Loophole. (Second Update!)

After quite a while, Zheng Que finally came back to his senses.

His head was still a little dazed, the ringing in his ears unceasing, his whole body swaying unsteadily.

The Underworld seen by the Soul Puppet... how could it be so terrifying?!

That terror, despair, and death that seeped into his very bones had nearly frightened him, the lord of the Underworld, into dropping to his knees on the spot.

No!

His Soul Puppet had already been frightened into kneeling prostrate on the ground.

Zheng Que immediately understood why none of the ghosts he summoned into the Underworld had ever dared resist him.

He did not need to make a move at all!

The sheer presence of simply sitting there was enough to terrify every ghost so thoroughly that they could not even muster a thought of resistance.

At that thought, Zheng Que took a deep breath and steadied himself before once again controlling the Soul Puppet below the hall to rise. However, he no longer dared use the Soul Puppet's vision to look around recklessly.

Once everything was ready, Zheng Que looked at the Soul Puppet below the hall and immediately spoke, issuing an order to himself: "Zheng Que!"

"This official commands you: when recruiting Ghost Servants, you may only enslave beautiful female ghosts."

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Que was about to control the Soul Puppet to nod in agreement when he abruptly discovered that, from the Soul Puppet's perspective, an incomparably intense sense of dread surged forth. Its aura rapidly weakened, and even its originally solid soul body began to collapse.

Zheng Que was instantly alarmed and immediately realized the problem... once his command was issued, it took effect at once, regardless of whether the target agreed!

The reason his aura had changed so