The dim Soul Devouring Fire, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, mercilessly harvested the lives of the Fallen Ones on the street. In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the street that was just bustling with noise and incredibly prosperous was now deserted.
Only lingering ghost fires remained, a scene of utter silence.
After devouring a large number of souls, the Soul Devouring Fire had been greatly enhanced.
Putting everything else aside.
The quality of souls in Slaughter City was truly high. All the souls came from powerful Soul Masters. The only slight trouble was that all these souls were "polluted."
The souls contained immense desire and killing intent.
Therefore, before Lin Xiao devoured the souls, there was an essential step: first removing the "impurities" like desire from these fallen souls. This gave Lin Xiao an idea for the evolution of the Soul Devouring Fire:
Purification.
Unlike the Amaterasu Phoenix Fire's restraint on Darkness and fallen attributes, the Soul Devouring Fire also restrained Darkness and fallen attributes, but the path was completely opposite.
The Amaterasu Phoenix Fire aimed to annihilate all Darkness and fallen aspects, including the souls filled with Darkness and fallen attributes; but the evolution direction of the Soul Devouring Fire was to remove the Darkness and fallen aspects from the souls, thereby obtaining a blank soul.
But first, Lin Xiao had to be able to resist the invasion of Darkness.
It felt somewhat like a "If I don't enter Hell, who will?" déjà vu.
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A month passed.
Lin Xiao was now considered an "old-timer" in Slaughter City.
Within a month, he had participated in 15 challenge matches in Slaughter City. After winning a hundred consecutive matches, he would gain the qualification to open the Hell Road.
By passing through the Hell Road, he could obtain the Deathgod Domain.
However, after the first month, the frequency of Lin Xiao's challenge matches slowed down.
On one hand, there were fewer opponents of the same level, and Slaughter City's arrangement speed was not as fast as before; on the other hand, Lin Xiao didn't want to leave Slaughter City too early.
Folks, who understands?
Lin Xiao truly loved Slaughter City!
The people here spoke nicely, and they were direct in their actions. Most importantly, where else could he find so many powerful Soul Masters with suppressed strength after leaving here?
Where else could he find so many high-quality souls?
Lin Xiao cherished this rare opportunity to stock up.
The Soul Devouring Fire had already begun to evolve. Before the evolution was complete and the Soul Devouring Fire had undergone a thorough transformation, he was reluctant to leave.
"It's him, Ghost Face Flame Monarch!"
The moment Lin Xiao's figure appeared on the street, all the vicious and evil people on the street scattered like they had seen a flood or a fierce beast, fearing they couldn't avoid him quickly enough.
Their fear of Lin Xiao even surpassed that of the Slaughter King.
At the very least, the Slaughter King only treated them like dogs.
Lin Xiao completely treated them like "treasures"!
Because Lin Xiao always wore a ghost face mask, and his killing method was the flame that could burn souls, he had gone on a killing spree in Slaughter City and was invincible in the Hell Slaughter Field.
Thus, he earned the so-called elegant title of "Ghost Face Flame Monarch."
Lin Xiao looked at the scattering Fallen Ones, casually raised his head, and snapped his fingers. The Soul Devouring Fire immediately selected a few lucky ones to serve as fuel for its evolution.
However, today seemed a little different.
Lin Xiao stopped in his tracks and looked up, only to see a beautiful young girl in black standing in the center of the street. She held a short sword about a foot long, its cold light flickering. Her pair of eyes, filled with enchanting charm, sparkled, and her temperament was fresh and refined.
In this chaotic slaughterhouse, compared to the other seductive and revealingly dressed women, she was like a pure lotus emerging from the mud.
Oh, a familiar face.
Lin Xiao recognized her. It was the enchanting fox Hu Liena, whom he had met during the Soul Master Competition. Lin Xiao was not surprised that she would appear in Slaughter City.
However, Hu Liena seemed to be in a bit of trouble right now?
The girl's cheeks were unnaturally flushed, and her pair of enchanting beautiful eyes held a hint of confusion. Her perfect figure was twisting restlessly at this moment, likely having been drugged with an aphrodisiac.
What a cliché and old-fashioned plot.
Lin Xiao was not interested in this. If it were anyone else, they might have already become a soul under Lin Xiao's fire, but for Dong Jie's sake, he decided it was better to avoid trouble.
Lin Xiao walked past Hu Liena calmly, neither favoring nor avoiding her.
Meeting by chance, no need to get acquainted.
But Hu Liena looked directly at him, her seductive red lips opening and closing as she whispered:
"Ghost Face Flame Monarch, I'm in a bit of trouble right now. I know you and I are the same kind of people, neither belonging to Slaughter City, and our ultimate goal is to walk the Hell Road."
"Help me, and I can become your companion. And after leaving Slaughter City, I will give you a generous reward."
Hu Liena seemed to have understood Lin Xiao for a long time.
Of course, she didn't know Lin Xiao's true identity. She had only made guesses and judgments about "Ghost Face Flame Monarch" based on some information.
Lin Xiao said coldly:
"You should know, I don't have a good attitude towards women."
In fact, in Slaughter City, any beautiful woman who tried to get close to Lin Xiao, whether they were poisonous spiders like black widows or pure-looking black-hearted lotuses, all met the same end.
That was to become nourishment for the Soul Devouring Fire.
Hu Liena bit her red lip lightly and said resolutely:
"It is precisely because of this that I want to seek your help, Ghost Face Flame Monarch. Helping me is helping yourself, because we both have a common enemy!"
Lin Xiao became interested.
"A common enemy?"
Hatred flickered in Hu Liena's eyes, and the disgust in her gaze was completely undisguised. She said hatefully:
"That's right, our common enemy is Blood Phoenix Ma Hongjun!"
"He has tried to force himself on me several times, but due to the pressure from the forces behind me, he was stopped by the Slaughter King. Now he's even resorting to despicable means and used an aphrodisiac on me!"
"He thinks he won't get into trouble if he doesn't do it himself, but I know that dead fatty's habits. This matter is definitely related to him!"
Clearly.
Whether Ma Hongjun did it or not, Hu Liena had pinned the blame on Ma Hongjun.
Hu Liena's voice began to falter, clearly having reached her limit. She tried her best to control herself, but her eyes were still so seductive they could draw out silk. She subconsciously licked her lips and stuck out her tongue, her delicate body twisting more frequently, her charm reaching its peak.
Seeing that Lin Xiao remained silent, she said anxiously:
"Everything I said is true!"
"Ma Hongjun is the adopted son of the Slaughter King. He is arrogant, extravagant, and lecherous, with an ugly appearance, but his psychology is extremely twisted. He has an obsession and harbors extreme jealousy towards all males with excellent talent or outstanding looks."
"He cannot tolerate anyone more outstanding than himself!"
"I vaguely heard news that you, Ghost Face Flame Monarch, have emerged out of nowhere, astonishingly talented and brilliant. Now Ma Hongjun is already gathering people to target you!"
"Perhaps, he already has a plan!"
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