Soul Trigger

Chapter 49: Demonic Haunting
The reminder of the Ascension Protocol turned into a dense waterfall washing over a corner of his retina. Ji Li suddenly stomped on a demon crawling on the ground and turned into an ice sculpture, then absorbed its spirit essence, turned around and smashed the other two ice sculptures with a slap.

But he was still surrounded by ice sculptures, some of which had even begun to struggle to thaw.

Ji Li was not satisfied with the low killing efficiency, and several-meter-long ice blades instantly grew out from the elbows of both arms, which he swung violently towards his sides.

The moment Yu Qing subconsciously put his hands on his head, he only heard the sound of wind brushing past an object. A cut instantly appeared on the pillar next to him, and then the entire pillar broke diagonally at the same time as the ice sculptures not far away, revealing a mirror-smooth surface.

Countless evil creatures shattered on the ground, and the remaining spiritual essence let out a series of howls and disappeared into the air, while the cold spiritual essence on the shackles gathered on Ji Li's body.

As his body, which had just shrunk a little, expanded even further, hideous cold barbs grew all over his body. The two pairs of horns on his head were instantly repaired and became even thicker and longer.

At this time, his head was in a state of accumulation of cold spiritual essence, and layers of thick ice armor protected and covered his head, like a hideous helmet. The shape of the original lower jaw extended faintly outward, and it actually had a somewhat beast-like appearance.

On the side of the head, there is a pair of large frost horns that extend forward and bend in the shape of horns without facial bones. On the top of the head, there is also a pair of ice horns that have just been repaired and stretched backwards, as well as some cold spiritual essence that has nowhere to go. On the side of the top of the head, there grows a pair of small spikes.

Seeing that all the released evil creatures had died, the "Four-Unlike Creature" let out a roar and turned around to run towards the large iron gate behind it.

Ji Li stomped on the ground suddenly, and a large amount of cold spiritual essence flowed in his feet. With the sound of ice freezing at high speed, he turned into reverse joint feet that were most suitable for sprinting. In a few blinks of an eye, he crossed a distance of more than ten meters and pressed the four-legged creature against the wall.

The helmet shattered on the spot, turning into icy spiritual essence that circulated in the frost marks and then returned to the hand, turning into thick sharp claws that directly cut it into several pieces!

As the piece of meat fell to the ground, it froze and shattered bit by bit, turning into excess cold spiritual essence that was absorbed by Ji Li.

Through the data continuously generated by the Ascension Protocol during the battle, Ji Li slightly adjusted his appearance to make his somewhat bloated body more in line with his combat needs.

Looking at Ji Li who was killing all the evil spirits in the cage like a whirlwind, Yu Qing swallowed hard and approached the devilish cold body carefully:
"...old...brother?"

The devil-like head turned around, scaring him:
"What did you call me?"

"Dad...——Godfather!"

Yu Qing looked relieved, but deep down he began to panic again.

Damn, this lunatic!
Although no one knows why he can use the spiritual essence of this Lingbi for his own benefit, no matter how abnormal his spiritual core ability is, those are the spiritual essences from the evil creatures. They are abnormal spiritual essences that can kill people!
As a Mist Hunter, he had seen many teammates who coveted the unknown power in the Limbo and were eventually corrupted and turned into evil.

This guy seems to be in a stable mental state now, but who knows when he will suddenly go on a killing spree and crush himself along with it?

Even though Ji Li successfully killed this rag doll and these evil creatures, the anxiety that his teammates would suddenly become corrupt and mutate and eat him up came back.

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. For a moment, he even had the thought, "It would be better to go back to the cell and die in silence."

At this moment, the entire Lingbo Prison suddenly trembled.

A roar came from the depths of the cell, like an angry beast, with some sharp cries, echoing for a long time in this empty environment.

Then the two of them heard banging sounds all around them. For a moment, the entire space was filled with dense noises. Soon, all the remaining cell doors were inexplicably opened.

"How is this going?"

Ji Li looked at Yu Qing behind him. Although he was a powerless burden now, he was still an experienced Mist Hunter after all. His rich experience was worth asking for advice.

