Soul Trigger

Chapter 588 Reality Shattered
A flicker of fear crossed Sir Willard's eyes as he recalled everything that had just happened.

"The surprise attack, the madness, the trapping of the Eye of Truth, the desperate battle with the Lonely Tomb King... it's all a ruse, a way to lure us out?!"

"That's not the case."

Ji Li looked at the three of them, smiled, and pointed to Yu Ya Xun beside him:
"She must have really gone mad, and she is indeed trying to lure your Grand Duke out; there's no contradiction in that."

Kaoru narrowed his eyes:
"Honey, watch your words."

Ludwig said:
"Interesting. Trapping the Eye of Truth immediately was both to control the battlefield and to lure me out... But what if I ultimately choose not to enter?

Yuya Kaoru giggled:
"Then of course we continue, what else can we do?"

Ludwig shook his head:

"But conflicts often arise from unequal information. When did you discover this, and when did you complete the communication and establish this scenario?"

Ji Li shrugged: "Probably when Yu Ya Xun makes her move? Who knows. As for Gu Ling Wang, once the Madwoman stops, he will naturally stop too, without even needing to communicate."

Ludwig was silent for a few moments, then clapped his hands:
"This is truly...wonderful. Is this also Teng-jun's doing?"

Ji Li's voice was sarcastic:

"What does this have to do with Tengjun? Your Excellency, delaying won't do you any good. The effects of the Moon Devouring technique are almost over. Are you going to go through the proper procedures, or should we help you get off?"

He twisted his neck:

"I'm really curious about you now. Besides, I don't like looking up at people, so I suggest you... get down right now."

Archduke Ludwig finally appeared.

This guy is completely different from the one he saw in Felin's memory, and he doesn't know if this guy is the one in Felin's memory.

Ludwig stared directly at Ji Li:

"That's a real pity. Before that, I wonder if the heir of Yuanling could grant me a small wish?"

"No."

Ludwig chuckled to himself.

"I just want to see your face for myself. I just want to know what kind of person could become the most precious 'treasure' on the land of Shulong..."

Ji Li didn't waste any more words:

"Crazy woman, do it..."

Yu Ya Xun and Gu Ling Wang unleashed their power simultaneously, but suddenly, a blinding white light shot into the sky.

The beam of light exploded, its layered rhomboid trajectory spreading in all directions, like some kind of strange array—

Ancient, precise, disciplined.

A complex and heavy aura swept over them, causing the clothes of the three people to flutter in the wind.

That's not a spiritual circuit, nor a spiritual technique, nor the power that a spirit-summoning tool can unleash.

In that instant, Ji Li sensed a strange familiarity with this power, much like the feeling he had when he first faced the Vengeful Dragon:
"A cluster of spiritual cores?!"

Yuya Xun stopped instantly, his hellish aura surrounding the white light, and grabbed Ji Li, pulling him backward.

The spiritual energy surging around the Lonely Tomb King was immediately enveloped by destructive spiritual energy, which forcibly blasted Ji Li and the others away.

"retreat!"

This was the first time Ji Li had received such attention from two top-tier Netherworld Guardians:

"He brought the cluster of spirit cores into the Land of the Dragon Slayers?"

What about the dragon veins of China?
As if confirming Ji Li's thoughts, a dragon's roar resounded in everyone's ears—

Yuya Xun's Moon-Devouring Power completely subsided. Sensing the provocation from the external spiritual core, the power of the Divine Continent Dragon Vein transformed into a golden dragon that descended from the sky, roaring as it clashed furiously with the white light.

The earth trembled violently, and the spiritual environment descended into chaos.
"'Shattered White Ring,' the Spirit Pivot of White Island. Like the Tomb King and the Royal Family, he is an Awakened One who shared the power of the White Island Cluster Spirit Pivots, but..."

The Lonely King unleashed his destructive spiritual energy, protecting everyone within it:
"It shouldn't be here... How did he manage to smuggle the power of Shiroshima Reiju into Shulong?!"

Ludwig let out a peaceful laugh:
"Well, you'd have to ask your Teng-jun about that..."

Moreover, aren't your own divine dragon veins also actively expanding and invading the world?

He spread his arms wide, as if ascending to heaven, and slowly moved towards the top of the sky.

"Want to go?"

Yuya Xun's eyes flashed and he suddenly drew his sword.

The endless vengeful spirits unleashed their power, only to be instantly annihilated by the power of the Spiritual Pivot amidst a tremor.

"It's useless, Lord of Calamity. No matter how strong you are, how can the desires of a mortal compare to the will of hundreds of years?"

Although it's a bit of a pity, the trip was still worthwhile...

