#85 - Chapter 85 Swallowing Sounds in the Black Mist

Recruit new heroes.

This is the last way Wu Wei can think of to quickly improve the strength of his territory.

With resources so tight, Wu Wei has to 'budget carefully' even if he wants to acquire a few more Giant Demons.

Therefore, while needing to reserve some resources for unexpected needs, Wu Wei, who has not yet conquered other territories, plans to use the souls and flesh of the fallen from previous battles to recruit some new heroes.

At least, these fallen souls and flesh are the only things the extremely 'poor' Wu Wei is rich in.

“Uh, another upgrade to the Temple of Sin is needed, tens of thousands of resource points again....”

Wu Wei came to the Temple of Sin and couldn't help but sigh.

Unlike other lords who recruit their heroic spirits and hero units, the only way for the Endless Abyss faction to increase its demon heroes is to upgrade the Temple of Sin.

Although this doesn't sound as troublesome as other lords expanding their hero and heroic spirit units, in reality, the cost of upgrading the Temple of Sin is no less than what other lords spend on increasing the number of hero units.

More importantly, the hero units that the Temple of Sin gives Wu Wei are random, while other lords can selectively recruit.

Although the hero units given to Wu Wei by the Endless Abyss, whether it's the top front-line Imp Matriarch Caroline or the Plague Twins Hel and Mara, are very powerful,

this so-called randomness is still a considerable hidden danger in Wu Wei's mind.

In short, Wu Wei has always been careful about when to recruit heroes.

He has only recruited hero units when resources are extremely abundant and when early expenses are small.

So, most of the time, he prefers to invest the same resources in his army rather than upgrading the Temple of Sin.

But this time is different. Although both can expand his forces, this time, because army expansion and consumption have temporarily reached a limit, Wu Wei's only option to further increase his strength is to recruit hero units.

After glancing at the black-red vortex above his head, Wu Wei helplessly chose the upgrade option.

Soon, as resource points disappeared, the Temple of Sin in front of Wu Wei clearly became more magnificent.

After placing the flesh and souls needed to recruit heroes into the magic circle in front of the Temple of Sin, Wu Wei pressed the recruitment option.

——————————

“It's starting...”

Wu Wei widened his eyes, staring intently at the flesh in front of him.

Soon, as before, when Wu Wei pressed the recruitment option, the flesh in the magic circle began to change.

However, this time was different from the previous two times.

This time, the flesh in the magic circle did not fuse into a lump, nor was it turned into pus by some plague.

The flesh itself did not change at all.

It remained as it was.

What changed was the air around the flesh.

Just as Wu Wei was still observing, a large amount of black mist suddenly appeared above the flesh.

This black mist appeared out of nowhere from a distorted point, directly enveloping all the flesh within the magic circle.

This black mist was so dense, so dark.

Even though Wu Wei is currently the appointed Lord of the Abyss, he still couldn't see anything else through this black mist.

In Wu Wei's own memory, only the darkness condensed in the Abyss itself could be darker than this black mist.

At the same time, a strange “swallowing” sound suddenly echoed in the magic circle.

Moreover, the loudness of this suddenly appearing swallowing sound was too great.

So great that Wu Wei even suspected that there was a huge monster hidden in this black mist.

However, as the swallowing sound continued, the black mist began to disappear little by little.

However, the direction in which this black mist disappeared was from the outside in.

As this black mist gradually shrank inward, more and more gaps appeared in the magic circle.

And Wu Wei clearly saw that the flesh that was originally piled up in this huge magic circle had completely disappeared in the gaps!

It completely disappeared, without leaving any trace.

Neither the soil stained with blood nor the broken meat fragments remained in the gaps in the magic circle.

In contrast, the swallowing sound in the black mist became louder and louder!

Even the monster's swallowing sound, as the pieces of meat disappeared, turned into a huge roar of extreme dissatisfaction.

It seemed to be in a state of dissatisfaction, dissatisfied with the current insufficient supply of flesh.

“.....”

Finally, after countless roars, the black mist disappeared little by little.

At the same time, Wu Wei also received a notification from the Heavenly Dao System.

And Wu Wei was finally able to see the full picture of this new hero unit.

However, compared to the previous two hero recruitments, Wu Wei was even more surprised this time.

“This is…”

“A sword?”

[You have drawn a new racial hero.]

[Blood Driver – Hendricks!]

————————————

A single-edged longsword, about 1.5 meters long, with countless chains wrapped around its hilt, was inserted alone in the center of the magic circle.

The outer body of this single-edged longsword is blue-black, but on its blue-black blade, a series of black-red abyssal patterns are engraved.

And in the center of this pattern, a strange eye symbol with a red dot pupil is engraved in pure black-red.

Just as Wu Wei was observing this eye symbol, the eye symbol suddenly “came alive”.

It suddenly turned the red dot pupil in the middle, looking at the world with a pair of eyes more tyrannical than any demon.

However, just as it was still looking around, trying to figure out where it was, it suddenly noticed Wu Wei and the Abyss Codex in Wu Wei's hand.

In an instant, its eyes became clear....

The previous tyranny was swept away, turning into a kind of flattering look.

Then, a voice transmitted directly through mental power came to Wu Wei's mind.

[Oh~ Praise you, the new Lord of the Abyss!]

[Thank you for rescuing the poor Hendricks from the endless darkness and bringing him back to this sweet real world!]

[I, the Blood Driver – Hendricks, will surely bring ten thousand victories of slaughter to the great you as your most, most, most loyal subject!]

This sword spoke....