Soul Trigger

Chapter 544 The Aftermath of the Shock
As for the little "sparrow," after watching Shu gradually faint, it excitedly tried to escape, but it quickly turned to stone at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It transformed into a small black stone sculpture in its mouth and rolled into Ji Li's hand. Judging from its size, it looked more like a stone chess piece than a stone sculpture.

The strange phenomena around them began to dissipate, and the long-standing warning of the dragon vein gradually faded away.

The coffin, which had been floating, lost its luster and began to fall, being caught by the spirit of the Demon King.

Ji Li's golden light faded, and he returned to his original form as the Death Star. He stared at Xiao Ling Wang, who was also in his dragon form, for a while.

Everything happened so fast.

After the power of the "paradox" erupted, the situation began to change rapidly. Two powerful cultivators fell at an extremely fast speed, and they fell at the hands of Ji Li.

Although the paradoxical force helped him, it also forced Xiaoling King to re-examine Ji Li's existence.

Finally, he broke the silence with a big, carefree smile and patted Ji Li on the shoulder heavily:

"You've really impressed me, kid. Are you alright?"

Ji Li shook his head:

"The injury has almost healed."

Xiaoling Wang's lips curled into a smirk as he glanced at the girl Shu perched on his shoulder:

"You're quite lucky with women, have good fortune, and are quite capable. You didn't even flinch in front of Mingzhao. Back when I was your age, I was only slightly stronger than you..."

Ji Li ignored Xiaoling King's boasting:
"Two Mingzhao have fallen; what should be done at the scene?"

The whale falls caused by the death of the spirit have spread throughout the high sky. If this is not dealt with, it may lead to the emergence of a powerful Limbo.

Xiaoling King nodded:
"The cleanup team is already on its way; let's head back to the dock first."

With the coffin carried by Xiaoling King, the two figures, one in rainbow and one in red, sped off towards the dock.

While speeding along, Ji Li originally intended to scoop the girl up in his arms, but considering that she was a monster-level creature, he changed his posture and carried her horizontally in his arms, then casually used large clothes pulled out from his spatial artifacts to cover her exposed clothing.

The other party was in a state of deep sleep, and no spiritual fluctuations could be sensed. She was like an ordinary human spirit, and no one could tell that this girl was a paradoxical being.
Why would something like this appear here?

Xiaoling King's voice came from the wind:
"The Eye of Truth, Princess Menes, is a product of artificially created soul psychology."

Because of the characteristics of Menes' system, he had always been sealed in a coffin, with the priests drawing power through the system's special means. This was the first time I had seen his true face, and I never expected him to be a child of this age.

Because of the power of the Eye of Truth, she was used as a diplomatic tool by the Mediterranean Union; I believe you have already experienced its power.

Ji Li expressed his approval.

It can "see through" the world, see through the spiritual and material composition and spiritual reactions that are not perceptible under normal circumstances, and use these reactions in the environment to achieve transcendent means such as attack, movement and decomposition.

This was just Ji Li's own experience.

The "Eye of Truth" holds immense value in the psychology of the soul. According to Xiaoling Wang, it can peer into the spiritual ecology and the three dimensions, deconstructing and touching upon all mysteries.

"The Keton Federation has repeatedly attracted the Seventh Pillar to visit its territory in order to utilize the power of the Eye of Truth."

Among them are those who use this ability to directly extract fragments of the personality of the tomb's lord, and even the current spiritual system of the Keton Federation was improved and shaped using this power.

Later, this paradoxical force triggered internal conflict within the Keton Federation, with forces such as the Anomaly Control Bureau attacking each other to vie for ownership of the Eye of Truth, causing considerable trouble.

So she informed us beforehand that she was entering the country covertly, which is why she's here.

The information about Xiaoling King gave Ji Li a deeper understanding of the girl and also made him realize the true nature of the power he had just temporarily gained:
"Is this the paradox...?"

To see through the truth, to seize the soul, and to feel that you are holding a "god" in your own hands.

If such power truly exists, what would it be like if one created a paradox?

Could the paradox be the answer to transcending the world, ascending to a higher dimension, and being free from any constraints here?
After a brief moment of reverie, Ji Li noticed the key point.

If such a powerful force truly existed, the Mediterranean Union shouldn't be called a "union," and it wouldn't be in the embarrassing situation of being diplomatically led to the Keton Federation.

The country of Menes should have long ago possessed the most powerful awakened society.

Xiaoling Wang let out a strange laugh in response.

The Seventh Pillar system is the Divine Descent system. They are keen to create a powerful being and then have it directly distribute its power to human spirits, just like the Third and Fourth Divine Generals that Ji Li killed.

However, Shu's power is not something that everyone can withstand, nor can everyone unleash its full potential.

