This actor is full of tricks.

Lin Jue was taken back by the Inspection Department's special car the next day. After arriving in Sanjiang, he began to devote himself to cultivating his skills, vowing never to step out of Yangtao Street until he broke through to the fifth level.

Seven days later, Xueying and Wang Qingya returned to Yangtao Street. They were about to go to Lin Jue to report on the situation in Quming County when they were stopped by the shopkeeper: "The boss is currently in seclusion. Go find him after noon."

"Seclusion?" Blood Shadow was taken aback. "What does that mean? Does the Spirit Realm require cultivation like a martial arts technique?"

"You've been following the boss for so long, haven't you noticed that his path to growth is completely different from everyone else's?" The shopkeeper turned to look at the room where Lin Jue was upstairs: "That kid is very strange. He always gives me the feeling that he will change the world order one day."

When he first started following Lin Jue, he didn't feel this way. At that time, Lin Jue's strength wasn't that great; he was only slightly stronger than Lin Jue. But as time went on, the gap in strength widened.

After being fed with ferocious blood and devouring bizarre corpses, he has only just touched the threshold of B-level, but Lin Jue is already able to contend with A-level monsters. Using flames and his Dharma body, he can even crush He Wen and other children of the Mist.

Not only did their strength increase rapidly, but the key point is that the opponent never consumed a single resource from beginning to end.

This is terrifying. It's just like the chosen one in a novel. The old man even suspected that Lin Jue might have some kind of system or something, like feeding someone a strange thing that returns tenfold.

“The boss is indeed extraordinary. I have lived for hundreds of years and have never seen a person like him before.” Lie Zeng also came over: “To be honest, back in the Black Street, the boss needed external help to fight against me. Now, he can completely crush me with just a use of his Dharma Body.”

"I'm afraid it won't be long before even the most vicious criminals will be beaten like chicks in front of the boss."

At this point, Lie Zeng's tone carried a hint of relief. If he had chosen to resist to the end when Lin Jue tried to persuade him to surrender, he wouldn't be in such comfortable conditions now, able to steadily improve his strength without much effort.

Moreover, each of the monsters following the boss has amazing potential, especially the Mist Children, who far surpass ordinary monsters. The boss alone controls five of them, and he holds half of the key in his hands.

The few ghosts chatted and joked while waiting patiently downstairs for Lin Jue to finish his cultivation for the day.

Around 1 p.m., the shopkeeper wiped non-existent sweat from his face and said, "Why do I suddenly feel so hot? It's like I've been thrown into a pot of boiling oil!"

“It’s not heat.” Lie Zeng’s expression was solemn as he looked up at the room where Lin Jue was. “It feels like a flame rising from the depths of his heart. Boss’s strength has increased! His flame seems to have undergone some kind of change! I feel like my soul is about to melt!”

There was one more thing that Liezeng didn't say: this feeling was very familiar to him, and he had had similar feelings during his hundreds of years of existence.

From the most terrifying one, the king of all evil and wickedness, the god of the underworld!

boom!
The moment his words fell, the temperature around them suddenly soared. The cool autumn weather suddenly felt like the sweltering summer. A ball of black flame ripped off the ceiling of the room where Lin Jue was, shot straight into the sky, and transformed into a blooming black flame lotus.

Around the lotus, the air distorted due to the high temperature, emitting a sharp hissing sound.

The moment he saw the black flames, Lie Zeng collapsed to the ground, his face filled with terror: "Karmic fire!"

The other ghosts didn't understand what "karmic fire" meant, but they could clearly feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the black lotus. It was a tremor that reached the deepest part of their souls, causing all the ghosts to tremble uncontrollably.

"What did the boss do?! This feeling is terrifying, I think I'm about to die!" "He didn't even try to resist! He's completely run into his natural enemy!"

Amidst a series of eerie, ethereal sounds, the black lotus slowly closed and gradually disappeared. Lin Jue emerged somewhat disheveled from the dilapidated house.

"I lost control and ended up with a belly full of dust." He frantically fanned the dust in front of him, wiping his face with his sleeve without a care for his image.

As soon as he stepped out of the building, he saw the fearful gazes directed at him from the street, and he was taken aback: "What's wrong? Have you ghosts become afraid of people too?"

“At least the object should be a human, but boss, you’re not human at all.” The old man muttered, prompting a group of ghosts to nod in agreement.

Although Lin Jue's appearance hadn't changed, they felt that he had gained a strange aura that they had never seen before. Just one glance from him made them feel unapproachable and fearful.

"Boss, have you broken through to a higher level?"

In the end, it was the Blood Shadow with its superb insensitivity that ran up to Lin Jue. If it had a tail, it would definitely be wagging its tail in the sky by now.

"Hard work pays off. I managed to break through thanks to my own efforts and hard work." Lin Jue nodded. In fact, he had already broken through to the fifth level the day before yesterday. However, he had been cultivating the Karmic Fire Hell for the past two days. Just now, he had transformed all his true fire into a more powerful Karmic Fire. In his excitement, he did not control his power, which is why he almost overturned the house.

Fortunately, there are many empty rooms on Yangtao Street, so there is still a place to sleep.

"Boss" Lie Zeng approached hesitantly: "Was that karmic fire just now?"

"Hmm?" Lin Jue stared at the fearful Lie Zeng: "How did you know?"

"As expected! As expected! No wonder I said you were different from ordinary people, boss! If those guys in the dense fog area knew your identity, they would definitely go crazy. They might follow you at all costs, or they might kill you at all costs." Lie Zeng revealed a look of sudden realization.

This left Lin Jue completely bewildered: "What do you mean by that?"

Lie Zeng leaned close to Lin Jue's ear and whispered, "Boss, tell me the truth, are you the illegitimate son of the God of the Underworld?"

"You mean, the karmic fire is also related to the god of the underworld?" Lin Jue immediately understood the meaning behind Lie Zeng's words.

However, he was certain that his father was not the God of the Underworld, and Qin Lang, who was related to him, was also definitely not the God of the Underworld. If he had to say that the only one who was related to the God of the Underworld was his system.

In fact, the system had been giving him fire-related supernatural powers and techniques from the very beginning. He had thought before that the system was cultivating him in a specific direction. Now his flames have transformed into karmic fire related to the God of the Underworld, and his Dharma body is also related to the God of the Underworld.

It now seems that the system intends to groom him into the next God of the Underworld.

So what exactly is this system? And why is it being done this way? (End of Chapter)