[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dragon-of-catastrophe":3,"chapter-dragon-of-catastrophe-dragon-of-catastrophe-chapter-196":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Dragon of Catastrophe",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1451997,1900,"Chapter 196 - 116: I Must Kill That Dragon!","dragon-of-catastrophe-chapter-196",196,"\u003Cp>Half a month later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ackman Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the study of the Lord’s Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viss! Remember! Do not leave the manor recently, stay at home, understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viss’s mother, sitting on a chair, spoke earnestly to her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother, has something happened in the territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde girl, Viss, looked much better than half a month ago. She sat upright, slowly flipping through a parchment book in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cover of this parchment book was prominently adorned with a ram’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the past half month, I’ve received nearly ten cases of disappearances. The entire territory has dispatched several teams of guards patrolling day and night, yet the criminal can’t be found!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viss’s mother looked somewhat distressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps it’s the work of a Caster. Mother, don’t you need my help?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I not just tell you? Stay at home! Don’t go anywhere! I’ll handle the territory’s issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Viss’s mother finished speaking, she hurriedly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Viss remained in the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently closed the book, a flash of black glimmered in her eyes, and she slowly stood, moving to the study’s window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gazed out of the window from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the street below, a patrol of guards looked around with grave expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Viss chuckled softly, her entire body enveloped in dark mist, instantly disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nighttime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of meters below the manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim basement, two shadows suddenly appeared, followed by clusters of crimson flames manifesting out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Illuminating the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this barely ten-square-meter cramped basement, the walls were covered with fresh blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, severed limbs and flesh were scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire basement was as terrifying as an abyssal purgatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stench of blood was so thick that it could make one nauseous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A villager, wearing a hemp garment, around thirty years old, was tied to an iron pillar driven into the ground, his mouth gagged with a black cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to him, there was another iron pillar, stained with spots of blood, but nobody was tied to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the two suddenly appearing figures, the villager’s eyes were filled with extreme terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmm! Mmm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continually whimpered and struggled frantically, his lower body instantly becoming soaked, reeking of foul stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the two figures, a floating ram’s skull silently appeared, its flame-like eyes fixed on the villager before looking to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde girl, Viss, expressionless, lifted another villager, skillfully tying this villager slowly to the other iron pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viss Ackman! My choice was indeed correct! You are someone who can sacrifice everything for revenge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s hard to imagine how a mere human can control the quality of every soul to be above average, it is truly remarkable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viss Ackman! I am increasingly fond of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ram’s skull emitted a continuous chilling laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for Lord Zod’s appreciation, it is my honor,\" Viss said with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She casually removed the sleep magic from the newly bound villager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This villager woke up in a daze, and upon seeing Viss, he was initially delighted, letting out a few muffled sounds, but quickly, realizing he was tied up and surrounded by a terrifying scene, he sensed something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viss then turned her gaze to the villager who had been here all along, and softly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The souls of humans are the Demon’s most delicious food. The more fear, dread, despair, and hatred, the more delectable the soul becomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And human souls are the easiest to manipulate and mature. All that’s needed is to let them witness some interesting scenes and make them understand that they will be next...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Viss spoke, she gently brushed her fingers across the villager’s cheek, and in his eyes, filled with terror to the point of nearly fainting, she softly asked again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a mature harvest, what quality is your soul?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her words fell, the villager’s face was suddenly torn off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaaah!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t rush! It’s just the beginning! You must slowly enjoy everything that follows! Offer the most despairing soul to the great Lord Zod Nelok!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip~ Rattle~ Squish~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of strange sounds echoed continuously in this basement, accompanied by soft moans of attempted cries that couldn’t be fully voiced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, only a skeleton remained of the villager in front of Viss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pitch-black soul, emitting black mist, slowly floated out from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This soul resembled the villager in life, but his figure was shattered, eyes hollow and bleeding continuously, with ears and nose entirely vanished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since its appearance, this soul continuously shrieked, floating around Viss, frantically clawing at the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every contact with the girl, the soul passed right through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other villager beside him was unharmed, yet his body was already drenched, his lower body a muddy mess, and he had fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, he had witnessed the entire process of his fellow villager being tortured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an ordinary person, he simply couldn’t bear to look directly at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Miss Viss, no! The demon named Viss would always use magic to immobilize him, forcing him to watch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching how the villager next to him was tortured, then softly telling him, he would be next!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such enormous psychological pressure, the villager fainted several times, only to be awakened by Viss several times.\u003C\u002Fp>",893,"2026-06-06T02:00:51.836Z",1,"novelbin.me","ab43d036de78bab8208b22f18361718e59898ec5e705ab37a5dd97c1992dcd4a","dragon-of-catastrophe-chapter-197","dragon-of-catastrophe-chapter-195",673,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdragon-of-catastrophe-cover.jpg"]