Murder by Proxy

Murder by Proxy

The Demon Bear's bizarre suicide made the atmosphere in the Elder Hall extremely dangerous.

At that moment, even the High Priests who had previously acted as if none of this concerned them wore grim expressions.

Suicide?

No! Absolutely not!

Mind control!

That kid's Martial Soul specialized in mind control!

And it was an extremely dangerous kind!

But how could a Spirit King counter a Titled Douluo?

In an instant, the Titled Douluos present all revealed their killing intent.

Too dangerous!

That kid was a hundred times more dangerous than the Clear Sky Sect!

If he could do something like this as a Spirit King, what would happen after he became a Soul Saint? A Titled Douluo?

Just as Bibi Dong had said, if they let a lunatic like him live through today, they'd be done for!

With such bizarre mind control, you wouldn't even know how you died before you were dead!

"Oh? Are you planning to attack me together?" Nan Feng smiled from where he sat on the ground.

"It could work, I suppose. After all, I can only deal with one person at a time. But..."

"Before I die, how many of you do you think I can take with me?"

"And are you really sure you can kill me?"

"..."

When they met Nan Feng's expectant smile, a bone-deep chill spread through every Titled Douluo present. Even Qian Daoliu couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Not even Tang Chen could make him feel fear!

But he had to admit that this kid—this lunatic—had him rattled.

Because even now, he still couldn't figure out how the kid had done it!

Bizarre! Far too bizarre!

Qian Daoliu narrowed his eyes and looked at Bibi Dong, who was still sitting in her chair with a smile.

Where had that crazy woman found a lunatic like this?!

"What, you don't even have the guts to take a chance?" Nan Feng said, disappointed.

"You're Titled Douluos, people standing at the peak of the continent, and there are so many of you!"

"Come on! Kill me! Go on, kill me!"

At the sight of Nan Feng's bizarre behavior, the Titled Douluos who had risen to their feet all instinctively took a step back.

A lunatic! He really was a lunatic!

But they didn't dare make a move!

What if the kid took them with him before he died?

And just as he'd said, could they really kill him?

The Demon Bear's attack had been serious!

He definitely hadn't held back!

But the kid was completely unharmed!

And the Demon Bear's gruesome death was still fresh in their minds!

Who the hell knew whether the kid really could only control one person at a time?

The Titled Douluos present turned their eyes toward Qian Daoliu.

You're the boss. Say something!

Qian Daoliu's eyes narrowed. "What do you want?"

That kid's bizarre ability definitely had limitations. Otherwise, with how crazy he was acting, he'd have attacked them already instead of wasting time talking!

But the elders had already been intimidated, and Qian Daoliu couldn't send a High Priest to test the waters and get killed.

Today, he had no choice but to give ground.

"What do I want? Heh." Nan Feng gave him a look as if he were an idiot.

"Do you really think that's an appropriate question? You're the ones trying to take my things, and you're the ones who attacked first. Now you're asking what I want? What, are the ones doing the harm going to put on a victim's act and pretend to be innocent?"

"Could you be any more disgusting?"

Qian Daoliu's expression didn't change. "You know what this is about. If you hadn't paraded two Humanoid Spirit Beasts around, making the whole of Spirit City aware that you had them, this wouldn't have happened."

"Oh?" Nan Feng couldn't help laughing.

"So just because I showed up with two Humanoid Spirit Beasts, you think you can brazenly come and take them?"

"By that logic, your granddaughter is pretty attractive, too. Does that mean I can let everyone have a taste?"

Qian Daoliu's expression turned cold. His Angel Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and divine power coursed through him.

He refused to believe this kid could control him too, with Angel God Power coursing through his body!

At the sight of this, Nan Feng smiled, his grin growing more and more unrestrained.

"Finally, you made a move!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Nan Feng fell backward, and everyone's attention shifted to Qian Daoliu.

"Heh." A sinister laugh came from Qian Daoliu's mouth.

"You old bastard, you've finally fallen into my hands!"

"Grand Priest!" Panic seized Golden Crocodile. He rushed forward to stop him, afraid Qian Daoliu would hurt himself just like the Demon Bear had.

But as soon as he got close, a bizarre smile appeared on "Qian Daoliu's" face. At the same time, his Angel Martial Soul, empowered by divine power, slammed a punch into Golden Crocodile, who had no time to defend himself.

Boom!!!

After the blow landed, Qian Daoliu came to his senses. He stared at Golden Crocodile, whom he had sent flying and who now lay with his life hanging in the balance. His expression went completely rigid.

What kind of move was that?!

"Golden Crocodile!"

"Second Brother!"

The High Priests, led by Qian Daoliu, rushed toward Golden Crocodile in a panic.

"Cough, cough!" Gravely injured, Golden Crocodile managed to sit up in the crater with Qian Daoliu's help.

He had completed Martial Soul Possession in that instant, but Qian Daoliu's attack had contained Angel God Power. Without activating his Martial Soul Avatar, he hadn't stood a chance of blocking it!

If that blow had been delivered while Qian Daoliu's Martial Soul Avatar was active, Golden Crocodile would already be dead!

"So this is Angel God Power? It really is formidable." Nan Feng sat up from the ground. A hint of fatigue showed in his eyes, but his crazed grin hadn't faded at all.

Although possession was an ability with no known counter, it wasn't without limitations.

The stronger the body he possessed, the more resistance he faced when trying to move it, and the faster his Spiritual Power was depleted. The body's instinctive resistance to his actions also grew stronger, making them harder to carry out. After all, living beings had innate reflexes to certain stimuli. Take the knee-jerk reflex: even if you didn't consciously intend to move, the body would still react once it was triggered.

Self-harm and suicide worked the same way. His earlier experiment with Bibi Dong had shown that after possessing a Titled Douluo of level ninety-seven, he could no longer make her body harm itself.

According to Bibi Dong, once she reached level ninety-five, every level she gained brought her body and mind to another tier. Spiritual Power in particular seemed to hit a new threshold with every level.

The reason Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile commanded such authority in the Elder Hall was that the force of their Spiritual Power alone could seriously injure any Titled Douluo below level ninety-five!

During his earlier experiment with Bibi Dong, he'd managed to possess her body, but his Spiritual Power had drained rapidly, and he hadn't been able to make her body do anything that would harm itself.

A Peak Douluo's body had far too strong a self-preservation instinct!

All he could do was make it attack someone else!

But with a body that was new to him, even releasing its Martial Soul had been extremely difficult, let alone understanding its finer workings, circulating its Soul Power, or launching an attack.

With an unfamiliar body, he could only perform a few very simple actions. To truly bring out its power, the other person had to prepare first.

Just like Qian Daoliu had done.

If the old bastard had only completed Martial Soul Possession, Nan Feng wouldn't have been able to do much after taking control of him.

So he had to make Qian Daoliu fear him enough to use all his power to defend himself!

Martial Soul Possession, Angel Domain, and Angel God Power!

Qian Daoliu had been a sharpened blade in Nan Feng's hands!

Once he'd taken hold of it, all he had to do was swing!

A perfect case of making someone else do the killing!