Chapter 56: Hehehe...

No wonder Lin Ziyang thought that way. Although he only had one eye left, that eye had undergone a strange transformation, becoming a flawed version of the strange.

He had originally intended to use his strange powers to corrupt Fang Xiu's mind and thereby control Fang Xiu's body.

But who would have thought that it would be the other way around?

The bizarre entity corrupted the human mind, only to be corrupted itself??

Lin Ziyang suddenly realized that compared to Fang Xiu, he was the human.

Just as he was about to retreat, he discovered to his horror that he couldn't move.

He was like a small boat in the ocean, with countless negative emotions gathering into a towering wave, constantly crashing into him and overturning him.

At that moment, Fang Xiu's voice rang out.

In his mind, his voice had changed—no longer calm like water, but instead terrifyingly monstrous, as eerie as the demonic chanting of hell.

It was as though everything in the outside world was a façade, and only what was within his mind was real.

"Is this all the pain you can muster? Too weak!"

"Let me show you what true pain feels like! Hehehe..."

With a terrifying cackle, endless darkness surged toward Lin Ziyang.

It was Fang Xiu's pitch-black spiritual essence, containing all the pain he had endured.

"No!!"

Lin Ziyang let out the final agonized scream of his life, then was completely engulfed by endless pain.

Outside, Fang Xiu, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

At that moment, his eyes had returned to normal, and his vision was restored.

However, his right eye was blood-red, with a pitch-black pupil embedded in the center, resembling an bottomless black hole.

The next moment, as he focused his mind, the blood-red hue of his right eye slowly faded, replaced by a clear, black-and-white eye.

"Blood Eye? Is this Lin Ziyang's ability?" Fang Xiu murmured to himself.

After Lin Ziyang died in endless agony, he naturally became the master of the Blood Eye and naturally understood its abilities.

The ability of the Blood Eye is simple: spiritual shock, similar to a mental attack.

It can be simply understood as "stare at someone and they die."

Looking into the Blood Eye causes a spiritual shock that strikes the soul.

Ordinary people would collapse mentally and die from a single stare, while ordinary spirit masters, if caught off guard, would either experience temporary dizziness or fall into a coma—a true sneak attack weapon.

This is the Blood Eye's inherent ability, but after undergoing spiritual instability and mutation, its abilities have mutated.

It now possesses the ability to create illusions, inducing hallucinations through eye contact.

Fang Xiu speculated that during the mutation, Lin Ziyang's spiritual energy had surpassed its limits, causing this eye to advance to the realm of a second-tier spirit master.

First-tier spirit masters exhibit the initial manifestation of their abilities.

Second-tier spirit masters demonstrate enhanced abilities.

Clearly, the Blood Eye's abilities had been enhanced, gaining the ability to create illusions.

This brought Fang Xiu a long-awaited sense of joy.

Currently, only two things could stir his emotions: one was slaughtering the bizarre, and the other was enhancing his strength.

Of course, enhancing his strength was for the purpose of better slaughtering the bizarre.

Besides obtaining the Blood Eye and the Bronze Candlestick, his own spiritual essence had grown to the five percent level!

Fang Xiu speculated that this was likely related to consuming Lin Ziyang's spiritual essence.

Although Lin Ziyang had died, his entire spiritual essence had completely lost control and surged into the distorted Blood Eye, causing his spiritual essence to be fully absorbed when he died within his own mind.

Lin Ziyang's death had subtly provided Fang Xiu with a path—a path to grow stronger through absorption.

Other spirit masters dared not devour others' spiritual essence, as it would deepen mental pollution and cause spiritual essence to run amok, but Fang Xiu was unafraid.

He could fully embark on a path of devouring.

However, there was one problem: Fang Xiu did not know how to devour spiritual essence.

Lin Ziyang had this opportunity because he had voluntarily abandoned his physical body and entered his mind.

Such an opportunity might not arise again in the future.

Perhaps the Black Diamond K knew.

Fang Xiu had always kept Lin Ziyang's words in mind. From what he had implied, the Black Diamond K had played a significant role in his ability to undergo such a bizarre transformation.

Otherwise, even if a spirit master lost control of their spiritual energy, they might not be able to concentrate all their spiritual energy into their blood-red eyes, causing them to undergo complete deformation.

Who exactly is the Black Jack? Fang Xiu does not know, but everything the Black Jack has done has left Fang Xiu very satisfied.

...

Fang Xiu began to clean up the mess. He threw Lin Ziyang's body into a meat grinder and turned it into dog food.

With the dog food in hand, he got into the car and left.

After feeding the stray dogs, Fang Xiu randomly found a place to abandon the car and departed.

Lin Ziyang's car was a million-dollar luxury vehicle, but Fang Xiu wouldn't keep it, as it might attract the attention of the Light Club.

Don't forget the bronze candlestick—it was the Light Club president's magical artifact, which he had lent to Lin Ziyang.

Fang Xiu could easily imagine that once the Light Club found out, they would certainly send people to seek revenge and seize the bronze candlestick.

To eliminate future troubles, it would be best to find an opportunity to eliminate the Light Club.

That was the trouble with human relationships—killing one person meant killing the entire family.

There's a saying that Fang Xiu agrees with: the martial arts world isn't about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships.

So he must kill them all to sever their connections.

However, now isn't the right time. The president of the Light Club is a second-tier spirit master, and he has a large following. Among the civilian organizations in Green Vine City, they are among the most powerful. Such a force isn't something Fang Xiu can handle at the moment.

.....

Black Rose Bar.

On the surface, it looked like an ordinary bar with average business and not many customers.

But only those in the spirit master circle knew how famous this bar was.

The Black Rose Bar was the underground black market of the entire Green Vine City and the key place where most civilian spirit masters traded spiritual materials and information.

Here, as long as you have money, you can purchase many rare materials, such as spirit coins, spirit incense, and even strange artifacts.

In addition to buying and selling, the bar also handles various information transactions, such as strange information, Spirit Master personal information, and even assassination services.

Fang Xiu opened the door to the Black Rose Bar and walked inside slowly.

He had learned about this black market from Lin Ziyang.

His arrival did not attract the attention of the other patrons, but he could sense a faint sense of surveillance around him.

At that moment, Fang Xiu was completely hidden under a wide black hood, his head lowered, his face shrouded in shadow, making his features indistinguishable.

He walked up to the counter, where a young man dressed as a waiter was carefully polishing a glass.

"Welcome to the Black Rose Bar. What would you like to order?" the waiter asked with a smile.