Chapter 118 Duel (Part 1) Host 1v1 fair duel...
Qi Qing questioned, "You said my soul has left my body, and you said you would take me 'out' and 'back' to this body. Don't you think your words are contradictory?"
The man stopped talking, and silence fell in the darkness.
Qi Qing asked again: "Are you sent by the Demon Lord?"
The other party seemed to have heard a joke and laughed a few times: "If you think so, then so be it."
Qi Qing inexplicably felt that he should recognize this person, but when he thought about it, the memory in the Soul Abyss became blurry at this moment, like muddied water, and he couldn't see it clearly at all.
"Can't remember?" The man seemed to notice his confusion, "Well, follow me."
A gentle push came from the darkness, guiding Qi Qing forward. Although he subconsciously felt that he could trust this person, Qi Qing couldn't help but ask, "Follow you to reincarnate?"
"Why, are you scared?" The man said calmly, "Forget about this life, drink a bowl of Meng Po soup and start over, isn't it better?"
Seeing that he really stopped, the other party snorted: "Anyway, after taking the soul, it is a blank sheet of paper, and reincarnation is also a blank sheet of paper, there is no difference. It is a good thing if you can really reincarnate... Let's go."
"etc."
When Qi Qing heard the word "soul snatching" for the second time, he frowned and asked, "What exactly is soul snatching? Can you explain it?"
He continued to move forward following the force, and seeing that he cooperated, the man's tone improved a little.
"Do you know how to possess someone else's body?" the other party asked.
Qi Qing nodded slightly, and immediately realized that the other party couldn't see him in the dark, so he spoke instead: "Possession means taking over someone else's body, I know that."
Eight out of ten cultivation novels involve this issue, and in seven of these eight, the villain tries to take over the protagonist's body. He knows all the tricks by heart.
The man said calmly: "Soul seizure is similar to body seizure, except that it is not the body that is being seized, but the soul itself."
At this point, his tone became colder: "Once you succeed, your memory and will will be completely erased, leaving only an empty shell."
Qi Qing was stunned: "How can the soul be taken away? Isn't the soul the core of the body?"
He thought this statement was ridiculous, but the man's tone was very serious: "Your memory and your consciousness are the core of the soul. Once taken away, the other person will become you completely - from the inside out, without any difference."
A chill ran up Qi Qing's back and he felt cold all over. He had never thought that there was such a secret method.
This is even more terrifying than possession of another's body. Possession of another's body requires exchanging souls after all, but soul-stealing can actually steal a person's entire existence intact.
At this moment, the Demon Lord's words "This is the trick" suddenly echoed in his mind.
Qi Qing shuddered all over and instantly understood everything.
——No, the Demon Lord’s target has always been him.
Because of his extraordinary strength and hard-to-forge ice spirit roots, the Demon Lord had long guessed that someone else had replaced him in this body. This was a carefully planned gamble!
Seize Qi Qing's soul and become the real Qi Qing.
The young man took a deep breath and said in disbelief: "This is too outrageous, whoever comes here will be doomed! "
This thing can disrupt and paralyze the system, why didn't the Demon Lord take Yue Ji's? Is it because he is not so good?
"It's not invincible." The man said lazily: "From what I know, the conditions for using this secret method are harsh, because once it is used, both parties will lose their souls during the spell... This should have been your chance."
"Isn't this my third choice?" Qi Qing asked.
In the darkness, it seemed as if a divine eye swept across Qi Qing, and the other party said with a dull look: "With your current divine consciousness strength, you are not qualified to be the opponent of the Demon Lord."
Qi Qing was a little unconvinced and was about to refute when he suddenly felt the force guiding him stop.
The person who had been talking said "eh" softly, and said in a subtle tone: "...your third choice is here."
"Varied……"
Before Qi Qing finished speaking, his feet suddenly stepped on solid ground.
Like a blindfold being suddenly lifted, the surrounding scene gradually appeared in his eyes. Although it was dim, it was enough for him to see clearly.
It’s the Soul Abyss!
The force that kept the people in the city from turning over seemed to have lost its effect. He stepped on the gray ground and looked up to see the pavilions and towers hanging high above the Soul Abyss. The tops of the towers and pagodas were scattered at different heights, stabbing downwards like sharp swords. The entire city was empty, with only the devastation and broken walls left after the typhoon.
He looked around warily and said, "What choice?"
The voice said slowly, "The young master is coming soon. With the help of his spiritual sense, maybe we can compete with the Demon Lord. Why don't we give it a try?"
Hearing Yue Ji's news, Qi Qing was delighted at first, but then he refused outright: "No try!"
What if the Demon Lord suddenly turns his gun around and tries to seize Yue Ji's soul, wouldn't both of them be in danger?
…
At the same time, in the monks’ camp.
Led by the Demon Lord, the demons raided the cave at dawn.
The formation of the monks who had no time to prepare was broken up several times. After some chaos, each sect formed a formation and reorganized the defense.
No one expected that the demons were not recuperating in the Soul Abyss these days, but were instead gathering their strength.
The Demon Lord succeeded in his attack, and quickly retreated with Qi Qing abducted, leaving the demon army to continue the charge.
After many days, the two sides fought again and the battle was extremely fierce.
