Evil Eye Tyrant

He might as well give up and leave with Wang Qiu'er.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire did not only have Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Evil Demon Forest; the Jingyang Mountain Range had them too.

"Hm? Why? Isn't there one right here? Why go looking for another?" Wang Qiu'er asked in confusion, a trace of puzzlement rising in her pinkish-blue autumn-water eyes.

"No." Lin Xuan shook his head. "It isn't safe here anymore."

"Qiu'er, we'll talk as we move." Lin Xuan grabbed Wang Qiu'er's hand and was about to run toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

At that moment, an intense red beam suddenly shot toward them from behind.

The red beam was as thick as a water vat, with a diameter of at least a meter. Everything in its path instantly turned to ash.

Lin Xuan naturally sensed the attack hurtling toward him from behind, and his face immediately darkened. He released Wang Qiu'er's hand for the moment, turned around, and swiftly formed a hand seal.

"Hundred Souls Sky-Locking Python!"

Lin Xuan's eyes narrowed, and the seal in his palm froze into place. He let out a low shout, then stomped heavily on the ground.

Clatter!

In the blink of an eye, several pitch-black chains burst from the earth before Lin Xuan, producing crisp clashing sounds.

The black chains then intertwined and coiled around one another. Within only a few breaths, they formed a giant black python dozens of zhang tall.

"Get it!" Lin Xuan pointed forward and barked coldly.

Hiss!

As Lin Xuan's cold shout fell, the giant black python formed from countless chains emitted a strange hiss. Its massive body then shot toward the red beam!

Boom!

The two collided, erupting with a piercing blast. Terrifying Soul Power shockwaves swept outward from the point of impact.

The red beam was shattered by the black python in an instant. The python let out a low roar, then moved again, charging directly toward the direction from which the red beam had come.

Roar!

Accompanied by a shrill screech, the black python slammed head-on into the ambusher that had launched the attack.

Only then did Lin Xuan clearly see what it was: a Soul Beast with an extremely bizarre appearance.

It floated in the air and looked somewhat like a balloon. Unfortunately, what hovered there was not a balloon, but a giant eye—a blood-red eye with a diameter of over a meter.

Brown markings surrounded the giant eye. Six soft tentacles dangled to the ground, dragging behind it. Everywhere they passed was left with corroded trenches.

Of the six tentacles, three were green and three were red, clearly distinct from one another.

However, after being struck head-on by the black python, three of its original six tentacles had been forcibly snapped off.

"Holy shit, an Evil Eye." Lin Xuan quickly recognized the Soul Beast. After all, only the Evil Eye Clan had such distinctive Soul Beasts.

"Damn it, if you won't let me leave, then stay here forever." A ruthless glint flashed through Lin Xuan's violet-black eyes.

"Myriad Star Hand!"

Lin Xuan raised his right hand toward the Evil Eye before him and shouted lowly. Then he suddenly clenched his hand.

As Lin Xuan's shout fell, the space around the Evil Eye violently distorted. Its surroundings rapidly changed, and before long, it was surrounded by a sky full of stars.

In an instant, the stars around the Evil Eye began to squirm. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into a massive stellar hand covered in countless points of light.

The moment the stellar hand appeared, it radiated a powerful soul pressure that pinned the Evil Eye firmly in place. Then, the stellar hand came crashing down upon it.

Boom!

There was no suspense. The Myriad Star Hand completely covered the Evil Eye. The instant the enormous palm struck the ground, the entire earth shook violently.

Wild Soul Power fluctuations, carrying a soul pressure that made one's heart tremble, swept outward from the impact point and kicked up a vast cloud of dust.

As the dust slowly dispersed, a gigantic pit hundreds of zhang wide appeared on the ground, shaped exactly like a palm.

A layer of black flame burned within the pit. The Evil Eye from before had completely vanished, leaving behind not even an intact corpse.

The only things remaining were a pool of dark-red blood and several indistinct chunks of mangled flesh, which were instantly burned into nothingness by the eerie black flames.

Those black flames were Nihility Devouring Flame. When Lin Xuan had unleashed the Myriad Star Hand, he had secretly called upon Nihility Devouring Flame's power.

Lin Xuan had judged that the Evil Eye before him was likely quite old, so he had to kill it in a single strike!

"Go!"

After slapping the Evil Eye to death, Lin Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He took Wang Qiu'er's hand and sped toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

Lin Xuan pulled Wang Qiu'er along as they darted through the woods, racing toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

Just then, a strange emotional fluctuation appeared in his heart without warning.

It was a negative emotion filled with killing intent, hatred, and fury, instantly flooding his reason like a burst dam.

The moment this negative emotion appeared, Lin Xuan immediately felt as though he were about to go mad, as if a Ferocious Beast imprisoned deep within his heart for far too long was roaring, desperate to break free from its cage.

"Hm?" Lin Xuan abruptly stopped, his brows tightly furrowed as an odd gleam flashed through his violet-black eyes.

Huff.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, adjusted the Soul Power within his body, and forcibly suppressed the violent aura that was nearly swallowing him whole.

"What's wrong?" Wang Qiu'er sensed the change in the force of Lin Xuan's grip and looked at him in confusion.

"Something's wrong!"

A look of realization flashed through Lin Xuan's eyes, and he quickly sensed the problem.

The instant Lin Xuan's words fell, everything around them turned illusory and began twisting violently. Then, it transformed into countless powerful Soul Beast phantoms that crazily pounced toward him.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Myriad Souls Sorrowful Howl!"

Lin Xuan's gaze sharpened. With a slight movement of his mind, five Soul Rings—purple, purple, black, black, black—rose from beneath his feet. The moment they appeared, the fifth Soul Ring suddenly blazed brightly.

The next second, powerful spiritual power spread outward from the center of his forehead. Wherever it passed, the violently distorted Soul Beast phantoms shattered one after another like smashed mirrors.