading.

"Huh?" Raven said in surprise, "Why are you kneeling on the ground? Get up, get up! I didn't say anything! Look, although I captured you, I didn't kill you! And you saved my life! We're even, get up!"

However, Chirpinga was completely limp and couldn't get up from the ground for a long time. Raven's words had shaken him to his core! He knew Raven's ruthlessness and knew that once Raven began to doubt him, he would definitely not be able to leave Bloodstone Castle alive!

"Okay"

Raven thought Chuchulinga was pretending, so he waved his hand and said, "I'm tired too. You can go now. Our agreement is effective from today! Dig for more magic crystals and let me see your value, Chuchulinga."

After saying that, Raven turned and went upstairs.

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(End of this chapter)