Chapter 522: Chapter 372: Miracle

The pitch-black mist spread from Ye Qiu’s body, turning the previously bright room into darkness. Even though the lights in the room remained on, it seemed as if the light was swallowed by the black mist.

Everyone’s vision was lost at this moment, unable to see even the person next to them. They could only sense each other’s presence through the connection of the contract.

“Yun Tianqi goes first, Ye Xing get ready, I’ll call you when it’s time.”

In the pitch-black room, Lin Feng’s voice was heard.

“It’s quite mysterious.”

Yun Tianqi held a demon-sealing soul artifact the size of a fist in his right hand and said with a smile.

Although he had no experience, he knew the general process from other members’ stories, so he wasn’t surprised, just a bit nervous.

This time, he was absorbing his seventh soul skill.

It was a ninth-tier demon spirit called Diamond Mengqi, and this demon spirit was a reward for entering the Land of Chaos this time.

Diamond Mengqi possessed a diamond-level talent skill valued at over eight billion, with its talent skill named [Diamond Petrification].

After demon transformation, using this soul skill could diamondize his sickle-like forelimbs, granting greater hardness and attack power.

Yun Tianqi was already an eight-star demon spirit master, and his lifebound demon spirit had grown to the eighth tier. Since the second half of last year, he began to absorb the seventh soul skill and had consecutively failed three times in a year.

Three demon spirits possessing diamond soul skills valued at over six billion failed consecutively, and even with his income, it was becoming hard to sustain.

Failing three times was no longer just a matter of money and demon spirits, but his mindset had already collapsed.

He even began to fear absorbing diamond soul skills.

Failing to absorb a good soul skill would take several months to recover.

If not for joining the Avengers Alliance, Yun Tianqi wouldn’t be considering absorbing diamond soul skills for the seventh soul skill, opting for a tier lower and absorbing a purple gold soul skill instead.

The blows from three failures had left him no confidence.

Diamond Mengqi was very precious, and if he failed to absorb it again, he’d feel like dying, unable to recover for two years.

In Yun Tianqi’s view, it would be better to wait until the eighth or ninth soul skill to absorb, where there would be more certainty.

He wasn’t Ye Xing, who refined a demon spirit from the Earth Chart, having an advantage with absorbing high-level soul skills, while his lifebound demon spirit Ghost Shadow Mantis was only eighth tier, making the success rate of swallowing a ninth-tier demon spirit and absorbing a diamond soul skill very low.

“Don’t worry, Ye Qiu and Yun Kai absorbed diamond soul skills for their fourth soul skills, while Yu Qiao even absorbed a diamond soul skill for his sixth soul skill, so you should be even less worried for your seventh.”

Zhan Tianyu consoled him.

“Your sister, refining a demon spirit from the Earth Chart is so significant! Since when have ninth-tier demon spirits been discriminated against?”

Yu Qiao, feeling displeased, grumbled.

Last time when Ye Qiu absorbed a diamond soul skill, Lin Feng also used him as an example.

“Once I absorb [Illusion], I’ll make sure you remember me.”

Yu Qiao threatened.

After all, both in high school and college, he was a paragon.

Though not well liked, he was an existence his classmates looked up to, and no one dared provoke him.

However, ever since joining the Avengers Alliance, he seemed to become ordinary?

He was even mocked at one point!

“True, if Yu Qiao can absorb it, so can I.”

Yun Tianqi said with a smile.

After speaking, he calmed his slightly nervous mood, didn’t continue to waste words, went through demon transformation, then took out the demon spirit from the demon-sealing soul artifact, and placed it into the soul sea to begin devouring.

As Yun Tianqi was devouring the demon spirit, everyone quieted down, not making any noise, with only the occasional painful groans from Yun Tianqi in the room.

“Can’t hold on.”

Five minutes later, Yun Tianqi suddenly shouted.

The next second, a bloody and evil aura suddenly surged, filling the whole room, making everyone’s body tremble slightly.

