Heavenly Flames, Nihility Devouring Flame!

Myriad Souls Sorrowful Howl was Lin Xuan's fifth soul skill, derived from a seventy-thousand-year Illusory Sleep Butterfly.

When unleashed, this soul skill released the shrill howls of dead souls, sending out waves of soul-shaking sound.

These sound waves could both rattle the souls of enemies within range, leaving them dazed and stunned, and tear apart and dispel all illusion-type soul skills.

Furthermore, this soul skill allowed Lin Xuan to become immune to all mental side effects inflicted upon him for a short time.

Just now, Lin Xuan had sensed that something was wrong and decisively unleashed this soul skill. As expected, he had indeed been trapped in an illusion.

"Good, very good! What an interesting human. No wonder you dared enter our territory—you specialize in spiritual abilities. It seems you came specifically to hunt my clansmen. Unfortunately, even if you are a spiritual-type soul master, you are still doomed to die today."

Suddenly, a powerful spiritual will spread out from directly ahead of Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan raised his eyes and looked forward, only to find an Evil Eye—an eerie and powerful Evil Eye.

Judging by its color alone, it was far more imposing than the Evil Eyes from before. This Evil Eye's body—or rather, its enormous single eye—was silver-white.

Even more terrifying was its size. Its diameter reached a full three meters; compared to it, the Evil Eye from earlier was practically a child.

Sixteen tentacles dangled beneath this Evil Eye.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye?" Lin Xuan's heart skipped a beat as he sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the Evil Eye before him.

"Damn it, did I stab into an Evil Eye nest today? I just killed one, and now another one's here—and it's a hundred-thousand-year one!" Lin Xuan spat inwardly, but a trace of killing intent soon rose in his heart. With the means at his disposal, killing the Evil Eye before him would not be difficult.

What concerned him was whether the two Limit Douluo from the Holy Spirit Cult would notice anything. Or after killing this Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye, would the Evil Emperor stir up some new trouble?

If not for those concerns, he would have directly hurled over the two miniature ice swords Ice Empress and Snow Empress had left him for emergencies. No matter what, they could blow this beast to death.

In truth, he had originally come to the Evil Demon Forest only to hunt a sixth soul ring for Wang Qiu'er.

As for his own sixth soul ring, he had planned to return to the Extreme North and have Ice Empress and Snow Empress help him hunt one.

But now that he had run into this mess, Lin Xuan could not help feeling troubled.

In the end, he had not thought things through carefully enough, which was why he had fallen into such a passive situation.

He should have taken Wang Qiu'er back to find Ice Empress and Snow Empress first. To be honest, he regretted it somewhat now.

"Evil Eye Tyrant, let us go. Otherwise, you will not survive either." Lin Xuan stared fixedly at the Evil Eye Tyrant before him and shouted coldly.

"Oh? You killed my clansman and still want to leave unscathed? You are dreaming a little too beautifully." The Evil Eye Tyrant sneered disdainfully.

"System? Can you help me? I'm in a bit of trouble right now." Lin Xuan called out to the system in his mind.

"Reporting to host, this system only possesses the function of assisting the host and cannot directly interfere with the host's growth." The system's cold mechanical voice rang mercilessly through Lin Xuan's mind.

"Damn it!" Lin Xuan cursed inwardly. This lousy system really let him down at the critical moment. Expecting it to act directly was nothing more than wishful thinking.

"What immense spiritual power. To this lord, it is a superb tonic! If this lord devours it, perhaps this lord's cultivation can rise by another ten thousand years." The Evil Eye Tyrant's enormous eye locked tightly onto Lin Xuan, undisguised greed filling it.

Cursing aside, Lin Xuan's mind was already racing at high speed.

He could not fight head-on, but neither was there no chance of victory.

Lin Xuan calculated silently. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was indeed troublesome, especially a spiritual powerhouse from the Evil Eye Clan. If one died, it was highly likely to attract the Evil Emperor's attention. That would be a true catastrophe.

But... what if he did not kill it?

As long as he did not kill it completely, it should be fine.

After all, having thoroughly read the original work, he knew very well that Huo Yuhao had been discovered by the Evil Emperor after killing the Evil Emperor's son entirely because the Evil Eye Clan possessed a unique bloodline soul connection.

Once a clansman died completely, the powerful Evil Emperor could sense it instantly.

But as long as he did not completely kill the Evil Eye Tyrant before him, this connection would not trigger an alarm!

As long as he left it alive...

Lin Xuan swiftly settled on a plan. First, he would beat it until it was half-dead here and strip it of its ability to resist, then quickly take it away from the core region of the Evil Demon Forest.

Once they were beyond the Evil Emperor's range of perception, he could kill it and absorb it. By then, the sky would be the limit for birds to fly and the sea wide enough for fish to leap. No matter how powerful the Evil Emperor was, could he really run outside the Evil Demon Forest and go mad?

Yes, that was the plan.

As long as he beat it half to death, took it out, and then absorbed it, he could naturally obtain this sixth soul ring while perfectly avoiding the risk.

Having figured this out, Lin Xuan's originally restless mood gradually cooled.

Lin Xuan slowly raised his eyes and looked at the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler staring fixedly at him.

Three eyes met.

The Evil Eye Tyrant's enormous single eye was filled with undisguised greed, as though it were looking at a lavish feast.

And within Lin Xuan's pair of purple-black eyes, an identical trace of greed emerged at that moment.

You want to eat my spiritual power?

Heh, I want to eat your Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring too!

"Qiu'er, attack together." Lin Xuan turned to Wang Qiu'er and transmitted his voice to her.

"Mm." Wang Qiu'er nodded, then clenched her jade-like hand and summoned the Golden Dragon Spear.

"A final struggle before death? But before absolute power, it is all useless." The Evil Eye Tyrant gave a sinister laugh, then suddenly shouted.

"Evil Eye Gaze!"

In an instant, after his shout fell, a terrifying silver beam three meters in diameter shot out from the Evil Eye Tyrant's massive Evil Eye and blasted toward Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er.

Facing the Evil Eye Tyrant's attack, Lin Xuan calmly raised his right hand.

The next second, a mass of pitch-black flames surged from Lin Xuan's palm, and a terrifying devouring force continuously swept forth from within it.

The black flames on Lin Xuan's palm were exceptionally bizarre. As they churned, they continuously devoured the surrounding light and the essence of heaven and earth.

The black flames burned ever denser, gathering and compressing without cease. In the blink of an eye, they twisted into a gigantic, savage human face. Its eye sockets were two bottomless black holes, its fangs jutted outward, and an ancient, ferocious aura rushed forth.

And this was his Heavenly Flame, Nihility Devouring Flame!