Soul Trigger

Chapter 307 Core (I)

The core hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

Under the deep purple light, a large device covered by a large number of spiritual circuits floated above the huge hole in the center. The quaint furnishings around it were suddenly destroyed by a string of rising black ice spikes.

The ragged, short-haired man dodged the ice spikes in a panic, but the ice spikes continued to grow, turning into a pillar that spread out into the sky, like some kind of man-made landform, and became a springboard for an evil spirit follower to attack.

A cold black shadow attacked, and the ice spikes in the gauntlet flew and stabbed like a rainstorm.

The short-haired man screamed and crawled to avoid it, and in an instant, there were many bloody wounds on his body that were blocked by frostbite.

And a burly figure stepped into his sight, holding a heavy shield full of green spiritual essence in his hand, and suddenly pulled back the evil spirit followers who were continuously charging at him.

[Outlaw Vanguard Vice Captain: Lv.13]

At this moment, the whole hall was overflowing with spiritual energy, and the team of five people was stubbornly resisting the attack of the evil spirit warlord.

Although they had killed an evil spirit follower, there were also many tombstones of "adventurers" around them—

"Stupid, up there!"

At the shield man's voice, the short-haired man immediately looked up and saw an evil spirit follower clinging to the ceiling suddenly raised his head and met his gaze.

His pupils suddenly shrank, but the spiritual circuit on his wrist that had been storing energy for a long time was already ready. He wiped his head and a bunch of hair blew out, and with a loud roar, it turned into layers of explosions and pounced towards the attacking evil spirit followers.

bass!
The evil spirit commander suddenly thrust the knight's sword into the ground, and a layer of arc-shaped ice wall suddenly rose up to block the flames in the sky.

Spiritual fire rose from the black ice armor, and spiritual essence surged in the knight's sword in the evil ghost commander's hand. Various ice sculptures were constantly generated in the spacious terrain. A jungle-like maze enveloped the five people and continued to divide them.

While these buildings provided cover for the three evil spirit followers, they also allowed them to rely on their flexible bodies and take advantage of the changing complex terrain to continuously attack the five people.

"Too difficult to deal with... Why can these bastards cooperate so well without the commander present?!"

The short-haired man stepped back step by step, with the words [Outlaw Spiritual Vanguard Lv.9] on his head.

The profession assigned to him by the rules is [Spiritualist], which requires him to abide by the constraints of the rules when performing the so-called "spellcasting". This is completely different from the pistol and spirit bullet combat method he used to use when he was in the gang, and he was very restricted in fighting.

"This means that the demon king is distracted from directing this side!"

The big shield man suddenly smashed down the shield, and the shield turned into a pair of green flying wings under the effect of spiritual essence. While flapping its wings, it shattered countless black ice pillars and fiercely repelled the evil spirit followers that attacked from the left and right:

"...It's really difficult to deal with. Who on earth is this person... Not only can he obtain this kind of identity, but he can also survive in the newborn state until now, and even break the rule that the 'Lord' cannot be resurrected--"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a sharp blade being pulled out of the ground. He immediately realized that the evil spirit commander was about to rejoin the battle group after stabilizing the battlefield structure, and stomped the ground suddenly:

"Thinking Flex!"

The shield waved in his hands as casually as a piece of paper.

The substance wrapped in green spiritual essence burst out like rubber and turned into a huge catfish tail, or some kind of worm, which destroyed the large ice pillars in front of it, but there was no sign of the evil spirit commander.

His heart skipped a beat and he reacted extremely quickly by slapping the short-haired man aside, then raised a large shield to the side.

A knight's sword made of black ice slammed down from above, and countless ice spikes suddenly exploded on the mottled surface of the shield, shaking wildly:
"Hold on for a while longer!"

He gritted his teeth suddenly:
"Even if he can distract himself and give orders, these things only have a few fucking moves! Haven't you seen clearly after fighting them for so long?!

According to the area prompt just now, the big gun has already broken his crystal once. As long as we drag these things here, the demon king will definitely die! Then this stupid game will be completely over!"

At this moment, a blue ice cone pierced through along with a chant.

