Painted Face was the first target Lin Huang had set his sights on.
Lin Huang had never seen this monster in the monster guide before. However, the moment he saw it, he was reminded of an ancient drama character on Earth.
Apart from being a drama character with a painted face, Lin Huang's second impression of him was a "paper doll".
Although it looked like a human, it was more like a paper doll that the younger generation would burn on the graves of their ancestors in Earth's customs.
It had feet like a human, but they never touched the ground and were always floating.
From the information Lin Huang had found, Painted Face was one of the three underlings who had followed the four-faced individual for the longest time. In terms of seniority, he was considered an elder.
However, since his combat strength remained at beginner-level, he slowly drifted away from the four-faced individual's core circle of authority and became an idler.
He had once wanted to work hard to cultivate and become more powerful, but his talent was limited, so he could never break through to fourth-rank heavenly god-level. As time went on, he slowly gave up struggling.
Lin Huang had chosen Painted Face as his target. One reason was that Painted Face knew the four-faced individual's past better than anyone else. He had witnessed the entire process of the four-faced individual's rise to power. The other reason was that, compared to the few people in the core circle of authority, he was the easiest target.
On this day, Painted Face went to the top of a tall building as usual.
All this while, he had a peculiar way of passing time. He would hum a song while walking on the edge of various tall buildings. He would spread his arms and imagine himself walking on a tightrope.
If one were to look closely, one would see that his feet were always one or two centimeters off the ground. He had never really stepped on anything at all.
However, on this day, he had just climbed to the top of the building and had only taken a few steps on the edge.
Suddenly, he noticed a black shadow blocking his way.
It was a black-robed man with a black mask on his face under the brim of his hat.
Painted Face had just seen the newcomer's figure clearly, but before he could take a closer look, he saw two black gleams suddenly flash under the brim of his hat.
Its figure instantly froze on the spot.
The black-robed man was, of course, Lin Huang. He had waited a full day and night for this opportunity to attack, and he had finally waited until Painted Face was completely alone.
Paint-face's combat strength was only that of a beginner-level heavenly god-level. Among Heavenly Gods of the same combat strength, his ability was even considered one of the weaker ones. In the face of Lin Huang's Order power, there was no way he could resist at all.
The reading of Lin Huang's memories was also exceptionally smooth, without any hindrance.
In less than two minutes, Lin Huang had copied all of Painted Face's memories.
"It's going smoother than I thought …" Lin Huang glanced at the Painted Face, which had not completely broken away from its memory reading. He reached out a finger and tapped between its eyebrows.
The flower-faced man's body went limp in an instant, and Lin Huang's Spiritual Force threads pulled him into his God Domain.
After scanning the surroundings with his Spiritual Force and confirming that he had not left any traces, Lin Huang did not continue to stay there. Instead, he left in a flash.
"The second target is … the Gilded Fiend …"
The Gilded Fiend was an abyssal creature recorded in the monster guide.
Such a monster was usually a powerful combat cultivator who had been corrupted by abyssal energy and degenerated into an abyssal creature. After that, they were baptized in the Abyssal Blood Spring and transformed.
They possessed extremely powerful physical bodies that were comparable to the Star Titans of the ancient epoch.
The target that Lin Huang had chosen had a combat strength of eighth-rank heavenly god-level, but its physical strength was most likely at least half-step lord-level. Not many people below lord-level could break through its defenses.
The reason why Lin Huang had chosen such a target was not that he wanted to challenge the difficulty, but that although a monster like the Gilded Fiend had extremely powerful physical bodies, its soul strength was generally not that high.
Legend had it that the Abyssal Blood Spring was a branch of the Yellow Springs, which also had the effect of eroding one's God's soul.
Almost no one who could transform into a Gilded Fiend would have their God's soul intact.
Most Gilded Fiends were either stupid or insane … In any case, none of them were sane. What was more, they would lose all consciousness during the transformation process and become the perfect material for refining puppets.
As far as Lin Huang was concerned, it was not a problem that the Gilded Fiend had a screw loose. It was enough as long as the other party's brain stored the information that he had seen and heard.
Furthermore, it was precisely because it was not very smart that this Gilded Fiend had always been the four-faced individual's most trusted subordinate.
In the past, it had even been the four-faced individual's bodyguard. Of course, it was just a bodyguard, but to be honest, it was more like a human shield.
It was not until nearly a thousand years ago that the four-faced individual had completely secured his position as overlord that the Gilded Fiend's identity changed. It would often instruct the Gilded Fiend to handle matters that required violence.
Lin Huang had chosen the Gilded Fiend as a target because it had followed the four-faced individual closely for a very long time and had seen and heard many of his secrets. On the other hand, it would often receive missions outside, so it was easier for it to find opportunities to be alone.
In the black market, the Gilded Fiend's movements had never been a secret.
In reality, the more famous generals under the six overlords' command had always been targets of attention by organizations of all sizes in the inner world.
This was because the movements of these people could affect the entire situation in the inner world.
By keeping an eye on these people, one would be able to receive early warning of the slightest sign of trouble.
Without much effort, Lin Huang managed to purchase a record of the Gilded Fiend's recent whereabouts.
"Looks like I'm in luck …" Lin Huang raised his brows slightly after skimming through the recorded information.
According to the black market's records, the Gilded Fiend had left the four-faced individual's headquarters just one day ago. It seemed to be out on some mission.
He glanced at the information provided by the black market. More than an hour ago, someone had discovered the Gilded Fiend's coordinates and even secretly taken a photo …
In less than an hour, Lin Huang arrived at the coordinates mentioned in the black market's information.
This was a bustling market. Pedestrians of all shapes and sizes came and went like a weave.
All sorts of stalls lined both sides of the street.
Lin Huang glanced at them. They were all selling items above god-grade.
However, he was not in the mood to pick up leftovers at the moment. Instead, he observed his surroundings and began to search for traces of the Gilded Fiend.
There were cultivators above virtual god-level everywhere in this market. It was not convenient for him to use his Divine Telekinesis, so he could only release Leech Pods along the way to help search.
Under Lin Huang's control, the Leech Pods did not fly around randomly. Instead, they quickly attached themselves to various objects along the way.
After releasing thousands of Leech Pods, Lin Huang was wondering if the Gilded Fiend had left when an image was suddenly sent to him from one of the Leech Pods.
Impressively, it was a tall, dark golden monster. It stood in the crowd like a crane in a flock of chickens, looking left and right …
"Found you!" Lin Huang's eyes lit up.
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"Last night, my editor, Midnight Snack Cutie, sent me some good news. She said a big boss wants to buy the comic rights to Monster Paradise and asked if I'd agree to sell it. I agreed without hesitation. (????) ▽??) ノ. Although I don't know which big boss bought the copyright, I'd like to thank him for his love for Monster Paradise. I'd also like to thank the editor of Qidian's copyright department for recommending it! I'm personally looking forward to seeing the comic version of Monster Paradise! By the way, my Supreme Reward is actually quite suitable for comic adaptations o (* ̄ 3 ̄) o. "
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