171: Gray Serpent Advancement, Soul Desecration

Three thousand Nether God Temples, meaning at least three thousand King-rank Nether Spirits or Nether Beasts.

What the hell? How is he supposed to fight that?

Originally, Lin Chuan felt that conquering a piece of the Underworld was already quite an achievement.

In the end, compared to the entire Underworld, it was nothing.

Three thousand was only a conservative estimate; according to Ming Shuo, this area was 'barren,' making it difficult for King Ranks to be born.

Some areas could even produce more than a dozen King Ranks... He was tired, let it all be destroyed!

However, after a second thought, he realized he wouldn't have to worry about running out of king-rank soul pearls, ha ha...

Unknowingly, nearly an hour had passed.

Although Ming Shuo was practically ready to kneel before Lin Chuan, Lin Chuan still hadn't responded.

Gradually, the dispatched teams started returning.

Each team of Xuanming Guards brought back at least ten monarch-rank soul orbs.

With more than a hundred freshly obtained monarch-rank soul orbs, Lin Chuan directly fed them all to Gray Snake.

"What is that?"

The moment Gray Snake appeared, Ming Shuo trembled uncontrollably, as if seeing a natural predator.

"Just a small Commander Rank toy. Look how scared you are!"

Lin Chuan smiled and said.

A small Commander Rank toy?

What Commander Rank creature could devour over a hundred monarch-rank soul orbs like candy without fear of bursting?

This wasn't even about whether it would burst or not.

This was absolutely outrageous!

One dared to eat it, and the other dared to feed it, and the crucial point was that nothing happened. Wasn't that infuriating?

Gray Snake's existence was originally a variable, a distortion, a mutation, something that shouldn't exist...

It wasn't easy for Lin Chuan to raise it until now.

Finally, it was time for it to bear fruit again.

The soul fruit had matured.

"Eat it!"

A gray-white fruit was tossed into Gray Snake's mouth by Lin Chuan.

Instantly, Gray Snake exploded into a cloud of gray mist.

"See, I knew it would explode..."

Ming Shuo thought internally, but dared not Taunt.

Now, he no longer wanted to die.

However, Gray Snake was originally composed of gray mist, so now it was merely revealing its true form.

Strong winds raged inside the hall, and nether mist was continuously drawn in from outside, Fusing into Gray Snake's body.

"Does it need nether mist?"

"All teams, capture some Nether Beasts and bring them back!"

Lin Chuan issued the command.

"Underworld Two, you go too."

"Yes!"

Inside the hall, only Nether One, Lin Chuan, and Ming Shuo remained.

Underworld Eleven and the others patrolled the surroundings to prevent accidents.

"What exactly is that thing!" Ming Shuo asked. Just looking at the gray mist gave him a sense of deep Soul dread.

"You'll know soon enough."

Lin Chuan actually had the same feeling, which was why he generally avoided contact with Gray Snake's main body.

Although this was playing with fire, he had the golden tree, so he wasn't worried.

A moment later, Underworld Two was the first to return, holding two Nether Beasts.

Upon entering the hall, Underworld Two clapped his hands together, and the two Nether Beasts turned into a cloud of nether mist that drifted toward Gray Snake, leaving two monarch-rank soul orbs on the ground.

Soon, the rest of the teams returned one after another.

Essentially, they returned in pairs, each group bringing back a Nether Beast or Nether Spirit, all of Monarch Rank.

Lin Chuan waved his hand, and they were all executed inside the hall.

Rolling nether mist filled the entire temple.

Afterward, the mist was absorbed by Gray Snake like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds.

Finally, Gray Snake's body gradually solidified.

Its size hadn't changed, but its entire body was covered in dense, intricate symbols, like runes, making it difficult to look at directly.

Lin Chuan felt that Gray Snake's attributes must have undergone major changes this time:

Companion: Soul Distortion Body (Rank: Monarch Rank)

Skills:

Soul Invasion (Active: Occupies the body of a Yao Beast below the King Rank that has lost its Soul.)

Soul Devour (Active: Devours the Soul of a deceased creature below the King Rank.)

Soul Conversion (Active: Converts the devoured Soul into a Nether Spirit, retaining its memories.)

Soul Scourge (Active: Emits a mental attack that Scourges the Soul, lasting three minutes. Can be terminated at any time.)

Soul Distortion (Active: Possesses the target, causing distortion and reversal, making them unable to control their thoughts or actions. The distortion effect can be canceled at any time.)

Soul Resonance (Active: Shares the vision and hearing of the host it possesses or the host of its soul seed with the master. Remote communication via thought is possible.)

Physical Immunity (Passive: Immune to physical attack damage.)

Mental Immunity (Passive: Immune to mental control and illusion skills below the King Rank. Shared by the host and the master.)

Soul Parasitism (Active: Generates a soul seed, which can parasitize the Soul of a creature up to the King Rank. When the soul seed matures, the target completely obeys the master.)

Soul Blasphemy (Passive: Constantly Blasphemes and pollutes the Soul of the host and the master until complete assimilation and distortion. If stared at directly by someone of an equal or lower rank, their Soul will gradually be distorted. Immune.)

Friendly Reminder: Those who play with the Soul will eventually suffer... Never mind, amitabha!!!

"Heh heh... Retribution, is it?"

Lin Chuan didn't care.

He casually sensed his surroundings and noticed that many of the small fry bounty hunters he had captured earlier still carried Commander Rank soul seeds.

Lin Chuan had robbed them and then let them act freely.

Looking around, they were basically still engaged in their old professions.

For the few who were truly deeply sinful, Lin Chuan had simply ordered them to kill Yao Beasts outside the city.

The only two things worth Lin Chuan's attention were two individuals.

One was the Monarch Rank bone blade belonging to the Demon God Cult, and the other was Long Qian.

If he didn't have this function now, Lin Chuan would have forgotten about her, despite seeing her naked and everything...

"master!"

"Are there any updates regarding the Long family?"

"There are no instructions, but Long Chenhao has advanced to Gold Rank, and it is said he contracted another King Rank Potential beast."

Long Qian replied mentally.

It seemed that Long Qian's previous spying on Lin Chuan was truly her own initiative and didn't involve the Long family seeking revenge.

But Long Chenhao contracted another King Rank Potential beast?

Lin Chuan couldn't stand it anymore. Who exactly was the protagonist? Was he really the Son of Destiny?!

Lin Chuan needed to find an opportunity to investigate.

Could this Long family really have some entanglement with the Yao King outside the city?

Lin Chuan didn't necessarily need to concern himself with this matter, but hearing about it was mainly irritating...

It wasn't because he was envious or jealous...

Wasn't it just a King Rank Potential Yao Beast? He had a pile of them himself...

Speaking of which, he should process them soon, lest they die and he suffer a great loss.

As for the Demon God Cult's bone blade, it was no longer in the hands of the Black-Clothed Chief Priest but was placed on an altar. Lin Chuan didn't know what scheme they were up to and didn't have time to deal with it for now...

"Ming Shuo, didn't you say you could pledge allegiance to me? Now let me verify whether what you said is true or false, heh heh..."

Lin Chuan said with a smile.

"How do you verify it?"

Ming Shuo swallowed, subconsciously thinking of the strange Gray Snake from before.

Just one glance made him feel intensely uncomfortable.

"It's very simple..."

As he spoke, Gray Snake spat out a gray seed that struck Ming Shuo's glabella like lightning.

Ming Shuo tried to dodge, but Nether One held him down firmly, making him unable to move.

"What did you do to me?"

Ming Shuo asked angrily.

He felt that something terrible was about to happen.