Chapter 46: Xiangli Has Gone Mad

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Xiangli Has Gone Mad

’But what’s the trigger for a demon to possess someone?’

’The amount of Demon Qi and the Demon Hunter’s willpower?’

Li Ye recalled the Demon Hunting Bureau’s restrictive terms again. He smiled and asked, "Hui, what exactly are the conditions for your Demon Qi to grow? Is it really about matching the attributes of the object you’re attached to and expanding its worldly influence?"

The method the Demon Hunting Bureau had told him for activating Demon Qi was to match the demon’s attributes. The part about influence was something he had made up himself, just to amplify the Team Emblem’s attributes.

"I don’t know. I’ve lost many of my memories," the Team Emblem said. "But it seems that’s correct. My Demon Qi is growing very quickly. You’ve done well..."

"What’s the deal with that glove?" Li Ye asked. "It’s been in this world for over two years, and only the royal family knows about it. Logically, it shouldn’t have any worldly influence. Can we assume it’s still very weak...?"

"It’s possible. We could go test it!" the Team Emblem said, eager to try. "If we devour it, and then devour that dragon, we’ll have no threats left in this world."

"Yes, once we devour them, there will be no more threats," Li Ye sighed. "This world is just too weak. It’s so easy to reach this level... life is as lonely as the driven snow!"

Suspecting that losing one’s true nature might happen after possession, Li Ye had no choice but to once again reinforce the idea in the Team Emblem’s mind that this world was boring.

This was to prevent the guy from getting any funny ideas and actually trying to possess him after devouring the other two streams of Demon Qi.

"..." After a moment of silence, the Team Emblem’s voice, tinged with amusement, echoed in Li Ye’s mind again. "So, you’re worried that after I sever the connection to the Demon Suppression Tower, you won’t be able to go back?"

’Damn it!’

’This thing is learning way too fast!’

Li Ye cursed inwardly before saying, "How could that be? I believe Hui is a man of his word. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be sparing no effort to help you grow."

"Relax. If even you think this world is weak, why would I possibly want to stay?" the Team Emblem snorted disdainfully. "I’ve already learned how to develop my own abilities. In another world, even if the Time Traveler carrying me is as stupid as a pig, I can help him soar under my guidance.

"One day, I will find a world that satisfies me. So, just focus on helping Hui increase his Demon Qi with all your heart. Hui won’t leave you behind in this world."

"Alright. Since you’ve said that, Hui, I’ll go all out," Li Ye replied with a smile, feigning enthusiasm.

Despite his words, he had already made up his mind. If he really managed to eliminate the other two streams of Demon Qi before his time was up, he would just start slacking off completely and stop helping the Team Emblem improve at all.

It was the only thing he could do. He had absolutely no way to stop the Team Emblem from possessing him.

After all, just a few months ago, he was an ordinary person. Now, he was just a rookie Time Traveler who knew far too little about demons.

...

「That day.」

Li Ye participated in the match against the Qingcheng Sect.

With his current skills, he could have utterly defeated the Qingcheng Sect even without using Demon Qi.

But to make the match more entertaining, Li Ye deliberately suppressed his Skill Level.

He acted as a coach on the field, dishing out most of the "damage" to his own teammates.

When Shi Xiang was on a solo run and lost the ball, Li Ye kicked him, sending him flying more than three meters. "What kind of soccer is that? Liu Guangsheng wasn’t being marked at all! There was a huge opening, couldn’t you have passed the ball to him?"

"Fan Jie, you even managed to miss a one-on-one! If your legs don’t work, cut them off and get new ones..."

...

Today, Li Ye seemed to be in an exceptionally foul mood.

Before the first half was even over, he had taught a lesson to all ten of his players on the field, and he was heavy-handed about it, causing torn ligaments and broken bones at the slightest provocation...

To let them recover from their injuries, nearly all the substitutes on the bench had to be rotated in.

And then, Li Ye abused the substitutes as well.

Despite being abused, every player on the Fun People Club was more than willing to take it.

This was because they once again felt that exhilarating rush of their combat power skyrocketing, just like when they had fought against Murong Kaixin. How could they not realize that Lord Li was using his Secret Technique to give them a power-up again?

It was a win-win situation.

And so, in the second half, even with Li Ye off the field, the Fun People Club players played with the ferocity of a tiger descending a mountain. They slammed twelve goals past the Qingcheng Sect, forcing an overwhelming final score of twelve to three.

