Hunting God Era

Chapter 166 Heart Demon Jade Egg
After the strange noise from the mountaintop spread, Li Ye rushed over. He happened to see Fu Chuxue when he arrived at the summit. The two looked at each other but did not greet each other. Fu Chuxue arrived at the summit first, saw Su Ao, and asked him a question.

Because apart from martial arts, she is not completely clueless about general knowledge, though not entirely ignorant.

This person is purely skilled in martial arts, and naturally doesn't have much energy for other areas. In Li Ye's eyes, he is illiterate.

However, when faced with someone like Su Ao, even someone with good general knowledge would likely become illiterate.

This form gave Li Ye a strange feeling, like a Locust God Cult follower in disguise.

Whatever it is, it has already become a demon.

"It's you! Li Ye!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Su Ao pointed his longsword and said sternly, "I'll avenge the grudge from the martial arts competition today! I want to announce to everyone that I am the true champion, and your victory over me back then was merely a coincidence!"

A martial arts competition?

Li Ye was taken aback.

This human who has transformed into a demon was not here before; he is one of the martial artists participating in this assessment.

"Director Li, this is Su Ao!" Wang Qiu reminded him.

Li Ye remembered this person; he was a strangely immature man who had encountered him when dealing with the Martial Hall organization.

I originally thought he was a genius, after all, he broke through his cultivation level during the martial arts competition.

But upon closer inspection now, he's hardly a genius at all.
"Do you know you're about to die?" Li Ye said.

"Die? You're right! I'm not only going to defeat you, I'm going to kill you!"

Su Ao's eyes, already cloudy and stone-colored, moved slightly, and he arrived as swiftly as a shooting star.

Fu Chuxue tensed up, ready to retaliate, when Li Ye stepped forward, slapping the beam of light with his palm, deflecting the blade. He then rubbed his palm against the blade, creating a spark, and aimed straight for Su Ao's face.

At the same time, he took a deep breath, absorbing the pollution from the person's body.

Su Ao wanted to retaliate, but he was stunned by the suction, and then Li Ye slapped him in the face with a palm, black energy appearing in his palm. With a bang, he was sent flying.

Li Yeben wanted to grab him with his hands, but the other party seemed to have noticed something. Rather than being knocked away, it was more like he used the force of the blow to send him flying.

"impossible!"

He stopped mid-air, landed on the ground, took a few steps back, covered his face in disbelief, and exclaimed, "You can see Old Tie?!"

In his mind, Tie Lao let out a howl, clearly out of fear.

This guy spotted him, and although the palm strike didn't injure him, it was extremely painful, and Tie Lao was clearly weakened. This was obviously targeted at Tie Lao.

Could this guy's martial arts also target the soul?
Even if it could target the soul, it would still need to be discovered beforehand. He must have discovered it!

Su Ao felt only pain, but to others it was not. The face that Li Ye hit had a huge dent, like a piece of stone had been smashed open, but it was also like putty, slowly wriggling and healing outwards, returning to a pale and strange face.

"Old Tie?"

Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly. "Is this the reason you turned into a demon?"

"You're the demon! You hypocritical bastards are going to beat me up like a demon for the sake of my secret realm! You're all birds of a feather! So what if you know Old Master Tie? Old Master Tie only talks to me!"

Su Ao could no longer understand the words about demon transformation. In his world, Li Ye wanted to frame him as a demon so that he could devour the secret realm that was about to unfold.

Because he discovered the secret realm, and he himself controls the switch, the switch can only be taken away by killing him.

These people, led by Li Ye, wanted to seize his control, which is why they framed others at will.

In particular, he also knew about his iron-clad friend.
Although I don't know what kind of supernatural powers he possesses, this guy must be eliminated first!
His secret must not be known to anyone.

Seeing Su Ao's manic state, Li Ye paused and said, "Is there someone talking in your head? Is it impersonating the system or an old man? Is it saying that it can make you stronger and actually give you benefits, and then gradually lowering your bottom line?"

"He ate the flesh of demons raw, then devoured the demons he encountered, and eventually went even further, gradually lowering himself to the level of a human until he became like a demon, and that's how he ended up looking like this."

"You know?" Fu Chuxue looked at Li Ye upon hearing this.

"I actually know."

Li Ye smiled and said, "But these demons are rare enough. I didn't expect to actually encounter one."

In this world, systems are not necessarily trustworthy.

After Li Ye obtained the system and learned what kind of world he was in, he was afraid for a while.

There are too many kinds of demons, and it's easy to fall into their trap if you're not careful. Although it's not to the extent of Xin Liezhi's level, if I really encounter a demon, I'll still have to deal with it.

After consulting numerous ancient texts, he actually found a demon that resembled a system.

The Jade Egg of the Heart Demon.

It is also called the demon of darkness, or simply the demon of the mind. The fifty demons of darkness in Buddhist scriptures refer to this thing.

The Taoist classic "Baopuzi" also contains similar accounts and legends of spirits possessing bodies, thereby achieving "corpse liberation" and "body snatching".

The so-called "corpse liberation" is the liberation of the corpse, breaking free from its shackles. It seems like the soul ascends to heaven, but in reality, something unknown has taken over the body, which can also be called "possession."

