Soul Trigger

Chapter 221 Similar
"Lord Huojin..."

"Why are you so nervous? Aren't you planning to let me out anyway?"

A strange smile appeared on the face of "Yuuga Morihachi".

This was not the script that Ji Li had expected.

He stepped back and placed his hand on the hilt.

Indeed, in his original plan, he had followed the fragments of Scorpion's memory and tried to release the master of disaster here.

But this does not mean that he wants to confront the other party head-on.

"Are you from the Yuya family? Then why are you sealed here?"

"Are you just trying to be polite? Ah... I really should have a good conversation with you."

"Yuuga Senpachi" casually adjusted his sitting posture, raised one knee, and supported his wrist on it.

Then he grabbed the blade at his heart, pulled it out and inserted it into the ground beside him, and waved his hand casually -

As the green energy flowed out, the entire room was restored to its original state in a very short time, and even the fatal wound on the heart of "Yuya Senba" was repaired by it.

Ji Li looked at this miraculous scene without saying a word.

"Don't worry about it. Apart from repairing this little guy's body, the rest is not my power. I just borrowed the rules here."

"After all, this broken cage was also broken by someone seven years ago, and when I was let out, the surrounding area was a mess. The people of the Hellhound Clan must have some convenient and quick ways to repair it."

Lord Huojin seemed to have no ill intentions and looked quite unrestrained. He began to tell Ji Li about the situation of the forbidden area in a rambling manner.

Ji Li was very happy with the other party's behavior, but it didn't mean he would let his guard down.

According to the other party, Lord Huojin was once a member of the Hellhound clan, the leader of the eight major families and the "Yuya" family with absolute supreme status.

Yuya is a surname. This name was given by the royal family of the ancient Heiri Mansion in order to commend the guardian family who guards the gate of hell.

As history progressed, the royal family of the Black Sun Palace gradually declined, and even became a political mascot with the advent of a new era.

The Hellhound Clan, under the leadership of the Hellfang Family, has become increasingly powerful with the power of the Awakened. They have become the undisputed uncrowned kings in both the world of ordinary people and the world of the Awakened.

The "Lord of Huojin" was born into the Yuya family. He was gifted and once achieved great power and status in the family.

Precisely because of his enormous power and strength, as well as his strong suppression of the other seven families, he was eventually pulled down by the elders and the other seven families, and was sealed here.

"Besides, there is another reason why the forbidden area is a forbidden area besides being a cage where I am imprisoned."

Lord Huojin smiled and said:

"The forbidden area is also a source of energy. It is a device for supplying spiritual essence. It is part of the core and one of the sources of energy that supplies the Gate of Hell..."

“So, you’re still a battery.”

Ji Li's words made Huo Jinzhu burst into laughter:

"Yes."

"So, let me out, and after I kill you to my heart's content, I'll personally escort you out, how about that?"

It’s not a big deal, Ji Li said in his heart.

Regardless of whether this clichéd story of the king's return is true or not, to be honest, after a head-on encounter with the other party, Ji Li somewhat gave up the idea of ​​using the other party to escape -

The risk is too great. Trying to get the skin of a tiger is no less than suicide.

His original plan was to use the other party to pave the way for himself, rather than discuss any cooperation with this thing.

That would only mean that we would be used by the other party, and the claims of having a grudge against the Hellhound Clan were just one-sided statements from the other party.

"What use is this sword-wielding madman's body to you?" Ji Li changed the subject and diverted the conversation.

"Where do you think this place is?" Lord Huojin did not answer his question directly:

"The Gate of Hell, the most terrifying prison for the spirits in Black Sun Palace, and the headquarters of the Hellhound Clan."

"You are an ancient family that almost controls the economy and politics of the Black Sun Prefecture. Why do you think you can easily wreak havoc here and get into my cage?"

Ji Li raised his eyebrows:
"You set me up."

Lord Huojin was suddenly stunned:
"Oh, I don't have that ability."

