Soul Trigger

Chapter 723 Legion
Tear!

Like tearing off glue stuck to the ground, Ji Li ripped it off and casually threw a punch behind him.

In an instant, a gale erupted, and the air waves expanded in layers, tearing the entire space behind them into pieces, with the air pillars breaking through dimensions.

Outside, the reliquary in Bertrand's hand, moving at high speed, suddenly shattered, and his expression changed drastically:
"spread!!"

The next moment, a spatial black hole in front of the three people exploded, and a bewildered knight, like a lump of paste, was sent flying backward.

Amidst the continuous explosions of smoke and dust, like a supersonic missile, half the city was blasted apart. The surging air currents reached the sky, swirling the three of them into the air, eliciting a gasp from Veronica:
"What power is this!"

"It's not over yet! Here we go again!!"

Before Governor Marin, who had also been flung through the air, could recover, an even more terrifying surge of spiritual energy erupted.

Governor Marin felt as if he had been struck by something, and half of his soul armor instantly shattered.

Amidst the splattering of blood, Bertrand only saw the three protective barriers he had prepared explode in an instant.

That was Ji Li's body emerging from the black hole, instantly traversing most of the city, grabbing the bewildered knight who was still flying backwards, and dragging him into the next wormhole.

The relentless pull of gravity dragged his body through countless traversals, finally bringing him back to the present world as he fell from the sky.

boom! ! !
The black meteor fell vertically to the ground, causing it to collapse with a deafening roar.

"Have you run enough?"

"you……"

boom!
That was the delayed gravitational pressure.

The wormhole torn open high in the sky expanded into a triple sphere, falling layer by layer and crushing one after another.

The bewildered knight's soul, which was pinned to the ground by Ji Li, crumbled layer by layer until the final gravitational pressure slammed down, finally crushing its body and soul completely.

With a heart-wrenching scream, blood exploded into the sky!
Ji Li abruptly withdrew his hand, his highly precise fingers sprang up, covered in fading paint and flowing blood, and also bringing out a bright white crystal, which gradually turned into a peculiar fragment.

Sensing a somewhat familiar power, Ji Li's head nerve energy sprang and contracted:

Time Fragment, obtained.

It was worth it for him to completely ignore the people of White Island, but unfortunately, the little clay figure didn't have... The information about the tombstone doesn't seem to be 100% accurate.

He slowly stood up, took out the Felin pocket watch that he had somehow gotten back from Rabbit Girl, and placed the Time Domain Fragment on it.

As the fragments were sucked in, he said without turning his head:
"Haven't you had enough of being beaten yet?"

Governor Marin staggered in, his golden armor tattered and soaked in blood, his eyes wide with fury:

"You...you damned thief...you demon!"

"Thief?"

The motor hissed and whirred as Ji Li slowly turned around, Odin's footsteps thundering behind him.
"The Ludwig family betrayed me, took my things for themselves, and even gave them to the royal family of this country..."

Taking back what's yours is also called being a thief... wouldn't you agree, Bertrand Ludwig?

Not far away, Bertrand Ludwig's figure slowly emerged.

Several spatial rifts opened up behind him, with numerous sustenance objects shimmering within them:

“Dead Apostle…”

The crimson bat hovered in mid-air, transforming into the figure of Countess Veronica.

Her face was filled with horror as she stared intently at Ji Li below.

Her skill level was inferior to the other two. Not only were the three of them ignored throughout the entire process, but Governor Marin, the highest leader of the Dark Side Oversight Group, was also easily beaten and seriously injured.

This is simply not a battle she can participate in.

After a moment's hesitation, all the spatial rifts behind Bertrand Ludwig shrank back.

A flash of blue light appeared above Odin's head:
"do not fight?"

“You’ve destroyed the vault. With these precious items I have, I’m no match for you. Let’s talk.”

"Shall we talk?" Ji Li tossed his pocket watch into his dragon ring and rumbled forward.
"Do you think you have the right to talk to me about anything? I've already gotten what I wanted."

“This city.”

A flash of azure light, and Ji Li stopped in his tracks.

"You still want to take over this city. Even if the Broken White Ring no longer watches over this place, White Island will never give up, and you will not be able to achieve rule over the people here."

Veronica's nerves were already stretched to the limit, and she didn't dare to relax even a little bit until Ji Li stopped.

That terrifying spatial teleportation ability, coupled with the fact that even Governor Marin of the Underworld was no match for her... she couldn't afford to be careless about it.

“There is no hatred between us. You got what you wanted, and my people and I also want to survive.”

"Now, we can help you rule this city without creating another dead city, 'Seguchi.' And you don't seem interested in devouring human spirits, do you?"

“You’re right, I do need to rule this city.”

Upon hearing this, a look of certainty flashed in Bertrand's eyes:
"In that case, we can help you..."

"But I don't need you in this regard."

The sky darkened at some point.

It wasn't until the three of them looked up that they saw the enormous creature floating in the sky.

It was a terrifying creation, like that of an alien visitor, dreamlike and fantastical, as if it existed only on the other side of deep space, floating high in the sky, enveloping the entire city—

Hall of Valor.

[Signal being transmitted... Link restored.]

[Permission check in progress... Permissions confirmed. Some Valhalla functions are now back online.]

[Confirmed: Carbon-to-Plant]

[Confirmed: Spiderweb Personality Technique]

[Confirmed: Odingnaku]

【confirm……】

[Command received, final authorization confirmed, backing up the intelligent personality...assembling...]

[Assembly complete. Valhalla is operating normally. Spiritual energy is sufficient. Prepare the ejection pods. Deployment is about to begin.]

A dense array of blue lights illuminated the entire sky; those were ejection pods, countless ejection pods.

To the astonishment of the three, those things crashed to the ground like meteorites, and from the building, one mechanical construct after another emerged with a hissing sound.

They come in all shapes and sizes: wolf-shaped machines bouncing through narrow alleys; humanoid machines moving in unison; and swarms of drones flashing red lights.

The searchlights shone down on the group, turning the sky into an endless day. Odin's long body stretched across the ground, casting a giant's shadow over them.

Just then, the sound of thunderous footsteps approached.

It was a massive centaur mech, leaping and bounding across the complex urban terrain as if galloping across a grassland, before crashing down in front of Ji Li.

buzz-

The joints locked, then loosened, and metal collided.

The densely packed mechanical humanoids bowed in unison, while the centaur-like machines lowered their heads.
"Great Holy Father, has the time come?"

Ji Li didn't answer. Instead, he looked at the three people who were standing there dumbfounded. Suddenly, the area beneath his mask contracted and sprang up, revealing a gaping maw like a snarl.

"See, I don't need you."

He stepped forward and raised his claws:
"If that's the case... then what use are you to me?"

As soon as the words were spoken, countless mechanical beings turned their heads in unison, and all the blue head nerve energy locked onto the three of them.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Bertrand Ludwig's forehead.

(End of this chapter)