2: Chapter 2 Now we're even.

Outside the Black Prison, a scruffy man lay bored on the table, scrolling through "Yinfu" short videos.

He watched as videos of posturing beauties flashed across his phone screen, but he only smacked his lips with lack of interest, muttering softly:

"Why are short videos nowadays all 'tech and gimmicks'? If you're so capable, turn off the filters... they probably aren't even as good-looking as my Big Brother..."

Suddenly, a faint golden light shot out from the "Black Prison" in front of him, catching the man's attention.

"That's not right. Didn't they say the Black Prison is fully enclosed and completely isolated from the outside world? What's going on... wait!"

*Crack, crack~*

Several golden cracks, like centipedes, clung tightly to the "Black Prison."

*Boom!*

"Dammit!"

After a loud explosion, the man slowly poked his head out from a hidden corner of the room. He slowly pulled out a metal sphere with a protruding needle from behind him, his eyes fixed on the graceful figure bathed in golden light within the thick smoke.

"It seems Big Brother was right. A demon's Innate Talent is always so... unexpected."

...

"I am..."

Xing Yaoyan slowly opened her eyes. Habitually touching her face, a voice of pure desire escaped from her full lips.

"Eh? How did I get taller? No, the fur on my face is gone. Also, this silky skin, these jade-like fingers, this familiar feeling... I've transformed?! Oh! Luckily, it automatically gave me some clothes..."

An almost imperceptible blush appeared on her originally cold cheeks. The two wolf ears on her head trembled slightly as she touched them, and her tail wagged unconsciously.

Xing Yaoyan could hardly wait to find a mirror to see what she looked like now.

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something. Her eyes instinctively looked toward a shadow in the room. Behind a wall that originally seemed inconspicuous, a red, malicious black figure was hidden.

"Damn, what a buzzkill."

She curled her lips, then wiped the corner of her mouth with one hand, revealing a charming yet dangerous smile.

"Little punk, trying to pull a sneak attack? Just in time to try out the cheat I just got!"

Xing Yaoyan lightly raised her jade hand, which glowed with golden light, toward the black figure. A Grand Daoist Vibration that shook the Soul echoed through the space.

"Swallow!"

The smoke dissipated. The scruffy man was staring dazed at the wild and sexy wolf-eared beauty.

He had heard from his well-traveled Big Brother about how beautiful transformed female demons were, but he had never seen one, only satisfying his eyes through questionable photos on the internet. Seeing her now, she was truly as stunning as a celestial being.

But before he could continue marveling, the wolf demon suddenly turned her head to look at him for some reason, then raised her dangerous jade hand toward him.

"Not good, I've been spotted!" He secretly regretted being seduced by her beauty and losing the initiative. He prepared to teleport away from his position.

"No... that's not right... my power is rapidly disappearing..."

The man discovered to his surprise that he, who could originally teleport dozens of meters, could now only teleport a few meters. And that wasn't all; he felt his head becoming more and more groggy, as if it were filled with lead.

Even more terrifyingly, the Demonic Power Shielding Talisman his Big Brother had given him for life-saving purposes showed no reaction...

"There are no fluctuations of Demonic Power—you're not a demon! No, that's not right, I don't feel any spiritual power fluctuations either, you're not human... how is this possible?!"

He teleported out from behind the wall, holding a futuristic Mechanical Sword from who-knows-where with a hint of madness, pointing it tremblingly at the wolf girl who looked like a deity.

"Then there's only one possibility! You... you're a ghost!"

"Go to hell! I'll take you down with me!"

As he spoke, he swung the Mechanical Sword forward, slashing haphazardly at Xing Yaoyan. The originally smooth floor was carved with savage red gashes.

"Are you just attacking blindly?" A cold voice came from beside the man's ear.

The wolf-eared girl had appeared behind him at some unknown time, her head resting lightly near his ear. The heat of her breath, accompanied by a nectar-like fragrance, lingered around his heart.

Oh, wait, he no longer had a heart.

"Spiritual power fluctuations appeared, but isn't this... my spiritual power..."

*Squelch!*

Xing Yaoyan abruptly pulled her right hand out from the man's chest. The man's corpse slowly collapsed to the ground. The Mechanical Sword, no longer sensing its master's heat, quickly retracted into a metal ball and hit the floor with a "clang."

"Now we're even." An arrogant yet cute voice came from Xing Yaoyan's mouth, creating a strong contrast with her mature, dominant face.

"I didn't expect this Innate Divine Ability to be so strong. I thought it could only absorb others' power, like Nagato's Blue Shield, but I didn't expect it could also briefly use others' abilities.

There's still quite a bit of this teleportation spiritual power left after killing him just now. Escaping should be a piece of cake now."

Xing Yaoyan stared at her right hand, which was still as clean as before without a speck of blood, and talked to herself.

Although this was Xing Yaoyan's first time killing someone, the feeling of disgust she had heard about didn't appear. On the contrary, she felt completely refreshed from head to tail.

"Oh! Right, I need to quickly scavenge some supplies and leave before that Effeminate Man returns!"

Xing Yaoyan shivered. Before the Effeminate Man could return, she quickly gathered the items from the man's corpse and everything in the room except for the Black Prisons into the storage space in her Sea of Spirit.

The Star Swallowing Art not only provided her with a combat method to use an opponent's strength against them but also automatically generated a 10-cubic-meter storage space in her Sea of Spirit.

In her previous confrontation with that Effeminate Man, she had already felt a nearly hopeless sense of pressure, which was completely beyond what she could handle now.

Just as she was about to use the teleportation ability she had "borrowed" from the man to leave, she suddenly stopped.

"No! This teleportation ability can only travel long distances in open areas.

And if I just leave like this, I'll quickly attract attention and could easily be caught again... Besides, I'm a stranger in a strange land; where would I even escape to?"

Thinking this, Xing Yaoyan took out the phone she had swiped from the man and fumbled with the screen until the words "Too many incorrect password attempts, please try again in one minute" popped up. She lightly tapped her forehead.

"Does anyone these days really not like setting up fingerprint or face recognition? They just have to use a numeric password..."

She squeezed the phone irritably until she heard it groan under the pressure before letting go.

The black screen of the phone reflected Xing Yaoyan's peerless beauty:

Red lips, white teeth, delicate skin. On her smooth white long hair, a pair of long white wolf ears trembled slightly with her excitement. Her snow-white long dress was decorated with gold threads, looking elegant and majestic.

The only flaw was her furrowed brow.

Suddenly, Xing Yaoyan clapped her hands, and a light bulb seemed to light up over her head.

With a mischievous smile, she walked up to a "Black Prison" and threw a punch. The black box shattered into pieces, revealing a trembling Spirit Beast that looked like a monkey inside.

"Hey! Little guy, you're free. Run!"

After saying that, she ignored the seemingly terrified little monkey and continued punching the other Black Prisons in the same manner.

One by one, the Spirit Beasts were rescued.

Finally, as the last Black Prison shattered, Xing Yaoyan turned to look at the Spirit Beasts behind her. To her surprise, they didn't rush outside in a panic to draw fire as she had expected.

Large and small, they were now all standing in an orderly line, looking respectfully at her beautiful eyes.

At this moment, the little monkey from the beginning slowly crawled over; it seemed to be their representative.

"Squeak, howl..."

"You mean you'll help me escape in a moment?"

[PS: Star Swallowing Art: Opens a dedicated storage space in the Sea of Spirit. At the same time, it can absorb an enemy's power out of thin air, weakening the enemy and strengthening oneself. At higher Realms, one can even seize the creation and Luck of all things.]