As panic spread, the area in the extreme north fell.
After the fear swept away, what was left behind was a scene of devastation and distorted corpses.
Ming Xiao didn't know why he wasn't dead, but he didn't care. He accompanied his mother, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing.
He cried because of his mother, and he laughed because of his mother.
He cried because he never understood his mother's intentions. He laughed because his mother wanted him to continue laughing forever.
This was also the reason why his mother had given him this name.
A day and night later, Ming Xiao carried his mother's corpse out of the house in a daze.
However, before he could bury his mother's corpse, countless black shadows suddenly tore through the sky and stood in front of him.
A bone-piercing chill assaulted him. Standing in front of these black shadows, Ming Xiao felt as though his heart was being grabbed. Even his breathing became sluggish.
At that moment, the leader of the black shadows said, "The ninth adapted species, take him away!"
As soon as he said that, Ming Xiao immediately felt an invisible force lift him into the sky.
Ming Xiao wanted to grab his mother, but the force controlled his body, preventing him from resisting.
He watched helplessly as his mother's corpse slipped from his hands and gradually disappeared.
In the days that followed, Ming Xiao was brought into a huge city.
There were Terror creatures everywhere. Although their forms were different, their bodies were condensed from black fog, and their characteristics were obvious.
There were eight other people who had been brought here like him.
As for why they were here, they already knew.
According to the Terror creature that brought them here, they were adapted species, and they had a chance to become one of them in the future.
It turned out that after the spiritual energy of this world was modified, there was an extremely small chance that adaptations would be born. They could adapt to the special Terror spiritual energy at birth and wouldn't be affected.
This was also the reason why Ming Xiao was different from other creatures.
According to the description of the Terror creature that brought them here, as long as they could successfully transform their bodies here, they could join them and become a member of the Terror species.
This was their only chance in a lifetime.
In the days that followed, Ming Xiao and the other eight were forced to drink the Terror Liquid every day to transform their bodies.
This process was extremely painful. The suffocating fear lingered in their minds, and the feeling of helplessness made them despair.
During this period, the liquid that was swallowed into their bodies constantly corroded their bodies, transforming them into elemental bodies.
In the following days, the number of Adapted Species in the city increased.
Some of them were willing to endure the feeling of being corroded by fear in order to survive, but there were also some people like Ming Xiao who resisted the transformation of this power.
However, the result was the same. They could not choose to live or die. They were imprisoned in the underground of the city, enduring the despair brought about by fear.
During this period, Ming Xiao was an exception.
The faces of all the adapted species that were brought were filled with panic and nervousness. Only he had a smile on his face.
Even if he was in extreme pain, he would still laugh. He would use his hysterical laughter and unyielding will to fight against this power in his body.
Every time they were forced to swallow the Spirit Fluid of Fear, all the adapters would lie on the ground, struggling and trembling. At this time, there would always be laughter in this dark place, which seemed out of place.
This was what Ming Xiao had promised his mother. He would continue to smile, no matter what he faced.
His abnormality aroused the curiosity of the Terror creatures, and the smile on Ming Xiao's face aroused their disgust.
As Terror species, they hated smiles. What they yearned to see were faces filled with nervousness and hesitation.
Although Ming Xiao could become one of them, they couldn't take it anymore and attacked Ming Xiao.
That day, after drinking the Spirit Fluid of Fear, when Ming Xiao was laughing in pain, the Terror 'inspector' who checked on their bodies arrived in advance.
He mercilessly cut open Ming Xiao's cheek and peeled off his entire face. He then used his flesh and blood to seal Ming Xiao's mouth.
This was because he hated smiles, and he hated the twisted smile that Ming Xiao revealed in pain even more.
However, after peeling off Ming Xiao's face, he knew that Ming Xiao would never be able to smile again.
However, what Ming Xiao did next shocked the inspector.
Ming Xiao used his finger to carve a bloody mark on his bloody face, a big smile on his face.
Although this smile was ugly and even disgusting and terrifying, Ming Xiao wanted to continue smiling. No one could stop him!
In the past, Ming Xiao's smile was like a spring breeze, bringing joy to the tribe members.
However, at this moment, Ming Xiao's smile appeared extremely ferocious like a devil.
His resistance wasn't only in terms of actions, but also in terms of spirit.
Around him, Adaptation species constantly died because they couldn't withstand the pain of the constant amplification, but Ming Xiao didn't. He continued smiling, using his terrifying smile to live on.
His body gradually turned into black fog, but Ming Xiao's performance attracted the inspector's attention.
After checking Ming Xiao's physical condition, the inspector was surprised to discover that Ming Xiao's transformation didn't seem to be completely in the direction of transforming into a Terror species. Instead, it was a situation that had never happened before.
Terror species fed on fear, and their bodies were also formed from special Fear Source Power.
The process of all Terror species transforming their bodies into Terror species was the process of their bodies transforming into Elemental Bodies. During this period, their bodies would be corroded bit by bit and eventually replaced by Fear Source Power. They would form a Fear Source in their hearts and turn into a new lifeform.
However, Ming Xiao's elemental body was different. Apart from the basic Fear Source, it also came with a mental obsession.
