"Interesting, so interesting. This kid actually dared to agree! Hahahahahaha!"
"I'm surprised too."
The Underworld Emperor looked somewhat astonished.
"This kid is pretty easy to fool."
"You didn't even mention that my Martial Soul is divine-grade and my Innate Soul Power is level twenty?"
"That's what makes it interesting. He needs to feel some pressure.
We don't have much time left."
The Ghost Emperor suddenly sounded melancholy.
The Underworld Emperor's smile faded, and his expression grew just as grave.
"This kid will probably be a huge variable."
After dealing with the two Limit Douluo, Lin Tian had no strength left. He collapsed onto the ground.
The things that had happened over the past few days were simply too fantastical:
He had awakened the Blood Sea Martial Soul, found the Silver Dragon King, been captured by Blood Fiend, come face-to-face with the Holy Spirit Cult's upper ranks—even its supreme ruler, the Demon Empress—and then somehow become a high-ranking member of the Holy Spirit Cult. Now he was about to go undercover in the Spirit Pagoda.
His short life had been utterly bizarre.
"A ten-year agreement?
Sounds interesting."
Just as Lin Tian let out a breath of relief, the alluring Leng Yulai came to his side again.
Lin Tian instinctively froze.
"So soon?"
"Looks like you already know.
Of course it's soon. We're not planning to make this our base for long.
We just need to hold Han Tianyi off for a few days and build a simple device.
As for the rest of the time, come on. I'll take you to kill some people."
"Damn, I feel like I've heard that line somewhere before, but it doesn't really fit here, does it?
And why are you more excited than I am?"
Before Lin Tian could refuse, Leng Yulai's cold hand clasped his little one and gave it a tug.
He felt as though he had been lifted into the air, pulled out of the secret chamber and onto the open ground.
By now, Leng Yulai had recovered considerably. The aura of a Super Douluo erupted from her as the terrifying phantom of an Evil Phoenix appeared and an invisible domain spread outward.
An overwhelming pressure crushed everyone to the ground, leaving them unable to move. Even the three Soul Douluo were no exception.
Still, Lin Tian keenly noticed something:
Though Leng Yulai seemed to be exerting her power all at once, the force bearing down on each person was different.
The three Soul Douluo were under the greatest pressure. All three had been crushed into the ground, while everyone else was suppressed according to their strength.
A level ninety-seven Super Douluo, boosted by Four-Character Battle Armor, could instantly reach the level of a Limit Douluo and easily decide the fate of several hundred Soul Masters.
Numbers meant nothing before the strongest fighters.
After Leng Yulai had done all this, she tossed Lin Tian a knife.
"Blood Shadow Envoy, the Ghost Emperor told me that since you chose to have them die, then kill them all. But don't waste their blood.
Sigh, the Ghost Emperor really knows how to run a tight ship.
Your Innate Soul Power is level five. Absorb their blood until you reach innate level ten, and that'll be enough. You can say there was a mistake when your Soul Power was tested. You did pass out, after all, didn't you?
The truth is, you have Innate Full Soul Power. But if you show any more than that, people will get suspicious.
Qiangu Dongfeng isn't stupid. He's dealt with us Evil Soul Masters for years, so he knows how powerful an evilized Martial Soul can be.
Now summon both your Martial Souls."
As soon as Leng Yulai finished speaking, Lin Tian did as she said. He released both Martial Souls at once, and the Starfish Martial Soul and Blood Sea Martial Soul glowed scarlet.
Leng Yulai saw them and revealed a playful smile.
Apart from the blood-red light, they showed no signs of evil. They were, indeed, easy enough to disguise.
In the Federation, these Martial Souls wouldn't even count as evil. Who would know that both of Lin Tian's Martial Souls could devour blood?
"Begin."
With those words, Leng Yulai had effectively sentenced every Evil Soul Master there to death.
Lin Tian felt no ripples in his heart as he listened.
He knew this was the Holy Spirit Cult's cruel law: the strong preyed on the weak.
Besides, every one of these people deserved to die. Whether Blood Fiend had forced them or they had joined willingly, their hands were stained with the blood of countless people. Lin Tian felt no guilt about killing them.
He headed first for the low-level Soul Masters. Then, one by one, he cut their throats with a single stroke.
Their scarlet blood ran down their necks and into a low-lying pool.
Lin Tian took a deep breath and continued in the same way, one after another.
Killing people didn't seem as difficult as he'd imagined. Or maybe he simply felt no guilt, since they were all beasts.
But after his hundredth kill, his hand finally shook so badly that he could no longer hold the dagger.
Leng Yulai smiled. With a gentle pull of her Soul Power, she lifted the dagger from his hand. It spun rapidly in the air, then shot toward the remaining Evil Soul Masters at terrifying speed, killing each with a single strike.
All the blood flowed across the ground and into the Blood Pool.
"That's enough. Absorb the blood."
Leng Yulai could only admire Lin Tian.
Now that she thought back on what the Ghost Emperor had told her, she felt he had to be joking.
Was this kid a kind person?
Would a kind person kill without blinking?
He was only six years old.
Leng Yulai didn't think so. This kid was a natural Evil Soul Master, with a mind unlike anyone else's.
Lin Tian slowly raised his right hand. The Blood Sea Martial Soul released a powerful suction force, ravenously devouring the blood essence.
It wasn't absorbed into the Blood Sea. Instead, it entered his body, where the pure energy was converted into Blood Sea cells.
Put simply, Evil Soul Masters absorbed the energy in blood.
A Soul Master's blood contained Soul Power and life energy. An ordinary person's blood had no Soul Power, only life energy, so it was less effective—but could make up for that in quantity.
The blood of these Evil Soul Masters contained not only abundant Soul Power and life energy, but also evil elements. It was a potent tonic.
Nourished by this energy, the blood cells in his Blood Sea Martial Soul began to multiply rapidly, but his cultivation level didn't increase at all.
To keep anyone from noticing, Lin Tian immediately channeled the blood into his Starfish Martial Soul.
His Starfish Martial Soul had been evilized too, and it also possessed the ability to crave blood.
As it gradually devoured the blood, the Starfish Martial Soul's aura grew stronger, and the Soul Power fluctuations around him continued to rise. In an instant, he went from level six to level seven.
All the energy before this had gone to the Blood Sea Martial Soul. Now that he was channeling it into the Starfish Martial Soul, the gains were immediate.
That was because the energy absorbed by the Starfish Martial Soul acted directly on the Martial Soul itself, then fed back into his body.
As the blood in the Blood Pool gradually disappeared, Lin Tian's aura grew stronger and stronger. In just one day, his level rose by four, taking him from level six to level ten.
A Soul Master with Innate Soul Power at level five would need at least a year to cultivate four levels of Soul Power.
One day's progress equaled a year of cultivation. That was the value of being an Evil Soul Master.
Lin Tian instinctively started to stop, but just then, something unexpected happened.
He felt as though his Starfish Martial Soul had slipped out of his control. Then his consciousness sank completely, and he passed out.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a frigid sea. His point of view was strange, and everything around him was scarlet.
"Where am I?
Did I transmigrate again?"