Inner Destroyer

　But the aftermath of Samael's flick of his finger actually blasted open even the narrative wall. Suddenly, a bright light shone. When the light faded, Qi Xing looked intently and saw a hole larger than the house suddenly appear in the space, surging with indescribable colors.

　The "inner world" is the world of one's subconscious mind. Breaking through the "heart chamber" reveals the dreams of all human beings, the sea of ​​unconsciousness. Even gods would be unable to save them if they fell into it.

　But with a flick of her finger, the loli evil god forced Qi Xing's ultimate move to unleash, the aftermath piercing the small world. This wasn't just a matter of power disparity.

　At this moment, facing such a powerful being who was several orders of magnitude older and stronger than him—honestly, he broke out in a cold sweat. This was truly a formidable foe he had never faced in his life.

　How does she move so fast and so slow? Time manipulation?

　"Not bad. You also know the method of transforming life and death."

　Samael smiled with joy, as bright as a blooming flower.

　"But your imagination is lacking. Why do you think time must flow continuously? Time is actually like these yin and yang, positive and negative, which are intermittent and appear and disappear in intervals."

　"I didn't stop time or speed it up or slow it down. I just did a lot of things in the interval."

　What is this saying? Can someone translate it?

　Qi Xing dropped out of school and ran away from home before even finishing high school in this life. In his previous life, he was also a liberal arts student. I don't understand!

　Regardless, Qi Xing's original super speed was now meaningless in front of Samael. Temporarily retreating and creating distance was an option at this moment. After all, the evil god could kill with a single flick of his finger... But would Qi Xing choose that?

　Without saying a word, he rushed towards Samael again, like a cannon firing an unstoppable cannonball.

　"You haven't given up or backed down, that's great. What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?"

　Samael gladly accepted this clumsy challenge. She remained seated on the throne, not even bothering to use physical attacks this time, simply pointing her finger randomly.

　Countless phenomena and vast torrents suddenly emerged from the endless void and rushed towards Qi Xing fiercely.

　What flowed from her fingertips was infinity, and infinity was everything. First, there were thunder and lightning, howling winds, raging wildfires, lava eruptions, and huge waves crashing - these natural phenomena were the easiest to understand and anyone could create them.

　First, she casually pointed her finger, and a gust of wind appeared. A huge wave of wind swept across the entire world.

　This wind couldn't be described as a conventional hurricane or storm. Its deadly speed was like a blade, its pressure heavier than the ocean's depths. Heaven and earth wailed in unison in the wind, crackling and wailing. The entire desert was ripped apart, threatening to blow Qi Xing's bones, his heart, his lungs, his teeth, his blood into a bloody mist, tearing open his skull, blowing away his brains, and shattering him in the sand-laden wind.

　Just a casual finger, a playful strike, that's it.

　Qi Xing used his ultimate skill, Death-to-Rebirth, to neutralize the force, but he could only barely hold it back. The remaining force still tore through his body, leaving numerous wounds. In an instant, his entire body was bruised by the wind and sand, blood gushing down, and his clothes were torn to shreds.

　"Thunderfire Heavenly Clothes"? This isn't even on the same level. It's impossible to "defend" against it. At best, it can only "barely block" it, and it's "unstoppable." A hit kills, a graze injures, and a direct hit shatters you into dust. Even if you block it, you'll be blown away.

　So Qi Xing could only counterattack.

　A truly strong person can fight against rivers and capture the wind.

　Surprised, he used the "Yin Yang Fate Reversal Nine Transformation Tribulation Hand" to catch Samael's attack with his hands, and then blasted the sandstorm back with his backhand, inserting his own attacks slightly in the gaps between each attack.

　"Yes. You learn quickly. Thunder magic can create wind and rain, and catching the wind is not difficult for you to learn."

　This counterattack couldn't even blow away the Loli Evil God's hair, and she even commented and praised it leisurely.

　Then the next thing that came out from her fingertips was a man-made weapon.

　It was unknown which war on Earth, which battlefield, past or present, it was. Regardless, Samael effortlessly drew upon the murderous intent of the humans on the battlefield. In an instant, a cloud of bullets rained down, nearly turning day into night. An incredible density of artillery shells, rockets, and countless explosions descended upon Qi Xing like a wall of steel.

　She threw the entire battlefield directly at Qi Xing.

　Even the greatest martial arts master in the world couldn't possibly dodge all the attacks from an entire battlefield, right?

　The "Rep Master" who was already covered in wounds, even

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　It will be life-threatening.

