Strongest Scammer: Scamming The World, One Death At A Time-Chapter 272: Emotion Severing Slash

Han Yu sat up again, this time with a more serious expression settling over his face.

The playful air vanished as he focused, casting his attention inward once more. There was still something he hadn’t tested—something that had been bugging him since the day he awakened it:

Emotion Severing Slash.

His third Soul Skill.

Unlike Soul Needle or the defensive Memory Echo, this one had always remained frustratingly dormant. No matter how many times he tried to activate it in the past, nothing ever happened. He had suspected something was wrong at first—perhaps a flaw in his cultivation method, or a blockage in his meridians.

But after much internal searching (and a bit of frustrated shouting at inanimate objects), he’d realized the truth.

He simply didn’t have enough Soul Qi to power it.

Until now.

Han Yu exhaled slowly and stood up, brushing dirt from his sleeves. His courtyard was quiet, save for the faint chirping of birds and the occasional rustle of leaves. The pond nearby glistened in the sunlight, a few lotus leaves floating serenely across its surface.

And a single fat frog sat perched at the edge of the water, blinking at him with the kind of indifferent gaze only frogs seemed capable of.

"Perfect," Han Yu murmured.

He raised his right arm, focusing his intent inward. The sea of Soul Qi within his Soul Space rippled in response, the Eight Emotions Lotus trembling slightly as energy began to surge toward his limb.

A faint glow of white light emerged, wrapping around his forearm like a misty flame. It pulsed, pale and ethereal, and carried a sharp, cutting presence—like the moment right before a blade struck.

"Emotion Severing Slash," he whispered.

The glow thickened instantly. The light coalesced, forming a sharper edge of energy around his arm.

And then he felt it.

A huge pull on his Soul Qi reserves.

His eyes widened.

Twenty percent... no, twenty-five percent of his Soul Qi vanished in an instant, siphoned into the activation of the skill.

Han Yu winced. "That’s a bit much, don’t you think?" he muttered aloud to no one in particular. "Just for one strike?"

He clenched his jaw. He could already feel the sea within his Soul Space diminished, almost a quarter drained from a single activation.

That was far more than he’d anticipated.

And probably a waste, too.

Still... he had to know. What was the true power of this skill?

Shaking his head, Han Yu stepped forward, locked eyes with the frog—which blinked once in the most unimpressed way possible—and slashed his arm forward.

A brilliant arc of translucent white energy burst forth from his forearm, tearing through the air like a spiritual blade. It shimmered slightly, almost invisible at the edges, and hummed with a frequency that made the courtyard tremble.

The arc shot directly at the frog.

For a moment, it seemed to miss.

It passed right through the frog’s body—no sound, no reaction, as if the frog hadn’t even noticed. The arc continued onward, slicing through the courtyard and striking the base of a tree beyond the pond before finally fading into a fine mist.

Han Yu blinked. "Did I—?"

Plop.

The frog collapsed into the water, unmoving. frёeωebɳovel.com

Dead.

It had been clean. Silent. Almost... surgical.

Han Yu walked over, inspecting the frog briefly. There was no wound. No blood. But he could feel the faintest trace of lingering Soul Qi near the body.

Emotion Severing Slash hadn’t cut its body.

It had severed something else.

"...Its soul?" Han Yu guessed aloud.

He turned his gaze toward the tree. The arc had hit the bark at its base. A faint, almost invisible groove had been carved into the trunk, though it hadn’t gone deep. Just a surface wound.

Han Yu felt a bit curious about it and peeled away the bark to see the surface under it. There a very clear mark could be seen. But this wasn’t due to physical damage, but due to the plant’s cells dying in that part.

He didn’t know how deep it went as the rest of the tree seemed fine. At least for now.

Still, it proved one thing:

The slash could travel through multiple targets.

"And I didn’t even aim for that," he whispered.

He stepped back, arms folded as he began thinking more critically. The arc hadn’t stopped after killing the frog—it had continued along its path and damaged the tree. That meant the skill wasn’t just powerful; it was penetrative. It could sever through both spiritual and physical defenses in a line.

A beam-type soul attack?

Or more like a spiritual sword slash?

Either way, it had serious implications. In the right battlefield, one well-timed Emotion Severing Slash could pierce through multiple enemies—or sever the very connections between techniques, arrays, or puppets.

"Expensive," Han Yu muttered. "But dangerous."

The cost was steep. Twenty-five percent of his Soul Qi per strike meant he could only use it four times before needing recovery—and that was assuming he used nothing else in the meantime.

But it was worth it.

He had just gained a true killing technique. Not some fancy poke like Soul Needle or a mental defense like the Memory Echo. No, this was the real thing.

A finisher.

Han Yu exhaled deeply, letting the residual Soul Qi dissipate from his forearm.

Then, a grin crept up on his face.

"Okay. I’m officially scary now," he whispered, pleased with himself.

He’d still need more Soul Qi to use it more frequently. If he wanted to chain slashes together, maybe even form a skill combo, then advancing to the Soul Adept realm was a must.

But for now?

He had a taste.

And the frog? A silent martyr for the cause of progress.

Han Yu glanced down at the pond, which now bubbled faintly as another frog peeked out from under a lotus leaf and immediately went back under.

"Don’t worry," he said with mock solemnity. "You’re safe. Today’s science experiment is complete."

He looked at his glowing forearm, now dim again, and nodded.

Emotion Severing Slash.

He liked the name more now that he had actually seen it in action.

It didn’t just sever life.

It severed fate.

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