Xiao Hong Evolved Again

The pure white light generated by Lu Xiao's self-destruction completely dissipated, leaving only a shocking, massive crater in the earth and lingering embers of energy in the air, a mixture of destruction and a touch of tragic grandeur.

Luo Li stood at the edge of the giant pit, the wind whipping his tattered clothes.

His expression remained frozen, but deep within his eyes, where the crimson hue had intensified from repeated killings and the absorption of the essence of the patriarchal sins, a barely perceptible ripple seemed to have appeared.

A noisy madman who viewed explosions as the ultimate art, in the most dazzling and resolute way, transformed into light to protect something.

"Idiot."

He repeated it in a low voice, it was unclear whether he was referring to Lu Xiao or to this messed-up world.

But now is not the time for sentimentality.

Although Beelzebub's aura was greatly weakened by Lu Xiao's desperate attack, its insatiable hunger and devouring will, like a leech, had not completely disappeared. It was slowly gathering behind the broken spatial structure at the bottom of the giant pit, clearly repairing its wounds and preparing to make a comeback.

We must strike while the iron is hot and kill it!

A cold glint flashed in Luo Li's eyes, and she no longer hesitated.

He leaped into the abyss like a meteor, plunging into the bottomless pit and deliberately entering the lair of "Gluttony"—the Endless Gluttony Corridor!

Passing through that distorted, broken spatial membrane, the scene before me suddenly changed.

This is not the dark cave one might imagine, but a vast, eerie, otherworldly space that seems to be forcibly bound together by countless half-digested substances.

The sky was a writhing, dark red membrane of flesh, and beneath your feet was a viscous "ground" that reeked of sour decay. All around you floated mountain-like debris—the ruins of cities, the bones of giant beasts, and even half Titan's remains!

The air was thick with a ravenous hunger that could suffocate the soul, and a "digestive" force at the level of rules, constantly eroding everything about the intruder, attempting to break it down and absorb it.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

A deep, resonant hum, as if from the ancient starry sky, emanated from the depths of this space, carrying a furious rage.

Immediately afterwards, countless more distorted and more powerful Taotie creations emerged from the flesh walls and remains from all directions.

They are no longer simple larvae, but monsters that combine the properties of various devoured substances—giant-mouthed worms covered in metallic shells, rotting dragons wielding energy tentacles, and even a collection of resentment formed from countless fragments of tormented souls.

What they have in common is their insatiable desire to devour, and their hungry gazes fixed on Luo Li as if she were a delicacy to behold.

"Snort."

Luo Li snorted coldly, but he remained completely unmoved by the terrifying scene that would have driven any S-class ability user to despair.

Having absorbed the three deadly sins— Mammon's greed, Samael's Wrath, and Asmodeus's Lust —his [Spacetime] Path has already ascended to an unprecedented height. The pinnacle of Pathstrider? Perhaps more than that.

He felt his power was like an endless starry sea, vast and boundless.

He had absolute confidence in dealing with a recently traumatized "Gluttony" patient.

He didn't even use Enma immediately.

He simply raised his right hand.

[Spacetime Domain] -- Expand!

Centered on Luo Li, an absolute dark realm that seemed capable of swallowing all light rapidly expanded.

Within the domain, time descended into utter chaos and stagnation, and space folded and distorted layer by layer like a shattered mirror.

The roaring, charging Taotie creations suffered a devastating blow the moment they entered the domain:

Some were slowed down by an infinitely stretched time, frozen in place, like insects in amber;

Some were directly cut into countless fragments by the chaotic space, scattered all over the ground;

Some were reverted to their most basic form of energy particles due to partial time reversal;

Even worse, some were completely "erased" from the level of existence by the distorted rules of Spacetime, leaving not a trace.

Wherever the domain passed, all things fell silent! Even Beelzebub's rule of "digestion" was forcibly rejected and suppressed.

"Grumble--!"

Hidden deep within the corridor, Beelzebub let out a sharp and painful screech. Luo Li's domain not only emptied its creations but was also directly eroding and disintegrating the "Gluttony Corridor" itself, on which it depended for existence.

"Found you."

Luo Li's gaze pierced through layers of distorted space, locking onto the deepest part of the corridor, where an indescribable, enormous mass of flesh, composed of countless gigantic mouths and digestive organs, was constantly writhing and expanding—that was Beelzebub's core.

Just as he was preparing to unleash Enma to deliver the fatal blow—

"Master! Master! Wait for me! Dinner's ready!"

A streak of red light eagerly shot out from his personal space; it was none other than Memory Spirit Xiao Hong.

At this moment, Xiao Hong seemed to have grown even larger. The original chibi-style sphere had become more solid. In the red energy body, in addition to the golden light threads that originally represented "Greed" and the dark red flame patterns that represented "Wrath", there was now a constantly changing, alluring pink light—that was the "Lust" authority of Asmodeus that it had just absorbed.

The nascent forms of the three deadly sins achieved a delicate balance and fusion within her.

"You want to get some exercise too?" Luo Li asked, looking at the excited Xiao Hong.

"Of course!" Xiao Hong circled around Luo Li quickly, announcing in her childish voice, "Watch Xiao Hong show Master her newly learned skills!"

