Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 477 Brainwashing Artifact: Discipline

Dave was an ordinary civilian in Heaven Dou City who awakened his martial soul, Pea Sprout, at the age of six—a standard useless martial soul. With zero innate soul power, he was destined to never become a soul master.

After that, Dave resigned himself to his fate. His family was just an ordinary family with no special connections, and he attended an ordinary school.

After graduating from school, Dave chose to help out at his family's small restaurant so that he could eventually take over the family business.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Dave's life will likely be quite ordinary, filled with hard work, marriage, and children. If he's lucky, his children might awaken their soul power someday, fulfilling a long-held dream of his.

However, in an accident six months ago, he was entangled by some thugs in Tiandou City. They outnumbered him and he was just an ordinary person.

Faced with this situation, Dave originally wanted to honestly pay up and settle the matter, but the other party went too far. After taking the money, they even humiliated him, demanding that he crawl between their legs before they would let him go.

Although Dave was honest, he still had some backbone, so he naturally refused and was then beaten and kicked by the other party.

During the beating, the other person continued to humiliate him, and even threatened to find out where Dave's house was located and to cause trouble for his parents.

This touched a nerve with Dave. Even an honest man has anger, so he started fighting with those people. However, the other side had more people and was quickly beaten down.

"Do you want power?"

When Dave was on the verge of death from being beaten by his opponent, he heard a demonic voice ringing in his mind.

"Yes." With his last ounce of strength, Dave shouted it out like a madman.

"Okay." That was all the voice said to him, and then there was no more.

Then, Dave felt a strange power surge through his body, which gave him the strength to stand up again.

"Monster! Monster!" Some thugs suddenly looked at him in terror.

Afterwards, Dave felt as if his body wasn't his own. He began to summon his martial spirit, which he hadn't used for many years: Pea Sprout. Then he killed all the thugs.

Despite it being his first time killing someone, Dave found himself surprisingly calm. This was because Tian Dou City was in chaos at the time; evil spirit masters had attacked the divine craftsman Zhen Hua and wreaked havoc throughout the city.

Dave's location in which he killed the thugs was well-hidden, allowing him to successfully evade the police search.

After this incident, Dave was surprised to find that he actually possessed soul power, and his cultivation speed was also very fast. In just two months, he actually cultivated to level ten.

Then, guided by an inexplicable force, he arrived at this large villa on the outskirts of Tiandou City. This was a place that Dave would never have ever come to in his entire life.

But guided by the power in his mind, he came here. And here he met those two adults.

They are Lord Li Xiaochou, the god of Oxus who granted him power and gave him soul power; and the gentle and beautiful Lady Aponia, who guided the lost lamb.

Under Lord Li Xiaochou's guidance, Dave quickly realized that he had been fortunate enough to be chosen by him and become a new human: Oxer.

Although Li Xiaochou's words clearly contained some flaws, Dave automatically ignored those flaws and believed Li Xiaochou's words without a doubt.

Because this power saved him, and this power cannot be faked, after becoming an Oxus, he no longer had to live a muddled life like before, and truly had the possibility of controlling his own destiny.

Then, Lord Li Xiaochou gave him a new soul and had Lord Aponia impose discipline on him.

Dave didn't know what precepts were either.

But he knew that when he left, the information about this place would automatically be forgotten. It wouldn't be until the first of next month, when he was guided by his intuition to the vicinity of the villa, that the memory would be erased.

According to those two adults, if he can reach the Soul Saint level, he can become a mid-level cadre in the organization, and his memories will not be erased. At the same time, the two adults will also give him stronger power.

Dave was full of anticipation for this, so he set himself a small goal: to become a Soul Saint.

Although he is now twenty-five years old and his soul power is only level twenty-seven, he achieved this level of soul power in just half a year.

Therefore, if he works hard, he may well reach the Soul Saint realm within his lifetime.

Dave looked toward the top floor of the villa, where Lord Li Xiaochou and the other cadres of the organization were staying.

"One day, I'll be qualified to go up too," Dave encouraged himself, then casually picked up a bottle of red wine and took a sip. Today was the organization's monthly gathering, a place where they could briefly vent their emotions.

"This is truly fine wine. Is this the kind of enjoyment the upper class experiences? One day, I'll definitely live that kind of life too."

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On the third floor of the villa, five people were sitting on a sofa, observing the more than three hundred people celebrating outside through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

This villa is a palatial building with a three-story main building and a multi-functional annex with supporting facilities such as a restaurant and gym.

The villa is very large, with the main building and annex together covering more than 3,000 square meters. And that's just the surface area. In the yard, a rectangular swimming pool adds a touch of moisture to the place.

This is one of Li Xiaochou's strongholds, and also the place where they gather in Oukeser and have a blast.

At this moment, Li Xiaochou, who had transformed into human form in the villa, with a large bald head and a sinister look in his eyes, was sitting on the sofa, observing the Oukes.

On the other side of the sofa, the curvaceous Aponia sat with her eyes closed and her hands clasped tightly together, as if she were praying for something.

Besides them, there were three other people here, two men and one woman.

At this moment, one of the men wearing sunglasses said, "Mr. Li, why do we keep holding these kinds of parties? What's the point?"

Li Xiaochou chuckled. "What do you know? For the zombie virus to grow, it needs to be nourished by people's various desires. I'm letting them enjoy this party and telling them that as long as they can become Soul Saints, they can enjoy such comfortable days."

"By motivating them with such conditions, we can gradually ignite their desires and encourage them to cultivate even more diligently. I can also select those with outstanding potential from among them and truly make them one of us."

"Cold-blooded, Plum, Nina, weren't you three discovered by me in the same way?"

Leng Xue, Li Zi, and Nina—these are the names of these three people, who were originally Soul Masters.

