84: Enslave the Warriors!

“Without a warrior badge, how could a warrior possibly defeat an Evil Dragon?!”

And that warrior badge was about to be obtained by him, Jiao Zhengqing, through a quest!

How could others, without a warrior badge, possibly destroy the Evil Dragons Lair?! And 16 of them?!

“You talk big without even thinking!” Jiao Zhengqing snorted, his tone full of disdain.

However, beside him, his subordinate's expression was a bit awkward. “Um, we just tried it, and it seems some Evil Dragons Lair have indeed been destroyed…”

“Tried? How did you try?”

“Well, you just silently say ‘enter Evil Dragons Lair No. 099’, and then you get a prompt saying that the Evil Dragons Lair has already been destroyed…”

Even though the subordinate already knew this information, when he relayed it to Jiao Zhengqing, he still couldn't hide his astonishment and shock!

After all, their hundred-man group had been constantly grinding monsters and leveling up in the canyon.

They were almost certain that the strongest group of players in the Warrior faction was within their hundred-man group!

Yet, they never expected that someone could destroy the Evil Dragons Lair before them!

And wasn't it said that without a warrior badge, it was impossible to defeat an Evil Dragon?

How did that tavern boss manage to do it?!

Jiao Zhengqing was also wondering, how did he manage to do it?!

His face was grim, his eyes cold, as he looked far in the direction of Braveheart Village.

A moment later, he said in a deep voice, “Anyway, we also need to return to the village to turn in our quests. We might as well go meet that ‘boss’.”

Even at this moment, when he said the words “boss,” his tone was still mocking and contemptuous.

He clearly didn't believe that there could be anyone stronger than himself among this group of Warrior players.

He didn't even bring the entire hundred-man group, but only the nine members of his core team, leaving the rest to continue grinding monsters and leveling up.

Someone in his team worriedly advised, “Why don't we bring more people?”

But Jiao Zhengqing insisted, and said magnanimously, “It's fine, everyone is from the Warrior faction. The victory of the faction is the true victory! I believe that ‘boss’, if he has any sense, won't attack me!”

What he said made sense.

If there was severe internal strife among the Warriors, how would they fight the Evil Dragon later?

It was with this thought that Jiao Zhengqing's mindset was very relaxed.

After returning to the village, he first found the village chief to turn in his quest.

Afterward, he went straight to the tavern.

At the entrance of the tavern, the Warrior level ranking still stood.

Jiao Zhengqing glanced at it indifferently, his gaze sweeping over the words “No. 1, Warrior No. 0189, Level 25!” A hint of smugness was faintly visible on his face.

But his footsteps didn't linger too long in front of the level ranking, and he entered the tavern openly.

In fact, before he even arrived, his voice reached the tavern first—

“I heard someone here wants to share information about the Evil Dragons Lair with me?!”

As soon as his voice fell, before Jiao Zhengqing could react, he felt his vision go black!

His entire body seemed to be wrapped layer by layer by something tough, making him unable to move!

To outsiders, he was instantly wrapped into a cicada pupa by black wire!

The people in the tavern, having witnessed such a scene before, subtly looked towards Lin Chuan.

And the nine people Jiao Zhengqing brought with him all pulled out their weapons and shouted in terror, “Boss!!”

Then, they looked around, shouting, “Who is it?! Release our boss!”

As Lin Chuan slowly walked over, the crowd of onlookers in the tavern automatically made way for him.

At this moment, Jiao Zhengqing's nine-man team clearly saw the cool and eerie Death Grip in Lin Chuan's hand!

And the wire cicada pupa that trapped their boss was precisely emitted from one of the rings of the Death Grip!

The nine people all surged forward, but before Lin Chuan could even attack them, the people in the tavern automatically shielded him!

Two factions confronted each other at the entrance of the tavern, and the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.

As if foreshadowing that a great battle was about to erupt!

However, there was a clear difference between the people in these two factions.

The people in the tavern protected Lin Chuan, simply viewing him as the hope for the Warrior faction to achieve victory. They were willing to act for Lin Chuan, but they might not give their all.

Jiao Zhengqing, on the other hand, managed his subordinates well. In just 8 short hours, those nine people had been trained to be fiercely loyal to him, willing to fight to the death for him!

The nine people all looked at Lin Chuan with extremely hostile eyes!

One of them even immediately brought out a red crystal!

A crimson light shot out from his glabella!

However, when the red light hit Lin Chuan, his expression didn't change in the slightest!

Instead, the person who brought out the red crystal looked horrified and disbelieving: “How is this possible?!! How could a red crystal that can deliver a fatal blow have no effect?!!”

Lin Chuan smiled faintly.

Of course, he knew beforehand that the Warrior players' red crystal had no effect on him at all!

Why?!

Because he was essentially an Evil Dragon!

In a secret realm with factional conflict, there was a default unwritten rule!

That is, between hostile factions, “cheating” items like red crystal and green crystal could not be used!

Of course, they could still be used between members of the same faction.

For example, if the Evil Dragon faction used a red crystal on him, it would still be effective!

But the Warrior's red crystal was ineffective against him due to the unwritten faction rule!

Lin Chuan smiled slightly, not intending to explain this unwritten rule to others.

His gaze fell upon that giant cicada pupa!

The S-Class Talent Soul Spirit Master was quickly activated!

A surge of soul power shot from his glabella towards the cicada pupa!

Soon, it transformed into an invisible mental net, binding Jiao Zhengqing!

He wanted to struggle, but he was bound so tightly by the wire that neither his body nor his soul could struggle at all!

Two minutes later, Lin Chuan smiled faintly, put down the “cicada pupa,” and retracted the wire.

Jiao Zhengqing's world returned to light, but he sat on the ground, still a bit dazed, as if he didn't know what had happened.

It wasn't until Lin Chuan called him, “Captain Jiao, let's talk inside.”

Only then did Jiao Zhengqing suddenly get up, respectfully following behind Lin Chuan.

As Lin Chuan walked, he felt in his heart—

He found that controlling people with the Soul Spirit Talent was still different from a master-servant contract.

The master-servant contract from the Source Plane involved powerful rules.

Under the constraints of the rules, servants would not do anything to harm their master, nor could they defy their master's commands.

The enslavement of the Soul Spirit Master, on the other hand, utilized soul power to invade a person's subconscious.

Making people, in their subconscious, wholeheartedly loyal to the Soul Spirit Master and obedient to the Soul Spirit Master.

Of course, this subconscious could actually be eroded.

For example, if Jiao Zhengqing's mental attributes surged one day, surpassing Lin Chuan's by several times, then he might be able to spontaneously detect the imprint in his subconscious.

However, his mental attributes would probably never exceed Lin Chuan's!

Lin Chuan was somewhat confident about this!

He led Jiao Zhengqing to the U-shaped booth sofa and, without further ado, got straight to the point: “My name is Lin Chuan. You can call me ‘Boss’ from now on. I called you here mainly because I want you to help me with a big task.”