From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Yes, Master!"

The cardinal's twelve meridian movements mobilized all his energy, passing through three barriers, opening the nine orifices, and circulating through the eight extraordinary meridians. A layer of black qi mist emerged from his body, then intertwined and formed a black Taoist robe, covering his original red robe...

# Chapter 780 The Hero's Awakening

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Because the ancient painting was stolen and it was already late at night, the onlookers, seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, went home, and there wasn't even a police officer at the scene.

Embezzlement by the person in charge?

No one could have imagined this!

Therefore, when Jiang Liu and Jin Ge returned to the area outside Notre Dame Cathedral, there was no one to be seen.

Ta-da!

Tread!

Tap tap!

But from the shadows came three footsteps.

Jiang Liu stopped, his ears twitched, and he glanced at Jin Ge beside him, then pointed his finger twenty degrees west of directly ahead.

The latter understood immediately, and with the twelve meridians in motion, the auspicious and inauspicious patterns unfolded. He stretched out his right hand and snapped his fingers.

With a loud "smack," a dark figure accidentally stepped on a round stone within a 30-meter radius of the two people, revealing its form. It fell backward, tumbling head over heels and cried out in pain.

After falling, the man quickly got up, seemingly unharmed. A phantom butterfly mask appeared on the upper half of his face as he muttered incantations, saying to Jiang Liu and Jin Ge, "You're the ones who stole the Black Cat Boy and Miracle Warrior's spirits, aren't you?"

"The Black Demon Butterfly?"

Jiang Liu stared at the strange, illusory butterfly mask and noticed that it was somewhat similar in form to the "Illusory Realm of the Great Void." He was slightly surprised but didn't take it to heart. He laughed and said, "As a father, you're not very qualified. On the surface, you're a strict father, but behind the scenes, you're a guy who would do anything to revive your wife."

If Ejun finds out about this—

What would you think?

After learning that your son is the Black Cat Boy who opposes the Black Demon Butterfly, why don't you just tell him your troubles directly?

Is it because you don't trust your son to choose to be with you?

Inside a sealed room.

Jia Bailie suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with horror: "Impossible! How does he know my identity? I'm sure I don't know him and have no connection with him whatsoever!"

Furthermore, the spirit within me is restless... Is this a resonance with other spirits? He definitely stole all of Ejun and Manali's spirits, and he even knows the true uses of those spirits!

I must get the elf back!

He wants revenge for Aijun!

Only he, the father, can take the fairy away from his son! And without hurting his son's feelings!

How should the other people be matched?

How could I dare?

Afterward, he closed his eyes again, trying to calm the rhythm of his internal organs and the restlessness of his spirit. Through the illusory butterfly mask, he transferred his consciousness to the cardinal in front of Jiang Liu. He grasped the air, and black energy surged, forming a jet-black scepter, which he pointed at Jiang Liu.

A purple energy converged and shot out like lightning, crossing space in an instant and arriving at Jiang Liu's forehead.

It's sizzling!

The beam of light struck Jiang Liu squarely between the eyebrows, but it immediately dissipated into its most basic Qi state, vanishing into the air and causing no harm whatsoever.

With just the power of a restless mind, one can return the spells others condensed with Qi to their most basic Qi state. Not to mention that Jiang Liu has now cultivated the four words "manifestation," "secret," "perfect," and "penetration," and with each breath, Qi is primordial, which can naturally dissolve all abilities.

Those whose cultivation is inferior to his, or whose abilities are extremely unique, would find it difficult to harm him even in the slightest.

With this beam of light, it might be able to melt metal and stone, but even without using any mental effort, its body, which has unlocked the fourth-order gene lock, could probably withstand it.

"This is impossible!"

The Black Demon Butterfly was incredulous.

His beam of light possessed both the scorching heat of light and the ferocity of electricity, and should have caused immense destruction, yet it couldn't even break through Jiang Liu's defenses.

"Black Demon Butterfly!"

Just then, Manali arrived, panting. She stared at the "corrupted" cardinal for a moment, then pointed at him and shouted, "You have defiled Notre Dame!"

"Manali?"

Black Butterfly was startled, but immediately noticed that the crystal on her earring had also disappeared, confirming her suspicions. She sneered, "Want to cooperate? I can give you a Black Butterfly, manipulate your negative emotions, and grant you power to defeat these two who stole your power."

