Soul Trigger

Chapter 649 Death
She was on the verge of death when Ji Li passed away, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Pulitzer was an ordinary person, even though he wasn't as much of a jerk as he used to be, he was still just an ordinary person.

But she was different; she possessed what Ms. Laurent called spiritual power.

In fact, Pulitzer was quite right:
This power, while not able to turn lead into gold, can be used to protect him, in this situation...

With a splash, she aimed to her side and slapped it hard, smashing the head of a steel-toothed man who was about to emerge from the water.

Seeing how formidable this girl was, Ji Li decided to give up for the time being. After examining the spiritual circuits on his wrist and Jansen's vision, he decided to find another opportunity to die, or perhaps plan something else.

At this moment, the outline of the "Golden Ship" gradually appeared from the front.

Gregory was steer and accelerating, holding the extended sail rope in his hand, but his substitute partner was nowhere to be seen; he had to do multiple tasks by himself.

Ji Li and his companion were sailing faster than he was at that moment.

Without the pressure of the race, the £50,000 two-seater sailboat in Gregory's mouth was moving at the speed of a super speedboat, which startled him.
"Aquil!?"

He clearly hadn't expected that he, at full power, would be overtaken by the two in an instant. Seeing the Red Maple's long, densely packed sails, he immediately panicked.
"You lunatic, are you out of your mind?!"

This ship capsizes with the slightest gale, and now the waves are howling. What kind of superhuman helmsman could steer this thing?!
He turned his head and saw Ji Li, whom he called a rookie. After a slight pause, he quickly left the helm and took out all his spare sails and put them on.

He, who was among the top performers, also considered reaching shore quickly, but the two-person sailboat that had been following behind him had already shown him what would happen:

The only result of touching the edge of that thick fog is that the ship explodes on the spot, falls into the water, and is then eaten by the monsters in the water!

At this moment, he had completely lost his previous confident attitude. His braided hair was disheveled, and his face, which was covered in water stains, was full of horror and anxiety.

It was several minutes later when they caught up again.

This guy is really something; he can operate a boat that would normally require two people, thanks to the unique design of his vessel.

The two ships, one after the other, quickly caught up with Ji Li's Red Maple again.
"Great idea! Spread sails all over the place; ordinary ships don't have this kind of extended capability..."

He was panting heavily, and the little bit of pleasure he had felt earlier seemed insignificant in the face of this crisis.

However, Aquile clearly didn't think so, glancing at Gregory:
Where is your partner?

"died."

"Dead again?"

A fire ignited in Gregory's eyes:
"The one from before didn't die!"

"This is the surprise you ordered, do you like it?"

Gregory finally couldn't hold back and cursed aloud:

"What else can I say in this situation? Do you have any solutions at all?"

"No, the only option now is to move forward and escape the tsunami."

"Why is this happening?! I can't get through on the phone at all, there's no signal..."

Where is Jim?

"He's right ahead, fucking farther than both of us!"

Suddenly, water splashed out—

A large steel tooth flashed on the sea surface and leaped up.

Gregory was terrified and immediately dropped the helm.

"What the hell are those things?!"

To his horrified gaze, a steel-toothed man roared as he boarded the ship, only to be smashed to pieces by a single long-range paddlewheel strike from Aquil.

"So you can be afraid too?"

"you……"

Before I could say much, the group of people with braces arrived again.

Aquil grabbed his paddleboard and fought back fiercely, killing all three steel-toothed men.

The last one appeared behind Ji Li, and Aiquier roared:
Pulitzer!

Ji Li didn't give up the opportunity and pretended to be surprised for a moment.

But Aquile suddenly burst into speed, his paddleboard sweeping across at an uncanny angle, completely smashing the steel-toothed man's head—

Bang!
Blood splattered and burst forth as she gasped for breath.

Meanwhile, the Golden Ship began to veer off course, and Gregory's cries for help could be heard:

"Aquil! Help me!!"

He was hanging from the ship's side, half his body submerged in the water, struggling in panic and fear.

Aquil and Ji Li exchanged a glance. Ji Li raised his head, and Aquil nodded and leaped onto the Golden Ship, quickly rescuing Gregory.

Meanwhile, new Steel Fang Men have started boarding Ji Li's ship, and Gregory's ship also has one.

Equiel immediately rushed back to help Ji Li, disregarding Gregory, but Gregory was terrified, his muscles trembling, and he clung to Equiel tightly.

"Help me! Aquil, save me first!!!"

Ji Li's eyes flashed:
Well done, rich kid.

Even though you're a jerk right now, at least for this moment, you can be my hero.

While pretending to avoid the monster, Ji Li suddenly tilted the boat—

"What's the point of all those muscles you have?!"

Seeing this, Aquile was frantic and angrily kicked Gregory, trying to shake him off.