Then he smiled and said:

"You escaped from the Flesh and Blood Gate. If I had the ability to control the Flesh and Blood Gate, how could I have been locked up here for so long?"

"That's hard to say. Who knows what kind of old monster you are."

"So what kind of old monster are you?"

This guy……

This sudden and somewhat inexplicable sentence made Ji Li think of Monsa.

Could it be that the other party also has the same "vision" as Monsa and also regards him as some kind of wheel-turner?

And Lord Huojin continued to smile, as if everything was self-evident:
"It's luck."

"My perception of the outside world is not obvious, but you have to know that some slightly stronger awakened people, their human spirits are like torches, and they can see clearly even in the dark."

"The eight major families of the Black Sun Palace, the twelve-member elders council."

"Each of the current heads of the eight major families has at least the combat power of a peak master, and three of them have immortal souls."

"In addition, the guardian of the Gate of Hell, 'Arakawa', is also an immortal. In addition to the eight family heads, there are three immortal souls in the Elders Council."

"The various clansmen under the eight major families, as well as those from other clans, also have many strong men at the peak master level."

"There are five immortals, and I only met 'Arakawa', which means that the others are not in the Gate of Hell at the moment." Ji Li explained what the other party meant.

That’s right, how could such a giant family have only one immortal?

If we were to rank the strength of the awakened people in Asian countries by country, Shulong would naturally be number one.

It has a vast territory, rich resources and a large population, ranking first in Asia.

The second is Heiri Prefecture. Although the public security is good, the social environment is extremely bad. Similar to the situation in Silla, it has bred a large number of evil and rebellion, and there are also natural disaster-level "disaster city" incidents.

At the back is the tiny country like Silla which has little history. As for the Asian Federation, it is on par with the Black Sun Palace, but the situation is more complicated.

A place like Hell's Gate is basically the largest headquarters of official awakeners under the shadow of a country.

In Silla, it could probably be seen as Ji Li breaking into the Special Management Bureau's capital headquarters and killing Han Xiaofu in front of them.

Under normal circumstances, this possibility is almost non-existent, unless Ji Li shoots himself in the head with the burster.

Not to mention that this is the Black Sun Mansion where the Awakeners are more powerful than Silla.

"So, you are very lucky." Huo Jinzhu said:
"In addition to the Elders, there are normally three immortals in the Hell Gate. Even if they don't stay here all the time, there are countless multiple peak masters."

"But they seem to have made quite a big move. Calculating the time, many of those guys should have led teams to try to retake Huocheng... I don't know how many times this has happened."

Ji Li said directly:
"You mean, if we stay here for too long, I might just have to stay here with you?"

Huojinzhu manipulated Yuya Senba's face and pulled out a creepy smile:

"You said that yourself. I'm not threatening you."

As the incident happened suddenly, Ji Li only learned about the situation of the Hellhound Clan in the Black Sun Mansion because of the situation at the Gate of Flesh and Blood, so he didn't know how many immortals there were in this place, or what the famous ones were.

But if it is true as Lord Huojin said, among the Hellhound clan that has so many powerful people, they must seal it tightly in the gate of Hell.

Then what level should this leader of Huojin be at?
At this time, Lord Huojin continued:

"It's a very simple logic. Although the Yuya Family is still nominally the leader of the eight major families, its status has declined a lot compared to its former heyday. They would be happy to return to their former peak..."

"And you also need the power of the Yuya family to help you control his family and the people from the Elders Council." Ji Li said.

This is why the other party kept Yuya Senpachi.

"After all, my last name is Yuya." said Lord Huojin.

"I need detailed information about the Heart Blade." Ji Li didn't seem to think too much about it.

"Does that mean you agree?"

"If I cut off Yuya Senba's head now, will you be troubled?" Ji Li stroked the handle of the knife at his elbow.

"That's not a big problem. I just lost someone who can help me talk to the Yuya family... But if you stay here for a long time, you will definitely be more troubled than me." Swoosh -

The sharp sound of a blade being unsheathed.