　But he took a deep breath, screamed and rushed towards the battlefield!

　He slid and moved in small increments between the countless bullets and explosions, using his feet to slip through the narrowest gaps in the storm of war, each time with miraculous and subtle movements, increasing his speed to the most incredible level, like a flash of lightning.

　so fun.

　This magnificent dance of death made Samael laugh from ear to ear.

　She hadn't had so much fun in a long time. Without a miracle, it was impossible for humans to play with her like this.

　Without a miracle.

　It was not until then that she noticed that Qi Xing's whole body was glowing quietly, a warm white miraculous glow.

　"Oh."

　Samael suddenly realized.

　"Where did the other two girls hide?"

　017: This is a sure thing!

　Where did the other two little girls go?

　They ran to rescue people.

　The cruise ship was about to sink in thirty minutes. In that short time, it would be difficult for Qi Xing and the other two to rescue five hundred people.

　So Qi Xing chose to cheat.

　"Could you give us thirty minutes to prepare for the fight and pause the cruise?"

　Samael agreed.

　"The two little girls won't attack you, so could you please not attack them?"

　Samael agreed.

　So now they have a lot of room to maneuver.

　Saving over 2,000 people who might be panicking in half an hour is difficult, but saving over 2,000 people who are motionless on a ship where time has stopped—ah, that's a very interesting job!

　Half an hour ago, Qi Xing was the first to pull out a gourd of beans. Elaine took it with a sigh. Artemina curiously leaned in to take a look, but was confused. "What is this?"

　"These are five hundred red beans I refined," Qi Xing explained calmly. "Sprinkle them on the ground and they'll transform into a red-armored warrior. They can be used for three hours a day."

　Sow beans and they become soldiers?!

　The magical girl was so shocked that she started shaking all over: "As expected of 'Rep Master'!"

　"Don't think you're just worthy of being called a Raider." Qi Xing was speechless. "Don't you guys, as heroes, spend all day fighting against the Dark Organization's miscellaneous soldiers? They're just similar things. They're useless at my level. They're too weak."

　The techniques of turning grass into horses and scattering beans into soldiers were first mentioned in the book Guiguzi and are truly very ancient traditional talismanic spells. Everyone has heard of them to some extent, and thanks to the novel Investiture of the Gods, even some Japanese people know about them.

　Of course, this doesn't literally transform beans into soldiers. Rather, using beans infused with yang energy as a vehicle, each bean becomes a ghost soldier, appearing in the mortal world through the bean. Ghost soldiers will fight over the beans, and swallowing them is like receiving the Taoist's military pay, obliging them to cling to the bean and do their work. Soybeans, red beans, white beans, adzuki beans, and mung beans can all be used. Consuming the color of the bean will transform into armor of that color, a kind of contract spell.

　But why did later Taoists rarely use this magic?

　"Because the bean soldiers are afraid of water."

　Qi Xing explained with a dead fish look in his eyes,

　"The ghosts summoned by scattering beans are afraid of water. Splash water on them and they will immediately turn back into beans."

　During the Northern Song Dynasty, a Taoist priest wanted to use this magic to deal with the Jin soldiers, but it started raining and the world collapsed instantly.

　During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the great sage Zhang Jue was adept at using paper men and horses to create an army. However, these techniques proved unreliable in actual combat, as accidents were too likely to occur.

　It can be said that since ancient times, using this kind of magic in battles has always resulted in failure. Gradually, people stopped using it.

　In reality, none of the arts in this world have rules that solely benefit the user. They're either difficult to control, or they'll backfire on the user, or they'll be extremely draining, or they'll have fatal weaknesses... In short, they all have flaws. Otherwise, why would we even study physical science?

　This is why Qi Xing doesn't like to rely on metaphysical spells in battle. Straightforward, electromagnetic lightning is simple! It consumes a lot of energy, but it's not prone to errors! It's fine for regular use, but if a crucial metaphysical spell suddenly malfunctions mid-battle, it's truly devastating.

　Many magical girls who relied on their unique magic skills and relied too much on one or two spells were suddenly defeated because their spells were discovered by the bad guys, and they were tortured to a state worse than death.

　"Mr. Qi,"

　Elaine's complaints were also very merciless;

　"We're on a boat. What are you doing with this water-melting funny guy?"

　"Don't underestimate imperfect things." Qi Xing said seriously, "Even imperfect things can be used. The three of us can't save more than 2,000 people, but what about 500 pairs of arms and legs plus a portal?"

