The Twelve Trials Starting from Zero

"I have no objection," Dao Lian said nonchalantly. "They're just a bunch of ugly monsters; we can just kill them all."

"Dao Lian, you... *pfft*!"

Before he could finish speaking, Daohe was stabbed through the neck by Su Qi.

“My friend, go in peace.” The latter said with a righteous expression and an expression of unwavering duty, “I will take care of your wife and daughters, so you need not worry.”

Looking down at the blade embedded in his chest, Daohe grabbed Su Qi's shoulder, his face full of grief and indignation, as if saying, "I have a damn thing to say, but I don't know if I should." Just as he was about to speak, the blade was suddenly pulled out of his body, and the pain made him swallow his words back.

"Those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles. My friend, don't blame me, all of this is for love and justice."

With a tragic expression of righteous indignation, Su Qi pushed Dao He to the ground as he spoke.

A moment later, the two who had just been resurrected turned back into two corpses. Su Qi dispelled his super spirit body and was about to drag the corpses to arrange them neatly when a cold voice suddenly sounded behind him, "What are you doing?"

Su Qi showed no surprise, his hands continued moving, his face expressionless, and he coldly said, "If your eyes weren't blind, you should have seen that I'm destroying evidence."

Why kill them?

He continued coldly, "Because they did damned things and said damned things."

What did they do? What did they say?

He then said coldly, "They whispered behind my back."

"What did you say? That's all?"

He coldly replied, "The three of us are friends, yet those two deliberately spoke behind my back. That's betrayal. And those who betray me... must die!"

Are you crazy?

He finally turned around, looked at Anna Kyoyama who was standing with her arms crossed and her brows slightly furrowed, and said coldly, "You're wrong. I was just playing on the Gu Long reference and incidentally playing the role of a heartless psychopath killer."

After an eerie silence, Anna said coldly, "That's enough. I'm not in the mood for jokes right now. If you waste any more time, I'll kill you."

Su Qi shrugged, his expression instantly returning to normal. "Alright, Miss Anna, what brings you here?"

"That manipulative suggestion, you were the one who told them, weren't you?"

"Whose heart is this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a killing intent coming from the other side.

Chapter Thirty: Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

The girl's expression was cold, her eyes were cold, and her heart was cold... Well, the other person was clearly really angry.

To avoid triggering a real-life confrontation, Su Qi immediately straightened up, coughed lightly, and said, "If you mean the suggestion to stage a play to make Ye face reality... yes, that was indeed my suggestion."

"Why do this?"

"Of course it's for Ye's good... this is just a side effect." He looked at Anna and said frankly, "The main reason is that Ye is Ye Wang's other half. In order to prevent Ye Wang from easily capturing him and increasing Ye Wang's power, we need to make him stronger as soon as possible. At the same time, because of his outstanding talent, we want him to become an ally in the future confrontation with Ye Wang. That's my purpose."

"You're just using Ye as a tool."

“Miss Anna, please do not slander me to my face.” Su Qi said seriously, “I have never treated Ye as a tool, but only as someone I can use.”

Anna said coldly, "What's the difference?"

"Of course there is a difference. If it is an inanimate tool, I can use it as I please, but if it is a person with self-awareness, with joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, even if I want to use them to achieve my goals, I will abide by my moral bottom line and give them the most basic respect as living beings."

"Is toying with other people's feelings considered respect?"

"To me, Ye is more than a familiar stranger, but not quite a friend; to you, he is your fiancé and lover, so the bottom line of respect we have for him is completely different."

"Very well, I completely understand what you mean. We have different positions."

“That’s right. Nothingness is permitted, everything is allowed. I’m standing on my side and doing what I believe is right, and you’re standing on your side and preparing to do what you believe is right, aren’t you?”

“Then I’ll just say it straight.” Anna pulled the rosary from her neck, held it in her right hand, and said expressionlessly, “I won’t allow you to deceive Ye with them. Get out of the Asakura family right now.”

Su Qi remained unmoved, simply saying calmly, "Why did you come to me instead of stopping Asakura Yeming, or directly telling Asakura Ye?"

"Because I hate you and want to beat you up with my own hands, how about that reason?"

"Oh, how sad, because I quite like Miss Anna."

Although he said that, there was no sadness on his face. He then changed the subject, "Xikaxi, that wasn't the real reason, was it? You came to see me just because you didn't want Ye to be sad, right?"

"Arrogant and self-righteous. I'll say it one last time: are you getting out on your own, or am I going to kick you all out?"

"Isn't it Miss Anna who's so self-righteous? Shouldn't the current head of the Asakura family be the one in charge here?"

"Front ghost, back ghost, throw them all out!"

Too lazy to waste any more words, Anna casually tossed out two paper figures, which transformed into the previously seen front ghost and back ghost in mid-air. As soon as they landed, they strode towards Su Qifa.

In just one hour, she learned most of the spells in "Super Divination Manual" and used her own power to summon ghosts to bring back the spirits of the first and second ghosts, resealing them into paper dolls and making them her own shikigami.

"Not bad, but not enough. Do you think those two defeated opponents can defeat me?"

Su Qi instantly completed the construction and manifestation of his super spirit body, and then cleaved through the air with a single slash, sweeping out horizontally.

boom!!

