Honkai Summoning.

Su Mo took a step back. Watching the mantis monster swoop past his shallows, he caught a glimpse of its body and noticed that many parts of it were frozen solid.

"Running away... Is it a monster that can breathe ice?" Su Mo thought to himself, as he heard light footsteps coming from his right.

"They ran away, how boring! Come play with me!"

A somewhat childish voice reached Su Mo's ears, and a small figure gradually appeared in the thick fog.

"I've encountered so many geniuses with superpowers lately. If this continues, the world will be doomed sooner or later."

Looking at the newcomer, Su Mo couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. Before him stood a little girl, barely half his height, with ice-blue hair, her clothes filthy, the collar and cuffs stained black. Her small face also had some black marks, making her look like a little kitten.

Su Mo's observation stemmed from the fact that as the little girl approached, within a two-meter radius of her, all the plants were covered in a layer of frost. Closer to the plants, a thin layer of ice even formed.

Su Mo's earlier guess that the temperature drop was caused by the white mist was clearly wrong. The temperature drop was caused by none other than the little girl in front of him, and the little girl was also the one who made the mantis monster flee in panic based on instinct.

The destructive power this little girl has shown so far would have been extremely terrifying in the past. Even back then, Su Mo had no more than five people like her under his command.

This little girl, who looks no more than seven or eight years old, actually possesses such powerful superpowers? This truly exceeded Su Mo's expectations. Coupled with the performances of Guan Erdai, Lin Yunling, Lux, and others, it almost foreshadows the arrival of an era of "personal combat power" that is even more prevalent than before.

The little girl slowly walked up to Su Mo. The white frost spread to Su Mo's feet, and a layer of ice appeared on his shoes.

In such a dense fog environment, the little girl's abilities would be greatly enhanced.

"Brother, come play with me." The little girl looked up at Su Mo, wiped her nose with her sleeve, and said. It seems that's how she got those little cat-like marks on her face.

What do you want to play?

Su Mo asked with a smile. Although the little girl was dirty, she was undoubtedly a beautifully crafted, adorable little girl, comparable to a porcelain doll.

If it were that "little sister monster" he encountered in the shelter that day, Su Mo, who didn't need a guide, would have already beheaded it.

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P.S.: Thank you to Tianjian Yulong, Chunfeng Qiuyu, Hongchen Yanman Qingsi, Luoli de Qiyue, Guyue Muyuyun, and Fengyue Juhan for their monthly tickets, and thank you to Dongdongqi, Huanyi Liubai, Zhonger Shenjing Youbing, and Weiyi xru (Your name makes me passive) for their donations.

Chapter 133 A World That Judges by Appearance

"Let's play hide-and-seek."

The little girl said, "I'll be the ghost and catch you."

"Oh."

Su Mo nodded and asked, "Was that thing that ran over just now also playing with you?"

"Yes."

The little girl nodded. "But it didn't follow the rules. Even though I was the ghost, it came and grabbed me. I got angry and hit it, and then it ran away. It was really boring."

Su Mo didn't speak, but quietly looked at the little girl in front of him.

"Brother, I'll give you ten seconds. I'll come find you in ten seconds. If I find you within a minute... hehehe." The little girl revealed a sly smile.

"What if you find me?" Su Mo asked.

"I'll freeze you," the little girl said with a smile, her face full of innocence.

"Tsk, they've been corrupted."

Su Mo asked, "Who taught you this game?"

“It’s Daddy,” the little girl said.

Su Mo asked, "Have you ever played this game with your dad?"

"No." The little girl shook her head. "My dad never plays games with me. He only takes me out and lets me play games with other people."

"What's your father's name?" Su Mo continued to ask.

"Daddy is Daddy, does he have any other name?" The little girl tilted her head and asked with a puzzled look, "Hurry up, brother, play with me."

The little girl stepped forward, grabbed Su Mo's finger and shook it. A chill emanated from Su Mo's finger, as if the one holding his finger was not a little girl, but an ice sculpture.

"Wait a minute, what if you can't find me?" Su Mo asked.

"Can't find you?" The little girl thought for a while, then shook her head like a rattle drum, her ice-blue hair swaying back and forth. "I've never been unable to find someone before, so Daddy made me find you in one minute, otherwise I'll lose."

"That ten seconds, was that also decided by your dad?" Su Mo simply sat down on the tree stump next to him and asked casually.

The little girl, being a little girl at heart, temporarily forgot about the hide-and-seek game after chatting with Su Mo: "That wasn't decided by Daddy, I decided it myself."

"Oh, why ten seconds?" Su Mo asked with interest.

The little girl smiled shyly. She leaned close to Su Mo's ear and whispered, "Brother, you're so handsome, I'll only tell you this secretly."

"What a world that judges by appearance," Su Mo sighed inwardly, grateful that his parents, who had been dead for thousands of years, had given him this face. Otherwise, his nickname wouldn't be Dark Night King; it might be something like Dark Night Villain or Dark Night Butcher.

“Okay, go ahead.” Su Mo nodded.

“Actually, I used to be able to find people within a minute, but if I only give them ten seconds, I can find them,” the little girl said.

"You really enjoy looking for people?" Su Mo said.

“Mmm.” The little girl nodded, her face beaming with excitement. “It was so much fun to freeze them after we found them. And so many people are so annoying, the way they look at Phil is so irritating. Freezing them away makes that feeling disappear.”

Su Mo looked at the little girl who called herself "Phil". There was no cruelty or coldness in her eyes, only innocence and romance.

This is what is meant by the cruelty of naivety.

