What? You opened a resort on the battlefield of all races?

"That's all!"

Xu Tianlin smacked his lips.

Having recruited an Abyss Demon King as a security guard, this deal seemed like a good one no matter how you looked at it, and Xu Tianlin was in a very good mood at the moment.

Upon hearing this, Xilin, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly exhaled a long breath, and his tense muscles instantly relaxed.

His body, covered in dark red bone spurs, went limp slightly, and his large head drooped down, his chin resting heavily on his two thick front paws.

Anyway, I've managed to save my life.

Xilin stared at the ground with his dark red eyes, a deep-seated resentment flashing in the depths of his gaze.

This young human's strength is indeed unfathomable, and his control over the laws has reached an inconceivable level.

But so what?

You wait!

When the great Demon Emperor tears through space and descends upon the battlefield of the heavens, I will surely avenge the humiliation I suffered today ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times!

I'm going to chew your bones to pieces, inch by inch!

Just as Xilin was frantically rehearsing 108 revenge plans in his mind, a voice suddenly came from ahead.

"Oh, by the way,"

Xu Tianlin turned around, his shaker cup hovering in mid-air.

These three simple words made Xilin's heart, which had just been put back into his stomach, suddenly jerk upwards and shrink tightly into a ball.

Xilin suddenly raised his head, his two furry ears instantly stood up straight, and his body subconsciously shrank back half an inch.

Xu Tianlin couldn't help but laugh when he saw the large, spiky dog ​​looking like it was facing a formidable enemy.

"take it easy."

Xu Tianlin pointed at Xilin and said casually, "As for wages, I suppose a demon king like you wouldn't need human credits."

"How about this, the food stalls in the specialty products section have a lot of delicious food. Your meals are free every day, so eat as much as you want, it's all you can eat."

Xilin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

He sneered inwardly and rolled his eyes inwardly.

Thank you so much!

You're a really nice person!

Who wants to eat the food of you lowly humans?

Those pieces of trash, do they even deserve to enter the mouth of me, the mighty Demon King of the Abyss?

I am the Demon King!

Demon King!

Trying to fob me off with food from a street food stall? That's an insult to the Abyss bloodline!

However, despite his disdain, Xilin also felt a surge of elation and a sense of relief.

"This human is still too young and too naive."

Xilin pondered to himself.

"He possesses the power to suppress heaven and earth, yet he doesn't even understand the most basic methods of managing subordinates."

"You just made a verbal agreement to make me guard the gate? Not even a soul contract or a blood restriction?"

As long as you don't impose any substantial restrictions on me, once I'm out of this strange subspace, I'll just tear through the void and run away when you take a nap. Where are you going to catch me then?

Thinking of this, Xilin tried hard to control his facial muscles, not letting himself show a smug expression, and just pretended to be obedient, obediently nodding the huge dog head.

Seeing this, Xu Tianlin turned around with satisfaction.

He raised his right hand, his fingertips making a light sweep in the air, preparing to dispel the gray dimensional space.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the spatial barrier, his movements abruptly stopped.

"Oh, and one more thing."

Xu Tianlin slowly turned his head, his gaze falling on Xilin.

Xilin's eyelids twitched violently.

When will this ever end?

Can you please finish your sentence at once?!

"Just in case..."

Xu Tianlin's lips curled into a benevolent smile. He spread his right hand out, palm facing Xilin, and suddenly pulled it backward.

"call--"

An irresistible and terrifying suction force descended upon Xilin without warning.

Xilin felt as if an invisible hand had ripped out his soul.

Immediately afterwards, a small, phantom-like figure, emitting a faint red light and identical in shape to his own body, was forcibly ripped out from the top of his head!

The phantom struggled and twisted frantically in mid-air, but it was completely unable to escape the control of Xu Tianlin's palm and flew straight past.

Xilin's four legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a "thud," feeling as if his entire being had been emptied out in an instant.

An unprecedented feeling of weakness and emptiness swept over him, and he barely had the strength to lift his eyelids.

That's my divine essence!!

Xilin let out a heart-wrenching wail from the bottom of his heart.

What are you trying to do?!

This time, Xilin was utterly terrified; fear clung to him like a bone-deep infection, gripping every nerve in his body.

Divine Soul is the core essence that all races of beings develop after advancing to the Dao Integration Realm, fusing their souls with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and undergoing countless hardships!

This is the essential source of power for breaking through the shackles and cultivating to the Mahayana realm!

Without his divine soul, not only will his cultivation be unable to advance even an inch for the rest of his life!

What's worse, their lives, and even the right to be reborn, were completely and utterly in the other party's hands!

With just a gentle squeeze, he would be instantly annihilated!

"Can he hear what I'm thinking?"

Xilin finally realized the key point and wished he could slap himself twice.

Outside the iron cage, Xu Tianlin held the struggling miniature Xilin Divine Soul in his left hand, while his right hand casually grabbed a handful of air.

A flash of white light, and a finely crafted cartoon doll appeared out of thin air in his right hand.

