Blood-Red Eyeball Orb, Invasion!

"Bang!"

A muffled thud suddenly rang out in the Dessert Shop, followed by gasps from the crowd.

Leon withdrew his smoking fist, pulled Malu away from the Dessert Shop, and before leaving, he threw a few silver coins at Bei Er Tuo, who was lying on the ground, both to pay for the Lemon Cupcake and as compensation for the fight.

Only after he had walked away did passersby come up to check on Bei Er Tuo's injuries.

His nose was a little crooked, and his face was swollen, making him look quite miserable. However, he was not actually seriously injured; Leon had controlled the force very well.

"Are you alright?" someone asked.

"..." Bei Er Tuo paused for a moment, ignoring his injuries, and asked in return, "Did I seem unfriendly just now?"

Passersby sized up Bei Er Tuo. To be fair, what he said just now was a normal challenge, without any insults or anything. He was considered to be of high quality among adventurers.

However, this guy has absolutely no sense of atmosphere, and his appearance is also a bit...

With dead fish eyes, a high nose bridge, a crooked smile, a pointed head, and a shrill voice, whatever he says makes him seem like he deserves a beating.

Bei Er Tuo was born with a face that easily attracted hatred, and he was beaten a lot since childhood because of his appearance.

"Sigh, never mind, I'll have to wear a mask when I go out from now on," he sighed, slowly getting up from the ground. "Anyway, I've delivered the message, now it's up to the captain."

He left the Dessert Shop with his hands in his pockets and a nonchalant air, wandered around the Bede City, and finally walked into the city's largest Clock Tower.

Climbing the ladder all the way up, the large empty house at the very top, overlooking the entire city, is where their New Strategy Team gathers every day.

"I still don't understand why the captain insisted on choosing this place. It's too difficult to climb up, and it's pitch black too," he muttered to himself.

"Because this is the most elegant place. Have you forgotten what the captain said? You must be elegant in everything you do."

A small figure emerged from the darkness, teasingly.

She was a petite girl like Malu, but compared to Malu's innocence, she had a seductive air about her, both in her eyes and her makeup.

"Mi La? Why are you alone? Where's the captain?"

"Look up."

"No way, not again?"

Bei Er Tuo looked up helplessly and saw a person covered in a black robe crouching on a huge brass chandelier in the darkness, like a human bat.

Moonlight streamed in through the narrow window, but only dispelled a little of the darkness, illuminating a corner of the captain's black robe.

The moment her eyes met Bei Er Tuo's, she spoke in a low, magnetic voice:

"I am darkness, I am judgment, I am—"

"Crackling sound".

The chandelier was loose and looked like it was about to fall.

The bootleg Batman quickly jumped down, but didn't forget to add a comment as he landed.

"I am the Black Bat!"

"Slap slap slap"

Sparse applause rang out, and she bowed in return, as elegant as a noblewoman.

It seems like he has some serious illness.

"Black Bat" Lu Lu Wo, Silver Rank adventurer, is said to have some bat -Orcs blood, which is why she likes darkness.

She was applying for promotion to gold rank, but her resume didn't have any impressive "major achievements," so she turned her attention to the Strategy Team.

"Captain, I've taken care of the task you assigned me!"

Before Lu Lu Wo could speak, Bei Er Tuo quickly interrupted her, knowing that his captain's speech was as torturous as a high-speed chant.

"Oh? How did Lord Leon reply?"

Bei Er Tuo pointed to his swollen face, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Hahaha, as expected of him, I love his personality," Lu Lu Wo jumped onto the pillar next to her again. "The stronger a person's personality, the more satisfying it is to conquer them. I want to savor this delicacy little by little."

"Don't worry, Bei Er Tuo, I'll avenge you for that punch. I'll take revenge tomorrow."

Bei Er Tuo hesitated, then said tentatively, "Captain, are we really going to do that?"

"You should address us as 'we'," Lu Lu Wo said with an elegant smile, waving her slender fingers. "Bei Er Tuo, my partner, you have already signed the oath of the Soul Eaters, and now you want to go back on your word?"

"No, that's not it. I just simply feel that we might not be able to beat Leon and the others."

"It's alright, I've made many like-minded allies, and they will be our strongest support!"

Lu Lu Wo clapped her hands, and then several strong-looking figures emerged from the darkness.

The moment Bei Er Tuo saw these people, a red, round thing in his arms trembled.

This is an item he obtained after making a vow before the Soul-Sucking Altar hidden in Farron Keep; its name is—

[Blood-Red Eyeball Orb]!

Use it to invade other people's worlds and plunder their souls!

This is a common behavior of soul-devouring demons instigated by the Dark Serpent; the more they pursue souls and humanity, the deeper they will fall into the abyss of darkness.

Perhaps this is the behavior that humanity should truly be exhibiting?

The reason it trembled was because it sensed a large number of its own kind.

Everyone here is a signatory to the Soul-Sucking Ghost Oath!

There were thirteen in total, and almost all the soul-devouring ghosts in the city had gathered here.

