Chapter 72: Absolute Peak of Early Foundation Establishment, Li Yan's Coercion Technique
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Following the most recent pop-ups, Lucifer directed one of his clones to pick up Lord Xiao's corpse and stash it in the Loot Chasm.
After this objective was accomplished, he decided to open up his system interface and see just how much he needed to use up in order to buy a Clone at his level.
The result of this checkup was…
"Holy hot damn! This system is always trying to scam the hell out of me!"
Lucifer stared at a price tag that had 43 zeros behind it, causing his blood pressure to rise to unbelievable levels!
"Let's calm down now. If I have approximately 1.50 x 10⁴⁵ Clone Essence and I need to use up this much for one clone, then I should be able to…"
"???"
Li Yan watched her big brother mumble to himself like a crazy person, wondering just how many screws he was missing from his head…
…
At the end of Lucifer's calculations, he found that he could buy roughly 85 Clones of the Absolute Peak Half-Step Nascent Soul Rank.
Although this was nothing to cry home about, it would still be good enough to begin the next phase of his plans-
Tug Tug
Lucifer's villainous monologue was interrupted by a light tugging on his robes. Upon which, he looked down and saw a young goth girl rubbing her belly.
"Da hell you want now?" He asked.
"Hungry… Mother gave food… rarely…"
Li Yan's ahoge fell to her flat hair as her eyes watered and her hold on the deadly bat… tightened.
'The f*ck? Is this girly trying to subtly threaten me or beg for food!?'
Even to this very moment in time, Lucifer still couldn't tell whether Li Yan was an obedient girl or a gangster in the making.
But in the end, he couldn't have his assets starving and failing to fulfill their duties, so he took out some bread from his storage ring. "Here, eat," he said.
"No… Bread… nasty…" Li Yan mumbled, pushing the bread away from her face.
Tick!
"You ungrateful little brat! First, you ask for food, and now you're picky about what food you get!? If you don't want the bread, then starve!"
Lucifer shoved the food back into his storage ring before jumping off of the hill of heads. Taking the heads back into his storage ring as well, he walked away from the short goth girl.
However, when Lucifer once again heard the faint sound of sniffling, he retraced his steps and gave Li Yan an entire Storage Ring filled with all sorts of desserts and snacks.
"This is for the further progression of my strength, so don't get the wrong idea!"
Lucifer once again walked away. However, this time, he did so in a huff and puff.
"...Yummy…"
Upon looking inside the storage ring, Li Yan started to drool. But when she realized that she was being left behind, her pitter-pattering could be heard echoing across the desolate forest.
Her tears dried up like they were never there to begin with, and she grabbed the edges of Lucifer's robes.
Letting her big brother guide her to their next destination, she nibbled on a wide variety of tantalizing chocolate desserts.
'It happened again, didn't it…? This damn she-devil…'
Once again, Lucifer had been outwitted by a 6 year-old girl.
Losing all the food he had in his possession, he walked toward the Loot Chasm with a soured mood. Counting on the loot to cheer him up, he entered the Loot Chasm and started to spam Demon Assimilation.
His cultivation began to spike up.
{[Late of Early Foundation Establishment]}
{[Peak of Early Foundation Establishment]}
{[Absolute Peak of Early Foundation Establishment]}
It ultimately stalled at around the Limit of the Early Foundation Establishment Realm, unable to make the last leap that separated it from the Middle Foundation Establishment Realm.
"Welp, although all the corpses were unable to advance my cultivation into the next minor realm, it's still good enough to last me until I leave the Elemental Nations."
Lucifer walked away from the last corpse in the Loot Chasm. Afterward, he exited the chasm and blew up the entrance on his way out.
He couldn't have any evidence connecting him to the deaths of everyone in Riversea City, so this was the optimal route to take.
Nevertheless, after everything was done and out of the way, Lucifer strolled up to a broad tree. Hands behind his head, he whistled a little before saying, "You ready to go meet Grandpa and Aunt Fu Wen before we set off for the Fire Nation's Royal Capital?"
A goth girl awoke from her nap and looked up at the unusual man grinning at her. "Creep," she said.
"..."
Lucifer's expression froze in place. Then, with an irritated grip, he picked the short girl up by her head. "Say, what was that you just said?" He asked with a smile, shadows shrouding his eyes.
"Nope… Dum dum, shtupid. Gibs me more food."
Li Yan adamantly refused to apologize for what she accidentally blurted out. On the contrary, she was shameless enough to ask for more food.
Tick!
"After taking my entire stock using your sinister coercion technique, you still have the balls to request more…?" Lucifer's veins scrunched up as he bit his lips and clenched the sword by his side.
In response to his aggravation, Li Yan tilted her head to the left and right in a cute manner. After which, she mumbled, "Li Yan don't have balls… Hungry… Feed me…" She puckered her lips and watered her eyes, using every ounce of her natural cuteness to get what she wanted.
'Ha! Jokes on you! Does someone as lowly as you really think that I'd give up what little I have left because of something so childish!?'
Azmodeus thought in a high and mighty manner while handing over the absolute last of the food he had left.
'Ha! Who's the one laughing now!?- Wait… What da fuck!?'
Somehow, he lost possession of his storage ring!
Furthermore, it seemed to have landed in the goth girl's grubby little hands!
"What sort of game are you playing, little girl!? you trying to pick a fight or something!?" Lucifer cocked his head back and menacingly stared down at the cunning midget.
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