My Endless Life.

Chapter 632 The Art of Soul Searching
To be honest, Li Qi isn't feeling very good right now.

His body felt heavy and he was in pain all over. After examining himself briefly, he realized why he wasn't feeling well.

His body is covered in fatal wounds; it would be strange if he could recover!
This is what surprised Li Qi.

The Soul Power Array allows Li Qi to choose a suitable small world. To be on the safe side, Li Qi even chose a small world that was recorded in the knowledge of Soul Power Arrays.

These small worlds possess complete civilizations and traditions. Although they have been riddled with holes by soul power cultivators, at least they are safe for soul power cultivators.

Normally, Li Qi should have started from scratch, arriving in this world as an infant, then slowly growing into an adult, until he successfully obtained the power of this world to enhance his own soul power and left.

So... Li Qi shouldn't have come back to life on a corpse!

Unless... there is no one in this world who is more compatible with Li Qi's soul than this corpse!

But how is this possible!

With so many people in a world, as long as the compatibility rate is over 80%, Li Qi's soul can merge with that body.

Even if he were to be reborn as a woman in this life, Li Qi wouldn't be surprised. After all, for him now, he could use alchemy to change his body composition whenever he wanted.

Li Qi can freely transform into anyone—whether they are human or not.

This is a characteristic brought about by the "Immortal Heart Sutra," and now it is a characteristic of alchemy.

But no matter what, it shouldn't be a dead person.

Then why...

So as soon as Li Qi woke up, he asked the knight squad that seemed to be radiating despair, but they were terrified when they saw Li Qi's reaction.

That's normal; anyone would be terrified to see someone who has just died come back to life.

They might wonder if it's haunted.

"A ghost!! He's been resurrected as a ghost!! Quick... holy water...!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the Knights pointed at Li Qi, who had stood up, and shouted loudly.

Claiming to be a spirit of the dead?

That's a bit rude, isn't it?

However, my current state might indeed resemble that of an undead.

Li Qi looked at himself, covered in blood, but didn't blame the Knights squad.

He patted his body, intending to explain to the knight squad and inquire about his identity, when a crisp sound rang out from above.

click-

The crisp sound also brought with it an ominous, decaying odor.

Instinctively, Li Qi stomped his feet on the ground, controlling the soil to form a metal shield in front of him to protect himself.

This body has little energy, and its soul power, having just arrived in this world, is not yet familiar to it. Using it rashly would easily lead to rejection by the world.

The only power available now is the ability to disregard world rules and be used anywhere.

Li Qi would naturally prioritize using his powers to build defenses for himself.

The moment the defenses were erected, a powerful impact came from the front.

"Ahhhh!!!!"

With the screams of the knight squad, only one member of the squad, which originally consisted of four or five people, was knocked away by the impact and crashed heavily not far from Li Qi.

As for the others... they were killed by a ram-horned monster that was three meters tall and nearly two meters wide.

The horned monster kicked one of the knights, and one of its remaining hands had pierced the knight's chest, along with his steel armor.

With his other hand, he grabbed the other person's head and squeezed it hard.

The screams came from that person.

Finally, with a soft "poof" sound as the body was crushed, the person's screams ceased.

The horned monster, rather bored, tossed the mangled corpse aside and licked the red and white object in its hand.

Turning his head, his dark, vertical pupils stared intently at the two people still alive in the arena:
"Now... only you guys are left."

"It's...it's all over...it's...it's one of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Great Demon, Cux!"

The only surviving knight, standing beside Li Qi, uttered the name of the horned demon in a trembling, desperate voice.

Upon hearing this, Li Qi looked at him:

"Four Heavenly Kings? Great Demon? Could you explain?"

"I'm going to die... I'm really going to die this time... Heh... Heh heh, that's right, the hero is already dead, the saintess is dead, and now the captain is dead too... Everyone's going to die... This world is doomed... We're all going to die... Heh heh heh... Ahhh!!!!"

The last knight suffered a mental breakdown due to extreme fear.

Ignoring Li Qi's words, he suddenly picked up his greatsword and launched a death charge at the horned demon.

Li Qi did not stop him, watching him rush towards the horned demon.

Unsurprisingly, the already mentally broken knight had his head smashed by a single punch from the horned demon.

The power and speed of that punch impressed even Li Qi.

"Well, now... you're the only one left. Do you have any last words, you human brat?"

The horned demon stared at Li Qi as it slowly walked away.

As the last surviving person here, the horned demon didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill him, but instead looked at Li Qi with a rather amused expression.

It's like a hunter toying with his prey.

Is that equivalent to the physical strength of a fifth-tier mecha pilot...? The Four Heavenly Kings...? This should be the top combat power in this world.
Li Qi estimated the opponent's strength.

Judging from the last knight's brief 'last words,' this world has heroes, saintesses, and the Four Heavenly Kings... so there must also be a Demon King.