　The nun was speechless.

　Artemina was a little worried. "Master Leipu, I can only open a portal where I can see it. Here, there's nothing but the cruise ship and the sea. Where can I teleport everyone to?"

　"You'll see," Qi Xing said calmly. "This ship isn't 'too far' from Japan right now. If I pick you up and throw you thousands of meters into the air, you'll be able to see the Japanese land. Just shoot an arrow at it, and it'll be enough no matter where it goes."

　For a moment, even Elaine wondered if Qi Xing was under too much pressure and his brain was broken.

　The magical girl was very impressed: "So this spell can be used like this? It's amazing!"

　She wouldn't die from falling or lack of oxygen, right?

　Not every magical girl can fly. Artemina can't fly, she can only jump. But it seems that no magical girl has ever died from falling.

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　It would be difficult for three people to rescue more than 2,000 hypnotized or panic-stricken people within half an hour using a portal that is two meters high and one and a half meters wide.

　But of course, 500 soldiers who obey orders can throw more than 2,000 people who are unable to move due to time being suspended into a portal within half an hour!

　"Once you enter the portal and leave the 'inner world' where time has stopped, those who have been cut will begin to bleed. It's January now, and if you're transported to the wild, you might also suffer from hypothermia." Qi Xing continued, pulling out a pot of medicine. "So, Elaine, mix this pot of medicine in water and give it to everyone whose time has stopped beforehand."

　Elaine took the large medicine pot and looked at it. It was full of green powder, which looked very creepy. "What kind of medicine is this?"

　"Corpse poison."

　Qi Xing looked as if it was a matter of course.

　"This is a recipe passed down from my ancestors. If you mix it with water and drink it, you will transform into a half-corpse within six hours. This way, you won't bleed or get hypothermia."

　Is it wrong to turn people into half-zombies just to prevent them from losing blood and hypothermia? Mr. Qi, do you really have no "common sense" in your head?

　But at this point, Elaine decided not to question this, because there was an obviously more important issue at hand.

　"Samael is not a fool. She will find out sooner or later, at least after everyone on the ship escapes through the portal. Then she will find that all the conditions you negotiated with her are actually nonsense, and you will be the only one standing in her way."

　She asked directly in the sharpest tone,

　"Mr. Qi, are you planning to sacrifice yourself to buy time?"

　"What does it mean to sacrifice yourself to buy time?"

　Qi Xing replied calmly,

　"Maybe I'll win?"

　win?

　How could you win!

　That's Satan, the most famous and powerful god of evil in the world, a devil with unlimited power!

　"Even if I lose, I'll at least hold on until I'm the only one left on the boat. So it's no problem. As for the rest... Elaine, it's up to you."

　Qi Xing never fights evil fairly.

　If the bad guy is proudly showing off his great evil plan, Qi Xing will look for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

　If he could steal the hostage before the duel, he would certainly do so.

　If he could cheat off the court, he would definitely cheat off the court.

　In order to save people, he can turn living people into zombies without hesitation, throw them eight kilometers into the air, and then rescue them.

　So at this moment, in the shallow layer of the "Inner World", the five hundred bean soldiers and the magical girl Artemina's portal have sent out 90% of the more than 2,000 people on the ship.

　Despite this, when Elaine stood on the deck and directed the bean soldiers to move people, her heart was shaking with the aftermath of the battle transmitted from her "ventricle", and she shivered constantly.

　They had already won. They had saved a life from under Satan's nose and vanquished her dark emissary. It was a feat worthy of remembrance no matter where it was placed.

　But this victory was tarnished by a single willing sacrifice. Even as she watched the might of the evil god surge up from the deepest reaches of the "Inner Realm," she felt a sense of powerlessness that suffocated her.

　She could say, "I have faith in my heart," and said that no matter what fate awaited him today, her heart would not waver.

　But in reality, her heart had sunk to the bottom of the sea, heavy as a rock, and her lip, which was bitten so tightly, was even bleeding.

　Don’t die, wake up!

　There are still too many places in this chaotic world that need you. The people you have saved also hope that you can survive.

　"My Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on us through the prayers of your Most Pure Mother and the saints."

　Once all civilians were evacuated from the cruise ship, Elaine was no longer able to help Qi Xing. She was too weak. While she possessed knowledge and understanding, and while she could perform the church's rituals and pray for secrets, and skillfully utilize various holy artifacts in battle—regardless, she had never reached the realm of the superhuman.