Soul Trigger

Chapter 331 Teaching
The opponent's attack left a deep sword mark on Jörmungandr's head, but the scar was instantly filled by the finely differentiated roots of the World Tree inside.

Obviously, this man's sudden attack did not have any impact on Ji Li's actions.

With a rumbling sound, "Jörmungandr" shrank into the ground with the three-headed dog in its mouth, leaving behind a huge pit with scattered dust, and several Mist Hunters who were dumbfounded under the encirclement of the Cataclysm Knights.

"What are you standing there for? Kill him."

Those men trembled all over and turned around to run. Black smoke rolled up and a series of screams were heard.

Yuan Ye, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but shudder, and subconsciously protected several team members including Li Andong behind him.

Ji Li didn't have time to pay attention to them for the time being. Odin's blue head neural light was locked on the strange face that suddenly appeared, and the head-up display enlarged his facial details:

"You're looking for death?"

The man who called himself Anado lightly brushed the long sword in his hand and raised his head slightly:
"I'm not seeking death, sir."

The motors were grinding. At the same time, more than ten heavy firepower weapons of varying lengths were pointed at Anato. As the high-precision gun muzzles rose and shrank, a buzzing sound came from the cold fusion energy core:

"So you're here to ask for the key?"

The other party still shook his head:

"I heard that you are also practicing the Heart Sword..."

As he spoke, he raised the sword in his hand and put one hand on his shoulder, as if it was some special etiquette.

The long sword is like a sword and a knife, with blades on both sides, but the tip of the blade has an arc that bends forward, so it should be called a hook sword.

After the ceremonial movement froze on his body for a moment, the sword opened up into a dazzling array of flowers, cutting through the scarlet spiritual essence and turning it into dissipated sword marks.

Finally, it turned into a starting position above the shoulder, and the body sank:

"Please teach me the Royal Court Sword Technique."

The motor hissed, Ji Li tilted his head, and then dropped a square cannon several dozen meters long from his shoulder. With one shot, a blue laser blast blew Anato and the giant tombstone under his feet into the sky:
"I have finished teaching Heimdall's Prototype 3 Pulse Collapse Cannon Sword Technique."

After he finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the dust and debris rising into the sky, and looked at Yuan Ye and his group who were hurriedly hiding nearby.

At this moment, several people were caught off guard by Ji Li's sudden attack, but the roots of the world tree rising from the ground formed a complete spherical protective wall for them:
"That's the Pale Tomb?"

Yuan Ye was slightly stunned, and then he saw another cluster of world tree roots emerging from the side, now pointing at the center of the large tombstone group.

There was a giant white structure there. It looked more like a huge door than a tombstone. He nodded quickly.
"Yes, that is the Pale Mausoleum. According to the rules of the Lingliu Prison here, the final regular reward is stored there..."

"How do I use the key?"

Yuan Ye was about to speak, but a line of blood burst out from the air.

Black smoke rose, and three Cataclysm Knights appeared in front of him one after another, and then they were all cut and exploded by the blood line.

Before the topological structure of the three Catastrophic Knights could restore them to their original state, a circle of World Tree roots shot up into the sky, surrounding and protecting Yuan Ye and others who were attacked.

A figure suddenly appeared behind Ji Li:

"Is this the new core director of Aurora City?"

Ji Li did not even turn his head. The gun barrel in the opened back armor rotated and spewed out dense high-speed machine gun fire. The figure disappeared in an instant, but the sound resounded throughout the world:
"You are such a shameless person... As a fellow Heart Sword user, you are a disgrace..."

The blood-red petals gathered on the giant tombstone high up to form a blood-red human figure.

He wore a blood-red top hat and a black and red men's suit. His face was covered by a mask with white and gold patterns, and his eye sockets radiated a pale spiritual light.

The plain hook sword in his hand shattered like petals, transforming into a gorgeous scarlet hook sword:

[Sword Tomb Royal Court Vanguard Anado: Lv.90]

The neural light from Ji Li's head flashed blue:
Currently, his [Demon King City] force is ranked third in the power ranking list, and the second is the force called [Sword Tomb Royal Court].

