The three half-human half-insect monsters leapt towards Liu Ping.
In that split second.
Liu Ping closed his eyes.
"The possession technique won't be able to exert my true strength, how about you let me fight with my true body?" Zhao Chanyi's voice came.
"I told you not to expose yourself — — alright, it's been a long time since I fought as a cultivator, my hands are a bit itchy, lend me your demonic energy," Liu Ping said.
"Alright," Zhao Chanyi replied.
Liu Ping opened his eyes.
The three claw attacks had almost reached him.
With a slight twist of his body, he somehow managed to avoid the attack of the sharp claws. He rushed forward and appeared beside one of the monsters.
"Farewell" Saying so, he grabbed the monster's neck with both hands and twisted it as fast as lightning.
The monster's head was twisted 180 degrees behind its back, but it still had a ferocious expression on its face, as if it was still immersed in its attack on Liu Ping.
— — -It still doesn't know it's dead.
Lines of burning text quickly appeared:
[You've obtained a soul of Eternal Night, from now on, it belongs to you, one of your Cards, everything must follow your will]
[You've obtained Card: Graveyard Corpse Insect]
[Card grade: 11]
[Close-combat type]
[Unique ability: Soul Explosion]
[After death, the soul will enter the Soul Explosion state, contributing soul power to its master]
Liu Ping skimmed through it, then retreated while sticking close to the ground, avoiding the pincer attack of the other two monsters, but kicked one of them into the air.
The remaining monster's expression became stern, then quickly entered a defensive state.
"Qian Wuzhou, come let's kill him together!" the monster roared.
"I'm coming!" Qian Wuzhou endured the pain on his back and stumbled over.
Pfff — — -
A small sound.
The monster that called Qian Wuzhou was stunned.
It slowly looked down, only to see that its chest had been pierced through by a long spike.
"Why … is it you …"
The monster called out.
Behind it, the monster that Liu Ping just killed had stood up, using the spike hidden in its six pairs of legs to pierce through its body.
The monster's body slowly became heavy, hanging on the spike without moving.
At the very next moment.
Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.
[You've obtained another Card: Graveyard Corpse Insect]
[The details of the card are as described earlier.]
As this happened, the monster that was kicked away landed.
Liu Ping and the two monsters attacked together and killed it on the spot.
The burning prompt appeared again.
— — The souls of the three monsters all belonged to Liu Ping.
Qian Wuzhou had just arrived.
When he saw this strange situation, he turned around and ran without saying a word. But it was too late.
The three monsters and Liu Ping surrounded him and attacked together. They pressed him to the ground and beat him until he was on the verge of death.
Liu Ping turned to look at the students.
Fear appeared on the faces of the students. Everyone who met his gaze averted their eyes, and some even took a few steps back.
— — -Killing monsters, making them submit, and forcing them to deal with their own kind.
This kind of ability was unheard of.
Even in the long history of the Royal Library, there was no record of it.
They were not the only ones who were afraid. Even Liu Ping himself felt that the profession of "Warden Knight" was a little strange and fierce.
He shook his head and glanced at the three monsters.
— — Why don't you pretend to be dead so that you won't continue to stand behind me. Not only will you scare those students, but you'll also scare Qian Wuzhou.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Three muffled sounds could be heard.
The three monsters fell to the ground.
The stagnant atmosphere in the surroundings gradually loosened up a little.
Qian Wuzhou also appeared relieved and muttered: "Corpse control … so it's a corpse-summoning ability …"
Liu Ping crouched down in front of him and muttered, "You're not the same as other insects, what kind of mission do you have?"
"Just kill me" Qian Wuzhou coldly said. — — -If the other party only controls his corpse for a short period of time, there's no need to worry too much.
"After other insects die, their souls will explode through sacrifice, but you're not afraid of that. Seems like you have something to rely on," Liu Ping thought for a bit.