The records in "In Search of the Supernatural" and "Records of Strange Things" even contain detailed accounts. The former records an object that, after aging, became a spirit and bewitched living people, thus transforming itself into a demon and influencing others through the medium of the object.

The latter transforms into a piece of jade, which, when worn, can also influence others and complete the possession process.

Because of the established precedent set by previous records, in modern times it is called the Heart Demon Jade Egg, specifically referring to this kind of demon that influences the minds of others and thus completes its demonization.

Li Ye's system never spoke, nor could it even have a physical window or anything like that; he had to perceive it all himself, which caused him a lot of anxiety for a long time.

This is the real system. Even if you kill other demons, if they are not gods, then they are not gods. After killing them, there is nothing.

Moreover, I've never heard of a system or some kind of personal old man possessing sentience.

What else could a system capable of dialogue be but a demon?
"When did Su Ao enter the martial arts world?" Li Ye asked.

"It was during my first year of school," Xia Mengxuan replied directly, as she was quite familiar with the matter.

"That was before that. No matter what kind of demon it is, if it faces a martial artist with blood and qi, the martial artist will sense the abnormality. Only by eroding the human heart and parasitizing it before breaking through the martial path is there a chance of it succeeding."

As Li Ye spoke, he looked at Su Ao and said, "It's only a matter of probability. This kind of inner demon will not improve a person's aptitude in the end. I'm saying you're about to die, not only because your mind is exhausted, but also because your body is completely depleted."

If you are possessed by an inner demon and cannot break through it, the inner demon will dissipate over time, and this cycle will not exceed one year.

This is also why Li Ye is not worried about his system or his own special abilities being some kind of demonic scheme. It's been almost eighteen years since he started practicing martial arts, and it wasn't activated when he entered the martial arts world. He killed demons and gods before that, and only then did he break through to the martial arts world.

Normal attachment to inner demons also has several stages. The first stage is when the attached person cannot break through it. Before it dissipates, it makes people strange, but at most it is just a mental illness, which can be treated in the hospital.

The second stage is when the possessed person enters the martial arts path. At this time, although the inner demon is alive, it will exert influence according to instinct. If the possessed person feels that there is something wrong with their blood and qi, they should go to the hospital for examination, take some medicine to calm their mind, and recuperate for a few months.

This is also the easiest to detect, because a simple low-level Dragon Gate cannot make the inner demon too powerful. However, if it is not detected and continues to lie dormant, and the person is also somewhat talented, the inner demon will gradually manifest and reach the third stage.

That is, the so-called old man or system.

At this point, the influence of inner demons becomes apparent.

If you want to go from the ordinary Dragon Gate Realm to breaking through the barrier in a short period of time, or even breaking through three barriers, there is no other way but to use cheat codes.

Even geniuses don't have a short timeframe, because they start by sprinting from the very beginning, making rapid progress from the moment they begin practicing martial arts.

This guy named Su Ao is indeed quite talented; he's a genius among ordinary people.
And the slacker among geniuses.

True geniuses can break through in their first year, let alone in their third year. How could they wait until now?

However, the third stage of demons can cause the host to forcibly consume demons of the same level, activating their own life force to forcibly increase their strength. It may seem like the level is rising rapidly, but in reality, the person is about to die.

Cultivation is a skill, but one must be alive to cultivate.

This stage is also easy to discover, after all, who the hell would eat a demon raw, especially a demon that's contaminated? Just thinking about it makes me feel there's something wrong.

But if you force yourself to eat it and continue in the direction guided by your inner demons, you will end up like this, completely demonized.

Su Ao's life is nearing its end. This body, which has burned out its life force, is about to be possessed by his inner demons and completely transformed into a monster.

"The influence exerted by the Heart Demon Jade Egg is not so magical. It merely uses your body to obtain some information that you have not paid attention to, making you feel that there is some powerful being guiding you. In the end, it will not deviate from your own cognition."

Li Ye said, "You may not care about what you come into contact with, hear, or see, but your inner demons will unlock your memory and make you mistakenly believe that it is very powerful."

“If you truly possess great power, you should meet me on the coast and eliminate that dragon demon, instead of being here on this mountaintop doing who-knows-what. Subconsciously, you only sense that the benefits are greatest here, and then your inner demons amplify that.”

"However, you probably won't listen to this anymore. At this stage, he's just like a demon. He'll definitely have a biased view of things, and you'll interpret the words he hears differently."

Li Ye spread his five fingers, gathering black energy, "Kill them as soon as possible, lest demons appear."

"You won't get me!"

Just then, Su Ao suddenly roared, "So what if we have more people? Let's go into the secret realm and fight again!"

hum! !

As soon as he finished speaking, his stone-like body suddenly burst out with light, like a black hole, occupying his original position and forming a hollow void that rapidly expanded, enveloping the entire mountain and swallowing up the bodies of Li Ye and the others.

Meanwhile, the unusual sight at the mountaintop also attracted the attention of the examiners, who all turned to look, their pupils contracting in surprise.

"impossible!"

"How could the Primordial Era appear!"

(End of this chapter)