"The training of the Heart Blade is divided into three parts..."

Huo Jinzhu's voice caused Ji Li's blade to suddenly stop in front of Yuya Senba's neck. Huo Jinzhu continued to smile creepily:
"Oh, I was just talking, why are you angry?"

Ji Li slowly put away his knife:

"and then?"

"Then... I suddenly don't want to say anything. How about you pull out the knife again? This way I might feel more threatened?"

"Okay."

"I was just kidding, you're so rigid."

"I'm not a rigid person. But you, are you really not locked up here because of mental instability?"

"you are right."

Lord Huojin laughed so hard that he was out of breath.

Ji Li didn't quite understand what the other party meant by this sudden joke. It seemed like the status of this Lord Huojin suddenly dropped drastically and he became a little nervous.

"The sword of the self, the sword of the ego, and the sword of the superego. These are the parts of the 'heart sword' that the master needs to practice during the mastering stage."

The Blade of the Heart is the Black Sun Mansion's unique awakener system. Before reaching the Overlord, this system is not much different from other awakeners.

But the important criterion for entering the Domination stage is the cohesion of the “Sword of Self”.

According to Lord Huo Jin, the Self Sword is the awakened aura of the "Heart Sword" system, which is the embodiment of desire and the most fundamental power after the Heart Sword enters the master.

After completing the practice of "Sword of Self" and achieving dominance over the soul, you will enter the "Sword of Ego" stage.

This stage is the accumulation of strength and the balance of one's own desires, which is very easy to get out of control in the heart sword system. That's why the self-sword of Inukai Shinya that Ji Li took away did not have any special features.

Because in essence, the Self-Sword is only the accumulation of spiritual essence.

The proof of the peak dominance is the "Superego Sword", the continuous extension of desire toward the end, and the continuous expansion of the human spirit's imagination and desire for its own development and growth.

The cultivation of the third party heralds the completion of the Heart Sword system.

As for the eight types, the Heart Sword system is almost the same. After the "Super Self Sword" is cultivated, it is similar to the Awakener system that Ji Li knows.

It is also necessary to practice various personality types, and after superimposing at least four of different types, the heart sword will be complete, and then you can impact the immortal.

Inukai Shinga, who was killed by Ji Li, was the peak master who had just entered the eighth form and had only cultivated the first form so far.

"Why 'sword'?"

Ji Li pulled out the knife he had "seized":

"No matter how you look at it, this thing looks like a knife, right?"

"This shows that you don't know enough about the culture of the Black Sun Mansion. Here, this thing is called 'Kendo'."

Huojinzhu used the appearance of Yuga Morihachi and spoke fluent Chinese, which made people completely different from Yuga Morihachi who just spoke Chinese with a mouth full of salt and pepper:

"But the Heart Sword system was originally derived from Shu Long."

"In ancient times, the bald donkey from the Black Sun Palace went to the bald donkey from Shulong to ask for scriptures and learned the 'mind's eye'."

"After returning to the Black Sun Palace, he used the monk's knife in his hand to develop the 'Heart Sword' system. Later, it was gradually improved by the awakened people in the Black Sun Palace, and it became the current 'Heart Blade'."

"You can call it the 'heart sword', that's correct. After all, some of the things that heart sword practitioners cultivate have nothing to do with the way of the sword."

"You seem to be pretty good at history."

"That's natural. After all, I'm an old man. But you've lived so many years in vain."

Ji Li glanced at him and said nothing.

It can be basically concluded that this guy seems to recognize the antiquity of his soul, but seems unsure, so he keeps testing him with words.

So silence is the best response.

Ji Li sat cross-legged quietly, digesting the contents, while Lord Huo Jin kept yawning after he finished speaking, looking very bored.

He was thinking, if the ninja's "Moga Jinmie" is the ego sword, Inukai Shinga's "Niyou Raira" is the self sword, these are all relics of personality, triggering the curse of the other world.

