My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Before Lin Mo could finish speaking, the stone slab beneath his feet suddenly shattered!

There are no skill effects or energy bursts; it's just the terrifying speed generated by the sheer power of the body stomping on the ground!

His figure left a faint afterimage in the spot.

His true form had already traversed more than ten meters like a ghost, appearing in front of the Dark Guard Captain!

Captain Dark Guard's pupils shrank sharply. He had been on high alert, but the speed of the opponent's pure physical burst still exceeded his expectations!

However, Lin Mo's black sword had already been drawn.

The sword technique was simple and unadorned, consisting of a straight thrust as fast as lightning.

But at this speed, which is extremely fast.

puff!

The Dark Guard Captain's crossed arms, with their magical runes pierced through as if they were made of paper.

The thick arm armor, along with the arm bones behind it, was pierced through!

The black sword continued its momentum, precisely piercing his mouth, which was slightly open in shock, with the tip protruding from the back of his neck!

Captain Dark Guard's body suddenly stiffened.

The look of disbelief and astonishment still lingered in his eyes.

The brilliance of life has been extinguished.

Lin Mo flicked his wrist, drawing the black sword and spraying a cloud of blood.

He didn't even look at the fallen corpse; his body moved without hesitation, twisting and turning as if without momentum.

The black sword drew a dark arc, slashing towards a Dark Guard elite who had just rushed in from the right and was about to strike.

The elite soldier raised his sword to parry, and fighting spirit burst forth from the blade.

clang!

The steel longsword snapped in two, but the black sword, still brimming with power, grazed his neck.

The head flew off.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

It wasn't until the captain and the second elite soldier died that the surrounding Dark Guards fully realized what was happening.

Wrong! Completely wrong!

This guy's strength doesn't come from his skills!

It's not just about physical strength!

Just as everyone realized this, Lin Mo's figure transformed into a constantly flashing black lightning bolt amidst the dense attacks.

He didn't use any skills.

Its terrifying speed, strength, reaction and defense come solely from its physical attributes, which amount to nearly 90,000.

And mastering the basics of swordsmanship to its fullest extent, enabling one to weave through crowds, parry, and counterattack.

Every swing of the black sword inevitably brought forth a spray of blood or a scream.

The Dark Guardians' combined attack technique was exquisite, and their weapons were enchanted with sharpness.

However, faced with overwhelming absolute power and that sinister black sword, their attacks were often easily parried or simply ignored.

Their defenses were as thin as paper in the face of the black sword.

This wasn't a battle; it was more like a highly efficient massacre.

"Tsk, what a boring gang fight."

Yin Xue sat on Lin Mo's shoulder and yawned boredly.

A glint of eager anticipation flashed in his blood-red eyes.

"Fine, considering you bought me desserts before, I'll stretch my muscles too."

As soon as she finished speaking, her small body suddenly exploded into a thick cloud of blood.

The blood swells and stretches.

In an instant, she transformed into the tall, alluring, and mature woman, Yin Xue.

She hovered in mid-air, extending her slender, fair fingers.

He gently hooked his hand towards the several assassins below who were trying to ambush Lin Mo from behind.

The Dark Guards froze abruptly, their faces contorted in extreme pain.

Their exposed skin instantly turned ashen and withered.

His eyes bulged out, and from his seven orifices, wisps of scarlet blood were forcibly drawn out, converging into several thin streams that flowed into his blood-red fingertips.

Their bodies, however, were like rotten wood that had been drained of moisture.

Lin Mo swung his sword back, taking the lives of several people.

At the same time, Mianmian didn't stop either. She jumped off Lin Mo's shoulder and pounced on the corpse of the Dark Guard Captain with her mouth wide open.

Upon seeing this, one of the assassins immediately threw a dagger.

The blade touched Mianmian's body—

There was no cutting sound as expected, nor any splattering of blood and flesh.

That sharp dagger actually pierced straight through Mianmian's body!

As the blade passed through, Mianmian's body exhibited a subtle, shimmering, and twisting texture, like lightning.

There was a faint, extremely faint hissing sound.

The next second, Mianmian glared at the Dark Guardian and transformed into a bolt of lightning, rushing over.

Lightning enveloped him and activated the Devouring Monarch talent, swallowing the Dark Lord whole.

Yin Xue glanced at it, a hint of surprise and understanding flashing in his blood-red eyes.

"Oh? You've digested it quite well. You've even grasped the troublesome characteristic of 'elementalization'?"

Mianmian hissed triumphantly.

This is the ability I gained after absorbing Dick: lightning elementalization.

This ability makes her virtually immune to all attacks, which allows Mianmian to protect herself even when facing such an ambush, preventing Lin Mo from being distracted.

The gray-robed mages on the city wall looked extremely grim.

"This...this is impossible! Why are they still using their abilities!?"

"Didn't the silence formation supposed to cover everyone?! This shouldn't be happening!"