Even having experienced it once before, they still felt cold, shivering all over.

Moreover, compared to before, this evil aura seemed to become even stronger.

Ye Xing and Yun Tianqi were feeling the aura of the Nightmare for the first time, hence felt particularly shocked.

When Lin Feng’s right hand covered the location of his soul sea, Yun Tianqi could clearly feel the fear from the Ghost Shadow Mantis and Diamond Mengqi.

Under this aura, the previously furious and wildly struggling Diamond Mengqi was shivering with fear, showing an emotion of terror, its power and spiritual power suppressed.

“What kind of ability is this?”

At this moment, Yun Tianqi finally understood why Ye Qiu dared to absorb a diamond soul skill for his fourth soul skill and succeeded.

It was simply incredible!

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Yun Tianqi began to control the Ghost Shadow Mantis to devour Diamond Mengqi…

“Ye Xing, begin; Zhan Tianyu, get ready.”

While releasing the power of the Nightmare, Lin Feng said.

Two hours later.

“Yue Mingming, start.”

Lin Feng said, his voice slightly tired.

This time, the number of supporters was as many as eight, twice the number from before. Continuously releasing the power of the Nightmare, he vaguely felt some anomalies in his body, becoming somewhat stiff.

“Yue Mingming, we all succeeded, you’re the last one.”

Zhan Tianyu said with a smile, in a very good mood after successfully absorbing a soul skill.

This time, eight people absorbed soul skills.

Yun Tianqi, Huang Tianze, Ye Xing, Zhan Tianyu, Ye Qiu, Yun Kai, Chen Tianming, Yue Mingming.

About to enter the Land of Chaos, everyone was eager to absorb soul skills.

One more soul skill meant one more card up their sleeve, one more chance of survival.

If divine-level soul skills weren’t so precious and absorbing them now too risky, Yun Kai and the four others would have directly gone for them.

This time entering the Land of Chaos, Chen Tianming’s reward was a purple gold soul skill, but Lin Feng spent some money to get him a diamond soul skill instead.

Now, seven people have already absorbed successful diamond soul skills.

Yue Mingming, having failed to absorb a diamond soul skill last time, was now absorbing a purple gold soul skill.

The third soul skill as a purple gold soul skill, this was already beyond others’ imagination, even Ye Qiu’s third soul skill was only a golden soul skill.

“Succeeded.”

Ten minutes later, Yue Mingming said.

As soon as he spoke, everyone couldn’t help but cheer excitedly.

Even Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing were no exceptions.

A one hundred percent success rate!

Unbelievable!

It’s simply a miracle.

At this moment, among the thirteen members of the Avengers Alliance, except for He Jun and Yue Mingming, all possess Diamond Soul Skills.

Moreover, Yun Kai and Ye Qiu have Diamond Soul Skills for both their fourth and fifth Soul Skills.

This alliance is far more terrifying than they had imagined.

As members of the alliance, even though they’ve just joined for a day, they feel proud and honored.

This is an alliance with infinite potential.

They might actually be able to change the world.

Just as the crowd cheered for the successful absorption of soul skills, because the mist hadn’t dispersed, no one noticed that Lin Feng’s body suddenly stiffened, and his expression became pained.

“Not good!”

Lin Feng slightly furrowed his brows. His heart was racing, his body burning, his breath stifled, and his body felt heavy.

At this moment, his body seemed stiff, almost beyond his control.

“Nightmare, is it?”

Lin Feng’s consciousness entered the Soul Sea. The Dragon Fish still curled up in a corner, and the Nightmare floated silently at the center of the Soul Sea, watching him.

Although the Nightmare was calm and made no sound, Lin Feng could sense a murderous intent and desire through its swirling blood-red pupils.

Lin Feng knew the Nightmare’s power was currently assimilating his body.

The Nightmare had grown much stronger now.

