Soul Trigger

Chapter 85: The Magic Addict

Thousands of shadow tentacles rose from the ground and bound An Zhongxun's body. Ji Li punched the center of the chain without thinking.

There was a loud bang, and an extremely cold air wave exploded in the air. An Zhongxun turned into a green line and flew backwards. He instantly passed through countless shops in the explosion, raising a cloud of dust.

The heavy body of [Dark Ice Storm] followed closely behind, leaving behind a series of wildly growing black glaciers along the way, and punched into the ruins.

The huge force shook the shop down, and the cold shock wave rose up along the broken edges, forming icy spikes.

The fist covered with black ice was raised from the ground, and there was no one in the center of the spider-web-like crack.

Bang!
A heavy kick with green flames hit his arm that was already protecting the side of his head. Large pieces of black ice splashed out, and countless tentacles burst out from Ji Li's shadow and rolled towards the figure that was attacking him.

An Zhongxun roared, and green flames boiled all over his body, burning all the tentacles created by the rabbit. Then, a sea of ​​sharp claws came back at him.

As a wave of air exploded, he was covered in black frost and flew backwards and smashed into the ground.

Terrifying speed, deadly low temperature, and tortoise shell-like defense.

"...No wonder...Haha, no wonder you were able to catch the Rainbow Warbler..."

"It turned out to be such a monster... It turned out to be such a monster!"

He laughed like a madman, and as he stood up from the pit, he grabbed a cluster of shadow tentacles that were stabbing at him.

Green flames rose above his body, and he raised his other hand to let Ji Li see clearly what he was holding.

It was a ring, which he had actually taken back by unknown means during the brief confrontation just now.

Something.

But before An Zhongxun could make the next move, the shadow under his feet began to boil, and a figure emerged, exploding with thousands of tentacles and chains that wrapped his entire body into a black cocoon.

Golden Yasa.

There was a dark purple mist burning in her eyes. After the death track, her abilities had improved during this period of time.

As the shadow spirit essence exploded in an instant, the black cocoon arched up dense spikes like a hedgehog, piercing wildly towards the inside.

The rabbit itself leaped to the side and away, because the black ice essence in the mouth of [Dark Ice Storm] had accumulated to the extreme, turning into a laser-like black cold air column that spanned more than ten meters and fiercely bombarded the black cocoon.

boom--! ! ! !

The black pillar instantly created a black ice track on the ground, bombarding the black cocoon and exploding thousands of jumping black ice spiritual essences. Clusters of black ice flowers continued to rise in all directions, and dazzling light shot up into the sky!

In the column of deathly icy steam, An Zhongxun’s figure was almost invisible. His skin and flesh were frozen, turning into cold fragments that were shattered by the violent impact force.

A puff of gray mist suddenly erupted.

……

Yan Xiyu and the other man, who had already entered the reflection world and were rushing directly towards where the three people were, looked solemn when they saw the black column of light rising into the sky.

“This spiritual pressure…?!” subordinate Li Shuncheng exclaimed.

"It's even more terrifying than the game at Monsa... Their attitude towards cooperation is another matter, but Black Goat is definitely serious about killing people..."

Although they were shocked, the two men did not slow down their pace at all and continued to move towards their destination at high speed.

At this moment, they felt a fatal throbbing from the soul trigger.

As Yan Xiyu shouted "Get down".

The moment they ducked, a terrifying black pillar of spiritual essence cut through the houses in the reflected world and swept past them diagonally.

"What's going on?! Is he crazy?!"

"I have a strange feeling that something went wrong with An Zhongxun..."

Yan Xiyu, who was just getting up from the ground, was speaking when he felt an inexplicable throbbing from his soul trigger, and his tone suddenly tightened.

"Sure enough, this spiritual essence..."

As soon as she moved, she turned into orange lightning and passed through the shopping mall that was turning into ruins. The nimble and flowing light left a bright and beautiful trail on the ground for a moment:
"I'll go first, you follow immediately! Something's wrong!"

When the orange lightning exploded on the messy battlefield, Yan Xiyu only heard An Zhongxun's wild laughter.

The gray mist spread out with him as the center, instantly washing over Yan Xiyu's body, and everything in all directions was shrouded in the gray mist.

When the mist completely disappeared, Yan Xiyu only saw Jin Misha in combat uniform controlling the overwhelming shadows to sweep into the air. A piece of newspaper flew into the air and then fell to the ground.

Yan Xiyu's expression suddenly became ugly:

"Octagonal cage...Octagonal cage on him?!"

With a loud bang, a row of shadow tentacles slammed heavily onto the ground:
"…What did that idiot do?!"

Jin Misha looked around and saw Yan Xiyu who had just arrived. She flashed in front of Yan Xiyu. The latter subconsciously tried to dodge but was grabbed by the collar:

"What did you just say? What octagonal cage?!"

So fast...

Yan Xiyu took a deep breath:

"Taboo: The old-world octagonal cage, shaped like a newspaper reporting on the Equality Act, with a picture of a fighting octagonal cage."

"After using it, it can pull two people into a place called the 'Old World Octagonal Cage' until one of them dies completely. But the problem is not this..."

Yan Xiyu stared at Jin Misha:
"…This is a forbidden item that can defeat the strong with the weak…"

A newspaper fluttered down beside the two of them in the breeze.

