Jackie Chan Adventures: I, the Holy Lord's Brother!

Chapter 109 The Queen of the Shadow Kingdom

"Lope?" Xiaoyu tilted her head and said, feeling as if she had heard this name somewhere, but she couldn't remember it clearly.

Future Xiaoyu thought for a moment, then introduced: "According to your current era, Lope is the last Great Saint Seiya nine hundred years ago."

"He used his own righteousness to seal the Holy Lord who had ruled the world alone for four thousand years."

"Although there were other Saints after Lope, the righteousness they possessed was far inferior to Lope. Therefore, only Lope is called the last Great Saint."

"But what does this have to do with you traveling back from the future?" Xiaoyu asked.

Future Xiaoyu said: "Of course it is related, because the souls of Saints are immortal like the demons."

"After every Great Saint dies, their soul will undergo reincarnation, choosing a new body to be reborn in the human world."

"And you, Xiaoyu."

"You are Lope's reincarnation, or rather, you have inherited Lope's sacred soul!"

"Me? Really?"

Xiaoyu looked at herself in surprise, but didn't think there was anything special about herself.

Future Xiaoyu said: "You can't see it with the naked eye. You still need to perform an awakening ceremony to awaken Lope's soul."

"Of course, awakening Lope's spirit will not have any effect on your memory or personality."

"You will simply feel that there are some extra memories in your mind, that's all."

"At the same time, only by doing this can you gain the blessing of righteousness and possess the power to fight against demons."

"This is also why Dad and the others sent me back from the future. By the time we learned this secret, all the saints had already died, and no one could complete the awakening ceremony."

"Then why don't you go directly to those saints and let them perform the awakening ceremony for you, instead of coming to me?"

"My future self should be more suitable for awakening the memories of the Saint Seiya!" Xiaoyu said reasonably.

Seeing Xiaoyu so calm, Future Xiaoyu couldn't help but rub Xiaoyu's head: "You are right, I am indeed the best candidate to perform the awakening ceremony, but..."

"But unfortunately, she has lost herself in the pursuit of power and has become a slave to darkness!" Daolong suddenly interrupted.

After hearing Daolong's words, Future Xiaoyu's eyes darkened and she lowered her head in guilt.

Xiaoyu turned her head in confusion and asked, "Slave of Darkness? What does that mean?"

"Literally." Daolong walked forward and used the end of his staff to lift the cuff of Future Xiaoyu's right hand, revealing a large area of ​​strange black patterns.

These lines seemed to have life. Once exposed to the light, they retreated in fear under the skin of the future Xiaoyu, looking particularly bizarre.

Xiaoyu's pupils shrank.

He raised his head in disbelief, but met the bitter eyes of Future Xiaoyu.

Future Xiaoyu sighed: "As you can see, I have merged with the power of darkness."

"So even if I really want to perform the awakening ceremony, it will be doomed to fail. Therefore, only you, my past self, still have this qualification!"

"Is there no way to expel this dark power?" Xiaoyu asked worriedly. Although she didn't know why her future self would choose to integrate the power of darkness, it didn't affect her concern for the latter's body.

Hearing this, Daolong snorted coldly, stretched out his right hand and grabbed a magic book out of thin air, threw it in front of Xiaoyu and said, "How can it be so simple?"

"The dark power fused with your future self comes from the legendary kingdom—the Kingdom of Shadows!"

"If she had only fused one or two of these powers, it would have been fine, but she fused a full eight powers and became the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom!"

"Do you think such a powerful force can be easily erased? Even if it could be erased, I'm afraid she wouldn't be willing to do so!"

After saying that, Daolong also glanced at the future Xiaoyu.

Future Xiaoyu nodded bitterly: "Yes, this power helped me solve many difficulties in the future world. I can neither peel it off nor do I want to peel it off."

"That's why I entrusted Daolong to bring you here to awaken the Saint Seiya bloodline on my behalf."

"So that's how it is." Xiaoyu looked at the magic book on the ground with understanding.

But then Xiaoyu changed the subject and said, "Since you traveled through time and space half a year ago, why didn't you find us earlier and stop Shentian and the others from resurrecting?"

"Because she was seriously injured at that time, if she hadn't met me by chance, she might have been left dead in the wilderness." Daolong explained for the future Xiaoyu.

"Yes, in fact, I fully regained consciousness more than half a month ago. At that time, Shentian and Shengzhu had basically found all the talismans."

"Even if I could find you in time, I wouldn't be able to stop Shentian and the others from resurrecting."

"Therefore, I can only let Daolong accompany me to collect the shadow power scattered in this era for long-term planning."

"By the way, you probably don't know what the black shadow power I mentioned is! Let me show you first." Future Xiaoyu said and closed her eyes.

Gradually, Xiaoyu saw the black lines hidden under the clothes of Future Xiaoyu twisting and climbing up along the neck of Future Xiaoyu.

When several centipede-like lines connected to Future Xiaoyu's left eye, Future Xiaoyu suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Come out! My loyal servants!"

Whoops! !
A strong wind suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Future Xiaoyu's eyes turned red, and the shadow beneath her kept trembling and distorting.

Finally, at a certain moment, hundreds of shadows of different sizes suddenly emerged from under her body, transforming into ancient figures of different appearances!
"These are the shadow soldiers!"

Xiaoyu looked at these figures in surprise.

"That's right," Future Xiaoyu said, "You may not know this yet, but there are nine types of shadow soldiers, corresponding to nine ancient general masks."

"These generals were ruled by a leader named Tara, who built a kingdom for himself in the darkness, the Kingdom of Shadow."

"It was by chance that I came across records of the Dark Shadow Kingdom, and gradually transformed it into my own power."

"The only pity is that I can't make the seven generals and Tara who reside in the masks work for me. Perhaps I haven't gained their recognition yet."

"And you should understand after seeing this scene. I really can't perform the awakening ceremony now. So, can you help me?"

"Xiaoyu."

(End of this chapter)