Starting from Honkai: Miraculous Forger

Chen Li had not studied archery for very long, but at the very least, he knew how to draw a bow.

The arrow shot into the sky, drawing wild mockery from countless demons.

You shot an arrow into the sky? Who were you trying to crush when it fell back down? Yourself?

But in the next instant, the sky turned blood-red. A massive barrier spread outward in an instant, and the arrow flying into the sky exploded. Countless black-red arrows descended like rain, blanketing heaven and earth.

"Every demon must die." Chen Li wore a kindly smile.

Cleansing Moment had a drawback: the worse the quality and condition of the souls being burned, the smaller the area covered by its indiscriminate attack.

With the Peaceful Longbow in its current state, it could cover at most ten li.

That sounded far, but it was actually just average.

But that was fine. Weren't there so many demons voluntarily gathering within one li of Chen Li?

The demons coming to seize the Shard of the Four Souls all had extremely high Sin Values. On top of that, they were demons, so the arrows of Cleansing Moment slaughtered the surrounding monsters like a scythe cutting wheat.

Though there were quite a few great demons among them who could resist for a moment, as more and more lesser demons died beneath the arrows, the Soul-Slaughter effect activated continuously. It ruthlessly added fuel to the flames that had been about to die out, greatly increasing both Cleansing Moment's attack radius and the power of its arrows. Even great demons could only perish in hatred.

Their deaths further increased Cleansing Moment's duration and power.

The Miracle Card born when Chen Li destroyed the Shard of the Four Souls floated quietly beside him, displaying its effects.

Soul Sever (Miracle Card): By yourself, you caused the Shard of the Four Souls, which bore the fate of this world, to vanish ahead of time, sending ripples through destiny.

Effect 1: You will draw the hostility of every demon in this world that desires the Shard of the Four Souls. For 24 hours, they will continuously come to your side. This effect cannot be exempted. However, when you eliminate demons, you may gain merit.

Effect 2: Damage +1 against treasures that bear the fate of a world.

Effect 3: Can be used to forge Miraculous Items.

This Miracle Card had appeared just as Chen Li began forging. Effect 1 had activated then, and an hour had already passed. Even more demons were still on their way.

Fortunately, Chen Li had deliberately chosen a remote, uninhabited place to forge the Miraculous Item. Otherwise, Kikyo's village would have suffered as well.

And now, the harvest began.

"Thank you for Heaven's gift." Chen Li pressed his palms together, then drew his bow again.

Another furious wave of arrow rain fell in an instant.

This world was truly too generous, letting Chen Li eat his fill and take what he wanted.

"Looking and looking and looking for a friend, finding a good friend... Oh, here's another living demon~~" Chen Li blinked curiously at the white dog demon before him.

"W-W-Woof..." The other party stared at Chen Li in terror, his fingers trembling as he failed to utter a single word.

"Don't be so scared. I specifically set an appropriate Sin Value range. I won't kill a good person, but I won't let a bad demon go either. Since you survived, I won't attack you again." Chen Li smiled at him.

Cleansing Moment's Sin Value limit could be adjusted.

Only those exceeding that Sin Value limit would be locked onto by the Peaceful Longbow.

Not all demons were bad, and not all humans were good.

Chen Li understood that very well.

Yet in the other party's eyes, Chen Li's nuclear-friendly smile was no less terrifying than a devil's sinister grin.

"My name is Chen Li. What's yours?" Chen Li held out his hand.

"Inu... Inuyasha."

"Very good, Inuyasha. Could I ask you for a favor? Could you have the demons gathered nearby collect any usable materials from those demons' corpses for me?" Chen Li made a request.

"O-Okay." Inuyasha nodded repeatedly.

Inuyasha did not want to agree to Chen Li's request. Right now, all he wanted was to run away as quickly as possible and leave this place behind, but...

Inuyasha looked around. As far as the eye could see, blood flowed like a river.