After being infected with the Zombie Explosion Virus by Li Xiaochou, he cultivated to the Soul Saint realm and was then parasitized by Li Xiaochou using the Time Worm, becoming Nan Fusheng's clone.

"We still don't have enough manpower. We need to continue screening potential Orks and bring them into our ranks. For now, it seems that those Orks below the seventh ring just need Aponia to brainwash them."

"As for those with seven rings or higher, whose spirits can be fused with the Violent Worm, we will use the Time Worm to make them completely part of us. After all, a Soul Saint is already considered a high-level Soul Master."

This is Li Xiaochou's plan. He is one of Nan Fusheng's souls. Ever since he gained a physical body and the ability to move freely, he has always wanted to do something big.

That is to establish an Oxher kingdom, to live as the dark side of this world.

To achieve this goal, he needs a large number of powerful Oukers, but he doesn't dare to infect a large number of Oukers. After all, if he pushes the Federation too far, they might use a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon to wash his face, which would be troublesome.

Besides, we also need to be wary of forces like the Spirit Pagoda and the Temple of War. Of course, the most important thing is to avoid attracting the attention of Ah Yin and her husband; a small-scale infection is acceptable.

If the people of Douluo Continent were to be infected on a large scale, they might just retaliate. Li Xiaochou also has his own plans on his side, so he doesn't want to disrupt things there.

Dave and the other infected individuals were part of Li Xiaochou's experiment. When he infected them, he deliberately left a high concentration of the zombie virus and a certain amount of soul power in their bodies.

It was for this reason that Dave was able to quickly rise from an ordinary person with no soul power to a cultivation level of around the second ring in just about six months after being infected.

That portion of their soul power will be almost exhausted when they reach level 30. At that point, it will be a pure contest of who has more potential.

The growth of a tyrannical insect is always cruel; there is no such thing as gaining power without effort in this world.

Li Xiaochou continued, "Of course, because we've only been developing for a short time, the organizational framework isn't fully established yet. We'll have to wait until we've truly grown big and strong."

"At that time, only Ouke, who is at the Title Douluo level, will be qualified to become one of us. Aponia, to what extent can your discipline be upheld now?"

Aponia opened her eyes and said, "I can freely and on a large scale impose discipline on Soul Masters below the Title Douluo level and make them abide by the constraints."

"As for Title Douluo and Super Douluo, it depends on their mental strength and consciousness. As long as they are willing to spend a certain amount of time, it is still possible to apply the discipline."

"As for Limit Douluo, we need to incapacitate them so I can apply the discipline. However, our actions seem to have attracted the attention of the Federation; they have already located this place."

"What should we do next? Leave this place? Or fight?"

Li Xiaochou said, "Of course it's a battle."

Aponia looked at him and said, "Then you should also know that since the Federation has sent people, we can't stay here any longer."

Their Oukser forces are still too weak. Even if they repel the Federation's forces, what then? Their strength is still far inferior to that of the Federation.

In terms of high-level combat strength alone, only Aponia here has the strength of a Limit Douluo, while Li Xiaochou is at most a level 97 Super Douluo, and the remaining three, Leng Xue, are Soul Saints.

As for the more than three hundred Oukes outside, they can only be described as cannon fodder.

"Don't worry," Li Xiaochou said. "Actually, it was expected that it would attract the Federation's attention. After all, this is Douluo Continent, and the Federation's power is too strong, so I never planned to develop here in the first place."

"The reason we're staying here is simply to use the people from the Federation to screen out those Oxus with potential. That way, when we leave, we'll have a solid team."

Yes, from the very beginning, Li Xiaochou never intended to develop his career in Douluo Continent, after all, the power of the various forces here is still too strong.

"The other two continents are the nursery for the development of our Oxel."

Li Xiaochou's targets are the Star Luo Continent, which has indigenous resistance, and the Dou Ling Continent, which is the weakest in terms of overall strength.

As for those chosen Oukes, will they not want to leave Douluo Continent?

Li Xiaochou had never even considered this question. Aponia's abilities were no joke; this woman's rules were practically a brainwashing artifact, and the kind of brainwashing that was subtle and gradual.

"At that time, perhaps we can create an organization similar to the Holy Spirit Cult, since spiritual sustenance is still necessary," Li Xiaochou thought to himself.

Previously, he simply didn't have enough people, so he never thought about this issue. Now that he has over a thousand Oukes under his command, it's time to plan for establishing a power in the future.

The Oukes outside the villa were only a small part of those infected by him; there were also infected people he had chosen in other parts of the Douluo Continent.

"Although the Violent Worm can make it possible for ordinary people to cultivate, it still takes too long. It's much faster to directly infect those Soul Masters."

In Li Xiaochou's plan, those ordinary people who became Oukes were at most cannon fodder. The real big shots were the Oukes like Leng Xue and the others who were originally Soul Masters.

As for whether those Soul Masters who are infected and turned into Oukes will be unwilling.

As I said before, the brainwashing tool: Discipline Warning · JPG.

"Why do we seem so similar to the Holy Spirit Cult?" Leng Xue muttered to himself, after all, the Holy Spirit Cult also seemed to brainwash soul masters.

"No, they're different." At this moment, Aponia clasped her hands together, her face full of compassion, and said, "They are conducting evil brainwashing, while we are guiding lost sheep. There is a fundamental difference between the two."

Suddenly, Aponia turned her gaze outside the villa and said, "It seems the Federation forces have all arrived. They appear to be preparing for a direct assault. Should we launch a preemptive strike?"

"Of course." At this moment, Li Xiaochou had a thought, and his mental power enveloped the entire villa, while he began to guide the emotions of those Oukes.

"My children, you are about to face a trial. If you can overcome this trial, I will grant you even greater power. Go, fight!"

(End of this chapter)