"Wait! The Silence Array can restrict skills and Holy Awakening abilities, but it cannot restrict the talents of monsters..."

"You mean... those two things are monsters with unique abilities!?"

……

This discovery shocked them.

It's important to know that monsters with unique skills are extremely rare, and each one has the potential to become a Demon King.

Most importantly, this silence array had absolutely no effect on that wanted criminal!

In their original prediction, Lin Mo was someone whose absurd strength was due to various skill enhancements.

Now it seems that's not the case at all! The intelligence was wildly wrong!

The battle, which began as a hunt, quickly escalated into a one-sided crushing defeat.

They saw the elite Dark Guardians on the ground quickly crumble before pure physical strength and bizarre abilities.

The gray-robed mages on the city wall turned pale and exchanged a resolute look.

Maintaining the silence array has become meaningless.

Instead, it restricts the hands and feet of the spellcaster.

The leading old mage roared, "Dispel silence! Concentrate your magic! Target locked—blast him!"

More than a dozen gray-robed mages simultaneously stopped channeling magic into the magic circle and instead raised their staffs high.

The obscure incantations rapidly converged above the city wall.

The fire element in the air was wildly agitated and coalescing.

A scorching array with a diameter of over ten meters formed above their heads.

A faint roar could be heard coming from within the array.

The next moment, a huge fire dragon with wings on its back flew out!

The intense heat emanating from the fire dragon caused the bricks and stones below to soften and begin to smoke.

This was a combined attack by more than a dozen mid-to-high-level mages.

Its power is enough to instantly vaporize a small fortress!

"The Fire Dragon has fallen!

The old monk swung his staff down violently.

boom!!!

The fire dragon, carrying the power to destroy everything, crashed down towards Lin Mo in the middle of the street!

The scorching heatwave pressed down first, stirring up and igniting the gravel and dust on the ground.

Lin Mo looked up at the fire dragon, his face beneath the hood showing no emotion, only a cold mockery.

"Does this lizard even deserve to be called a dragon?"

He muttered to himself, gently tapping the black sword in his hand against the ground.

The next moment, countless souls emerged from him!

A dark soul sphere, far larger than the fire dragon and nearly fifty meters in diameter, suddenly condensed in mid-air!

[Evolution]: [Soul Corrosion]!

The dark red area was not flames, but rather a churning mass of illusory souls writhing in agony and filled with the thick aura of death and decay.

As soon as it appeared, it exuded a strange power that devoured and annihilated souls.

The enormous, blazing white fireball crashed headlong into the dark red [Soul Corrosion Realm].

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

It was like throwing ice and snow into a boiling oil pan, or like pouring clear water into concentrated sulfuric acid.

The dragon, imbued with raging fire elements, had its flames rapidly dim and extinguished the moment it came into contact with the dark red area.

The internal structure was brutally dismantled and assimilated by a more domineering force of corruption and soul erosion!

In just one or two breaths, the seemingly invincible combined fire dragon was completely devoured and digested by the expanding [Soul Corrosion Realm].

It was converted into a portion of the energy in the dark red area, making its color even deeper and more eerie.

Immediately following was the [Soul Corrosion Realm], which grew even stronger after devouring the fireball.

Under Lin Mo's mental control, it was like an inverted dark red cloud of death, pressing down towards the city wall!

"Damn it! I should have kept the silence array active!"

"Are you bored?! Why do you have to attack him?!"

"Now we're all going to die."

……

The grey-robed mages might survive a few more minutes if they continued to maintain the silence spell.

But it's too late to regret it now.

Dark red, corrosive clouds enveloped the city walls where they stood.

There was no violent physical impact, but it was even more terrifying.

The city walls, crenellations, and heavy crossbows that were shrouded in dust turned into fine, grayish-black powder that drifted away in a soft rustling sound.

The gray-robed mages within it saw their magical shields burst like bubbles.

The flesh melted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The skin and flesh melted away like wax, revealing the bones underneath.

Meanwhile, the bones are rapidly turning gray and crumbling.

Their screams abruptly ceased, for their very souls were being eroded, torn apart, and devoured by the omnipresent corrupting force.

It became new nourishment for the [Soul Corrosion Realm].

A small number of Dark Guard members who were lucky enough to survive.

The civilians who had been hiding also perished silently in the twisting and melting the moment they were touched by the dark red aura.

When the effects of [Soul Erosion] finally began to fade.

Centered on the original main street, most of the city of Kuye has disappeared.

All that remains is a huge crater, as if it had been struck by a meteorite.

When the wind blows, gray-black dust flies everywhere.

Lin Mo stood at the edge of the giant pit, his black robe fluttering slightly in the ash-laden wind.

The crimson blood on his shoulder had reverted to its miniature form. He smacked his lips and said, "That was quite a commotion."

Mianmian rubbed against his neck, indicating that she didn't mind.