Death of the Soul
"Laugh----!"
Amidst a sharp whistling sound, and within countless Invisible Hand descending upon it, the slash transformed into a streak of silver light.
"Pfft—!"
In the instant the crisp, clean cutting sound rang out, countless Invisible Hand were severed in two by the rushing silver light, once again creating a scene as if dispelling the darkness, allowing Fang Li, Fang Li was holding Emilia, to break free.
"Ah—ah—ahhhhhhh—!"
Watching this unfold before his eyes, Petelgeuse frantically clawed at his face, tearing it until it bled profusely.
"I saw it again! I saw it again! Proof of the witch's favor bestowed upon me! The Invisible Hand! It's love that only I can see! Love love...
Amidst the hysterical screams, the shadow beneath Petelgeuse exploded, unleashing countless invisible, pitch-black shadow hands that stretched out like venomous snakes, darting and attacking in all directions.
"Bang bang bang bang bang—!"
The earth was ravaged, and without any suspense, it was crushed by the direct strike of the Invisible Hand carrying terrifying power, causing gas explosions to occur continuously around it, as if it had been visited by invisible artillery fire, causing frequent explosions.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!"
Trees further away were also attacked, and under the frenzied flailing of the shadowy hands that could not be seen with the naked eye, they were all cut down and fell to the ground one after another.
In the end, even the Witch Cult members surrounding them were swept up one by one by the invisible, Tatsumaki -like, wildly swirling Invisible Hand.
"Pfft—pfft—pfft—!"
At that moment, one by one, the followers of the Witch Cult were strangled, as if they were caught in an invisible meat grinder, unable to even keep their bodies intact, and instantly becoming torn to pieces.
Dismembered limbs and broken bones instantly filled the entire scene.
"————!"
Emilia closed her eyes, unable to bear it any longer.
Fang Li continued to hold the exhausted Half-Elf girl tightly, seemingly weaving through narrow gaps amidst the dense twisting of the demonic hands. His movements were sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes darting, sometimes stopping, dodging the deadly strangulation attacks that were about to strike.
Despite being caught in such a deadly vortex, Fang Li's expression remained calm, with only his pair of Ice-Blue Demon Eyes flashing wildly.
While dodging the demonic hand that was powerful enough to rip the ground apart and send dust flying, Fang Li calmly analyzed the situation.
"Have the number of hands increased?"
Previously, Petelgeuse had used only a few dozen Invisible Hand at most.
However, the number of Invisible Hand used by Petelgeuse, based on the number of Death Lines seen Fang Li and their movement trajectories, has now reached several hundred.
"Have you retrieved Invisible Hand that were residing in the other 'fingers'?"
Normally, Petelgeuse would divide his Invisible Hand into two equal parts, each residing in one of his prepared bodies, the "fingers."
Now, outraged by Fang Li's disruption of the trial, Petelgeuse has taken back all the Invisible Hand residing in the other "fingers," bringing the number of invisible demonic hands to several hundred, more than doubling their combat power.
"Unfortunately, this also represents your limit."
The magic called "power" is indeed more terrifying than ordinary magic, far surpassing it in both power and effect.
This demonstrates just how powerful the Witch Factor truly is.
Even if Fang Li manages to kill Petelgeuse, the madman can still transfer his soul and possess the other "fingers".
Faced with such an opponent, if one does not know all its details beforehand, and eliminates the "fingers" one by one before killing the main body, then there is simply no way to deal with it.
However, Fang Li still smiled in the face of this situation.
Does the soul transfer at the moment of death?
Fang Li had been looking forward to this opponent for a long time.
Because the person Fang Li mentioned earlier who was more worthy of observation than Subaru Natsuki was Petelgeuse.
Like Subaru Natsuki, Petelgeuse was also someone who frequently faced death.
However, unlike Subaru Natsuki, who resurrected by Return by Death, Petelgeuse simply transferred his soul upon death, using death as a trigger to reside in someone else's body and gain a new life.
This is exactly the subject of Fang Li's observation.
A person who uses death as a trigger and the soul as a means is the perfect subject of observation Fang Li, who needs to find the essence of his soul that records death.
"Let me see what the death of your soul looks like!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Li's figure moved silently and suddenly sprang up.
"Zheng—!"
Fragments of starlight bloomed on his body and lingered around him.
Fang Li's figure transformed into a dazzling beam of light, sweeping through space at an astonishing speed, dodging the Invisible Hand one by one.
"Bang bang bang bang bang—!"
The sounds and impacts of the ground being shattered by Invisible Hand were still echoing around.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!"
In the distance, the sounds of trees being cut down continued unabated.
However, Fang Li completely ignored all these commotions, dodging attacks like a flash of light, bypassing the location of the explosion, ignoring the fallen forest vegetation, and rushing towards Petelgeuse like a whirlwind.
Immediately, the eye known as the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception stared directly at Petelgeuse.
"Bilibili..."
An electric shock-like sensation coursed through my nerves.
"Zheng..."
The Ice-Blue Demon Eyes shone like stars.
Fang Li stared intently at the madman waving his Invisible Hand in front of him.
The Death Lines was imprinted on the sea of his vision.
only...
"That's not it..."
That is merely the death of a person's own body and life.
The death that Fang Li needs to see is not something so superficial.
The death that Fang Li needs to see is the death of the soul.
"Therefore, we must go even deeper..."
In-depth.
In-depth.
To go deeper and deeper.
We are not looking at the surface, but at the depths.
Deeper still.
The deepest part.
"As for me now..."
We will definitely see it.
To witness the death of the soul.
"Bilibili..."
An electric shock-like sensation surged through Fang Li's mind once again.
This time, Fang Li finally saw it.
Deep within Petelgeuse's body, a Death Lines, not belonging to anything substantial, burst forth like a child's scribbles.
"That's it!"
Fang Li stopped in front of Petelgeuse.
It appeared silently under the gaze of the other party, who was completely unaware and still in a state of frenzy.
The next moment, the sharp dagger pierced Petelgeuse's body.