LRAB Chapter 70 Devouring Souls
Chapter 70 Devouring Souls
Chapter 70 Devouring Souls
With this, the objectives of this trip have been successfully achieved.
Before leaving, Hyotei made sure to block the entrance to the cave with a huge rock.
The journey back was far from peaceful.
A bloody scene is unfolding in a remote village.
Scattered along the dirt path were skeletal corpses, their clothes tattered, their bodies as if drained of all flesh and blood; the phrase "skin and bones" was the most fitting description for them.
Strangely, these people did not have any wounds on their bodies.
The few survivors cried out and fled in all directions.
A giant mosquito chased after the crowd. Five spirit rings floated on its body, and its body was as big as an adult. Its wings flapped, emitting a piercing buzzing sound and bringing up gusts of wind.
Its sharp mouthparts gleamed with a cold light, like the scythe of death.
Suddenly, the large mosquito locked onto a woman and swooped down. Its sharp proboscis instantly pierced the woman's neck, greedily sucking her blood.
The woman struggled in terror, but could not break free from the giant mosquito's grasp. Her face grew paler, and her life force rapidly drained away. Meanwhile, the giant mosquito's body swelled even more from its engorgement of blood, emitting an eerie red glow.
"Hahaha... None of you can escape. Just obediently become my food." The giant mosquito made a piercing sound, extremely arrogant.
The voice, like the snarling of a demon, enveloped the entire village, sending chills down people's spines and filling them with despair.
The large mosquito pulled its sharp proboscis from the woman's neck.
The woman had completely lost her life; her pale face was devoid of any color, and she had become a dried-up corpse, skin and bones.
The woman's body was carelessly dumped on the ground.
The large mosquito then targeted a child who was about 7 or 8 years old.
The giant mosquito, which had been about to strike, suddenly stopped and looked up.
Then a group of four people descended from the sky.
Soaring through the air, could this be a Title Douluo?
The giant mosquito was immediately terrified. Just as it was about to turn around and run away, it suddenly felt as if a heavy hammer had hit its head, making it dizzy and seeing stars.
The excruciating pain in its brain caused it to temporarily lose control of its body.
With a thud, the large mosquito crashed to the ground in a sorry state.
Across from him, Lin Ye's expression was icy, his eyes revealing a strong killing intent. "You really like devouring, don't you? Then you can experience what it's like to be devoured."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ghost quietly appeared and pounced on the giant mosquito.
The ghost stretched out a hand, which emitted an eerie, ghostly light.
The moment the hand touched the giant mosquito, a powerful force surged forth.
A soul was forcibly torn from the mosquito's body.
Looking at the soul, it was an ugly fat man with shifty eyes, a bald head, and a pair of rat whiskers.
The fat man's soul struggled and twisted in mid-air, letting out a piercing scream, but all of this was in vain.
The ghost opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the fat man's soul one bite at a time. With each bite, the soul's light dimmed a little, until it completely disappeared into the ghost's mouth.
The surrounding air seemed to freeze, leaving only the eerie chewing sound of the ghost.
Lin Ye's expression was cold and stern. He had almost forgotten that his martial soul also had the talent of devouring souls.
After devouring the fat man, he could feel that his soul had improved slightly.
A different light shone in Lin Ye's eyes. This soul-devouring technique was much faster than his own cultivation.
If we find more people to devour...
At that moment, Lin Ye felt a little tempted.
Honestly, he doesn't care whether someone is an evil spirit master or a fallen one, as long as he can become stronger and not damage his foundation.
However, he wouldn't be so heartless as to harm these innocent and pitiful people.
There's a place that imprisons a large number of evil spirit masters. Lin Ye wouldn't feel any guilt about going there to wreak havoc on those bastards.
……
The following afternoon, in Soto, a group of people descended from the sky.
Inside the courtyard, Hyotei said, "Are you hungry? I'm going out for a bit, I can bring you some food when I come back."
As she said this, she gazed longingly at Lin Ye with her amber eyes.
Lin Ye received her look, immediately understood, took out a small bag of gold soul coins and handed it to Bingdi, saying, "Here you go, this is your food allowance for this month. If you need more, just ask me."
This has been a long-standing tradition.
None of them can cook, so they usually go out to Hyotei and bring back takeout.
Over time, Hyotei became Lin Ye's personal deliveryman.
But Hyotei didn't work for free; there was always a surplus from her monthly food allowance, which went into her secret stash.
Lin Ye knew, but didn't think much of it; he just considered it a delivery fee for Hyotei.
After receiving the money, Hyotei was in high spirits and skipped and jumped as he went out.
This made Xiao Wu extremely envious. There must have been at least a hundred gold soul coins in that bag, which was almost equivalent to her annual salary.
Although it was just for food expenses, she knew perfectly well that Hyotei always managed to pocket some of it; otherwise, where would Hyotei's secret stash come from?
Xiao Wu was envious. She imitated Hyotei, blinking her cute big eyes and gazing longingly at Lin Ye, saying in a soft voice, "Um, actually, I can run errands too."
Lin Ye chuckled and said, "Come on, I'm afraid you'll poison me. Go and clean the room thoroughly."
Xiao Wu was immediately deflated upon hearing this and went to work with her head drooping.
……
Meanwhile, Hyotei, carrying a food box, was happily walking home.
Suddenly, a commotion arose nearby. She looked closely and saw three people surrounding a girl on the roadside, using vulgar language and making frivolous gestures, wantonly harassing her.
"What are you doing! Let her go!" Hyotei shouted.
The three men were taken aback at first, but when they saw that it was just a little girl, they became even more arrogant.
"Little brat, mind your own business!" one of them said menacingly, reeking of alcohol.
The man looked to be in his forties, a little over 1.6 meters tall, with a dark complexion that had a sallow tinge, as if he had been drained of his energy by alcohol and women.
He was wearing a pair of ripped shorts and flip-flops, and was shaking his head and acting very arrogantly.
"This girl is not bad either. Although she's a bit flat-chested, her face... hehehe..." The man on the left rubbed his hands together like a fly, looking at Hyotei with a lewd grin.
His voice was extremely hoarse, like the quacking of a male duck.
His appearance was extremely sleazy; he was skin and bones, but his eyes were unusually large, which seemed incongruous with his thin face. Two whiskers twitched slightly under his nose as he spoke, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes could trap a fly.
The remaining person did not speak, but he was also staring at Hyotei with lustful eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed hard.
(End of this chapter)