However, just because he escaped from that desperate situation last time doesn't mean that Zhou Ziwei will definitely be able to get through the crisis safely if it happens again.
After all, that level of explosion was too terrifying. Zhou Ziwei still feels lingering fear when he thinks about it now. If he were to experience that ecstasy again, he would definitely back down.
Besides... last time, Zhou Ziwei accidentally compressed the fireball in his hand for quite a while before finally compressing it into a highly concentrated blue fireball. The time that took was quite long. And this time... will these two enemies give Zhou Ziwei that much time to prepare?
Zhou Ziwei used the energy ball to ambush the two enemies, and then quickly condensed it into two sharp wind cones in front of him. Before he could condense the two wind cones into something solid and sharp enough, Zhuihun had already impatiently released a black gold sword to ambush one of them.
Zhou Ziwei was taken aback, only then realizing that he had forgotten to remind Zhuihun about this matter. He hurriedly sent a telepathic message to Zhuihun, hoping that Zhuihun could retrieve the black gold sword he had released in time.
However, it was too late. In fact, Zhou Ziwei had just noticed that the Soul Chaser's Hundred Transformations had suddenly combined into a black gold sword before it was even fired, and he immediately warned him, but he was still a little too slow.
After all, with sufficient spiritual power to control it, that magical artifact can reach a terrifying speed of flight, almost the speed of light.
Right now, the distance between Zhou Ziwei and his group and those two enemies is at most about thirty meters. Such a short distance is practically instantaneous for a magical weapon, so there's no time for Zhou Ziwei to even finish a sentence...
So the moment Zhou Ziwei spoke, the black gold sword had already shot directly into the target.
It has to be said that... Zhuihun's ability to locate by sound is really impressive. Even though Zhuihun had never seen the enemy's location, he was able to pinpoint the person's exact location based solely on the person's scream. His sword strike landed squarely on the person's heart.
With a "poof," the black gold sword made a strange sound, as if it had struck a tattered ball of cotton. Then, Zhuihun was horrified to feel that the spiritual power he had poured into the black gold sword was like a torrent, "whoosh," and it all leaked out from the tip of the sword in the blink of an eye, disappearing without a trace.
The black gold sword, formed from the myriad transformations, became like an inanimate object without the control of the Soul Chaser's spiritual power. It immediately stopped in mid-air and lost all connection with the Soul Chaser in the blink of an eye...
Only then did Zhuihun truly understand the meaning of Zhou Ziwei's words, and he was shocked to discover that there really were terrifying monsters in this world that could directly devour other people's spiritual power.
For a spiritual warrior, nothing is more important than their spiritual power. Once their spiritual power is completely suppressed, just as Zhou Ziwei had imagined, Zhuihun is like a martial arts master whose skills have been crippled. In front of these two enemies, he seems to have no ability to fight back at all.
"My Hundred Transformations!" After a slight start, Soul Chaser couldn't help but let out a desperate howl, and then he couldn't resist flying forward to retrieve the black gold sword that he had just lost contact with.
Although Zhuihun knew that the connection between the black gold sword and his spiritual power had been severed, which was equivalent to breaking his life imprint, if the imprint in that spiritual weapon were erased, then even if he snatched the black gold sword back, it would probably be difficult to perfectly integrate it into his magical weapon of a hundred transformations.
If this Hundred Transformations weapon were to consume such a large amount of black gold essence in one go, then... its power would be greatly diminished again, and it might no longer be able to be called a top-grade spiritual weapon.
However, no matter what, Bai Bian and Zhui Hun had been inseparable for decades, and their relationship was like that of father and son. Even if the black gold sword could no longer be integrated with Bai Bian's main body, Zhui Hun would never be willing to give it up. So after discovering that his black gold sword was malfunctioning, he didn't waste any more words and immediately set off, flying desperately towards the place where the black gold sword had disappeared.
"Don't go there, you're crazy."
Zhou Ziwei sensed the movement of the Soul Chaser and was immediately taken aback. At this moment, the ball of light energy in the sky had been completely released, but everyone still only felt that everything in front of them was a white blur and they could not see anything.
Even Zhou Ziwei couldn't see everything clearly, but fortunately he was used to using his soul power to scan instead of his eyes, so even though he couldn't see, he could still sense every move of the Soul Chaser.
The Soul Chaser seemed to have lost its mind, and just rushed desperately towards the direction where the Black Gold Sword had fallen... That's right, the Black Gold Sword had actually fallen to the ground. Last time, when Zhou Ziwei attacked that black-robed monster with the Butterfly Dart, he remembered that the Butterfly Dart tore through the man's clothes and body with almost no effort, and shot directly into the man's body.
