Imperial Crown.

Chapter 643 The Wonderful Uses of Corrupted Soul Essence

Raven had consistently underestimated the power of the Essence of Corrupted Souls.

The main problem is a preconceived bias. Whether it's a magic core, a magic plant, a magic beast... or even a human, as long as it absorbs a large amount of corrupted soul essence, it will slowly decay, degenerate, and rot... until it dies. Therefore, Raven subjectively believes that it is a bad thing.

However, the essence of corrupted souls, being pure evil energy, dark element, and negative energy, possesses unique and unparalleled effects.

This is why cultivators ranging from bone dragons and witches to those who cultivate the Hand of Death are all so eager for the essence of corrupted souls.

It is no exaggeration to say that the essence of corrupted souls is nothing short of a holy medicine for cultivators of the undead and dark factions, capable of "restoring flesh and bones and bringing the dead back to life."

This is why this item was able to help Baydo reattach his legs. Of course, the essence of the corrupted soul alone wasn't enough. Raven's Battle Demon Qi was also needed to assist him. After all, his Battle Demon Qi had once even helped Eric break through to the fifth rank without the corresponding cultivation resources!

The principle is simple, like surgery. To remove the internal decay, you must first cut through the healthy flesh. It's somewhat similar to "scraping the bone to remove poison." The poison adheres to the bone; to remove it, you must first cut through the flesh. Then, you scrape the bone to remove the poison, apply medicine, and sew it up.

The essence of the corrupted soul is somewhat similar to a "parasite," with an almost insane instinctive craving for flesh and blood. When it discovers a flaw in its host, in order to maintain the host's life and ensure its own activity and long-term parasitism, it will instead repair the host's body first.

This is evidenced by the fact that after the bone dragon Gregory absorbed many years of... and a large amount of corrupted soul essence, it began to grow flesh and blood. (Chapter 0606)
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Just as Raven was about to have Thor cut off the tiger-man's legs, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Buruo, her face flushed and covered in blood, stormed in from outside, long, puffy breaths of white air billowing from her mouth and nose. Her full breasts, hidden beneath her yellow wool overcoat, heaved like windmills. Raven had only ever seen such an exaggerated figure on Julia. But Julia was different from Buruo; Buruo, being an orc, was tall and imposing, even taller than Raven, while Julia was a classic example of a childlike face with enormous breasts.

"Bu Ruo?" "What brings you here?"

As the head of Goldshire, the person in charge, and the government official, Philip naturally recognized Buruo. This was because Philip had invested in and built the house Buruo was mortgaged on. Upon seeing Buruo, Philip frowned and asked...

"I," "I,"

Bu Ruo was momentarily speechless. "I just came to take a look." As she spoke, she quickly glanced at Raven's expression. Seeing that Raven didn't seem angry, she felt relieved.

"You came just in time."

The next moment, Raven spoke up, "You personally cut off this tiger-man's left leg."

A small bed was brought in, and Raven laid Baydo on it. His legs had been severed quite far back, so to avoid interfering with the later treatment, Raven had no choice but to strip him naked. Throughout the room, apart from the two virgins, Sicot and Buruo, who looked slightly uneasy, Baydo's mother and maids didn't seem to find anything strange. Actually, there wasn't much to see; his curly hair looked like betel nuts chewed for three days, and his tubular member, when curled up, wasn't even as big as Raven's fist. "Cover him with a cloth!" "Cover him with a cloth, sir!" Baydo pleaded tearfully, overwhelmed with humiliation. But his hands were held firmly down, unable to move. Raven seemed deaf to his pleas, instead giving orders to Buruo.

Raven, whose very nature exudes kindness, would never do something so despicable as to cut off someone else's leg for a transplant into Baido. He could only target orcs. After all, in Raven's eyes, orcs and elves were merely medicinal ingredients for cultivation.

"I..." "Me???"

Upon hearing this, Bu Ruo was startled and poked his pig face with his finger, asking incredulously.

"Are you deaf?!"

Raven frowned and snorted softly.

"No." "Yes, yes."

