A pitch-black fog spread out from Ye Qiu's body. The originally bright room became pitch-black. Even though the lights in the room were still on, the light seemed to have been swallowed by the black fog.
Everyone's vision had been lost at this point, and they couldn't see the people next to them clearly even if they were close by.
They could only rely on the contract to sense each other's presence.
"Yun Tianqi, go first. Ye Xing, get ready. I'll call you when it starts."
Lin Feng's voice came from the pitch-black room.
"It's quite mysterious."
Yun Tianqi smiled as he held a fist-sized Demon Sealing Soul Tool in his right hand.
Although he didn't have any experience, he knew the general process from the other members. Therefore, he wasn't surprised. He was just a little nervous.
This time, he was absorbing his seventh soul skill.
This was a rank 9 demon spirit called Diamond Meng Mantis. This demon spirit was also the reward for entering the Bedlam Lands.
Diamond Meng Mantis had a diamond rank innate skill that was worth over eight billion. Its innate skill was called Diamond Petrification.
After demon transformation, this soul skill could turn his two scythe-like forelimbs into Diamond Petrification, giving them stronger hardness and attack power.
Yun Tianqi was already an 8-star demon spiritualist. His natal demon spirit had already grown to rank 8. Since the second half of last year, he had started absorbing his seventh soul skill. In a year, he had failed three times in a row.
Three demon spirits with diamond soul skills were worth over six billion. Even with his income, he couldn't bear failing consecutively.
After failing three times, it wasn't just a matter of money or demon spirits anymore. His mentality had already collapsed.
He even began to fear absorbing diamond soul skills.
If a good soul skill failed, it would take several months for him to recover.
If he hadn't joined the Avengers, Yun Tianqi wouldn't have absorbed his seventh soul skill. He would have just absorbed a purple soul skill instead.
After failing three times, he no longer had any confidence.
Diamond Meng Mantis was very precious. If he failed again, he would feel like dying. It would take him at least two years to recover.
In Yun Tianqi's opinion, it was better to wait until he absorbed his eighth or ninth soul skill. Only then would he have more confidence.
He wasn't Ye Xing. Ye Xing refined a demon spirit from the Earth Ranking, so he had an advantage in absorbing high-level soul skills. His natal demon spirit, the Ghost Mantis, was only a rank eight demon spirit. If he wanted to devour a rank nine demon spirit, the success rate of absorbing a diamond soul skill was very low.
"Don't worry. Ye Qiu and Yunkai have both absorbed diamond soul skills for their fourth soul skills. We don't dare to compete with them. However, even Yu Qiao's sixth soul skill has absorbed a diamond soul skill. You have your seventh soul skill, so you don't have to worry."
Zhan Tianyu comforted.
"Damn it, so what if you can refine a demon spirit on the Earth Ranking?
Since when are Ninth Stage demon spirits discriminated against? "
Yu Qiao's face was full of displeasure as he cursed.
Previously, when Ye Qiu had absorbed a diamond soul skill, Linfeng had also used him as an example.
"After I absorb [Transmogrification], I'll definitely teach you a lesson."
Yu Qiao threatened.
One had to know that whether it was in high school or university, he was always favored by the heavens.
Although he was not well-liked, he was still an existence that the students looked up to. No one dared to provoke him.
But ever since he joined the Avengers, he seemed to have become ordinary.
He was even ridiculed!
"That's true. Even Yu Qiao can absorb it, let alone me."
Yun Tianqi smiled.
After speaking, he calmed his slightly nervous mood and did not continue to talk nonsense. After demon transformation, he took out the demon spirit from the demon sealing soul tool, slapped it into his soul sea, and began to devour it.
While Yun Tianqi was devouring the demon spirit, everyone quieted down and did not make any sound. In the room, only Yun Tianqi's painful groans could be heard from time to time.
"I can't hold on anymore."
Five minutes later, Yun Tianqi suddenly shouted.