"But I can."

"Yes, you can."

Xiaoling Wang stopped his strange laughter, and his short sentence contained a profound message.

Ji Li looked down at the girl sleeping soundly in his arms again, and after a sudden flutter in his heart, he quickly calmed down.

He had to admit that this forbidden power greatly intrigued him, even sparking a desire to delve deeper into the divine descent system, but:

"Borrowed power is never truly one's own."

Xiaoling King laughed again:
"Your composure is commendable. You're right, this is the biggest hidden danger of the Divine Descent system."

"She's dangerous. I doubt Shulong would agree to let her sneak into the country."

"Of course it's impossible, but we would never reject such a thing."

The Forbidden City had arranged for a secret escort, but the entire delegation mysteriously vanished midway through the journey, and the ship wasn't discovered until the Imperial Guards were deployed.

These words made Ji Li realize the key point:
The Imperial Guards were mobilized.

It was Nirvana Dragon's sudden arrival that disrupted his plan to leave Shulong, drawing him into the conflict and exposing the tombstone, almost causing a major disaster.

"It happened suddenly, and I don't know the specifics."

The Way of Yuanling:

"Because of Tengjun's departure from the pass, all nine Mausoleum Kings were in the Forbidden City for a closed meeting. However, the Imperial Guards were suddenly mobilized, which delayed our arrival. We did not expect the situation to have developed to this point."

Ji Li frowned:
"So when did Tengjun emerge from seclusion?"

"Recent events have not yet been made public, and I am not at liberty to say more about Teng Jun's affairs."

But what I find strange is, why are you here?

Yes, I'm also wondering about this. Why did it have to happen right when I was leaving?
"The Nirvana Dragon General, is it only Teng Jun who can command it?"

Xiaoling King fell into thought:

“If Tengjun had not yet emerged from seclusion, the First Prince would have been in charge of mobilizing him. Considering that Tengjun has recently emerged from seclusion... indeed, only he can mobilize him.”

"Fortunately, you and the Imperial Guards were there, otherwise today's turmoil might not have been able to be contained."

Ji Li didn't pay much attention to Xiao Ling Wang's praise, but instead fell into deep thought.

In other words, it really was that local tyrant who gave the instructions.

He shouldn't have known his connection to the tombstone; in other words, he deliberately dragged himself into the infighting within the Mediterranean Union.

but why?
At that moment, the two speeding souls felt a jolt and stopped abruptly.

Ji Li turned his head and saw several figures rushing towards him from the low sky below, all dressed in dragon attire.

One group, led by Prince Yuanling, rushed towards Ji Li, while the other group quickly took the coffin and, led by the Third Prince, surrounded it.

One of them quickly pressed the pager button:

"Found them. They also had a young woman, possibly belonging to the mission, on their person. No sign of Mingzhao was found. Over." At that moment, the figure of Yuanling King rushed out, the spiritual energy fluctuations causing even Xiaoling King beside him to retreat.
"Ji Li".

The old man in his dragon attire had a deep, resonant voice. Surrounded by equally solemn guards, he exuded an aura of majesty and composure compared to his usual long-haired, mischievous self.

He possessed an aura of authority that commanded respect without being angry.

However, Ji Li could sense the intense spiritual fluctuations emanating from his father, which were not as calm as they appeared on the surface.

Ji Li came to understand the kinship between the dragon people more and more as he spent time with Ji Ruoxi.

Seeing this guy's spiritual energy fluctuating so drastically, one can't help but feel a little sorry for him:
Having a son who wields great power is indeed a good thing.

The spirit of the Yuanling King swept over Ji Li's body, and after realizing that he had no obvious injuries, he patted him on the shoulder, believing that the father-son relationship was understood without words.

Then, ignoring the unremarkable comfort on his body, he inquired about the whereabouts of the two Mingzhao.

Ji Li and Xiao Ling Wang exchanged a glance, and the former raised the stone bird chess piece in his hand:
"One is here."

All eyes turned to him, and everyone looked puzzled.

The latter raised its hand and released the screaming, wailing soul:
"There's still one survivor here."

The Prince of Yuanling looked at him suspiciously, wondering what kind of nonsense this was.

But when his spiritual essence swept over the stone bird and the soul, the voice became solemn.

"All dead?"

Xiaoling Wang pointed to his palm: "I left one alive."

"Dead or alive?"

"Just tell me if it's fresh or not."

The King of Xiaoling lifted up the spirit body that was screaming at a high decibel; it was indeed fierce.

The Prince of Yuanling, too lazy to argue with him, looked at Ji Li:

"well done."

To be able to escape unscathed from the surprise attack of two Mingzhao, and even assist Xiaoling Wang in capturing them, is certainly quite impressive, very impressive indeed.