But Gregory, clinging to this lifeline, was unwilling to let go at this moment:

"Save me! I beg you! I don't care about first place anymore, I don't care about our previous agreement, just save me!!!"
I can give you a sailboat, I can take you to county races, and all the prize money is yours! Don't leave me!!

Gregory's tearful appearance startled Aquile.

She had never seen her old hippie rival act like this before.

With such a wealthy family background, he had already experienced things that most people never experience in their entire lives during the first ten years or so of his life.

Therefore, he was arrogant, haughty, and looked down on everyone. All the contestants he encountered treated him with utmost respect, but she herself never indulged this guy.

That's probably why I got entangled with him.

But suddenly, an unexpected event in the match changed everything.

Gregory's status and this match meant nothing to these monsters; he trembled as he clutched at himself as if grasping at a straw.

Aquile suddenly understood what Pulitzer meant by what he had told her before.

This power that sets oneself apart from ordinary people is perhaps more precious than any Midas touch.

It can, at the right time, make an arrogant capitalist's son kneel down, weeping and begging for protection, abandoning all dignity.

This power is far more than just "power"...

In a moment of realization, Equiel abruptly pushed Gregory away and prepared to return to the Red Maple.

"Watch out behind you!!!"

Amid Gregory's scream, Aquile, turning around in an instant, only saw a spray of blood shooting into the sky—

The headless corpse, like a fountain of blood, seemed to have shielded her from the fatal blow, and she collapsed to her knees with a thud.

There wasn't even a scream amidst the splattering blood, which flew everywhere before Aquile's eyes.

She froze instantly, the paddleboard fell to the ground with a thud, and her eyes blurred with tears, slowly narrowing.

"asshole."

"Bastard, bastard, bastard!!!"

She leaped forward and punched the steel-toothed monster, which was still swallowing food whole, into a waterfall of blood.

The exploding blood and chunks of flesh created a shockwave that blasted outwards in a fan shape, instantly crushing several monsters.

But even more Steel-Toothed Men climbed onto the ship. Aiquier, his eyes red, hoisted Ji Li's body onto his shoulder and turned to deliver a powerful punch:

"die!"

A steel-toothed man attacked from the side, sending the attacker flying backward, coughing up blood.

"die!"

The second steel-toothed man pounced and sent flying with a single punch.

"Die!!!" Several steel-toothed men were instantly blasted apart by the red light in her hand, turning into towering piles of flesh and blood.

The bright red sports gloves writhed wildly, transforming into longer arm armor that wrapped around her elbows.

Meanwhile, similar arm armor continued to grow and cover her other hand.

The thing wasn't metal; rather, it resembled the outer skin of some kind of biological material, with black knuckles.

But at this moment, Aquile was completely unaware of this. She placed Ji Li's headless corpse on the ground, then knelt down herself, her face smeared with blood and tears.
"Damn it... Damn it! How am I going to explain this to my aunt!... Damn it, how could you just die like this!? How could you just die so suddenly!?"

She cursed unconsciously, trembling all over in her breakdown, and tried to grab Ji Li's face.

But the headless corpse didn't even have a head, so where did its face come from?

Her lips trembled uncontrollably, and in her chaotic mind, she involuntarily recalled the moment when Blood Bear charged into the volleyball court, and the instant Ji Li stood in front of Blood Bear—

Was Sally's terrified expression the same as hers now?

Damn it, how could this happen? How could it suddenly turn out like this?!
“Pulitzer…I’m sorry! I’m sorry…I…”

"Aquar, there's more!!!"

A steel-jawed man attempting a sneak attack was smashed to pieces:
"Go to hell, you scum!"

One after another, the steel-toothed men jumped onto the ship's hull, only to be instantly destroyed by Aquil.

This time her attack was even more violent than before, each punch like a bulldozer, causing flesh to explode, waves to rise, and ships to rock violently.

After clearing the entire ship, he punched the last monster, but the monster suddenly raised its hand, scaring him half to death.

"Aquil, it's me!! Don't do anything... It's me!! It's me!!!"

The fist landed on Gregory's nose, and a powerful gust of wind rose up, whipping up towering waves on the sea behind them.

Gregory, still shaken, clutched a blood-stained paddleboard.

“It’s me…it’s me…Gregory…calm down, Miss…calm down…”

Equilton paused, then withdrew his fist with a cold expression.

Driven by a bloodlust, she scanned her surroundings.

She had no time to grieve, nor could she think about why she had suddenly become so much stronger.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of killing all these monsters, but it seemed that killing all these monsters wouldn't bring Pulitzer back to life.

Suddenly her gaze fixed on Gregory, filled with murderous intent:
"It's you……"

Gregory shuddered:
"Aquil...?"

"If it weren't for you... my brother wouldn't have died! He wouldn't have died! So it's your fault."