Although the Evil Lord General dodged by turning his head, the Shield Man took this opportunity to attack.

The huge shield split in the middle and spewed out psychic acid, which was avoided by the suddenly rising ice wall.

The man behind the icicle also rolled down from a black icicle:

"Hey, leader. Give me a chance!"

It was a young man wearing glasses, with psychic circuits glowing around his pupils:

"Analysis completed, I found a breakthrough. Ignore the casualties and kill the knight with fire in his body. His ability is the key to the skeleton soldiers!"

"Finance guy, watch your words!" The shield man angrily scolded: "Even so, how are you going to get close to that bastard?!"

"Give me the spiritual crystals and I'll do it! My spiritual core abilities are similar to theirs. As long as you follow my instructions and have enough spiritual crystals, it will be done!"

"damn it……"

Through the semi-transparent black ice on the side, he saw a lone teammate being besieged. The shield man gritted his teeth and directly pulled off his backpack and threw it to the other party:
"If you dare to have any evil thoughts, I will be the first to kill you!"

"Don't worry."

The young man suddenly chanted and raised his hand. A half-meter-long ice cone burst out, and he actually predicted in advance that an evil spirit follower would break through the wall from the black icicles around him and repelled it.

He suddenly turned around and used his spiritual essence to shatter the black ice wall on the other side, rescuing a female teammate who was trapped behind him:

"I have already cracked their spiritual essence flow. Now just kill the leader! Don't forget how much experience the Demon King's army will give!"

This scene lifted the spirits of several people to some extent, and the leader with the big shield swept away his previous doubts and rushed out at the lead.

The next moment, a sharp scream was heard in everyone's ears——

The surging black smoke rushed into the room and hit the heavy shield of the big shield man and split apart.

Then there was a scream, and the moment everyone came to their senses, they saw violent black smoke grabbing the man with glasses and slamming him in all directions as if it were real.

In an instant, countless black ice pillars were shattered, and they fell to the ground with a loud bang.

A two-meter-tall skeleton knight was picking up the young man, and the tattered armor on his body was scraping.

"A new soldier?! How did he level up so quickly!?"

As the shield man cried out in horror, a flash of red light condensed and burst out from the bone claw covered with broken armor.

The young man instantly let out a heart-wrenching scream, and a surging blue light emerged from his facial features, all of which rushed into the body of the armored knight.

But in an instant the young man turned into a dried corpse and fell from the knight's hands, breaking into pieces on the ground.

[Your teammate "I have X-ray vision" has died. ]

[Death due to spiritual essence exhaustion, double experience penalty. 】

[The remaining experience is not enough to maintain the existence of the game character, and the player "I have perspective eyes" cannot be resurrected in the cemetery. 】

[Delete the player character "I have X-ray vision". ]

In an instant, the cold sweat of the waterfall extinguished the anger in the hearts of several people.

died? !
"No... Impossible! How could this happen? Aren't the rules here a virtual game?!" The teammate who was just rescued by the glasses screamed:

They have been here for a long time and have long been accustomed to the feeling of resurrection after death, or the "bonus".

This feeling of almost abandoning the risk of death and constantly upgrading within the rules satisfies the gang members' desire to become stronger that cannot be satisfied in reality.

But the scene before them seemed to suddenly bring them back to reality——

Really will die!

A thin figure, with spiritual energy gathering under his feet, rushed directly into the black ice shelter nearby and ran towards the door in panic.

The shield man was immediately shocked and angry:
"Asshole, are you looking for death?!"

The short-haired man did not roar at all, his pupils kept trembling back and forth as they expanded and shrank with his fearful thoughts.

But the footsteps only lasted for a short moment before a muffled sound was heard. The Evil Ghost Marshal's knight's sword picked up the man's body and walked out of the black ice maze, then threw it aside.

A powerful black smoke burst out and caught the body in mid-air like a ball.

The moment it landed, a red light burst out, instantly sucking it into a dried corpse:

【Your teammate "Dandruff" has died. 】

[Death due to spiritual essence exhaustion, double experience penalty. 】

[The remaining experience is not enough to maintain the existence of the game character, and the player "Dandruff" cannot be resurrected in the cemetery. 】

【Delete the player character "Dandruff". 】

"Shit...Shit..."