Breo stammered, then silently took the longsword from Thor's hand. She regretted it; she really shouldn't have come here! She didn't understand why she had acted so impulsively in that moment of madness.

By having himself cut off Sangmiao's legs, he could, firstly, alleviate Sangmiao's guilt, secondly, test his loyalty as a prisoner, and thirdly... completely cut off his own path to being accepted by his orc kin and returning to the orc empire.

It was a truly insidious scheme, killing three birds with one stone. "How could a person be so wicked?!" Buruo was terrified, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. To be honest, during her years in the Orc Empire, despite her strength and status, she had never directly confronted Raven. This time, she truly experienced Raven's terror and evil. Before, she had never understood how the Orcs, who held an absolute advantage in the Bloodhowl Province, were so easily manipulated by Raven. However, in that instant of encounter, she immediately understood.

This villain, whose body is covered in 800 schemes, would be no match for even 10 Broken Tooth, the leader of the Boarmans, combined.

Standing before Raven, despite being a boar-woman taller and stronger than him, she resembled a helpless fledgling, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

Her usually incredibly strong hands trembled violently as she slowly walked towards the suspended tiger-man, Sangmiao. Each step felt like her legs were made of lead. Sangmiao's mouth was already gagged, allowing only mournful whimpers. Large tears streamed down his face. His expression was terrified, his eyes filled with pleading. There was no trace of the arrogant and ruthless demeanor he had displayed that morning.

Despite her deep loathing for Sangmiao, Bu Ruo understood that with this strike, she would never be accepted by her fellow orcs again.

"Bu Ruo, don't let me down."

Thor's urging came from behind. The hyena guard beside her slowly drew his longsword, coldly watching her. Buruo knew that if she hesitated any longer, her head would be chopped off!
With a flick of her wrist and a trembling of her long eyelashes, Bu Ruo let out a cold snort, gripped her knife with both hands, and swung it horizontally with a "whoosh".

"Waaaaaah—!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Samyu let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered. His entire left leg had been cleanly severed.

Raven, expressionless, reached out and grabbed the tiger-man's left leg. "Bear with it!" he shouted to Baido on the bed. So much time had passed; soft flesh had grown back from Baido's amputation. But to transplant a new leg, Raven had to cut away this flesh again. This would undoubtedly inflict secondary trauma on Baido! With a swift "swish," Raven's blade fell, severing Baido's newly grown flesh. "Ah—" Baido let out a piercing scream! No more mention of "covering up"!
With lightning speed, Raven sliced ​​off another portion of the Khajiit's leg, making the combination look even more perfect. Yes, he had a bit of OCD. Then, he grabbed Bydo's groin with his left hand and the Khajiit's leg with his right, pressing the two bleeding legs together.

"Sicoret!"

At Raven's command, Sicreth flicked his wrist, and a crystal bottle filled with the essence of corrupted souls appeared. It floated above the wound, spinning rapidly. Then, Sicreth pointed, and a burst of magic shot out, controlling the essence of corrupted souls within the bottle to spread towards the wound.

The Demonic Qi is a dazzling light. The Corrupted Soul Essence is also multicolored. However, most of them are obsidian, blood red, dark green... colors that give people an ominous feeling at first glance.

As the essence of the corrupted soul merged with it, the wound indeed began to heal. This essence of the corrupted soul, like a living thing, transformed into spider silk-like "blood threads," frantically "stitching" together Baido's wound and the tiger-man's left leg. However, the essence of the corrupted soul was, after all, evil energy; if too much invaded, Baido would be completely crippled. Therefore, Raven's hands also began to glow brilliantly. He released the Doumo Yuanqi within his body, blocking both ends of the wound, counteracting the essence of the corrupted soul, and suppressing it firmly within the wound area.

About half an hour later, a dense network of red lines, resembling countless tiny threads of blood, tightly bound the wound. It looked horrifying and gruesome to the naked eye. It was extremely ugly and chilling.

"I'm feeling it!" "I'm feeling it!"

But then a joyful shout came from the bed.

