231: Soul Devouring Demon God

Inside the Contract Space.

Xu Le channeled his mana, and a soul-hooking chain appeared in his hand, lashing out at the Four-Winged Angel's body.

A transparent Divine Soul was hooked out of the body. Kunpeng seized the opportunity, and just as the last sliver of the opponent's Divine Soul was about to leave the shell, it channeled its mana to control the golden flying daggers from before, severing it.

"Ah~"

The Divine Soul pulled out of the body and the remnant Soul left inside let out shrill screams simultaneously; the remnant Soul outside the body was even on the verge of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Xu Le understood the implication, snapped his fingers, and the Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit floated over.

"What are you doing? Heretic! You dare to toy with Souls; God will make you vanish into thin air!"

The Six-Winged Angel was terrified and struggled desperately, trying to return to its body, but Xu Le's soul-hooking chain had already been cultivated to the Advanced level, binding its Divine Soul tightly.

Just as the Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit was about to use the 【Possession】 Skill, Kunpeng felt uneasy and controlled the flying daggers to strike the angel a dozen more times. The pain was so intense that the opponent could barely scream, and its Divine Soul was so shattered it was almost on the verge of dissipating.

"Thief! Heretic! God will judge you and cast you into the eighteenth level of Hell, to suffer the roasting of Hellfire for all eternity!"

Although the connection with the remnant Soul was almost extinguished, the main Soul saw the miserable state of the remnant Soul and foresaw the fate of its own shell.

It struggled with all its might, and the chain wrapped around it emitted a mournful sound as if it couldn't bear the burden.

Click, click...

Cracks began to appear on the chain, and they grew in number.

After all, Xu Le was only Rank 9. Being able to drag out the angel's Divine Soul was already a testament to the power of the soul-hooking chain Skill, but the gap in Rank was still somewhat impossible to bridge.

A glimmer of hope flashed in the angel's eyes, and it struggled even harder, causing the soul-hooking chain to emit a continuous series of mournful sounds.

"I almost forgot about you!" Kunpeng's gaze shifted from the remnant Soul, and with a flap of its wings, the feather daggers, which had lost most of their sharp aura, shot toward the angel.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Unlike before, this time all the flying daggers shot violently toward the angel's vital points, and with every strike, the remaining sharp aura exploded within the angel's Divine Soul.

When the last flying dagger exploded, the angel's main Soul had been weakened to the same state as the remnant Soul; while not quite ready to dissipate at a breath of wind, it was barely holding on, and the thought of breaking free from the chain had become a fantasy.

"You are so vicious!"

The angel finally realized it had been plotted against from the very beginning. From the moment its feathers were knocked off, the opponent had never revealed the true power of the feathers, fearing that it would choose mutual destruction.

Then, after beating its remnant Soul into a state of powerlessness, the opponent truly attacked it.

Too ruthless, too vicious!

If there had been even one mistake in the middle, it could have detonated its Divine Soul. Now, with its main Soul severely damaged and bound by the soul-hooking chain, all resistance was a pipe dream.

"Death God! So you are people of the Death God!"

"So ruthless, so vicious!"

Xu Le did not explain. He replaced it with an intact soul-hooking chain to re-hook the angel's Divine Soul, only then truly commanding the Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit to perform Possession on the angel.

Although only a remnant Soul remained in its shell, and it had been worn down to the point where only a trace of spiritual awareness remained, a Divine Soul was still a Divine Soul; even so, he dared not be careless.

Kunpeng, however, was unconcerned. Under its control, the opponent's remnant Soul was merely a tough piece of meat to chew. At most, it would take some time, with absolutely no risk of backlash.

He flew straight out of the Contract Space to clean up the battlefield; unless there was a Six-Winged or even stronger angel, absolutely no one would be able to discover it.

Xu Le blinked: "Great Emperor, how did you manage to beat the Four-Winged Angel?"

"You can do it too!"

