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Chapter 1316 - Chapter 1316 Chapter 404 Ruins of Saint Crown City

Chapter 1316: Chapter 404 Ruins of Saint Crown City Chapter 1316: Chapter 404 Ruins of Saint Crown City A month later.

In the depths of the Old Continent, along a rugged mountain path, a thousand-strong adventure group from the Southern Continent was making camp for rest and recuperation.

The team was vast, having pitched dozens of marching tents.

The main tent of the Adventure Group bore a banner with hammers and thunderbolts.

This was the “Thunder Hammer Mercenary Corps,” one of the top Mercenary Groups from the Southern Continent.

At this moment, inside a certain tent.

Leonard Churchill, disguised as a mercenary, was in the midst of meditation with his eyes closed.

The tent was laid out with a complex Prohibition Enchantment, all to prevent the moonlight-like energy hanging inside the tent from leaking out.

In the tranquil tent, there permeated a strange and bewitching Spiritual Domain field.

Before long, Leonard opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a cloud of impure breath: “Huff…”

In an instant, consciousness returned to reality, and that trace of mistiness in his eyes finally dispersed, replaced by the calm that was usually undisturbed; at the same time, he pondered for a moment and muttered, “The effect is getting worse…”

While Leonard was cultivating just now, he also used the moon to plunge himself into the Illusion world of “Void Moon Mind.”

He had created for himself a stunning Pleasurable Dreamscape.

Leonard was not covetous of that bit of illusory pleasure, but rather, it was to suppress the Contamination of the Black Demon.

During the battle with General Logan, the fighting had been thrilling, but the overuse of the Black Demon Sealing power had also quietly contaminated him with the Relic.

Initially, Leonard thought the Contamination only added a “feminized” personality to his many personalities.

Only after this incident did he realize the problem was more severe than anticipated.

After all, the Black Demon was an artefact of Emperor Lanlingster, and its Contamination was certainly not something Leonard could currently endure at his tier.

A few days ago, Leonard found that not only were certain behaviors in his daily life showing tendencies of feminization, but that he would “naturally accept” such changes.

Worse yet, it was not just psychological changes; physical issues also emerged!

The feminization Contamination directly caused an increased secretion of estrogen, causing Leonard’s skin to become more delicate, his beard not only stopped growing but began to fall out, and the entire aura and appearance of the person became “handsome.”

There were complete changes in the physiological structure of the body!

Leonard had no desire to physically become a witch.

But after conversing with “The Fader” Griffith, the leader of the Rebel Dragon Army, he learned that this “witchification” is irreversible and can only be suppressed and alleviated.

So Leonard followed his suggestion and chose the most direct and effective method, which was to “indulge in the feminine allure.”

However, this was not easy.

As Leonard’s tier had elevated, his will and control over his body were supremely high, and mere physical lust held almost no allure.

The women he had had close contact with were all exceptionally outstanding, whether it was Vera Williams, Seven Brown, or Catherine Carter; each was a rare beauty in a thousand miles.

The most important aspect was having an emotional foundation, the very best catalyzer for pleasure.

This made Leonard’s pleasure threshold extremely high. Coupled with the physiological changes caused by the Contamination, ordinary women simply didn’t catch his eye.

Moreover, in this wilderness, it was difficult to indulge in the allure of women.

Fortunately, there was the Moon.

Like a genuine Pleasurable Dreamscape, it could maintain a state of high secretion of male hormones, keeping the body from continuing to feminize due to Contamination.

But this method also had its drawbacks.

Ultimately being a fantasy of his own creation, the scenes that appear in the dreamscape will be influenced by his own subconscious.

In the previous few dreams, Leonard indeed satisfied various beautiful desires.

But this last time, he found that even in the dream, there was a trend of feminization.

This also means that dreams are gradually failing to meet his needs, and he requires stronger real-life carnal desire to suppress the Contamination.

However, Seven Brown was now in the East Wilderness.

“Do I have to go back and look for Catherine Carter?”

Leonard pursed his lips, knowing that Catherine would not mind, and he could even imagine being teased by her.

But he always felt that it was rather improper to go back to that old friend just for this reason.

With this thought, he became slightly resigned and said to himself, “Ah… I really need to use the Black Demon less…”

However, it was just a sigh without any genuine frustration.

If it weren’t for these gloves, he would never have experienced the thrill and joy of battling a Seventh-Order Card Master.

It was also precisely because of this tier-crossing combat that Leonard’s comprehension of various Cultivation Techniques had surged recently.

And with the gloves’ own buff of “Skillfulness +99, Elemental Affinity +50%,” Leonard felt an unprecedented good understanding of the Transcendent.

With these thoughts, his eyes subconsciously lifted, glancing at his shadow.

If there were outsiders here, they would surely be frightened by this scene: under the moonlight, there were actually three shadows with varying shades of light and darkness.

It was uncertain whether it was due to recent insights from battle or the influence of the Black Demon gloves, but Leonard’s profession-specific skill, “Clown’s Shadow Trick,” also skyrocketed in proficiency.

Then, just a couple of days ago, he suddenly discovered that he could condense two additional shadows.

Though the more shadows you divide, the weaker the strength, it was already more than enough for Leonard.

Whether it was gathering intelligence or studying, it was a tremendous improvement.

During this period, he had been dedicatedly cultivating the Trickster sequence’s specific Secret Skill, “Thousand Mechanism Puppet God Sect,” and his Multi-Heart and Multi-Use ability was becoming more proficient.

Moreover, the divided Shadow Clones could also study knowledge just like the main body.

Although the efficiency was lower and their Enlightenment was not bolstered by a physical body, they were totally sufficient for reading some Classic Books that don’t require too much comprehension ability.

This had caused Leonard’s learning efficiency to skyrocket by many times.