Soul Trigger

Chapter 577 Confrontation
Faced with the spiritual attack aimed straight at his face, Yan Xiyu's red eyes twitched, and bird feathers sprouted from his wrists, transforming into dragon-shaped gauntlets that flashed red lightning as they went.

As a former Special Administration Bureau agent who has now entered immortality and been awarded the Dragon Armor, this level of surprise attack was not even a shock to Yan Xiyu, and the counterattack had already begun.

But when she collided head-on with the force of the attack, she realized the problem and her expression changed drastically:

"Mingzhao?!"

Vibrant feathers grew wildly on her body, and a few beautiful spiritual feathers that had just sprouted from the side of her face were instantly corroded by the eerie green spiritual energy.

Yan Xiyu sensed that the vibrant green power was rapidly eroding her red lightning spirit essence and relentlessly piercing into her soul.

The intense destructive aura emanating from this power instantly brought back her memories to the state funeral where Ji Li had faked his death, and the eerie green sky that swept in:

"Hell Fang Kaoru...!"

She gritted her teeth, and amidst the clash of red and green, the dragon costume was rapidly enveloping her body.

But before the armor was fully applied, a sharp crack rang out, and in her suddenly constricted pupils, the completed gauntlets were rapidly splitting apart:

How could the difference be so huge?!

In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared in front of her, gently patting her forward:
Snapped! ! ! !

Whether it was the red lightning or the dark green lightning, they were all blasted into billowing black smoke by the Lonely King's palm strike.

But Yan Xiyu let out a muffled groan as a few traces of eerie green spiritual energy swayed him away.

The makeshift electric fence was instantly destroyed by the remaining force, and the person staggered back several steps before kneeling on the ground.

She stared at her shattered gauntlets and trembling hand, her eyes flashing with lightning, and her clenched fist crackled with red electricity.

"Don't be reckless," came the voice of the Lonely King from ahead.

Yan Xiyu raised his head, but instead of seeing the back of the Lonely King, he saw a green, ferocious dog's head that was faintly visible amidst the thick black smoke.

The barely concealed mockery on the dog-headed face only intensified the electric glint in her eyes. But a flash of green suddenly appeared in her red eyes, and she gasped and clutched her arm:

Burnt green scorch marks appeared on her palm, carrying with them profound pain and a soft laugh that echoed in her ears:

"A thieving cat..."

It really was that madman!

This completely ignited Yan Xiyu's anger, and he was about to get up immediately.

However, the spells cast by Gu Ling Wang and Yu Ya Xun had not completely dissipated, and the lingering spiritual pressure caused Yan Xi Yu to stumble and nearly fall to the ground.

"You cannot withstand the residual spiritual energy of me and it. Stabilize the Trinity!"

The voice of the Lonely Tomb King resonated in his ears, but it only ignited Yan Xiyu's intense resentment and anger, which ultimately transformed into a powerful punch that slammed into the ground, tearing through the air with lightning.

"Bastard!"

Is this madman because he saw himself and Ji Li?
Just because of this, you're going to attack me?

Or is it... a warning?
The cool girl's red eyes trembled, and her jaw clenched even tighter:

How could I possibly agree to let Ji Li get together with such a lunatic?
King Guling picked up the broken little box from the ground. Inside was an exquisite black bracelet, from which the spirit of the Lord of Calamity had erupted.

As the Lonely King picked it up, it quickly shattered into pieces on the ground.

"I shouldn't have let you open the door."

"It doesn't matter."

The spiritual pressure finally dissipated, and Yan Xiyu stood up, slightly unsteady.
"Anyway, they're coming for me, so there's no way to avoid it."

A black sword grew in the hand of the Lonely Tomb King, its spiritual energy shrinking:
"Then he shall be executed..."

"where are you going?"

"Black Sun Embassy".

"Go find Helltooth Kaoru?"

"Exterminate them."

"She was the fiancé arranged by Teng Jun for Ji Li, why did you kill her?"

"She wants to kill you."

Yan Xiyu's trembling wrist was tightly gripped by her other hand:

"She wasn't trying to kill me, she was trying to warn me..."

"Warning you? For what reason?"

"For Ji Li."

King Guling fell silent.

Although Yuya Kaoru has been wreaking havoc on the high seas for nearly a year, he has not met or fought with this scourge.

He had also heard about the remote talks between the Prince of Yuanling and the Third Prince, but wasn't the engagement with Ji Li just a pretext, a tacit arrangement between her and Tengjun to get what they wanted?

