Chapter 1681: A Strange Place in the Galaxy (1/2)
Nine Hells Purgatory, Nether City.
After Tian Qi and the Spirit Race had left, the human experts from Spirit Realm were temporarily trapped inside Nine Hells Purgatory. With nowhere to go, they decided to stay in Nether City for now.
Ling Yushi was the city’s mayor. However, her condition was growing worse and worse.
Irregularities kept happening while she was absorbing Austin’s soul imprint. The activity in her soul grew more and more turbulent, calamity was just around the corner.
Since Qin Lie’s Dark Soul Beast avatar took on human form, it didn’t take its eyes off her, watching the most minute of changes.
A rank ten Soul Beast avatar was well-versed in the Soul Race’s secret arts. He could sense that Ling Yushi’s soul was gradually being affected Austin’s soul imprint.
“The Nether Monarch, Austin…”
Qin Lie thought to himself as he continued to perceive the energies rolling off Ling Yushi. He was worried about Austin’s influence.
His Soul Beast avatar had somehow managed to refine both Austin’s memories and soul consciousness through the power of the Soul Suppressing Orb.
But the power of the soul the Nether Monarch had learned over the years, Soul Hell, wasn’t something even the Soul Suppressing Orb could refine.
That power had ultimately become one with Ling Yushi…
“Wait, that’s not right. Austin should be completely dead. I’ve refined both his memories and consciousness are long gone, and all that’s left in him are truths of power.”
He continued to observe Ling Yushi while frowning deeply.
“Soul Hell…”
He could sense that a soul whirlpool had appeared inside Ling Yushi’s mind.
The soul whirlpool looked extremely similar to the Nine Soul Hell of Nether Realm and was also the technique Austin had displayed earlier.
In fact, a strange attraction force that only attracts the soul was slowly appearing from inside the soul whirlpool.
When he tried to check it, he discovered that a tiny portion of his soul energy was actually stolen away by it.
Surprised, he opened his eyes and stared at Ling Yushi in astonishment.
“Did you sense it too?” Ming Xiao asked suddenly.
Just like Qin Lie, he had been observing Ling Yushi’s every movement from the start.
When he observed Ling Yushi with his soul, he noticed the same soul-snatching phenomenon.
“A new Nine Soul Hell is forming inside her head.” Qin Lie sucked in a deep breath before saying seriously, “It’s not just our souls either. Ling Yushi’s soul… looks like it’s being pulled into the Nine Soul Hell as well.”
Astonished, Ming Xiao said worriedly, “What if this is a ploy by Austin? What if he’s playing dead and taking over her bit by bit?”
Qin Lie’s expression changed greatly when he heard that.
If that was true, then Austin was still alive, and his ability to plot was off the charts.
“No, it’s not him. It’s the Soul Hell itself…”
Suddenly, the Nine Hells Monarch’s voice rang beside their ears.
“Whoosh!”
Auston appeared in the form of a high rank Abyss Devil right after.
He shot a glance at the duo guarding by Ling Yushi’s side and explained, “The power my brother and I studied is called the ‘Soul Hell’. In fact… our souls have been trapped by the Soul Hell for many years.”
“What do you mean by that?” Qin Lie looked at him in astonishment.
“My brother and I are Abyss Devils from the Black Bog Abyss. Neither of us would’ve become the Abyss Creator level if we hadn’t stumbled upon a great opportunity.” Auston hesitated for a moment before clarifying, “That opportunity is the Soul Hell itself.”