Are you kidding me?! The boss of the Hell Dungeon is a loli!

A nauseating stench emanated from the slave trader's gaping maw that took up half his face.

"Is Your Excellency planning to buy a human slave to play with?"

Jiang Luo pinched her nose in disgust and hid behind Yun Yi's skirt.

"Stay away from Luo Luo, she stinks!"

Yun Yi stared coldly at the merchant, dark red lines of rules forming at his fingertips.

"If you dare to come even half a step closer to the baby, I'll cut off all six of your arms and feed them to the dogs."

The slave traders were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly, quickly abandoning their fawning demeanor and standing obediently beside the iron cage to begin their diligent sales pitch.

"Please calm down, my lord. Take a look at this batch of goods that I just acquired. They are absolutely the best quality in the entire dungeon."

To demonstrate the quality of his goods, the merchant swung his rusty iron rod and smashed it heavily on the back of a strong human man.

With a sickening cracking sound, the burly man let out a piercing scream, and blood flowed through the cracks in the iron cage onto the bluestone slab.

The surrounding low-level monsters, smelling the blood, roared excitedly and rushed towards the iron cage.

Jiang Luo found this low-level bloody scene utterly uninteresting.

The merchant pointed with an iron rod at several good-looking young men and women huddled in a corner, their fat faces squeezed together.

"And these young and good-looking ones, with soft bones and pitiful cries, are perfect for adults to take home and torture for their amusement. I guarantee you'll experience the ultimate pleasure."

Jiang Luo didn't even glance at the ordinary goods being sold by the slave traders.

She ignored the terrified humans and walked gracefully to the deepest part of the iron cage.

When the other slaves saw the white-haired loli approaching, they reacted as if they had seen some kind of extremely terrifying monster, desperately retreating and huddling together in the iron cage.

Only the boy in that corner remained motionless.

The boy had a heavy, rusty iron collar around his neck, and his wrists and ankles were covered with deep, bone-revealing marks from the ligatures; the wounds had even begun to fester and turn black.

He didn't cry out or beg for mercy like other humans; he just sat lifelessly in the dirty water, hugging his knees, as if everything happening around him had nothing to do with him.

Jiang Luo's large, ruby-red eyes were fixed on the boy.

She could clearly feel that the aura that resonated with the SS-level abyss essence within her was emanating from this human child who looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind.

Jiang Xiaobai peeked out from Jiang Luo's shadow, his boyish face splitting into an exaggeratedly deep abyss-like maw, saliva dripping from his fangs onto the bluestone slab, corroding it and creating puffs of white smoke.

"I want to eat it, it smells so good."

Jiang Luo slapped Jiang Xiaobai on the head without hesitation, pushing him back into the shadows.

"Eat, eat, all you do is eat! This is a treasure that Lolo found. If you dare to steal any of it, Lolo will pull out all your teeth."

The slave trader followed Jiang Luo's gaze and saw that this god of wealth had actually set his sights on the most useless money-losing item. He quickly came over with a smile to explain.

"Sir, you have a keen eye. However, this child is sickly. My men picked him up from a nearly collapsed abandoned dungeon."

The merchant poked the boy in the back with an iron rod in disgust.

"This little bastard can't do anything, he can't even scream. He vomits when you feed him. He's not even qualified to be a blood slave."

The businessman's eyes darted around, and he immediately put on an expression as if he were bleeding heavily.

"If you're really interested in this little thing, sir, I'll consider it making friends today and sell it to you cheaply. You can take it away for just three hundred ghost coins."

Jiang Luo ignored the merchant's incessant chatter. She walked to the edge of the iron cage in her little leather shoes and looked at the dirty boy through the rusty bars.

"Hey, little guy, do you want to live?"

The white-haired loli's voice was soft and clear, standing out starkly in this stench and despair of the slave market.

The boy heard the sound and slowly raised his head.

The little face, covered in mud, was expressionless, except for a pair of dark pupils that gleamed with a wild, beast-like light.

He didn't speak, but just stared intently at Jiang Luo with his lifeless eyes.

Jiang Luo could not see any fear of death in those eyes, only a crazy stubbornness that would rather die than live.

"This is really interesting. Lolo has decided to buy you back."

Jiang Luo looked into those eyes, and a slow grin spread across his face, revealing a mouthful of sharp, white shark teeth.

Jiang Luo took out a human soul crystal radiating pure energy from the pocket of her skirt and casually tossed it at the feet of the slave trader.

"This one is for Luo Luo. Open the cage."

The slave trader stared at the priceless high-level soul crystal, his six hands trembling with shock.

This thing could buy more than enough to buy not just one sickly man, but all the slaves in the square, along with their owner.

The merchant scrambled to pick up the crystals, fearing Jiang Luo might change her mind, and hurriedly pulled out the key to open the heavy iron cage door.

"Please, sir. This little bastard is now your private property!"

Han Ya stood to the side watching Jiang Luo's wasteful behavior, stomping his feet in anger.

"Are you rich and have nowhere to spend your money? Even if you gave this half-dead human away for free, no one would be interested!"

The crow pointed at the boy who was wobbling as he climbed out of the cage, his face full of incomprehension.

"Our Skeleton Duke's black market has rules: once purchased, there are no returns or exchanges. This little bastard doesn't even look like he'll live to see tomorrow morning. Why would you spend so much money on a corpse that's about to rot?"

Han Ya approached Jiang Luo and lowered his voice, trying to dissuade this sugar daddy whose brain was malfunctioning.

"If you really like this kind of thing, I'll go back to the manor after we're done and pick out ten or eight better quality ones for you to send over. You're crazy to spend a single Pure Crystal on this kind of garbage!"

Jiang Luo turned her head, casually waved her fair little hand, and her ruby-like eyes were full of mockery.

"Big sister, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. You can't buy Luo Luo's happiness with money. Besides, even if Luo Luo's money is wasted, it's none of anyone else's business to tell her what to do."

The crow was furious and turned away, ignoring the arrogant white-haired loli.

Jiang Luo looked at the boy who was barely able to stand while holding onto the railing, and began to plan his future development.

This human boy possesses a trace of abyssal power. Although it's unclear how a fragile human body could contain such terrifying power, if she keeps him by her side and nurtures him properly, he could definitely become a trump card in her hands!

"From today onwards, you are Luo Luo's slave, do you hear me?" Jiang Luo said, hands on her hips, looking at the boy in front of her.

The boy raised his hand, his eyes devoid of any emotion, and quietly looked at Jiang Luo.

"It's not good to address someone without a name. Let Luo Luo think of one..." Jiang Luo looked at the boy in front of her.

It's shabby and dilapidated, and quite stubborn...

And the power of the abyss.

"From now on, you'll be called Shadow!"