Chapter 371 Xia Pingzhou's Third Contracted Devil (Two-in-one monthly ticket request)
It was late at night and the dark night quietly enveloped the sea and Haifan City, but the forest on Haifan Mountain was brightly lit.
Lanterns hung on the trees cast a warm glow, like millions of giant fireflies wandering in the night.
"Wrath" and "Sloth" of the Seven Deadly Sins quietly left the forest.
Soon, the two arrived in front of Lingxin Lake.
The silver cross containing Fury rose into the air, while Sloth boarded a flying broom.
After a while, they crossed the vast Spirit Heart Lake and passed through the long tunnel made of thorns and flowers. After leaving the territory of the Nian Beast Lord, they arrived at the maple forest on the mountainside.
There was no one around, and we finally found a place where we could talk safely.
"The son of the Nian beast... doesn't look right." The skeleton figure on the silver cross raised its head and said.
"Something's wrong. What do you mean?" asked the girl next to him who was wearing a shrine maiden's costume and a pointed shrine maiden's hat.
She rubbed her dark circles, raised her head, let the bright moonlight shine on her face, and stretched out lazily with considerable enjoyment. The sea breeze blew through the maple forest, shrouding the entire forest in a huge rustling sound.
"At least I can confirm that its attitude towards us is definitely not friendly..." The furious demon murmured, "If it were just an ordinary demon, it would be fine, but it is the offspring of the Nian Beast Lord."
"Then tell me, what are you going to do?" Sloth yawned and asked lazily.
"Maybe... we need to leave?"
"Are you taking this a little too seriously?" Sloth asked. "The Son of Nian has been away from this mountain for ten years. What can it say..."
At this moment, her voice stopped abruptly, and then the expressions of the two demons suddenly changed.
They raised their heads almost simultaneously, only to see a faint green light flash suddenly from a distance. Then, from the depths of the maple forest, a diamond-like trail appeared, rushing towards them close to the ground.
In an instant, the Queen Colossus swirled the two swords in her hands, their blades converging into a whirlwind. Wherever this dark green wind swept through, maple trees along its path were cut in half, and the fallen leaves on the ground surged up with a rustling sound.
"So fast..." The furious demon narrowed his eyes and spoke almost hoarsely.
"Soul Eater" is a seemingly unremarkable passive skill on the "Soul" branch of Unit 02. Its effect is: "After killing a demon, the chess piece has a certain chance to gain a small attribute improvement."
As a chess player, Xia Pingzhou's "spirit" and "speed" attributes correspond to the "strength" and "speed" of the chess game respectively, but the attributes of the chess game are naturally lower than those of the chess player.
If the attributes of a chess game should originally be a "weakened version" of the attributes of the chess player, then the Queen's Stone Statue has transcended this law.
After exorcising countless demons in the Tokyo area, the Queen Colossus naturally accumulated a large amount of growth attributes through the passive skill "Soul Devouring".
Little by little, the truth comes out, and it even seems to have surpassed the attributes of the chess player himself.
In addition, Xia Pingzhou's "spirit" and "speed" attributes have reached the minimum standard of natural disaster level.
It can be said that the physical fitness of the Queen Colossus today is comparable to that of a Calamity-level leader who is skilled in the physical body.
Xia Pingzhou was even curious whether there was no upper limit to the attributes that the Queen's statue could obtain through "Soul Devouring".
If there really is no upper limit, then after killing tens of millions of demons, he would not be surprised even if the attributes of the Queen's statue reached a mythical level.
But relatively speaking, Xia Pingzhou's other chess attributes are far behind, after all, he has poured all his resources into the queen.
As for the other chess pieces, they have now become somewhat of the king's vassals, becoming necessary sacrifices for the king to activate his power.
So at this moment, the furious demon would naturally marvel at the speed and strength of the Queen Colossus, and it would even be difficult for the naked eye to capture the opponent's trajectory.