Qian Wuzhou's expression changed a few times, couldn't help but ask: "How did you know? Who exactly are you? "
Liu Ping paused.
"Add more demonic energy," he silently called out in his mind.
"Got it," Zhao Chanyi answered.
Under Qian Wuzhou's gaze, white fur suddenly appeared on Liu Ping's body, his eyes turned blue, his hands turned into sharp claws.
Liu Ping let out a short chuckle and said: "You and I aren't humans, so let's be frank — — I'm just afraid that the one behind you will mess up my plan."
Qian Wuzhou appeared to be thinking about something.
The other party isn't human.
In other words, the other party doesn't have any conflict of interest with the entity behind me.
In Eternal Night, if he's not human … but he's already infiltrated human territory and disguised as a soldier in the royal palace.
He can communicate with him without being blamed.
With that in mind, Qian Wuzhou said: "The human kingdoms in Eternal Night are being destroyed one after another, all souls have become the vassals of the great entity behind me, what is your plan?"
"The same as the rest of you. So, you and the monster behind you want to fight me?" Liu Ping asked.
"With just you?" Qian Wuzhou showed a look of disdain.
Instantly, lines of burning text appeared in the void of space:
[The other party has responded to your battle invitation]
[The conditions have been met]
[As a Warden Knight, your personal battle mode: Soul Gambling has been activated]
Liu Ping silently chuckled and said:
"There's also an entity behind me that you don't know about — — - to be frank, I'm the same as you, a mere vanguard"
Qian Wuzhou's expression changed.
If that's the case, then there's an unknown enemy that also wants to divide up the human souls of this empire.
This is too big of a deal. — — I need to report this information to that great entity, perhaps it will forgive my failure!
While Qian Wuzhou was thinking, the other party reached out and threw a punch at him.
He felt intense pain.
His consciousness became stagnant.
"You — —"
Qian Wuzhou trembled as he spat a word; his body twitched a few times before he stopped moving.
Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.
[You've obtained a soul of Eternal Night, from now on, he belongs to you, becoming one of your Cards, everything must follow your will]
[You've received a card: Graveyard Herald]
[Card grade: 12]
[Close-combat type]
[Ability 1: Soul Parasitism]
[Choose a soul and plant a fragment of the master's soul inside, allowing the master to slowly consume the other party's soul and take control of it]
[Activation of this ability requires 10 days of preparation]
[This ability has already been activated, requires 9 days before it can be activated again]
[Ability 2: Thousand Mile Soul Homecoming]
[After death, the soul will directly return to its master's location]
All the text finished displaying.
Qian Wuzhou abruptly opened his eyes, stood up from the ground and loudly said:
"Great master, I have something to report to you, I guarantee that — —"
His voice was cut off. — — -this is still the Royal Academy's martial arts training center.
That shouldn't be.
As soon as I die, [Thousand Mile Soul Homecoming] should be activated — Why didn't I return?
Qian Wuzhou revealed a baffled expression.
Suddenly, the sound of humans cheering could be heard from outside.
Liu Ping glanced outside.
There were fewer and fewer insects in the sky.
Humans had sealed off this part of the Royal Academy to prevent any monsters from escaping, then began a large-scale massacre.
And now, the battle was slowly moving towards victory.
Liu Ping thought briefly and casually waved his hand.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
The three monsters that were pretending to be dead on the ground, as well as Qian Wuzhou who didn't know what to do, both turned into Cards and fell into Liu Ping's hand.
Liu Ping looked down at the Card in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Most likely, as soon as Qian Wuzhou returns to the Royal Academy, he would've come looking for trouble with me. This is just something he wants to do.
Because he's filled with hatred towards fate.
His true mission is to release that ability — — -
Soul Parasitism.
In other words, the terrifying battle outside was only a pretense.
Qian Wuzhou's master has already parasitized a human's soul.
Fortunately — — -
I'm his new master.
(TN: Love this warden knight class XD)