The doll has a big head, a round body, and several soft red strips of cloth sewn onto its back as bone spikes, making it look adorably silly.

Xu Tianlin clasped his hands together and pressed the divine soul from his left hand directly into the body of the cartoon doll in his right hand.

"Buzz".

A red light flashed across the doll's surface before it returned to calm, but the eyes, which were originally sewn with black buttons, now held a hint of despair belonging to Xilin.

Xu Tianlin held the doll, looked it over, then stretched out two fingers, pinched the doll's short, thick left hind leg, and pulled it upwards forcefully.

"Woof!"

Xilin, who was sprawled on the ground, let out a terrified scream.

He was horrified to discover that his left hind leg was completely out of his control and suddenly kicked straight into the air.

His massive body instantly lost its balance and comically flipped over on its back.

He tried desperately to pull his leg back, but it was as if it were welded to the air, completely immobile.

Xu Tianlin released the doll's legs, and Xilin's left hind leg slammed heavily back onto the ground with a "thud".

Then, Xu Tianlin picked up the doll, made a circle with his right index finger and thumb, aimed at the doll's big head, and flicked it on the forehead with a crisp "smack".

"Thump!"

A dull thud exploded in Xilin's mind.

Xilin felt as if his forehead had been struck hard by a ten-thousand-ton hammer, and he saw stars.

Visibly, a fist-sized, purplish-red bump quickly swelled up in the center of his forehead.

"Awooo—"

Xilin was in so much pain that tears were almost falling from his eyes. He held his head tightly with both front paws and rolled around on the ground in agony.

Xu Tianlin looked at the doll in his hand and raised an eyebrow in satisfaction.

Then, he gently rubbed his right index finger and thumb together, and a steel needle about ten inches long, gleaming with a cold light, appeared out of thin air between his fingers.

Xu Tianlin held the steel needle and slowly aimed the tip at the doll's round bottom.

Xilin endured the excruciating pain in his forehead and looked up.

When he saw the gleaming steel needle and the spot Xu Tianlin was aiming at, the dog's fur stood on end.

No! ! !

Ignoring the pain from the large bag, Xilin frantically clawed at the ground with all four legs, shaking his huge head like a rattle drum, his eyes filled with pleading and despair.

Xu Tianlin burst out laughing when he saw Xilin's comical appearance.

With a flick of his wrist, the steel needles turned into specks of light and vanished into the air. He then casually slipped the doll into the pocket of his casual clothes.

"I've heard that you abyss demons are all treacherous and cunning, your minds full of evil."

Xu Tianlin crossed his arms and looked down at Xilin on the ground, grinning.

"Although I'm not afraid of you causing trouble, it's still better to be on guard."

Xilin lay on the ground, utterly despondent.

Where did you hear that from?

Which bastard is spreading rumors and causing trouble outside!

Tell me, and I promise I won't bite his head off!

We abyssal demons have always revered strength and acted straightforwardly. When have we ever been treacherous and cunning?!

These are all rumors, vicious rumors!!!

Xilin was utterly despondent at that moment.

He even began to doubt whether, even if the Demon Emperor were to descend upon the battlefield of the heavens, he could snatch the divine soul back from this strange young man...

Looking at Xu Tianlin's unfathomable methods, Xilin felt that his hope was extremely slim.

Xu Tianlin ignored Xilin's complex inner thoughts and casually asked.

"Just now in the plaza, you seemed to have injured several of our human warriors?"

Upon hearing this question, Xilin's massive body visibly stiffened.

Should I admit it or not?

If I admit it, will this jinx get so angry that he just crushes the plush toy in his pocket?

You won't admit it?

With this man's unpredictable abilities, how could he not know whether I had released demonic energy or not?

After hesitating for a moment, Xilin lowered his noble head in humiliation and nodded very slightly.

"Um."

Xu Tianlin stroked his chin.

"Your abyssal demonic energy is indeed quite troublesome for ordinary martial artists like them."

"Come with me."

As Xu Tianlin spoke, he flicked his wrist.

A soft "click" sounded.

A thick, black collar made of an unknown material appeared out of thin air and fastened perfectly around Xilin's thick neck.

A sturdy dog ​​leash was attached to the collar, and the other end of the leash was firmly held in Xu Tianlin's hand.

"..."

Feeling the restraint around my neck, and looking at the dog leash being held by someone else.

Xilin really wanted to look up to the sky and shout: Just kill me!

However, he swallowed the words back down his throat.

He couldn't bear to die.

He was reluctant to give up the Demon King's throne, which he had earned through tens of thousands of years of fighting and devouring countless souls.

Xilin lowered his eyelids, burying all his humiliation and resentment deep in his heart.

"Let's go."

The gray subspace shattered instantly, like glass.

The surrounding light brightened again, and the cacophony of voices filled my ears once more.

One of the seventy-two demon kings of the abyss was so humiliated, like a real pet dog, being led step by step by Xu Tianlin towards the direction of the evil energy purification SPA.