He didn't condense the Fear Source, but he condensed a mental strength. This mental strength was like threads that wrapped around the Fear Source Power and bound him to Ming Xiao's side, allowing his body to complete the transformation.
In other words, if this mental strength disappeared, it would be equivalent to all the threads being pulled away. Then, Ming Xiao's body would completely collapse.
Having witnessed the transformation process of a large number of Adaptation Species in many worlds, this was the first time this Terror creature — who was in charge of inspecting the transformation of Adaptation Species — had seen such a strange Terror birth process.
But even so, he didn't find anything amiss.
This was because as long as he completed the transformation into a Terror species, Ming Xiao would become one of them. He would forget everything from his previous life and turn into a complete Terror creature, opening up a new memory path.
At that time, Ming Xiao would no longer be Ming Xiao.
However, what he didn't know was that Ming Xiao's memories hadn't faded at all. Even though fear filled his entire body, he didn't forget what he was defending …
…
The transformation process was long. A hundred years passed just like that.
At this moment, Ming Xiao's body had completely transformed into a cloud of drifting black fog. The smile on his face disappeared again.
Now, the Terror species called him: Companion!
Ming Xiao's memories became erratic after the elemental transformation. They were like clouds that couldn't be grasped, faintly discernible.
Even the memories of his mother had become very blurry and were about to disappear.
However, there was one thing Ming Xiao didn't forget. He had to keep smiling.
This was the blessing his mother had given him when he was born. It was also the last message his mother had left him before she left. It was also the obsession and mental strength he had developed when he transformed into a Terror species.
The other creatures that had completely transformed into Terror species had already become new lifeforms. They yearned to devour fear and to see creatures struggle in pain in front of fear.
However, Ming Xiao was different from other Terror species. He didn't yearn to devour fear. He only wanted to laugh …
However, how could a body that had already turned into black fog smile?
Ming Xiao's abnormality caused the inspector to be displeased.
The other Terror species were already trying to devour fear. Only Ming Xiao was practicing laughing in the dark room, trying to use the black fog to condense his own smiling face.
The angry inspector began to punish Ming Xiao.
The power of fear invaded Ming Xiao's body again and again, making him feel pain. He responded with wild laughter, but he could no longer smile.
However, what the inspector didn't know was that his power only caused Ming Xiao pain, but it didn't cause much damage to him. Instead, this power was wrapped by mental power threads and stayed in Ming Xiao's body.
During the punishment, Ming Xiao began to subconsciously devour the negative emotions he produced. He also tried to devour the anger produced by the inspector to grow.
Ming Xiao was different after elemental transformation. This was because his body was formed by mental power binding the fear source power. He wasn't a complete Terror species.
All emotions could be bound by mental power in his body and become the source of his strength.
Therefore, he didn't only have fear to choose from.
Ming Xiao's power kept accumulating during this period. He, who yearned to smile, endured the inspector's anger and his unwillingness to not be able to smile.
Finally, he exploded one day.
He, who had completely transformed into a monster, pounced at the inspector and began devouring the fear source power in his body. His mental power turned into threads that wrapped around the inspector's black fog body, helping Ming Xiao plunder the fear source power into his body.
That night, Ming Xiao's laughter resounded underground.
It was as if he was a natural nemesis. The fear source power was only a tonic in front of Ming Xiao, and it couldn't cause any harm to him. The inspector's struggle was futile.
He ate the inspector alive …
It was also that night that Ming Xiao realized that his body had become much more corporeal.
At that moment, he suddenly realized something. It seemed that eating such things could slowly grow an elemental entity …
With this in mind, Ming Xiao cast his gaze at his kind who were also underground and were already trying to devour fear.
The slaughter began. Ming Xiao began to crazily devour these Terror species just to have a corporeal body and smile …
To Ming Xiao, a smile wasn't just an expression, but the source of his mental power. It was also an obsession in his blurry memories!
By the time the Terror creatures discovered the underground abnormality, Ming Xiao had already eaten them all.
All the Origin Energy of the Terror Species underground gathered on Ming Xiao.
He tried to condense a corporeal body, but he realized that the Origin Power wasn't enough. He needed to continue devouring.
That day, the underground door opened, and Ming Xiao, who was wearing a white smiling mask, walked out of the Dark World that had imprisoned him for a hundred years.
All the fear source power was forged into a white mask by Ming Xiao and worn on his face.
This should be considered a smile …
Looking at the world outside, Ming Xiao chuckled. At that moment, he felt partially satisfied.
Under the surprised gazes of all the Terror species, Ming Xiao, who was wearing a white smiling mask, pounced at them.
If the Terror species were evil demons that couldn't be driven away for all the creatures in the Heaven Domain World, then Ming Xiao was an evil demon created by the Terror species for himself.
From the moment he was born, the Terror species were destined to reach the end of dusk.
That day, Ming Xiao's hysterical laughter resounded in the city. He crazily devoured all the Terror creatures he saw to fill his elemental atomized body …
The white smiling mask changed into a smile amidst the slaughter. Sometimes he smiled, sometimes he laughed maniacally, and sometimes his smile was distorted … It seemed to be reflecting Ming Xiao's emotions.
The Terror species welcomed their fear, a true evil demon!
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