Compared with second-rate small organizations such as [Gray Steel Gunpowder] and [Arcane Theater], it is obvious that Anato from Flash Street has easily climbed to a very high position in this rule-based spiritual prison.

As for the first one, it can only be the [Royal Army] directly under the "True King of the Lightless".

"Life is pretty tough."

"Justice and honor are in my hands, and they will never be broken by a shameless person like you."

Before he finished his words, two 24-barrel high-speed rotary pulse machine guns emerged from Ji Li's shoulder armor and roared towards Anato. The opened missile bay behind him released stray missiles like a swarm of bees.

Anato didn't even raise his head, and the hook swords in his hands instantly intertwined into a scarlet sword net.

The surging bullets burst into sparks on the sword mark, and dense missiles exploded one after another around him.

In the end, all the ammunition was detonated by a spherical spiritual essence.

Looking closely, the sphere is actually made up of dense knife marks.

As the next sword strike ended, Anato slowly raised his other hand, which was shining with colorful colors, causing Ji Li's eyes to flash blue, and the empty capture unit opened inside the body.

The "key" appeared in Anado's hand without anyone noticing.

"A dirty thief with a sense of honor?"

As soon as Ji Li finished speaking, Anado's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, and a storm of petals swept across the entire place. The former soared into the air, gathering the energy of his weapon and was about to explode.

But a hand suddenly appeared in his field of vision from behind, and the pitch-black hook sword instantly exploded his neck, and a large number of precision units exploded in the white steam gushing out of the artificial trachea:

"How can someone like you guess Wang Ting's sword skills?"

Anato's body unexpectedly emerged from the gap in Ji Li's armor.

He grabbed the place where the other person appeared, but the figure disappeared in an instant:
"You should be very interested in the treasure in the tomb... After all, it is the reward of the Rule-based Spirit Prison..." He came out from the other side of the huge body, and a crackling sword mark separated his dense shoulder cannons on the spot amidst the gushing sparks.

Then there were flashes one after another, frantically destroying Ji Li's equipment and outer armor -

"Since you want it so badly, then try your best to catch me..."

With a loud bang, Ji Li activated all his body's firepower, and violent laser beams and missile rain bombarded in all directions.

Amid deafening explosions, the earth was madly torn apart and bombarded, incandescent light flashed violently again and again, and the sky was instantly filled with densely packed missiles that detonated and turned into a sea of ​​fire.

But Anato kept flashing around Ji Li, dismantling Ji Li's body at a very fast speed. The sound of metal tearing was endless, and violent sparks exploded one after another:
"Is this all you are capable of? The Lord of Darkness has high praise for you!!!"

The dense sword marks overturned Ji Li's back thrusters, and the scarlet sword waves picked up his heavy outer armor.

More thrusters appeared on his legs to keep him aloft, but were destroyed by Anato in an instant.

More precision artillery grew under the armor, but were also blown all over the sky by the sweeping sword wind.

In just a few seconds, half of Ji Li's huge weaponry was dismantled by the opponent.

Finally, two spherical shock waves, one orange and one blue, suddenly spread in the flickering cold fusion power reactor. However, Anato seemed to be completely unaffected. He appeared in front of Ji Li's chest in a flash, and a bloody piercing pierced through him.

"I saw your weakness—"

Poof! ! ! !

An arm the size of a normal human blew open Odin_V4's armor and suddenly deflected Anado's hook sword:
"Integrating into the spiritual essence is your 'Royal Court Sword Skill'?"

Anato's eyes flashed, but in the surging sparks, the precise claws crushed his face to death.

The elegant tricorn hat was knocked away, and fine cracks instantly spread from under the claws to the entire mask:

"Then I see your weakness too... Trash."

Anato's eyes flashed and he suddenly disappeared from the spot.

But from the moment Ji Li appeared on his back, he felt a piercing pain rising from his abdomen.