This past week, whether absorbing soul skills himself or assisting others, he had been constantly borrowing the Nightmare’s power, accelerating the assimilation process by hundreds or thousands of times.

Now, the side effects were manifesting.

“Brother Feng, what’s wrong?”

Yun Kai first noticed Lin Feng’s abnormality, his breath becoming rapid, seemingly suppressing pain.

Upon hearing Yun Kai’s words, the others halted. They quickly noticed Lin Feng was acting strangely.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ye Qiu, disperse the Dark Night Star Mist quickly.”

The others urged immediately.

Once the mist dispersed and vision returned to normal, Lin Feng was on all fours, his body stiff and muscles taut.

They were even more shocked to see red, mysterious patterns appearing on Lin Feng’s exposed arms and neck.

The lines were deep crimson, like living entities, continuously flowing with a wicked, bloodthirsty aura.

“What is this?”

Seeing the tattoo-like markings, everyone’s complexion changed.

“Brother Feng, what’s wrong?”

Yun Kai stepped forward, wanting to support Lin Feng but unsure whether to touch him, feeling helpless.

“Brother Feng….”

Watching Lin Feng in pain, Little Sister Dong’s eyes brimmed with tears, almost crying aloud. The other members’ expressions shifted, their initial joy from absorbing soul skills vanished.

Clearly, the side effects Lin Feng spoke of had appeared.

The previously excited atmosphere turned silent.

No one had expected the side effects to come so swiftly and appear so terrifying.

Even though they didn’t know what the side effects were, just the sight of the blood-red, evil patterns felt extraordinary.

“Lin Feng, what should we do?”

Yun Tianqi asked quickly.

Lin Feng seemed not to hear, with no response, just trembling slightly as droplets of sweat soaked the floor.

Under everyone’s worried gaze, five minutes later, the blood-red patterns gradually retreated, as if drawn back into Lin Feng’s chest.

With the evil aura disappearing, it took a while for Lin Feng to clear his mind.

“I’m fine.”

Lin Feng slowly rose, appearing somewhat exhausted.

“Don’t use this ability in the future.”

Yun Kai said to Lin Feng, then looking at the other alliance members.

To Yun Kai, soul skills were far less important than Lin Feng’s safety.

If not for Lin Feng’s presence, he wouldn’t have joined this alliance.

“Hmm.”

Facing Yun Kai’s gaze, everyone nodded solemnly.

Lin Feng’s condition just now indeed looked scary.

Though they knew Lin Feng’s special ability had significant side effects, soul skills were crucial to them, so they chose to ignore it when absorbing soul skills.

Of course, they hadn’t expected it would be so severe.

If high-level soul skills required Lin Feng’s life as the price, then they wouldn’t absorb them.

They were top prodigies; even without Lin Feng’s assistance, they could become strong.

In the Avengers Alliance, anyone could fall, except for Lin Feng.

As the contract owner, if Lin Feng was gone, the alliance wouldn’t exist.

“With my talent, Yu Qiao, I can become a top assassin without absorbing Diamond Soul Skills.”

Yu Qiao said with a smile.

“Hmm, though we don’t know what these side effects are, it’s evidently severe, better not to use them.”

Ye Xing also added, “This time, seven of us absorbed Diamond Soul Skills, Yue Mingming absorbed Purple Gold Soul Skills, and that’s already enough!”

“Don’t try to create dramatic scenes. It feels creepy just hearing those.”

Seeing Yun Kai’s red-rimmed eyes, Lin Feng felt moved. He patted Yun Kai’s shoulder, speaking lightly:

“Alright, I’m not as great as you all think. Your lives aren’t as valuable as mine! Besides, it’s just soul skills, no need to sacrifice lives, I know my limits.”

“Rest well, tomorrow we’ll enter the Land of Chaos!”

After speaking, Lin Feng walked out the door first, giving the others no chance to speak.

Watching Lin Feng’s slightly weary figure, everyone’s expressions were complex.

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