Soul Trigger

Chapter 554 Paradox of Paradox

"This power?!"

In that instant, Shu sensed the aura contained within the fragment.

The seemingly ordinary fragments now exuded an aura that even she feared. No one knew better than her that this was an existence comparable to a god among mortals.

But why, why didn't I see through it?

Watching Ji Li's retreating figure as he stabbed towards the coffin, her pupils gradually contracted:

"Is it still because of you...?"

Khalid and Naf's hearts were pounding, their souls reeling as they watched Ji Li's resolute figure move.

Paradox, does Ling Sizi possess a paradoxical power?!

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Is this why he was able to open the coffin...? Is this why Shu treated him so specially?!

At this moment, in Ji Li's perception, time seemed to be stretched out endlessly.

Faced with the paradoxical nature of Shu, this was the only way Ji Li could think of to break the deadlock.

He was in a strange state at this moment; his actions were like a fleeting thought, yet also like an incredibly long life.

Time is like a thin pipe, and Ji Li is the water flowing through that pipe.

The water flowed relentlessly forward, surging forward as if there were no end in sight, making him acutely aware of the passage of time in that moment—

The Time Domain Dagger is a piece of primal power condensed directly from fragments of the Time Domain by Felin. It is also a temporary "gift" she gave to Ji Li for his future operations on White Island to deal with the Dead Apostles.

This thing has three functions: first, it can detect other time-domain fragments within a certain range.

Secondly, it can be used as a special attack weapon against the Dead Apostles of Babel, because it can disrupt the Dead Apostles' unique "Crimson Ritual".

Whether this would work for someone like Shu who was temporarily unclear about the specifics was unknown to Ji Li, but the most important point was the third one:
As the primordial power of Felin, it possesses the power to generate temporal spiritual matter.

Because of the inherent status of Felin and the existence of a suspected paradox during its prime, if Ji Li wants to directly utilize this Time Domain Dagger and unleash the power of its temporal essence, he must reach at least the level of Mingzhao.

And now, the power unleashed by the Time Domain Dagger in Ji Li's hand is indeed the unique time essence belonging to Felin—

If an attribute reaches the level of enlightenment, then it is also enlightenment.

Under the influence of the will to break through a thousand, the threshold for using this fragment has been met.

What he needed to do was use this time-domain dagger to reverse time and completely reshape Shuhe's coffin into a perfectly sealed state.

To rewind time and return to the period before she fully revealed her true self:

"Let me see who is stronger, you or Felin..."

Amidst the burst of crimson-gold light from Shu, the Time Domain Dagger pierced into the coffin with overwhelming force, or rather, into the time that the coffin existed.

A spherical spacetime distortion erupted from the piercing gap, instantly engulfing Ji Li and enveloping everyone present. The figures of the Sun and Sun Duo, whose pupils contracted, immediately froze.

Large cracks exploded around Shu's eyes, and the crimson gold color transformed into black gold wandering spiritual light, which also transformed into a spherical energy that burst out in all directions, colliding violently with Ji Li's time force field.

Both are powers of the same rank, unable to influence each other's spiritual essence with their respective characteristics. They collide like the purest form of water and fire, vying for dominance over the surrounding space.

The time reversal didn't work; was it neutralized by the opponent's spiritual energy?!

He is now certain that Da Lei at his peak was an absolute paradoxical level of power.

This is different from her current shattered state; this is the source of Felin's power.

Therefore, the spiritual essence within it is a paradoxical existence, rather than the original body being forced to only manifest the power of the Netherworld due to its incomplete and fragmented state.

This is also how Ji Li, through the uncontrolled state of dual-dimensional distortion, overtook and directly controlled this paradoxical power.

Unlike the iridescent spiritual energy possessed by the Death Star, this power is not so easy to control—

In a flash, one of Ji Li's eyes began to become as transparent as mirror glass, with cracks appearing within it:

The Time Spirit is trying to break free from his control!
Even if it's a paradox, one is just a fragment, and the other is merely a newly freed little dumpling. With his thousands of points of willpower and the endless soul of the ancient beings, can he still be trapped by these things?!
Thoughts and emotions ignited and exploded together. Chaos twisted in Ji Li's other eye, and as countless cracks spread from his hand holding the fragment of time, time around the coffin finally began to flow backward—

"You really disappoint me."

