Sir! Don't close the net!

Abel's cheeks twitched, and he wished he could slap himself; he shouldn't have asked such a question.

“Let me think, where should I start? Why don’t you, Mr. Future Promising, tell me what you know first, and I’ll check it against you, saving everyone some trouble,” Li Yili said, raising her finger and waving it from side to side.

Abel instinctively opened his mouth to reveal what he knew, but the next second, he realized what he was doing and stared at Li Yili with a wary look on his face. "Don't try to trick me into telling you anything. I don't need that kind of time."

Li Yili paused while wiping Nakya's face, glanced at Abel, remained silent for a while, then shrugged her shoulders. "How about this, Mr. Future Promising, you ask and I answer, that way you can know everything you want to know."

What you don't know, you'll never know.

Abel's eyes flickered before he exhaled, "Why did you take such a huge risk to take Princess Nakya away?"

"Lust arises upon seeing beauty."

“Sir, the Sole Ruler, I feel it is necessary for me to—”

"If I said I had absolutely no interest in Princess Nakya's body, and that I didn't have the slightest thought about it during the entire process... would you believe me?"

Faced with Li Yili's question, Abel fell silent.

After thinking for a while, Abel raised his hand and waved stiffly.

"I understand what you mean for now. Okay, then what other reasons are there? Also, why can you control Princess Nakya's body? Is it related to the ring on your hand?"

Thinking about it carefully, Li Yili clearly said that she had more than just Gungnir in her possession, but she still used Gungnir to scare Nakya. Obviously, at that time, Li Yili used Gungnir as a cover and did something through the ring in her hand.

“You’re really slow on the uptake, Mr. Promising Future,” Li Yili shook her head helplessly. “Mr. Promising Future, don’t you find it strange? Why is Nakya’s body so sturdy?”

Abel narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent.

“It’s all related to the Thorn King’s experiment,” Li Yili straightened up, took out the Thorn King’s diary from her inner pocket, waved it at Abel, and tossed it to him. “This is the Thorn King’s diary. You can ignore the first five pages; they’re all just meaningless drivel.”

Abel was somewhat surprised that Li Yili would so readily hand over something as important as the King of Thorns' Diary, but he still took the diary and quickly flipped through it. As the pages went by, Abel's expression gradually darkened.

Li Yili, who had been watching Abel's expression closely, was both puzzled and wary, fearing that Abel might suddenly say, "I didn't expect you to have already come to this level of understanding."

Abel quickly finished reading the diary, let out a soft breath, and tossed the diary back. "The diary only says that Princess Nakya is perfect, but it doesn't explain how she is perfect, nor does it explain how you can control Princess Nakya's body."

Li Yili caught the diary, looked Abel up and down, and then stuffed it back into her pocket. "Mr. Promising Future, what I'm about to say may be a bit exaggerated, but it's all true."

Li Yili raised her hand and hooked it around Nakya's shoulder, her eyes sharp.

"Princess Nakya's body is contaminated."

Chapter Ninety-Six: Thank you for your guidance!

A gust of wind blew between Li Yili and Abel.

Li Yili hooked her arm around Nakya's shoulder, while Abel rested his right hand on his waist and kept his left hand behind his back, his face expressionless.

"Okay, using pollutants to describe it might be too vulgar."

Seeing that Abel didn't react with anything like "Ah—how could that be!", Li Yili felt a little disappointed. However, considering Abel's subtle expression while reading the Thorn King's Diary, Li Yili decided it was best not to delve too deeply into it.

“Mr. Promising Future, Princess Nakya’s body is somewhere between a chosen one and a pollutant,” Li Yili said, raising a finger and bending it towards Abel. “You saw her performance before; she could send a giant spider flying with a single punch, and I couldn’t even pull her away.”

Abel raised an eyebrow. "Leaving aside the latter matter for now, that physical function does indeed resemble that of a chosen one of God."

“Hey, hey, hey—what does it mean to leave the latter matter aside for now?” Li Yili’s lips twitched. “But Princess Nakya is not a chosen one of the gods, because the two elements that constitute a chosen one of the gods are the power of absorbing the legacy of the ancient gods, the refreshed new body, and the rational mind that has withstood the impact of knowledge from the unknown world.”

