Like mad zombies, more than thirty Soul-Devourers surged out from the street ahead of Zhang Chen and Yue Xi, who rode black horses. Starved of human flesh for so long, they had lost their minds and become masterless creatures that lived only to eat meat.
"They're somewhat like the Lickers from Resident Evil. You handle them."
"Yes, Master."
From horseback, Zhang Chen watched Yue Xi dart about with agile movements, using her dagger to slit the Soul-Devourers' throats one by one. There was no soul left within them, and their flesh held absolutely no value. Even the corpses that fell to the ground were too repulsive for microorganisms to decompose.
"Not bad. Let's keep heading inward. By the way, how are the power levels of living beings classified in your world?"
(This world is similar to Ling, so readers, please do not interpret it as the human world. The human world is far more advanced; ordinary independent worlds cannot evolve beings like humans, whose souls possess limitless potential. Therefore, the lifeforms in this world are born with certain abilities and do not need to die and become ghosts first.)
"There are four major ranks: Firstborn, Sacrificial Fang, Tongue Swallower, and Jukou. Someone like me is merely on the first level of Sacrificial Fang. I can handle Soul-Devourers that were Firstborn before death with ease, but among true experts, I'm nothing but cannon fodder. Master, you should be at the Tongue Swallower level, perhaps even Jukou, right?"
"Don't use the ranks of your world to measure me."
"I'm sorry."
The two continued deeper toward the center. Gradually, the surrounding streets no longer looked as terrible as those on the outskirts, and the population density steadily increased.
"Does currency still circulate here?" Zhang Chen suddenly remembered that he had arrived in this