The Queen's statue was like a whirlwind and lightning, its two daggers gleaming with diamonds spinning like spinning tops, sweeping up fallen leaves and felling trees, as it came at her with unstoppable force.
By the time Rage came to his senses, the Queen had already approached and stood right between him and Sloth.
At this moment, in the distance of the maple forest, Xia Pingzhou stood under a tree, his dark eyes silently watching the scene.
He thought that if the furious demon could really be killed by a single blow from such a distance, then it would be better not to have this contracted demon.
The next moment, the enraged demon reacted. The skeletal body suddenly melted, seemingly transforming into a turbid white liquid that then poured into the interior of the silver-white cross.
It's like the water melts into the water.
Immediately afterwards, the silver-white cross suddenly transformed, instantly transforming into a massive shield. A crimson eye, etched in the center, was a white bone. The cross pattern stretched across the entire shield from top to bottom.
The whole body reveals a sense of holiness and weirdness.
The shield, formed from her rage, blocked the oncoming storm of blades. In that split second, the Queen's blades had already struck the shield more than a hundred times.
The lazy demon was quick and got on the flying broom, retreating more than a hundred meters.
At this moment, she suddenly turned her head and found a figure wearing a black and white Japanese school uniform behind her.
The girl in school uniform tugged at her tie, unsheathed the scabbard from her waist, and opened her eyes, dark as the midnight night. She swung her scabbard in the air, her black hair dancing in the wind.
"I haven't killed many demons that were originally human-shaped, so this is quite novel." Yan Molin said.
The Sloth Demon asked softly, "You don't look like you're from the Lake Hunters, why are you doing this? Could it be... that you're the exorcists hired by the Lake Hunters? Then you've really given us a chance." As she spoke, she glanced at the Furious Demon.
At this moment, the shield transformed from the furious demon is continuously blocking the Queen Colossus's thousands of attacks.
The Sloth Demon soon noticed a young man in a black hoodie standing beneath a maple tree farther away. A black and white halo swirled around him, forming a circular orbit.
There are countless chess shadows on the track, shining as brightly as stars.
At this moment, Xia Pingzhou had already reached out and grabbed one of the chess pieces, summoning the King's colossus. He ordered the King to stay behind him, using the power of the scepter to protect his safety in case of emergency.
"How stupid." said the Sloth Demon, "There are only two of you? Even an army wouldn't be enough for us to defeat you." After saying that, the girl wearing a wizard hat rode on a broom and rose straight into the sky.
Then, a sudden burst of singing filled almost the entire maple forest, disturbing the tranquility of the night.
Xia Pingzhou raised his head.
The lazy demon opened his throat and sang loudly, while looking down at the entire maple forest.
Her singing can make any creature that hears it fall asleep instantly. Only those with strong mental strength can survive.
However, at this moment, a black and white halo spread from the king's scepter, protecting Xia Pingzhou from the singing.
Yan Molin was not indifferent either.
A blood-moon-like, eerie light flashed by, and the blade of her katana suddenly split open in the shape of a swastika. Then, like a monster with its pores opened, countless twisted ghosts roared out from it.
In the blink of an eye, the evil spirit bound her whole body.
"The Grudge" is a unique ability awakened by the "Demon Sword" form after Yanma Rin's Sky Drive is upgraded to the third level - to strengthen its own power by the ghost that resides in the demon sword.
The power of this move depends on the number of souls she has killed. The more souls she has, the stronger the curse. However, the cost is that each use of this ability will overdraft her lifespan.
The most important thing is that in the Grudge form, Yan Molin is immune to most psychic abilities.
Because the cries and screams of the undead in my mind are far louder and more piercing than the singing of the lazy demon.
Seeing this, Xia Pingzhou stopped looking at Yan Molin and said, "There's no need to worry about her... If she died at the hands of the devil instead of me, Unit 2 would have exploded on the spot."
He looked up at the seemingly indestructible shield. The furious demon was like a turtle curled up in its shell, taking the beating unilaterally, and the power of the Queen Colossus was obviously not enough to destroy the shield.
At this moment, the skull of the furious demon on the pattern engraved on the shield was already covered in sweat.
It knows that it was born as a weapon and can only play its true role when it relies on others.
In this independent state, it performs far worse than a typical Scourge-level demon.
Originally, it was used by the Demon of Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the older brother of Wrath, for whom it willingly served. However, Pride had already died at the hands of the previous Lake Hunter, rendering the weapon "Wrath" completely useless.
At this moment, Xia Pingzhou suddenly grasped a chess shadow on the circular path. It was the "Sewer Demon" he had found in Tokyo.
With a "click," the chess shadow shattered. At that moment, a demonic imp wearing a protective suit and holding a huge water gun emerged.
And its water gun was filled with a green and yellow liquid made of feces and urine.
At this time, the shield transformed by the furious demon was still suppressed by the Queen's stone statue's surging attack, leaving it with no chance of escape.
"Stop resisting, or you'll drown in human feces and urine," Xia Pingzhou said expressionlessly. "Even if you can block most attacks, you can't block the smell of feces and urine. Your shield will turn into a ball of feces."
He paused, then pinched his nose with his hand: "For humans, this is a capital punishment."
As he spoke, the sewer demon raised his giant water gun and first shot a stream of thick yellow liquid at the maple tree next to him. Then, with a sinister smile, he pointed the gun at the furious demon.
"Despicable human!" The furious demon was stunned for a moment, then roared in anger, "Sloth, what are you doing? Hurry up and deal with that guy!" As he spoke, the furious figure on the shield pattern turned his eyes sideways, but was suddenly stunned.
Under the night moon, above the trees, the body of the lazy demon had been cut in half by a dark red demon sword.
She was split into two, and only the bloody lower half of her body remained on the flying broom. Yan Molin stepped on the branches of the maple tree, her skirt rising and falling, and she leaped straight up like a falcon.
He drew his sword from its sheath, raised his hand and slashed it down, cutting the upper half of the flying body in half.
Immediately, the girl in school uniform stepped on the trees and slowly landed on the ground. She closed her eyes, and the demon sword, emitting resentment, slowly returned into the hole. She could no longer hear the wailing of the ghost in her ears.
The furious demon was completely stunned.
"Look, your companion is dead. You are no match for the two of us." Xia Pingzhou said calmly.
"what are you up to?"
The furious demon was silent for a long time, and asked almost word by word.
"Sign a contract with me, and I will spare your life."
As he spoke, Xia Pingzhou took back the King's statue and walked towards the shield transformed from the angry demon.
At the same time, the Möbius strip surrounding his body suddenly turned into a key with a black and white halo, floating in the air.
The front of the key was engraved with the figures of the "Shadow Demon" and the "Copy Demon," a shadow figure, and a paper figure. The back of the key was printed with densely packed chess figures: Queen, King, Knight, Soldier...
This is Tianqu's "contract state", which is the form that Tianqu will only appear in when signing a contract with the devil.
The contract form of each Sky Drive is different, but most of them are in the shape of a "container", some are wine glasses, some are kettles, and some are even glass balls...
For example, Ke Qirui's Tianqu contract state is a metal sphere bound by the chain of the one-way mirror.
And as we can see, the contractual state of Xia Pingzhou's Tianqu "Chess" is a "key". Xia Pingzhou has been puzzled more than once, thinking that this does not meet the definition of a container, but he has not found the definite answer until now.
"If I'm not mistaken, the survivors of the Seven Deadly Sins have all been manipulated by the former Lake Hunter. Once the war begins, you will have no choice but to side with humanity. Becoming my contracted devil should be better than being forced to become a sinner who betrays his race."
As he spoke, Xia Pingzhou reached out and grasped the key, then bent down and handed the key to the furious demon.
"Choose, sign a contract with me and preserve your dignity as a demon," he said, "or drown in human feces and urine."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sewer demon once again raised the water gun filled with a mixture of feces and urine and aimed it at the angry demon.
The furious demon was silent for a long moment.
"Okay...I'll go with you."
After saying that, its body gradually changed from a shield form to the original silver cross, and then the skeleton figure also seeped out from the inside of the cross.
The Queen Colossus placed her right hand on Xia Pingzhou's shoulder, while using her left hand to raise the dagger and press it against the furious demon's neck.
Whether in its normal form or in its contracted form, once the Sky-Drive is destroyed, the exorcist will die.
Therefore, the Queen Colossus must ensure that the angry demon will not bite back and destroy Xia Pingzhou's contracted Tianqu.
If the other party had such an idea, the Queen would immediately dissolve Xia Pingzhou's body and Tianqu into nothingness, and then chop off the head of the furious demon.
A moment later, the furious demon raised his right skeleton arm and touched the key in Xia Pingzhou's hand.
Then, its body merged with the key, transforming into a pattern engraved on the front of the key, adjacent to the Shadow Demon and the Copy Demon.
The shadow demon covered his mouth with his hands and laughed "hehehe", as if welcoming the new guest.
The copy demon trembled, hugged his knees and sat a little further away silently, turning his face away.
The black and white light carried the key back to Xia Pingzhou's hand.
Immediately afterwards, a series of prompt panels popped up in his eye sockets.
[Hint: The second unit's Sky Drive "Chess" has signed a contract with the rare demon "Raging Demon".]
[The Raging Demon's ability is as follows: Within 30 seconds, the Raging Demon will transform into either a "shield" or a "sword" form, which can be used by the chess player, or by your chess type.]
[Note 1: When encountering an attack that exceeds the shield's resistance limit, the Raging Demon's "Shield" form can help the user block the attack by sacrificing itself.]
[Note 2: The Raging Demon's "Sword" form can increase the user's power.]
[Shadow Demon's maximum existence time: 5 seconds]
[Maximum existence time of the copy demon: 10 seconds]
[Maximum duration of the Raging Demon: 30 seconds]
"After Tianqu was upgraded to the third level, did the existence time limit of the first two contracted demons also increase?" Xia Pingzhou wondered. He still remembered that the shadow demon could only exist for 3 seconds, and the copy demon for 8 seconds. These values had visibly increased a lot with the naked eye.
On the battlefield, even one second is extremely precious. Although it is only a few seconds, it is actually a huge improvement.
Xia Pingzhou lowered his eyes and looked at the last prompt panel in his field of vision.
[Currently, the remaining slots for Sky Exorcist are: 0 (The Exorcist's rank has been upgraded to Level 3. Currently, there are three demons contracted, which has reached the contract limit)]
"Is it done?" Yan Molin sheathed his sword and walked over slowly.
"It's done." Xia Pingzhou said, raised his hand and showed her the key in his right hand.
I saw that the pattern on the surface of the key had added a skeleton figure tied to a silver cross, and a faint black and white halo enveloped the key.
"Then let's go... The captain said not to alert the enemy." Yan Molin glanced at the key, then looked away and turned to look at the sewer demon. His eyes turned cold, "If you pull out a demon like this again, I will chop you down."
Xia Pingzhou said calmly, "I've also kept quite a few sewer demons to use for torture. If they disobey, I'll let them drown them."
Yan Molin suddenly drew his sword, turned sideways, and put the magic sword against Xia Pingzhou's neck.
"Put it away," she said without question.
"It can't be taken back. The demon chess seed will disappear after it is used once. It will disappear on its own after a while." Xia Pingzhou explained.
"Then let's go quickly." Yan Molin frowned.
The Queen Colossus walked over, silently distanced itself from the sewer demon, bypassed the water gun filled with feces and urine, and then bent down in front of Xia Pingzhou.
Xia Pingzhou sat on its shoulders, and the queen slowly stood up, jumped up, and disappeared into the woods.
The next day, in Haifan City, in a luxuriously decorated mansion.
Su Zimai and Ke Qirui were walking through the corridor filled with the faint aroma of classical tea, heading towards the office where the four people from Hu Lie were.
"Speaking of which... since my grandfather is your adoptive father, should I call you aunt or captain now?" Su Zimai hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.
"Captain, I always feel something is weird about it." Ke Qirui raised her eyebrows and said indifferently.
"Yeah, I think so too."
Su Zimai nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't imagine herself calling Ke Qirui "Auntie" every day.
"Speaking of which, can you please ask your brother who has a sister complex and your father who has a daughter complex to stay away from us?" Ke Qirui sighed and smiled softly.
She turned her head and saw Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan following Su Zimai with their shoulders hugged.
"There's nothing we can do about it. It's their fault for insisting on following us." Su Zimai said unhappily, turning his head and giving them a cold look.
"Then I'll take care of communicating with the four people from Hu Lie. You, your loving family, can wait outside." Ke Qirui said, stopping in front of the office door. The door was framed with mahogany and looked very luxurious.
Su Zimai nodded. "I don't really want to talk to that Zhou Jiuya. He's so fierce and has too much idol baggage."
"Okay, okay, I'll help you tell him this." Ke Qirui teased.
Su Zimai raised his middle finger at her. Gu Qinye walked over silently and reached out to press his sister's middle finger back. Su Zimai turned her head and glared at him angrily.
"That's impolite, uh... Miss Ke is our aunt after all." Gu Qinye said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, your aunt is gone."
After Ke Qirui finished speaking, he smiled at them, waved his hands, then pushed the door open and walked into the office.
A moment later, in the office.
Zhou Jiuya sat on the sofa, raised his fist to his cheek, and picked up the teacup with his other hand to take a sip of tea.
Zhuge Hui sat in the other corner of the sofa, leaning over and waving a folding fan, his long hair cascading down from behind his head like a waterfall.
Lin Xingshi sat in a chair in the office, reviewing a document handed over by the Exorcist Association.
Zhong Wujiu stood silently by the window, his deep eyes looking out the window through the evil ghost mask on his face.
"White Crow Brigade?"
Zhou Jiuya asked. He raised his head and looked at Ke Qirui who was smoking a pipe.
"Yes... Xiaomai said that she saw people from the brigade on the street yesterday evening. But she's not sure if she saw it wrongly." Ke Qirui hugged his shoulders and leaned on the edge of the desk.
"Who are the White Crow Brigade?" Lin Xingshi raised his head and asked curiously.
"Just a bunch of clowns." Zhou Jiuya said impatiently.
"Tell me who it is," said Lin Xingshi.
"A bandit organization that specializes in stealing valuable items and appears all over the world." Zhuge Hui waved his folding fan and introduced.
"Then what, Lao Ya, how did you get involved with this brigade?" Lin Xingshi asked again.
Zhou Jiuya sighed, "Didn't I go to Tokyo to attend an auction last month?" He paused, "I killed two of their members at that time, and they hold a grudge against me."
"There's an old Chinese saying, 'Cut the grass at its roots,' but you don't understand that, Brother Crow," Zhuge Hui said. "In my opinion, those people from the White Crow Brigade are probably trying to take advantage of our fight with the Nian Beast to intervene."
Zhou Jiuya snorted coldly, "Even so, with the strength of that group of people, they can't cause any trouble. There's no need to worry about it. Let's just continue to focus on the matter with the Nian Beast."
"No, no, no," Zhuge Hui said slowly, "I don't think so. Besides, don't you think there's someone here who can keep an eye on them?"
"Who?" Zhong Wujiu asked, "Tell me about it."
"The person I'm talking about is right outside the door." Zhuge Hui clapped his folding fan.
(End of this chapter)
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