“But Princess Nakya’s spirit is not in her body,” Abel frowned.

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“I think using ‘soul’ is a more fitting and appropriate description,” Li Yili said with a smile, pinching Nakya’s cheek. Nakya playfully raised her arm and made a peace sign. “And Nakya’s physical condition…”

...It's less of a deep sleep and more of a vegetative state.

"Vegetative...person?"

“That’s right. If people live like plants,” Li Yili said, looking at Abel with a quiet gaze, “Mr. Future Promising, what is the state of the most outstanding divinely favored person you have ever seen? This is not to trick you into saying this, it is just a simple analogy.”

Abel remained silent for a while before turning his eyes away.

"Right in front of you."

Li Yili fell silent, which left Abel somewhat embarrassed and at a loss.

"Say something!"

"I'm sorry, oh, I'm so sorry."

"Why apologize twice!"

“Cough—Alright—” Li Yili coughed heavily. “Mr. Future Promising, what do you think an ideal chosen one of the gods would look like? Or what kind of person do you think could become a chosen one of the gods and continuously grow stronger?”

Abel raised his hand and patted his forehead. After thinking for a while, he exhaled and turned away with a hint of helplessness. "A person who is indifferent to the whole world will not be affected by any changes or what he learns."

“Don’t you think Princess Nakya’s current state is exactly what this ideal state should be?” Li Yili stood behind Nakya, gently placed her hands on Nakya’s shoulders, and leaned close to Nakya’s face. “She is undoubtedly still alive, but she can’t feel anything. Even if pollutants are injected directly, they cannot cause her mental breakdown. This is a perfect body of a chosen one who can continue to grow stronger.”

Li Yili narrowed her eyes slightly, recalling the squid man and the deep-sea fish that mutated after devouring the squid man's flesh, and the pirates whose appearance was gradually becoming something between a fish and a frog.

This is also a perfect body that is constantly expanding its own extensibility. As for how it will expand, that depends on the kind of spirit that is rooted in it.

However, judging from the changes that have occurred among the residents of Thorn City, if Nakya's spirit were to completely descend upon her own body... what would emerge would most likely be something out of a horror movie.

“But perfection is precisely the flaw of this body. This body is too perfect, so perfect that no matter what kind of spirit is implanted in it, it can perfectly adapt and change. Therefore, its security is not good. Of course, theoretically, it is impossible for anyone to invade this body,” Li Yili said with a smile, showing Abel the thumb ring.

"Let me introduce the first [Ancient] Legacy of the Gods produced by the Temple of Guoweidun, Lorkis's Prank. Although it has not yet been rated, its level is probably not low. Its specific effect is... you could say it affects dreams to a certain extent, or you could say it allows my mind to influence the other person's nerves to a certain degree."

Li Yili's lips curled up slightly.

"If the other party is mentally exhausted and sleeping soundly enough, the influence from my mind can make them act entirely for me, no matter who they are, because this ring is essentially a bridge. How about that, pretty powerful, right? A small prank can actually cause quite a powerful phenomenon."

Abel raised an eyebrow slightly. "Who...have you experimented on?"

"A guy who's perfect for testing the limits, but getting him really tired is a very difficult thing."

While drinking in Instas, Valkyrie sneezed loudly, crossed her arms, and looked around warily.

“Princess Nakya’s body is perfect, and she can even do this kind of thing.”

Li Yili narrowed her eyes slightly. Nakya slowly raised her right hand. Her slender fingers trembled up and down, and her nails became sharp like the claws of a wild beast. Her snow-white skin turned a strange iron-blue color. In an instant, Nakya's right arm transformed into a ferocious beast claw.

“Wow—it can actually turn into this,” Li Yili poked Nakya’s arm in surprise.

Even Abel was taken aback by this scene.

Those favored by the gods represent absolute, pathetic, but unyielding rationality. No matter how superhuman their power may be, their appearance will never have any features unrelated to humans. If such features do appear, it means that the favored one is not far from going insane and losing control.

