Chapter 33 – The Undying Three Souls!

Volume 3

"Guys, beautiful work! That fight was absolutely worth it! When we get back, I'm adding extra food to your dinner!"

Wen Yu gave a brief post-battle summary, and while he was at it, promised Star and One-Eye a bigger meal.

The moment they heard that, Star and One-Eye started bouncing around in excitement.

Neither of them had entered their mini forms, so every hop kicked up huge clouds of dust.

"All right, all right."

Wen Yu cut off his two Soul Pets' overexcited antics with a wave of his hand.

Seeing his gesture, Star and One-Eye's bodies rapidly shrank. Then they stuck close to Wen Yu as he headed down the mountain.

"Oh, right. One-Eye, where's Simba's Magic Crystal?"

Wen Yu's voice drifted over from a distance.

"Woof, woof."

"You ate it…"

"Oh. Then you must be really full, right? Eat a little less tonight. You have to understand, it's really not easy for Boss to feed the two of you. You two eat way too much! And now there's another one!"

"Woof, woof."

"Boss, you're bullying me again."

"I'm just kidding. There'll be as much meat as you can eat tonight!"

…

While Wen Yu was making his way down the mountain, a figure slowly emerged from the dense woods at the battlefield where Wen Yu and Wan Ping had just fought.

It was Guan Tao.

Guan Tao looked at Wan Ping's corpse, which Wen Yu had already torn to pieces, and gently shook his head.

There was no sign of frustration or grief on his face.

"How miserable. So in the end, it still failed?"

Guan Tao spoke in a calm voice, and the one he was asking was none other than Wan Ping, who had already been reduced to a pile of mangled flesh on the ground.

The instant Guan Tao's words fell, Wan Ping's corpse suddenly began to change.

The scattered intestines, organs, and chunks of flesh on the ground kept gathering together. Even the head Wen Yu had stomped apart slowly began to flow.

In less than a minute, Wan Ping's corpse had fused on its own into a blood-red cocoon the height of a person.

Then the blood cocoon slowly pulsed, as if something inside was about to break free.

Riiip.

A sound like leather being sliced open came from within the cocoon. Then two hands thrust straight out of the blood cocoon and tore apart the bloody membrane wrapped around the body inside.

Wan Ping walked out of the blood cocoon without a single wound on his body.

After undergoing "Rebirth," Wan Ping first looked over Guan Tao in front of him, then lowered his eyes to his own chest.

On his chest, where the faces of Wan An and Lin Li had originally been, only Lin Li's face remained. Wan An's face had vanished.

Trinity Soul Demon Skill Four: Triple Soul Indestructible Body (S-Rank, passive ability): When the Host dies, one of the souls inside the Host will be consumed at random, after which the Host will undergo Rebirth within one day! The timing of Rebirth may be controlled by the Host, but please note that the soul consumed at random may very well be the main soul. If the main soul is selected, the Host will be replaced by the devoured split soul, becoming a mindless monster that exists only to kill!

Judging by this Skill, Wan Ping could still be considered lucky. At the very least, the soul consumed had not been the main soul, because right now Wan Ping's thoughts were perfectly clear.

But from another perspective, Wan Ping was also unfortunate.

Because his younger brother's soul had been consumed. That meant One-Eye had destroyed Wan An's body, while Wen Yu had destroyed Wan An's soul.

Wen Yu and his main pet had killed Wan An twice!!!

Wan Ping slowly shook off the sluggishness brought on by Rebirth. First, he looked at Lin Li's face on his chest, then at the place where Wan An had disappeared without a trace.

As if he couldn't believe it, Wan Ping stared fixedly at the left side of his chest for nearly a full minute before finally raising his head to look at Guan Tao.

The bloodshot eyes made every hair on Guan Tao's body stand on end.

Because in those eyes, there was no trace of the old Wan Ping left at all. All that remained was bone-deep hatred.

"So, in other words, my brother is dead again?"

The calm voice, paired with Wan Ping's crimson eyes, instantly filled Guan Tao with unease.

After a long silence, Guan Tao finally answered.

"Ah Ping, Xiao'an died a long time ago…"

What Guan Tao said was the truth.

Because Guan Tao understood that back in the park, Wan An had already died. The thing that had appeared on Wan Ping's chest afterward had not been Wan An. It had only been a terrifying, resentment-filled vengeful spirit!

"No. You don't understand…"

Wan Ping shook his head. Ignoring the fact that he was completely naked, he walked straight up to Guan Tao.

"Where is Wen Yu?"

Wan Ping's icy voice made Guan Tao shudder.

"What are you planning to do?"