Ludwig's visor spiraled open at the left eye, like an ancient clock mechanism, revealing a small lens staring directly at Ji Li, as if trying to see right through him:

"At least, it made me realize that Shulong actually has someone like you."

That's all for today, but Yuanling's heir: Ji Li...

You will come to me on your own initiative.

boom! ! !
The blinding white light nearly destroyed everyone's vision.

The violent shockwave forcibly hurled people and objects in all directions. Ji Li's legs were firmly planted on the ground, and even under the combined power of Gu Ling Wang and Yu Ya Xun, he was slowly being forced backward.

This was neither the incomplete cluster of spirit cores of the eight-member council, nor the gentle dragon veins of the Divine Land that treated him, but rather the overwhelming power of a complete cluster of spirit cores.

Faced with this power, he could feel his soul trigger throbbing wildly. The Ascension Protocol was filled with crimson warnings, telling him that this was an existence he had to stay away from at this moment and could not fight against.

What a joke! How could something so ethereal and unknown possibly make him back down?
He suddenly pulled his leg up and stomped hard on the ground:

"Shu, can you see through it?"

At this moment, Shu was practically clinging to him, her eyes burning with crimson gold:

"Yes, but the cost would be too high, and I cannot interfere."

"Then lend me your power, just like that night, let me do it!"

"Stop, Ji Li!"

The rebuke from the Lonely Tomb King came from beside his ear:

"That's a cluster of spiritual cores, don't try to fight it!"

"So we just watch them leave?"

"I'm using the power of the dragon veins I possess to stop them. Don't be impulsive! Leave this to me and the Lord of Calamity. Go and save your sister!"

The dragon's roar shook the heavens. Ji Li turned around abruptly and realized that the surroundings were in complete chaos.

Those affected by El Salvador's "arsonist revelry" spell had already been blown away in all directions by the power of the shattered ring.

However, King Guling was currently struggling to activate the power of the dragon vein and could no longer suppress them.

Influenced by El Salvador, they rose up again, their eyes burning with rage as they fought chaotically all around them.

Ji Ruoxi knelt on the ground, her eyes flashing with flames, her face contorted in a ferocious expression. She barely managed to push aside a crazed human spirit that lunged at her before stumbling and running to the outside.

That was a raging fire ignited by Salvador, constantly devouring her own will, which she was desperately resisting with her spiritual abilities.

Unable to rush into the range of the cluster of spirit cores where Ji Li was, she could only try her best to get away from the area. Due to the effects of "rage," she suddenly fell to the ground. "I told you, you would come to me on your own."

Ji Li suddenly looked up and saw Ludwig's raised arms and the burning fury in Salvador's eyes.

Their bodies continued to rise, faster and faster.

Ji Li:

"Shu, give me the eyes of truth."

King Guling exclaimed in surprise:
"Ji Li?!"

Shu Dao:

"No, if the price is too high, and my divine self is liberated as a result, then..."

“Then I will take the blame. Yan Xiyu, go and keep an eye on Ji Ruoxi.”

Shu insisted, "No, if you die because of this..."

"If you keep talking nonsense, the person will really run away. Either I break the contract with you now, or you give me the power."

Shu's pupils contracted, and she glanced back at Ji Ruoxi, who was kneeling on the ground in the distance, panting heavily. She then spoke:

"it is good."

"Ji Li, what are you doing?!"

Ji Li ignored the Lonely King's voice. With a surge of power from the depths of his soul, he suddenly opened his eyes, which were now burning with crimson gold—

"It can only last for half a minute at most; that's the limit of human nature..."

"One second is enough." Ji Li's gaze burned fiercely, instantly piercing through the power of the shattered white ring:
"No need to wait, I'm coming to find you now."

In that instant, Ludwig felt a shiver run through his body, a sensation as if his very soul were being pierced and stared at:

"The Eye of Truth..."

But before he could finish speaking, a burst of violent golden light erupted.

He saw a golden beam of light erupt violently from Ji Li's eyes, slamming into the spiritual power before him—

Snapped! !

A crack appeared out of nowhere in space.

This is……? !

The riot of the shattered white rings stopped instantly. King Guling was startled and turned his head slightly to look at Ji Li:
"you?!"

At this moment, Ji Li's eyes burned with a fierce crimson light—

He saw the operation of the cluster of spiritual cores' power, and within its depths, the profound foundation formed by the cluster of human spirits accumulated over hundreds of years, as well as a "hidden" quantity far exceeding what a normal human spirit could possess:
"Reality is shattered."

With a calm voice, golden light and iridescent spirals erupted, and amidst Ludwig's shocked and furious shouts, the soaring white light suddenly exploded—

"This is impossible!! What did you do?!"