"call"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Raven looked at Bu Ruo again. Bu Ruo shuddered, as if she had just taken the first breath of icy air when she went out at dawn. She hurriedly raised her knife again and cut off Sang Miao's right leg.

The saying goes, "Practice makes perfect"—it's the same principle as plowing the field or the wedding night. The more skilled you become, the easier it gets, and the less effort it requires. Following the same method, Raven and the others quickly reattached their right leg as well.

"My lord!" "Could you spare Sangmiao's life?!"

As she spoke, Bu Ruo knelt down beside him, her legs bent, and begged. She had only pressed her advantage and pleaded hastily, seeing that it was working well.

Are you sure?

Raven looked at her with a half-smile. If Sangmiao died, she could still hide the truth. But if she let Sangmiao go back, then Buruo would truly have no way out.

“I’m sure!” “After all, I am the commander. Although Sammiao is not one of my own kind of orcs, I still have a responsibility to protect him, don’t I?”

"I said sincerely."

Raven pulled out a bottle of Tier 1 potion and tossed it aside. "This potion costs 300 gold coins." "If you can afford it, I can sell it to you."

"Waaaaah!" "Waaaaah!"

Upon hearing these words, Sangmiao, who was already barely breathing, immediately began to struggle agitatedly.

Bu Ruo got up, put him down, and took the towel out of his mouth. "I have merit points! I have 100 merit points!" "Bu Ruo!" "If you take out yours, you can make a total of 200 merit points!" Sang Miao immediately wailed.

Merit points have always been more valuable than gold coins. Even if 200 merit points can't buy this potion, they're not far off. He can pay back the rest slowly.

"This"

Bu Ruo seemed hesitant. She was still thinking about regaining her freedom as soon as possible and marrying Lao Xu. If she gave it all to Lei Wen, it would probably take her several more years to save up enough!

"Hey"

See? People hesitate when their own interests are involved. That's human nature... Raven couldn't help but scoff.

Speaking of potions, he remembered them and took out two more bottles from his storage ring, placing them on the table. "One is a Tier 3 healing potion, and the other is a Tier 3 Battle Mother potion." "Baido," he said. "These are rewards for you." "Once your leg is healed, I plan to bestow a title upon you." Raven encouraged Baido with a smile, wanting him to focus on recovering.

Philip hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude. Baido's mother then opened the medicine and slowly poured it into her son's mouth.

While the third-tier potion is incredibly powerful, capable of limb regeneration, its effects are localized. For someone like Baido, who has both legs severed, achieving the desired results is unlikely. At least a fifth-tier, or even sixth-tier, healing potion would be necessary. Secondly, the potion isn't a panacea. It's only effective if swallowed within 20 minutes of the amputation. For someone like Baido, who has already regrown new flesh, prematurely cutting off the limb and then ingesting the potion will only result in new flesh growing back, not two new legs.

"Lord Buruo!" "What are you still hesitating for?!"

Sangmiao omitted the terms like "bitch" and "slut" from his mouth and shouted angrily. Ever since he learned that Bu Ruo planned to marry a human, he had been disgusted with her.

"I have 128 merit points."

Startled by Sangmiao's roar, Buruo was caught in a bind and could only mutter indignantly. Ultimately, Buruo was first and foremost a woman, and only secondly a beastman. Women are like that; no matter how long their hair, their hearts are soft. She simply couldn't bear to watch Sangmiao die here.

Raven nodded. Thor immediately stepped forward and swiped the merit points from their waist tokens.

Sang Miao then used both hands to pounce like a hungry tiger, opened the healing potion, and wolfed it down. This level of potion couldn't regenerate severed limbs, but it was enough to save his life.

Humans value their lives. Orcs are no exception.

"Master, have you forgotten something?"

Looking at the Tier 3 Battle Mother Potion clutched tightly in Baido's hand, Thor licked his lips and hummed in a barely audible whisper. That's a potion powerful enough to propel someone directly from Tier 2 to Tier 3 Transcendent!
"Have I forgotten something?"