However, the butterfly dart did not cause any damage and then disappeared into the person's body.
This time, the black gold sword pierced the man's body, but while it didn't injure him, it also didn't get absorbed into his body... Perhaps this is related to the large size of the black gold sword! After all, the butterfly dart is only the size of a coin, and even if it were absorbed into the man's body, it wouldn't take up much space. But this black gold sword... if it really had been absorbed into the man's body, he probably wouldn't even be able to bend over and walk properly anymore.
Therefore, after the spiritual energy on the black gold sword was drained, the black gold sword was discarded and fell to the ground with a crisp "clang".
Zhou Ziwei didn't believe that the two guys who had suffered severe eye damage from his underhanded trick would just sit there obediently, especially the one who had been stabbed by the black gold sword. It would be a miracle if he didn't intend to kill the Soul Chaser to avenge that fatal blow...
Zhou Ziwei dared not be negligent. Originally, the two wind cones in front of him had only condensed about half of their energy, but at this moment he could not care whether this little bit of energy could hurt people. He immediately shouted without hesitation, and the two wind cones flew up quickly with a "whoosh" sound, and then both flew straight towards the person that Zhuihun was rushing towards.
Zhou Ziwei was prepared to strike first after being caught off guard. No matter what, he had to get the other party's attention on him, otherwise... Chasing Soul would be too dangerous.
"Hmph..." The speed of the wind cones was not as abnormal as that of the spiritual artifacts under the control of spiritual power, but it was still incredibly fast. Therefore, although they were formed later, they were obviously much faster than the speed of the Soul Chaser. Just when the Soul Chaser had run halfway, the two wind cones had already come into contact with the mysterious enemy.
Zhou Ziwei faintly heard the mysterious man let out a low hum, and then everything returned to silence, just like a drop of water falling into a lake. Although it created a slight ripple, such a ripple was insignificant compared to the entire lake surface.
"How could this be? Shouldn't these guys only be able to absorb soul power and have no ability to restrain natural energy? But... what about those two wind cones just now? Even if such natural energy attacks couldn't kill this guy outright, they shouldn't have had no effect at all!"
Could it be... that these shady characters are only greatly affected by natural energies like light or fire, while natural energies like wind still pose little threat to them... Fireballs—since you like fireballs so much, I'll just burn you all to death!"
Seeing that the two wind cones disappeared without a trace after being fired, Zhou Ziwei became furious. At the same time, to help Zhuihun out of his predicament and prevent them from spontaneously attacking each other upon meeting, he quickly flicked his fingers. Fireballs, no bigger than bullets, flew out of Zhou Ziwei's control like tiny sparrows, scattering like dumplings being dropped into a pot…
"Boom, boom, boom boom boom..." Because those small fireballs were merely created by Zhou Ziwei in an instant with a wave of his hand, their destructive power was incredibly low. It was estimated that even if they were directly hit on that person, they wouldn't cause any serious harm.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei didn't expect these small fireballs to actually hurt anyone. He just wanted to successfully lure that person and make them focus their attention here, thus making them ignore the existence of the Soul Chaser. That would make things much easier.
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 639: The Demon
The constantly exploding small fireballs did indeed cause considerable trouble for the mysterious man. He clearly had an innate fear of fire energy, so even though the small fireballs weren't actually very powerful, he was still so frightened that he was scrambling to dodge left and right, having no time to pay attention to the Soul Chaser...
Then the mysterious person on the other side took the opportunity to move closer and then emitted a strange and evil energy that enveloped Zhou Ziwei completely.
It was indeed that kind of evil being.
Feeling the evil energy seep into his body the moment it touched him, relentlessly eroding his life force, Zhou Ziwei was slightly startled. However, this also confirmed his suspicions about the two men before him. He realized they were from the same place as the black-robed monster he had encountered in the underground city, and the evil soul that had invaded Jiang Chunshui's consciousness on the plane…
It was a creature far beyond human imagination, or rather, a bizarre soul. These evil beings did not have their own physical bodies; in fact, they were formed from a mass of evil essence, which, after coalescing, formed its own soul. This kind of evil soul could invade the bodies of many people at the same time, controlling the life and death of many people. And the most terrifying thing was that these evil souls were practically immortal. Even if you could completely destroy the body that was exposed to the world, as long as there was a trace of its evil aura remaining in the world, it could naturally absorb life energy and slowly recover to its original state.
