My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 59 True Name
Another spider demon descended from the theater wall, its face horrific as it rushed towards the King's statue. Using all eight legs, its body crawled as fast as an afterimage, its eyes casting a crimson glint in the darkness.

As it crawled, the human face embedded in the spider's head kept spinning like a windmill.

A cold wind blew in the face, and the stone statue of the king was isolated and helpless, standing quietly in the same place.

If the King's statue were destroyed, the mysterious protection bestowed upon Ji Minghuan would also disappear. This was like losing a safety net, and the risk of death would skyrocket.

Twin demons... This situation was mentioned in the character's memory. Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan raised his hand and touched the black and white ring beside him. Suddenly, a shadow surged out of the ring.

[The power of the contracted demon, the "Shadow Demon," has been released.]

The Shadow Demon was the first demon Xia Pingzhou contracted when he was promoted to a first-level exorcist. This demon could quickly pull any object around the exorcist into the shadows beneath his feet.

Then the shadow demon flew out from the black and white ring, disappeared into the ground, and arrived at the king's feet in the blink of an eye.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

The shadow demon chuckled sinisterly, raised his arms made of black shadows and dragged the king into the shadows beneath him. The two of them seemed to be immersed in a black pool.

The spider demon with male appearance swept across with all eight claws, but missed.

The spider demon lowered its head in shock, its crimson eyes fixed on the shadows beneath its feet. Within the shadows, it could see the outline of the King's colossus and the shadow demon's crimson, smiling face.

As if mocking it.

At this moment, the Queen's stone statue touched the crimson audience seats with its toes and rushed towards it.

The spider demon narrowed its eyes, its six legs twisting and tangling strangely. The claws on each leg also fused together, like a flower, a blooming man-eating plant. Each petal of the man-eating plant was composed of sharp claws. Amidst a deafening buzzing sound, the claws spun violently.

It paced forward on its two remaining legs, meeting the blade of the queen's statue.

Witnessing this scene from the perspective of a chessboard, Ji Minghuan ordered the Queen's statue, "Nullify."

As he spoke, he turned sideways and turned on the camera mode on his phone.

Adjust the selfie camera so that the hideous spider demon and the majestic silhouette of the queen's stone statue as it leans forward can be captured in the background.

Press the shooting button, and with a "click", the flash lights up in the darkness.

In an instant, the body of the queen's statue suddenly became transparent.

As if it were not a real thing, she just held the dagger and passed through the middle of the "Carnivorous Plant", overlapping with the spider demon's figure for a moment, and then came behind it.

There was a hint of surprise on the spider demon's face, as if he didn't react to what was happening.

Behind it, the queen changed her grip on the dagger, turned sideways, spun her arm in the air, and stabbed the long dagger into the demon's back, instantly creating a wound.

With a "swish", the dagger pierced the demon's heart from behind.

The queen statue held the hilt of the dagger with both hands and twisted it hard, and the sharp blade spun around inside the demon's body.

Just like that, he crushed the spider demon's heart into a pool of blood without leaving any trace.

Amidst the gurgling sound of running water, black blood continuously flowed from the hollow cavity in its chest. It roared and fell to its knees in the pool of blood, its eyes hollow. Its gnarled legs slowly unfurled, falling to its side like withered branches.

The queen confirmed the demon's death and then turned to look to the other side.

Three Black Iron soldiers slashed at the spider cocoon on the ground. Their swords pierced the sticky silk, and the other spider demon within the cocoon naturally couldn't survive. A horrific cry fell, and foul blood flowed out, staining the damaged cocoon black.

At this point, the two spider demons in the Roppongi EX Theater were completely destroyed.

Ji Minghuan didn't even look up, as he could see everything clearly through the perspective of the chessboard.

He took a look at the photo taken with his phone and opened the software to edit it.

The statue of the Queen wielded her dagger in mid-air, sweeping away the filthy black blood. Then, she slowly walked back toward Ji Minghuan. Despite the bloody battle, her figure remained elegant and tall. Ji Minghuan turned sideways. The Queen was a full two heads taller than him, so he flipped the screen, raised his phone slightly, and showed her the selfie he had just taken.

"Will it make you look ugly?" He asked curiously, tilting his head back.

The Queen's statue was stunned at first, as if she didn't expect her monarch to ask such a question. Then she lowered her head, and her slender eyes burning with cold flames looked carefully at the selfie on the mobile phone screen.

She put her chin in her hands and thought for a while, then shook her head, indicating that she was very satisfied with the photo.

"You can tell me the truth if the photos are not good. I am still learning." Ji Minghuan said nonchalantly.

He didn't have a cell phone to play with in the orphanage, and he had never even tried taking photos with one, so he found it novel and interesting. If possible, he would like to travel around the world with Kong Youling and take more beautiful photos along the way.

The stone statue of the queen shook her head again with a serious expression.

"Oh, that's good." Ji Minghuan said.

At this moment, a series of "tramp" footsteps were echoing inside the theater, accompanied by the crisp sound of armor colliding. Three black iron soldiers walked over, slowly put down their long swords stained with black blood on the ground, half-knelt at his feet, waiting for instructions.

At this moment, a series of prompt panels slowly appeared in front of Ji Minghuan's eyes, with the background of the chessboard as the background.

[A player has been detected killing two C-rank demons. The quest for the second character's exclusive development system, "Wild Hunt Winter," has been updated—kill count: 1 → 3.]

[Current mission progress: Kill "3/10" superhumans or demons.]

The current progress of your second character's Sky Drive "Chess" is: 45%/100% (after reaching 100% progress, your Sky Drive will automatically evolve to its second-stage form. After the advancement, you can form a contract with a brand-new demon, comprehensively improving the Sky Drive's abilities.)

[Completed the card event: "Spider Dancer at Roppongi EX Theater."]

[You have received an event card as a reward: "Twins on the Stage". The card has been added to your inventory.]

Ji Minghuan called up the system panel, pressed the "Event Card Library" option, and clicked on the card on the first row of the card slot page.

The card introduction interface popped up.

Event Card Name: Twins on Stage

[Event Card Effect: If the player has a twin brother, this card can instantly teleport your twin brother back to you and provide him with a temporary attribute boost.]

[Tip: Selling this event card can be exchanged for a total of "1" skill points.]

Looking at the card effect, Ji Minghuan was silent for half a second and then moved his fingers.

[Sold event card in exchange for 1 skill point.]

"Killing demons can advance the training system and speed up the advancement of Sky Drive. It seems that I can't be idle in the future. This character needs to find some small monsters to kill."

Ji Minghuan shrugged his shoulders and raised his hand to touch the black and white ring while thinking.

Then the stone statues of soldiers, artillery carts, and kings in the theater all turned into chess pieces and returned to the circular track. Only the stone statue of the queen remained motionless beside him.

He put his left hand in his pocket, toying with his phone with his right, and walked through the darkness toward the exit of the Roppongi Theater. The Queen statue followed him.

Not long after, Ji Minghuan suddenly stopped and looked up, only to see a figure standing by the door.

She was wearing a khaki trench coat, a deersteck hat, and an old-fashioned one-way mirror over her left eye, with a chain attached to the collar of the trench coat.

Ke Qirui leaned against the wall, her left arm folded over her shoulder, her other hand holding a pipe. She smoked quietly, the dim light from the entranceway casting a shadow over her profile.

After a while, she lowered her eyes and broke the silence: "If you are free... I want to talk to you."

After a pause, Ke Qirui raised his head, met Ji Minghuan's gaze, and slowly read out a name:
"Xia Ping Zhou."

(End of this chapter)