Shu's voice had turned completely cold, and her gaze toward Ji Li was filled with nothing but deep malice.

She stood there, slowly walking towards Ji Li, and stepped into Ji Li's reversed time domain.

Her beautiful figure flickered in and out of existence, as if caught in some unstable dimensional shift, her speed suddenly decreasing, yet she moved resolutely towards Ji Li:

"It is heartbreaking that I have no choice but to... kill you with my own hands."

With a casual gesture, the princess, who embodied her human side, trembled and suddenly knelt down.

A crimson-gold power emanated from her body and quickly converged on Shu—

With the return of her primal power, she is reclaiming the power within her human self.

This also brought the "princess," who had been in a daze, back to her senses. She raised her palm blankly and saw that her fingers were emitting fine, reddish-gold sand that was flowing towards Shu Liu, as if she herself was being decomposed.

Looking back at the figure in front of her, she spoke in a soft, sticky voice:
"rainbow……"

Neither Ji Li nor Shu had time to pay attention to her at the moment.

Ji Li was struggling to control the time essence in her hand, while Shu completely ignored this "humanity" existence that was dispensable to her and destined to be absorbed.

As the crimson and black gold merged, a shattered body rose from behind the coffin—the attacker whom Ji Li had smashed through the coffin.

His skeletal body, now just bones, rapidly deformed and multiplied under Shu's power, transforming into a rotting jackal with flowing crimson gold.

Its body was filled with crimson gold, its eyes blazed with golden light, and its body was wrapped in gray-black mummy bandages that appeared out of thin air.

Countless coffin fragments pierced his body, expanding continuously under Shu's power, like spikes growing from within. These fragments were also held captive by the rotting jackal's enlarged flesh, preventing them from escaping Ji Li's control over time reversal.

"Kill him, Anubis!!!"

At the command of the trembling space, the rotting jackal raised its hand, and the crimson and black gold in its hand transformed into an intricately patterned axe, which slowly cleaved down towards Ji Li in a strange trajectory.

In an instant, Ji Li sensed that he was losing control of the time around him.

The long-handled axe in the rotting jackal's hand sliced ​​through the invisible spiritual energy reactions in the air, just as he had used Shu's Eye of Truth to see the countless spiritual energy reactions on the canal that night and used them to create a passage for super-fast displacement.

At this moment, Shu was also having the rotting jackal cleave through the paradoxical reaction he couldn't see, erasing its influence on the surrounding space and heading straight for his head—

"Film!!!"

Ji Li no longer held back. His entire arm was completely shattered by the power of time, turning into transparent and disordered fragments that scattered in all directions. Only a solidified transparent shadow remained in its original position.

At the same time, the photo that Film had given him appeared in his other hand. The situation was urgent, and there was no time to think about it. He had to use this thing.

The Death Star had already erupted from his body without reservation, Self-Devour and Dragonfire Worms were fully activated, and the long-handled axe had already fallen—

"do not want!"

With a flash of crimson gold, the "princess" rushed between Ji Li and the falling axe, and threw herself into Ji Li's arms, holding him tightly.

Shu's pupils twitched, and she scolded:
"Useless shells and spirits!! Slay them!!!"

But the axe suddenly hovered above Ji Li and the princess's heads, trembling violently—

"What are you doing? I command you to kill them!!!"

The rotting jackal trembled even more violently:
This is comfortable, and that is also comfortable; it couldn't make a decision for a moment.

The princess suddenly looked up and met Ji Li's gaze.

A golden light ignited instantly in his eyes—

The Eye of Truth.
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P.S.: I only slept for two hours last night, and I couldn't stay awake any longer while writing this tonight. I leaned on my hand and fell asleep right in front of the computer, so this is an emergency update.

Continuing like this is definitely not going to work. My physical and mental state has been severely damaged lately. I think I need to use 10,000 doses a day to solve the problem of fatigue for the rest of this month...

(End of this chapter)