Huo Yusen couldn't help but smile at her eager expression, as if she was about to beat someone to a pulp, but he dared not relax in the slightest.
He knew all too well how despicable people could be.
It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark!
Qiqi is indeed powerful, but the little girl is just too young, so young that... she doesn't understand how terrifying the phrase "the wickedness of human nature" is.
The tracking symbol grew stronger and stronger, eventually pointing to an old residential area on the outskirts of the city.
The buildings here are mostly old houses from decades ago, with narrow alleys and dim streetlights.
Many houses were already empty, with only a few scattered lights on, creating a desolate and eerie atmosphere.
Qiqi and Huo Yusen landed a little further away, and then, with their short legs, they walked into the area.
The red glow of the tracking symbol reached its brightest at the entrance of a dark alley.
Deep in the alley, a dilapidated two-story building stands quietly.
The windows were all boarded up, and the entrance was piled with garbage, emitting a foul odor.
But Qiqi could sense that a faint, ominous aura permeated the building.
"This is it," Qiqi whispered, putting away the tracking talisman.
Turning to Huo Yusen beside him, he said, "Brother Xiao Jiu, there's a barrier inside this building, but it's not very sophisticated. Follow behind me and be careful."
After she finished speaking, she walked towards the small building first, and gently placed her hand on the wooden board sealing the door.
A cold talisman was placed on the door panel from the palm of his hand. A layer of frost spread rapidly, and the wooden board became brittle under the extreme cold, and then shattered silently.
The door opened, and an even stronger, colder aura rushed out.
The building was pitch black, but Qiqi was no ordinary person; seeing in the dark was no problem for her.
Perhaps because of the Chief Demon, Huo Yusen has recently discovered that his five senses have improved, and he can see clearly even in such a dark environment.
The first floor looked like an ordinary abandoned dwelling, covered in dust and with broken furniture.
However, both Huo Yusen and Qi Qi noticed the unusual fluctuations coming from underground.
"The basement," they both said in unison.
Soon, they found the hidden trapdoor on the kitchen floor.
Once opened, a steep concrete staircase extends downwards, its bottom invisible.
Huo Yusen shielded Qiqi behind him and took the lead in going downstairs.
The stairs were not long; after about twenty steps, you would reach a spacious basement.
The sight before him made even Huo Yusen, who had seen much of the darkness in human nature, gasp in shock.
The basement was transformed into a bizarre "breeding room".
The shelves around the room were filled with glass jars of various sizes, each containing the embryos of twisted monsters, which slowly wriggled in the dark green liquid.
At the center was a huge magic circle, drawn with a dark red substance that resembled blood, with candles burning with eerie blue flames placed at each node of the circle.
What's most disgusting is that there are dozens of small, semi-transparent humanoid light clusters piled up in the center of the magic circle.
That was the extracted, not yet fully refined, soul of a child!
They floated and bumped silently, like fish trapped in an aquarium, their faces bearing expressions of pain and confusion.
"These bad guys!" Qiqi's eyes instantly turned red, and her little fists clenched tightly.
Huo Yusen was also furious!
But he forced himself to remain calm and quickly scanned the entire basement, looking for possible enemies or traps.
“It seems we’ve come to the right place.” Huo Yusen’s voice was as cold as ice. “This is the breeding ground for Soul-Eating Demons, and also the transit station for those whose souls have been stolen.”
Just then, a clapping sound came from the shadows in the corner of the basement.
"Slap, slap, slap."
A figure dressed in a dark red robe slowly walked out.
He wore a wooden mask with a sinister smile on his face, revealing only a pair of narrow, gleaming eyes.
"I never expected that my little place would attract such interesting guests." The masked man's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like sandpaper rubbing. "A little girl, a little brat, actually dared to create this place all by herself. Interesting, very interesting."
"Are you the 'Envoy'?" Huo Yusen asked in a deep voice, leaning forward slightly to subtly protect Qiqi behind him.
"Your Excellency? Ha, that's just a code name." The masked man chuckled. "You can call me 'Soul Master.' After all, I specialize in studying and collecting these exquisite souls."
His gaze swept greedily over the ball of life-giving light in the center of the magic circle, as if he were admiring his own collection.
"Give the children back!" Qiqi poked her little head out from behind Huo Yuwei, her face full of anger, and shouted.
"Return them?" The Soul Master seemed to have heard something amusing. "Little girl, these are all precious materials. Look how beautiful they are, pure, flawless, and full of the most primal power of life. They are perfect for refining magic weapons or improving cultivation."
"You're a big bad guy!" Qiqi's face turned red with anger as she pulled a handful of Five Thunder Talismans from her small bag. "Quickly return the children's souls, or Qiqi will hit you!"
"Five Thunder Talisman?" A hint of surprise flashed in the Soul Master's eyes. "To be able to create a talisman of this level at such a young age, it seems you're no ordinary child. Perfect, your soul power must be purer than these ordinary children's; you're a top-grade material!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly waved his hand!
Dozens of blood-red runes suddenly lit up around the basement, forming a trapping array that confined the two people inside.
At the same time, the glass jars on the shelf shattered one after another, and the twisted monster embryos quickly expanded after landing, turning into ferocious monsters that roared and pounced over!
"Watch out!" Huo Yusen shouted, picked up a wooden stick from the ground, and slammed it down on the monster.
The monster charging at the front was cleaved in two by his staff.
But the monster did not die after being split in two; instead, it split into two smaller individuals and continued to attack.
"Physical attacks are ineffective; these are demonic creatures formed from resentment!" Qi Qi warned, while simultaneously forming hand seals, causing several talismans to float into the air.
From the talisman, ice spikes fell like arrows, pinning several monsters to the ground.
The monster, pierced by the ice spike, let out a shrill scream and vanished into black smoke.
Meanwhile, Qiqi wasn't idle either; she threw out the Five Thunder Talisman with her little hand.
He silently chanted the incantation, "Heaven and earth are boundless, the universe lends its power, five thunderbolts strike the head, so be it!"
Amidst the childish incantation, several bolts of purple lightning struck down from nowhere, accurately hitting several monsters and blasting them to pieces, never to be reassembled.
"Such refined lightning magic!" The Soul Master's eyes burned with even greater greed. "I must obtain your soul!"
He no longer stood idly by; his hands quickly formed hand seals, and he chanted incantations.
The clusters of living souls in the center of the magic array suddenly trembled violently, emitting a silent shriek.
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