Soul Trigger

Chapter 219: Blade of the Heart (I)

Ji Li smashed through countless walls at a sharp angle and hit the ground hard. He then bounced back due to the violent kinetic energy and pounced forward.

As it rose and fell along the way, the thrusters at the back emitted sparks, and the parts scattered along the way fell off with a clanging sound, quickly turning into spiritual essence and dissipating in the air.

When the effects of the super-speed fission and the complete sacrifice of the soul Mach gradually dissipated, Ji Li finally stopped and fell into a lattice window door.

"…Tsk, this is a big deal."

He got up tremblingly as he felt intense pain all over his body from the collision. His transformation into an evil spirit had already been forced out by the large spiritual circuit of Inuzuka Castle.

The mechanized components that he had obtained in exchange for the Rune Circuit on his body were also rapidly disintegrating. Pieces of them kept falling to the ground from his back, making heavy sounds, and then turned into spiritual energy that filled the sky and dissipated.

"As expected of an immortal, the pressure is really great... I wonder if I can open a slit in that eye if I use the red substance."

Ji Li subconsciously wanted to use some spiritual means, but the Well of Soul had completely dried up after bursting out at full force. In addition, there was a constant flow of some kind of dissipated energy in the air, which blocked any trace of spiritual energy he tried to move in his body.

Reality interference has been locked, is it because of that large ectoplasm circuit...

Ji Li pondered, took out a can of supplement from the obelisk and took a sip:
If this is true, the subsequent escape plan may be a bit tricky.

Without the ability to use reality interference methods and evil spirits, we can only rely on the limited amount of red matter and the burster as a trump card...

It’s not that we can’t give it a try.

But the most urgent task right now is to find a suitable place to hide, at least to restore the status of the Soul Well and Soul Trigger.

Ji Li endured the pain all over his body, glanced at the big hole he fell into, and walked towards the inside of the room. He forcibly triggered the soul trigger that caused severe pain in his soul, and covered his perception to the surroundings.

There are several human spirits approaching rapidly outside. Judging from their speed, they should be ninjas, and they are heading straight for him.

Thinking of the yellow light that the immortal had shone on him just now, he was afraid that it was a mark of some kind and he had to avoid it quickly.

Ji Li glanced around and felt that this place was strangely familiar. It seemed that some memory in his mind overlapped with the scene in front of him.

"The forbidden area that Scorpion and Mouthpiece broke into...?"

At this moment, Ji Li was stumbling along a corridor with a strong Japanese style. In the corner, there was a plate of small potted plants that were all exactly the same.

The potted plant didn't even move, it just grew very lushly, and there was no sign of any care or pruning, as if no one had been to this corridor for a long time.

Sure enough, in his perception, the ninjas stopped not far outside, and heard a series of subtle conversations in Japanese:
"The intruders have entered the forbidden area... Should we continue to pursue them?"

"Lord Arakawa did not give the order to terminate the order, and don't forget what happened seven years ago..."

"Stop dithering! Why don't I just go in and see the strength of the invader!"

"Moriya, watch your behavior! And I'm the leader!"

It's really a forbidden place... You'd better chat for a few more minutes--

Thanks to the employee training at the World Tree Group in his previous life, Ji Li could understand Japanese, but he spoke it rather poorly.

The reason for this is that an economic colony in the solar system is basically composed of mostly pre-Earth-era Japanese.

Therefore, Japanese has become a language other than the main common language and is a relatively necessary language, and it has a necessary proportion in the employee training of the World Tree Group.

Ji Li, who was now more relaxed, took two steps forward and opened the lattice door on the side of the corridor. Seeing the decoration inside and a shrine emitting green light, he had an idea:
"If I remember correctly, in Scorpion's memory, there should be a man-made spiritual tool enshrined on the shrine in this room."

His current position was exactly where the Mouthpiece and Scorpion were when they first escaped into the forbidden area.

But there was nothing in the shrine before him, only a rich green light emanating from it.

Apparently, after that huge lesson, the Hellhound Clan also made some adjustments. Some things in this forbidden area may no longer match Scorpion's memory.

But fortunately, the structure has not changed much.

Taking advantage of the moment when the ninja at the door stopped because of the forbidden area, Ji Li had gradually gone deeper into it, passed through several corridors, and finally climbed over the wall and drilled into the mezzanine between the ceiling and the room below.

The space here was so small that he could barely sit inside with his head bent.

Ji Li quickly took out various supplies from the obelisk, broke them off on the ground and spread them around his body. He took one sip of the spiritual essence replenisher after another, and his spiritual essence was restored a little bit, but the severe pain deep in his soul still existed.

As his fingers trembled, Ji Li's consciousness sank into the gray space and took a look. The top and bottom suddenly sank -

On his huge, dry well of soul, a yellow crack appeared above, with bright yellow spiritual essence rising slightly.

"...Arakawa."

Given his current situation, it was obviously a bit too arrogant for him to want to face an immortal directly.

