My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 360: Method of breaking through 367

The Cimu family.

Old Thief Cimu had just completed a new round of cultivation.

His complexion suddenly changed.

With a flash, he descended into the dungeon of the Cimu family at a terrifying speed.

Upon arriving at the dungeon, what he saw were two bodies drenched in blood.

One was Lu Wu’s, and the other was that of the man Lu Wu had killed.

The man who had been violently killed by Lu Wu didn’t need mentioning, his end was pitiful, and Lu Wu wasn’t much better off.

His resistance had provoked a backlash of energy from Old Thief Cimu.

The power above King-level was terrifying, not to mention Lu Wu, who was below King-level, even those at the King-level Peak would be severely injured by it.

Watching Lu Wu’s breath rapidly weaken, the expression on Old Thief Cimu’s face was extremely ugly.

After all, he still couldn’t allow Lu Wu, his tool, to die.

With no other choice, he had to rescue Lu Wu immediately.

Old Thief Cimu truly lived up to the name of the real master of the Cimu family, with a wealth that was incredibly abundant, and he casually took out several bottles of Legendary Level potions to administer to Lu Wu.

After a few potions, Lu Wu’s injuries began to slowly heal.

At this point, Old Thief Cimu conducted an investigation of the situation.

After asking the warden responsible for overseeing Lu Wu, Old Thief Cimu basically understood what had happened.

After understanding the reason for Lu Wu’s sudden outburst, Old Thief Cimu didn’t say anything more, since he still needed to use Lu Wu, his tool.

Moreover, Lu Wu’s outbreak had made him aware that Lu Wu’s current state was probably on the verge of mental collapse.

Coupled with severe injuries, if pushed further, it was possible that Lu Wu would end his own life.

He had to give Lu Wu a glimmer of hope and slowly domesticate him.

Under these circumstances, Lu Wu’s outburst had also significantly improved his own treatment.

When Lu Wu woke up again, he found that the cell he was in had changed.

It went from the originally dark and damp dungeon to a standard small single room, and the attitudes of the guards towards him had improved a lot.

The leading guard, upon seeing Lu Wu wake up, clearly indicated to him.

This was because of Lu Wu’s performance over the past half-month, which had cleansed a little bit of sin, so the benevolent Old Thief Cimu had granted him this favor.

He told Lu Wu to continue working hard, to earnestly serve Old Thief Cimu, and to strive to cleanse the sins on him as soon as possible. Perhaps then, Old Thief Cimu might release him.

This was the warden’s routine brainwashing tactic.

Whether it was during torture, feeding, or any other time, they would always come up with similar rhetoric.

The aim was to subtly influence Lu Wu’s spirit.

To brainwash Lu Wu into becoming Old Thief Cimu’s dog.

This routine might have been effective on others, but it was completely useless on Lu Wu.

He didn’t listen to the warden’s words at all, waking up and, after glancing at his environment, closing his eyes to check his own condition.

"The energy within my body has become more concentrated, obviously replenished by Old Thief Cimu."

Regarding this, Lu Wu had already anticipated.

And he didn’t care too much.

What Lu Wu cared about now was the result of his recent struggle.

Overall, the gains weren’t small.

Aside from the improved living environment he had already seen, Lu Wu felt his physical strength had significantly increased, and he had reached the Lord Level of power.

That is to say, without unleashing energy, he should be able to nearly unleash Lord Level combat power.

Of course, this level of combat power wasn’t very useful to him now.

The most important gain for Lu Wu was that his struggle confirmed his previously contemplated method of breaking free from Old Thief Cimu’s energy control was effective.

A full burst of power would definitely be able to break free.

But the cost would be considerable injury, and the other party would detect it immediately, so using it to escape was practically impossible.

However, this breakout attempt gave Lu Wu a deeper understanding of Old Thief Cimu’s energy structure.

"The energy of Old Thief Cimu in my body is like a safety switch. As soon as the energy in my body bursts to a certain level, he can sense it instantly, and the energy he left in my body will also react.

Therefore, I can’t use energy without his permission, let alone advancing my strength. My energy must be kept below a certain threshold."

"However, on the other hand, as long as my energy is maintained below a threshold, and remains in a specific calm state, the switch can be left untouched.

It seems that I’ve got room to maneuver!"

A spark of inspiration flashed in Lu Wu’s mind, and he immediately began to wholly invest himself in verifying his conjecture.

Lu Wu started with the "Universal Charger" and "Lu Family Swordsmanship" as the core, beginning to fuse the power of the "Power of the Ocean" Skill.

While fusing, Lu Wu began to spread his own power, striving to keep it within a certain threshold.

This task required extremely careful operation.

Fortunately, the progress of "Lu Family Swordsmanship" over the past half-month provided Lu Wu with the resources to operate.

After a full three hours, Lu Wu successfully fused the power of the "Power of the Ocean" Skill without triggering Old Thief Cimu’s energy switch.

Having achieved this, Lu Wu was both startled and overjoyed.

"My conjecture is not wrong; this is doable!

As long as the energy is maintained at a certain threshold, even if I break through to King-level, Old Thief Cimu won’t notice."

Even under this state, Lu Wu realized that his strength wouldn’t increase significantly upon breaking through.

He also didn’t dare to increase it too much.

But as long as Lu Wu could break through to King-level, the system of Lu Wu’s house would update, and he would be able to see Old Thief Cimu’s attributes.

This was extremely important for Lu Wu.

Perhaps, it would become the key for Lu Wu to free himself.

Lu Wu was well aware of this, so he began to focus on breaking through to King-level as his goal.

This was still quite challenging.

While Lu Wu had successfully fused the "Power of the Ocean", he still had nearly ten other skills. "Power of the Ocean" was relatively mild and easier to fuse, while other skills presented a much greater challenge for Lu Wu, and even the slightest carelessness could lead to problems.

If any exposure occurred due to an issue, Lu Wu’s situation would become dangerous.

Therefore, Lu Wu had to be extremely careful.

He could only fuse one skill per day or even less, giving himself more time to adapt to the new power and avoid issues while integrating other powers.

In Lu Wu’s tense efforts, another week quickly passed.

On that day, it was time for Lu Wu to serve as a tool again.

Coincidentally, it was also on this day that a visitor from District 1 arrived at the Cimu house, and moreover, it was a visitor who had come for Lu Wu...