But now Nakya's arms have turned into savage beast claws.

They are more like contaminants after things have gone out of control than those favored by the gods.

No, more importantly...

Li Yili did not control Nakya's body, but rather influenced the body of Nakya's chosen ones.

In other words, the influence of Li Yili's spirit caused Nakya's body to become "out of control." This unstable spirit, if Li Yili were truly a chosen one, would likely lead to—

In Abel's slowly widening, gold-red gradient eyes, Nakya's right arm gradually returning to its original shape was clearly reflected.

It will become unimaginably powerful, and dangerous.

"That's the situation. It's like it was made just for me. Even though you kicked the Thorn King's head off, I'm still very grateful for the Thorn King's years of training."

Li Yili didn't notice Abel's expression. She turned around and bowed slightly towards Thorn City with Nakya.

"I will use it carefully."

Chapter Ninety-Seven: I hope that next time we meet, you will still be able to recognize your own body.

At first glance, it seemed like a newlywed husband was making promises to his father-in-law that he would treat his wife well, but just now, the father-in-law was kicked in the head.

They came down, and the door to the bride's family home was also broken down. The bride's heart was still at her family home in a physical sense; only her body was brought out.

If this were a marriage, it would definitely be a marriage destined to end in tragedy.

Fortunately, this was not a marriage, but a... kidnapping.

"Hahahaha—cough cough—haha—"

"Um... could you please stop laughing so hard it's unbearable to watch?" Abel said, rubbing his forehead and looking at Li Yili with a troubled expression. "I can't even stand it anymore."

Judging from the current situation, it is a fact that Li Yili has taken Nakya away. He can try to forcibly take Nakya away, but he does not know how to handle the aftermath.

Should it be handed over to Nakya's dear uncle?

Just think about it and you'll know what's going to happen.

Should it be handed over to Bishop Azawi?

He was unwilling to speculate about what the Asawi church was doing, so he automatically ignored this option.

Sending them back to Thorn City...that's definitely impossible.

After going around in circles, it seems that Li Yili is the most suitable person to handle it. At least Li Yili... really knows how to use it properly. There's no need to worry about Li Yili causing any major trouble. The problem might just be limited to... morality.

"Mr. Promising Future, look at me... does it annoy you?"

“Uh… I’m getting angry,” Abel thought for a moment and then nodded.

“That’s exactly what makes you angry. Even you, his accomplice, couldn’t stand it anymore. Do you think that was the situation?” Li Yili turned her head to look at the Thorn City in front of her, smiling sinisterly. “Why do you think I would explain the situation to you in front of Thorn City?”

Abel was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening. "You're testing me!"

"Yes—it's obvious! Even if Princess Nakya were so angry she had a stroke, she wouldn't be able to come out of Thorn City and twist my head off!"

Li Yili suddenly raised her voice and shouted in the direction of Thorn City.

"Then I'll be leaving! I hope that next time we meet, you'll still recognize that this is your body!"

The moment Li Yili finished speaking, giant thorns in Thorn City began to swarm and swarm. Giant spiders, dripping with slime, leaped up along the swarming thorns and roared silently at Li Yili, as if they were about to burst out of Thorn City and tear her to pieces. A normal person would be so frightened by this horrifying scene that they would turn and run away, but Li Yili was quite relaxed.

With his left arm around Nakya's waist and his palm resting on Nakya's lower abdomen, he slowly raised his right hand.

Five seconds have passed.

Six seconds have passed.

"Seven seconds have passed, and the time is still increasing. It looks like my time is up from now on."

Li Yili smiled and dusted her hands off in the direction of Thorn City.

From that day on, Thorn City, the former capital of Eden, became a complete forbidden zone. Some people saw a large number of giant spiders weaving something around the castle called Apple Tree from afar. Others recklessly went to Thorn City to search for the legendary treasure. According to the crazy talk of those who managed to escape, all the men were tortured to death and turned into fertilizer, while all the women were branded and transformed into members of the giant spiders.

To this day, no one has figured out why.

"It's so great not having to walk by myself!"