Chapter 120 - 119: One Person Cannot Possess Two Demonic Items

Chapter 120: Chapter 119: One Person Cannot Possess Two Demonic Items

Li Ye sent out a stream of Spiritual Power.

The clothes on the Ninth Elder’s body shattered into pieces, scattering in the air and revealing a mass of black threads wrapped around his arm.

’So this is the Puppet Silk?’

’It looks like the Ninth Elder’s Dharma Artifact was possessed by Demon Qi.’

Li Ye reached out to grab the Puppet Silk.

The moment his hand touched the Puppet Silk, the voice of the watch suddenly rang out, "Don’t move. What do you think you’re doing?"

’What do I think I’m doing?’

’Obviously, I want to master the Puppet Silk and see if I can awaken a new Derived Skill in the few months I have left.’

In the last world, after he defeated Xiangli’s gauntlets, the Team Emblem had told him that his physical condition at the time couldn’t handle two demonic objects at once.

Back then, he had been worried about being possessed by the gauntlets and had the Team Emblem devour them.

But in his previous Inference, he had personally seen the Ninth Elder pick up the watch he dropped, and it seemed like nothing had happened.

He was going to be in this world for over seven more months anyway. Why not try to awaken one or two more Derived Skills?

"You’re not thinking of using it, are you?" the watch asked.

"I am," Li Ye nodded, admitting his intention.

"Go ahead and use it if you’re not afraid to die!" the watch said.

"Why?" Li Ye asked.

"It doesn’t have a Demon Suppression Tower suppressing it," the watch snorted. "Are you sure it won’t try to possess you?"

"..." Li Ye paused for a moment. "It coexisted peacefully with the Ninth Elder for four years."

"Fattening a pig for slaughter! Do you know what that means?" the watch demanded, its tone a mix of frustration and pity. "Not a single demonic object exists that doesn’t crave a body. The only reason it didn’t possess him is that the Ninth Elder didn’t meet its standards, or maybe it wasn’t confident it could succeed.

"Once its Demon Qi is dense enough, what makes you think it will willingly remain a puppet to be controlled, instead of becoming the master of its own fate?"

Li Ye stared at the Puppet Silk, falling silent.

Demonic objects couldn’t speak, but he could almost feel a sense of urgency coming from the Puppet Silk—an urgency for him to pick it up immediately.

"Don’t forget, its Demon Qi wasn’t depleted at all in this fight. If you pick it up, only one thing can happen," the watch continued. "The two of us will try to possess your body simultaneously. Either I win, take your body, and gain the right to use it. Or it wins, takes your body, and gains the right to use me.

"There is no other possibility. Don’t expect us to coexist peacefully, because I won’t trust it, and it will never trust me."

’The alternative is that neither of you wins. I do,’ Li Ye thought to himself.

Then, looking at the Puppet Silk, he pulled out the watch’s crown and pushed time forward by five minutes.

In other worlds, he couldn’t predict the consequences of holding two demonic objects at once, but in this world, it was all too easy.

He could learn the outcome effortlessly, without paying any price.

When time reversed, a new memory appeared in Li Ye’s mind.

In the memory, he reached out and picked up the Puppet Silk.

The moment he picked up the Puppet Silk, both it and the watch began to invade his body simultaneously.

The Demon Qi left in his body by the Team Emblem was only at a third of its strength—a very small amount, and like a rootless water plant, it was instantly shattered by the impact of the two other streams of Demon Qi.

Afterwards, the two streams of Demon Qi then turned his mind into a battlefield and began to clash violently.

His consciousness was seized first by the watch, then by the Puppet Silk.

As the two streams of Demon Qi fought over his body, he completely lost all control.

Occasionally, his own consciousness would gain the upper hand and reclaim control of his body for a moment, but these instances were so brief they were almost negligible...

After three minutes, the watch, with a slight advantage, forcefully devoured the Puppet Silk and seized his body, but its own Demon Qi was nearly depleted in the process.

His own consciousness remained within his body, but due to the impact of the two streams of Demon Qi, it had become muddled and dazed. It seemed he had lost most of his memories, and even his gaze had turned vacant.

Finally, Li Ye clearly heard the watch speak a sentence through his own mouth: "Idiot! You actually left me with a braindead moron!"

...

Li Ye was drenched in sweat.

Only then did he realize how lucky he had been in the last world.

If the Demon Qi in Xiangli’s gauntlets hadn’t been depleted, and he had rashly picked them up, he would probably be an idiot by now, or have been possessed by some demonic object.

"See the consequences now?" The watch’s gloating voice rang in his mind. "Now you know how merciful your big bro has been to you, right? It’d be easy for me to possess you. If you want to become an idiot, go on and pick up that Puppet Silk..."

’Wrong!’

’The Demon Hunting Bureau’s two methods for resisting Demon Qi corrosion are both wrong...’

’Neither the Mental Tranquility Spell nor the so-called ’facing one’s own heart’ can fight off Demon Qi corrosion.’

’As long as the Demon Qi is strong enough, it can easily overcome a person’s will and seize their body.’

’The only reason they haven’t possessed someone is that the body wasn’t their ideal target, or rather, they looked down on that body...’

’It makes sense when you think about it.’

’How could a Mental Tranquility Spell obtained by someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage just happen to be enough to resist a demonic object?’

’Even the people of this world don’t take the Mental Tranquility Spell seriously.’

’A Derived Skill casually born from a demonic object is tens of thousands of times stronger than the Mental Tranquility Spell. It’s ridiculous that Yang Feng actually took it seriously!’

