Chapter 722: 13.23 - Missed Star - Your soul is injured.
Chapter 722: 13.23 – Missed Star – Your soul is injured.
Hearing that the group ventures to the Dragon Palace, which has the highest level of security, but as soon as they’ve arrived at the palace, they can see signs of battle. Wrecked palace walls, dead soldiers covered in blankets. Seeing that Tang Ruan and He Yuu hurriedly look for He Ling and Cao Jun whom they’ve left for the palace as they looked for the children. Once they met the two, they saw He Ling with his right shoulder wrapped in thick white bandages soaked in blood. Cao Jun lay near him covered in white bandages, but his injuries were lighter than He Ling’s. They were surprised as these two were the only ones present in the cosmos who possessed SS Full Physique with He Ling born with SS+ Full Physique except for a full 3S Physique inheritor like General Autumn and General Long, there is no way someone would harm him. They were shocked to see him hurt.
He Yuu exclaimed, “Dage! What happened to you!?”
Cao Jun groaned as he moved to sit up with He Ling’s help. “Don’t shout, Yuu. My ears are still ringing from the explosion.”
Tang Ruan asked, “Dage, what happened? Is Lord Long alright?”
He Ling weakly looked at the couple and the team behind them who flinched upon seeing his stern gaze falling on them. Lin Lan and Lou Ye couldn’t help but stood straight like a rod instantly and avoided their superior’s gaze. Ye Wusheng and Tu Zise looked bewildered while their eyes were swimming around.
He Ling took a sigh of relief when he saw the two youngsters. “Good Job! You’ve brought the little princes back safely. That’s one of our minds, especially for Your Highness. Don’t worry Your Majesty is alright but… we have never thought Chen Sian would really attack the King!”
Cao Jun yelled, “That fake Chen Sian!!!”
He Ling said, “I’m worried more about Your Highness. According to the live stream just now. When Chen Sian tried to destroy Your Majesty’s life capsule, a crimson barrier blocked it. throwing Chen Sian a few meters away. Then on the video, we saw Your Highness coughed blood.”
He Ling gestured to his subordinate to play the recording an hour ago. Everyone watched closely while He Ling and Cao Jun’s expressions turned ugly remembering the situation just now. They both decided to watch the live recording instead. An hour ago. Before General Autumn left the palace, he spoke to He Ling and Cao Jun about Chen Sian’s possibility of being a puppet for someone.
He Ling asked, “Your Highness, is this true!?”
Ye Qiuji replied, “When I told him I’m A’ Xie scabbards he didn’t have any changes in his expression at all unlike you. The current Chen Sian is a puppet. He… must be already dead.”
Cao Jun exclaimed, “No way!? There is no way! He has memories of us!”
Ye Qiuji stared coldly at Cao Jun.
“Then observed him closely. If he tried to attack, A’Xie would kill him immediately. Don’t worry. As long as I’m alive there is no way A’Xie will die. I will enter the frontline alone. Stay behind and protect the cosmos,” said General Autumn as he march away intending to change his clothes to his official battle suit and go block the invaders on his own.
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In the sky, before the battleship, an expressionless Ye Qiuji floats before it. Ignoring the humongous size of the three battleships, Ye Qiuji stood before it covering the whole Dragon Cosmos with a white barrier. Looking at the largest ship in the middle, Ye Qiuji saw someone wearing a gray battle suit come out to meet him. Following behind him is a young man wearing a black battle suit with his lavender eyes constantly observing him. Once he saw who it was, he recognized that it was Long Wan, Long Xie’s elder brother. A Wanted Criminal. Fugitive of their Empire. The other one is Long Xie’s rival and enemy, Feng Mo.
Ye Qiuji stared at them indifferently. “So, you’ve returned, Long Wan. Even bringing that little spy with you. Am I right, Player Soundless, Mo Feng? Or should I call you Traitor General Feng Mo?”
Long Wan looked back at his accomplice who sighed and shook his head. “As I’ve thought… you knew who I was. Can I ask General Autumn how did you recognize me?” asked respectfully Feng Mo.