The moment the words fell, the corrupted cardinal trembled, and a butterfly made of black energy appeared out of thin air and flew toward Manali.

But Manali took deep breaths, trying to calm herself and put her emotions in a positive direction. Just as the blackened butterfly approached, she waved her hands.

Snapped!

A burst of applause echoed across the square.

Black Butterfly —

Broken!

Without the spirit, Manali is just an ordinary girl who hasn't even opened up her Ren and Du meridians, but she still has a sense of Qi. And as her belief strengthens, she can make use of that Qi to resist the temptation of others' power.

The Black Butterfly itself is quite fragile when it is not possessed; even a vigorous adult can resist it as long as they maintain a positive and optimistic attitude.

Seeing this, the Black Demon Butterfly's expression darkened, and the corrupted cardinal under his control also seemed to be enraged, intending to point his scepter at Manali.

But the Black Butterfly stopped him, transmitting her voice: "Don't do anything unnecessary! My target is only those elves! What you need to do is defeat that kid, not some ordinary person with no power! Don't cause any trouble!"

The cardinal remained silent for a moment, but could only point his scepter at Jiang Liu.

"Look at me!"

In the instant the scepter condensed into a purple light, Manali rushed forward, hugged the cardinal, and cried out, "Wake up, Archbishop! Don't be deceived by the Black Demon Butterfly!"

"You bastard... let go of me!"

Although the cardinal was a practitioner, Westerners do not emphasize internal cultivation of life force. Apart from those who practice forbidden human transmutation techniques, the physical functions of other alchemists and magicians decline more and more with age.

This cardinal, for example, possessed considerable magical power. In terms of skill, he was comparable to those Jiang Liu had seen, such as Ru Song and Zhen De, and was capable of unleashing dozens of purple beams of power like the one just now.

But at over eighty years old, his physical functions are only slightly better than those of a normal elderly person, not as good as those of a young adult, and his movements are stiff.

In addition, since they don't value the cultivation of life and death as much as the Qi cultivators of Shenzhou, it's not impossible for a young girl who has gained Qi to seize the opportunity and hug them.

"Go away!"

The cardinal, enraged, was about to point his scepter at Manali when the voice of the Black Butterfly echoed in his mind: "Don't kill! My target is only the elves! Don't do anything unnecessary!"

The cardinal was instantly wounded both physically and mentally. Enraged, he grabbed Manali's hair and threw her several meters away.

boom!

The moment she landed, Manali felt her internal organs churn, and she felt as if the bones inside her body were about to break.

Hiss!

The force on my body hadn't dissipated, and due to inertia, my skin was constantly being rubbed against the ground!

Manali's clothes were torn, revealing her undershirt. Her arms, shoulders, and back were all chafed raw, and the intense pain made her howl in agony. Her blood had left a faint red mark on the ground.

Now she truly understands—

The price of heroes!

Without the protection of elven power, her body was so fragile. Even with Qi, she was not much stronger than an ordinary person. Just falling or getting a scrape caused her intense pain, almost making her lose consciousness.

But Manali gritted her teeth, slowly supported her back, got up, and rushed toward the cardinal who was about to point his scepter at Jiang Liu.

"why?"

Jiang Liu looked calmly at Manali, who was gripping the scepter tightly in the cardinal's hand and writhing around his other hand, and asked, "Why are you fighting so hard? You know he's a piece of cake for me."

"I know!"

Manali gritted her teeth and shouted, "Perhaps I really don't know how to be a qualified hero!"

Perhaps it really is just a game of make-believe!

Perhaps it's just to satisfy my vanity and receive praise after helping others...

But I really want to help others!

As long as you don't die, everything can start over!

I'm not sure if I've done that, but I'll grit my teeth and do everything I can to solve the problem! That's it!

And this is my home!

"You outsider, you're not allowed to interfere!"

Jiang Liu: "..."

# Chapter 781 I respect your aesthetic sense

Do you need help?

Jin Ge couldn't bear to watch as Manali was about to be thrown away again.

"Didn't she say that we can't help her and we should see how far she can go?"

Jiang Liu remained unmoved. Instead, he glanced at the rooftops of nearby buildings without making a sound, and then said with a smile, "Besides, I think she only fell once, it wasn't painful enough."

Swish!

Manali was thrown back again, flying towards Jiang Liu.

"what!"

Manali shouted to Jiang Liu, "Catch me!"

then.