Inside the bright room, a mass of black mud was constantly wriggling, moving along Sophy’s body bit by bit. Some of the black mud even began to continuously burrow into her body from her open mouth, nose, and eyes.
“Who are you?”
At this moment, Sophy had completely lost her perception of the outside world. In the deepest part of her soul space, she looked at the figure opposite her with vigilance. She saw a continuous stream of black mud flowing from its body, spreading continuously to the surroundings.
“What exactly do you want to do? Where is this?”
Looking at the figure opposite her, which completely ignored her, Sophy asked again, but the look in her eyes was filled with strangeness. For some reason, when she looked at the figure opposite her, she felt as if she was looking at herself, but the unease in her heart became more and more serious.
Especially when the black mud gushing out from the figure opposite her gradually submerged the surroundings, the unease in Sophy's heart reached its peak. Instinct told her that if she didn't do something, she would disappear completely.
“Who am I? Where is this? What do I want to do?”
Suddenly, a steady but slightly deep voice sounded in Sophy's ear. Upon hearing this voice, Sophy's face changed drastically in an instant. She quickly raised her head to look at the figure opposite her, who was lowering its head, because this voice was exactly the same as hers.
“Sophy, I am you! What do I want to do? Shouldn’t you, as me, know everything clearly? Tell me, am I right?”
Opposite Sophy, the figure slowly raised its head, revealing a face that was completely identical to Sophy's. There was no difference in her expression, body, or armor. The only difference was that this Sophy had a continuous stream of black mud涌出 from under her feet.
“You… you are not me!”
Looking at the existence opposite her, which was completely identical to herself in appearance, body, and temperament, Sophy felt as if she was looking at herself. However, Sophy clearly knew that it was not her, but some kind of existence born from Lu Minghao's power, used to replace her.
“You really are stupid. Do you think the master would do such a boring thing?”
Just then, a mocking voice rang in Sophy's heart. Immediately after, an arm stretched out from her chest in Sophy's horrified gaze. After that arm came out, followed by the head, chest, feet… In this way, a living Sophy crawled out from within.
“I told you, I am you. I am a brand new existence born from the depths of your soul, or rather, a brand new Sophy. In essence, I am you, and you are me. We have completely the same memories, powers, and feelings. The only difference is that you are destined to become my nourishment, nurturing a more perfect me.”
The Evil Soul stroked the Sophy in front of her expressionlessly. At this moment, she was like a newly born seed, continuously extracting Sophy's soul as nourishment for growth. When the seed completely sprouts and grows, the original Sophy will disappear completely.
What will be left behind is a Sophy who has completely the same memories, name, and power, but is completely different in essence.
Inside the soul space, the Evil Soul looked at the completely fallen Sophy in front of her, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She directly bent down and grabbed Sophy's extremely illusory soul into a ball and stuffed it into her mouth.
“From this moment on, I am the captain of the Scarlet Rose Squad, Sophy.”
Outside the soul space, Lu Minghao was sitting in mid-air, watching the pool of black mud in front of him with great interest. Sophy, with her rough face, was lying in the center of the black mud. Suddenly, Sophy, who was lying on the ground, slowly sat up, her eyes suddenly opened. Inside the empty eye sockets, black mud dripped slowly down her cheeks.
Suddenly, an evil and eerie smile appeared on Sophy's rough face. Inside the originally empty eye sockets, flesh buds intertwined continuously, and two brand new pupils were constantly growing. The originally rough face gradually became妖异, and dark纹路 covered her cheeks. In Lu Minghao's perception, Sophy's demonic essence was also constantly increasing.
At the same time, inside the Abyss of Evil in Lu Minghao's body, a figure was slowly appearing. That figure looked exactly like Sophy. From this moment on, Sophy completely became a part of the Abyss of Evil. Even if she was killed, she would be reborn again in the Abyss of Evil.
“So, this is the correct way to collect a demon army.”
Lu Minghao stroked his chin and looked at Sophy in front of him. Originally, he thought that the demons in the Abyss of Evil could only rely on absorbing 'evil' to slowly nurture a demon army. But now, it seemed to be a completely different matter. As long as he used Evil Erosion · Absolute Domination, Lu Minghao could create an immortal demon army in a short period of time.
“However, weak demons are of no use.”
After all, even if an ordinary person is transformed with Evil Erosion, their strength after becoming a demon would be just so-so. Even if they grow over time in the future, how could a mere demon grow as fast as Lu Minghao? In other words, unless they have special abilities that Lu Minghao values, or are powerful themselves, Lu Minghao wouldn't bother to transform them.
With that time, wouldn't it be better to directly erode them into Gluttony Monsters with the Gluttony Sin, to be used as disposable tools and reserve food?
“Master!”
At this time, Sophy, who had absorbed all the black mud, stood up and walked to Lu Minghao, kneeling on one knee in front of him. She raised her head slightly and looked at Lu Minghao. At this moment, she was 100% loyal to Lu Minghao from body to soul. Even if Lu Minghao asked her to commit suicide or slaughter all of her former relatives, she would not hesitate in the slightest.
Because, even if they have the same memories, aura, abilities, and even the soul was born from the original Sophy, the current Sophy is essentially an Evil Soul completely dominated by Lu Minghao.
“Sophy, go, don't forget your identity.”
“Yes, Brother Minghao.”
After hearing Lu Minghao's words, Sophy slowly stood up, a smile on her face, and directly put her arms around Lu Minghao in a carefree manner. At this time, she was completely the same as Sophy, both externally and internally, because she is Sophy now.
Creak!
As the door opened, a soldier outside the door couldn't help but show a respectful expression when he saw Sophy walking out of Lu Minghao's room. He saluted Sophy and then led her towards her room.
Along the way, many adventurers who were familiar with Sophy greeted her when they saw her. No one noticed anything unusual about Sophy, and one by one, they even invited Sophy to participate in the celebration banquet in the evening.
Just now, they received news that the other members of the Hero's Team had successfully sealed the major Demon Lord species of the Gluttony Kingdom for the time being. In other words, as long as they concentrate their forces to destroy the monsters' nests, all of this will be completely over.