It should be a very simple worldview of a hero fighting a demon king. There are quite a few fantasy worldviews like this in the world, so Li Qi wasn't too surprised.

The opponent holds the title of one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and conservatively speaking, he should be a top-tier expert in the world, at the fifth level... With Li Qi's current strength, dealing with him would be a bit troublesome, but not difficult.

Frantically converting his soul power into a force compatible with this worldview, Li Qi, in order to buy time, spoke with the other party:

"You are... one of the Four Heavenly Kings?"

"Huh?" This question surprised [Great Demon]: "Kid, are you playing dumb with me?"

The world has become like this, and the only remaining territory occupied by the remaining humans is probably the Holy City.

Therefore, every living human being in this world knows about the Demon King and the Four Heavenly Kings, as well as the monsters that have swept across the entire world.

Even toddlers can recognize the Four Heavenly Kings at a glance.

Li Qi's act of not recognizing him was practically an insult to him!

Li Qi laughed at this: "No, no, no, I really don't know, so could you please explain to me what the Four Heavenly Kings are?"

"Heh... human brat, you're quite something. You've successfully angered me. I'm going to skin you alive and tear you apart, so you can watch yourself being devoured bit by bit!"

This great demon seems to have a bad temper, and his comprehension skills are probably a bit off.

Li Qi thought to himself.

He genuinely just wanted to ask politely, and if he could, he wouldn't mind transforming into one of the demons behind the Great Demon.

But... this great demon has a really bad temper. After saying only two words, he immediately grinned and charged at Li Qi with rage.

It seems he has lost the mood to 'play' with his prey.

"...There's no other way. It seems we can only try using the Soul Searching Technique." Li Qi muttered to himself, his gaze towards the Great Demon turning slightly cold.

Facing the oncoming demon, Li Qi did not move. He simply flicked his finger, and the metal shield that was originally responsible for defense transformed into tiny nano-blades under his control.

Alchemy can alter the nature of materials; in a more science-fictional way, it changes the arrangement of matter at the atomic level, thus transforming it into something else.

That's what they say, but in reality it involves more unscientific things, such as the existence of 'qi' and 'soul'.

However, the overall difference should not be significant.

Anyway, as long as Li Qi isn't in the Great World, he can freely modify materials into whatever form he wants in any Small World.

He can now create any kind of relics, strange objects, or magical artifacts that he has seen before.

What Li Qi has created now is a small flying machine commonly used by sixth-tier mechanics in the interstellar world.

【invisible】.

It's the "invisible" that kills without leaving a trace.

Swah——

[Invisible] It flashed past the horned demon's body, which disintegrated in mid-air as if it were a disassembled part.

The disintegrated parts continued to fly towards Li Qi due to inertia.

In the end, only Li Qi's head was able to fly to him.

"…Eh?"

Because the speed of the charge was too fast, the speed of death was also too fast. When the head of the ram-horned demon landed in Li Qi's hands, he didn't even have time to react.

what happened?
what happened?
Why is this human brat grabbing my hair? Why do I feel so light...?
The horned demon took half a second to consider the matter, and then another half second to understand what had happened.

My head... was chopped off? When...?
Even now, the Great Demon still finds it hard to believe that he was instantly killed by a seemingly weak human brat.

No, could someone who can kill you instantly really be human?
The Great Demon suddenly realized something, and when its eyes met those of the human...or-human-like creature, its pupils trembled uncontrollably:
"Who...who are you...no, who are you!?"

"Oh? You're still alive? You're quite resilient."

Looking at the Great Demon, which still possessed vigorous vitality, Li Qi became even more curious about its physical structure.

In fact, the reason why this "Great Demon" was able to be promoted to one of the Four Heavenly Kings was because of the powerful life force of these people.

Given time, even if he only has one arm left, he can be resurrected quickly.

When I fought the hero, I used this method to forcibly exchange wounds with him, which allowed me to successfully kill him.

Seeing that Li Qi was curious about his current state, Da Mo was about to explain.

However, he no longer had the chance to explain.

"Never mind, since soul searching is the same thing anyway. I'm a little clumsy using this kind of magic for the first time. If it hurts a lot, please bear with me... Well, since you're going to die anyway, it doesn't really matter whether you bear with me or not?"

Li Qi smiled and said to the Great Demon.

The smile seemed kind, but in the eyes of the Great Demon, it was no different from a real demon.

He didn't understand what 'soul-searching technique' meant, but he could tell that it was a spell that could kill him completely.

"No...no! I can't die here!! Give me a chance! Give me—"

The great demon howled, its head writhing wildly, and in a short time, tiny tentacles appeared, reaching out to touch Li Qi's arm, attempting to escape in this way.

But Li Qi's magic can be used with just a thought.

How could the great demon's resistance possibly outpace the speed of a thought?

then--

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!"

The great demon's screams echoed through the sky.

It's obvious... this soul-searching technique really hurts.

(End of this chapter)