At this moment, he felt that the little bit of spiritual essence that had recovered was rapidly decreasing, just like a kettle with a hole opened, constantly leaking water out.

Just as Ji Li was thinking about how to repair it, he saw Odin's figure in the soul space tremble slightly, and a gray mist came out of his body.

It attached to his bright yellow crack like a wisp of green smoke, destroying it in an instant.

Then it quickly drilled into the crack of the Well of Souls and shrank to complete the repair in the blink of an eye.

Ji Li was stunned for a moment, then he opened his eyes in reality and smiled:
"It seems that my soul is more valuable..."

At this moment, Arakawa, who was outside the forbidden area, suddenly turned around and looked towards the forbidden area with a look of surprise and doubt.

"Lord Arakawa?" Inukai Shio beside him noticed the strangeness in his expression.

"No...it's okay."

Arakawa immediately restrained his expression, his mind was full of doubts and confusion, and even a hint of shock:
"My mark has been erased."

"How is this possible?! You are..."

"It doesn't matter. Just erase it. That crack is something that he, a small master, cannot repair no matter what. A useless person who can't use spiritual essence is nothing more than a lamb to be slaughtered."

"Search the periphery and force him to the core area. Don't take any action and leave his soul to the 'Lord of Misfortune'.

Then he paused, as if considering Ji Li's current situation, and added:
"Is the 4th Division carrying out the operation? If that doesn't work, let Mori Hachizai do it."

"What if the shrine is broken..."

"This is a shrine that I personally blessed. Do you think Morihachi's messy skills can handle it?"

"As ordered..."

……

After Ji Li completed the repair of the Well of Soul, his condition improved greatly and the severe pain deep in his soul completely disappeared.

He grabbed a dagger from the side and held it in his palm. The logic frame of the Ascension Protocol was reorganized in his retina:
It is a bit difficult to escape from the gates of hell in my current condition, but it is not impossible.

His current attainments in the spiritual circuit are not at the pinnacle, but he is skilled at it.

He was confident that as long as he could get his hands on the spiritual circuit of Inuzuka Castle, he could quickly destroy it by overclocking the Ascension Protocol to increase computing power.

If it's just destruction, it's much easier than cracking, the only difference is in the movement and noise.

But the Black Sun Palace must have already been put under martial law, and it is even reasonable to seal off the entire forbidden area.

After all, there is the lesson of the tongue and the scorpion. Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years.

They are not so confident that they would just let themselves mess around here.

Therefore, we still have to find a way to create chaos first. I just don’t know what is in this forbidden area, and how much they have changed... While thinking, Ji Li picked up a can of meat beside him, with the three big words "Limited Meat" written on it -

This is the prize I won with Yan Xiyu after participating in the big eater competition in the "Chef" restaurant. It has a strong effect on the recovery of spiritual essence. It's time to see how it tastes.

He plunged his dagger into it and cut open the can, and an aroma greeted him, the meaty taste and bright color.

The tip of the knife picked up a piece, and without looking at it too much, Ji Li stuffed it directly into his mouth:
It tastes good, he is worthy of being called a "great chef".

As the rich aroma of meat seeped into his stomach, Ji Li felt that his dried-up well of soul was instantly filled up.

It was like a piece of firewood that had been extinguished, with only a few sparks left, which was then blown into flames by a strong wind.

In just a moment, he had recovered one tenth of his spiritual essence.

"Methods of interfering with reality have been banned, but the physical enhancement of the unity of soul and flesh is still retained."

Ji Li grabbed the dagger and made some cuts, then continued to chew.

By the time he had eaten all the meat, his spiritual essence had recovered nearly half.

If it is a Soul Well supplement, no matter how much you inhale, it will probably only be one-tenth of the effect at this moment, and there are also issues of tolerance and soul resistance.

The only downside is that the meat is a little too fragrant, and you can smell it as soon as you walk into this room, but right now the most important thing is to quickly recover your spiritual essence.

After eating and drinking, Ji Li quickly put away the things on the ground in front of him, and then took out a blue glowing object from the obelisk, and quickly put it into the storage bag.

Something that was fished out from Inukai Shinga's body.

According to Ji Li's experience, awakened people and evil beings will leave behind personality relics or personality fragments after death, but the "personality fragments" of Inukai Shinga are somewhat different: -
[Personality Fragment: Countercurrent Lei Luo·Self]

[Soul Quality: Superior]

【Features: None.】
-
Superior, it was the highest quality of soul he had ever seen, among the few times he had seen it.

But there are no features?
Ji Li frowned when he saw this. If you don’t have any characteristics, what’s the use of you?

At the same time, he also discovered a detail, which was a hint about "materialization".

Before, whether it was a personality fragment or a personality relic, the Ascension Protocol would give a hint as to whether it could be materialized, but this thing did not.

Is it because of the special features of the different systems?
But he was just casually grabbing it and didn't have too high expectations.

But he suddenly thought of something:
It seemed that I used the little dragon man's knife as a guide to come to the gate of hell from the gate of flesh and blood.

