"What kind of evil spirit is that?" Li Xiu asked.
Anyway, we are all here to try to kill the gods and demons. It doesn't matter which one we kill. As long as the risk is not big, it doesn't matter if we help Han Minghui.
He will kill the two mutated demons introduced by the president in the future. It would be nice to try the lower limit of the mutated god-level demons first if he has the chance.
Han Minghui did not hide anything and gave a detailed account of the situation of the divine demon spirit that she had been observing and studying.
That evil spirit has been haunting the mushroom forest all the time. It has a strong ability of color camouflage. But this is nothing, as most of the evil spirits in the mushroom forest have similar abilities.
The trouble is, that evil spirit possesses a very strong ability to split. Its own combat capability is relatively weak among the god-level ones, but it can continuously split into something similar to a clone. Although the clone's ability is not as good as the original body, it can still use the light of truth. This is not something that an ordinary soul-casting level can deal with.
Originally, the demon's ability to split had many limitations. According to Han Minghui's research, it took at least ten minutes to split into a clone each time, and the clone's existence also had a time limit.
Han Minghui has already thought of a plan. As long as they can delay the first clone it splits out and find the hiding place of its original body, they can use the means they have arranged in advance and cooperate with everyone to surround and kill it.
But after coming here this time, she unexpectedly discovered that the demon spirit had mutated. The abilities of its original body and clone had been greatly enhanced. Han Minghui was not sure how much stronger it had become.
The only good thing is that Han Minghui knows that the probability of the mutated divine demon spirit producing a divine gem is extremely high, so she would rather use the divine gem promised by Li Xiu in exchange for this opportunity.
"Since even Vice President Han doesn't know the strength of the mutant demon spirit, I can only promise to do my best to help. Whether it can be successful depends on you." Li Xiu said.
"Director Li and everyone else, don't worry. If it's impossible, I won't force it." Han Minghui said.
Although Han Minghui said this, others were not too optimistic.
If you are entangled by the mutated god-level demon spirit, you may not be able to retreat even if you want to.
"President Han, it's not that I don't want to help, but our previous agreement was to kill the god-level demon spirit. Now that the demon spirit has mutated and its strength is difficult to predict, it is not advisable to continue taking risks. It is better to take a long-term view." Mo Wuya said.
Several other Soul Forging-level bosses also echoed the sentiment, and no one wanted to risk their own life.
No matter how many benefits Han Minghui gives you, you have to be alive to enjoy them.
Li Xiu watched from the side without saying anything. Mo Wuya was one of the most skilled masters in the Mo Clan and was also the head of the Longevity Group. If anything happened to him, the Mo Clan would suffer a great loss, so it was understandable that he was so cautious.
Han Minghui had a headache. The reason why she tried so hard to invite Li Xiu to join, and was so willing to do so, was mainly because Mo Wuya and a few others had already begun to think about quitting. She originally thought that Li Xiu's joining might be able to dispel their intention to quit, but now it seems that it is not of much use.
"Director Mo, we can try it out first. If it's impossible, I will never force you." Han Minghui said.
"Vice President Han, I'm really sorry. This is different from our original agreement. Let's do as President Mo said and discuss it in the long run. I will return the deposit I collected before in full after I go back." Liu Yingzhen said with a bow.
Several other Soul Casting-level bosses also expressed their intention to withdraw.
"You don't have to be like this. I didn't investigate the matter clearly, so it has nothing to do with you. You don't have to refund the deposit. Let's work together again if there is a chance in the future." Han Minghui also knew that they were not to blame for this. No one would risk their life for her for a little benefit.
After Mo Wuya and others said goodbye, only Li Xiu, Wan Chaochun, Jiu Xiaoyun, Han Minghui and another soul-casting level boss of the Han family, Han Yutong, were left here.
"Minghui, this matter cannot be done anymore. Let's make plans for the future." Han Yutong, Han Minghui's uncle, also began to consider backing out when he saw this.
"Uncle Qi, please make a wasted trip." Han Minghui said.
"Your business is our Han family's business, which is also my business. There's no need to be so polite. Let's talk about it again when we have a chance." After saying this, Han Yutong left first.
