Chapter 178

As for the change in Duan Ling, Ji Lingyu and the others were completely unable to fathom it.

But the only thing they knew was that in the journey ahead, Duan Ling had become much more lively and cheerful, and there were many more smiles on her face.

The only one with a headache was Ye Lin.

Because from time to time, Duan Ling would press her entire body against Ye Lin like an old pervert, making Ye Lin's scalp tingle.

Ji Lingyu and the others could only watch from the sidelines, not even daring to stop Duan Ling; after all, they did not have the ability to be immune to toxins, and if they touched Duan Ling, they would all be attending their own funerals.

"That's enough! Are you ever going to stop!"

After Duan Ling threw herself onto Ye Lin once again, Ye Lin finally couldn't take it anymore and pushed Duan Ling away.

"How amazing! You are actually completely immune to the poison on my body!"

Duan Ling, who had been roughly pushed away, was not angry at all; instead, she looked at Ye Lin with burning eyes, then lunged forward again to hug Ye Lin, greedily sniffing the scent on his body.

"Ah! Is this the scent of a man! It smells so good! Mom, I can finally hug a complete man!"

As she spoke, two lines of hot tears actually streamed down Duan Ling's face.

For as long as she could remember, the men she encountered would start to rot at an extremely fast speed; Ye Lin was the first stranger she had successfully hugged.

Ye Lin: "..."

Was that immunity? If it weren't for his Undying Body holding up, he would have long since rotted into a corpse.

What Ye Lin didn't know was that at this moment, Tian Wenjing, who was on the other end of the secret realm, was suffering the agony of his body rotting, letting out continuous, miserable wails.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Ye Lin couldn't help but ask.

"I want to marry you!"

Duan Ling's tone was extremely firm, and the sudden confession almost caused Ye Lin's heart to stop.

Ji Lingyu and the others also widened their eyes, faces full of shock; their CPUs almost burned out on the spot.

"Is picking up girls this simple? As long as you choke her neck, she will marry you?" Xu Yu, who had been single for eighteen years, couldn't help but ask.

"I don't understand either... I've never seen such a bizarre way to pick up girls. I used to just throw money at them, and I was already a 'graduate student' back in middle school." Ji Lingyu shook his head with a blank stare.

"Middle school? Where would you get a graduate student in middle school?" Xu Yu was somewhat surprised.

"I matured early; 'graduate student' is a verb."

"..."

Xu Yu looked at Lin Wenyu's neck with some agitation, but Lin Wenyu immediately retreated half a step in vigilance, eyeing Xu Yu suspiciously, and Xu Yu could only dismiss the bold idea in his mind.

"Are you sick?" Ye Lin finally squeezed out four words after a long silence.

"Yeah! I am sick! And only you have the medicine!" Duan Ling nodded vigorously.

"You really are starving! You can even stomach a blind man?"

Ye Lin hurriedly pulled his hand back, his face full of vigilance.

Ye Lin knew deep down that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world; a beautiful woman who was this proactive the moment they met was either a honey trap or a biochemical mother-host.

Love is just one word, I'll say it once.

"Don't go! It doesn't matter if you can't see, I can take care of you! And I only look thin, I'm actually quite well-endowed!" As she spoke, Duan Ling tried to pull Ye Lin's hand to press it against her body.

"Enough! If you keep pestering me, believe it or not, I'll beat you flat! How can a girl be so casual!"

While feeling the soft clouds that had fallen to the mortal world, Ye Lin righteously condemned Duan Ling.

"I don't care! If you have the ability, just beat me to death! You are the only one who isn't afraid of the poison on my body; unless you can find a second person, I'm going to keep pestering you!" Duan Ling said, stubbornly lifting her little head.

"I think you're just holding an umbrella on a sunny day—avoiding the sun!"

Ye Lin wanted to say more, but at this moment, a strange wave of mental energy struck, instantly dragging them all into an illusion, and everything before their eyes became bizarre and grotesque.

The second Soul-Devouring Beast had appeared!

And this newly appeared Soul-Devouring Beast seemed far more terrifying than the first one!

Even in the mind of Ye Lin, a blind man, hallucinations appeared directly; he saw Xie Xiaoxiao running toward him holding a large piece of roasted meat, her face full of surprise.

"Don't come over here!"

Ye Lin was so scared that he subconsciously threw a punch, and as a result, he punched the face of Duan Ling, who was closest to him; Duan Ling's body went limp, and she fainted on the spot.

"Not good! Everyone hide behind me!" Han Huizhen exclaimed, her pupils shrinking violently. "The level of this Soul-Devouring Beast is probably at least level 45! Damn it, how could a Soul-Devouring Beast of this level appear here!"

A level 45 Soul-Devouring Beast would only exist in the deepest part of the Soul-Crying Secret Realm; this was simply not something freshmen could deal with, so Han Huizhen, the safety officer, had to intervene.

Even a slight carelessness could put her own life in danger!

At the same time, behind the Soul-Devouring Beast, a black shadow silently hid into the darkness of the karst cave, without attracting anyone's attention.

"Vine Piercing Technique!"

Han Huizhen let out a sharp cry, and after several vines pulled taut, they pierced toward the Soul-Devouring Beast like steel spears.

"Damn it! Senior Sister! Wake up! The ants have been racing for ten years!"

But when the vines pierced over, the original Soul-Devouring Beast had turned into the appearance of Ji Lingyu; if it weren't for Ji Lingyu dodging in time, he would have been pierced into a hornet's nest by Han Huizhen.

"Junior Brother Ji?" Han Huizhen couldn't help but be stunned.

At the same time, the situation on the side of Xu Yu and Lin Wenyu was much the same; they were clearly attacking the Soul-Devouring Beast, but the next second, the Soul-Devouring Beast would turn into their teammates.

No matter how they attacked, they couldn't harm the Soul-Devouring Beast in the slightest, only accidentally injuring their teammates.

The level 45 Soul-Devouring Beast was too terrifying; it could even manipulate the changes in the illusion in real-time to mislead them into killing each other.

The illusion Lin Wenyu encountered seemed the most severe; two long swords were seen dancing wildly in her hands, continuously slashing at her surroundings, as if there were many terrifying monsters around her.

Ji Lingyu and Xu Yu didn't dare to get close to her at all, fearing they would be accidentally injured by her.

"No! We must break the illusion first! Otherwise, we will only be at the mercy of that Soul-Devouring Beast in the illusion!" Han Huizhen shouted a reminder.

"How do we break it, Senior Sister?" Xu Yu couldn't help but ask.

"At this point, we can only use the stupidest method!"

Han Huizhen gritted her teeth, then pulled out a dagger and forcefully stabbed it into her own thigh; bright red blood instantly stained her fair skin.

The intense pain from her physical body allowed Han Huizhen to instantly wake up, and she finally saw the true position of the Soul-Devouring Beast.

It was just that there seemed to be quite a few scars on the body of this Soul-Devouring Beast.

But Han Huizhen couldn't care about that much anymore; opportunities were fleeting, and the pain could only allow her to stay awake in the Soul-Devouring Beast's illusion for a short while—she had to seize this chance!

Han Huizhen clapped her hands together, and a powerful energy wave emanated from her body.

"Wood Dragon Summoning Technique!"

Chapter 178: The Second Soul-Devouring Beast