There are many possibilities regarding their specific motives, just like these diplomatic missions that came to Mirage City with ulterior motives.

But what he didn't expect was that this master of calamity was actually interested in Ji Li.
Or is it that even if it's just a formal engagement, no one else is allowed to get involved?
After a moment's thought, the Lonely King spoke:
"That won't change the fact that you could die at any moment."

"You really want to be my father that badly?"

Faced with Yan Xiyu's sudden questioning, the King of Guling fell silent.

Yes?
Or would you like me to explain my thoughts and arrangements in detail?
Will she be offended by this?

Or is she just asking a question, and doesn't actually mean that at all?
Yan Xiyu didn't give this clumsy father much room to think:
"Okay, but I want you to teach me."

"What?" King Guling was slightly taken aback.

Yan Xiyu clenched his fist, feeling the pain of his palm's spiritual essence being eroded:
"Train me, I'll bite back at her engagement party..."

"A fantasy."

The gathering is just days away. From an Echoing Immortal to a completely perfect Netherworld Illuminator?

Without even thinking, the Prince of Guling told her to give up that idea.

"Aren't you the most powerful Prince Ling? How come you can't even do this?"

"Provocation won't work on me..."

"dad."

The Lonely King trembled slightly, and half of the black sword in his hand dissipated:

"Is Ji Li that important to you?"

“That’s something I need to make Ji Li understand. Right now, I just want to ruin her engagement ceremony and slap her across the face.”

After a few breaths of silence, the spirit of the Lonely Tomb King emanated. The fragments of the bracelet on the ground slowly coalesced under the shroud of this dark spirit, forming a chaotic mass:
"If it were just a slap..."

As he twirled the black sword in his hand, aiming it at the chaos before him, spiritual pressure instantly enveloped the entire city. Cracks burst beneath Yan Xiyu's feet, and he let out a muffled groan—

"Watch closely." The voice of the Lonely Tomb King seemed to come from near and far. Through the blurred vision caused by the immense spiritual pressure, Yan Xiyu saw the pitch-black blade plunge fiercely into the chaos.

……

Inside the White Island Embassy, ​​the film in the ventilation system is warily facing the dog's head in front of it.

She wasn't sure if using Ji Li's name would make the Lord of Calamity make way, but if she insisted on taking action, this body would be no match for the other party's spiritual essence.

Therefore, she was prepared for the operation to fail.

Yu Ya Xun was also pondering what the bloody mess in front of him had said. In addition to judging whether Fei Lin’s words were true or false, he was also thinking about Ji Li’s purpose in exploring the White Island Embassy.

Just as the atmosphere between the two was delicate, the pupils of Yuya Xun's dog head suddenly changed, and its spiritual energy overflowed uncontrollably.

Filyn was about to escape immediately, but the dog's head suddenly exploded apart.

This caused Felin to stop his actions again:

The technique was interrupted? Is there something wrong with the main body of the Calamity Lord?
Hmm... This is a golden opportunity. The Imperial Guards have mostly retreated now. We need to get into El Salvador's office before the Lord of Calamity's dissipated spiritual energy attracts them back.

Blood gushed out and poured into the side room through the ventilation system.

At that moment, the expression of the real Yuya Xun sitting in the reception room changed, and he suddenly covered the lower half of his face.

A large spray of pitch-black spiritual energy gushed from her mouth, and a speck of ink quickly stained one of her pupils.

In the vision of that eye, a figure appeared in the boundless darkness, raising a black sword and slashing it down at her—

The Lonely Tomb King...

Yu Ya Xun grinned, and in the pitch-black world of his left eye, a three-headed vicious dog tore through space and rushed towards Gu Ling Wang.

In the illusory space, the two engaged in a frenzied battle, their back-and-forth attacks reflected in Yuya Xun's left eye.

The spiritual energy dissipated once again, and the immense spiritual pressure made it impossible for anyone in the entire reception room to stand up.

Meanwhile, in El Salvador's office, Felin was searching rapidly, eventually picking up a pen that was most strongly imbued with human emotions, and was about to leave.

But at that moment, she sensed intense negative spiritual energy surrounding the entire White Island Consulate. It was moving incredibly fast; she had already entered the consulate the instant she sensed it, and two of these auras were rapidly advancing towards her office.

Forgive the Dragon Guards!

If we were to disassemble the body and drill into the ventilation system now, the spiritual energy fluctuations would be too intense; we must choose a more secure method.

Felin's gaze fell on the cup on the table, and instantly turned into a spray of blood that seeped into it, causing the pen to fall to the ground.