In the next second, a bloody and evil aura suddenly emerged and filled the entire room, causing everyone's bodies to tremble slightly.
Even though they had already experienced it once, they still felt cold and trembled all over.
Moreover, compared to before, this evil aura seemed to have become stronger.
This was the first time Ye Xing and Yun Tianqi felt the aura of a nightmare, so they were particularly shocked.
When Linfeng's right hand covered his soul sea, Yun Tianqi could clearly feel the fear of the Ghost Mantis and the Diamond Meng Hong.
Under this aura, the originally furious and frantically struggling Diamond Meng Hong trembled and revealed fear. His strength and spiritual power were suppressed.
"What ability is this?"
At this moment, Yun Tianqi finally understood why Ye Qiu's fourth soul skill dared to absorb a diamond soul skill and even succeeded.
It was simply too inconceivable!
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Yun Tianqi began to control the Ghost Mantis to devour the Diamond Meng Hong …
"Ye Xing, start. Zhan Tianyu, get ready."
Linfeng said while releasing the power of the nightmare.
Two hours later.
"Yue Mingming, start."
Linfeng said, his voice sounding slightly tired.
This time, there were as many as eight people assisting him, twice the number of people from before. After continuously releasing the power of the nightmare, he vaguely felt that his body was a little abnormal and had become somewhat stiff.
"Yue Mingming, we all succeeded. You're the only one left."
Zhan Tianyu said with a smile. He was clearly in a good mood after successfully absorbing the soul skill.
This time, there were eight people who absorbed the soul skill.
Yun Tianqi, Huang Tianze, Ye Xing, Zhan Tianyu, Ye Qiu, Yunkai, Chen Tianming, and Yue Mingming.
Since they were about to enter the Chaotic Lands, everyone was eager to absorb soul skills.
One more soul skill meant one more trump card and a higher chance of survival.
If it weren't for the fact that god-rank soul skills were too precious and too risky to absorb now, Yunkai and the others would have directly absorbed them.
Chen Tianming's reward for entering the Chaotic Lands this time was a purple-gold soul skill. Linfeng spent some money to exchange for a diamond soul skill for him.
Now, all seven of them had successfully absorbed soul skills, and all of them were diamond soul skills.
Because Yue Mingming failed to absorb a diamond soul skill last time, he absorbed a purple-gold soul skill this time.
His third soul skill was a purple-gold soul skill. This was far beyond anyone's imagination. Even Ye Qiu's third soul skill was only a gold soul skill.
"Success."
Ten minutes later, Yue Mingming said.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but cheer excitedly.
Even Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing were no exception.
It was a 100% success rate!
It was too inconceivable!
It was simply a miracle.
At this time, the thirteen members of the Avengers, except for He Jun and Yue Mingming, all of them had diamond soul skills.
Furthermore, Yunkai and Ye Qiu's fourth and fifth soul skills were both diamond soul skills.
This alliance was far more terrifying than they had imagined.
As a member of the alliance, although they had only joined for a day, they felt proud and proud.
This was an alliance with unlimited potential.
They might really be able to change the world.
Just as everyone was cheering for the successful absorption of soul skills, because the fog hadn't dissipated yet, no one noticed that Linfeng's body had stiffened at this time, and his expression was somewhat painful.
"Not good!"
Linfeng frowned slightly. At this time, his heartbeat was speeding up, his body was boiling, his breathing was somewhat stifled, and his body became very heavy.
At this time, his body was somewhat stiff and even somewhat out of his control.
"Nightmare?"
Linfeng's consciousness entered his Soul Sea. The Arowana was still curled up in the corner, and the Nightmare was floating in the center of the Soul Sea, quietly watching him.
Although the Nightmare was very calm and didn't make any sound, Linfeng could feel a murderous intent and desire through those rotating bloody pupils.
Linfeng knew that the Nightmare's power was assimilating his body at this time.
The King of Nightmares had become much stronger.
