Chapter 102
Chapter 102
A knife appeared before their eyes, along with a huge heart-shaped stone mottled red and white.
Written on the stone were the words: [Slash once]
Everyone: ???
This was Ye Piaoling’s inner demon?
Even the Black-robed Figure was a little stunned. What the hell was this thing supposed to be?
Ye Piaoling: “…”
Holy shit. This couldn’t be Pinxixi, could it?
That final slash from Pinxixi-in her last life, she had begged every friend and relative she had, and still failed to complete it. Just thinking about that experience was enough to make her break down…
Ye Piaoling suddenly understood.
Right. This absolutely counted as an inner demon! No problem there!
Gritting her teeth, she raised the knife and slashed the stone.
The words on the stone instantly changed: [Congratulations! You have slashed away 99%. Invite three more friends, and you can complete the slash to go home]
Ye Piaoling handed the knife to Hua Wuhuang. “Here. Help me slash once.”
Hua Wuhuang was utterly confused. ?
But he still did as Ye Piaoling said and slashed the stone.
The words on the stone immediately changed again: [Invite two more friends]
Ye Piaoling then handed the knife to Little Liangliang and Ximen Chunqiu in turn. “Two more to go. Come help me slash.”
With question marks practically floating over their heads, the two of them each slashed the stone once.
A brilliant golden light flashed, and the words on the stone changed again:
[Please confirm address. Do you wish to return to the Hundred Demon Mountain Secret Realm on the Glazed Continent?]
Ye Piaoling nodded. “Yes!”
The stone: [Congratulations! You have slashed 99.95%. Only 0.05% remains. Slash one final time, and you can go home]
The final slash!
Ye Piaoling handed the knife to Ye Xiangxiang.
After one slash…
[99.96% slashed. Estimated 4 more invitations required]
So Ye Piaoling found four more disciples.
After four more slashes…
[Congratulations! Only 0.01% remains. Invite friends to help, and you will complete it immediately]
Ye Piaoling handed the knife to Xiao Chengxu. “Come on. Friends who haven’t slashed yet, line up. One slash per person.”
Xiao Chengxu frowned. Though he was full of doubts, this was a matter of life and death, so he could not very well ask questions…
He slashed as instructed, then handed the knife to another disciple.
Next, every disciple in the cave went forward in complete bewilderment and slashed once.
Only after everyone had taken a turn…
The stone still said there was 0.001% left.
Seeing that all her friends had already slashed, Ye Piaoling’s gaze landed on the Black-robed Figure.
“You’re the only one left who hasn’t slashed, right? Come on. You help too. One slash.”
The Black-robed Figure: “…”
After a speechless pause, the Black-robed Figure’s curiosity won out in the end. It took the knife and slashed down.
The stone: [Congratulations! Only the final three slashes remain]
In that instant, the disciples nearly spat blood.
“This stone is clearly messing with us!”
One disciple shouted furiously, “It said it was the final slash ages ago, but how many times have we slashed now? And it still isn’t done?”
“Heh. Heh…”
Ye Piaoling suddenly started laughing.
Her head hung low, her entire face shrouded in shadow.
Word by word, she said in an eerie voice, “Why else would it be called an inner demon? Leave it to me… The final three slashes, right? I know how to deal with it. Heh, heh, heh, heh…”
Puzzled, the Black-robed Figure handed her the knife.
Ye Piaoling took it and slowly rolled up her sleeves.
Then she abruptly lifted her head and roared:
“A-da-!”
Her whole body launched up in a fit of rage, and she hacked madly at the stone!
Slash!
Slash, slash, slash!
Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash…
She hacked over eight hundred times in one breath!
The stone was practically smoking from it.
The stone fell silent for a while. “…”
Then it suddenly burst with boundless golden light.
[Congratulations! You completed the slash!]
Ye Piaoling’s vision went black, and she collapsed limply to the ground.
She panted violently, her entire arm cramping as two streams of hot tears rolled from her eyes…
She had completed it!
She had really completed it!
A wish she had never fulfilled in her last life had actually come true here!
Beside her, the stone had already turned into countless specks of golden dust, drifting away like stars.
Everyone was shocked. Then, at once, delight appeared on their faces.
She had… defeated her inner demon!
Although no one knew what the hell her inner demon actually was, she had truly done it!
The Black-robed Figure: “…???”
What freaking inner demon? What the hell was that thing supposed to be??
Ye Piaoling said, “A promise is a promise. I displayed my inner demon in public and defeated it. You should let us leave now.”
The Black-robed Figure was speechless for a long while before pointing toward the stone stele. “The teleportation array is right there. If you have enough spiritual energy, go activate it yourselves!”
Following its gesture, an array formation indeed glimmered faintly beneath the stone stele.
Ximen Chunqiu’s brows drew tight. So if they wanted to go back, they still had to rely on themselves?
The disciples hurriedly gathered around it.
They had learned about this kind of teleportation array in Tianwen Sect. It looked simple enough. Ximen Chunqiu raised his hand and poured spiritual energy into the array eye, but it was like a clay ox vanishing into the sea. The teleportation array showed no reaction at all.
“Why won’t it activate?” he asked with a frown.
The Black-robed Figure laughed. “Then you can only blame your pitiful spiritual energy.”
One disciple cried anxiously, “Even Senior Brother Ximen can’t drive the array. You’re just trying to kill us!”
The Black-robed Figure’s tone was contemptuous. “Your lives are worthless to me. What I want is the entire Three Realms!”
Hearing those words, Ye Piaoling jolted violently.
Holy crap…
She knew who this person was!