At that moment, the two Evil Soul Masters Liu Yuan held high in the air were on the verge of death.
Liu Yuan's hands were wrapped around their necks. If he wished, he could snap them with a slight squeeze.
The two Evil Soul Masters knew this perfectly well.
They might be Evil Soul Masters, but they were still human. A broken neck would kill them all the same.
So the two of them were filled with overwhelming terror.
Though Liu Yuan still held them, they gripped their cleavers and hacked again and again at his body.
But their attacks had no effect whatsoever.
Liu Yuan didn't even bother to dodge as their cleavers came down. They did strike him, but his wounds healed in the blink of an eye. After exhausting themselves hacking away at him, the two Evil Soul Masters had nothing to show for it—not even a scratch that lasted.
"Why the hell won't you die?"
"What kind of monster are you?"
The two Evil Soul Masters were even more despairing now. As they stared into Liu Yuan's cold eyes, they could already guess how miserable their fate would be.
"This ends now."
Liu Yuan couldn't be bothered to waste any more time with them.
He was a straightforward person by nature.
It was true that he had dragged out his handling of Yu Xiaogang the last time.
But that was only because he wanted to torment Yu Xiaogang. Killing him would have been easy, but it wouldn't have been satisfying. Only by slowly torturing him could Liu Yuan make him suffer.
These two Evil Soul Masters, however, had no grudge against Liu Yuan. He had no desire to torment them.
So, holding them in his hands, he didn't prolong things. He simply squeezed, snapping both their necks.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out.
At the sound, the two Evil Soul Masters' heads drooped. Their faces turned pale and their lips purple as they died on the spot.
Liu Yuan's expression remained calm. He tossed their corpses aside as if they were trash.
But Xiao Wu, watching from the side, was utterly dumbfounded.
"He's so strong..."
Xiao Wu couldn't help letting out a gasp of amazement.
Only now did she finally understand just how powerful Liu Yuan was.
She knew exactly what level Tang San was at.
So Xiao Wu also knew that if Tang San had come here today, he wouldn't have stood a chance against these two Evil Soul Masters.
But Liu Yuan hadn't merely defeated them.
He had slaughtered them without the slightest suspense.
That was enough to show just how vast the gap between Liu Yuan's strength and Tang San's really was.
"Looks like I made the right choice after all!"
"I'll have to make sure I keep him happy from now on!"
Xiao Wu was thrilled.
She had still been a little doubtful about whether Liu Yuan was truly as powerful as he claimed.
After all, if he really was that strong, why would he come ingratiate himself with her?
Did he need her power to get revenge on Tang San?
Xiao Wu had been wondering about that all along.
But now, all her doubts had vanished.
She understood that Liu Yuan's strength far surpassed Tang San's. He didn't need to rely on her to deal with Tang San. On the contrary, if she really wanted revenge, she would need Liu Yuan's strength.
Now Xiao Wu understood completely.
She had to serve Liu Yuan obediently.
Whether through her body or her tenderness, she would make sure he was completely satisfied.
Only then would he listen to her wishes.
With that in mind, Xiao Wu quickly went over and showered Liu Yuan with praise.
Liu Yuan didn't say much in response.
Instead, he casually summoned his Martial Soul and opened the Death God Domain.
Just as he had done when resurrecting Xiao Wu, he gathered the two Evil Soul Masters' Martial Souls once more.
Then he gave them new bodies and cleansed their souls.
Before long, the two Evil Soul Masters appeared before Liu Yuan again.
They looked the same as before, but now Liu Yuan's restraints had been placed upon them. He controlled both their bodies and their souls. Though he couldn't control their thoughts, all it took was a single thought for him to kill them.
"From today on, the two of you will be my servants."
After resurrecting the Evil Soul Masters, Liu Yuan looked at them and spoke.
"As you command, my master."
By now, the two Evil Soul Masters understood their situation.
So they treated Liu Yuan with utmost respect.
They bowed obediently, then stood where they were like servants, not daring to raise their heads.
Life soon returned to normal.
Liu Yuan didn't leave the Land of Inheritance of the God of Death again during the days that followed. Instead, he stayed there to continue receiving the inheritance.
He had only one goal now: to inherit all of the God of Death's power as soon as possible, become the new God of Death, and personally leave seclusion to deal with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others.
So he needed to remain in the Land of Inheritance and continue receiving the inheritance.
In his spare time, apart from studying Soul Skills and practicing, he occasionally played around with Xiao Wu.
Speaking of Xiao Wu—
This woman really knew how to read the situation.
Ever since she had learned how powerful Liu Yuan was, she had kept coming up with new ways to serve him.
She had only one goal: to gain a higher standing by Liu Yuan's side, then take revenge on Tang San.
So lately, she had been thinking about only one thing: how to win Liu Yuan's favor.
As it turned out, Xiao Wu was quite good at it. She kept trying new tricks, and having brought her body to its limits, she really did win Liu Yuan over. As a result, he occasionally rewarded her, and her strength improved rapidly.
Liu Yuan didn't leave his two Evil Soul Master servants idle, either.
After taking them in, he began making plans to form an army of his own.
After all, he still couldn't leave seclusion, which meant he couldn't handle many things in person.
That meant he needed to build a powerful army that could act on his behalf before he emerged from seclusion.
So Liu Yuan had them scour the Douluo Continent for Evil Soul Masters.
They killed any weak ones they found and brought their souls back to the Land of Inheritance.
They led the stronger ones straight to the Land of Inheritance.
Liu Yuan would deal with those himself.
Another year passed in the blink of an eye.
By now, Liu Yuan had recruited over a hundred Evil Soul Masters.
They were all his servants, their bodies and souls under his control. They were utterly loyal to him.
After all, they all knew that with a single thought, their master Liu Yuan could reduce them to ashes.
Naturally, none of them dared to defy him in the slightest.
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