By using his Derived Skills, Li Ye’s Attributes had skyrocketed by nearly twenty times.

In reality, after his Attributes had increased by more than tenfold, the skill seemed to have become ineffective. His perception was stuck at a radius of fifty li, and his strength was capped at lifting a nearly twenty-ton rock, refusing to increase any further.

It was as if Li Ye’s various Attributes had hit a limit. Only the Inner Strength in his Dantian continued to double, gradually transforming from a gaseous state to a liquid one...

...

’Is there a cap on Body Attributes?’

’Then there’s no point in bringing a Derived Skill like this back home!’

’Or have I hit a bottleneck? If I break through it, can my physical strength increase even more?’

After the match, Li Ye tested out his Body Attributes.

Watching the massive boulder he casually tossed into the air, he frowned. ’A strength limit of twenty tons seems a bit low. It’s not even as good as a crane, and I can’t even lift a blue whale. This isn’t right...’

Little did he know, seeing Li Ye toss the five-to-six-meter-tall boulder around like a toy had already left Huaiyi and the others completely stunned.

A Grandmaster was said to have the power to Divide River and Break Mountain, but that was a legend, after all. They might be able to shatter such a large rock with ease, but they could never lift something so heavy as if it were light, tossing it about like a bag of cotton the way Li Ye did...

But this also gave them even greater confidence. Huaiyi clapped enthusiastically. "Congratulations, Lord Li! Your Skill Level has improved once again."

"Far from it," Li Ye said, shaking his head with a lonely sigh. "At my strongest, I could destroy a star with a single punch. Now, even this small rock takes some effort. Who knows how long it will take to return to my peak?"

"Don’t be anxious, Lord Li. Immortal Gods live forever; you will surely have a chance to recover," Yu Hai consoled him.

"Who is he?" Li Ye asked, putting on a blunt air of superiority as he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man beside Wei Mingze.

"Lord Li, this is the Holy Emperor of the Great Chu Country," Wei Mingze hurriedly introduced.

"Xiang Ying pays his respects to Lord Li." Having witnessed the players’ supernatural abilities on the field and now Li Ye’s Divine Power, Xiang Ying was already a firm believer in the existence of a higher civilization. Not daring to put on airs, he took the initiative to bow to Li Ye.

"Are you here about the matter of the Soul Devourer?" Li Ye asked, sweeping his gaze up and down Xiang Ying.

"Soul Devourer?" Xiang Ying froze.

"The glove that Xiangli obtained is my weapon, the Soul Devourer," Li Ye said. "If I’m not mistaken, he’s already suffering from its backlash, isn’t he?"

Xiang Ying shuddered violently and snapped his gaze to Li Ye. For a moment, he felt that all his careful arrangements were a complete joke.

It turned out that the trump card he was relying on was merely his opponent’s weapon. His opponent even knew that Xiangli was suffering from the backlash.

Xiang Ying reacted quickly. He clasped his hands and bowed deeply. "I implore you, Sir, to save my royal brother. Just as you said, Sir, after my royal brother obtained your Soul Devourer, he was consumed by its backlash. His heart is filled with a tyrannical aura, and he tries to kill at the slightest provocation.

"The royal family has paid a great price just to stabilize his emotions. Even so, he is constantly on the verge of losing control and needs to consume fresh blood to remain stable. If you can free my brother, Sir, then all of Chu Country will give you its full and unwavering support..."

’Holy shit!’

’What’s going on?’

’Is he possessed or not?’

’Can Demon Qi really make a person lose their true nature?’

After hearing Xiang Ying’s words, Li Ye was completely confused.

But this was not the time to ponder such things. He looked at Xiang Ying and said, "You’ve come at just the right time. Otherwise, if the Soul Devourer were to truly take control of Xiangli, he would completely lose his mind. The entire Chu Country would turn into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and no one would be able to stop him..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a member of the Profound Guard, covered in blood, stumbled into the area. Shi Xiang and the others were shouting as they chased after him, while another group of men in profound-colored robes tried to intercept them.

The blood-soaked man saw Xiang Ying and fell to his knees with a THUD, his face filled with panic. "Your Majesty, the Prince has gone mad! He... he’s on a killing spree in the Capital City! The Profound Guard has been all but wiped out..."