“I have always been sensitive towards the changes around my family and my love. Especially feeling your silent observing gaze that lingers for more than 3 seconds towards my lover. I’ve done a full background check once on you. Learned that you use a fake identity and knew that you are Feng Mo. Though I didn’t find your connection to the one beside you,” replied Ye Qiuji while moving his silver string spread all over the lands of Dragon Cosmos. Every slight movement of his fingers cut off all limbs of the invaders captured by strings. Reaping lives nonchalantly like a bored God within his games.
The two outsiders communicate with their systems in their minds. They were surprised to see this Villain before them having intelligence beyond what the world plot had introduced.
Long Wan asked, “System. What is wrong with this Villain? He seems too smart for an original character. Is this one an outsider?”
Wan’s System: [Host. According to the database the Villain was considered the most intelligent creature in this world. But his love for the Protagonist Gong had blurred his mind making the Villain take foolish action without thinking. This is his original Character setup.]
Long Wan asked once again, “Are you sure he isn’t a bug as well?”
Wan’s System: [This system doesn’t know. But according to the result of the analysis, this Villain is an original though if a powerful soul possessed this character, then this system won’t be able to detect anything.]
Feng Mo asked, “Is there something you aren’t able to analyze?”
Feng’s System: [This system isn’t able to analyze a high-tier being’s soul. A pure soul with immortal depth is impossible to analyze.]
Feng Mo was shocked, “A pure soul with immortal depth? Are you talking about the soul of a God!?”
Feng’s System: [Yes, Host.]
Feng Mo and Long Wan were surprised by what they heard. They would never expect the possibility of a God Soul possessing low-tier worlds character avatar. I mean would God be bored enough to play with ants like them? The two stared at Ye Qiuji eyes full of vigilance.
Long Wan asked, “System. Is there a way to check if a God possesses a character?”
Wan’s System: [Host. Normally it is impossible to do such a thing. As Gods usually don’t have weaknesses but as long as you’ve attacked his weakness then there is a possibility that the might should his tail.]
Long Wan looked at Feng Mo, asking him if he knew any weakness of the Villain before them.
Feng Mo spoke, “This world’s Villain’s only weakness is his little brother and… our target.”
Long Wan said, “System watched over the target closely. Report anything weird to me!”
Wan’s System: [Host. The system understands.]
Long Wan’s eyes brightened when he heard that. Though it is close to impossible to take the villain’s brother hostage, he still has that puppet who took Character: Chen Sian’s identity. Puppet Chen is currently inside the Dragon Palace, Long Wan only has to give an order for it to attack their target as they’ve planned.
Long Wan smiled, “General Autumn… I wonder how you will be able to protect your beloved General Long when you are this far away from him.” He tapped on his terminal and contacted his puppet. “Kill the target, Puppet Chen Sian!” commanded Long Wan.
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Back at the Dragon Palace, Chen Sian who heard his master’s commands suddenly pulled a lightsaber from his white doctor robe. Intending to cut the life capsule of Long Xie as well as the target. He Ling and Cao Jun, who were watching the surveillance from the outside of the room, instantly entered the laboratory to save their lord. They jumped in disbelief when they saw Chen Sian pulling a weapon from his clothes intending to kill their King. They entered the laboratory and witnessed Chen Sian motioning his sword down to split their King into two pieces.
He Ling and Cao Jun yelled. “NO!” but the scene of a white barrier covering their king’s life capsule and Chen Sian exploding to countless pieces together with the laboratory shocked them.
He Ling instantly made his move and covered Cao Jun with all the glasses flying due to the sudden explosion. A huge cut on his left shoulder was made as a huge glass shard buried itself in it. a few glass shards hit Cao Jun as well as they both flew due to the aftershock of the explosion. The whole laboratory exploded once the aftereffects subsided, they saw Long Xie’s Life Capsule covered with a crimson barrier protecting it from all sides. The 5-meter circle around the capsule is unharmed by anything. Once they opened the cosmos terminal to report to General Autumn about the current state of the laboratory, he saw their cold General Autumn with a mouthful of blood. The recording ends at that.
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Reality.
In the atmospheric sky above Dragon Cosmos, Long Wan and Feng Mo were full of injuries while looking at Ye Qiuji who coughed a mouthful of blood out of nowhere. When they were about to wonder why he suddenly coughed blood, the two heard their system’s panicking endless prompts.
Feng’s System: [Host! Run! This venerate is someone we could never defeat!]
Feng Mo asked, “What are you talking about!?”
Wan’s System: [This system saw the Blood Barrier that protected the Protagonist Gong. That is a Divine Artifact! The reason he coughed blood is that he took over the whole damage his partner had experienced. That huge explosion that could destroy worlds just injured his soul slightly which is why he coughed blood. Host, I will now terminate this task. The one before you is a God. The Paragon God of Destruction.]
Feng Mo and Long Wan looked at Ye Qiuji in incredulity. Trembling nonstop when they saw him nonchalantly wipe the blood from his mouth. He could see his whole being changing as his demeanor completely turned cold. It is obvious that he is in a rage. They saw his silver hair slowly turning Light brown as his crimson eyes slowly faded to silver. With a single wave of his hand, the two support ships were cut to pieces like papers.
Ye Qiuji’s tone turned cold and indifferent. “Was only planning on evicting you to this little world but there is no way I will allow you to escape after attempting to kill this deity’s beloved. Especially you… Long Wan~ is that even your real name?”
They were all in panic, especially Long Wan and his system as they were personally mentioned by the God of Destruction before them.
Feng’s System: [Host! I will now forcibly extract your soul!]
Feng Mo was about to nod when saw Ye Qiuji speak an ancient language he couldn’t understand, “Soul Prison” Then he could hear Long Wan speaking in skepticism and terror.
Long Wan muttered in shock and disbelief, “No. way. No way! What do you mean you can extract my soul!?”
Wan’s System: [Host! The Paragon had imprisoned your real soul inside the body! It is beyond this system’s means to save the host! I could no longer contact the Main System as well. We’ll die. We’ll die here!]
Long Wan dreads the fact that he will die. “No. no. no. I don’t want to die. I…”
Feng’s System: [Host! Your soul can now be extracted! Your soul will now leave the vessel.]
Feng Mo’s soul separated from his current body and floated away from his former vessel which fell on the ground like a meat paste. While his system is dragging his soul out of the world, he sees Ye Qiuji looking at him in his soul form with an evil smirk on his face. He saw him mutter a few silent words which he understood through lip reading.
Ye Qiuji’s words: “You are not without punishment. A single arm should compensate for your loose tongue.”
He felt terrified that as soon as he understood his words, his arm in his soul form was cut off without him knowing how. Then Feng Mo watched the nightmarish scene of Long Wan’s soul, even his system’s real soul screaming in immense and unexplainable agony as those silver strings slowly cut their souls into small fragments. Feeling the endless torture of watching their own soul get cut to pieces with a beautiful immortal watching them with icy glaze with eyes full of mirth and irrelevance. Feng Mo’s soul successfully leaves the world with his soul missing one arm as a penalty for angering the God of Destruction. Once the two outsiders were punished one of them completely destroyed his soul and system while the other lost an arm but retained his life. The invasion ended in such. Ye Qiuji patted his robes nonchalantly as he returned to his form as Ye Qiuji. Short Silver hair and crimson irises. He could feel his system hovering worriedly around him.
Ye Qiuji, “Is something wrong, Yue?” he asked with his usual mischievous smile.
[Host. Your soul is injured.]
“Don’t worry. Leave it be. It can only be healed through meditation in my real soul. I’ll cure it when we return to space,” replied Ye Qiuji nonchalantly but it’s obvious that because his soul is injured that his physique is slightly weakened unlike before. Yue could hear him coughing sometimes which never happened before. As his host is usually healthy all around.