Soul Trigger

Chapter 550 The Chaos Just Won't Stop

Ji Li and Prince Yuanling exchanged a glance, the latter then looking at the steward:
"Keep people calm and stop those diplomatic corps members."

Then he looked at Ji Li:

"Take care of your business first, then come with me."

He seized Ji Li and threw him directly into the Lingbo Prison of the Yuanling Prince's Mansion:
"Tell me, what's going on?"

After considering it for a moment, Ji Li told Yuanling King about his experimentation with a new ability.

However, when it comes to rule-level capabilities like cyclic calculations, and the four-dimensional data attributes of the Ascension Protocol, Ji Li has to be selective in what he talks about.

So, starting with the "Charming" spiritual quality, he informed the Prince of Yuanling about his attempt to distort his own spiritual qualities.

After hearing this, the King of Yuanling's expression changed drastically.

The inherent characteristics of spiritual essence come from the awakened aura. The awakened aura is the first cornerstone that determines why an awakened person is an awakened person, and it also influences the development of an awakened person's abilities throughout their life.

If you want to distort your own spiritual qualities, aren't you trying to distort the awakened aura and twist the foundation of your entire system in another direction?

Just like the "Raging Aura" of the Abyss King, it brought him an extremely unstable spiritual quality and a spiritual quality reaction far exceeding that of his opponents of the same level.

Only the dragon armor, developed from this foundation, possesses an offensive capability beyond the ordinary power of the Netherworld.

If you twist it into a spiritual substance like "Meiran," then the foundation of this entire system will completely collapse, and the only result will be distortion.

Historical records show that Ji Li did this, and the grass on his grave grew to an unimaginable height.

The key point is that this guy actually succeeded, which made Yuanling King's face turn pale and then red, and finally he righteously warned Ji Li:

"Actively trembling and separating one's own body and soul is too dangerous, and using it to distort the awakened spiritual light is even more dangerous! This technique is too risky, so do not practice it casually!"

He only has Ji Li as his heir, and if Ji Li were to go astray and become distorted because of practicing martial arts, that would be something that Yuanling King absolutely does not want to see.

Seemingly because his skin was slightly itchy from the earlier surge of anger, Prince Yuanling scratched his arm.

"As for Ruoxi, you can explain and apologize properly afterward."

Seeing his father's serious expression, Ji Li gave a perfunctory reply.

Strictly speaking, Ji Li's system relies on the Ascension Protocol and the Inner World Curse Seal, and his operating logic is completely different from that of other Awakened Ones.

So you think I won't practice just because you don't want me to? Of course, Ji Li wouldn't listen to what the Prince of Yuanling said.

"How's the investigation into the port incident going?"

"There are some results, but I can't tell you about them yet."

Faced with Ji Li's question, Yuanling Wang's eyes couldn't hide a shadow of gloom, and he scratched his back again.

The people from Rizhao went to see Tengjun and not only mentioned the matter of settling Shu in Yuanling Prince's Mansion, but also the matter of Ji Li's marriage alliance.

Even the King of Yuanling never expected that Ji Li would suddenly become so sought after, with the Lord of Calamity in front and the Rizhao Society behind.

The reason he was so eager to send Ji Li abroad, without telling him, was to prevent him from getting entangled in these troublesome political dramas.

But unexpectedly, it seems that someone saw through this.

It was no coincidence that the port incident dragged Ji Li into it, and the subsequent chemistry between Shu and Ji Li also drew him into the Rizhao Society's affairs.

This result further solidified Prince Yuanling's suspicions:
"But don't worry, I'll take care of it for you. But don't go to the Forbidden City during this time."

Ji Li frowned:
"Teng Jun?"

Prince Yuanling nodded, then scratched his armpit again:

“You’re not stupid, you should be able to guess some of it, so listen to me, I’ll handle this.”

"As for going to the Tower of Babel, at worst it will be after visiting multiple countries, so you don't need to worry too much. But you might need to consider what those Dead Apostles will think."

"The tombstone means it will wait for me to come."

"That would be best, of course. But to be honest, the Knight of the Monument has been a little too lenient with you. You should keep that in mind and not let yourself be betrayed."

As the Prince of Yuanling spoke, a hint of anger seemed to flicker in his eyes:

"...I don't know why, but ever since I entered Limbo, I've been feeling uneasy, and my spiritual reactions have become quite strange."

Princess Menes might cause some trouble if she wakes up outside. That's all for now, let's get out of here..."

"Wait a moment."

Ji Li grabbed her father's arm.

"What is it now?" Yuanling King asked impatiently, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"I think there might be something wrong with my current situation..."

Ji Li's lips twitched as he looked at his current four-dimensional panel: —
Willpower: 365 + 402.1
Extrasensory perception: 129.8
Creativity: 100
Affinity: 9
At this moment, his will and affinity were pounding wildly.

Just now, after he adjusted the two attributes that had skyrocketed back to normal values, he found that the fluctuating numbers did not stop, but continued to "adjust".

The willpower that was originally all allocated to the affinity attribute has not only returned to its normal value, but is also continuing to surge.

