"Keh heh heh heh~"
"What delicious souls!"
"If the higher-ups didn't need them, I'd love to devour every last one!"
A gaunt-faced man in dark red robes lurked in a corner of the Star Luo City imperial palace, licking his lips as he greedily admired the masterpiece he and his subordinates had created.
Had anyone been there, they would have recognized him as the Dark Blood Demon, the notorious leader of the Holy Spirit Cult's Dark Four Heavenly Kings.
Federation records stated that both his parents had died and that he had originally possessed no Soul Power. Only when he was eight, after the grandfather who cared for him died, had he devoured his grandfather's soul and reached level-one Soul Power.
Because he could only gain Soul Power by devouring souls rather than through meditation, his academy classmates had bullied him, and eventually the academy had expelled him.
Had he not finally joined the Holy Spirit Cult through certain channels, the Dark Blood Demon would likely never have existed. He would instead have died in some forgotten corner.
Looking at the souls invisible to others, he instinctively licked the corner of his mouth and lightly stamped his foot.
One blood-drawn Soul Guidance Array after another fully activated at his command, releasing a thick, foul stench.
The souls and blood of everyone killed throughout Star Luo City during the Holy Spirit Cult's surprise attack were drawn toward the Soul Guidance Arrays the Dark Blood Demon had created.
"Come, come! Let me see whether those Shrek remnants will avenge your imperial family!"
Listening to the agonized wails and screams, the Dark Blood Demon spread his arms and once again burst into crazed laughter.
"Keh heh heh heh!"
A tear glistened at the corner of his eye.
Not from sorrow, but excitement.
Sensing