Then he bowed to Xiaoling King:

"Thanks to your timely arrival, otherwise Ji Li would have been in grave danger. Fortunately, everything turned out alright, and the matter was successfully resolved."

Ignoring the strange look in Xiaoling Wang's eyes, he began to plot about the other party's son:

"Regarding the Dragon Peach, we can keep in touch more often in the future..."

Xiaoling King coughed lightly, glancing somewhat embarrassedly at the composed Ji Li:
"This...Your Highness Yuanling is too kind. I am certainly able to move around freely..."

"That would be excellent."

"However, I'm ashamed to say it."

As Xiaoling Wang spoke, he removed the headgear from his dragon costume, revealing a scarred face. He scratched his red hair, somewhat embarrassed to speak:
“I admit that while my arrival may have played a crucial role to some extent, in terms of executing the enemy, Yuanling’s heir was better.”

The Prince of Yuanling paused, then asked, "?"

Don't you have a bit too many modifiers?

Xiaoling King's shoulders relaxed:
"Alright, what I mean is, although there was external assistance, it was indeed Yuanling's heir who resolved it; I was just a little bit important. But there was some fluctuation in the dragon vein just now. How is the Nirvana Dragon General doing?"

Listening to Xiaoling King's words, Yuanling King's gaze was fixed on Ji Li's face, his dragon robe filled with suspicion, completely ignoring the latter half of the other party's attempt to save face by changing the subject.

Are you kidding me?
Although the third and fourth gods were two idiots who were both mutant demon-contractors and demon addicts, Ji Li was able to kill two people of that level. So why couldn't he fight back when he fought me last time?

That gaze stirred up some unpleasant memories for Ji Li:

"What's that look in your eyes?"

The Prince of Yuanling said calmly, "No one knows a son better than his father."

Ji Li said, "That makes sense. I really should get to know you better."

These words stunned Prince Yuanling:
Are you the father or am I the father?

To be honest, Prince Yuanling had always felt that Ji Li's attitude towards him was quite subtle.

He couldn't quite put his finger on what was so subtle about it, but it had a certain quality to it, like how he usually treated his juniors.

We really need to keep him in check, otherwise he'll get too cocky after this.
Given his human form's appearance, he could easily go out and claim that Yuanling King is his son.

However, their eyes met, and they exchanged some messages.

Ji Li hadn't anticipated that the dock where he left would actually run into the delegation who had secretly entered the country, and that such a fierce conflict would break out.

There are too many doubts surrounding this, but now is not the time to discuss them; we'll talk about them later.

Just then, the Third Prince's exclamation rang out:
"The coffin was empty!"

The atmosphere instantly became tense. Both Yuanling King and the Third Prince looked at Xiaoling King, since he was the first Mingzhao to arrive at the scene.

But when Xiaoling Wang turned to look at Ji Li, everyone else also looked at Ji Li.

When Ji Li saw that they were looking at him, he realized that the main character was being held by him, so he looked at the brown-skinned girl sleeping soundly in his arms.

It was at this moment that they began to notice the girl in Ji Li's arms.

The third prince took one look and saw that the man had brown skin and black hair, a very typical appearance of a Menesian:

"Is this someone in the know?"

"? She's the person in the coffin."

The Third Prince's expression froze instantly.

The entire room fell silent for several breaths, and even the Prince of Yuanling, who was closest to Ji Li at that moment, froze for a long time.

Then, various spiritual energies surged forth:

"Protect the Third Prince!!"

"Quickly, use the Binding Spell!"

"No, let's soothe their souls first, everyone move aside!!"

"Don't panic! First, land and apply a temporary seal. Let the King of Yuanling decide what to do!"

"Yuanling Heir, don't be nervous, listen carefully to me. Hold on tight and don't let go, this is an extremely dangerous being. We'll set up a spell to get you out of danger immediately..."

Seeing the Third Prince, still shaken by the spiritual energy fluctuations, fleeing a thousand miles away in his black and gold dragon attire, and the group of guards bustling about in front of him, Ji Li was somewhat at a loss for words.

Is it that exaggerated?

At this moment, the brown-skinned girl lay soundly asleep in his arms, gently twisting her body to find a more comfortable position, her jackal crest resting lightly on Ji Li's shoulder.

Then she murmured softly, her smooth, moist arms gently encircling Ji Li's neck.

Instantly, the surrounding crowd paused, and apart from the two princes and a few super-valiant guards whose spiritual energy was in turmoil, they all scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing thousands of miles away like the Third Prince.

Ji Li looked down and saw that the other person's thick, long eyelashes were tightly closed, and the head moved closer to his chest.

(End of this chapter)