After Being Rejected by Senior Sisters, My Demoness Master Actually Gave Herself to Me

Chapter 56: So Beautiful

“Why are you in such a hurry?!”

Nie Qing’s expression darkened as she watched the figure charging toward the vengeful spirits. She hadn’t expected him to rush forward so quickly.

“How interesting.”

Seeing this, Lan Caidie’s lips curled into a smile. This was exactly what she had hoped for—letting someone else clear the path and test the waters while she reaped the benefits from behind.

As for Ye Shu, who had already plunged into the midst of the vengeful spirits, he couldn’t care less about their thoughts.

The sprout within his dantian trembled with a desperate longing, urging him to get closer to these spirits. Ye Shu didn’t resist. He immediately struck out, slapping the palm of his hand onto the nearest vengeful spirit.

Whoosh!

A gust of fierce wind swept through.

The vengeful spirit let out a shrill, agonized scream. Then, a vortex twisted into existence from Ye Shu’s palm, and the entire spirit was sucked into it, disappearing into Ye Shu’s body.

The spirit transformed into a black substance, which eventually condensed into a single drop of black liquid. It dripped down onto the radiant sprout in his dantian, landing right on its head.

The sprout didn’t hold back, greedily absorbing the black nourishment. In the blink of an eye, the black droplet vanished without a trace.

And Ye Shu felt a noticeable increase in his spiritual energy!

He suddenly realized, “So it’s true—death is also life. These dead vengeful spirits can fully become nourishment for my cultivation of the Creation Art, boosting my power!”

No wonder his body had instinctively urged him to enter the Slaughter Tower. He couldn’t wait to get inside.

Now, he was thrilled.

Sweeping through dozens or even hundreds of these vengeful spirits was like encountering a feast of delicious, mouth-watering delicacies.

“With this many, it should be enough for me to break through to the next minor realm, right?”

He struck out again, absorbing two more vengeful spirits in quick succession.

At the same time, he noticed something peculiar. The energy of the spirits was being transferred into his body, but their actual souls seemed to attach themselves to the Tree of Creation. The tree was now adorned with smiling faces, each one looking blissful, as if they had ascended to heaven.

For these spirits, such an afterlife was undoubtedly far more blissful than reincarnation.

“Let me take you all to heaven properly!”

With this thought in mind, Ye Shu grinned at the remaining vengeful spirits.

“Junior Brother, let me help you!”

At that moment, Senior Sister Nie Qing shouted. She flew to Ye Shu’s side, standing guard and glaring at the other vengeful spirits, as if acting as his bodyguard to prevent them from getting closer.

Seeing this, Ye Shu grew anxious. “Senior Sister, I don’t need your help!”

Nie Qing waved her hand dismissively. “Junior Brother, don’t say that. I’m doing this for your own good!”

“Good? Good my ass!” Ye Shu almost blurted out, but he held his tongue, considering that her intentions were well-meaning.

He needed to absorb these vengeful spirits to boost his cultivation. He didn’t want someone hovering over him, acting like a protector.

“You’re asking for death! Don’t even think about getting closer!”

Nie Qing drew her sword and immediately slashed through two vengeful spirits.

Amid their agonized screams, the two spirits disintegrated into particles of light, gradually fading away. A pure stream of energy was absorbed into Nie Qing’s body.

Ye Shu watched closely.

The spiritual energy she had gained was far inferior to what he had absorbed earlier.

What a waste!

Normally, eliminating spirits would only grant a tiny boost in spiritual energy. But by using his own cultivation technique, he could absorb everything!

“I can’t let her ruin this for me!” Ye Shu thought, frowning. He needed to find a way to get Senior Sister Nie Qing to back off.

He spoke up, “Senior Sister, you don’t need to protect me. I can handle these on my own!”

“Junior Brother Ye, what nonsense are you spouting? You have the lowest cultivation here. As your Senior Sister, I can’t just stand by and do nothing,” Nie Qing replied, shaking her head. She couldn’t bear to see Ye Shu come to harm.

Ye Shu felt a headache coming on.

Damn it, I really don’t want your protection!

After a moment’s thought, he simply charged forward, ignoring Nie Qing.

“Junior Brother, I told you not to be so reckless! Why won’t you listen?!” Nie Qing fumed, her chest heaving in a way that was quite a sight to behold.

Ye Shu paid no attention. He reached out, grabbing one vengeful spirit after another. The sprout in his dantian was being nourished, and it felt incredibly satisfying.

This was far better than staying back and watching them waste such valuable resources.

“It seems the vengeful spirits on this first floor are quite weak, only at the Foundation Establishment level,” Lan Caidie observed, breaking the silence.

If the first floor only had Foundation Establishment-level spirits, then Ye Shu, who was at the Golden Core stage, could easily dominate here.

Hearing this, Nie Qing finally relaxed, reassured by his evident skill, and stopped worrying about Ye Shu.

Before long, after the three of them had swept through the area, the first floor was completely cleared of vengeful spirits, leaving it eerily quiet.

Ye Shu had eliminated the most spirits by far. His speed was so fast that even the combined efforts of the two Senior Sisters couldn’t match half of his efficiency.

“Not bad!”

Ye Shu took a deep breath. Thanks to the Creation Art’s devouring power, his Golden Core had stabilized further, and he was now on the verge of breaking through to the mid-Golden Core stage. All he needed was a few more spirits to push him over the edge.

With the first floor cleared, the only way to continue gaining power was to head to the second floor.

“Let’s go.”

Ye Shu glanced back at the two Senior Sisters.

Neither of them said anything. The spirits on the first floor had indeed been too weak to pose a challenge.

Deep inside the floor, a sinister-looking staircase made of bones awaited them.

As they stepped onto it, the staircase seemed to sense their presence. It let out a series of eerie, giggling sounds, like the whispers of ghosts in the dead of night.

Ye Shu’s expression turned grim. “Keep laughing, and I’ll refine you right here!”

The Creation Art within him surged with intent.

This bone staircase, a powerful vengeful spirit, quivered under the technique’s dominance and could be refined if he chose.

At his words, the bone staircase immediately fell silent, not even daring to creak.

“Can he really scare ghosts like that?” Lan Caidie muttered in confusion, walking behind him. It was unbelievable that the bone staircase had been intimidated so easily.

Nie Qing, bringing up the rear, wasn’t surprised. “Don’t forget, he’s the reincarnation of a saint.”

Hearing this, Lan Caidie nodded in understanding and continued forward.

As Ye Shu stepped onto the next floor, he felt a sudden chill above him. Looking up, he saw that the sky and the ground were filled with terrifying vengeful spirits. These spirits were far more grotesque and varied than those on the first floor.

Some flew in the air, others crawled on the ground, and there were even ghostly infants stuffed into jars, their heads poking out as they giggled eerily.

“So many.”

Ye Shu felt no fear—only excitement. With so many vengeful spirits, absorbing them would surely give him a significant boost in power.

Before the two Senior Sisters could catch up, he needed to act quickly and not let them interfere.

“Charge! Let me feast on this experience alone!”

Ye Shu laughed and charged forward without hesitation, grabbing one spirit after another. The sounds of their absorption echoed continuously, and he felt so exhilarated that even the air he breathed seemed sweet.

However, just as he was reveling in his triumph, a red figure flashed past him from the shadows.

It was so fast that he couldn’t even make out its form.

But then, his pupils contracted in shock.

“So beautiful!”