The moment he suddenly lowered his head, he discovered that his abdomen had been pierced through by a sophisticated mechanical arm, and blood was gushing out from under his mask.

"Your spine feels really good. The sound of it popping must be really nice."

A voice with distinct electric noise exploded in his ears, and the bionic mechanical arm popped up its shell inch by inch, and an orange-yellow energy array suddenly erupted:
puff--! ! !
The violent impact pierced his abdomen, and the torn flesh and internal organs in the abdomen turned into bright red fan-shaped impact and evaporated in the air in an instant.

The white eyes flashed wildly, and the broken body disappeared instantly. The next moment, it appeared at the high point of the tombstone below with the swirling rain of petals.

Densely packed blade petals filled his abdominal cavity. He quickly raised his head to the sky, with a look of shock and anger beneath his mask:
"you……"

Odin_V4's body had already disintegrated and exploded in the air, revealing its sturdy and agile bionic body:
[Odin_V4-A: Lv.100]

[Explosive Compact Link Set, 12th Generation Roaring Machine, Space Instant Burst]
[Forced kinetic energy released, external armor has been completely detached, drive adjustment has been completed, burst force field is deployed——]
[Please note: Third seat on the board, your current prosthetic connection set will temporarily lose its space cruise function until the support connection components arrive]
[After the mission is completed, please call the nearest World Tree ship or civilian parking lot to arrange the return trip.]
[Happy fighting.]
Under the eruption of the joint thrusters, Ji Li's left leg was lifted high in the air. Anato was still staggering to his feet, and a strong throbbing of the soul trigger had already risen in his heart:

hide! ! !
Like a meteorite smashing down to the ground in an instant, exploding with a deafening roar—

boom! ! ! ! ! !

A violent blue energy column shot up into the sky and spread wildly in all directions like a natural disaster, instantly shattering all matter within the range!
The figures of Yuan Ye and others were spit out from the ground to a safe area by the big mouth formed by the roots of the World Tree.

Looking at the scene in front of them, several people were stunned for a moment, and Li Andong's mumbling voice was heard:
"That was done by... the black goat?"

The violent energy storm rose wildly and lasted for several full seconds before it exploded and tore through the air.

Everything within a half kilometer radius was destroyed into a devastating landscape. The charred and broken ground was covered with blue lines created by the energy explosion, which slowly turned into dark gullies over time.

The steaming hot air continued to overflow from the surface under the astonishing high temperature that erupted in that instant.

The blue energy field spread in a circle along the torn and destroyed landscape, covering the entire central mausoleum complex.

Perhaps it cannot be called a mausoleum complex, because except for the largest white tombstone in the center, there is not even a single tombstone to be seen in the entire landscape shrouded by the explosion.

It just appeared there abruptly, as if God had used a round seal to stamp it into the center of the tomb complex. There was nothing else except the nail hole in the center.

Li Antong's eyes were blank, but his five fingers continued to clench, and he said in a trembling voice that only he could hear:

"Teacher...can I become such a strong person?"

The mirror fragments on her body said nothing, as if they were dead.

"teacher?"

She raised her voice slightly, and even her companion next to her heard it a little bit, and turned her head in astonishment.

A voice then emerged in her mind:
"Shut up! I don't want him to find out! I don't want him to find out..."

Among the broken fragments, a emaciated human figure with a mirror helmet on his head was hugging his arms and shaking wildly, as if he had thought of something extremely terrifying.

And Anato's figure appeared behind the top of the giant tombstone at the entrance of the "Pale Tomb".

The graceful and relaxed demeanor completely disappeared, and he knelt down on the edge of a raised relief, panting, his heart pounding:

"Just a little bit... Fortunately, this thing is strong enough..."

The sound of shattering next to him made his thoughts suddenly freeze.

The moment he turned his head, he saw a thick crack spreading along the surface of the pale tomb, and a piece of debris fell heavily.

Behind the fragment, he saw the blue optical line of sight meet his eyes, and his scalp suddenly shuddered:
"You're quite good at hiding."
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PS: I will update one chapter first, there will be more later today.

(End of this chapter)