Soul Trigger

Chapter 603 Reset
She rushed over because she was worried that Father Kelton's plan would be exposed, but who would have thought that he would sacrifice her directly?!
The priest's face twitched incessantly, and he didn't even notice that the awakening light in his eyes was dimming, replaced by a red mist.

Anyone who has received basic education in soul psychology from an official awakened organization knows that this is a harbinger of corruption and distortion:
"Don't worry, it's just absorbing some of your spiritual essence. I'm being careful this time, and it won't cause a problem like Anderson's..."

"Anderson? What happened to Anderson?!"

Upon hearing the name, Clementine's spiritual energy surged, instantly expanding into a surge that allowed him to pierce through the red light amidst boundless agony and barely make out the mummified corpse on the front row bench.

Although her face was obscured, the jacket she was wearing was the one she had given to the other person, and she immediately screamed:

"No, no, no... Why did you do this?! Why did you kill him?!"

"Enough with the noise! ​​I'm undertaking a great undertaking! Once the hourglass absorbs this knighthood, I'll become a true knight! The Knight of Time!"

As my students, you should feel honored!!!

"Anderson and I have done so much for you, you old bastard... I curse you! I curse you to hell!"

Shiroshima's insults were too mild; even on his deathbed, he couldn't bring himself to use any harsh words.

Kelton ignored this:
“My dear Clementine, it was I who taught you, brother and sister, such worthless things. It was I who took you in, gave you life, and the opportunity to glimpse the world of the Awakened.”

You must understand, what I can give you, I also have the right to take back.

"You can't do this! I also have a connection with the Crimson Array Diagram..."

"Ah... I almost forgot about that. In that case, I shouldn't spare your life..."

In the corner, although Anya Foster was frozen in place by the stillness of time, it did not prevent her from seeing everything that was happening in front of her and hearing Clementine's heart-wrenching screams as she turned into a dried-up corpse.

When Ji Li described the priest's physical characteristics, she had already guessed that Clementine might really be involved in all of this, hiding among them as the priest's accomplice.

But she didn't expect the priest to kill Clementine, who had just arrived.

As she watched the other person's corpse shrivele completely in the priest's hands, a surge of intense fear welled up within her once more:
What exactly is this? Harmony religion? Sacrifice??

And most importantly, even Odin, who seemed unstoppable from the moment he appeared, was affected...

Wait, Odin?!

She discovered that Odin, who had always been in her peripheral vision, had disappeared without a trace sometime during the night.

The priest had completely drained Clementine, and after casually discarding it, he looked at the hourglass with anticipation.

But the red light around him continued to fade rapidly, which plunged him into a fit of rage once more.
"Not enough... Why isn't it enough? Why is it still not enough!?"

He himself was a fourth-tier overlord, plus Clementine, a second-tier overlord, and Anderson, a third-tier overlord, as well as the spiritual energy that had erupted from so many students in the face of life and death...

Just how powerful was this knight? So much spiritual energy was enough for him to manipulate the hourglass again, unleashing a time-stopping effect that covered the entire underground castle.

But they couldn't do anything to this knight?!

Suddenly, an absurd idea popped into his brain, which was already starting to go astray:

Could it be... that he is not an ordinary knight, nor an ordinary knight-maker...?

He was a lord, an immortal, so even if the power of the hourglass was used to seal him, it wouldn't be able to pry open his powerful well of souls!
Just as he anxiously turned to look at Ji Li, he found that the other person had disappeared.

And a voice echoed in his ears:

"Because your total spiritual energy is too low, a fourth-tier overlord wants to leverage the power of the Crimson Ritual to influence the present world by affecting the inner world. No wonder you are corrupting so quickly."

"you?!"

The priest whirled around, only to hear the cawing of a flock of crows, and the paused time dimension shattered with a deafening roar—

The hourglass has broken free!? How is that possible? That's the power of time... at the very least, an immortal relic!
To Anya Foster's astonishment, a flock of dark purple crows grabbed the priest and threw him out, crashing into a large number of benches.

A storm of crows circled above the church, and amidst their piercing cries, she could sense a strange power seeping into her soul.

Under the influence of that force, her thoughts began to shift rapidly. Her elation was quickly extinguished, and everything before her seemed meaningless. The world appeared so bleak and terrifying, and hope was fading away...

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from her high, white breasts, jolting her awake. She covered her head and hid in a deeper corner as if fleeing.

Then, ignoring the crows swarming overhead, he pulled a necklace from the deep crevice he was so proud of, and his expression froze:
Is this thing protecting me?!

At this moment, the church was filled with bright red light, and Ji Li walked towards Father Kelton beneath the altar. Endless black and purple spiritual energy flowed out from under his feet and permeated all directions.

Kelton bared his teeth and claws, trying to charge at Ji Li, but was blocked and attacked by an endless flock of crows.

Amidst its frantic howling and thrashing, it was covered in wounds, desperately trying to pry open the red array's power once more, only to find it completely ineffective:
"How could this happen! What did you do!?"

"Take back what's rightfully mine."

Ji Li didn't even bother to look at him. As his spiritual essence completely permeated the entire red array, the dark purple power belonging to "Deathly Sir" filled the entire hall.