The power that Shu was giving Ji Li at this moment briefly granted him the power of the Eye of Truth, allowing him to see countless secrets on the cluster of spirit cores and reveal the key to the escape of these three people.

The Shattering of Reality is the Eye of Insight, which is a portion of the power that Shu originally gave to Ji Li, and the power derived from Ji Li's own spiritual abilities.

Under normal circumstances, Ji Li can only use his Eye of Insight to reveal a secret about the other party and weaken the connection between them and the host by using Reality Shattering, thus weakening the other party.

But at this moment, Ji Li is in an extreme state, with his affinity and will completely superimposed.

This transforms Reality Shatter into a tangible attack that can directly impact the opponent. Furthermore, the more hidden entities the opponent possesses, the stronger the destructive power of Reality Shatter becomes.

So how many secrets does this "ancient" cluster of spiritual pillars hold?
The answer is, countless.

With the power of the Eye of Truth, he did not need to destroy the power of the Cluster Spiritual Hub; he saw and destroyed all information related to "escape" within the Cluster Spiritual Hub.

At this moment, the power of the shattered white ring no longer possesses any ability to allow anyone to escape.

While the shattering of reality, built upon countless hidden layers, might not be able to directly destroy the cluster of spiritual cores, it is more than enough to partially destroy their "escape" capability.

Amidst the intense white light, three figures plummeted rapidly downwards.

Willard exclaimed in surprise:
"what happened!?"

He sensed that the pulling force from the shattered white ring had completely vanished at that moment—

"Heir of Yuanling..."

As Ludwig plummeted, he watched the golden light in Ji Li's eyes gradually fade and his figure suddenly kneel on the ground, and his soul triggers trembled violently.

He borrowed the power of the Eye of Truth and influenced the cluster of spirit cores...?!

This is simply impossible. How could the power of a mere human spirit possibly affect a collective spiritual core formed by hundreds of years of human collective subconsciousness?
Even so, the psychological cost to the soul caused by the collective unconscious of humanity is enough to make your soul vanish instantly, and it is definitely not something that your individual spirit can bear!
But now, is it just exhaustion?

Beneath the mask, his eyes had completely changed:
Even the ancients could not have achieved this level of skill. This is a monster, an absolute monster, a monster belonging to the Shulong:

"El Salvador!!! Kill him at all costs!!!"

At this moment, the cluster of spirit cores was indeed unable to take them away from this space, but the power of the cluster of spirit cores itself could still maintain its hold for a while, completely blocking them out and turning it into a battleground:
A furious fire ignited in El Salvador's eyes, and the raging flames spread in all directions.

That was not a real flame formed from spiritual matter, but a fire of emotion, a fire of rage.

It is enough to ignite the emotions of a person's spirit in an instant, burning them to ashes in a fit of irrational rage.

Gu Lingwang and Yu Yaxun instantly stood in front of Ji Li.

But the two were pushed apart by a strong force from behind.

With a deafening roar, the ground shattered, and Ji Li's body, like a bullet, plunged into the raging inferno.

"Ji Li?!" Yu Ya Xun's eyes flashed, and she tried to grab him, but was shocked to realize how fast he was moving—
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Willpower: 365 + 719.1
Extrasensory perception: 129.8
Creativity: 100
Affinity: -306
"A mere wildfire dares to challenge my will?!"

With a casual flick of his claw, Death Star shattered all the raging flames that filled the sky.

With a fierce strike, it pierced directly into the remaining pillar of light within the cluster of spiritual cores.

Under the horrified gazes of the three, and under the influence of the two-dimensional distortion, the surging and transforming willpower, transformed into a ferocious force, actually tore the entire cluster of spiritual cores apart—

puff!
White light scattered like blood, and a piercing scream seemed to reach everyone's ears.

That was the howl of pain from something.

With a dragon's roar, the power of the shattered white ring, which had been torn open, immediately weakened and was completely crushed by the Divine Continent Dragon Vein.

Ji Li's sharp claws lunged straight at El Salvador:
"die!!!!"

The iridescent, twisted claws tore through the air, and in the instant his spirit core trembled, his body exploded into a massive waterfall of blood that sprayed violently backward.

At that moment, soul and flesh transformed into a crimson cellular mixture, drenching Ludwig and Willard, and splattering onto the ground not far away, forming impactful cone-shaped patterns.

Instantly defeated Mingzhao.

For a split second, everyone stood frozen in place.

The air seemed to stand still; Ludwig could hear his own heartbeat—

Thump, thump.

That was his own heartbeat, the fear he felt facing this being, whose appearance was neither like a dragon, nor like an evil spirit, nor like a knight.

run.

(End of this chapter)