Chapter 280 Changes in the Nature of Magic Power
As mentioned before, Li De doesn't like Suzuka at all because of her looks.

If she had not already decided to replace someone before the blood transformation, Esdeath would have asked Miyano Shiho to adjust Suzuka's appearance genes.

Although the Shadow Guard Thirteen have their own division of labor on the surface, they have a common goal in private, which is to continue Li De's offspring.

On this point, even Claire and Alpha rarely cared about having to give birth to offspring for Reed before allowing others to act.

This is because Claire and Alpha both know very well that with Reed's current bloodline registration, the difficulty of reproducing offspring is not as difficult as climbing to the sky, but it is also the kind of difficulty that requires enough luck to have a chance.

But this luck may not necessarily fall on Claire and Alpha.

Therefore, the two women met with other captains in private and stated that no matter whose squad was pregnant with Li De's dragon seed, they would allow the squad captain to become Li De's third wife and have an exclusive stronghold world.

For the captains of the twelve squads, having a world to themselves was not very attractive, but becoming Li De's third wife was the most important thing in their lives.

After all, so far only Claire and Alpha are qualified to hold a wedding with Reed alone.

It is precisely because of this that the captains of the twelve squads attach great importance to the appearance of their members, and at least they have to make Li De interested in them.

If Li Delian is not interested, how can they reproduce? That would mean that the probability would be reduced to a certain extent, which is not the result that the captains want.

So before using the replacement card, Esdeath had already told Suzuka that she wanted to adjust her appearance.

It's a pity that her appearance has no special features, so Esdeath was too lazy to bother and just used Talia's appearance.

Who can blame Talia for having both good looks and a good figure? At least she is qualified to serve Li De. Combining with the advantages of Suzuka's appearance, she is a beauty with a look of over 90 points.

As for Suzuka herself, as long as Esdeath spoke, she would obey even if there was no slave contract.

It would just be that Suzuka herself would have to use the transformation technique to maintain her previous appearance before leaving the Seventh World.

Of course, this also has its advantages, because with the coverage of the transformation technique, you can avoid being recognized by others.

As the replacement was over, Beta used his magical power slightly, and the pink poison emanated from his body in the magical form of petals and moths.

In just a moment, everyone in the hall was enveloped by this pink color.

"Tsk, it turns out that I can't control it in such a short period of time!" Beta couldn't help but click his tongue.

After all, she had previously thought that it was because the replaced Lian did not know how to control herself that she was in such a terrible state.

Unexpectedly, the magical properties unique to the Seventh World were so abnormally powerful that even she couldn't control it forcibly for a while.

"Hey, Beta, if you want to do the experiment, go outside. It's a bit uncomfortable after the toxin seeps into the body. Also, gray spots have appeared on my skin." Gamma, who was closest to Beta, immediately said in dissatisfaction.

"The skin does have petrifying characteristics. I didn't expect that the changes in the nature of magic in this world would also enhance Beta's petrifying ability." Li De looked at his hand with slightly gray spots and said in surprise.

After all, Li De knew very well the extent of Beta's petrification ability.

Take Lloyd whom we met before, for example. Beta’s ability could not petrify him.

After all, his own magic power is too strong, and even Beta's immortal power cannot break through the layers of magic protection and affect him.

But that was the Beta before. Now, Beta's petrification ability, which has been amplified by the change in the nature of poisonous magic, can really work on Lloyd.

"Although Medusa's petrification can be said to be a curse, its essence is petrifying toxin, which can naturally be amplified and strengthened by the magical properties of poison attributes." Claire on the side also looked at her hands and spoke.

But no matter who it was, although everyone was talking, no one stood up and left the hall that was already shrouded in pink.

Because there is no need.

Who can blame Li De and others for possessing Tyrande's evolutionary genes?

With such a powerful gene, Li De and others will be able to quickly adapt to the poisonous fairy power emanating from Beta's body.

After all, no matter how powerful this magical power is, it only works on the body.