The hourglass in the sky stopped working as Filin appeared and fell directly into Ji Li's hands.

Indeed, the main thing left on the tombstone here is actually the spiritual circuit in this underground church; the fragment of time is a surprise added here.

These spiritual circuits are essentially a concise yet multifunctional Crimson Ritual, designed to help Ji Li resolve his unregistered status as a knight in the Broken White Ring, thereby allowing him to fully infiltrate the White Island system. As a profound technique and method of spiritual manipulation, the Crimson Ritual, which indirectly influences the real world by affecting the inner world, was something even the Tombstone probably never imagined would be successfully manipulated by a local fourth-tier novice Overlord.

They even attempted to sacrifice awakened individuals using hand-crafted spiritual circuits, using the method of forcibly piling up spiritual matter to further drive the Crimson Ritual, hoping to absorb fragments of the Time Domain and become a "Knight".

The malicious derivatives outside were originally intended by the Tower of Babel to protect this mansion. Whether it was due to the priest's extraordinary physique or the exceptional talent of the nuns under his command, these people actually succeeded.

But at what cost?

The priest went into a frenzy as he watched Ji Li completely seize control of the array and easily take away his precious hourglass.

The malevolent spirit finally erupted, causing its entire black robe to grow fused with its flesh, transforming it into a ferocious octopus-like creature that lunged at Ji Li.

"Mine! That's mine!!!"

Ji Li looked up and saw the priest's ferocious expression so close, yet he was bound in front of him by endless ravens, unable to move an inch.

Through the tiny gaps between the crows, one could see Anya covering her mouth, her eyes wide with astonishment:
"Boiling panic."

The priest's roar abruptly stopped, dark purple mist gathered in his eyes, and his whole body trembled like a sieve:
"you you……!"

The crows dispersed, and he collapsed to the ground.

In his eyes, Ji Li at this moment had become a vicious witch holding a rolling pin.

As the wicked witch drew closer, the priest was so terrified he wet himself and kept backing away.
"An immortal...you really are an immortal...how could an immortal appear here?!"

Ji Li shrugged:

"They're all dying people, so stop making wild guesses."

He raised his finger and flicked it lightly on the forehead of the priest who had been brought to him by the raven.

puff! ! !
Blood and swarms of crows exploded and splattered out, transforming into a powerful mixture of flesh and blood that rolled toward the end of the church.

A fourth-tier Overlord is too weak.

If it weren't for wanting to see how this guy manipulated the time-domain fragments and the methods behind them, Ji Li would probably have crushed him in one fell swoop, and wouldn't have allowed him to spout so much nonsense.

The sharp, splattering blood gushed from in front of Ji Li all the way to the church entrance, drenching the students who rushed in late.

The leader was not the group that Ji Li had brought before, but a tall, strong young man with a buzz cut and an earring.

He spotted Ji Li and Anya immediately, especially the former.

Standing amidst the blood plasma, bathed in its own blood, and wearing a bizarre mask, it was clearly an ominous presence.

Anya was struggling to get up near the blood plasma, seemingly trying to escape from the other party.

He immediately grabbed his pitchfork and charged forward.
"Anya, don't be afraid, I'm here!!!"

Then, stepping on the priest on the ground, his foot slipped and he actually performed a Moon Wheel Kick in mid-air before sliding forward face down.

Although Anya was still somewhat dazed, she finally witnessed the culprit's death. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she completely ignored the tall, muscular boy who was violently sliding on the ground with his jaw and prostate. She opened her arms and rushed straight towards Ji Li:

It's over! It's finally over, I survived!
All suspicion and fear have vanished.

All she wants right now is to find someone to hold her tight and have a good cry.

But Ji Li ignored the two of them as well, and picked up the hourglass in his leather gloves.

As the hourglass flashed with invisible light, transforming into a fragment of time, Ji Li reactivated the Crimson Ritual, unleashing the power of time that spread throughout the entire underground castle.

The moment Anna Foster was enveloped by that power, her expression changed drastically. Even though the joy of surviving caused an overwhelming surge of dopamine in her body, it couldn't stop her from regaining her senses for a moment.

Having survived countless cycles of death because of its deliciousness, she knew what this feeling meant.

That was the strange power that could be felt after each death, a power that restarted everything back to the beginning, causing them to endlessly cycle through this disaster.

But isn't all of this already over?
Father Keldon is dead, and Odin has already mastered the power to control this place, so why was it restarted?

Unless he's not rebooting, but...

Within that burst of invisible light, she seemed to realize something, and her pupils contracted sharply:

"Odin! No!!!"

He wants to reset their memories, to make all the ordinary people here remember the moment they first arrived, and to completely forget everything that happened!
They had just experienced a thrilling and magical journey, filled with terrifying monsters, bizarre rituals, dangerous underground castles, and especially the "Odin" who descended from the sky.

She didn't know what he looked like under the mask, nor did she know why he had such power.

To make her forget everything that happened, to let her return to school as if she knew nothing, to forget it all like a dream... are you kidding me?
"Please...! Don't do this! I don't want to forget you... please..."

Before she could finish speaking, her consciousness was plunged into darkness as the light contracted.

(End of this chapter)