“Afraid…what are you afraid of! Follow me and rush out!!”

"You have so much experience! Of course you are not afraid of death!!! If you are so brave, share some with us!"

"Damn you stupid idiot, is this the time for internal strife?! If this goes on, we'll all die here..."

Looking at the three people who were arguing so loudly at this moment, the Soul-sucking Ghost and the Evil Spirit Overlord looked at each other.

The next moment, the former turned into black smoke and swept away with screams, while the latter ignited spiritual fire and pounced out -

The entire core hall erupted in rising and falling piercing screams.

After a moment, as the black ice on the ground completely shattered and turned into spiritual essence and dissipated, Ji Li's figure strolled in.

Black smoke rolled, and the soul-sucking ghost picked up a half-dead woman and threw her in front of Ji Li.

The woman reluctantly raised her head and saw Ji Li's visor, her expression suddenly froze:
"Demon King... I can be your spy in the Black Industry Alliance! I'm useful!!!"

Ji Li tilted his head slightly, then controlled himself to remove the visor:
"You are quite sensible..."

The moment she saw Ji Li's true appearance, the woman's eyes first flashed with a momentary surprise and fascination, and then suddenly transformed into a deeper fear:

"black goat……"

Ji Li squatted down in front of the woman and tore off her tattered leather armor.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up and her face flushed:

"I……"

"I'm not that hungry, bean sprout."

Ji Li pulled out her modern clothes from her shrunken chest, and when he saw the gang logo on it, his eyes narrowed:
"So they're just a small-time motorcycle gang... They used to deliver goods to the Skinners?"

"Yes... yes." Seeing that she had misunderstood Ji Li's meaning, the woman no longer cared about her shame and said hurriedly:
"I am useful! I can gather information for you! I can be your spy! Even after I get out!! Please... just kill me!!!"

Ji Li paused, with a strange look on his face.

The woman panicked and said:

"I mean... don't kill me like that... please! Just let me die naturally!! I'm really useful! I have a lot of mistresses!! I can help you get information, I know what the Black Industry Alliance is doing..."

"So, the lawless forces are indeed made up of people from the black market?"

"No...that's right."

"Are there any other forces?"

"The people who contacted us are the Freemason Knights, they are from the West City Mutual Aid Association, and the Chosen King. As for the other forces, I don't know..."

"The Chosen One?"

"Don't you know? When you enter this hell, don't you always..."

Noticing Ji Li's look, she quickly continued:
"The Chosen Ones are members of the Lightless Ones, but they are not the core members like the 'Third Prince'... Above the Chosen Ones is the King of the Lightless Ones, who lives in the Sky Garden of this world. We believe that he is the 'Third Prince' who opened the Soul Prison..."

"Didn't he just recently have an affair with the Lightless Ones? How did he become the King of the Lightless Ones?"

"...I don't know, maybe it's just some kind of nickname for this virtual game world, just like our outlaws..."

"Is there anything else?"

"And...and..."

Instantly, her soul trigger felt a strong throbbing, and suddenly trembled violently:
"And...and our large army is coming soon! They are the same lord class as you! They have an entire army! And...and...no, wait..."

Sensing the increasingly throbbing trigger of her soul, she suddenly screamed:
"Please don't kill me... I'm very useful, I swear I'm very useful... I..."

"Gao Xizhu, a member of the Youhuo Motorcycle Gang, used to work for the Skinners. Now she has hooked up with the leader of a small gang and is his mistress." Ji Li said calmly:

"You dropped out of junior high school, are involved in twelve murders committed by awakened people, and have also been involved in organ trading and human trafficking. There is evidence that you have even had direct dealings with pig factories..."

"I……"

"What kind of value do you think you need to show in order for me to ignore you?"

"I...I...I..." The woman looked terrified and ferocious, and began to tremble uncontrollably.

Ji Li said nothing more. With a snap of his fingers, a black tide rose up into the sky, allowing the nightmare to swallow it up, giving birth to a new soul-sucking ghost -

The cooldown of two of the Faceless Bones that were initially sacrificed has expired.

(End of this chapter)