Ten-odd days later.
To the north, Slaughter Town.
Several figures dressed in black form-fitting clothes appeared on the desolate, chaotic road.
The weeds were yellow, the trees were withered and rotten, with only a few crows perched and cawing.
"Outsiders, go back where you came from. The bloody mary in town has recently sold out, and we are not accepting outside guests for now."
As Xin led his four students into the town, a somewhat eerie-looking waiter emerged from a black and red house and spoke.
At this moment, Xin was draped in a large black robe, his aura of Cherry Blossom Divine Elegance concealed by the Demonic Black Mist, his entire head hidden within the large hood of the black robe. He said indifferently: "It's alright, we're actually not interested in bloody mary."
"If you're not here for bloody mary, then you'd best leave here as soon as possible, otherwise you might die here immediately."
The waiter glanced at Xin and his four students. Their killing intent and sharpness were too weak; perhaps they were just passing by.
However, passing through Slaughter Town was not a fortunate matter.
"Although we're not here to drink bloody mary, we must go in."
Xin ignored the waiter's words and continued walking deeper into Slaughter Town with his four disciples, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and the others.
They finally stopped in front of a tavern that was under repair. On the scattered rocks and rotten wood in front of the tavern, several fierce-looking men were haphazardly seated. Upon seeing Ye Lingling and the others, they couldn't help but lick their lips, their eyes revealing greed: "Such tender little girls, they'll surely taste delicious when roasted."
"I'm really craving something. This godforsaken place doesn't even have a bite to eat. I've been waiting here for two days and two nights, and this broken tavern is still under repair!"
"Today, I'm going to have some meat!"
One of the men stood up, his eyes flashing with ferocity. As one person proposed the idea, the other villains were also incited and surrounded Ye Lingling and the others.
The waiter who had previously warned Xin to leave watched this scene indifferently.
Eating people and drinking blood was common in Slaughter City; Slaughter City would not provide them with food for free.
"Lingling, devour their life force."
From beneath the black robe, Xin spoke indifferently.
"Yes."
Hearing her teacher's words, Ye Lingling took a deep breath and immediately made her move.
Two beautiful begonias and black lotuses grew back-to-back, appearing in her palm.
"Life force is like a candle flame, dissipating completely. With the Lotus of Death, I cleanse the evil fruits of the human World—Nine Revolutions Black Lotus, Devour!"
A momentary gleam flickered in Ye Lingling's eyes. Her Soul Capture was cast simultaneously, and the souls of the villains before her instantly became dazed.
The petals of the Nine Revolutions Black Lotus then drifted away, hovering at the villains' glabella, beginning to greedily absorb their life force.
The villains visibly began to weaken, then their skin became dull and lusterless, as if their essence had been drained.
After a while, wrinkles appeared on their skin, as if they had aged ten or twenty years, and even white hair appeared.
Such a bizarre scene shocked the tavern waiter. They had never seen such spirit power before.
"Run, run!"
Two villains were the first to break free from Ye Lingling's Soul Capture, their faces already aged, their expressions terrified, as they weakly fled outwards.
As for these two villains with weaker mental force, they were unable to escape the Soul Sucking illusion until their lives were completely devoured by Ye Lingling, ultimately turning into aged corpses.