Just as Ji Li poured all his willpower into affinity, now affinity has also been poured entirely into willpower, dropping to single digits. Moreover, Ji Li discovered that he was completely unable to reverse this result.

By the time he discovered the anomaly and tried to control it, the affinity had already dropped to 0.

Willpower also reached an unprecedentedly terrifying value of 778.1.

Faced with his father's puzzled and impatient expression, Ji Li spread his five fingers, and a burst of spiritual energy condensed out.

It was an extremely dazzling rainbow, magnificent and beautiful.

However, it lost all its enigmatic allure, and in its place, it possessed an extreme rigidity.

It's as if a single glance can destroy a person's will.

Seeing the momentary daze and astonishment on his father's face, Ji Lixin said, "Is this what it means to have one's willpower stacked up to the level of the Netherworld Illumination?"
However, once willpower drops to 0, one's self-will becomes extremely weak, posing a significant risk of having a zero threshold for obedience to others.

So what terrible thing will happen when affinity drops to 0?

After informing his father of the dramatic changes that had occurred to him, the Prince of Yuanling was taken aback. He then quickly distanced himself from Ji Li and abruptly lifted his clothes.

Upon discovering that the areas that had previously caused him numbness and itching were now covered in layers of blisters, his expression changed drastically.
"My spiritual essence is spiraling out of control!?"

The young man's rage-filled spiritual essence possesses a sensitive spiritual response, which means it is somewhat unstable.

This causes his spiritual energy to collide with that of his opponent during battles, triggering a very violent spiritual reaction that results in a more intense and additional destructive performance.

This is one of the reasons for his extraordinary spiritual qualities.

However, his spiritual nature is also more difficult to control, though this has never happened since he achieved enlightenment.

Right now, not only is his spiritual essence starting to go out of control, but it is also directly exhibiting the burning characteristics of his spiritual ability "Li Long Spirit Blood," which is directly affecting him.

Just then, Ji Li discovered that the two-dimensional data that had stopped beating was not actually stopped beating, but was in a state of trembling, and seemed to be able to change.

But now that affinity has dropped to 0, won't it turn around and absorb all the will again?
Or……

A bold guess suddenly popped into Ji Li's mind, and this guess made him break out in a cold sweat:
No way?
As if sensing his thoughts, the constantly trembling four-dimensional panel suddenly stopped, and then the affinity value changed again—

Affinity: -1.

It really turned negative?!

The instant it turned negative, the entire panel seemed to break free of some constraint and began to gradually accelerate its fluctuations.

The negative number quickly rose to the tens digit, then to twenty, thirty, forty... and marched all the way up to negative one hundred!
Ji Li's will was also constantly breaking through, and in the blink of an eye, it broke through the number 800.

He sensed that his spiritual power had become extremely strong, and at the same time, his little father suddenly started to burn, instantly burning away his beautiful long hair and clothes.

Looking at the bald little boy in front of him, Ji Li blinked:
"Um...are you okay?"

The Prince of Yuanling froze for a moment, staring at the ashes of his hair scattered on the ground, his orange-red flames bursting from his eyes:

"You unfilial son!!!! Get out of here!!!"

Without Yuanling King needing to do anything himself, because with his affinity rapidly turning negative, the entire Lingbo Prison environment began to show some kind of rejection towards him, directly squeezing him out.

This was the first time Ji Li had ever felt the sensation of being eagerly "spit out" by a space.

When Ji Li returned to her room, she saw several employees cleaning up the mess.

Seeing Ji Li suddenly appear, they knew he had come from Limbo Prison, and immediately raised their hands to greet him, but their expressions turned strange—

Why does Young Master Ji Li seem a little different today?

You might say that your appearance has declined, but it doesn't seem like it, but it gives people a very uncomfortable feeling.

One of the workers inspecting the roof with the scaffolding didn't notice Ji Li, but suddenly his hand trembled, and the tool he was holding fell and hit a worker below on the head.

The latter fainted on the spot.

The former immediately apologized hastily and was about to get down from the shelf to check on the other person's injuries when the shelf collapsed completely.

The sharp wooden stake pierced his back, but was blocked by spiritual energy.

The man pulled out the wooden stake, his face filled with shock:
How is this going?

Meanwhile, the foreman of the construction workers, who was holding a pancake, looked distressed and shakily put his hand into his mouth.

Upon seeing the cockroach with half its body still in his hand, his face turned green instantly. He immediately forgot that this was Ji Li's house and turned around to run into the toilet to vomit profusely.

At the same time, a strong spiritual energy surge erupted outside the window, accompanied by a series of exclamations.

Things like "He fell down," "Stop it!" and "The kitchen is on fire!"

At this moment, Ji Li's affinity has dropped below -100 and is rapidly approaching -200.

And he was completely unable to control this process, only able to watch his will grow incredibly strong while his affinity sank madly into an endless abyss of negative numbers:

"No... I have to go find Shu right now..."

It was Shu's ability that allowed him to discover the secret of using two-dimensional distortion, and now the only way to alleviate his current situation is probably to go to the dark-skinned princess.

(End of this chapter)