As she spoke, her energy sphere twisted and contorted, first activating the power of "Greed"!

Buzz!

The floating debris and gems around her, imbued with energy, seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand, rising up and circling around Xiao Hong. Their sheer number almost formed a small asteroid belt.

"Meteor Shower!"

With a shout from Xiao Hong, the "treasures" driven by the power of Greed instantly transformed into streaks of multicolored light, like dense interstellar artillery fire, precisely bombarding the defensive flesh walls and tentacles surrounding Beelzebub's main body.

Boom boom boom--!

Explosions rang out incessantly, Beelzebub's defenses were riddled with holes, with fluids flying everywhere.

"It's not over yet!"

Xiao Hong then unleashed her "Wrath" power!

The dark red flame patterns within her energy body suddenly lit up, the surrounding temperature rose sharply, and an aura of rage that Burn to Ash everything spread out.

She opened her invisible "little mouth" and suddenly spat out a concentrated, dark red torrent of destructive energy, like a giant wave of magma, which fiercely washed over Beelzebub's body along the gap blasted open by the "Wealth Impact"!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle--!

The Wrath flames clashed violently with Beelzebub's flesh, which was filled with corrupting energy, producing a teeth-grinding burning sound as large chunks of flesh were charred and carbonized.

"This is the last one!"

Xiao Hong seemed to have gotten addicted to it, and once again stirred up that pink "Lust" power.

She released an invisible spiritual wave, filled with allure and decadence, towards the secondary gluttonous creations that surged from all directions, attempting to protect their original form.

Come on~ Let's have some fun~

Those monsters that were originally ferocious suddenly became sluggish and chaotic, and some even began to attack and devour each other, falling into a chaotic state of desire.

The three powers were used by Xiao Hong in a seemingly childish but actually highly effective way, which actually cleared a vacuum zone around Beelzebub's body and caused him considerable interference and damage.

"Well done."

Luo Li offered a casual comment.

Xiao Hong's growth rate has indeed exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, Beelzebub seemed to be completely enraged by these successive blows and felt a deadly threat.

Its massive core of flesh contracted and swelled violently, and all its open maws simultaneously unleashed a deafening roar, "Devour... everything!!!"

An ultimate devouring force, far surpassing anything before and seemingly capable of chewing up and absorbing even rules and concepts, erupted from its core like a black hole.

"Master! Now!"

Xiao Hong screamed, but instead of retreating, she charged towards the core of the devouring power.

At the very center of her energy body, in addition to the gold, red, and pink light, a fourth color—a deep, dark, and seemingly all-encompassing black luster representing "Gluttony"—began to condense wildly!

She actually intended to take advantage of the moment when Beelzebub unleashed its full power and exposed its core of strength to forcibly absorb its "Gluttony" authority.

"Court death!"

Beelzebub's will roared in fury, its devouring power becoming even more concentrated, attempting to devour this ignorant little thing along with the authority within its body.

But at this critical moment—

Luo Li moved.

He finally pulled out Enma.

There were no fancy moves; he simply poured the vast, star-like power of his [Spacetime] Path into it without reservation.

Then, facing Beelzebub's writhing core and the erupting, devouring black hole, he simply slashed down with his blade.

[Spacetime Slayer - Enma] - Ultimate Technique: [End of the Universe]

A thin, gray line, seemingly composed of countless shattered stars and desolate Spacetime, extended from the tip of Enma's blade.

It is silent and stealthy; wherever it goes, the black holes it devours vanish instantly, like pencil drawings erased by an eraser.

Beelzebub's massive, nearly indestructible core of flesh, along with his mad will, was utterly severed and annihilated from the level of existence before this blade of light that represented "the end."

[Endless Blood Drain] operates wildly, and an unprecedented, unimaginably vast primordial power, mixed with the concepts of endless hunger and devouring, surges into Luo Li's body like a bursting dam. At the same time, a portion of it is greedily absorbed by the already prepared Xiao Hong.

Boom--!!!

Luo Li felt as if her soul and Path were resounding at this moment, and her understanding of Spacetime reached a completely new dimension.

He had a feeling that if he used his full strength, tearing apart stars might not be difficult.

After absorbing the last "Gluttony" authority, Xiao Hong's entire energy sphere burst forth with dazzling four-colored radiance (gold - Greed, red - Wrath, pink - Lust, black - Gluttony), its size expanded again, becoming more solid, and even faintly exuding a majestic aura.

The four powers began to merge and balance within her, causing a fundamental transformation in her!

"Hiccup~~~"

Xiao Hong let out a satisfied burp, releasing a small ripple of energy mixed with four colors, and then floated back to Luo Li's side, affectionately nuzzling his cheek.

"Master, Xiao Hong seems... to have become so amazing! So amazing!"

Luo Li felt the terrifying power surging within her body, enough to shatter a star, and the joy of Xiao Hong successfully completing her evolution; her cold heart remained largely undisturbed.

He put away Enma, his gaze seemingly piercing through the crumbling Gluttony Corridor, looking towards a certain direction in Europa.

Beelzebub has been eliminated.

Next, it's time to head to the foot of the Alps.

Go and fulfill that idiot madman's... final request.