"I should have beaten you to a pulp; then he wouldn't have died at all."

With the composure of a poet, Aquile grabbed Gregory and slapped his head so hard it spun three times, killing him instantly.

At the same time, she heard the sound of rushing water behind her.

Thinking another monster had come, and filled with pent-up rage, she crushed Gregory's head and whirled around, only to see Ji Li's headless corpse being dragged into the water—

"?!"

Aquil smashed the ship's side with a single punch:

"Stop right there..."

Just then, a violent gust of wind erupted from behind, blowing her down onto the helm.

Not only did it blow away all the thick fog ahead, but it also propelled her ship forward at an incredible speed—

Ahead was the red and white "Torrent," Jim's ship, which was also being blown away by the wind.

And at the far end there is a small black island.

The powerful hurricane filled Jim with joy, as it meant he would be able to escape the tsunami.

But the fog clearing that appeared instantly allowed him to see the Red Maple, which was also accelerating at super speed behind him.

He also saw the tsunami that completely disappeared afterward:
The tsunami is gone?!
Just as he and his partner were stunned, he heard his partner scream and suddenly turned around.

The black thing in front of them was not a small island at all, but a huge reef.

The reef rippled in the mist, its dark shape gradually turning silvery-white, shimmering with thick, silvery scales.

At the same time, the strong wind was not a strong wind at all, but rather the silver monster's wide-open mouth, constantly sucking in air, trying to suck them all into its mouth!

"Quick! Fold the sails down, quick!!!"

He frantically tried to stow away the sailboat, but the mast broke completely, and his boat, under the increasingly powerful suction, was forcibly swept towards the gaping hole like a speedboat.

The two had no idea what it was and could only scream in terror, watching in despair as the giant mouth sucked them in.

Aiquier saw Ji Li's headless corpse being sucked in as well, and without hesitation, he allowed himself and the entire Red Maple to be sucked in as well.

……

In the darkness, Ji Li felt himself finally stop.

This malicious derivative has dragged him through a lot of trouble, but now things have finally calmed down.

He knew that if the other party suspected him, they would definitely check his body, and sure enough—

At that moment, he felt the attention so intense that the other person approached his body, pinched him up and down, and transmitted a spiritual power.

It was precisely the spiritual essence of the upstream resting place, the "reef":

"Dead, really dead..."

"So, according to Sir Ludwig, there's nothing suspicious about this place that he suspects, so it's just the nun outside?"

Should he immediately remove the Avalon plot, end this all, and then find an opportunity to report the situation to the Jazz?

As he examined the corpse and pondered deeply, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

When did this corpse's head grow back?
The next moment, the other person opened their eyes:
"You really dare... you little bug."

His neck was instantly gripped, the intense feeling of suffocation causing all the blood in his body to rush to his neck, lifting him into the air—

Ji Li straightened up from the ground and lifted the young man with fish scales on his face high into the air:

"Who is this Sir Ludwig you're talking about?"

The terrified young man thrashed about, signaling Ji Li to let go of his hand; he was unable to speak.

Ji Li smiled and did as instructed, a flash of spiritual light appearing in the young man's eyes the moment he landed.

The malicious derivatives behind him swarmed forward, countless of them bursting out and instantly enveloping Ji Li's body in layers.

But the next moment he felt his arm go empty—

The black spiritual energy instantly tore half of his body apart, and blood gushed across the ground in shockwave-like patterns.

He froze for a moment, then let out a heart-wrenching scream:

"My hand...my hand!!!"

He covered his arm and kept moving away from the center of the spiritual energy eruption with his legs.

Those malicious byproducts were also torn to shreds, scattering blood clots across the sky. Instantly, he was filled with utter horror, a profound fear shooting straight to the top of his head:
"Damn it, this spiritual energy... is even stronger than Sir Ludwig's! How is that possible... What are you?! What kind of monster are you?!"

Amidst the cawing of ravens conveying death and despair, countless spiritual feathers burst forth and scattered, revealing a tall and well-proportioned human figure.

He was dressed in a crisp military uniform, his face covered with a poison-filtering mask, and a cane in his hand twirled once, the blade flashing out of its sheath and arriving in an instant.

A chill traveled from his jaw to every part of his body:

“Tell me who Sir Ludwig is, and you may live—”

His entire body trembled violently; the terrifying spiritual pressure rendered him completely immobile. His body and soul wailed in unison, every cell and spirit sending out warnings:

Don't resist!

Don't resist!

Don't resist!

What lay before him was a terrifying existence against which he could not resist no matter what!
"...Really?"

"of course."

Ji Li gave him an affirmative answer, and the crow-shaped poison-filtering mask slowly approached:
"In the form of a personal legacy."
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P.S.: I might need to rest tomorrow night.

(End of this chapter)