"Everyone!"

Lu Lu Wo her head and said:

"From now on, you will be in charge of stopping Leon. This mission will continue until..."

"We've successfully defeated Sion!"

After leaving the Dessert Shop, Leon returned home, where Delu and the others were already waiting.

Delu glanced at Malu and noticed that she seemed to be in a better mood, so he quietly gave Leon a thumbs up.

"Where's the teacher?" Leon looked around but couldn't find Jia Paer, and Da Er was nowhere to be seen either.

"The Sword Saint went to find Earl Ka Rong. For some reason, Da Er said he was going back to feed the wolves."

He yawned; he was exhausted after a day of exploration, and even speaking felt tiring.

"So, what happened on that road?" Leon asked.

Delu shook his head and said, "It gets more and more complicated as you go further. There are many forks in the road, and there's no light at all. I saw a prompt that said 'Keep the Firelight,' so I held up Fireball Spell the whole way. Unfortunately, I was teleported out after a short while."

"What will happen if the fire is extinguished?" Leon asked with interest. Usually, if a dungeon gives a specific hint, it means that there is a corresponding mechanism.

"Perhaps the monsters will become violent, or perhaps our minds will become depressed; in any case, I didn't try it."

Leon felt it was a pity; if he were there, he would have tried to put out the fire.

After discussing the dungeon, he told Delu and Te Er about Bei Er Tuo and the challenges of the New Strategy Team.

"They've completely overdone it," Delu commented after listening.

The New Strategy Team doesn't need to challenge them at all, because as long as they can be the first to clear the mutated Zane Dungeon, they will automatically gain the title of Strategy Team.

No wonder Leon felt that Bei Er Tuo's behavior was a provocative act.

After discussion, everyone made a unanimous decision regarding the New Strategy Team —to accept the challenge and completely crush their arrogance.

The Strategy Team was the culmination of Leon's life's work, his initial obsession, and especially after his successful revenge, the Strategy Team became his only remaining thought.

Without the Strategy Team, Leon would be like someone who has lost his anchor.

Whether it's the New Strategy Team or any other miscellaneous guys with titles, he will crush them one by one with his strength!

Of course, what he wanted to do was not to challenge them, but to get far ahead of them in terms of progress in the strategy.

Dungeon exploration is about to speed things up!

"Speaking of the dungeons, I just ran into Si Telan, you remember her?" Delu said.

"Of course, the first Sun Warrior," Leon nodded. "What happened to her?"

"She said that recently, some intruders calling themselves Soul Eaters have appeared in Farron Keep."

Leon knew about both Soul Eaters and Intruders, but the combination of them felt somewhat unfamiliar.

Aren't soul-devouring ghosts demons? Why can they invade other people's?

"Is it an intruder, like an avatar?"

"No, those intruders are real people, real people," Delu pointed outside the house. "Perhaps there are soul-devourers among the people passing by the door."

Seeing Leon's questioning look, he continued:

"Currently, we only have three confirmed pieces of information. First, the intruders could be real people, not controlled by the dungeon as we previously speculated."

"Secondly, the intruder signed Soul-Sucking Ghost Oath, which is why he gained the ability to invade others. Where the oath was signed and how the ability is triggered are completely unknown."

"Third, Soul-Sucking Ghost Oath can steal the souls accumulated by others, and conversely, they can also be plundered by others."

"So, all these Soul Eaters that have appeared in the Zane Dungeon these past few days are here to steal other people's souls?" Leon frowned.

This can definitely be called a malicious incident. The intruders not only steal the souls that others have worked hard to accumulate, but also ruin the exploration experience. They are absolutely wicked!

"Si Telan and the other Sun Warrior have been so busy these days. When I saw her, she had lost a lot of weight."

Delu shook his head. "It seems that if someone in her area is invaded, she'll be pulled over to fight the invaders."

Leon even felt a little sorry for the other person after hearing this.

"The city lord will probably issue a ban on the invasion soon," Leon said. "Unfortunately, it's impossible to completely stop it."

Stealing the fruits of others' labor is something ingrained in the genes of evil people, and it is absolutely impossible to prohibit.

He yawned, removed his equipment, and said, "If I get hacked, I'll make those guys pay."

The next day, the Strategy Team didn't enter the Zane Dungeon until noon.

Today they plan to revisit yesterday's scenes and refine their strategy.

Incidentally, in order to resolve Malu's inner conflict, they need to find the Warrior Pot.

Malu didn't sleep well last night. She woke up in the middle of the night and saw the flower wreath that Little Pot gave her, and then she started to lose small pearls.

There's still a third path left to explore in the graveyard area, and there's also a path behind the Death Knight's room. If you have time today, you can check them all out.

But after Leon and his companions skillfully dealt with the giants and archers, an anomaly occurred.

[Invaded by the soul-sucking demon "Black Dog"!]

[Invaded by the soul-sucking Snot Slug!]

[Invaded by the soul-sucking Big Goat!]

It's the weekend, so here's an extra chapter!