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

"They're insane! Insane! Both of them are lunatics!"

"Run for your life! I don't want to die here!"

"I'm so damn fed up, I shouldn't have come here!"

……

As Lin Mo began killing civilians, the crowd began to flee.

Several fleeing merman soldiers cried out as they scrambled into the ruins, "King! Save us! Didn't you say you would protect the merman race? Don't let him kill us!"

Tashuk's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he shouted, "Shut up! Come here, all of you! Your souls belong to me!"

Upon hearing Tashuk's words, the merfolk were utterly devastated.

However, before Tashuk could make a move, Lin Mo's sword light had already landed on them.

Their souls were taken directly by Lin Mo.

Seeing this, Tashuk became even angrier.

"I am the king of the merfolk! Their souls are mine! They are all mine!"

Lin Mo glanced at him, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

His tone was as flat as if he were stating something trivial: "Not anymore."

Tashuk watched as the souls that should have belonged to him were sucked into the black sword, and he went completely insane.

The bloodshot in his eyes intensified, and the Soul Scepter in his hand trembled violently.

The purple crystal at the tip of the staff emitted a blinding, cold light as he desperately pulled at the surrounding mermaid souls.

But those mermaids shrouded in the killing field felt their souls being pulled by gravity, and their bodies being burned by the fires of the apocalypse, making it impossible for them to escape.

In addition, there is a touch of green in the killing field.

That was the life law mastered by the soul of that demigod old woman.

The spiritual energy, which had been depleted due to the release of [Evolution - Doomsday] and the continuous expansion of the killing domain, was rapidly restored under the nourishment of the Law of Life, like a dried-up riverbed receiving fresh water.

Lin Mo nodded slightly, the weariness in his eyes fading.

Instead, there was an even colder, more resolute attitude.

The restoration of his mental strength allowed him to unleash his skills more easily and reap souls.

【Evolution - Soul Erosion】

With a wave of his hand, Lin Mo summoned the merfolk souls that had been absorbed earlier.

They coalesced above Lin Mo's head.

They transformed into red soul spheres.

With a thought from Lin Mo, the Soul Erosion Realm flew towards the edge of the surrounding city.

boom!

boom!

boom!

……

They landed and exploded almost simultaneously!

One move took away thousands of lives.

Meanwhile, the ground that was bombarded turned into a strange, blackish-purple, corrupted land.

Centered on the explosion, the blast spread rapidly, quickly encircling the edge of the mermaid city.

Any living being that steps into this corrupt land will have its body wither away rapidly, without even a chance to struggle.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Mo raised his hand again.

【Evolution - Mirror Clone】

Four illusory figures identical to Lin Mo instantly appeared, each wielding a black sword.

Surrounded by the same green flames and killing power as its original form, it activated its killing domain the moment it appeared.

The area, spanning a hundred feet, was instantly superimposed by five overlapping domains.

The killing intent and corrupting power intertwined, like five frantically running meat grinders, slashing towards the remaining merfolk.

The main body wields its sword in a sweeping motion, while the clones each perform their respective duties.

Green flames scorched, sword light flashed, and the Soul Corruption Realm continued to decay, instantly turning the entire Mermaid City into a living hell.

The mainland races that were implicated were already in complete chaos.

The dwarf merchant, wielding a sledgehammer, smashed open the city gate and roared at the scene of soul corruption, "Lin Mo, you madman! We're innocent! Let us out!"

The elven ranger grabbed his arm, his face pale: "Don't waste your energy, he... is also a demon king."

The human mercenary huddled in a corner, his face filled with despair: "We've had the worst luck imaginable! We dodged Tashuk, but then we ran into this monster. Is he trying to kill us all?"

……

The merfolk fell into a collective silence.

They had no choice and no power to fight back.

Some people, clinging to a sliver of hope, hid in the collapsed coral ruins, but the power of the killing field was all-pervasive.

Once enveloped by the domain, a sword light will fall in the next moment, killing them.

Some people tried their best to escape the protective bubble, but as soon as they rushed out, they were locked onto by Tashuk's Soul Scepter.

His soul was forcibly ripped out, howling as it was sucked into the crystal, becoming nourishment for Tashuk to prolong his life.

Heart-wrenching screams, desperate sobs, and the whistling of sword light echoed in the deep sea.

"Hurry up! Aren't you the Demon King's divine weapon?! Hurry up!"

Tashuk's phantom soul waved its scepter wildly, roaring and cursing.

He could only watch helplessly as Lin Mo and his clone, like harvesting wheat, continuously seized the soul that should have belonged to him.

He himself could only absorb a few scattered streams despite his best efforts, and that feeling of powerlessness was more agonizing than death.

Time ticked by, and every second, hundreds of mermaids perished, and every second, hundreds of souls were absorbed by the black sword.

Inside the soul space of the black sword.

The siren stood silently, with Zhou Sheng standing beside her.

Zhou Sheng didn't speak; he understood Lin Mo's personality.

In Lin Mo's view, there is no distinction between commoners and nobles in this world; they are merely obstacles on his way home.

So Zhou Yue wasn't surprised that he would do something like that.

As the Sirens watched more and more of their people's souls gather, their sorrow was hard to conceal.

But this is already the best possible outcome.

She began to sing the Siren's Song again, calming the panic of her fellow countrymen.

……

In just ten minutes.

The once bustling and vibrant mermaid city gradually fell silent, a stark contrast to the initial fear it evoked.

Until there was no longer any sign of life.

The collapsed coral palace, scattered rubble, and mermaid corpses littering the ground.

The pervasive stench of blood and the lingering scent of decaying souls in the air together create this desolate ruin.

Lin Mo slowly sheathed the black sword, closed his eyes, and felt the warmth and satisfaction emanating from it.

That was the emotion the black sword was giving him after absorbing a massive amount of souls.

Lin Mo took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.

Yin Xuefei asked Lin Mo curiously, "How many souls did you absorb?"

Lin Mo thought for a moment: "Probably 12."

Yin Xue's eyes lit up: "Wow, this city has quite a population."

As she spoke, she flapped her wings again and came to the illusory image of Tarshuk's soul.

At this moment, Tashuk's soul became extremely ethereal, as if a gust of seawater could blow him away. The Soul Scepter in his hand dimmed, and it no longer possessed its previous ferocity and intimidation.

He floated limply in the seawater, his face blank and filled with despair, the arrogance and madness of before long gone.

Yin Xue posed the same question to him: "How much did you absorb?"

Tashuk's lips twitched violently, and he subconsciously answered in a low voice, "No... less than 300."

"Less than 300? Hahahaha..."

Yin Xue burst into laughter.

"You really are a complete waste. You spent hundreds of years planning and binding the souls of the entire merfolk, and in the end, you're not even a fraction as good as Lin Mo. It's hilarious. A total waste of time, hahaha..."

Yin Xue's words were like slaps to Tashuk's face.

Tashuk's illusory soul trembled, his blank expression replaced by rage. He stared intently at Lin Mo and roared.

"Damn it! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, all the mermaid souls would be mine! I could have rebuilt my body and become a true sea god! You ruined everything for me!"

He charged at Lin Mo like a madman, smashing the Soul Scepter in his hand with all his might.

Lin Mo gently turned to the side, easily dodging his attack, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever, as if she were looking at a clown jumping around.

He looked at Tashuk's soul and said calmly, "The game is over."