Chapter 16—Releasing the Seal

“Hey, hey, hey. Originally, you see, I wouldn’t mind giving my first kiss to such a beautiful woman like you. However, since you just kissed with a bastard like him, if you were to kiss me, I really wouldn’t be able to take it.” Seeing the Soul-Devouring Succubus was walking towards him, Xing Jue closed his mouth tightly as he spoke.

“Hehe, it doesn’t matter, because you really don’t have any choice in the matter.”

“Oh, this really is indeed a handsome youngster.” The Soul-Devouring Succubus arrived in front of Xing Jue, using her slim and delicate right hand to gently raise Xing Jue’s chin, lightly speaking after a moment of intense examination.

Immediately afterwards, she puckered up her delicate mouth, leaning in towards Xing Jue’s lips. Furthermore, she was emitting an extremely powerful pressure; Xing Jue was practically incapable of resisting, and could only look on helplessly as the Soul-Devouring Succubus moved to kiss him. However, what really frightened him was that the moment the kiss made contact, Xing Jue’s short life would be terminated forever…

After the Soul-Devouring Succubus’s lips tightly closed around Xing Jue’s own, Xing Jue could felt his body becoming numb, following which his spirit force began to rapidly drain away. However, his body wasn’t in much pain; it was only that in his chest, something similar to a heart was throbbing violently.

“Haha, how comfortable.” Having filled herself with an adequate amount of spirit force, the Soul-Devouring Succubus laughed in satisfaction, after which she threw Xing Jue to the side, not even bothering the glance at him.

“Wow, my chest is burning.” The sudden voice startled the Soul-Devouring Succubus into jumping. She turned her head around to look, what she saw causing her to feel extreme astonishment.

Because at this moment Xing Jue was currently forcefully grabbing his chest, looking as if he was suffering from some extreme agony; furthermore, what really was inconceivable to the Soul-Devouring Succubus was that, not only had Xing Jue’s body not turned into a dried corpse, he didn’t look any different than normal.

Under the Soul-Devouring Succubus’s shocked gaze, Xing Jue’s chest suddenly began to emit a dazzling radiance, which looked almost akin to a white flame. In a flash, Xing Jue’s shirt had burned away to nothing, a strange image suddenly appearing on his chest.

Staring at that strange image that had appeared on Xing Jue’s chest, the Soul Devouring Succubus’s lovely rosy cheeks suddenly, in a flash, became deathly pale, an extreme terror becoming visible on her face.

“Soul-devouring seal curse.” Only after a long moment of silence, did the Soul-Devouring Succubus finally slowly say these words.

As the radiance emitted by that strange image became more and more dazzling, Xing Jue’s suffering became more and more painful, as if some kind of monster was trying to burrow its way out of his chest.

“The seal is almost lifted.” The Soul-Devouring Succubus, unable to tear her gaze away from Xing Jue’s chest, slowly spoke;furthermore, at this moment, her entire body began to unexpectedly shake.

“Hum.” Immediately after this muffled sound, the radiance being emitted from Xing Jue’s chest swelled momentarily, until it finally unexpectedly disappeared into nothingness, that strange image also disappearing as if it had never existed. However, an aura of exceedingly power spirit force was violently expelled from Xing Jue’s chest, finally wrapping around Xing Jue’s entire body. Immediately afterwards the spirit force had forced its way out in an endless stream from Xing Jue’s chest, Xing Jue’s qi force also began climbing up unceasingly, until finally it suddenly broke through the Martial Artist boundary, entering the Martial Ancestor realm; it broke through once again the Intermediate-Ranked Martial Ancestor level, although finally it stopped after reaching Advanced-Ranked Martial Ancestor.

“Good heavens, what exactly happened here?” Having felt that the martial strength inside his body had increased a great deal of times, as well as his now extremely formidable spirit force, Xing Jue was extremely confused, inside his heart thinking, Aren’t I supposed to be dead? How come he not only didn’t die, but instead gained an immense boost in strength?