But just as the blood formed from the film was about to fall into the cup, the pen that had fallen to the ground bounced on the carpet and made a crisp clinking sound.

The next moment, a powerful red light illuminated the entire room, and the blood formed from the film suddenly surged:
The entrance to the other world?!

The red light vanished rapidly, taking with it the essence of the film.

A few breaths later, the shadows in the study deepened and lengthened, and the figures of the Imperial Guards emerged from them.

He glanced around, seemingly searching for something, until he saw another colleague standing in the shadows beside the bookshelf on the desk:
So they were colleagues. No wonder the aura of a vengeful dragon was so strong.

The other person nodded, holding the same thought in their mind.

At that moment, Yuya Kaoru's terrifying spiritual energy shattered the office door. The two of them didn't have time to think and immediately merged into the shadows, rushing towards the reception room where Yuya Kaoru was.

Film rolls up in a blood-red world:
El Salvador's office actually contains an entrance to an alternate world, leading directly to the Hell of Vengeful Dragons?!
Moreover, this is not an ordinary hell of vengeful dragons.

The space around Film was filled with a viscous atmosphere, like an ocean or a sky, causing her body to unconsciously roll and stick to it.

Realizing the unusual nature of the place, and considering that this was the area directly accessible from the passageway discovered in El Salvador's office, she did not reveal her time-based spirituality, but instead steadfastly moved forward in one direction.

Ji Li carries her time-domain fragment. As long as the corresponding location in reality is not too far from Ji Li, she can locate Ji Li's position through her senses.

This prevents her from immediately escaping the inner world without using the spacetime spiritual energy.

But it would allow her to quickly escape this chaotic space.

Just as Felin was about to escape this space, she sensed a powerful spiritual force piercing through the inner world, pulling her directly out of the space—

……

Inside the Yuanling Prince's mansion, Ji Li put down the brandy in his hand and looked at Fei Lin, who had returned to normal.
"So... although we didn't succeed, a suspicious entrance to the underworld was discovered in the basement of Salvador's office, which means that White Island has been secretly doing something within the Shulong territory all along..."

"It is very likely that this is also related to the rally, considering why El Salvador himself would participate."

"But what can he gain from entering the Hell of the Vengeful Dragon? It's merely a shadow of the Divine Dragon Vein, which doesn't align with the intentions of these nations plotting to uncover the secrets of the Divine Dragon Vein. Or perhaps, he's here to extract the power of the Ouroboros?"

Phil shook his head:

"It cannot be confirmed, but this is not an ordinary matter, and reporting it would be a good option."

"Let the young man handle it. Whatever they want to do, my goal is always El Salvador itself."

If we can't get the pen, we'll just wait until he shows up at the rally and let Shu take a look.

Ji Li didn't feel much about it. Sending Fei Lin to infiltrate the White Island consulate was just a small experiment. Although there was some surprise, that was all.

However, besides Kaoru Gokuba's inexplicable madness at the White Island consulate, another thing that piqued his curiosity now was:

"So, how exactly did you get out?"

……

Seeing the smiling figure with green hair appear before him, Felin's eyes flashed:
"Lord of the Calamity."

The other party was indeed Kaoru Goku, but he was different from the Kaoru Goku that Felin had seen.

This one, Yuya Kaoru, has short hair and a different demeanor.

The two were currently in a corner of a bustling downtown area, surrounded by hurried pedestrians who seemed oblivious to their presence.

"Using the power of the Netherworld to isolate the aura of the inner world... but it doesn't last long."

Upon hearing Felin's words, Yuya Kaoru narrowed his eyes:

"You're very experienced... So, who are you to Ji Li?"

again?
Film, the incarnation of Blood Shadow:
"They are fellow travelers."

"A fellow traveler?" The short-haired Yuya Xun playfully tapped her cheek, seemingly a little puzzled.

The next second, its jaw split open completely, and it bit down on Felin:
"Only I am worthy to walk with him..."

Facing the gaping maw that came rushing towards him, Phil remained unmoved, his calm and composed demeanor as if he were watching a close-up performance.

Sure enough, Yuya Xun's huge mouth stopped, and after a few breaths it shrank back to its original size:
"How interesting, aren't you afraid... even though you're just a broken, ordinary immortal..."

Yuya Kaoru looked at Felin, his interest growing.
"I want to kill you even more now... However, if you can answer my questions properly, I might let you go back... After all, you are Ji Li's little toy."

Filin said calmly:
"What do you want to ask?"

Helltooth leans forward:
"Why did Ji Li send you to investigate El Salvador?"

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

(End of this chapter)