Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 48 Kill or Not?

"Just now... there was Alicia's color."

Lang Lei had just emerged from the state of absorbing the immortal herb when he looked up and saw little Gretchen running up to him, her big eyes staring straight at him.

"Yes, Ellie helped me a lot this time." Lang Lei nodded, it wasn't something he couldn't admit.

"Will Alicia come too?" Little Gresh asked curiously.

"Of course, it will come someday, it's just a matter of time." Langley nodded, answering affirmatively. "But, little Gretchen, are you sure you want to continue calling Ellie 'little sister Elise'?"

Even though I know the reason, it still feels strange to hear Little Gretsch called that.

"Can't I?" Little Gretchen asked in confusion.

"It's not that it's impossible." Lang Lei didn't have much to say, since it was a matter of mutual consent, and he couldn't really speak up.

"Huh? Why are you still here?" Lang Lei noticed Xuan Bing and Li Huo standing to the side.

Although it's quite pleasing to the eye to see two beautiful and mature women standing here, this is his and Little Gretchen's room, and it feels a bit strange for Xuanbing and Lihuo to be standing here.

"Young Master, you haven't given us any orders, so our default instruction is to follow you," Xuanbing replied.

"Are you robots...?" Lang Lei's lips twitched involuntarily.

"No, from a physiological point of view, we are Honkai Beasts." Li Huo spoke up, but he was correcting Lang Lei's statement.

"Alright, you two go down to the first floor and ask the front desk to get you a room to rest. Just say it was me who arranged it, and put the money in my account," Lang Lei ordered.

"Yes, young master." ×2

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Seeing that little Gretchen had gone to draw again, Lang Lei began to examine his newly acquired talent skill.

After all, you can only fight better if you understand your own abilities.

Just like playing a video game, understanding a character's skills is the foundation for playing that character well.

There are two new talents: [Shared Sorrow] and [Autumn Burial].

Out of curiosity, Lang Lei first unlocked the talent [Shared Sorrow].

【Shared Sorrow: A special mental skill. Enemies at level one god or below will involuntarily fall into a depressed mood within a 50-meter radius of the host, and their control over their own power will decrease by a percentage depending on the degree to which their mood is affected.】

"Debuff skills?" Lang Lei was very satisfied. "They perfectly fill my gaps in my skills."

"So, what's next..."

Lang Lei looked at the talent skill [Autumn Burial] beside him.

[Autumn Burial: In autumn, the west wind blows, the grass and trees wither, and there are many desolate sounds.]

Each kill grants one stack of Killing Aura. Each stack of Killing Aura increases the host's all attributes by 4%, and additionally increases attack power by 1% and defense power by 1%.

Killing one person is a crime, killing ten thousand is heroism, killing a million is heroism among heroes! Heroes among heroes, their paths diverge. They see through the fame of a thousand years of benevolence and righteousness, seeking only to display their might in this life. They love infamy more than good reputation, their hearts unrepentant after killing a million. They'd rather be hated by ten thousand than have no one to curse them. Looking across five thousand years of history, where is there a hero who hasn't killed? We, these passionate men, can we, men of the past, truly lose to those of the past? (Excerpt from "A Man's Journey")

Reminder: Host, please cherish peace and do not let killing cloud your judgment.

Lang Lei fell silent. When he saw the effects of Burial Autumn, his first thought was to go to the City of Slaughter...

If he hadn't promised Little Gresh that he couldn't actively kill soul beasts unless he was absorbing a soul ring, he probably would have already gone on a killing spree in the Star Dou Great Forest.

In fact, if it weren't for the radiant pink crystal flower in his heart, Lang Lei might have lost control and started a war on the continent.

After all, this [Burial of Autumn] is, in a sense, no less than a divine skill, and even far surpasses one.

After all, you gain 4% of all attributes for every living being you kill! Plus an additional 1% attack and defense.

Twenty-five living beings would provide a 100% boost to all attributes!

This doesn't even mention the additional attack and defense bonuses.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the number one support-type weapon spirit on the mainland, only provides a certain amount of bonus at level 79.

His single innate skill is equivalent to countless support Soul Masters!

Lang Lei even suspected that this talent skill shouldn't appear on the first martial soul, as it was far too overpowered.

Furthermore, the first passive skill of the first soul ring of his second martial soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, is to multiply the final damage by a factor. The benefits of this talent will be amplified once he leaves Douluo Continent!

These benefits were all tempting Lang Lei to take that forbidden step.

Fortunately, the chilling aura of [Burial of Autumn] was accumulated after acquiring this talent; otherwise, Lang Lei, having tasted the benefits, would probably have been even less able to restrain himself.

After all, he really wasn't a good person.

However, he needs to wear that mask in front of the person he loves.

Lang Lei has always viewed himself this way.

However, Lang Lei seems to have forgotten that little Gretchen possesses the ability to see the true nature of everything...

Sometimes, it's not because of a particular aspect that you like a person, but rather because of a person that you like a particular aspect of them.

Like a mother, she will unconditionally accept everything about you, whether it's your strengths or your weaknesses.

Now, Lang Lei has another target – the Killing City.

A paradise for outlaws, a gathering place for evil soul masters on the Douluo Continent.

The only thing to consider is how to prevent little Gretsch from seeing the disgusting scenes in the Killing City while she's with her.

Speaking of which, Langlei, now possessing [Soul Ring Manipulation], can be considered a small killing capital.

After all, they can all seal soul skills.

Once Lang Lei reaches the level of a level 90 Title Douluo, he will truly become a walking killing machine...

Actually, there is another way.

When Lang Lei becomes stronger and the second soul ring of his second martial soul, Heavenly Fire Judgment, is fully formed, he will unleash a single strike with the zero-rated power Heavenly Fire, destroying the entire Slaughter City.

The chilling atmosphere definitely rose sharply.

However, Langrei does not intend to do so until he can actually find or create a place to replace the Killing City.

After all, he still had some sense of responsibility; he had to deal with the disaster he had caused.

Although he wouldn't help strangers solve the trouble they caused, he was a man who would take responsibility for his own actions and wouldn't rely on others to clean up his messes.

Before he destroys the City of Slaughter, he must at least build another place to imprison evil soul masters and prevent them from wreaking havoc on the Douluo Continent.

Like Tang San in the original story, who only cared about his own interests and destroyed the Slaughter City under the pretext that the place shouldn't exist in order to prevent others from possessing that power, leading to the rampage of evil spirit masters during the Douluo Continent II: The Unrivaled Tang Sect era and causing all sorts of evil deeds, who can say that Tang San doesn't bear some responsibility for this?

At that moment, little Gretchen seemed to sense something and gave Langley a sweet smile.

Lang Lei smiled, stopped thinking about it, and got up to walk over.

Strength is something you only need for now; enough is enough.

Let's go spend time with his little darling now~

(End of this chapter)