The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"No, stop! Stop! Stop!!"

When the Dark Balance activates its Equilibrium Technique, it's not just those affected who are immobilized.

The instigator was also unable to move.

The light from the Soul-Devouring Pearl shone down, and the wicked Yuwen Hao was utterly frustrated.

Yuwen Hao is only level 14, so it only takes 7 seconds to extract his soul.

"ah!!"

Yuwen Hao screamed and fell backward.

Inside the Soul-Devouring Pearl.

After installing five clones, the place was already incredibly crowded.

"It's so crowded! Move over there a little!"

"I don't have any room here either!"

"Hey hey hey... looks like someone's about to come in again, yay!!!"

A dark, pitch-black, indescribable, and enormous soul rushed in.

"Oh~~~"

"There's no room left! There's really no room left this time!"

"Hey! I feel like I've been pushed out!"

The Soul-Devouring Pearl started smoking.

Durability drops by 50% immediately.

The clones and souls that Ma Feng had previously trapped inside all flew out.

They automatically returned to Song Gua's body, reverting to their respective individual bodies.

Inside the Soul-Devouring Pearl, only one soul remained.

"Who is it? Is it the blond guy, or that evil fellow, or are they both locked up?"

An evil spirit possessed the blond-haired man's body.

No matter how eccentric he is, the blond guy's body is only level 14, and he only has that little bit of equipment.

Their combat effectiveness is very limited.

It would be easy for Song Gua to take him down.

Can we kill him?

Wouldn't that have killed the blond guy?

resignedly.

The Song hexagram can only be solved by using a different method.

He saw the Soul-Devouring Pearl fall from Ma Feng's hand and decided to take a gamble.

When the evil blond-haired man activates the balance again and becomes unable to move, send a clone to use the Soul-Devouring Orb.

It's just a clone's five-year lifespan, not Song Gua's own five-year lifespan.

Holding the Soul-Devouring Pearl, Song Gua approached Yuwen Hao.

"Hey! Yellow-haired guy, yellow-haired guy! Wake up!"

Song Gua slapped Huang Mao.

The blond-haired man woke up, rubbing his face.

"Huh... how did I end up here? Ah!! I'm bleeding!"

Yuwen Hao quickly covered the wound on his shoulder.

Song Gua tore a piece of cloth from Huang Mao's clothes and used it to bandage him up.

"You don't remember anything?"

Yuwen Hao glanced at Ma Feng's corpse and the black scales lying on the ground, and frowned.

"I remember now, I killed Ma Feng... But that person..."

"That's not you? Is it?"

"You knew all along?"

"I don't know much, but I can guess some things. If you're willing to share your story, I'll know everything."

"Well……"

"If it's inconvenient to say, then forget it."

Yuwen Hao thought for a moment and said, "Do you know about the Zhao family's Soul-Devouring Pearl?"

Yes, I know.

It's in my hands right now.

Thank you, Ma Feng, for the package.

He said, "I know, they often advertise it in the news."

"At first I thought that the idea of ​​sucking out a person's soul was too outrageous."

There's no such thing as a soul; it's all feudal superstition.

But upon closer reflection, it seems that some so-called professional mental attacks are actually targeting the soul?

Later, I really did encounter a ghost…

More than a month ago.

Yuwen Hao caught a severe cold and missed a week of classes.

At that time, he often wore a mask and received intravenous drips at the school clinic.

One time, he accidentally fell asleep and overslept. When he woke up, evening self-study had already ended.

As he walked out of the infirmary and passed the school's garbage dump, he saw something glowing.

Approaching the trash can, I casually flipped through it and found this dark, black scale.

Strangely, a sound came from inside the scales.

He told me, 'Want to become stronger? Want to be someone important? Pick me up, and I can give you everything!'

Song Gua said speechlessly, "You actually believe that? What an old-fashioned plot."

"I didn't believe it. I was a little scared, so I threw him in the trash can."

"You still picked him up in the end."

Yuwen Hao scratched his head somewhat ashamed.

"I changed jobs a few days later. Although my job was B-level, my family's financial situation couldn't support me to go too far."

Keep practicing, and you might end up mining for a big guild.

Awakening a B-rank profession is not easy, and I'm not resigned to it.

So I went back to the garbage dump to look for it again.

Fortunately, our principal is corrupt enough that the work efficiency of various departments in the school is extremely low.

That pile of garbage hasn't been dealt with for days, and I found it again.

Song Gua tactics backward lean.

"Now I know how you got into the top fifty in the city."

Good guy.

Yuwen Hao truly earned his place in the top fifty based on his own merit.

He's cheating!

Yesterday, he said he could handle those two wanted criminals on his own, and it seems he wasn't just bragging.

"Have you been using the power of the scales all along?"

"No, I rarely use it. There's a price to pay for using this thing."

"What? Shorten my lifespan?"

"No, I can't explain it clearly either. It seems that every time I use it, the power of the evil spirit inside increases by one point."

At first, he had a hard time talking to me.

But the more I used it, the more often he was able to speak.

This guy despises humans; he'll tell you anything you ask, though I don't know if what he says is true or false.

He stated bluntly that as long as I continue to use the scales, his power will recover faster, and he will be able to possess my body.

Just like... just now.

Yuwen Hao stared at the black scales with lingering fear.

Just now, he felt that he was about to sink into darkness forever, unable to regain control of his body.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, but something went wrong.

Yuwen Hao was unaware that the evil spirit had actually been absorbed by the Soul-Devouring Pearl.

Song Gua walked over and picked up the Dark Balance Scales.

"Be careful! This thing is very strange!"

Song Gua revealed a wicked expression.

"Like this?"

Yuwen Hao was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

"Damn it! You damned undead! You possessed Old Song?!"

Song Gua laughed heartily.

"I was just kidding."

A few black lines appeared on Yuwen Hao's forehead.

"Let's leave this thing in the illusion. It's too dangerous. I was out of my mind to borrow power from a demon and almost killed myself."

Song Gua put the balance scales into his backpack.

Yuwen Hao was taken aback.

"Old Song, what you've done..."

"I took him back and handed him over to Yue Sheng to deal with."

"Alright, Captain Yue is highly skilled and knowledgeable. He might know what this thing is and how to completely eliminate the evil spirits inside."

However, Lao Song, I must remind you, don't be obsessed with the power of the scales and use them.

This thing is incredibly sinister. I estimate that the cost of using it will be far more than just strengthening the evil spirit.

"I know, I definitely won't need to."

That's impossible.

Such a bug-like ability is incredibly satisfying to use against powerful enemies.

From now on, I can go toe-to-toe with everyone!

However, such a bug-like ability naturally comes at a price.

Song Gua will still treat this with caution.