Under the leadership of the demon general, the demons fiercely tore open the defense lines of the cultivators' flanks, and the defenses of several small sects were forcibly breached.
“clang!”
A dazzling golden spiritual power suddenly flashed, blocking the fierce attack of the leading demon general.
In the direction of Tiandu Sect, the young man in black with a cold face released his strength, then rushed forward with his sword raised.
Although his temporary support relieved the pressure brought by the demon general, the swarming demon soldiers were still a huge threat, and several monks at the gap were injured.
Just when the demons were about to break through the defense line, a silver sword light cut through the sky and temporarily blocked the demons' attack wave.
The sword master in white robes came gracefully, and hundreds of sword shadows appeared behind him, as bright as a rising silver moon.
The sword light shot out like a rain of pear blossoms, and in just a few breaths, it forced the defense line back.
To force the demons back, Qianyuan Sword Master made a sword flower and decisively ordered: "Yunxiao Sect quickly send elite troops to guard the eastern gap, and Xuantian Pavilion to guard the southern side gate. We must not let a demon break through!"
The commanding tone made the elder of Yunxiao Sect slightly unhappy. He was only one step slower, and a ghostly black shadow quietly approached the disciples of Yunxiao Sect!
No one knew when he sneaked in, but he concealed his breath so well. His ten fingers were like poisoned blades, flashing with cold light, and he was about to rip open the disciple's stomach.
The disciple screamed in fear: "Elder, save me——"
A strong demonic aura hit his face and he closed his eyes in despair.
The expected severe pain did not come.
The disciple opened his eyes tremblingly and was suddenly stunned.
I saw several white shadows condensing in front of him like fog, using their bodies as shields to block the fatal blow.
More white figures were flying down from mid-air, silently, with blurry faces and a faint demonic aura lingering around them.
The battlefield was silent for a moment, and both the monks and the demons stopped at the same time.
——It turned out to be the Mirage Clan.
"Master! The Mirage Clan is here to help!"
At the end of the queue, Ji Chunfeng also jumped down.
He retracted his flying sword and shouted to the black-clothed youth at the front: "The person has been brought here, go ahead without worry!"
The next moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
The young man in black, who had just been fighting the demon general on equal terms, suddenly became more powerful. He raised his sword and pierced the demon general's heart in an instant.
He had no intention of fighting, and as he retracted his attack, his figure faded away like mist.
The crowd was shocked.
The one who fought side by side just now turned out to be just a clone? !
…
Qi Qing originally thought that Yue Ji would come, but the moment he saw the person in front of him clearly, his heart was hanging in the air.
Why is he still the Demon Lord?
The Demon Lord still had Yue Ji's appearance, as if he felt that this would stimulate him more, and he slowly fell down from the upside-down Soul Abyss.
What’s worse is that the moment the Demon Lord landed, the long-silent system voice suddenly rang out.
[System prompts that abnormal conditions of multiple hosts have been detected and are being repaired. ]
【……】
【……】
【Repair failed.】
【The mission objective has been updated. 】
[Mission objective: Fair duel, please remove the virus program immediately to avoid being judged and wiped out. ]
Qi Qing: “…”
He clenched his fists. "Shouldn't it be the system's job to clear bugs? Why should I, the host, be the one to clean up the mess?"
They didn't even give him a share of his salary, and there was no reason at all.
The system obviously would not answer his question, because after the announcement, the exact same system interface unfolded in front of both of them at the same time.
——Mall, skill cards, points, all shared synchronously.
“……???”
Qi Qing was almost laughing out of anger: "Okay, you want to play me like this, right?"
Are you kidding me! Not only does the boss gain player privileges, but the account is also shared?
How can he play this?!
Qi Qing swore that he had never been so desperate.
It's like lurking at the enemy's headquarters, and just as you are about to launch a surprise attack, you find that your home has been destroyed - and the enemy is using your own arsenal!
The voice that had been guiding him in the darkness also disappeared. It was unclear whether it was blocked or it was actually the Demon Lord himself.
"Waiting for that little bastard to rescue you?"
The Demon Lord seemed to see through his thoughts and smiled cruelly: "On one side are the lives of the entire Mirage Clan, and on the other side are you. Guess... what will he choose?"
Qi Qing sneered and counterattacked: "A person who is still on the road, and you, the demon king who is right in front of you, you might as well guess who I will kill?"
“Hahahaha!” The Demon Lord laughed loudly, “How arrogant! You are still stubborn even when you are about to die.”
He tapped the skill card in front of him with his fingertips, revealing a mocking look: "Even if you can escape by luck today, you won't be able to get out alive. Everything you have will belong to me!"
The next second, the figure of the Demon Lord was within reach.
Qi Qing quickly confronted him with a palm strike, and found that he was actually using an "equally matched opponent", and immediately felt a subtle sense of speechlessness in his heart.
——So the Demon Lord is illiterate?
He used this skill to narrow the gap, but the Demon Lord's strength was overwhelming, so wouldn't using this card force the difficulty?
Sure enough, the Demon Lord quickly realized that this card not only did not bring any advantages, but instead limited his strength, so he immediately withdrew.
Taking advantage of this gap, Qi Qing started the live broadcast without hesitation.
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