Chapter 19: Red Blood Demon
Li Ye led the five girls towards where Cao Yanbing, Fang Shuwen and others were.

For Li Ye, the Island of Dead Souls is a very good place, especially the genius class, because the people in the genius class are not only extremely talented, but are also basically orphans from the human world or descendants of soul-suppressing generals whose parents died in battle.

They all have clean backgrounds and no complicated interpersonal relationships. Moreover, they are all young, simple, sincere and enthusiastic, without the cunning and intrigues of adults. What Li Ye wants is not just a simple subordinate, but a companion who can be trusted and entrusted with life and death!
Dead Soul Island is the perfect place to build a powerful team.

During the journey, the six people were very silent and the atmosphere was somewhat solemn.

"What do you think? Do you have any specific ideas?" As they walked forward, Li Xianyi suddenly turned her head and asked Li Ye.

"Of course, to do something as serious as this that could lead to death, we must plan it carefully!" Li Ye nodded without hesitation.

"Oh? Then why did you tell us so easily? Aren't you afraid that we will not accept your invitation?" Li Xianyi had a half-smile on her face.

"I don't know why, but the moment I saw your guardian spirits, I felt an inexplicable urge, especially when I saw your guardian spirit Li Guangbi and Yuzhu's guardian spirit Guo Ziyi."

"They are the peerless generals of our Tang Dynasty, the two pillars of the Middle Tang Dynasty. I know they also want to step into the battlefield again and fight another battle in this underworld under the banner of the Tang Dynasty." Li Ye looked into the distance, his eyes became deep, as if he had traveled through thousands of years and returned to the battlefield thousands of years ago.

"After all, the so-called fate of a general is to cross the wilderness, raise the battle flag again, and return to his hometown. Death is not terrible, it is just an eternal sleep."

Hearing this, the girls fell silent. Li Xianyi felt Li Guangbi in her body, Yang Yuechan felt Yang Ye in her body, and Guo Yuzhu felt Guo Ziyi in her body, and they all became visibly excited.

After a moment of silence, Guo Yuzhu asked, "Are there any other reasons?"

"I want to replace the Spirit Realm and become the new ruler of the underworld. Naturally, I have to unite all the forces that can be united. Even if you don't agree to me, I believe you won't leak it out. Besides, I also have the strength to prevent you from leaking it out." When saying this, Li Ye's expression was stern, and his words were full of coldness and arrogance.

"What I'm looking for is not only subordinates to build up my power, but also companions who can fight alongside me, share the same ideals with me, are trustworthy, and whom I can entrust my life and death to!" Li Ye was no longer as cold and domineering as before, but sincere and enthusiastic.

The girls were silent at first, and then smiled. "Then, from now on, we will be companions fighting side by side."

……

Li Ye and his companions soon met up with Cao Yan's soldiers from the Bingfang Shuwen and his group.

Seeing that Li Ye brought back five beautiful girls, Gao Chong immediately turned into a funny guy and started to make fun of him: "Wow! Boss, it has to be you. You brought back five beauties in this trip!"

Li Ye's face darkened and he said unhappily, "Don't make a fuss. They will be our partners in the future."

Gao Chong nodded heartlessly and said indifferently, "Yes, yes, yes." However, there was a gleam in Fang Shuwen's eyes, which was imperceptible, and he glanced at them inconspicuously.

I thought to myself: "These are all the good seedlings I recommended to the boss before. The boss is very efficient!"

"Let's go to the central vortex. It should be almost there." Li Ye didn't say much and pointed to the huge vortex in the sky.

Then, everyone set out towards the center of the wasteland.

……

After a while, they arrived under the whirlpool. Many people had already arrived here, including Liu Yuchan and his group, and Sun Zhantian and his group.

Li Ye took a look and found that almost all the people who were taking the assessment had arrived.

In the center is a huge stone square with dozens of huge stone pillars on the edge and an altar in the middle.

There is a dim red line between each stone pillar and the altar, and the red line is on the ground of the square.

Seeing the layout of this square, Li Ye couldn't help but frown and said casually: "There is no evil spirit here. My opinion is that it would be better to just put a super evil spirit here for me to fight!"