The demons who had once mocked him for being a half-demon were now all dead.

Even the demons who had survived the vast demon army crouched where they were, shivering.

They did not even have the courage to flee.

"Very good. Thank you. If any demon bullies you in the future, you can come find me. I can have a talk with them." Chen Li patted Inuyasha's shoulder, then turned and left.

"..." Inuyasha turned to look around. The demons who had been forced to gather near Chen Li by Soul Sever's (Miracle Card) Effect 1 because they coveted the Shard of the Four Souls exchanged glances, then scattered in all directions.

Of course, they were not running away. They were going to gather materials.

What a joke. Who would dare run?

Would you dare? Inuyasha certainly would not.

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One Arrow Once Slaughtered a Million Demons!

"Why aren't you saying anything? Don't worry, you haven't lost your job yet." Chen Li walked up to Kikyo and poked her.

"Ah, you're back?" Kikyo snapped out of her daze and looked at Chen Li with a complicated expression.

"Did you hear what I said? Since I destroyed the Shard of the Four Souls, every demon greedy for it came here. But there will always be bad demons that don't desire it or did not make it here in time. And there are also those demons who aren't bad right now, though who knows whether they'll become bad in the future." Chen Li pointed at the group of demons searching everywhere for usable items as he spoke to Kikyo.

Elysia had already returned on her own because waiting had become too boring.

"I heard you. Preventing and eliminating demons is the responsibility of us demon slayers." Kikyo nodded.

Kikyo's feelings were exceedingly complicated.

Three hours. This massacre had lasted only three hours.

It was not because Chen Li could only endure for three hours, but because every demon that deserved to die had been killed. Without further energy to sustain it, Cleansing Moment could only end.

As for the demons who had failed to arrive in time to die, they either lived too remotely or traveled too slowly.

By the later stages, even great demons could not last more than five seconds beneath the sky-filling rain of arrows.

Blood flowing like a river was the most accurate description of this tragedy.

Kikyo had never imagined that she had merely issued a commission to forge a weapon out of fear that demons would seize the Shard of the Four Souls, only for the other party to come to this world and slaughter most of the demons across the Warring States Period.

It was far too peaceful!

If not for the Sever Karma effect, which burned everything the demons possessed after killing them, this place would not merely have had blood flowing like a river. It would have become a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

However, Kikyo was not worried that some demon would arise from the resentment in this blood-soaked land. The demons' souls had long been burned to ashes, leaving no conditions for demons to form, and the power in their blood had been entirely eradicated as well.

"Then, can I use this bow for a while first?" Chen Li took out the Peaceful Longbow.

"I'll give it to you." Kikyo spoke slowly.

"Huh?"

"I have no use for this bow anymore." Kikyo shook her head.

Within the Miracle Barrier, Kikyo had witnessed with her own eyes countless great demons die beneath this longbow. After confirming its power, she realized something.

First, most demons had been killed by Chen Li. She could completely handle the remaining ones with the Azusa Mountain Spirit Bow, so she did not need this bow.

Second, once demons no longer posed a threat to humanity, humans might start an even greater bloodbath over this longbow.

Only kind people being able to use it did not mean kind people could not be deceived into using it for slaughter.

This bow would be a greater calamity than the Shard of the Four Souls.

And more importantly, Kikyo could not imagine what she could possibly offer as the forging fee.

"You won't regret it?"

"I won't." Kikyo nodded.

"Ummm..." Chen Li considered it.

Giving the bow to a suitable person so they could create miracles with it was indeed the proper way for a Miraculous Forger to operate.

But commissions did not necessarily have to be completed.

Besides, Chen Li had probably already created all the miracles Kikyo could have created. Even if he gave the bow to Kikyo, he likely would not gain many Crystals.

Commissions were objective. Their rewards were what one could normally obtain.

But the current situation was clearly abnormal.

As for Crystals... Chen Li had already made a huge profit this time!!!