These creatures shouldn't belong to this world. The world they live in should be a parallel space to the world Earth exists in. However, for some reason, a violent earthquake created a tiny rift connecting that world to Earth. That rift was extremely narrow, much narrower than a hair. Normally, even an insect wouldn't be able to crawl through that tiny spatial rift.
However, this thing, known as the "Abyss Demon" in that world, can split its body into wisps of faint evil energy that slowly seep in.
Originally, only a tiny fraction of their bodies had infiltrated, while the majority of their bodies remained in their original world... However... they were being hunted to the point of having nowhere to escape in their original world, which is why they chose to expend a great deal of energy to cross this spatial rift. As a result... they had just transferred a tiny fraction of their evil energy to this world when their original bodies were brutally destroyed in another world.
The few evil energies that were finally transferred out began to slowly grow here after their original bodies died. By constantly devouring the soul power of other lives, they gradually grew stronger. However, perhaps due to the differences between the worlds, although these monsters could absorb the energy of souls in this world, it was difficult for them to convert it into their own evil energy. So... countless years have passed, but their strength has still not returned to its former glory.
After confirming the identities of the two mysterious people, Zhou Ziwei was no longer afraid. This was because his clone had absorbed the memories of an abyss demon, so he had a relatively detailed understanding of these evil creatures. He knew that what they feared most was fire energy, and only fire energy with extremely high temperatures could evaporate their souls in one fell swoop.
Besides, their souls are practically immortal.
Last time, Zhou Ziwei accidentally created a blue fireball, and the high temperature of that blue fireball far exceeded the intensity that the abyss demon could withstand. Therefore, the abyss demon was annihilated in one fell swoop without any suspense.
As for the second abyss demon that possessed Jiang Chunshui and the others, it was not destroyed. Instead, it was devoured piece by piece by Zhou Ziwei's clone. In the end, the clone even fused and absorbed the abyss demon's soul, so the abyss demon was completely destroyed.
According to the memories Zhou Ziwei absorbed, there should be seven Abyss Demons in this world. However, one of them seems to have left the underground city deep underground where they had always lived many years ago and has drifted away to an unknown place. There has been no news of them since, as if they have long since evaporated from the world. There are still six Abyss Demons left in the underground city. Zhou Ziwei destroyed two of them last time, so there should be four left.
Having encountered two more here, it meant there were at least two more Abyss Demons lurking in the shadows. Zhou Ziwei dared not be careless, so while focusing on dealing with the two before him, he had to spare some of his energy to guard against the other two who might appear at any moment...
Since Zhou Ziwei had already guessed that the mysterious person who attacked him this time might be one of the abyss demons, how could he be so careless as to be ambushed by the other party?
As soon as that strange energy enveloped his body, a dazzling burst of fire suddenly erupted from Zhou Ziwei's body... In fact, a large amount of attribute-less energy had already been gathered to the surface of Zhou Ziwei's body, sealing it off completely. Even most of the soul power used for probing had been withdrawn into his sea of souls. To deal with this kind of monster, using soul power was equivalent to replenishing their nutrition, so the best way was to burn them directly with fire.
However, if Zhou Ziwei had attacked with a powerful fireball from the start, these monsters would probably have been scared away immediately. So, Zhou Ziwei had no choice but to use wind cones to probe at the beginning, and then use small fireballs with low power to paralyze them, which tricked the guy into attacking him.
The moment that evil energy invaded his body, a large amount of attribute-less energy erupted and was transformed into intense fire energy in an instant. This formed a terrifying net of flames on Zhou Ziwei's body, completely enveloping the invading evil energy.
Such a powerful flame would melt even a piece of iron placed inside. Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei's body had undergone the tempering of the blue flame once, which deepened his understanding of flame energy. This allowed him to easily withstand the harm of the flame's high temperature to his body.
The alloy suit Zhou Ziwei was wearing was an indestructible treasure, impervious to water and fire, so ordinary flames posed no threat to him.
The abyss demon that ambushed Zhou Ziwei fared much worse. In order to succeed in one fell swoop, it released almost half of its evil energy during the attack, but unexpectedly, all of that evil energy was cleverly surrounded and devoured by flames.
The guy was quite ruthless. As soon as he sensed something was wrong, he didn't hesitate and made a clean break, severing the half of the evil energy he had just released, completely separating it from his body. Then, without any sense of loyalty, he turned and ran, not caring about the life or death of his accomplice.
