Published: February 5, 2025
Black Soul Devouring is a skill, but it can only be used once.
In his previous life, Ye Zhongming had never seen this skill, only hearing that there was a special black card on certain roulette tables. Unlike other cards that recorded usage methods, this one only had a skull pattern.
After using this card, there is only one ability: within a limited time, one can devour a life of the same evolutionary level to gain the effect of increasing their evolutionary level by one.
In other words, if a one-star evolver uses the black card to devour a first-level mutated life, he will become a two-star evolver. If a two-star evolver devours a second-level mutated life, he will become a three-star evolver.
However, it is said that this Black Soul Devouring card has very serious side effects. The most confirmed is that this one-time skill will greatly reduce a person's lifespan, and after usage, they might only have less than ten years to live. Additionally, at certain specific moments, they will suffer inhuman pain.
There are also some rumors about this card, such as losing fertility, becoming cold and ruthless, and fluctuating strength, making it hard to distinguish truth from falsehood.
One thing is certain: using this card comes at a great cost, and it might not be worth it.
Of course, there are usage restrictions on this card. Three-star evolvers and above will have their souls devoured instantly and die. Only evolvers with a maximum evolutionary level of two-star can use this card.
Those who have used this card will have a black skull tattoo appear on a certain part of their body, signifying that they have used this card and accepted the side effects of Black Soul Devouring.
No wonder humans can become two-star evolvers in just over thirty hours; it turns out they used the Black Soul Devouring card!
This revelation restored some confidence in Ye Zhongming, who had already suffered some setbacks.
“Put down the bag, and I will let you go.”
Wang Ding's upper body wound had stopped bleeding, but it still looked gruesome. For an ordinary person, such an injury would be debilitating, but for a two-star evolver, it was nothing.
Ye Zhongming glanced at the iron lock prisoner still struggling against the remaining half of the building, smiled, and said, “You are indeed an unexpected variable that has forced my plan to fail, but that doesn’t mean I have to give up everything.”
Wang Ding frowned upon hearing this. He had already seen Captain Ye rapidly approaching, and he wanted to buy some time, so he didn’t attack immediately. Moreover, he felt a twinge of fear towards Ye Zhongming, worried he might have some hidden tricks left.
For some reason, after hearing Ye Zhongming's words, Wang Ding felt that this guy had already set a trap, just waiting for himself and others to jump in.
A large stone flew in from the side, and Wang Ding waved his hand to smash it, scattering debris everywhere.
“No matter what, in the face of absolute power, all conspiracy is just paper.” This inexplicably gave Wang Ding some confidence; he firmly believed he was the highest-level human evolver! No one could stop him.
Ye Zhongming shook his head, pointed his chin in one direction, and Wang Ding slightly tilted his head to see more than twenty people running towards them, followed by large groups of zombies, with the corpse ape trailing behind.
“Director Liu?”
Wang Ding recognized the leader but didn’t understand why they were here.
“And over there.”
Ye Zhongming pointed to another side, and Wang Ding looked over to see the three groups that had battled him in the square also arrived. Although they were injured, they appeared even more terrifying as evolved beings.
“It seems everyone who has survived today has come here,” Ye Zhongming smiled again, then suddenly his expression turned serious as he pointed at Wang Ding and said, “You know, I just heard your subordinate call your name. You are Wang Ding, someone I once respected immensely. But now, I really, really dislike you.”