Chapter 31 – Faceless

Volume 3

After Wen Yu finished communicating with Star and One-Eye, he gave Wan Ping a careful look.

Wan Ping looked truly miserable right now.

Although Wan Ping's Skill had disabled Throb and Wild Song, it had not disabled Wen Yu's own Physical Attribute or the close-combat experience he had gained through countless trials.

In Combat State, Wen Yu's Physical Attribute was a full 400 Point-a number Wan Ping could only dream of reaching.

So Wan Ping, who wanted to fight him in melee, had without question been brutally taught a lesson by Wen Yu.

If not for the two faces on Wan Ping's chest having already opened their eyes, firing red beams from their eyes and mouths that caught Wen Yu off guard, the process of defeating Wan Ping could have been even faster.

"But now, it's time to end this."

Looking at Wan Ping, who was barely standing in front of him, his body covered in blood and wounds, Wen Yu said the words calmly. At the same time, he drove power into his legs and propelled himself rapidly toward Wan Ping.

Greed's Touch on his right hand rose high, stirring up a fierce gust of wind as it clawed straight for Wan Ping's head.

His injuries and the massive blood loss had made Wan Ping slow to react. Seeing Greed's Touch descending toward his skull, Wan Ping barely managed to twist his body and use his left hand to block the strike.

Blood sprayed in every direction. At the same time, Wan Ping's left hand dropped straight to the ground.

Soul Strike took effect.

Even without Throb's amplification, the effects of Soul Strike were absolutely not to be underestimated.

Especially against someone like Wan Ping, whose mental state was clearly abnormal.

A strange fluctuation of the soul rang out inside Wan Ping's mind. The intense pain made him let out a violent, agonized scream.

Even more terrifying was that the two faces on Wan Ping's body screamed at the same time.

The damage Soul Strike inflicted on Wan Ping was actually three times as much.

Faced with the terrifying damage from Soul Strike, Wan Ping was frozen on the spot by the excruciating pain.

Naturally, Wen Yu would not let such an opportunity slip by. He immediately activated the Skill he had gained when his Soul Beast advanced to Level 4.

Void Shift (Rank C, Active Ability): After activation, the user can violate the laws of motion and freely change direction once.

Wen Yu, who had originally been charging forward, came to an instant stop, then shot toward the side where Wan Ping had lost his left hand without losing any speed.

Before Wan Ping could react at all, Wen Yu's body had already shifted from directly in front of him to his left side.

Then the sharp claws stabbed out, instantly piercing into Wan Ping's left ribs and bursting out through his right shoulder.

This strike marked the end of the battle.

Wen Yu exerted force with his left hand, lifting Wan Ping high into the air while he was impaled on Greed's Touch. Looking at Wan Ping's face twisted in pain, Wen Yu felt no ripple in his heart.

Since you wanted to make trouble for One-Eye, that meant you wanted to make trouble for me.

And that made you an enemy.

Then Greed's Touch on his right hand moved in a blur, directly tearing Wan Ping's body into four sections.

Looking at Wan Ping's scattered remains lying on the ground, Wen Yu expressionlessly stomped on Wan Ping's lifeless head and crushed it apart.

The battle was over.

Although Wan Ping had Level 4 strength, the gap between one Level 4 and another was truly not small.

After briefly sensing Star's position in his mind, Wen Yu headed straight in Star's direction.

…

By now, One-Eye had already reached Star's location. The two of them were staring wide-eyed at the white lump of dough on the ground.

Perhaps sensing danger, the white lump trembled slightly twice, then quickly separated out several white threads that wound toward One-Eye's and Star's heads.

Seeing this, Star and One-Eye immediately grew excited.

There was no need for the white threads to attack on their own. Star and One-Eye directly pushed their heads forward, took a deep breath, and sucked the white threads into their mouths.

Then the two beasts swayed and collapsed to the ground. In less than three seconds, they had endured their way through that surge of "pleasure"…

"How was that, Dog-Ge?"

Star called out to One-Eye.

"Woof, woof!"

"Awesome. That felt amazing!"

Then One-Eye glanced at the white dough-like mass, which had already shrunk by half, and said hesitantly, "Do you think… if we keep messing with it like this, we might kill it? Boss still wants this thing…"

Hearing One-Eye's words, Star hesitated for a long while before finally saying, "One more time. Just once."

One-Eye gritted his teeth.

"Then we're agreed. If Boss gets mad, the two of us stand together!"

"Everybody knows Star is the most loyal there is!"

After that simple exchange, One-Eye and Star reached out at the same time and jabbed their claws hard into the white mass.

Then, strands of thread surged out once more…

…

By the time Wen Yu arrived at Star's location, what he saw was his two Soul Pets excitedly prodding the white dough-like mass in front of them.

The white mass, which had originally been the size of a washbasin, had now shrunk to the size of a fist.

Faced with Star and One-Eye's sharp claws, the white mass had stopped releasing white threads three minutes ago. It simply lay there motionless.

That made Star and One-Eye shout and bark in frustration, and they even increased the force of their poking by quite a bit.

As for the white mass, no one knew what it really was. In this dough-like state, even as One-Eye and Star used more and more strength, they still couldn't leave the slightest damage on it!

"What are you two doing?"

Seeing the excited yet faintly disappointed expressions on One-Eye and Star's faces, Wen Yu was immediately a little confused.

At the sound of Wen Yu's voice, One-Eye and Star instantly snapped back to their senses. They immediately wiped those expressions off their faces and stood properly in front of Wen Yu.

Seeing the two Soul Pets looking as if they had done something wrong, Wen Yu glanced down at the white mass on the ground.

Unfortunately, Wen Yu had never seen how large the white mass had been originally, so naturally, he had no way of noticing that One-Eye and Star had tormented it until only a quarter of its original volume remained.

"This is it, right?"

Wen Yu stepped forward and grabbed the motionless white mass off the ground.

After carefully examining the so-called Sacred Beast of the Demon Worship Cult in front of him, Wen Yu turned to look at One-Eye.

"You're sure it's this thing?"

One-Eye nodded at once.

Wen Yu looked at the limp, motionless white mass in his hand, then at Star and One-Eye's strange expressions, and couldn't help asking, "Are you sure it looked like this when you first saw it?"

One-Eye's head bobbed up and down rapidly.

"Mm."

Wen Yu didn't bother digging any deeper. He directly activated the contract power of the Fourth Soul Realm.

He had taken a liking to this thing.

…

As a flash of purple contract light appeared, the mysterious purple radiance continuously wrapped itself around the white mass.

Then the purple light slowly sank into the white mass's body, gradually fading away.

At that moment, Wen Yu immediately sensed a mysterious mental fluctuation appear in his mind.

It was very powerful, not much weaker than One-Eye. Unfortunately, it was a complete chaos, utterly devoid of any consciousness of its own!

It was like a Zombie that had only a body, with no thoughts or intelligence whatsoever!

However…

A burning look flashed through Wen Yu's eyes.

Even if it was a Zombie beast, as long as it was strong enough and could be contracted, Wen Yu would welcome it all the same!

Looking at the mass in his hand, which seemed to have recovered the tiniest bit of vitality and was now trembling faintly in his palm as if expressing affection, Wen Yu fell silent for a while before slowly saying, "Since you can transform into the form of any creature, from now on, you'll be called Faceless."