Guan Tao knew that ever since Wan Ping had obtained the Trinity Soul Demon Class, the intelligence and calm that had once made his team proud had been utterly destroyed by its terrifying negative effects. Now, all that remained in Wan Ping's heart was boundless hatred!

"Heh… Of course I'm going to get revenge."

Guan Tao stared hard into Wan Ping's eyes. After a long moment, he shook his head.

"Ah Ping, you need to understand. With your current strength, you can't kill Wen Yu at all! Forget Wen Yu's two War Pets-even Wen Yu himself is more than you can handle! If you go looking for him now, that isn't revenge…"

"Where is he? Where! Is! He?"

Before Guan Tao could finish, Wan Ping's roar cut him off.

Guan Tao simply shook his head.

"I can't tell you. You're just going to your death!"

Guan Tao hesitated for a long while, then spoke again.

"Sigh… You saw how strong Wen Yu and his two War Pets are. I think we should put this idea aside for now, improve our own strength and build up our forces. Once we're fully confident, it won't be too late to seek revenge then…"

Wan Ping looked at the way Guan Tao was looking at him. After a long moment, he began to laugh.

"Thank you, Tao-Ge. Thank you."

The corners of Wan Ping's mouth curved up slightly. Then he took two steps forward and hugged Guan Tao tightly.

"I know you care about me, Tao-Ge. I've always treated you like my big brother! But…"

Between the two of them, the face of Lin Li embedded in the right side of Wan Ping's chest suddenly opened up. Three beams of light shot out from its mouth and eyes, piercing straight through Guan Tao's body. Their remaining force continued into the woods behind Guan Tao, kicking up a huge cloud of dust and splintered wood.

The power of Evil Spirit Wave, combined with Wan Ping's Level 4 strength, caught Guan Tao completely off guard.

And the blow was fatal.

Guan Tao stared at Wan Ping in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe Wan Ping had actually attacked him.

Looking at Guan Tao's pain-twisted face, the curve of Wan Ping's lips grew wider and wider. At the same time, he continued the words he had left unfinished.

"But he killed my little brother! You have to understand, he was the only family I had left, and then Wen Yu killed him too! And you still want to stop me from getting revenge?"

Wan Ping let go of Guan Tao's body. Without anything supporting him, Guan Tao collapsed to the ground.

"You're my brother. Wan An was your brother too. Have you forgotten what we said? We share blessings and hardships alike! But now you actually want me to give up on revenge?"

"That isn't what brothers do! So I'll help you. I'll help you do what a brother should do!"

Wan Ping looked down at Guan Tao, who was convulsing nonstop on the ground. His gaze was extremely calm.

In fact, this might have been the calmest Wan Ping had ever been since obtaining the Trinity Soul Demon Class.

"Oh, right, Tao-Ge. Did you know? Lin Li actually said the same thing you just did."

"It was a month ago, when the two of us went into the mountains."

"He told me Wan An was already dead, so he wanted me to give up on revenge, give up this Class. He even spouted a bunch of bullshit about how, if Wan An were still here, he wouldn't want to see me like this, and all that crap."

"It was all bullshit! Wan An was on me the whole time! Day and night, he kept saying to me: Brother, I died so miserably!"

"You couldn't hear him, so of course you could just set his hatred aside. But I could hear him!"

"So I destroyed Lin Li's body and let his soul enter mine. That way, I could bring him with me to avenge Wan An!"

"But I really never expected that you would also tell me to give up on revenge. I always thought you were the most loyal one among us. You disappoint me so much!"

After Wan Ping finished speaking, he saw that Guan Tao was only staring blankly at the sky, barely breathing in and mostly breathing out. He immediately fired another Evil Spirit Wave into Guan Tao's body.

"Now, we'll finally be together forever. Together, we'll kill Wen Yu and avenge Xiao'an!"

An ominous Black Light flickered in Wan Ping's hand. Then the Black Light slowly spread over Guan Tao's entire body.

Guan Tao's corpse on the ground gradually melted away like flowing water, following the Black Light on Wan Ping's hand and fusing into Wan Ping's body.

When Guan Tao's corpse had completely vanished, the left side of Wan Ping's chest suddenly bulged. Then Guan Tao's face slowly emerged.

His eyes were threaded with blood. His mouth was stretched open as wide as it could go, as if he were letting out a silent roar.

Together with his ashen complexion, the entire face looked like that of a vengeful ghost.

Wan Ping carefully examined Guan Tao's face. After a long while, he smiled in satisfaction.

"Now, our hearts can finally be connected, just like they were before the Apocalypse!"

"But Tao-Ge, there was one thing you were right about. If I go looking for Wen Yu now, I'll only be throwing my life away. I need… a different method!"