Gao Chong immediately agreed: "Yeah, yeah, it would be much better to just kill the monsters directly, why do all this?"

Yang Tianyu: "Me too!"

…Fang Shuwen looked at his three teammates and couldn't help but cover his face, thinking, "Three reckless men, is it too late for me to quit now?"

Then, he calmed down and adjusted his expression, and said, "Boss, you see, the purpose of setting up the assessment is to test our strength. The first level is for everyone to fight alone, which tests individual strength. The second level is for groups of three or five, which tests teamwork. This level is for everyone to gather together, which must be a test of everyone's ability to work together."

Everyone nodded, and Fang Shuwen continued, "Since this is a test of strength, we must defeat evil spirits, ferocious beasts, and the like. However, considering that everyone arrives here at different times, this big monster will definitely not appear until everyone has arrived."

Then, he fanned the folding fan in his hand and continued, "Look at the altar, so this square must be the medium for us to awaken this BOSS."

"There are a lot of stone pillars around, and we happen to have a lot of people. It seems that the stone pillars are the key to our summoning the BOSS."

Li Ye nodded and asked, "Now, what should we do specifically?"

Fang Shuwen said: "Everyone choose a stone pillar, stand in front of it, and try to inject spiritual power into it."

After saying that, everyone found a stone pillar, placed their hands on it, and began to inject spiritual energy into it.

Then, the patterns on the stone pillar began to light up and extended towards the red line on the ground. Soon, the dim red lines on the ground lit up one after another, and spiritual energy followed the red lines towards the altar in the middle.

"It really works! Shuwen has a sharp brain." Looking at the lit lines, Li Ye grinned.

The altar began to glow, and the crystal in the center of the altar suddenly emitted a dazzling beam of light, straight into the dark red vortex in the sky.

Suddenly, the speed of the vortex increased dramatically, and the clouds in the sky gathered towards the vortex.

The vortex gradually turned into a terrifying dark red ball of light, and the column of light on the altar gradually disappeared.

Everyone stopped channeling spiritual energy and silently withdrew their hands from the stone pillars.

A dark red ball of light began to fall, landing on the altar, and a dazzling light flashed.

Next to the altar, there stood a dark red human-shaped figure, about three meters tall, with two horns on his head like a bull's horns, and a single horn on his forehead. His body was covered with dark red irregular scales, and he had a pair of fleshy wings on his back, emitting a bloody, evil aura.

"It's the Red Blood Demon!" Fang Shuwen said calmly.

"Red-blooded Demon? What is that?" Gao Chong asked puzzledly.

"I've seen it in the underworld biology book in the Dead Soul Island library. The Red Blood Demon is a native creature of the underworld, a type of demon that is cruel and bloodthirsty. The defensive power of its scales is amazing, and it also has abnormal recovery abilities. It is a very powerful life form." Fang Shuwen calmly explained to everyone.

"This beast should be at the top level of screaming." Li Ye also spoke up.

Li Ye was thinking, "It is still difficult to call on top-level talents for the assessment of the beginner class. If I am not here, they may have to spend a lot of effort and pay an unknown price."

The Red Blood Demon stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. "Ah, what a wonderful air! After being sealed for so long, the Earl is back again!"

It looked at the boy and girl in front of it, with eyes like a hunter looking at prey, and said intoxicatedly: "Is this food prepared for me?"

"Count?" Yang Tianyu asked doubtfully.

"In the demon clan, there is a strict hierarchy. Big Scorch is the prince, Scorch is the duke, Big Shout is the marquis, Shout is the earl, Zhonghe is the viscount, and Black Rope is the baron."

"It calls itself the Earl, and it really is calling out. The boss is really good at judging people." Gao Chong chuckled when he heard this.

Li Ye raised his eyebrows, pulled out the Seven Star Dragon Spring from his sword box, pointed the sword at the Red Blood Demon not far away and said to the crowd: "That guy is too arrogant. A useless piece of shit really thinks he is a dish? I'm going to chop it up right now and let it know that there is a price for being arrogant."

Before he finished speaking, Li Ye rushed towards the red-blooded demon in the center alone.

(End of this chapter)