Chapter 11: The Underground City
As night approached, the luminous plants in the jungle began to emit a faint glow, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene. Unfortunately, Crow Woman had no mood to appreciate this splendor.
"You want me... to simultaneously hold two Original Sin Objects?"
Crow Woman forced herself to speak calmly, while constantly reminding herself in her mind that she was an emotionless assassin, a disciple of the Hunter Guild's Owl. She had no emotions; she had to remain calm and composed.
After repeatedly reminding herself of these things, Crow Woman's gaze regained the same expression as when they first met—that lazy, casual demeanor tinged with a hint of cold sharpness.
"Not bad, you've adjusted your mindset well. Try to maintain that."
As Su Xiao spoke, he picked up the charcoal box containing the Soul Crown and crushed it with a snap. The moment his right hand touched the Soul Crown, it began to go numb, but Su Xiao still held it loosely in one hand, causing the Soul Crown to shrink until it became a black ring shaped like a crown.
Su Xiao released the Blade Demon Spirit and tossed the Soul Crown in his hand to the spirit, ordering it to temporarily control Crow Woman and have her wear the shrunken Soul Crown on her index finger.
That wasn't all. Su Xiao crushed another charcoal box and had Crow Woman, now under the spirit's control, put the Nether Bone Ring on the index finger of her other hand. In the next instant, Crow Woman's eyes turned pitch black and ghostly green respectively, but this change appeared and then vanished. Neither of the two Original Sin Objects had managed to erode Crow Woman's soul.
This was something Su Xiao had anticipated. Although these two Original Sin Objects were causally connected to him, they actually didn't want to stay with him. The reason was that they were both sealed and couldn't devour resources or anything else—their treatment was extremely poor. This wasn't the treatment of a "wild daddy"; it was clearly a prison sentence.
Additionally, Su Xiao and these two Original Sin Objects mutually despised each other. More precisely, the reasons the Original Sin Objects now disliked Su Xiao were even greater than before, as follows: