Chapter 59 True Name
Another spider demon descended from the wall of the theater, running towards the King Statue with a ferocious face. Using all eight legs, its body moved as fast as an afterimage, and the corners of its eyes cast a scarlet afterglow 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, just standing there quietly.
If the King's statue is destroyed, the mysterious protection bestowed on Ji Minghuan will also disappear. It is equivalent to losing a set of safety insurance, and the risk of death will soar.
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. 】
"Shadow Demon" was the first demon Xia Pingzhou contracted when he was promoted to a first-level exorcist. This demon could pull any object around the exorcist into the shadow under his feet in a short period of time.
Then the shadow demon flew out from the black and white circle, 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 male-looking spider demon swept over with all eight of its claws, but missed.
The spider demon lowered his head in a daze, and looked at the shadow under his feet with his scarlet eyes. In the shadow, he could see the outline of the King Colossus and the red smiling face of the shadow demon.
As if mocking it.
At this moment, the stone statue of the queen touched the crimson audience seats with its toes and rushed towards it.
The spider demon narrowed its eyes, and its six legs twisted and tangled together strangely. The claws of each leg also condensed together, as if they were pieced together into a flower, a blooming man-eating plant. Each petal of the man-eating plant was made up of sharp claws. Amidst the deafening buzzing sound, the claws rotated violently.
It paced forward on its remaining two legs, meeting the blade of the queen's statue.
Seeing 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-looking 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 was not a real object, she just held the dagger and passed through the middle of the "Piranha 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 position and held the dagger in reverse. She turned sideways, spun her arm in the air, and stabbed the demon's back with the long dagger, instantly opening a hole.
With a "puff", 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 a circle inside the demon's body.
Just like that, he spared no effort to crush the spider demon's heart into a pool of blood foam.
Amid the sound of rushing water, black blood continued to flow out from the hollow in its chest. It screamed and fell to its knees in the pool of blood, its eyes empty. Its gnarled legs slowly spread out and fell beside it like withered branches.
The queen confirmed the demon's death and then turned to look to the other side.
Three black iron soldiers were slashing at the spider cocoon on the ground. The swords pierced through the sticky spider silk, and the other spider demon inside the cocoon naturally could not survive. A tragic scream fell, and dirty blood flowed out, staining the incomplete giant cocoon black.
At this point, the two spider demons in the Roppongi EX Theater were completely destroyed.
Ji Minghuan didn't even look up, 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 retouch it.
The stone statue of the queen waved the dagger in the air, wiped off the dirty black blood on the blade, and then slowly walked back towards Ji Minghuan. Although she had just experienced a bloody battle, her posture was still elegant and tall.
Ji Minghuan turned sideways. The queen was two heads taller than him, so he turned over the screen, raised the phone slightly, and showed her the selfie he had just taken.
"Will it make you 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 looked carefully at the selfie on the mobile phone screen with her slender eyes burning with cold flames.
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 a cell phone, so he inevitably found it novel and interesting. If possible, he would like to travel around the world with Kong Youling in the future, and take more beautiful photos on the way.
The stone statue of the queen once again shook her head with a serious expression.
"Oh, that's good." Ji Minghuan said.
At this moment, a series of "trample" 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 being the chessboard.
[It was detected that the player killed two C-level demons. The task of the second character exclusive training system "Wild Hunt Winter" has been updated - the number of kills: 1 → 3. 】
[Current mission progress: Kill "3/10" superhumans or demons. ]
[The current progress of the second character's Sky Drive "Chess" is: 45%/100% (after reaching 100% progress, your Sky Drive will automatically evolve to the second-level form. After the advancement, you can make a contract with a brand new demon to fully enhance the ability of the Sky Drive)]
[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 storage. ]
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 pops up.
[Event Card Name: Twins on Stage]
[Event card effect: If the player has a twin brother, this card can immediately teleport your twin brother back to you and provide him with a short-term attribute increase.]
[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 progress of the training system and speed up the advancement of Tianqu. 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, cannon carts, and kings in the theater all turned into chess pieces and returned to the ring. Only the stone statue of the queen remained motionless beside him.
He put his left hand in his pocket, played with his phone with his right hand, and walked in the dark towards the exit of Roppongi Theater. The Queen statue followed him.
Not long after, Ji Minghuan suddenly stopped, looked up, and saw a figure standing by the door.
She was wearing a khaki windbreaker, a deerstalker hat, an old-fashioned one-way mirror on her left eye, and a chain connected to the collar of the windbreaker.
Ke Qirui leaned against the wall with her left hand on her shoulder and her other hand holding a pipe. She smoked quietly, and the dim light from the entrance passage cast a shadow on 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)
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