Chapter 190

Adam looked at Lina and asked, "How's the collection of the test subjects' reactions after practicing the Refinement technique?"

Lina's answer was much more serious. "All the test subjects in the Free Cities are under surveillance. For now, no one has shown any adverse reactions other than fatigue. Because very few people go out, we haven't been able to collect any battle data. We can't determine if the Bloodline Upgrade technique is effective."

Adam felt that this progress was still a bit slow. After all, there were only a few people in the Free Cities. There were also very few subordinates who could act as his eyes and ears to monitor the practitioners and collect data.

"Master, the moss you provided has been planted in every corner of the Free Cities, except for the city lord's manor and the laboratory. This kind of plant is very suitable for living in the icy plains," Lina continued.

"How many forest elves have the slave merchants in the United Races District sent over recently?"

Lina hurriedly replied, "Less than two hundred. And after the blood exchange, less than fifty survived."

"How can there be so few?"

"Forest elven tribes are mostly in the dragon's territory. Merchants don't dare to go in and hunt. The forest elves outside live in the dense forest. If a forest elf wants to hide in that kind of place, it's very difficult to find them. And the death rate of the blood exchange is too high. "

Adam nodded and accepted Lina's reason. He then turned to the Devil. "How many can be employed in the Free Cities now?"

"Not many. Most of them are hiding to practice the Upgrade technique. I sent a small number to the United Races District. Only a few paupers who can't even take out the money for private transactions are still doing missions to save money."

"Issue a mission to recruit adventurers to form a slave-catching team. I need a large number of test subjects and forest elves. You can decide the reward yourself."

The Devil was a bit distressed. "Master, I'm afraid they're unwilling and can't go out."

"Then issue the mission to them and add a reward. When the number of slaves captured exceeds a certain number, I'll personally guide them in the Upgrade technique."

The Devil beamed. "Then there's no problem."

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After handing over the mission, the Devil was left in the laboratory by Adam. The problem of Sophia still had to be solved.

To be honest, Adam wouldn't feel any pressure raising Sophia like this. A frost dragon was also a decent fighting force. However, her identity as a dragon was a big problem. Her mind wasn't fully developed, and she still thought that Adam was a dragon that had been stolen when she was very young. But as she grew older and her inheritance gradually awakened, this misconception would change sooner or later.

None of the creatures with legacies were stupid. Even if they were, the knowledge and common sense passed down through countless generations would make them smart.

The demon was carefully standing beside the sleeping Sophia, trying to enter her mind and probe her soul.

"How was it?" Adam asked.

"Her soul is defenseless, but the power of the inheritance has been awakened and is passively protecting her. Master, if she was still an egg like me back then, there wouldn't be any problems with the master-servant contract. But now, I'm afraid that if we tamper with her soul, it will immediately trigger a backlash from the inheritance."

"What's the consequence?"

The demon thought for a moment. "If it fails, the best outcome would be that she becomes a fool or dies directly. If it's a little worse, it might attract the origin. After all, Master, you said that dragons are the creatures closest to the origin in this plane."

"The second is impossible. There's a big problem with the origin of the dragon plane. Even if there isn't, it's impossible to divert its attention to observe a young dragon."

"Then, Master?"

Adam looked at Sophia and said, "Give it a try. See if you can break through the passive defense of the origin. If you can, I will sign a master-servant contract with her. If you can't, you can only be my first dragon experimental subject."

"Master, you can sign a symbiotic contract or an equal contract with her. These two contracts won't cause any backlash."

Adam shook his head and walked to the side. "Impossible."

"What if she really dies or becomes a fool?"

"Then she can only blame her bad luck."

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In the entire dragon plane, even the most ignorant races gradually learned that a magical city had risen in the ice plains and possessed powerful knowledge.

More and more people were converging on the Ice Plains. This trend was growing rapidly after the Bloodline Advancement Technique was proven to be effective. Many creatures who wanted to obtain the Advancement Technique or had problems cultivating it left their original cities and came to the Free Cities.

Lina numbered each and every one of the training subjects and collected a huge amount of data for Adam. He spent all of his time analyzing this data. So far, other than the individuals who died from overdraft of their vitality, he hadn't found the strange way of death that Adam was worried about.

The slavers returned one after another. Adam kept his promise and selected many samples for live experiments. Most of them died because they couldn't withstand the violent experiments, but a small number of them improved their strength and bloodline under Adam's support.

No one cared how many people died because of this. In their eyes, those who walked out of the laboratory alive were instantly above them. So, more people flocked to them.

After thousands of live experiments and sample analysis, Adam finally determined that the origin of the dragon plane was indeed in a state of near extinction or deep hibernation. It no longer had the power to monitor its world. Even if it was such a large-scale invasion, it couldn't resist.

Adam decided to start the upgrade and become an adult frost dragon.

He hid his true body in the deepest part of the plane. Other than the little bit of consciousness he used to control the dragon body, he even removed all the electric elemental circuits built in his body, trying to erase any trace of the wizard world in his body during the upgrade process.

After checking that there were no mistakes, Adam began the first practice of the Dragon Refinement spell.

His blood boiled, the elements went berserk, and the various functions of the dragon body rapidly improved. A large amount of bloodline power appeared in his body. Because there was no complete dragon inheritance, the energy began to overflow. When it found that there was nowhere to go, it all merged into the dragon body.

Adam's height broke through the limit of ten meters. Eleven meters, twelve meters, thirteen meters …

The ice elements in the Free City, which had never been attacked by a snowstorm since its construction, began to rage. All the races with natural energy in their blood lost all their abilities in an instant. The uncontrollable elements began to devour their bodies. In just a few seconds, they were covered in wounds.

The snow tornado broke through the magic circle and destroyed the ceiling of the laboratory. It merged with Adam's elemental aura, and his dragon body grew again until his head reached out of the laboratory.

"Roar!"