Zhou Ziwei converted all the non-attribute energy released from his body into fire energy, slowly burning the evil energy into nothingness. At the same time, he also released countless small fireballs towards another abyss demon, blocking the abyss demon from reaching Zhuihun.
Feeling the evil energy that was eroding his body being gradually eroded and consumed, Zhou Ziwei felt somewhat helpless. This evil energy was really stubborn. Without the terrifyingly high temperature of the blue flames, the only way to gradually wear down this evil aura was to use the method of first surrounding and then eroding it, burning it little by little.
If things continue like this, Zhou Ziwei will find it difficult to free up his strength to surround and kill the other abyss demon. What troubles Zhou Ziwei the most are the two guys who have been hiding in the shadows. If they suddenly appear and join in the attack on him... then Zhou Ziwei will have no other choice but to use the blue fireball.
"Senior Soul Chaser, these things are very evil monsters that survive by devouring people's soul energy and spiritual power. To them... Spirit Warriors can only be their nourishment and will not cause them any harm at all. So... you'd better leave here quickly!"
Zhou Ziwei took a moment to send another telepathic message to Zhuihun, hoping that the guy could escape. Once the guy escaped, Zhou Ziwei would have no more worries and might just create a blue fireball to blast the demons.
Of course, Zhou Ziwei knew that the families of those three agents were most likely imprisoned in this underground secret room. If he were to unleash a blue fireball inside... then without a doubt, no matter how many people were in this entire underground secret room, there would be no one who could escape unscathed.
He was originally trying to save people, but he ended up blowing them all up with his own hands... This must have been hard for Zhou Ziwei to bear. However, compared to that, it was more important to eliminate this scourge from another world. Otherwise, if ordinary flames couldn't kill these monsters all at once, the damage they would cause would be unimaginable.
The fact that the M country government was colluding with such absurd demons infuriated Zhou Ziwei and further solidified his resolve... Originally, he had been somewhat restrained in his actions in the M country, not wanting to escalate things too much and put the M country government in a difficult position, but now... these scoundrels had completely enraged Zhou Ziwei, and from now on he would have no more scruples and was ready to go all out.
With a loud "boom," a huge fireball was thrown out, blasting another abyssal demon into a daze. However, although this level of fireball spell had considerable damage to that thing, it was not enough to kill it in one fell swoop. And if it could not be surrounded by flames, even the damage from the flames would be very limited.
What's infuriating is that Soul Chaser should have heard my telepathic message and should have immediately used his Hundred Transformations to break through and escape. But... for some reason, he didn't seem to want to leave at all. Instead, he finally picked up the Black Gold Sword, whose life imprint had been extracted, and held it in his hand while staring blankly.
Is this guy a pig? How can he just stand there spacing out like that? Is he trying to kill us all? Or is it that... Soul Chaser has actually been controlled by that evil abyss demon? Oh no, if that's the case, this is going to be a real problem. My clone could save him if he were here, but... what should we do now?
Just as Zhou Ziwei was frowning, he suddenly noticed that the abyss demon, which had been knocked off balance by Zhou Ziwei's fireball spell, suddenly seemed to have gone mad. It withstood a fireball thrown by Zhou Ziwei and then lunged straight at Zhuihun, as if it wanted to devour Zhuihun whole.
Zhou Ziwei was taken aback by what he saw, and for a moment he didn't know how to make a judgment.
He really couldn't figure out whether Zhuihun was currently controlled by the evil power of the Abyss Demon. If he was, then that guy was just putting on an act, creating the illusion of attacking Zhuihun, just to lure Zhou Ziwei into a trap. But if Zhuihun wasn't controlled, then... how could he just stand by and watch him die?
At this point, Zhou Ziwei clearly didn't have much time to think. Helpless, he could only gamble even at the cost of some losses. He roared and leaped forward, arriving in front of Zhuihun. He reached for Zhuihun's collar, intending to throw the distraught man outside...
This underground chamber is tens of meters above the ground. For ordinary people, tens of meters is a terrifying height, but for Zhou Ziwei, it is nothing. Moreover, Zhuihun's physical condition is certainly not such that he would be killed by the fall. So even if Zhuihun is unconscious, it is unlikely that he would be smashed into mincemeat.
However, the unexpected turn of events that Zhou Ziwei feared still occurred. Just as Zhou Ziwei's hand was about to grab Zhuihun's collar, Zhuihun suddenly moved, turned around, and elbowed Zhou Ziwei, pushing him back a distance. Then, he suddenly raised the black gold sword in his hand and slashed it fiercely at the abyss demon that was rushing towards him.