The shockwave exploded, dust billowed, and the slender blade, over four feet long, was halfway through its swing when it was firmly blocked by the demon's claws, pinning it down.

"Hmph, with me in control, the power unleashed by the front ghost and the back ghost is worlds apart."

As he spoke, Hou Gui leaped up, clasped his hands together, and slammed them down heavily on Su Qi's head.

"Is there?"

Instantly cancel the super spirit body and reconstruct it.

With a casual wave of his hand, Su Qi sent a flash of white light through the air. The ghost that had leaped to the top of his head was instantly severed in two, its super spirit body disintegrating and turning into two pieces of paper figures that had been cut in half and slowly drifting down.

"Former ghost!"

The ground shook, and a strong wind swept in. Under Anna's control, the former demon seized the opportunity to get close and threw a punch.

Su Qi neither dodged nor evaded, but instead slashed horizontally with his sword, directly striking the fist encased in armor.

clang!

The blade clashed with the iron fist, sparks flying, but after only a moment of stalemate, the blade cleaved the iron fist, sliced ​​through the fingers and forelimbs, and cut the entire right arm of the demon into two halves.

Immediately afterward, Su Qi stepped forward and attacked. The vertical silver line flashed, and the tall and burly body of the former ghost suddenly split open along the midline and exploded with a bang.

As the two paper figures drifted down, he darted forward and rushed towards Anna on the other side.

"Come back here!"

In an instant, Anna unleashed her talents to the fullest, summoning back the spirits of the two ghosts at top speed. They attached themselves to the paper figure, manifesting as super spirits that stood before her like two guardian deities.

"Too much paper."

With a single horizontal slash, an arc of light flashed, and the two newly summoned shikigami were simultaneously cut in half at the waist, their spiritual bodies disintegrating as if they were fake.

The next moment, Su Qi's Asura-like figure reappeared before Anna, his sharp and cold gaze piercing her like a sword.

There's no time to retreat, and no time to summon shikigami again. What to do? Shamanic Escape? Shamanic Power Vanishing? Crescent Moon Exorcism? Water Moon Mirror Flower?

In that critical moment, her mind raced, and all sorts of spells from the "Super Divination Techniques" flashed through her mind. She immediately found the one most suitable for dealing with the current situation.

His super spirit body is too small and too stable. I can't use the Witchcraft Escape Technique or the Return of Witchcraft Power, and it's even more impossible to counterattack with the Three Crescent Moon Exorcism... Water Moon Mirror Flower! First, use illusion to disrupt his perception, take the opportunity to create distance, and then find an opportunity to counterattack!

Then the sorcerer's power surged, releasing an illusion according to the records in "Super Divination Secrets", and then... *smack!* Su Qi, completely unaffected, rushed in front of him and grabbed him by the neck.

“It’s over.” He gripped his sword in his right hand and held Anna firmly in his left, without much force, and said, “Miss Anna, the battle is over. It seems your expulsion will end in failure.”

"I haven't lost yet."

Anna stared coldly at Su Qi, then suddenly raised her right hand and slapped it hard across his left cheek.

Snapped!

In a flash, Su Qi dispelled his super spirit body, grabbed her right wrist, and caused the attack to fail.

But it wasn't over yet. Just as her right hand was grabbed, Anna raised her left hand and slapped Su Qi's right cheek.

Snapped!

Once again, Su Qi released her neck in time and grabbed her left wrist with his left hand.

Immediately afterwards, Anna headbutted him in the face.

The latter tilted his head back and pushed forward with both hands, opening her up.

Anna didn't give up and kicked Su Qi in the groin between his legs.

Su Qi squeezed his legs together, blocking Anna's kicking leg, and then... with a sharp crack, he slapped Anna across the left cheek.

He was neither a simp nor a protagonist in those classical-era online novels who would kneel before any woman. So, although he admired Anna's character in the past, he could not allow her to act recklessly and accept whatever came his way... His patience had its limits, no matter who it was.

For a moment, the whole world fell silent.

Ding! Congratulations! You've achieved an epic feat: slapping Anna of Osomyama in the face!

At that moment, Su Qi seemed to hear the system notification sound in his ear.

In the original story, Anna was always the one who slapped others; no one could slap her. Even Ye Wang had been slapped by her. But now... he has surpassed Ye Wang.

“Miss Anna, my tolerance is not a license for your arrogance. If you lose, please admit defeat.”

Anna remained silent, staring intently at Su Qi, before her right hand, freed from his grasp, grabbed the prayer beads and began smashing them against his face.

With a snap, Su Qi easily grabbed that hand again and said coldly, "This farce ends here. You should calm down first."

After saying that, he struck Anna hard on the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious.

"Head of the Asakura family, what are your plans next?"

After knocking Anna unconscious, Su Qi immediately turned his head and looked at a spot not far behind her.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Asakura Yeming emerged from behind the tree, bowed to Su Qi, and then looked at Anna lying on the ground. "We will lock her up temporarily, and the plan will proceed as scheduled."

"When?"

"To avoid any further accidents, let's do it tonight."

"Do you need our help?"

"Of course, I'll leave things to you all tonight." After saying that, he looked at Dao Lian and Dao He behind Su Qi, "But are those two guests alright?"