Global Lords: My Species Can Mutate

"I want to borrow some Tier Thirteen Law Crystal Stones from you," Lin You said directly.

"How many do you need?" The Dead Soul Leader’s ghostly fire flickered, seemingly unsurprised.

"One hundred thousand, can you manage that?"

"One hundred thousand is too many. Do you really think Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones are so easy to come by?"

The Dead Soul Leader’s ghostly fire fluctuated fiercely, and his tone rose a few notches.

Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones aren’t like Tier Twelve, which he could easily obtain with his strength.

Even though he is the leader and often battles other demons for territory, he doesn’t have a large stockpile of Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones.

"Then how many can you give?" Lin You asked probingly.

"Fifty thousand, that’s the most I can give, and you have to agree to one condition,"

"What condition?"

"Two hundred thousand Tier Thirteen soldier corpses, and they must have flesh and blood."

The Dead Soul Leader replied without hesitation.

Clearly, he assumed that Lin You was in urgent need of Law Crystal Stones and had already thought of his condition early on.

For Undead Magic Creatures, the fastest way to increase strength is to absorb the death qi from corpses, with higher levels having better effects.

Two hundred thousand Tier Thirteen soldier corpses, that’s no small number.

However, Lin You knew that they might be facing a major battle soon, so he should be able to gather these corpses by then.

After a moment’s thought, he replied, "Alright, I’ll bring the corpses to you in a few days."

"Pleasure doing business."

The Dead Soul Leader smiled, his eye sockets flickering with a sinister light.

Lin You cursed inwardly, calling him a sly fox.

With his current strength, he wasn’t afraid of him.

But after all, they were subordinates of one of the three Tier Fourteen vice generals, so it was best not to act rashly.

He accepted a large pile of Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones surging with soul power from the Dead Soul Leader’s hands.

Then he mounted the Hidden Dragon again and flew toward the snow-capped peaks where the Qiongqi Giant Beast was lurking.

It wasn’t until two hours later that he finally returned to his territory, with 100,000 Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones in his personal space, more than when he left.

The other 50,000 naturally came from the Qiongqi Giant Beast Leader.

Like the Dead Soul Leader, the Qiongqi Leader also required 200,000 Tier Thirteen corpses, totaling 400,000.

Lin You couldn’t help but suspect that they had conspired to set him up.

Fortunately, the Qiongqi Leader was generous and gave him an additional 50,000 Tier Twelve Crystal Stones, which, added to his previous stockpile, totaled around 100,000.

As for the other leaders, he had never had contact with them, and some were very hostile to him as a human, so it would be difficult to borrow Law Crystal Stones from them.

So Lin You abandoned the idea of pursuing more loans.

Returning to his territory, he began preparations under the World Tree.

The first order of business was upgrading his species.

Those existing Tier Twelve Reproduction Species shouldn’t be wasted, and with just one Law Crystal Stone, they could be elevated to Tier Thirteen, which was half the cost of recruiting and mutating new ones.

Without hesitation, he consumed 50,000 Crystal Stones to upgrade all Tier Twelve species to Tier Thirteen.

As for the remaining 50,000, they certainly couldn’t be used to directly recruit species.

Instead, he planned to convert them to Tier Twelve, using the 100,000 Tier Twelve Crystal Stones in his bag to mutate species, then upgrade them with Tier Thirteen Crystal Stones to maximize resource utilization.

This way, he could increase his number of Tier Thirteen species significantly.

[Would you like to spend 1 Tier Twelve Crystal Stone to summon "Illusionary Divine Grass"?]

The first choice for mutation, of course, was the Illusionary Divine Grass with its multiplication skill.

Though the multiplication skill could only duplicate one after Tier Twelve, it was the most suitable skill for mutation, doubling his number of species.

With the limit doubled in two territories, he effectively had four times the number of other Lords, with only the Undead Type and Insect Type able to compete with him in numbers.

It’s the best way to handle the large-scale battles that might occur soon.

"Recruit."

As the command fell, a cluster of verdant grass appeared before him, its leaves swaying in the wind.

[Mutation of Tier Twelve species requires 1 same tier Crystal Stone, do you wish to proceed?]

"Proceed."

[Please select the attribute and skills to retain.]

"Retain Infinite Reproduction, attributes random."

Whish!

Light shone brightly.

The body of the Illusionary Divine Grass mutated before his eyes, growing taller, gradually transforming into a Cactus Soldier Species with sturdy leaves.

[Mutation successful, species potential increased to Extraordinary Level.]

[Current Species: Cactus Boxing Grandmaster (Extraordinary)]

Not bad, it was one of his commonly used combat species.

This species excelled in physical melee, specializing in spiky bleeding attacks and close-range combat.

Moreover, its big skill, like Shadowless, was Phantom Walker, with clone attributes reaching 85% of the main body. Though not as powerful as Royal Family, it was much stronger than Legendary Level.

He opted to keep it and recruited new Illusionary Divine Grass for further mutations.

In a series of system prompts and flashing lights, the number of species around Lin You gradually increased, filling the empty space around the territory.

However.

He regretted that.