Then why didn’t the little dragon man’s knife trigger?

He thought for a while, then reached into the obelisk and pulled out the little dragon's blade.

In an instant, the face of the Huojin master opposite changed:
"……what you do?!"

Ji Li glanced at it, and held out the Dragon Blade in his hand, which had begun to decay and lose power after escaping from the shadow realm of the Bunny Girl.
"Is this thing the 'Heart Sword'?"

Huo Jinzhu was slightly startled, and his green eyes swept over the knife in Ji Li's hand:

"Stealing someone's ego and self is fine, but you can even steal the superego sword... Your ability is a bit unexpected."

It stretched out its hand, and with a flash of green light, it brushed the blade in Ji Li's hand:
"... a superego sword of a dead strong man. It contains the ultimate power of the other party, but it has decayed a lot. Only one tenth of it remains, and it is still decaying. This sword is about to die."

Lord Huojin saw through his thoughts and asked, "You want to use this thing to escape from the Black Sun Palace?"

Then he grinned:
"...Too naive. It is indeed unexpected that you took someone else's heart sword to circumvent the blockade of Inuzuka Castle, but the sword you have now, even with this one, cannot fight against the peak master, let alone 'Arakawa'."

"And the trouble you created is not simple. In addition to Arakawa and the others who stayed at the Hell Gate, more members of the Hellhound Clan have received the news and are rushing back..."

"What do you want to express?" Ji Li had a blank expression on his face.

"You are now a trapped beast, but you are still fighting hard. Help me to unblock it. There is still a glimmer of hope."

"Then what can you give me?"

"You are so greedy..." Lord Huojin said, and suddenly stretched out his hand -

The movement was extremely fast, almost reaching the full speed of his soul's Mach, and suddenly touched the blade in his hand.

The next moment, Ji Li saw powerful green photons coming from all directions, and the powerful black energy burst out from the little dragon man's blade and enveloped him. His consciousness instantly sank into a large area of ​​darkness -

"You seem to have the ability to steal other people's heart swords, but the Superego Sword is different. It is an extension of desire, the tests and pursuits that other sword holders have gone through, and it embodies the ultimate of their thoughts and desires."

"It seems that you don't trust me very much. In this case, I will help you again."

"Kill him, pass the test, and you will receive his power."

"Good luck……"

"similar."

As the other party's words faded away, Ji Li suddenly opened his eyes and saw a gray space in front of him.

A figure was sitting cross-legged with his back to him. It was the little dragon man.

As if realizing that someone was approaching, the little dragon slowly stood up and turned to look at Ji Li.

He was holding the knife in his hand, and Ji Li was also holding a similar blade in his hand. The next moment, the figure disappeared from the spot.

Boom——!!!!

Sparks flew as Ji Li raised his blade, and the figure of the little dragon appeared beside him.

This time, there were no fancy spiritual fluctuations, only pure martial arts and fierce strength.

Ji Li suddenly grinned, and as the trajectory calculation of the Ascension Protocol appeared in his eyes, with his three hundred years of combat awareness and familiarity with the many battles with the little dragons, Ji Li turned around and lifted the blade in his hand.

With just one movement, he narrowly avoided the opponent's three attacks, stabbed the knife into the opponent's chest with his backhand, and then slashed upwards.

A powerful black gas gushed out from the little dragon's abdomen, like spurting blood, surging wildly in all directions -

"Brother Long, you don't have that kind of perverted spiritual essence this time..."

As Ji Li's consciousness returned to reality, he saw Huo Jinzhu's stunned face:
"End?"

"It's over."

Ji Li suddenly lowered his head, and the little dragon blade in his hand turned into thousands of black air, rushing madly towards the scabbard hanging on his wrist.
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PS: I have something to do today, so there is only one update. Including this one, I am currently two updates behind. I will try to make up for it as soon as possible within this month.

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