Night had fallen.
Ye Xuan sat cross-legged on his bed, faint golden Soul Power curling around his fingertips.
At this moment, he was contemplating the contents of the second Life Trial.
Destroy Slaughter City's exit and cut off the sinners' path back to the light of day.
This meant that he first had to enter Slaughter City, achieve a Hell Hundred-Win Streak, pass through Hell Road, and then destroy that sole exit with his own hands.
Slaughter City's dangers were already infamous across the continent, while Hell Road was said to offer no survival out of ten attempts. On top of that, Tang San was very likely receiving Asura God's inheritance there right now. This journey was bound to be fraught with peril.
"Destroying Hell Road itself isn't difficult. The problem is that it's Asura God's turf."
Ye Xuan's gaze grew heavy as his fingers lightly tapped against the edge of the bed.
"My sixth soul ring is a hundred-thousand-year auspicious beast. Maybe she'll bring me a surprise."
With a thought, the sixth soul ring of his Pokeball Martial Soul suddenly lit up. Brilliant golden light gathered in the center of the room, gradually taking the form of a petite figure.
She was a little girl around one meter twenty or thirty tall, with fluffy golden twin-tails adorned at the tips with scattered motes of light. She wore a red-and-gold Lolita dress.
Her skin was fair as snow, and her delicate little face held a pair of large, watery eyes. Yet those eyes were filled with timid wariness, like a startled fawn.
"Y-you're my new master?" The little girl's voice was soft and sweet, carrying an almost imperceptible tremble. Her little hands clutched tightly at her skirt, and her body curled in slightly. Clearly, she had yet to recover from