Chapter 201: Chapter 140: Forced Instant Kill (Part 2)

Kumironi placed her hand on the chains as well.

"It should be fine."

"Obades can bear the Curse in your place. All I have to do is remove the Curse from it."

Lu Cang said, "Alright then."

As he spoke, several golden potions materialized and floated around him.

They were Spirit Purifying Potions.

Lu Cang had bought quite a few of all sorts of potions and items, just in case.

Lu Cang used his Water Control Technique to manipulate the liquid.

The Purifying Spirit Water flowed over the chains, giving off a sizzling white smoke.

The Restriction was gradually being neutralized.

SNAP—

CRACK!

Suddenly, one of the chains snapped!

Then two, three, then four and five!

A continuous series of snaps rang out. In an almost instantaneous chain reaction, all of the chains shattered!

A terrifying, almost tangible black shadow coalesced over Obades’s body!

Obades had taken the Curse in Lu Cang’s place.

Obades stood perfectly still, but the black shadow above its head clutched its own head and writhed madly.

It seemed to be trying desperately to control Obades’s body, but it was getting no response.

Kumironi raised a hand, and an emerald green light showered down from above Obades’s head.

The writhing, cursed shadow gradually dissolved into wisps of green smoke, vanishing in agony.

’I can’t help but feel...’

’...that was a little too easy.’

Lu Cang turned his head to look at the upside-down corpse...

Iz and Chi Cheng were now standing at the front. The corpse emanated an aura of extreme evil—deep and terrifying.

Even Lu Luwei couldn’t help but tighten her grip on her Longbow.

They were on high alert.

Obades also stepped forward, taking up the foremost position to shield everyone behind it.

Iz drew his Magic Staff, and Chi Cheng assumed a fighting stance.

Kumironi had also taken her position, holding her emerald staff upright.

’I can tell.’

Everyone here was taking this seriously.

They were all on high alert.

Lu Luwei’s voice betrayed a hint of nervousness.

"A Tier Six, Submerged Land Level Demon..."

"What is something like that doing in a place like this?"

’Submerged Land Level?’

’A level above Nation Destruction.’

’I heard a Tier Five Submerged Land Level is enough to destroy an entire continent.’

’No one has ever seen a Demon of this Level.’

’I’ve only heard that they’re so strong, nothing can stop them.’

"Haha... Iz."

"Looks like we’ve really hooked a big one."

Kumironi said, "Everyone, keep your spirits focused... I will cleanse any corruption for you."

"Its main strength is spiritual corruption."

"Prepare for... battle."

’So, Kumironi is the team’s commander.’

’I thought Izparut was the one in charge.’

’But... they’re all saying how powerful this Demon is, so why can’t I feel its strength at all?’

’I just feel that its soul is so... ethereal.’

’Its soul isn’t even inside its body.’

’All I have to do is...’

Lu Cang raised his hand, reached toward the hanging corpse, and yanked.

"AHHH—!!!!"

A piercing shriek erupted from the corpse!

The agonizing sound was deafening, echoing throughout the entire cavern!

’Fuck!’

’So loud!’

Lu Cang frowned deeply as the barrier around him fully formed.

He Sacrificed a large number of souls to specially enhance his [Sound Insulation Barrier]. Kumironi’s healing followed almost immediately.

The grating noise and the tearing sensation on his soul were completely healed in an instant.

Lu Cang watched the upside-down corpse as it violently twisted and convulsed in mid-air. He was pulling a long soul out from within it!

It struggled and contorted frantically, trying to break free from Lu Cang’s pull.

However, its soul was completely beyond its control.

’I can feel it too. I have complete control over its soul.’

With another forceful yank!

FWOOSH!

The entire soul was completely ripped out by Lu Cang!

Gurgle~

A long, guttural whine came from the corpse.

Amidst its frenzied convulsions, its open mouth let out one final shriek.

But the shriek didn’t last long.

Iz had also cast a highly effective sound insulation spell on everyone, so in the end, the noise caused no real harm to anyone.

The soul of this Submerged Land Level Demon was now completely under Lu Cang’s control.

Lu Cang felt the soul he now controlled.

Although it still had the will to struggle, it couldn’t make the slightest move.

’I have this soul completely pinned down.’

’Oh... so this is [Divine Level Soul Dominator].’

’As long as a soul is exposed, not properly integrated with its body, I can directly control it, extract it, and make it my own.’

’In other words...’

’Theoretically, even if it’s a Level 9 Demon, as long as it meets this condition, I can directly control its soul and insta-kill it?’

’When I first got this Talent...’

’...I wasn’t really sure what it actually did.’

’I had my theories, but I wasn’t sure if they were right.’

’Looks like...’

’...they were.’

"It’s taken care of," Lu Cang said, storing the soul away.

This soul of a Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demon was massive, far larger than the souls of those Black Ants.

Even if they were both the most sublime of souls, there was a significant difference in their quality.

’I feel like this soul can be used for something more meaningful.’

Lu Luwei was stunned. "T-Taken care of?"

"Yeah, a new ability I just figured out seems to be a pretty good counter to it," Lu Cang explained.

As a practitioner of the principles of life, Kumironi could already sense that the Demon before them was deader than dead.

It had completely lost its soul and become an empty husk.

It had lost all ability to move.

Even an instinctive counterattack from its body was likely impossible now.

"Brother... you’re a badass!"

"Even I wouldn’t dare claim I could insta-kill a Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demon that fast... but you actually did it."

"Haha! That’s my good brother for you!"

Iz glanced back at Lu Cang, a hint of surprise in his expression as well.

He didn’t seem overly shocked, however.

"Not bad."

But Kumironi said, "Little Lu Cang, it was more than just ’not bad.’"

"You averted a crisis for our team."

Iz replied, "I wouldn’t call it a crisis. This was supposed to be my chance to show off as your master."

"It’s a real shame. Lu Cang has never even seen me in all my heroic, fighting glory."

Kumironi said, "If possible, I’d rather you didn’t join the fight..."

’Should I admit that in every battle, Iz is actually the biggest threat?’

’Once he gets truly excited...’

’...it really is a disaster.’

If she could help it, Kumironi would rather not have this Dungeon collapse.

Fighting while trying to avoid the risk of being buried alive in a collapsing cave...

’...it wouldn’t kill us, but a cave-in would still be a huge pain, wouldn’t it?’

"But in that case, the corpse of this Submerged Land Level Demon should belong to Lu Cang, right?"

"After all, he did all the work."

Lu Cang scratched his head, embarrassed. "Sister Kumironi helped me cleanse the corruption, too..."

Chi Cheng cut in, "What are you mumbling about? That’s just how our party handles loot."

"If a Demon gets insta-killed, it belongs to whoever did the killing."

’What a simple and direct way to divide things.’

’This is the first time I’ve officially been part of the loot distribution. Before, they would just give me the materials they didn’t need.’

’After all, they have no use for Low Tier materials anymore.’

"As for Kumironi’s share, don’t worry. No matter who makes the kill, if a support needs something, they get priority."

’That’s a simple, yet very fair, system.’

"A cursed hide..." Chi Cheng said as he began to harvest the corpse.

"It seems like it was man-made, through some kind of Refining."

Layers upon layers of hide were nested within each other, and hidden in the very center was a powerful soul.

Each layer of hide was covered in layer upon layer of Restrictions and Curses. These Restrictions and Curses overlapped, feeding off each other and mutating... combining and catalyzing to create a twisted, powerful, and evil Demon.

"If this thing had ever reached the outside world... with its corrupting power, it might have twisted everyone in Ruelun into monsters."