In this week, whether it was absorbing soul skills by himself or assisting others in absorbing soul skills, he had constantly borrowed the Nightmare's power, and the assimilation speed had increased by hundreds and thousands of times.
Now, the aftereffects were showing.
"Feng, what's wrong with you?"
Yunkai was the first to notice Linfeng's abnormality. Linfeng's breathing had become hurried, as if he was suppressing his pain.
Hearing Yunkai's words, the rest of the people paused and quickly noticed Linfeng's abnormality.
"What's wrong?"
"Ye Qiu, quickly disperse the Dark Night Star Fog."
The rest of the people hurriedly asked.
When the fog dissipated, their vision returned to normal. At this moment, Linfeng was lying on the ground with both hands supporting him. His body was very stiff, and his muscles were tight.
What surprised them even more was that Linfeng's arms and neck, which were exposed, were covered in strange red patterns.
These patterns were dark red like blood, as if they had their own consciousness. They were still flowing continuously, and they were emitting an evil and bloody aura.
"What's that?"
Seeing this tattoo-like mark, everyone's expression changed.
"Feng, what's wrong?"
Yunkai came in front of him and wanted to help Linfeng up, but he didn't know whether to touch him or not. He could only stand there helplessly.
"Feng …"
Seeing Linfeng in pain, Dong Xiaomei's eyes turned red, and she almost cried. The rest of the people's expressions changed again and again. The joy of absorbing soul skills disappeared in an instant.
Obviously, the aftereffects that Linfeng had mentioned were showing.
The originally excited atmosphere became deathly silent.
No one expected the aftereffects to come so quickly and look so terrifying.
Even if they didn't know what the aftereffects were, they felt that it was unusual just by looking at the bloody and evil patterns.
"Linfeng, what should we do?"
Yun Tianqi quickly asked.
Linfeng didn't seem to hear and didn't respond. His body trembled slightly, and his sweat drenched the ground.
Under everyone's worried gazes, five minutes later, the blood-colored patterns gradually faded, as if retracting back to Linfeng's chest.
After the evil aura disappeared, Lin Feng recovered his wits only after a while.
"I'm fine."
Linfeng slowly got up, looking a little exhausted.
"Don't use this ability in the future."
Yunkai said to Linfeng and looked at the other members of the alliance.
In Yunkai's opinion, soul skills were far less important than Linfeng's safety.
If not for Linfeng's existence, he wouldn't have joined this alliance.
"Okay."
Facing Yunkai's gaze, everyone nodded, their eyes solemn.
Linfeng's appearance just now was indeed a little scary.
Although they all knew that Linfeng's special ability had huge aftereffects, soul skills were too important to them, so they chose to ignore them when absorbing them.
Of course, they didn't expect it to be so serious.
If a high-level soul skill required Linfeng to pay with his life, then it was fine not to absorb it.
They were super geniuses, so even without Linfeng's help, they could still become strong!
Anything could happen to anyone in the Avengers, except for Linfeng.
As the owner of the contract, if Linfeng died, this alliance would cease to exist.
"With my talent, I can still become a top-notch assassin without absorbing a diamond soul skill."
Yu Qiao said with a smile.
"Yes, although I don't know what the aftereffects are, it's obviously very serious. It's better not to use it."
Ye Xing also said, "This time, the seven of us have all absorbed a diamond soul skill, and Yue Mingming has absorbed a purple gold soul skill. It's enough!"
"Don't make such an emotional scene, it makes me feel cold just listening to it."
Seeing Yunkai's red eyes, Linfeng was touched. He patted Yunkai's shoulder and said in a relaxed tone,
"Okay, I'm not as great as you think. Your lives are not as precious as mine!
Moreover, it's just a soul skill, it's not worth losing your life. I know what I'm doing. "
"Rest well, we'll enter the Land of Chaos tomorrow!"
With that, Linfeng took the lead and walked out of the room, not giving the others a chance to speak.
Looking at Linfeng's slightly tired figure, everyone's eyes were very complicated.