"Each Lingbo will show different characteristics due to the characteristics of its lair master..."

Yu Qingsi tried to put away the mess in his head and thought: "Although I don't know why this guy's Lingbayu is a prison, but it is obvious that he can actively control these prison doors..."

Ji Li understood——

"…It wants to release whatever's inside to stop us from getting close."

"That is to say, it is afraid..."

He grinned, but because his head and voice were too inhuman, Yu Qing subconsciously took a step back.

"Why are you hiding? I'm not a ghost."

But you don't seem to have anything to do with people now...

"Godfather, don't you think your current look is a bit too oppressive..." Yu Qing said cautiously.

"Is there any harm in this?" Ji Li twisted his neck. "If a look can scare the enemy to the point of dying on the spot and making them kneel down and beg for mercy, answering any question you ask, then I can only say that the more of this so-called 'sense of oppression' the better." Yu Qing could only smile ingratiatingly to show his agreement, but his smile was very ugly.

In fact, what he wanted to express was, brother, can you make yourself a little more human...

The more he stayed with Ji Li, the more he felt that the other person was not human.

Although the Reflection Walker has some neurotic and paranoid behaviors due to his own battle with evil and the underlying logic of the spirit.

But he had never seen such a calm newcomer on the street. He acted without any worries. To put it nicely, he was not particular about details and had the demeanor of a big boss...

To put it bluntly, he is a madman who is not afraid of death.

Is it possible... that he's not a newcomer at all?

As the two continued to go deeper, killing the jailers and monsters along the way, they heard voices coming from the front, as if someone was entangled with the monsters:

"Anyone else here?"

"...I have only been here for three months. Apart from the time I first entered this hell, I have spent the rest of the time in the cell..."

"Since you can hold on until now, it means that there are others who can hold on until now, and they may even know more things that you don't know..."

Ji Li stomped on the ground suddenly. His body, which was gradually approaching three meters, instantly smashed the narrow door in front of him and ran towards the source of the sound at high speed. His dull and shaking voice floated in the air that was sprinkled with icy mist:
"Follow."

When Yu Qing saw this scene, his expression changed again and again.

……

In the circular prison, densely packed cells surround a large pit in the center.

The scale of this place is larger than all the cells Ji Li has walked through before. Perhaps the word "large" is not appropriate, because the entire space is comparable to half a football field.

There were cages and cells everywhere, and even the ice chains extending from the sky were hung with suspended cages.

All kinds of strange and evil creatures were fighting each other. Some of them broke free from their shackles and started biting the jailers.

There were also those who were wearing shackles, fighting with other evil creatures who had broken free from their shackles.

The entire circular prison was like an endless hell, with the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling everywhere.

A skinny woman was crawling and rolling to avoid several evil creatures chasing her. Along the way, she dodged and moved to avoid the large number of evil spirits fighting, constantly sensing something through her soul trigger.

After several turns, he narrowly avoided a spray of foul-smelling black blood, and dodged the worms that instantly grew out of the blood, and finally arrived in front of a prison door.

Just when she was about to rush forward, the mechanism rumbled and the cell door closed instantly, almost knocking her out!

"……how so?!"

She screamed in surprise and turned her head to see several evil creatures rushing towards her with bared fangs and claws. Just as she was about to bite her palm, which was already covered with teeth marks, she heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air -

boom! ! ! !

The deafening roar and the terrifying ice mist rising into the sky turned into a cold shock wave that blew away all the evil spirits in half of the area, and she herself was blown away and hit the wall.

When he quickly stood up and looked at the foreign object that rushed into the battle group, his eyes widened instantly -

"What it is!?"

She only saw a terrifying demon over four meters tall letting out a piercing hiss in the spreading ice mist. The deadly frost nova seemed to spread out layer by layer with visible sound waves in the terrifying roar, freezing a large number of evil things in place.

"Demon!?"

In just a moment, she froze in place, her hair stood on end, and the surge of cold air around her instantly drained her lungs like boundless fear, causing her to scream in shock.

"Why is there a second demon here?!"

(End of this chapter)