As that arm pressed against Shindai Sougen's face, Rosen's figure also walked in from outside.
"Not inviting me to the gathering, are you American-bullying me?"
He chuckled, looking at Shindai Sougen.
In Rosen's eyes, although the body before him was that of a young boy, the soul within was extremely ancient; it was clearly the soul of an old man manipulating this physical body.
As for the original soul, it was most likely gone.
"You bastard… Let go of me!"
Shindai Sougen struggled fiercely.
Because Rosen had not appeared when he attacked Taisui Xingjun before, no one knew who the god who killed Taisui Xingjun was.
Upon seeing Rosen, they didn't immediately make that connection.
Furthermore, having now devoured the souls of thousands of vengeful spirits, Shindai Sougen's power had become unprecedentedly strong, giving him a newfound confidence.
A dark shadow spread out from his body, and a giant mouth appeared beneath Rosen's feet, about to close.
However, before the jaws could open to their fullest, Rosen merely glanced down, and those eyes widened completely in extreme terror, as if they had seen something utterly horrifying.
The mouth dared not close at all, as if closing it would bring about a catastrophic disaster.
However,
even if it didn't close, its fate was still sealed.
Rosen lightly snapped his fingers.
Golden ripples spread out in all directions from between his fingers.
The massive black shadow, affected by the ripples, instantly let out a shriek and vanished into thin air.
Along with it, Shindai Sougen's power and soul also collapsed.
"Second Brother!"
Among the girls who followed Rosen from behind, Shindai Aiyi cried out in surprise upon seeing the figure Rosen threw to the ground.
Although her second brother was usually taciturn and didn't communicate much with her, he aimed for no mistakes rather than achievements.
At least he didn't join the rest of the family in kicking her while she was down.
"Don't go over there, he's no longer your second brother."
Kato Megumi, who was behind her, pulled her back.
"Huh? But he… no, who is he, she?"
Shindai Aiyi initially didn't believe it, but after observing carefully, she suddenly realized that the body curled up on the ground behaved too strangely.
And it gave her a profound sense of disharmony.
"Your second brother has been soul-snatched. As for who it is, you should recognize this old man."
Rosen turned around, a smile on his face, and pointed his hand through the air at the young body on the ground. Then, with a slight upward flick, a pale, aged soul roared and struggled.
"Why! How did you discover me?!"
Shindai Sougen's soul let out an inhuman, agonizing wail from the depths of its being.
His hoarse voice was distorted by the intense pain, sharp and piercing like the chirping of cicadas in summer.
Rosen looked down at the disheveled and frantic soul and said, "Go tell it to my Divine Realm."
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he shattered the will within Shindai Sougen's soul and threw him into his Divine Realm, to become one of the myriad soldiers.
And from the beginning until now,
the Soul-Snatchers had remained silent, watching.
Or rather, they were so astonished by Rosen's arrival and actions that they couldn't compose themselves.
Like the ordinary people who witnessed Taisui Xingjun being obliterated from a distance, Rosen's actions left the four Soul-Snatchers present unable to recover for a long time.
It wasn't until Rosen began to walk towards them that Nankobo Tenkai and the others finally snapped back to reality.
Reizwald and Dorothy remained still.
Nankobo Tenkai then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Greetings, sir."
As Soul-Snatchers, their primary goal was to maintain their disguise.
As long as their identity wasn't exposed, they had to use any reason to prevent others from thinking about soul-snatching.
After all, the ability to soul-snatch was simply too threatening.
If the outside world became aware of the existence of the Soul-Snatchers, it would definitely cause widespread panic.
Although it wouldn't directly affect the targets of the Soul-Snatchers, if it led to mutual suspicion, their activities using others' bodies would be restricted.
"At this point, are you still not going to show your hand? I must say, your Soul-Snatchers' psychological fortitude is much better than Shindai Sougen's."
Rosen said with a light chuckle.
But the faces of the four Soul-Snatchers present subtly changed.
They hadn't expected their identities to be exposed with just one glance.
Who exactly was this person?!
Nankobo Tenkai remained expressionless, but Reizwald and Dorothy's eerie smiles took on a hint of danger.
"Old man Nankobo, it seems our identities have been exposed. In that case, we'll just have to deal with the eyewitness, won't we?"
The man took off his hat and stood up from his chair.
"That's the only way, but be careful. I feel like this man is a bit off."
Nankobo Tenkai said in a deep voice.
Although Shindai Sougen had devoured the souls of thousands of vengeful spirits, his strength was still inferior to that of the high-ranking Soul-Snatchers.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have given that black fruit to Shindai Sougen so easily.
Wouldn't it be better to use it to nurture the embryo of dawn and increase the power of the god they were cultivating?
"Don't worry, old man, this is our main…"
Before Reizwald could finish the last word, his body was pierced by a rapidly incoming Holy Light Spear.
The Holy Spear didn't pass through his body but directly pierced his chest, like a barbed hook, firmly embedded in him. The immense kinetic energy blasted Reizwald backward, finally pinning him to the mountain rock.
And during his flight, the divine power burned the soul within his body to ashes. By the time he was pinned to the mountain, he was already utterly dead.
This scene happened in a flash of lightning.
It was so fast that it exceeded the Soul-Snatchers' reaction time. They only reacted when the rumbling vibrations from the back of the mountain reached them.
But Reizwald was already dead.
After a few seconds of processing, the Soul-Snatchers, who had initially intended to soul-snatch Rosen, were now filled with horror, their bodies trembling like sieves.
Nankobo Tenkai was even more distraught, his soul nearly fleeing his body.
"No… impossible, how could he be killed in an instant?!"
Dorothy's doll fell to the ground, unnoticed. At this moment, she was so scared that her hair was disheveled, and she was at a loss.
The woman behind Nankobo Tenkai was instantly scared to her knees.
The horror and fear that ordinary people displayed when they, in their evil spirit forms, intimidated and tormented them in the dead of night, were now vividly reflected in them.