As long as it acts on the body, Li De and others will definitely adapt to it and become immune to it.

At most it’s just a matter of time.

Therefore, Li De and others can face non-instant death and soul-related skills calmly.

About two hours later, the gray marks on Li De and others finally disappeared.

The next second, accompanied by a soft breeze, the pink fairy power that almost filled the living room finally began to flow, and then was swept out of the window, straight up into the sky and finally disappeared.

"Yes, this time the replacement card is worth it." Li De nodded. After all, in the past two hours, even he was made very uncomfortable by Beta's immortal power.

Although the change in the nature of the magic power of Taliyah, whom Suzuka replaced, was considered damage, it was by no means inferior to poison.

In particular, the change in the nature of this magical power has the characteristic of group attack. Once Suzuka has fully mastered it, as long as you appear within Suzuka's field of vision, you will definitely be hit.

Therefore, the next direction for Suzuka's improvement has become clear, which is to evolve the Rinnegan.

In this way, Suzuka's vision will be 360° without blind spots, and people within a radius of ten kilometers will be linked to her shared injury feature as long as Suzuka wants.

When Suzuka can truly achieve this, it will definitely be considered as top assassination ability.

If combined with Beta or other people's ability attacks, the targeted object can enjoy all kinds of pain attributes and damage with special effects from a long distance.

It can be said that just one substitution has increased Suzuka's importance.

"Shiho, next you should study the bloodline of Beta and Suzuka carefully." Claire said immediately.

"Yes, Lady Claire!" Miyano Shiho certainly knew the significance of Claire reminding her of this.

Because if you can really acquire this new characteristic through blood transformation, you will make a lot of money.

Even though existing members who have been transformed cannot obtain these two characteristics, contractors who join later can.

Then the current members can call upon this power according to the contract.

"Shiho, just do your best!" Li De said immediately.

Because Li De didn't think that this change in the nature of magic could be inherited by the body's blood.

Although the magic power of the Seventh World belongs to the same energy as the actual magic world, this world has special rules.

After all, there is no such thing as changes in the nature of magic in other worlds.

The changes in the properties of magic are completely different from magic of attributes such as water, fire, earth, and wind.

Except for the lucky ones like Lian and Talia whose magic power is born with the characteristics of laws, the changes in the nature of magic power cultivated by others are far less significant.

In the original work, the demon Pagugu, the nature of his magic power changes to domination.

Although it can indeed work on ordinary people and monsters, it has no effect at all when it comes to the protagonist. It is a world of difference from Lian being able to poison Lloyd and Talia being able to injure Lloyd through self-harm.

This is the difference between innate characteristics and acquired characteristics through self-cultivation.

In fact, if we talk about the upper limit of the change in the nature of magic, it can be used to create the world.

Of course, the prerequisite is to have the magical power reserves to create the world, and to have the same level of understanding of the way of creation as Nuwa.

So there is nothing to expect from this theoretical upper limit.

Because for those who have reached that stage, who needs a change in nature? It’s all about the laws to show respect.

Therefore, although it is effective to cultivate the changes in the properties of magic power after birth, the effect is limited.

For Li De and others, it would be better to use this time to improve their own abilities.

Precisely because the changes in the nature of innate magic power are fundamentally different from those acquired through cultivation, Li Decai did not have much hope for Miyano Shiho's research.

Because the changes in the nature of magic in the Seventh World are obviously different from the devil fruits in the One Piece world, it will not have any effect on oneself.

If it is really the same as a devil fruit, then Lian should be like Magellan who ate the Poison-Poison Fruit, with even his breath filled with deadly toxins.

Therefore, when the characteristics of the laws that only work on magic power do not affect the body, it is somewhat unrealistic to want to be able to replicate them through blood genes.

Of course, Li De didn’t know whether it was exactly as he knew.

Because anime is anime, and reality is reality.

That's why Li Decai did not stop Miyano Shiho from her research.

After all, what if it can be reproduced, right?

Of course, as long as you don't have too much expectations, there will be no disappointment.