Spent 100,000 crystal stones, mutated 50,000 species, but no new Royal Family appeared.

Clearly, the number of Royal Species is only related to the Lord’s level and not influenced by the number of Original Worlds.

However, Lin You wasn’t disappointed.

After all, the Royal Family is quite special, possessing its own independent consciousness, and cannot be viewed through the lens of common sense.

Adjusting his mood, he immediately used the remaining Tier Thirteen crystal stones to upgrade these mutated species to True God Level.

In the blink of an eye, his number of species reached 100,000, finally on par with Lords of the same level.

Moreover, these species all inherited the Multiplication Skill, splitting further to increase their numbers to 200,000, almost covering both inside and outside his territory.

And this.

Was merely the number of species in just one of his territories.

Another territory still had 100,000 species recruitment slots unused.

Now that his crystals were spent, he could only gradually replenish them once Law Crystal Stones became abundant in the future; in any case, these 200,000 species should suffice to fend off the Divine Kingdom’s forces.

Unless the opponent can deploy more than two Level 10 Quasi-Gods, they would basically not stand a chance against him.

But where would Level 10 Quasi-Gods come from so easily?

At least in this Eastern Divine Domain, they’re not a common sight; all he knows right now are the Pantheon Hall Master and the Godslaying Alliance Leader.

So Lin You wasn’t worried and continued to study the two Original Worlds within himself.

Until near noon, when a panicked shout finally interrupted him.

"Everyone, come out quickly, something’s up!"

It was the Dragon Emperor’s voice.

Before the sound even faded, the Great Emperors were already rushing over from all directions.

Lin You exited the Original World, puzzlingly standing up.

However, before he could go out to inquire, he detected more than twenty powerful auras rapidly approaching from this direction.

Upon careful sensing, they were all True God Level!

People from the Divine Kingdom!

Lin You immediately concluded, hurriedly mounted the Hidden Dragon and flew away from the territory.

He passed through a blood mist to come outside the forest entrance, finding that the Great Emperors had already gathered with their species, appearing ready for a major threat.

And at the edge of his vision, more than twenty figures appeared, having bypassed their species reconnaissance to just less than five kilometers away from them.

"It’s the Divine Kingdom and Pantheon’s team!"

"Tier Thirteen, they’re all Tier Thirteen!"

"Damn it, why did they send so many Tier Thirteen out?!"

"What should we do? Should we flee?"

Even the Dragon Emperor Saint Emperor was shocked along with all the Great Emperors.

The opponents acted so quickly, dispatching people again in less than a day, and this time sending so many.

Previously, five True Gods had already put them in dire danger.

Now, over twenty were coming, several even above Level 5 True God; they clearly intended to utterly obliterate them!

"It’s no use, they’re faster than us, we can’t escape!" Tianqiong said gloomily.

"You all leave quickly, we’ll hold them off, try to escape into the Demon Realm!"

The Dragon Emperor Saint Emperor waved a hand, summoning hundreds of thousands of species by his side, ready to fight to the death.

Seeing this, the other Great Emperors also turned grim, similarly summoning their species.

"How can we abandon you and survive alone?"

"Exactly, if we die, we die together; after all, it’s a lousy life anyway."

"Too many comrades have already died at their hands; might as well fight them head-on!"

During this period of fleeing and being together, they had forged an incredibly deep friendship, making it impossible to simply abandon comrades and run away.

Moreover, with their strength, even if they escape to the depths of the Eastern Extreme Demon Realm, dangers still abound; it’s better to fight back once and let those guys know they’re not easy to bully!

"You all." The Dragon Emperor looked back at everyone, his eyes trembling wildly.

In the end, he nodded heavily and then turned to look at Lin You, who had just arrived.

"Lin You, hurry and escape, we’ll buy you time, we can’t let the incense of the Ten Thousand Realms become severed here!"

They could all die, but Lin You could not.

Because he still bore the life and death of countless beings in the Ten Thousand Realms; if anything happened to him, all their efforts would be wasted.

Furthermore, Lin You was the only one among them with a connection to the Demon Race; as long as he fled deep into the Demon Realm, his pursuers wouldn’t dare do much to him.

They intended to sacrifice themselves to protect Lin You!

Once again, Lin You was moved by the Great Emperors’ resolution to face death without fear, recalling the hundreds of Great Emperors who had gallantly fought to give him a chance to escape during their initial flight.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke slowly: "Don’t worry, today none of us need to die, those who should die are them!"

With that, his fierce gaze pierced through space, landing on the Divine Kingdom’s team.

Before the Great Emperors could react to what he meant, he waved a hand, and a vast array of plant species appeared in front of them, nearly covering the entire sky and ground.

And at the forefront of the team, the Thirteen Royal Families stood in unison, their massive forms like thirteen War Gods.

"Is that... Level 5 True God!?"

The Dragon Emperor Saint Emperor’s heart shook, looking incredulously at those plant species.

As True Gods themselves, they immediately detected the basic information of these species, their pupils shrinking abruptly.

Only then did they realize, the aura from Lin You now seemed even stronger than before.

And not just a little stronger!