After Han Yutong left, Han Minghui said to Wan Chaochun and Li Xiu, "I'm sorry, but we have to let this go."
"Are you really planning to give up, Vice President Han?" Li Xiu suddenly said.
"You've seen the situation. What else can I do if I don't give up?" Han Minghui said with a wry smile.
"If Vice President Han is still willing, I can accompany you and see if there is any chance." Li Xiu said.
Han Minghui was slightly startled: "It's really too risky for just the two of us to fight that mutant demon."
"Brother Xiu, there's no need to rush." Wan Chaochun also advised.
Their previous plan was for everyone to work together to encircle and kill the gods and demons. Now that so many people have left, there are only three of them left who are the real fighting force. Jiu Xiaoyun is only responsible for exploring the way and does not participate in the actual siege, as they are too short of manpower.
What's more, the demon spirit of the god position has mutated. Even if those soul-casting-level bosses don't withdraw, they are not sure.
"It doesn't hurt to go and take a look." The mutated divine demon spirits are really rare. The president has recorded nearly a thousand divine demon spirits, and there are no more than ten mutated demon spirits. Naturally, Li Xiu was unwilling to give up this opportunity.
Han Minghui looked at Li Xiu with a changing expression.
She thought that Li Xiu wanted to get information about the mutated divine demon spirit from her, but he might have other plans. In other words, Li Xiu's target from the very beginning was this demon spirit. What he said before that the divine demon spirit he was looking for was outside the mushroom forest was not the case at all.
Li Xiu saw through Han Minghui's thoughts and said with a smile: "Vice President Han, don't worry too much. Since I promised you, I will not touch your demon spirit."
"If that's the case, why take the risk now?" Han Minghui naturally didn't believe it.
"I don't think this is a risk." Li Xiu said lightly.
Han Minghui felt that Li Xiu's words were too arrogant. If they went to kill the mutated gods and demons, what else could they call it if not taking a risk?
Han Minghui was about to say something when she suddenly saw a strange orange-red light emanating from Li Xiu's body, and was immediately shocked.
"The light of truth...you...you have actually been promoted to the status of god..." Han Minghui said in a lost voice.
Not only Han Minghui was surprised, Wan Chaochun beside her was also surprised and happy: "Brother Xiu, you actually became a god?"
Jiu Xiaoyun widened his eyes and stared at Li Xiu with an expression of disbelief.
Although they all knew that Li Xiu had the divine gem, the speed of his promotion to godhood was too fast. Even if he had the divine gem, if he wanted to be promoted to godhood, he would need to improve the level of his soul casting and his own quality before he would have a chance.
Having the divine gem does not guarantee success in ascending to the divine throne. Even for a top-level soul caster, it will take at least one or two years to prepare for the ascending to the divine throne. In addition to the divine gem, some auxiliary items also need to be prepared.
It is really hard to imagine that it has only been such a short time since Li Xiu obtained the divine gem, but he has successfully ascended to the divine position.
"When did it become so easy to ascend to godhood?" This thought flashed through their minds at the same time.
Li Xiu didn't say much, but smiled and said, "Vice President Han, do you still think this is impossible?"
Han Minghui had already reacted by now, and said in surprise and delight: "General Manager Li is truly a rare genius that only appears once in a century. He has been promoted to godhood in such a short time. I'm afraid that General Manager Li is the only one in the history of Changshengtian who has achieved this."
"General Li, if you can help me kill the demon spirit of the divine throne, except for the divine throne gem, all other things will belong to you." Han Minghui even used honorifics, putting herself in a lower position.
She was so straightforward because, firstly, the divine level was so rare, and secondly, when she invited Mo Wuya and the others, except for the divine gem, all other things had already been promised to them. Now she was just transferring the things promised to Mo Wuya and the others to Li Xiu.
For the same price, it is much more appropriate to hire a deity than to hire a few spirit castings.
"In that case, let's go and take a look now." Li Xiu nodded.
"Sister Wan Chao, are you coming with us?" Han Minghui looked at Wan Chaochun and said.
"If Brother Xiu wants to go, I naturally want to go with him." Wan Chaochun replied.
