Shurein saw the Person in Black in front of him and asked warily, "Is it you?"
According to the time and place agreed upon in the letter, this person was the only one here upon arrival. This person was most likely the one who wrote to him.
The Person in Black wore a hood, and beneath the hood was a void of darkness.
Both Shurein and Fei appeared somewhat nervous.
They didn't even know if the fellow in front of them was human.
According to Shurein's guess, the figure from before definitely couldn't be the sender of the letter.
In other words, the owner of this letter still had an unknown number of subordinates with unclear strength.
The Person in Black watched them, then spoke in a voice where gender was completely indistinguishable, "First, state your identities."
"What the heck? Didn't you call us here!" Fei shouted, exposing herself immediately.
The Person in Black couldn't help but look at her for a while.
Shurein then said, "Before asking for our identities, shouldn't you explain to us how you know about our affairs?"
Although his and Canadia's attributes had been leaked on the day of the Appraisal Ceremony, only Reincarnators should know about Reincarnator matters.
"I am a Reincarnator, just like you," the Person in Black explained.
Shurein was left speechless.
Initially, he had no idea there were other Reincarnators in this world.
It wasn't until he saw Canadia that he realized he wasn't the only one who had reincarnated.
Later, Yugu and the others had even rushed over after receiving news.
If he had known about this earlier, he wouldn't have been foolish enough to undergo that Appraisal Ceremony and leak his own information.
However, now that the kingdom had promoted him as a genius, his attribute sheet from back then had already spread to various countries.
Anyone with a bit of status could get their hands on it.
As long as one was a Reincarnator, they would certainly know that he and Canadia were Reincarnators.
But this mysterious fellow in front of him claimed to be a Reincarnator; should he believe what this guy said?
"Why are you hiding your face? We are all fellow students, there's no need to be so tense, right?"
Shurein tried to play the friendship card.
The Person in Black didn't answer immediately, instead remaining silent for a while before saying, "Forget it, I've changed my mind."
What does that mean? Shurein's eyes widened as he watched the hand reaching out.
From beneath the black robe, a transparent arm crossed the distance between them, plunging into his body like a spike.
"Although I originally intended to have you cooperate, now I'll just do it myself."
The Person in Black spoke words that Shurein and the others couldn't understand.
Fei's entire body lunged forward, charging at the Person in Black.
However, before she could take more than a few steps, she felt her whole body go numb, and then she collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
Beneath the black robe, a pair of heterochromatic eyes revealed their color.
"Ugh!"
Shurein watched the arm reaching into his chest with utter terror.
What is this thing?!
The Person in Black seemed to perceive his emotions and comforted him, "No need to be nervous, I'm just looking for your soul."
"You..."
Shurein was about to speak.
Suddenly, he felt a chill throughout his body, as if he were being pulled by something. For a moment, he was so terrified he couldn't even speak clearly.
The Person in Black said, "Found it."
Then that arm gave a sudden pull, and Shurein's entire being was pulled out of his body.
Then he saw the Person in Black take out a doll and stuff him inside.
Meanwhile, his original body was now standing there with a dazed expression, at a loss.
The light had already faded from those eyes.
The Person in Black then spoke to the shadow on the ground, "Give it a try. See if you can control his body."
"..."
Shurein saw a shadow crawl out from the ground and then quickly enter his original body.
Don't!
He couldn't help but scream.
But the doll had no vocal organs at all.
He even found it difficult to just control the doll to lift a hand.
The Person in Black glanced at the doll in his hand and then tossed it onto Fei like a piece of trash.
"I have no interest in killing you; I just want to borrow your identity for a while."
The Person in Black completely ignored their personal opinions.
Fei shouted at the cloth doll, "Shu, are you okay? Answer me!"
She had seen with her own eyes Shurein's soul being pulled out by that Person in Black and stuffed into this doll.
Do I look like I'm okay? Shurein wanted to answer, but he found it difficult even to move, let alone open his mouth to speak—something a doll simply couldn't do.
Hearing Fei's crying, the Person in Black explained to them, "That doll doesn't have that kind of function. It's just a vessel capable of storing a soul."
"Ugh!" Fei was extremely afraid of the Person in Black.
Because they were no match for him at all, and he could even manipulate souls.
The Person in Black kindly added a comment, saying, "If that vessel is destroyed, then he's a goner."
Fei didn't dare speak, only carefully protecting the doll.
And the Person in Black indeed acted as he said, having no intention of killing them at all.
Before long, Shurein's body began to move again, twisting as if warming up.
Then that Shurein knelt toward the Person in Black with a face full of fervor and excitement, saying in a raspy voice, "Greet...ings... Master!"
The Person in Black seemed somewhat surprised.
"Interesting. How do you feel right now?"
"Very good, just a bit unaccustomed. But I will soon be able to familiarize myself with this body's power."
The Shurein Shadow Demon—let's just call him Shadow Shurein.
This fellow quickly mastered the body, and his speech became exceptionally smooth.
The Person in Black asked, "Can you use his skills?"
"Yes, Master. I can use all of his abilities."
The Person in Black thought to himself that he hadn't expected such an unexpected pleasant surprise, and then he cast an Appraisal on Shadow Shurein.
He found that
the attributes and skills indeed hadn't changed.
Even the Dominator Skills were still there; the only thing missing was that Code Skill.
Strange, shouldn't Dominator Skill be bound to the soul?
The Person in Black didn't understand the principle behind it either, and the part of the soul that was extracted was simply too weak.
It was just like the soul of an ordinary person.
"Shu?"
Fei watched this scene in horror.
Shadow Shurein remained expressionless, directly activating the contract to forcibly control the Earth Wyrm.
Fei, who didn't know the contract had such a capability, instinctively tried to resist, only to feel a sudden surge of intense pain.
"Aaaah!"
Hearing Fei's scream, the Person in Black snapped back to reality and said to Shadow Shurein, "Alright, don't do anything unnecessary."
"Yes." Shadow Shurein withdrew the power of the contract.
Fei immediately collapsed to the ground, her strength completely drained.
She had only one thought in her mind right now.
Damn Shurein, he actually didn't tell her that the contract had this kind of ability!
The Person in Black walked up to her and said, "I need you to cooperate with his subsequent actions. If you do well, I can help you release this contract. Once the matter is resolved, I can also return Shurein to you. But if you interfere with my business..."
She didn't continue.
In the next moment, her figure vanished via spatial teleportation.
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