"You idiot, do you think you can kill this monster with your sword?"
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei was truly at a loss for words. In fact, Zhuihun's elbow strike had no effect on Zhou Ziwei. However, Zhou Ziwei had taken the blow to test whether this guy was still the original Zhuihun. He then took the opportunity to send a surge of soul power directly into Zhuihun's body. Instantly, he felt that the powerful spiritual energy lurking within Zhuihun's body was still as strong as ever and had not been devoured by the evil energy of the abyss demon. Only then did Zhou Ziwei feel relieved.
However, seeing the next move by Zhuihun was quite both funny and exasperating.
These abyssal demons may appear to be humanoid creatures, but in reality, they are nothing more than pure evil energy. Since they are gaseous, how could they possibly be harmed by physical force? A wisp of air, no matter how many pieces you cut it into with a knife, it is still a wisp of air and will not be damaged in the slightest.
However, Zhuihun had no idea about the Abyss Demon's background, so it was not surprising that he would do such a thing. Zhou Ziwei was just worried that Zhuihun's sword would not only fail to harm the demon, but the Abyss Demon would also take the opportunity to invade his body with evil energy. If that happened... it would be terrible.
However, it was too late for Zhou Ziwei to stop it now. Helpless, he could only shout warnings to Zhuihun while desperately shooting a small fireball at the black gold greatsword that Zhuihun was about to strike. The fireball wasn't very powerful, so it wouldn't damage Zhuihun's black gold greatsword, but it would make the abyss demon hesitate. Hopefully, it could effectively prevent the abyss demon from using the black gold sword to transmit its evil aura and invade Zhuihun's body!
But for some reason, when Zhuihun saw the fireball thrown by Zhou Ziwei, he actually trembled his wrist and dodged the fireball. Then, the black gold greatsword drew an arc in mid-air and heavily struck the head of the abyss demon whose whole body was wrapped in a black robe.
"We're doomed."
Upon seeing this, Zhou Ziwei cried out in despair. Even though Zhuihun had been unharmed until now, he had deliberately slammed his black gold sword into the creature and dodged his fireball's protection... It would be strange if Zhuihun's soul wasn't corrupted by that monster...
With a sharp "crack," the Soul-Chasing Sword struck the target, but unlike the previous strike to the chest, which felt like cutting through cotton, the black hood split open with a crisp sound, revealing a stark white skull. The skull, too, shattered into pieces under the heavy blow, and the sword then vanished into a dark red mist…
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 640: Priceless Treasure
The King of Assassins, Soul Chaser, delivered a truly earth-shattering and awe-inspiring strike. Regardless of what others thought, Zhou Ziwei was dumbfounded and speechless for a long time. It wasn't until he watched the figure shrouded in a black robe disintegrate under the sword, turning into a cloud of red mist that then dissipated and vanished completely, leaving only a shattered skeleton and the black robe on the ground, that Zhou Ziwei came to his senses. He rubbed his eyes hard, finally confirming that what he had seen was not an illusion, but real. The King of Assassins, Soul Chaser, had actually killed a demon from the abyss world with a single strike.
Zhou Ziwei saw it clearly: the Soul Chaser's strike was not just a simple killing, but a clean and decisive annihilation of the man, leaving not even a soul behind.
Or perhaps... these strange life forms are actually different from ordinary humans, or they are more like a soul state, except that their soul forms have extremely powerful abilities, which are completely incomparable to ordinary ghosts. Moreover, after attaching themselves to the bones of the dead, they will slowly develop the same abilities as the bones they attach to in life.
Because these abyssal demons are attached to human remains, they possess abilities similar to humans: they can walk upright, speak, see, hear, and think...
Although their noses, ears, and eyes are simulated using their red mist, they have the same effect and characteristics as human facial features.
Moreover, these creatures born in darkness are most afraid of light and fire... That's why Zhou Ziwei used that energy ball to launch a surprise attack on them, and the effect of this sneak attack was obviously much more serious than the harm done to real humans.
Their souls have an innate ability to devour other souls, but these guys are obviously very picky. They don't bother to devour the souls of ordinary people at all, and only the spiritual power cultivated by spiritual warriors... this special energy that lies between the power of the soul and the power of nature is their favorite.
Moreover, the soul form of the Abyss Demon is almost an immortal and eternal life. Basically, as long as even the slightest trace of it remains, it can be completely resurrected and reborn.
This is what makes this creature so terrifying and dreadful.