Jiu Xiaoyun on the side said quickly: "Wherever the commander goes, I will follow him."
Han Minghui no longer hesitated and took Li Xiu and the others directly to where the mutated demon spirit was.
A huge mushroom stands on a cliff like a giant umbrella covering the sky.
Half of the translucent milky white mushroom cap is outside the cliff, as if it is looking into the distance, waiting for an old friend to return.
Below the black rocks is the endless sea. The water is azure blue and merges with the sky in the distance, truly making the sea and the sky one color.
The milky white transparent giant mushroom is crystal clear in the sunlight and so beautiful that it seems like it does not exist on earth.
Under the giant mushroom, there lay a demon spirit that was completely snow-white without a single color.
Li Xiu and his three companions were lurking in the mushroom bushes in the distance and watching for a long time. They found that the evil spirit looked quite interesting.
That thing was much larger than a human, probably three meters tall, but its body proportions gave people a Q-version feeling, with short legs and arms, a chubby body, and a big mushroom-shaped head, as if it was wearing a mushroom helmet.
From a distance, the demon looked like a Q-version mushroom armor warrior that had become a spirit. The snow-white armor on its entire body had a bit of a technological style, which was both cool and cute.
In particular, there is a small arm cannon on each of its arms, which is particularly eye-catching.
"Is this the real body or the clone?" Li Xiu asked Han Minghui who was lying beside him.
"The real body before was a snow-white entity, and the clone was obviously a little blurry and easy to distinguish. After the mutation, the real body and the clone are almost the same, and I haven't found a way to distinguish them yet. But from past experience, it doesn't use the clone under normal circumstances. In theory, this should be the real body." Han Minghui pondered.
Li Xiu was speechless. What she said was the same as saying nothing. The previous clones had a time limit and their existence time was not long, at most half an hour. The evil spirit would naturally not create a clone if there was nothing to do.
But after the mutation, we have no idea whether its clone has a time limit. If the clone exists all the time, then it is possible that it is a clone.
Li Xiu looked at it for a while but couldn't see any clues. After all, he had never seen the evil spirit before and had no way to make a comparison.
"What was your original plan?" Li Xiu asked again.
Han Minghui explained her plan in detail. Originally, she planned to set up an area first and then lure the evil spirits over there.
Now it is difficult to implement this plan because of the mutation of the divine demon spirit. Its speed and strength must have increased. The demon spirit that was previously prepared as bait may not have a chance to lure it into that area.
"What kind of evil spirit are you planning to use as bait?" Li Xiu thought for a moment and asked.
"It's a Soul-Forged Sun-Chasing Hummingbird. Its speed is top-notch among Soul-Forged creatures, and it has a rapid dodge skill. I've calculated the speed of the demon spirit before it mutated. As long as it can be controlled, there should be no problem in leading it over. But it's hard to say now." Han Minghui said.
"Are you willing to give up that sun-chasing hummingbird?" Li Xiu asked Han Minghui.
Han Minghui was so smart that she immediately understood what Li Xiu meant. He wanted her to use the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird as a pathfinder to re-estimate the speed and other data of the mutated demon spirit.
At this point, Han Minghui also knew that if she was reluctant to give up the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird, Li Xiu would definitely not take action.
Even if one is a god-level trial-taker, it is impossible for him to take the risk without knowing anything about the mutated god-level demon spirit.
"Why would we be reluctant to give it up? It was originally prepared for it." Han Minghui paused and said, "Then let's follow the original plan and try to use the Sun Chaser Hummingbird to lead the demon spirit to that area, right?"
"Then let's do this." Li Xiu needed to first see the strength of the evil spirit. As long as it was not too strong and gave him a chance to escape, he could fight it.
Han Minghui gritted her teeth, quietly sneaked to a distance, and summoned out her sun-chasing hummingbird first.
Li Xiu originally thought that the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird was a demonic spirit similar to the Golden-Winged Roc, or at least an eagle-like one.
Who would have thought that the sun-chasing hummingbird is actually just a small bird the size of a fist, with a black body. It doesn't look like an eagle, but more like a sparrow.
After the sun-chasing hummingbird takes off, its wings actually split into six. The six wings vibrate rapidly, and the speed is incredibly fast, almost approaching the speed of light.
"The speed is indeed fast enough, worthy of the name of Chasing the Sun." Li Xiu secretly admired.
Under Han Minghui's control, the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird flew towards the giant mushroom, and Li Xiu and others became alert.
Jiuxiaoyun is ready to run away at any time, and Wan Chaochun is also ready to fight.
When the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird was still dozens of meters away from the giant mushroom, the demon lying on the ground as if sleeping was awakened.
It rolled over and got up from the ground. After seeing the Sunbird clearly, it raised its right arm and aimed its arm cannon at the Sunbird. An elliptical white light bullet instantly sprayed out from the muzzle of the cannon.
The Sun-Chasing Hummingbird never really got close to the giant mushroom. After discovering that the demon had launched an attack, it turned around and flew back immediately.
But the speed of the light bullet was faster than it. When the light bullet was about to catch up with the hummingbird, the hummingbird's body flashed strangely, like a swallow skimming over the sea, and avoided the bombardment of the light bullet.
The light bullet passed by the hummingbird. Originally, several people thought that the hummingbird had avoided the attack, but they did not expect that the light bullet flew far before it exploded in the air, turning into countless streams of light that covered an area of hundreds of meters.
This change obviously caught Han Minghui by surprise. One can see that her face looked a little unhappy. It was estimated that this demon spirit did not have such ability before it mutated.
The Sun-chasing Hummingbird's body was flashing with black light, and its tiny body was like a black stream of light flashing quickly in the sky full of flowing light, leaving behind a series of phantoms, dodging the exploding stream of light, and rushing out from it.
"What an amazing sun-chasing hummingbird." Wan Chaochun couldn't help but praise it.
When the evil spirit saw that the single shot did not kill the Sun-chasing Hummingbird, he looked at the hummingbird flying away and did not chase it, so he lay down again.
Seeing this, Han Minghui could only control the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird to fly back, flapping its wings at the evil spirit from a distance and releasing a series of wind blades.
The demon spirit suddenly became furious and jumped up, aiming its arms at the Sun-Chasing Hummingbird while spraying out elliptical light bullets.
The Sun-Chasing Hummingbird turned and ran, but was still caught up by the light bullet in the distance.
The Sun-Chasing Hummingbird's dodging skills were indeed powerful. It actually dodged two light bombs in a row, and rushed out from the group of light bursts from the two light bombs, flying away.
The evil spirit was enraged this time and flew after it. Two rows of small holes appeared behind it, and a large amount of foam-like light energy spurted out of the holes, pushing its body to sprint like a stream of light and chase after the hummingbird.
Two streaks of light, one black and one white, quickly streaked across the sky and disappeared in a flash. Then, in the mushroom forest in the distance, one could see explosions of light rising from the vines. It was obvious that the evil spirit was bombarding the sun-chasing hummingbird.
Li Xiu and the others hurriedly followed. When they arrived, Han Minghui looked at the mushroom forest that was constantly exploding in the distance with a bitter face and said, "After the demon spirit mutated, its speed and light energy increased significantly. My previous arrangements are no longer useful, and I can't get rid of the Sun Chaser Hummingbird. This is trouble."
"It's not a big deal, leave the rest to me." Li Xiu glanced at the demon spirit floating in the air in the distance. It held arm cannons in both arms and was bombarding the hummingbird flying close to the ground.
The hummingbird was already at the end of its strength, it had been injured, and its speed had obviously dropped. It seemed that it could no longer escape.
Li Xiu looked at the evil spirit in the air and directly summoned the Forbidden Spear, which instantly turned into a Forbidden Cannon and was carried on his shoulder, aiming at the evil spirit in the air.
Circles of orange-red spiral light patterns appeared on the cannon. When the demon sensed something and turned to look over here, the forbidden cannon blasted out an orange beam of light that instantly rushed into the sky.
The demon's eyes focused, and he subconsciously raised his arms. Light bullets spurted out of his arm cannons frantically, hitting the orange light beam of the forbidden cannon.