When searching for information about the Black Sun Mansion before, he learned that the awakener system used by the Hellhound Clan was completely different from Silla's. It was called "Blade of the Heart", commonly known as "Heart Sword".

Although he didn't understand this system, was it possible that the little dragon's sword belonged to this "heart sword" system?

So as a guiding medium, you sent yourself to this place?
Just as Ji Li was about to take out the little dragon man's knife, he felt the trigger of his soul tremble, and his movements suddenly slowed down -

somebody is coming.

He did not use his perception to scan the surroundings recklessly, because when a person's spirit was included in the perception and actively touched, the other party would also sense his own existence.

So he carefully crawled to the entrance he came from, which was an entrance just big enough for one person to get into the mezzanine above, and existed as a part of the building renovation.

Then, a faint conversation entered his ears:

"Don't go too deep into it, or you might alarm the 'Lord of Misfortune'."

The second voice came with some surprise: "I understand. But the intruder actually killed Shen Ya... Is this true?"

"It's true, but he was seriously injured, and his soul well was shattered by Lord Arakawa. He has no spiritual essence left. Don't worry."

Ji Li, who was listening attentively, narrowed his eyes——

Having said that, shouldn't I give you a surprise?
Soon, the two voices separated, and Ji Li wrote down the name "Master Huojin".

Then, under Ji Li's gaze, a ninja quickly walked into the room below, with a pair of metal protective gear with mechanisms on his wrists and a ninja sword flashing with cold light in the other hand.

As expected of a ninja, he walks without making any sound.

Ji Li thought about it and clenched the dagger in his hand and was about to jump down to attack the opponent, but the ninja suddenly turned around and was about to walk quickly outside.

He was stunned for a moment:
What are you singing about?
He had just eaten canned food in this room. Even if it was in the mezzanine on the ceiling, he could at least smell the fragrance.

This is also the reason why he planned to attack and kill the opponent directly, because the possibility of being discovered because of the smell was very high.

But you just turn around and leave, actor?

But if that's the case, it means... they don't really want to kill themselves, or they don't want to kill themselves here?
If Ji Li is really out of spiritual energy now, he will definitely be forced by these ninjas to move and go deeper into the forbidden area.

In other words, you want to force me into the forbidden area on purpose?

As thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, the logical framework of the Ascension Protocol was calculated, and the ninja just turned around at this moment.

A cold light flashed in Ji Li's eyes, and he dropped a knife from the sky and stabbed down -

Ouch!
Violent sparks flew everywhere, and the ninja had already raised his blade to deflect Ji Li's sneak attack and forced him back to the side.

Ji Li kicked the wall with one foot, and the dagger in his hand emitted a cold silver light and enveloped the other party.

The ninja was also very skilled. He held the ninja sword filled with spiritual essence in one hand and blocked all of Ji Li's attacks with a loud bang. Sparks flew everywhere in the blink of an eye.

Something...

Ji Li looked at the glaring gap in the calculation of the movement trajectory of the Ascension Protocol, kicked it down on the wall with his legs, and the dense cracks appeared. He landed on the ground first, and then rushed forward -

The strength of these ninjas ranged between level five and level six, and the guy in front of him had a level six spiritual fluctuation.

Right now, methods such as demonization and reality interference cannot be used. Relying only on his physical body and this knife, Ji Li has many disadvantages under hard conditions.

Not to mention that the dagger in his hand was already bent and mottled after just a brief fight. The opponent was from the "Heart Sword" system that he was not familiar with, and all his spiritual energy was on the weapon, so he had to treat it with caution.

The best way to fight a long sword with a short sword is to keep attacking him without giving him a chance to breathe.

The next moment, the mottled blade cut towards the ninja's neck. The opponent was also experienced in combat, and he took the lead in placing his ninja sword across his neck.

Ji Li changed from cutting to stabbing, but the opponent used his knife diagonally to avoid his stab and slashed at his chest at the same time. A piece of burning spiritual essence burst out from the ninja sword, and it seemed that it was going to blow Ji Li's entire body away.

But Ji Li stomped his feet hard, and his body made a crisp sound of bones breaking. At the moment when the mycelium slightly rose and fell on his body surface, his body had already twisted the opponent's counterattack and the powerful spiritual fluctuations at an angle that ordinary people could not reach.

The ninja was momentarily stunned by Ji Li's response, but his reaction was equally quick. He followed the trajectory of the knife and inserted the blade directly into the device on his other wrist.

With a loud bang of sparks, the knife burst out like an explosion and slashed towards Ji Li -

Puff puff puff!

Four intensive sounds of flesh-cutting exploded one after another, and silver shadows were tangled in the surging face spirit knife waves.

A huge charred gap was left on the wall not far behind Ji Li, but the ninja's left wrist, right shoulder, left leg and right leg were all spurting out blood.

The whole person suddenly fell to his knees, his pupils filled with uncontrollable astonishment:

"Master of swordsmanship..."

The next moment his entire neck was cut open, his head suddenly raised up, and the cuts were full of blood spurting out of the sky like a burst water pipe, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

(End of this chapter)