CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: THE FAMILIAR TEAM’S POWER IS FINALLY FORMED!

"Break Their Will!"

"Enslave Their Minds!"

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"Mind Whip!"

"Enslave Their Minds!"

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Logan and Lilith both used their Mental Power skills at the same time, trying to control the two huge fire centipedes, even though they were way stronger than them.

But both of the centipedes had Mental Power over 100. Controlling them wasn’t a sure thing.

Soon, the two centipedes started to struggle. The female, who was still laying eggs, suddenly swung her tail and collapsed part of the cave.

"Try again!" Seeing their first attempt fail, Logan quickly pulled Lilith and they used the [Enslave Mind] skill once more.

This time, they both used their [Demon Eye] talent to strengthen the effect of [Enslave Mind].

Kerparos stood nearby, and its three wolf heads started to glow with magical power.

If Logan and Lilith failed again, it would immediately cast a powerful spell on the two centipedes.

Luckily, after the first round of mental attacks, the centipedes clearly had weaker willpower than before.

They kept screaming, twisting, and hitting everything around them.

Gradually, they became quieter. They looked up toward where Logan and Lilith were hiding.

"Got it!" Logan felt he had control over the centipede’s soul, and quietly let out a breath of relief.

He ordered Lilith to make the female continue laying eggs, while Kerparos kept watch.

Logan himself walked over to the male centipede and started asking about the secrets of this Blood Cultivation Realm.

Through their mind connection, Logan quickly figured out the secrets of the maze-like Blood Cultivation Realm.

The reason the Blood Cultivation Realm looked like a maze was because it was full of centipedes, mole crickets, ants, and sandworms—all insect-like monsters.

When Logan realized he had ended up in a realm filled with insect enemies, he couldn’t help but smile.

If you asked what kind of monster can reproduce the most, there was no doubt—it’s the insects.

Logan guessed that if he was lucky, just raiding this realm could give Lilith and Kerparos a 50-point boost to all their stats.

"Then I won’t hold back!" Logan stood up and quickly gathered hundreds of the huge fire centipede’s eggs.

Now, this maze-like Blood Cultivation Realm was like a treasure for Logan. He decided to take the two huge fire centipedes with him and go raiding the nests of other monsters.

With the two huge fire centipedes leading the way, Logan’s work became much faster.

First, he raided a pair of mole crickets’ nest and captured both the male and female.

Then he also took control of some sandworms, beetles, and grasshoppers.

Of course, he didn’t miss the eggs these insects laid. He froze them all and put them into his familiar space.

As for the ones he couldn’t control, he didn’t hold back. He worked with Kerparos to send them straight to the afterlife.

By the time Logan reached the end of the Blood Cultivation Realm — the ant nest — he had already gathered a small team of insect monsters at the master level.

Standing at the entrance of the ant nest, Logan gave orders to the monsters he and Lilith had captured: "Now, you all attack from different entrances to draw the ants’ attention."

Then he took a pile of worker ant bodies and gave them to Kerparos: "Smell them — do you smell the queen’s scent? We’ll go straight for the queen’s nest and try to control her. Don’t kill her!"

"Got it, my Master!" Kerparos sniffed the ants and ran into the nest first.

Logan followed closely behind. He could clearly feel the chaos and panic inside the whole ant nest.

It was obvious that the queen was lost in the attack. She was trying her best to lead the ants into battle.

Even the elite-level invaders like Logan and Kerparos were ignored. The worker ants rushed to the entrances to fight the enemies.

Logan saw what was happening and immediately smiled, then quickly jumped onto Kerparos’ back: "Hurry up, let’s go!"

After hearing the order, Kerparos let out a loud cry and ran even faster.

Deep inside the ant nest, the queen was moving her big belly, producing more and more ants and sending them out to fight.

Logan and Kerparos pushed their way through, finally reaching the queen.

When they appeared, the queen looked surprised for a moment, looking a bit confused.

She didn’t understand how two beings with elite-level energy could dare to appear in front of her, the ruler of the whole ant colony.

With a loud roar, the queen opened her mouth, moving her sharp teeth back and forth. Her big compound eyes turned red.

"Is she going to eat us?" Logan looked at the queen and felt excited. "Then let’s see how good you are first!"

[Race: Black Ant (Queen)]

[Stat: Rock, Toxin]

[Ranking: B-level 5 stars]

[Stage: Master 5 stars]

[Talent: Swarm Mind, Create Life]

[Skill: Gene Fusion, Gene Mutation, Life Recovery]

[Stat: Power 195, Stamina 215, Mind 168, Agility 107]

[Training Tips: If you feed it 1,000 corpses of different Master-level monsters in a row, it can grow into a Black Ant King — a familiar with a ranking of A-level, 1 star. The Black Ant King can’t create life, but it has a strong swarm mind and can command insect-like creatures from different races.]