’Perhaps the only thing that can fight Demon Qi is more Demon Qi.’

’When he first arrived in this world and the watch recovered its memories, impulsively trying to possess him, it was the Demon Qi left by the Team Emblem that helped him resist for a moment.’

’In this dry run, when two streams of Demon Qi tried to possess him at once, it was again the Team Emblem’s Demon Qi that put up a fight, it just wasn’t strong enough to stop them!’

’In other words...’

’Only by acquiring more Derived Skills and retaining more Demon Qi in his body can he truly resist the corrosion of Demon Qi, because the retained Demon Qi belongs to him...’

’Of course.’

’The master of the Demon Suppression Tower might have a better method, but it’s beyond his reach at his current stage.’

’He was still too weak, after all.’

...

Having seen the future, Li Ye naturally didn’t dare to touch the Puppet Silk again.

The Puppet Silk had also seen its own fate in the future Inference, and Li Ye could clearly feel its terror and panic.

But it was just a demonic object, and the Ninth Elder was now a cold corpse; it couldn’t escape even if it wanted to.

"Li Ye, hurry up and let me devour it," the watch said excitedly.

"Are you confident?" Li Ye asked.

"I wasn’t before, but I am now," the watch said smugly. "After all, I won when we fought for your body, didn’t I? The Ninth Elder is dead, so it’s a spring without a source. But with you backing me, there’s no way it can beat me..."

Li Ye took off the watch and carefully brought it close to the Puppet Silk.

"My precious, to the victor go the spoils. Here I come," the watch’s voice trembled with excitement.

"Big bro," Li Ye started, just as the two were about to touch. He suddenly stopped and asked, "what kind of growth will you get from devouring it? Why are you so obsessed with swallowing it? Is it different from growing by absorbing Demon Qi from the outside world?"

"Essence. Swallowing it will repair my essence," the watch said impatiently. "Hurry up and press me against it! Let me devour it!"

’Essence?’

’The Team Emblem never told him about this.’

’Apparently, the Team Emblem had hidden many things from him. That thing wasn’t any better!’

Li Ye sighed internally and pressed the watch against the Puppet Silk.

The instant they touched, the Puppet Silk’s nearly transparent Demon Qi and the watch’s azure Demon Qi began to entangle one another.

Li Ye quietly watched the two entangle, his mind wandering.

This time-traveling trip, he had learned more information, but he felt even more lost about the future.

Did he really have a chance of surviving in these chaotic times?

After much thought, Li Ye sighed softly and shook the chaotic, complicated thoughts from his mind.

Fortunately, he had become a Time Traveler and still had a chance to change his own destiny.

If he were still just an ordinary person on Earth, in this chaotic mess of a world, he would have probably been annihilated silently in the river of history, like a blade of grass, without ever knowing when.

「Three minutes later.」

The confrontation between the two streams of Demon Qi ceased. The Puppet Silk visibly lost its luster, hanging limply on the Ninth Elder’s wrist.

Li Ye put the watch back on.

The watch let out a satisfied burp, its tone weary yet excited. "Ah, that’s better. Li Ye, for the rest of our time here, just focus on helping your big bro accumulate Demon Qi. When I become the God of Time in the future, you’ll definitely get your share of the rewards."

"No problem, we’re in this together! I’m counting on you, big bro, to give me a few more Derived Skills!" Li Ye chuckled, flattering the watch. "Big bro, can we discuss something? When you become the God of Time, I can be your subordinate. Just... don’t possess me, okay?"

Li Ye was habitually leaving himself an out.

"Look at you, what a coward. When the time comes, I might not even want you!" the watch huffed impatiently.

...

The Ninth Elder was killed, and the Puppet Silk was absorbed by the watch.

The people controlled by the Puppet Silk were immediately freed.

Everyone knew that the Ninth Elder had been hunting Li Ye.

Therefore, only one explanation remained for this outcome: the Ninth Elder had been eliminated during his confrontation with the Wenda Alliance Leader.

Overjoyed at their newfound freedom, the people from the Three Evil Sects no longer dared to oppose the Wenda Alliance. One by one, they practically surrendered on the spot.

Originally, they had worried that if Li Hao obtained the Ninth Elder’s Puppet Silk, they would still be unable to escape their fate of being controlled.

But as it turned out, they had overthought things.

Li Ye told them personally that an evil object like the Puppet Silk should not be allowed to exist in the world, and that he had destroyed it.

Furthermore, he welcomed anyone who wished to join the Wenda Alliance.

Living in the same world, people should not fight amongst themselves. The righteous path was to contribute their strength together toward Ascension.

No one was willing to oppose a Great Power who had mastered Time Divine Abilities.

The cultivation world was quickly consolidated by Li Ye, united under his leadership.

With everyone working together, although it took some effort, the fractured Wenda Alliance was eventually re-established.

Everyone did their utmost to promote the watches, hoping to one day achieve Wish Power Ascension.

Although the entire world had endured great hardships, through everyone’s efforts, it returned to a state of thriving prosperity in just a few short months.

Beating up his teammates could no longer help Li Ye improve.

However, he was still kind enough to use battle after battle to help the people of the cultivation world raise their Skill Level and increase their favorability with him.

After all, what if one day they actually managed to achieve Ascension?

The worlds he traveled to might all exist within the same universe.

In the future, if the people of the Wenda Alliance figured out the path to Ascension and broke free from the planet’s shackles, they would still be like-minded companions if they met out in the cosmos.

More friends mean more paths. What if he needed them someday?

In the great expanse of the world, anything could happen. Nothing is ever set in stone.