"By the way, tell me, does your dad look like this?" Su Mo took out his phone and showed Phil a picture of Eller.

Phil looked at it for a while and shook his head: "It's somewhat similar, but Dad is much older than him."

"That's good." Su Mo was now basically certain that Eller was Phil's father. He wondered where Eller had found such a promising young talent. He reached out and patted Phil's head. "I'll play with you for a while. If you can't find me, you can take me to your father, okay?"

Phil's face lit up with a look of pure bliss, like a kitten. After a moment, he said, "I won't lose everyone, but... but I can play with my brother a few more times."

"Why do we need to play it multiple times?" Su Mo asked.

“Because, it seems I don’t really want to freeze my brother.” Phil grabbed Su Mo’s hand that was pressing on his head. “It’s so warm to be with my brother.”

"Don't worry, I won't get caught. Let's begin," Su Mo said to Phil.

“I can give my brother some time. But if we catch him, he has to be frozen, that’s what Dad said.” Phil’s little face was full of struggle.

"I'm gone." Su Mo reached out and pinched Phil's cheek, took a few steps back, and disappeared in a flash.

"Huh?" Phil was stunned, then his little face turned serious, as if he had turned from a little kitten into a little tiger... But there was no difference, since they were both felines, one a kitten and the other a big cat.

The only difference lies in the destructive power. The white frost under Phil's feet spread outwards, causing the surrounding trees to sway. A clump of wild grass at his feet froze instantly, turning into ice crystal fragments that fell to the ground with the slight vibration of Phil's footsteps.

"Such powerful freezing ability," Su Mo thought to himself, hiding in the shadows.

At this moment, he had already turned into a shadow. To use such methods to play a game of hide-and-seek was undoubtedly bullying the little girl.

However, Su Mo couldn't figure out what other abilities this little girl had besides freezing, so it was best to be cautious. Of course, the caution here was to get the little girl to lead him to Ailer.

A minute passed quickly, and little girl Phil clearly noticed the time slipping away. Her expression turned dejected, but there was a hint of joy mixed with her disappointment. It seemed she really didn't want to freeze Su Mo into an ice sculpture.

"Alright, a minute has passed. Take me to see your father now." Su Mo suddenly appeared beside Phil and took her hand.

It felt just as cool to the touch as before.

“Oh,” Phil nodded.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at an ordinary country house. Phil pointed to the closed door and said, "Dad kicked me out a day ago saying he had something important to do. How annoying."

"No wonder you're so dirty," Su Mo said with a smile.

"Hehe." Phil chuckled sheepishly.

Without knocking, he kicked open the tightly closed door, and a lot of noise came from inside the house.

A giant spider emerged from behind the door and pounced directly at Su Mo.

Su Mo remained standing still, extended his right hand, clenched his fist, and flicked it to the side. The concentric chains transformed into thin threads that bound the spider and tossed it aside. Then, the threads twisted, cutting the spider into several pieces, releasing a foul odor.

"It stinks! It's disgusting."

Phil covered his mouth and nose with one hand.

However, Su Mo killing the spider did not mean the end. Various sounds similar to insect chirping came from inside the house, and spiders, even larger than Phil, crawled out of the thick fog.

"Has it become a nest?"

Su Mo picked up Phil and gently jumped backward, landing on the open space outside the house.

Some of the spiders came out from the doorway, while others broke through the window and swarmed towards Su Mo.

Phil reached out and hugged Su Mo's neck, his eyes sparkling, his face showing no fear, but rather excitement.

Half a minute later, Su Mo was still holding Phil, not moving an inch, leaving behind a pile of mangled spider corpses.

"what?"

A look of surprise appeared in Su Mo's eyes. He clearly saw that there was a soul or life force slowly rising on the corpses of these spiders.

Aside from demons, this was the first time he had seen a life form other than humans possess a "soul" that he could absorb and transform into life force.

He took a slight breath, and all the "souls" that only he could see flew towards Su Mo and poured into his body.

"This life force is much greater than that of an ordinary person." The spiders that Su Mo killed were only about twenty, but the life force he absorbed was equivalent to that of nearly fifty people.

“These mindless monsters actually have souls, how interesting.” Su Mo walked to the side, broke off a branch from a tree, put Phil down, and took her hand as they walked towards the house.

He went inside the house, stirred the twig in front of him a few times, and removed a large amount of spider webs. These webs were hidden in the thick fog and were almost invisible to the naked eye. The spider webs were clearly quite resilient, and the twig quickly broke due to the excessive amount of webs.

Su Mo tossed the branch aside, grabbed a nearby umbrella, and opened it, improving efficiency.

"dad."

Following the hidden door of the study, we entered the basement. Phil pointed to a slightly trembling humanoid dumpling bound in spider webs in the corner and said...

Su Mo walked over, and black energy began to swirl around his hands, transforming into black armor gloves. He reached out and grabbed the spider silk, and red and black patterns appeared on the white spider silk before it split open, freeing the person inside.

"Ha ha--"

The person inside immediately collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. If it weren't for luck that the spider silk hadn't completely sealed his mouth, Su Mo would have seen a corpse by now.

"Thank you." Eller's glasses were already broken, and he couldn't see who had saved him in the thick fog, so he spoke up.

“How pitiful, Eller,” Su Mo said, pulling up a chair and sitting down.

Eller froze as he was about to get up. He recognized the voice; it had appeared countless times in his nightmares.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Phil picked up a small twig from somewhere and poked Eller a couple of times, much like a little kid poking at a dog's poop on the street.