Soon, a few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li De, who had been staying in the mansion, felt something was wrong.

What's wrong?
The target of the mission, Tao, has not shown up yet.

"Beta, how is it?" After there was no news about Tao for several days since arriving in the royal capital, Li De sent Beta to the Adventurer's Guild to inquire about the news during the banquet.

In fact, if Chelsea hadn't been busy entertaining the nobles who kept coming to her, this would have been something she should have done.

Of course, Beta himself did not go, but sent a shadow clone.

"Master, I met Tao just now and asked her what she thought." Beta continued.

"What did she say?" Li De looked at Beta with a little surprise.

"They say the master is too fickle. Even if we could develop a romantic relationship in the future, it would be impossible to get the approval of her family." Beta shook his head.

"This girl is simply incapable of understanding the greatness of her master. Besides, there is no shortage of women around outstanding men. No one will care if an incompetent man wants to be unfaithful." Gamma, who was standing by, immediately retorted in dissatisfaction after hearing this.

"I'm a fickle person. I didn't expect it to be for this reason." Li De had never thought about this.

After all, Tao's words are quite different from Li De's impression of her in the original work.

You have to know that Tao in the original book, when facing the lich, was able to push Lloyd, whom she met for the first time, out of what she thought was danger without hesitation, and was willing to sacrifice her own life to give the other party a chance to escape.

Li De really didn't think that she could say such words as she was such a face-loving girl.

"Sid, I feel that maybe the people around you are just too outstanding." Claire expressed her opinion.

"Master, this is indeed possible, because Tao is currently only a B-level adventurer. Maybe it is really possible that it is because of us S-level that she feels that she is not good enough." Beta nodded. She agreed with Claire's statement.

Besides, compared to them, Tao is indeed inferior, there is no doubt about that.

"Sid, why don't we take the initiative to go to the Adventurer's Guild and meet by chance. After all, Tao hasn't met you yet, so she can still say such things." Claire thought for a while and suggested to Li De.

"If Tao could come to me on her own initiative, I would be more proactive." Li De did not nod, but expressed his thoughts.

"Master, are you worried that she won't want to sign the contract?" Gamma asked from the side.

"Well, that's what I'm worried about." Li De said without hiding anything.

"Whether she wants to sign the contract is not up to her." Esdeath on the side couldn't help but speak up.

"Esdeath, if we force her, the mission might fail before her bloodline is transformed." Li De certainly knew what Esdeath meant.

But the boss who issued the task didn't look for anyone else, but chose Tao from this world. It would be a lie to say that he didn't like the character Tao.

If Tao voluntarily signed the contract because of her beauty-loving nature, no boss would say anything.

But if Reed asked Esdeath to force her, the other party might not be able to bear with it and continue watching.

"Do you still have this concern?" For a moment, Esdeath didn't think of the big boss who issued the task.

"Beta, is Tao still in the Adventurer's Guild now?" Li De asked Beta.

"No, when I met her, she was walking out, as if she had received some mission." Beta shook his head.

"Where is her whereabouts?" Li De continued to ask.

"I left a space mark on her while we were talking, so she can be teleported there at any time." Beta would certainly not forget such a thing.

"Then..." Li De, who was about to continue speaking, suddenly frowned and looked towards the direction of the palace.

"That kid has left the palace." Claire hadn't realized that Lloyd would meet Tao after leaving the palace.

But Li De already knew the plot.

Do you want to prevent the two from meeting?

Li De's mind was working rapidly at this moment, analyzing and weighing the pros and cons.

After thinking for about a minute, Li De stood up.

"Gamma, teleport over now and bring Tao here." As he spoke, Li De created a shadow clone.

"Sid, where are you going?" Claire asked Reed's real body after seeing the shadow clone sitting in the position before the real body.

"Let's go to the palace, it's time to take action!" After Reed said this, he shrank into the appearance of Lloyd, then took a step forward and disappeared into the mansion.

(End of this chapter)