"Wow, it can even produce a descendant with an A-level ranking!" Logan said excitedly, licking his lips as he called out Lilith. "Keep it under control!"

Lilith got the order and immediately worked with Logan to use the Mind Control skill.

Since Lilith’s mental power wasn’t even twice that of the black ant queen, the chance of success dropped a lot.

Their first try at the [Enslave Mind] skill failed for both of them.

Because they failed the first time, the queen sent out a lot of soldier ants to attack, afraid that Logan and Lilith would use that scary skill again.

At that moment, Kerparos finished charging his magic.

Inferno, ice, and lightning energy burst out from his mouth, sweeping through the ant crowd. Soon, a path was opened straight toward the queen’s big body.

"Try again!" Logan seized the chance and pulled Lilith to use "Demon Eye" together.

One time, two times... all the way to the eleventh try, Logan finally managed to control the black ant queen.

Soon, all the ants in the nest stopped working and started spinning in place, waiting for the next order.

At the nest entrance, the soldier ants that were fighting with the insect army also stopped and quietly retreated back into the nest.

About twenty minutes later.

A huge number of black ants, along with the huge fire centipede and mole crickets, gathered in the queen’s cave.

A large number of ants were carrying eggs, neatly spreading them out in front of Logan.

Logan looked at the mountain-like pile of eggs in front of him and was stunned for a moment.

"This must be at least 200,000 eggs," he said quietly as he walked among them, impressed. "If we use them carefully, we can hold 20 ritual ceremonies."

With that, Logan immediately gave the black ant queen a command.

Right here in this cave, he told all the worker ants and soldier ants to help, and they started placing the eggs into the cave ceiling.

Logan wanted to see just how many eggs it would take to hold the most powerful ritual ceremony he could imagine.

The huge queen’s cave soon became completely filled with eggs.

Logan counted, and there were as many as 80,000 eggs stuck to the walls.

Finally, when there was no more space to put eggs, Logan told them to leave the cave.

After ordering all the enslaved monsters to stay around the area, Logan quietly walked to the center of the ritual circle.

As the magic circle lit up, he was completely surrounded by a sea of life energy.

This time, the feeling was even stronger than any before.

Logan felt like a small boat floating in the ocean of life, slowly absorbing energy from all around him.

After the ritual, his power quickly increased. His stage even broke through again!

From elite 3 stars to elite 4 stars, he felt every cell in his body was expanding.

He lightly waved his arm, and his power had doubled compared to when he was in Twilight City.

At that moment, Logan checked in on Lilith and Kerparos through his familiar space.

Just as he had expected, their stats had all increased by 15 points.

And Nabo and Red Feather had also broken through to elite 5 stars, with their stats now reaching master-level.

One ritual had given him the results of three ceremonies. Logan was very happy.

Logan once again found a cave system and ordered the worker ants and soldier ants to do the same as before, building another ritual circle for him.

Standing within the circle, he once again underwent the baptism of the ocean of life.

This process continued until the last egg was sacrificed.

At this point, Logan and his four familiars had been reinforced to an extremely terrifying extent.

[Familiar: Lilith (Infernal Lord Form, 20% sealed)]

[Race: Succubus (The Infernal Lord Hybrid)]

[Stage: Elite 5 Stars]

[Stat: Power 157 → 197, Stamina 169 → 209, Mind 293 → 333, Agility 190 → 230]

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[Familiar: Kerparos (Extremely Weak)]

[Race: Three-Headed Hell Wolf]

[Stage: Elite 5 Stars]

[Stat: Power 165 → 205, Stamina 157 → 197, Mind 173 → 213, Agility 195 → 235]

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[Familiar: Nabo (Juvenile Stage)]

[Race: Mountain-Carrying Tortoise (Ocean Guardian)]

[Stage: Elite 3 Stars → Elite 5 Stars]

[Stat: Power 120 → 250, Stamina 160 → 390, Mind 30 → 90, Agility 45 → 145]

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[Familiar: Red Feather]

[Race: Horned Hawk (Royal Bloodline)]

[Stage: Elite 3 Star → Elite 4 Star (Restricted by Master Stage, cannot advance further)]

[Stat: Power 65 → 125, Stamina 77 → 118, Mind 48 → 99, Agility 115 → 195]

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After this round of upgrades, Logan had already achieved his goal ahead of schedule.

Although he himself was still only Elite 4 Stars, neither Lilith nor Kerparos were bound by his stage anymore — they could continue to grow stronger.

As for Nabo, he surprised Logan a lot. This little turtle could also keep growing, even without being limited by Logan’s stage.

But what made Logan a little worried was that after absorbing the life energy from several ritual ceremonies, Nabo had grown as big as half a basketball court.

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