Xu Le: "..."

After witnessing the battle between the two, he didn't have the slightest confidence.

Although the Indestructible Battle Staff was very strong, his attributes were crushed in every aspect, and the opponent's Spells were not weak, nor was its melee strength, leaving absolutely no possibility of a comeback.

However, since Kunpeng was unwilling to say, Xu Le did not force it.

With the subtle influence of the 【Innate Divine】, if the other party didn't say it, it must be because saying it would be of no use to his current improvement in strength.

Time passed slowly. The Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit had been gnawing on the remnant Soul inside the angel's shell, but it was like an ant gnawing on bread; even though it was very diligent, the speed was still very slow.

...

The third day.

Xu Le used a 【Holy Light Demon Destruction Spell】 to kill a devil and was about to continue on his way when his heart stirred: "Rest for an hour."

After saying this, he ducked into a wooden hut nearby.

Andre and the others looked at each other in dismay; given the intensity of the recent battle, the Son of God would surely continue on to the next mission.

However, Xu Le's current prestige was deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts, and no one dared to question him, so they followed suit and sat down to rest on the spot.

Xu Le walked into the hut, because he had just sensed that the Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit had finally devoured the opponent's remnant Soul, completely completing the Possession.

Not only that, he felt a cool sensation surge throughout his entire body.

This was his contracted beast ranking up!

He cast his mind onto the attribute panel; the Soul-Devouring Demon Spirit had promoted to a Soul-Devouring Demon God.

【Contracted Spirit】 Ghost (Renamed)

【Race】 Soul-Devouring Demon God (SSS Rank)

【Rank】 1

【Physical Body】 60

【Mana】 90

【Divine Soul】 5

【Equipment】 None

【Talent】 Spiritual God, Hidden Void

【Skills】

1. Soul Devouring (Passive)

2. Divine Soul Whipping

3. Howl of Despair

4. Prey Marking

5. Divine Soul Duel

6. Possession

7. Sword of Holy Light

Consumes 5 Mana to condense a Sword of Holy Light, which purifies and burns the opponent's Divine Soul, mana, and Physical Body. Duration: 30 minutes. Cooldown: None.

8. Holy Light Shield

Consumes 3 Mana to condense a Holy Light Shield, which can block up to 60 points of Mana damage. Duration: 30 minutes. Cooldown: None.

9. Holy Light Marking

Consumes 0.1 Mana to place a Holy Light Marking on a heretic, which can be discovered.

10. Holy Light Judgment

Consumes 10 Mana to fire an intense beam of purifying light forward, which can deal Divine Soul × 10 damage.

The Soul-Devouring Demon God, or Ghost, having now possessed the body of the Four-Winged Angel, had directly promoted to Divine-Grade after devouring the opponent's Divine Soul due to its unique race.

Its own Skills had promoted by one level, and it had perfectly acquired the opponent's divine body, leaping to become a powerful combat force that surpassed Xu Le.

The only flaw was that because of the remnant Soul it possessed, it had only acquired four Skills and partial memories.

Wait, Xu Le saw 【Holy Light Marking】 and immediately had Ghost help him and Kunpeng check; sure enough, they discovered that both of them had Holy Light Markings on them.

Not only that, even Spu had one.

"Too shameless!" Xu Le was heartbroken. Could such trash really be an angel?

Ghost hurriedly wiped the Holy Light Markings off the three of them. Fortunately, no angels were paying attention, otherwise the "innocent" Spu would have become a Soul under an angel's hand.

"You... you will meet a terrible death!" The angel, locked by the soul-hooking chain, seeing that its last resort had also been broken, immediately wanted to detonate its Divine Soul.

However, being bound by the soul-hooking chain, it had no ability to detonate itself.

Xu Le gave Ghost some instructions and let it return to the side of the fake Son of God.

Ghost nodded, flapped its four wings, and flew stealthily toward Jason.