It was covered with English letters, and the words "Equality Act" were prominently displayed.

In the largest picture, An Zhongxun's tall back oppressed the camera, and opposite him was Ji Li, who was shirtless and skinny in human form.

The two were surrounded by a simple octagonal cage, and outside the cage were the shadows of various strange-looking spectators.

……

Ji Li opened his eyes and found that he had regained his normal appearance without knowing it. Dense gray fog was swirling around him, forming a simple octagonal cage made of scrap iron.

As cheers came from all directions across the mountains, Ji Li looked and saw that the gray fog had formed a densely packed audience seat all around, filled with dark gray foggy people with bright red eyes.

Many of them stood up and clapped their hands, as if they were applauding his arrival.

It felt similar to the Death Race. He recalled the fatal blow just now, which was suddenly shrouded by thick gray fog, and then he came to this place.

Is this also the hell of spirits?
"I declare..."

A voice came from the front, and a spotlight from somewhere hit the man's back, casting a tall and burly shadow like an orangutan.

It was An Zhongxun:
"…Rule number one, you and I are honest and should be equal!"

As cheers came from all directions, the spotlight completely illuminated An Zhongxun's appearance.

He was no longer as disheveled as before. Except for a pair of trousers, his entire muscular upper body was exposed to the air, with a huge scar across his chest.

When his voice ended, Ji Li felt a trigger in his soul move, and the clothes on his upper body turned into gray mist and disappeared, revealing his ribs -

There was a burst of boos from all directions.

There is no other reason. Although after half a month of exercise and the feedback of spiritual essence, Ji Li's body has escaped from the sub-healthy state and is not as thin as he was at the beginning, he is still far from a muscular man like An Zhongxun.

But these are not the main points——

An Zhongxun's eyes were fixed on Ji Li's neck.

His expression was first excited, then incredulous, then suddenly enlightened, and finally extremely focused:

"……I see."

"Why did Hongying suddenly disappear? Why didn't she tell us anything..."

"A masterpiece, truly a masterpiece..."

He laughed wildly towards the sky, sometimes crying bitterly, sometimes heartbroken, and sometimes ecstatic.

Ji Li frowned and was about to take a step forward, but his soul trigger felt a fatal throbbing——

The battle has not started yet, no movement allowed.

"So, you really used some means to drag me into the Soul Prison..."

Ji Li pondered and mobilized the spiritual energy accumulated in his body. He felt as if he was being pulled by something and his eyes darkened.

"There's salvation... Everyone is saved..."

An Zhongxun's gaze returned to Ji Li. He showed his cold teeth, and the smile on his face was exaggerated to the extreme:
"I have to admit... you little bastard, your ability is very strong. It's so strong that it almost makes me tremble..."

"At your age, you should be proud of that."

"But here... everything will be different!"

He spread out his five fingers:

"Confused, right? Why should I tell you this?"

"This is the rule, the rule of the old octagon - fairness."

"I already know the rules, but you don't, so I have to tell you."

“No matter how powerful you are outside, you must abide by the rules of equality here.”

"And these rules will be made by the user of the Octagon—that's me!!!"

Amid cheers that broke out from all directions, An Zhongxun laughed wildly.

"So... your first rule is to look at my ectoplasm circuits and figure out why your skin-skinning paramour came to get herself killed without even telling you?"

"After Hongying disappeared, the leader kept warning me... asking me not to come to Aries College. He said there were terrible things hidden here..."

"Then you should really listen to your captain."

Ji Li pulled the soul trigger, his skin and flesh dissolved, turning into a faceless bone and twisting his neck.

"I have been observing you, watching your every move..." An Zhongxun pointed at Ji Li from a distance:
"Among all the puppies in the school, you are the most out of place and the most special."

"I just watched you from afar, watching you walk into the same place every day with more than two servings of food..."

"Do you know who that is? That's my love, my life, we've been dependent on each other since we were little..."

“How dare you…how dare you…?!”

Veins bulged on his head, his face was red, and a flash of light flashed across the huge scar on his body.

"How dare I?"

Ji Li smiled:
"Do I have to shed two pearls for the epic love story of two skinning lunatics, and then give them my neck skin in tears?"

"Besides... don't you think it would be more difficult to find that woman if you kill me?"

"I don't care now!" An Zhongxun roared.

"If she's not dead, I'll peel off your skin and give it to her; if she's dead, I'll chop you into minced meat and feed you to pigs!!!"

The piercing referee bell rang out from nowhere, and the two men flashed and rushed towards each other almost at the same time.

"I declare the second rule! You and I should be equal!!!"

In an instant, Ji Li's spiritual essence that he called upon to form the Dark Ice Storm was forcibly blocked. At the same time, he felt that the total amount of spiritual essence he could mobilize dropped sharply. After a fistfight, his body slid backwards at high speed, and his bone boots left two long marks on the ground.

"Ha ha ha ha--!!!"

An Zhongxun laughed loudly with a ferocious look on his face.

A bit of green stained the huge crack on his chest and spread to his entire body.

Ectoplasmic circuit.

Densely packed spiritual circuits.

Occupies the spiritual circuits throughout the body.

Under the scorching spotlight, Ji Li saw the surgical marks of almost perfect sutures between his skin, sewing all the pieces of skin together.

"Demon addict..."

(End of this chapter)