From the first Miracle Check-in, Chen Li had directly received 30 Crystals, a Miracle Card, and 500 Starstones.

From the second Miracle Check-in, Chen Li had likewise received 30 Crystals and a Miracle Card.

One Arrow Once Slaughtered a Million Demons (Miracle Card): No one could help but admire the feat of eliminating eighty percent of Yingzhou's demons within three hours. Their arrival speed had reached its limit, not your slaughtering speed.

Effect 1: Any Demons and Ghouls, Goblins and Monsters, and evil people will first face a wave of intimidation when confronting you. Those whose will is not firm enough will be completely unable to muster the courage to oppose you. This effect will continuously strengthen as the number of Demons and Ghouls, Goblins and Monsters, and evil people you slaughter increases.

Effect 2: You will advance by leaps and bounds when learning any skill related to "arrows" and ranged combat, and will imbue ranged weapons with a "killing intent" effect. This effect will continuously strengthen as the number of Demons and Ghouls, Goblins and Monsters, and evil people you slaughter increases.

Effect 3: Can be used to forge Miraculous Items.

Sixty Crystals and two Miracle Cards had already made this worthwhile, not to mention the additional 500 Starstones.

"How about making a deal?" Chen Li suddenly asked Kikyo.

"What deal?"

"Nominally, you'll still be the holder of this Peaceful Longbow. Then you can use it to punish evil and eliminate demons. You can't deny that using this bow makes demon hunting faster, right?"

"Mm." Kikyo nodded.

"However, whenever I need this bow, I'll immediately summon it into my hands for battle. How about that?" Chen Li asked.

"This... is possible. But if the bow suddenly disappears during battle, it may affect me. Or I could carry two bows." Kikyo considered it before answering.

"You've thought that through so thoroughly that I feel a little embarrassed. Don't worry, this bow can appear in two people's hands at the same time." Chen Li said.

Summoning the bow back into Chen Li's hands was a function of the Omniscient Archive, and making it appear simultaneously was also a function of the Omniscient Archive.

It was called Temporal Dislocation, and only Chen Li could use this function.

Its advantage was that it could prevent the person holding a Miraculous Item from suddenly losing it and flipping the car.

Its downside was that it consumed Starstones, one per ten minutes.

But time could accumulate. In other words, no matter how many times he summoned it, as long as the total time did not exceed ten minutes, he only needed to pay one Starstone.

"Then there's no problem."

"Oh, right. Let's add each other as friends. If you have any Miraculous Items you want forged in the future, you can come to me. In return, if I encounter danger and need to summon your projection, I hope you won't be stingy with your help." Chen Li said.

This was also one of Chen Li's goals.

Leaving the Peaceful Longbow with Kikyo would let her collect Wicked Souls while eliminating demons, and it would also allow Kikyo, as a holder of a Miraculous Item, to establish a friend relationship with him through the Henchman Contract.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Li had no time to eliminate demons.

And at critical moments, how could one Peaceful Longbow massacring enemies compare to two Peaceful Longbows massacring enemies together?

"No problem. And thank you for everything you've done for the humans of this world." Kikyo thanked him, her heart anything but calm.

To Kikyo, Chen Li had resolved the issue of the Shard of the Four Souls, purged most of Japan's demons, and asked for nothing in return. It was truly something to celebrate.

Tonghua: Bro, You're the Evil God, Right?

"Oh, no need to thank me. It's just a pity those demons came too slowly. Otherwise, if I added one huge fire all at once and let Cleansing Moment's barrier spread across all of Yingzhou, or even farther, perhaps I could have cleaned up the entire world." Chen Li said regretfully.

Killing sinful living beings with Cleansing Moment could expand the coverage of the cleansing barrier, but that coverage would also shrink over time, since maintaining the barrier required energy.

This Miracle Card's evaluation was right. Because the demons arrived too slowly in the later stages, the increase and decrease could only keep the area from shrinking. It could not allow the area to continue expanding.