“This humble daughter, visits the Master.” Just as Xing Jue was feeling extremely confused, the Soul-Devouring Succubus, who had just previously wanted to kill Xing Jue, suddenly kneeled onto the floor, speaking with an extremely shaky voice towards Xing Jue, not even daring to raise her head.

“You… you… who are you talking to?” Towards the scene playing out in front of his eyes, Xing Jue was extremely baffled; this was practically too inconceivable, could it be that he was dreaming?

“Apologies to the Master, this humble daughter didn’t know the Venerable Master’s true identity, which is why she treated the Venerable Master so rudely. Please forgive this humble daughter.” The Soul-Devouring Succubus didn’t answer Xing Jue’s words, instead incessantly speaking, obviously regarding Xing Jue with some extreme fear.

“Hey, do you know who I am?” At this moment Xing Jue had made certain that the Soul-Devouring Succubus was indeed speaking to him. At the time when she had told him that she didn’t know the Venerable Master’s true identity, Xing Jue’s heart had also become alarmed, because even Xing Jue didn’t know who he himself was. Inside the Xing Clan, he was only a homeless youth who had been picked up, and didn’t even know who his mother and father were.

“I’m asking you a question, hurry up and answer me.” Xing Jue once again spoke, his attitude changing into something much more different than it had been before.

“Could it be? The Master doesn’t know who he is himself?” After hearing Xing Jue’s words, the Soul-Devouring Succubus slowly raised her head, speaking towards Xing Jue.

“You don’t say, why else would I ask you, then? What exactly happened just a moment ago? How come after you sucked all of my spirit force I not only didn’t die, but instead my qi force became promoted? What exactly do you know? Hurry up and tell me.” Xing Jue once again asked.

“Master is a clansmen of the Soul-Devouring Clan. Master’s true spirit force was sealed, and when I sucked all of the Venerable Master’s spirit force out, it triggered the sealed spirit force to force its way out, so much that it broke through the seal,” the Soul-Devouring Succubus explained in reply.

“Soul-Devouring Clan? What in the world is that? And what relationship do you have with this Soul-Devouring Clan?” Xing Jue continued to ask.

“In answer to Master’s question, the Soul-Devouring Clan is an extremely formidable ancient race, and are naturally disposed to possess spirit force far surpassing normal people. Furthermore, people from the Soul-Devouring Clan can use extraordinary training exercises, and refine the spirit forces of other people, and use it to promote their own cultivation, which is why it can be said that the Soul-Devouring Clan is the most powerful force on the entire Tianwu Continent. And as for me, I was created by the Soul-Devouring Clan to serve as a vassal.”

“Refine other people’s spirit force, and use it to promote their own cultivation?” At hearing the Soul-Devouring Succubus’s words, Xing Jue couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air. Within the Tianwu Continent, everybody’s spirit force attributes were all different, and determined by the time of their births, just like how everybody’s appearances were all different. It could be said that everybody’s spirit force mutually repelled each other; not even mentioning refining other people’s spirit force, even the Soul-Devouring Succubus’s way of sucking out people’s spirit forces into her body was extremely unnatural.

“You said that you were created by the Clan? Then how come you can swallow other people’s spirit forces?” Xing Jue once again asked.

“In response to Master’s question, it’s because this humble daughter was created using souls,” the Soul-Devouring Succubus replied.

“Created out of souls?” Hearing this, inside Xing Jue’s heart he was extremely shocked. He had heard before that some extremely strong people could make use of extraordinary materials to create puppets, but never had he ever heard about people using souls to create other people. This was practically too unfathomable.

“Then, do you know where the Soul-Devouring Clan currently is?” Xing Jue now had some understanding towards his ancestors. Being able to use souls to create a living person, this already was an extremely terrifying thing; Xing Jue didn’t even dare to think that he was a member of this Soul-Devouring Clan. Instead, he thought presumably that as long as he could find the Soul-Devouring Clan, he could find his own parents.

“Answering the Master, I believe that currently the Soul-Devouring Clan has already become extinct.” After a moment of silence, the Soul-Devouring Succubus finally slowly answered. Furthermore, her extremely lovely face unexpectedly revealed a sorrowful expression.