Raven sat on the sofa, his hands stained with blood, smoking and laughing. Baido's regeneration of his severed limbs put Raven in a good mood, and he feigned ignorance, asking a question in return.

Upon seeing this, Philip, Sikoret, Hyena, and the others also burst into laughter.

Thor's face turned bright red. "Where's my Mother of the Sea potion?!"

"I only made one bottle," Raven said seriously.

"I don't believe it," Thor said, and tried to snatch Raven's ring.

“Hey.” “You want to get beaten up, don’t you?” Raven laughed and scolded. “Here you go.” “Oh dear,” he said, taking out another bottle of crimson potion.

Thor snatched it, opened it, and took a deep sniff. "Ugh!" He immediately bent over, almost vomiting. "It's really eagle-yellow rotten moss!" "It stinks like shit!" What's the difference between this and the excrement of eagle-eating people?!

These words immediately triggered unpleasant memories for the hyena, and its expression turned somewhat grim.

Of all the people in the room, only he had personally drunk the Doumu potion. It was indeed like eating horse manure.

"Lord Raven!" "Do you have any transformation potions? "Not too high-level, level two will do!"

"I can't believe it," said Buruo, her voice tinged with envy. Yes, she envied Thor, and even more so, Baido. Having such a leader who could shield them from the storm and solve their problems. Even though Raven was utterly wicked, cunning, evil, and shameless… he was incredibly kind to Thor and the others. He clearly looked younger than Thor, yet Thor acted like a mischievous child in his presence. This couldn't be faked overnight. Seeing this with her own eyes, how could Buruo not feel envious?

Once she had the transformation potion, she wouldn't have to suffer the pain of having her fangs ground down anymore. She could even become a beautiful woman. That way, Old Xu wouldn't find her ugly anymore.

"no"

Raven said without looking up.

Bu Ruo nodded in disappointment. However, the next moment, Raven's voice came again, "There are some Tier 3 Transformation Potions." "Can you afford them?" A Tier 3 potion costs at least 3000 gold coins, and for rare items like Transformation Potions, 6000-7000 gold coins is quite normal. He didn't believe Bu Ruo could afford them.

"Can't afford it..."

These words did not bring Bu Ruo joy; instead, they made her even more desperate.

"Bydo," "Take good care of yourself." "I'll be going now."

Raven approached Baido, flicked his wrinkled little penis, and said with a smile.

Baido: ...

Raven and the others then went outside, letting Hyena and Thor go back first, as Raven had something to do. "I want to go too!" Sicreth said from the side. "I haven't seen Lux in so many years, I want to see her too."

"OK then"

Raven had no choice but to take her along, this troublesome third wheel, and head towards the old castle.

“啂” “Doumu medicine”.

Soon, Raven, riding a griffin, met Lux, who was in seclusion in the old castle. Raven took out a potion and handed it to her.

"So fast?!" Lux seemed somewhat surprised, and also pleasantly surprised. "And who is this?" However, when Lux saw the jet-black, glossy-skinned Sikoret, she couldn't help but ask instinctively.

"Someone who has seen your body many times."

Raven grinned wickedly.

"Sister!" Sicreth rushed over, hugged Lux, and took a deep sniff like a cat. "I'm Sicreth!"

"That...that black cat?!"

Lux's expression was a mixture of surprise and delight. Then the two sisters whispered something to each other, and soon after, they burst into tears. Between sobs, they threw their heads back and laughed heartily. Judging by their manner, they were probably teasing Raven.

"Ugh"

Raven shook his head helplessly. It seemed his dream was impossible to realize. He could only turn and go downstairs to smoke in silence. The lock on the catacombs passage had been opened, and Raven walked to Nancy's coffin, where there were flowers and some pastries and fruit. Clearly, Lux had come to pay her respects.

Lux's feelings for Nancy may be complicated. But the fact that she came to pay her respects shows her sincerity.

"I'm a viscount again." "Damn it!"

Looking at the sleeping Nancy, Raven didn't know what to say. After a long pause, he finally managed to utter this sentence.

……

(End of this chapter)