Shen Shihuang watched the pink flame appear in the hand of the fellow opposite him. The aura it emitted was almost identical to his own Taisui Flame; the only real difference was the color.
"Who exactly are you?"
As for the other's claim that they were originally one person, Shen Shihuang did not believe it for a second. How could that be possible? If they were truly the same person, how could two separate ideologies exist?
The pink-hued Shen Shihuang smiled faintly.
"I told you, you and I are one."
"You have been asleep for too long. Now that you have awakened, have you not felt that something is missing from your body, or perhaps, from your consciousness?"
"Or rather, your negative emotions have never been released."
As he spoke, the pink Shen Shihuang pointed toward the people in the city below. "Kill them. Only by slaughtering them all will you truly be complete. Are you not curious why your strength has not changed even though the Taisui Flame has already ascended once?"
"Only by killing them will you truly become stronger. Otherwise, your life will stop right here."
Hearing the words of the pink Shen Shihuang, Shen Shihuang froze.
"What do you mean by that?"
The pink Shen Shihuang laughed. "Exactly what I said. If you do not kill them all, even if you ascend the Taisui Flame countless times, your strength will remain as it is now, never able to advance an inch."
"Have you not noticed it yourself? Since you promoted to Dou Zong, has your strength not remained completely stagnant?"
Shen Shihuang's heart jolted.
The pink Shen Shihuang was indeed correct. He had originally assumed it was due to the Taisui Flame and the Ten Thousand Year Technique, but even after the Taisui Flame ascended, he remained a one-star Dou Zong, leading him to believe the bottleneck lay within the Ten Thousand Year Technique.
But now.
"It is very simple. There are no more than three thousand people here. With your strength as a Dou Zong, killing three thousand ordinary people should be no problem; it is merely a matter of time."
"Kill them, and you will obtain unimaginable power!"
"The power of the Heavenly Flame, the power of your cultivation technique—only then will you have the qualifications to truly step onto the peak. As you are now, you have no qualifications whatsoever."
The pink Shen Shihuang moved to Shen Shihuang's side and whispered into his ear.
"Kill them?"
A thick, intense killing intent gradually emerged in Shen Shihuang's eyes. Since he had transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent, how could he not want to become powerful? Besides, what did the lives of the people on the Dou Qi Continent have to do with him?
Kill them, and he could become stronger.
And they.
They had nothing to do with him.
Even if he slaughtered them all, what would be the problem?
"There is absolutely no problem."
"They are neither kin nor friend to you. As long as you slaughter them all, you will possess the qualifications to reach the peak. Just think about it: a Dou Zun powerhouse? Venerable Shen? Or perhaps Venerable Taisui?"
"A Dou Sheng powerhouse? When others encounter you, they will address you as Saint Taisui?"
"It is not even impossible to reach the Dou Di realm, which has not appeared in ten thousand years. By then, the entire Dou Qi Continent will crawl at your feet."
"What glory that would be."
"And to forge all this glory, it only takes the lives of three thousand ordinary people. Compared to this glory, they should feel honored to be killed," the pink Shen Shihuang continued to whisper in Shen Shihuang's ear.
Whoosh!
Become stronger!
The killing intent in Shen Shihuang's eyes grew increasingly intense.
"Yes!"
"That is the kind of killing intent, that determination to slaughter! The strong prey on the weak; there is no logic or law, only the fact that you are strong enough!"
"You can dictate the life of anyone!"
"Think about it: once you are strong enough, who in this world will be able to defy your will?"
"Wealth, women—all within your grasp."
As the pink Shen Shihuang spoke, the pink flames on his body slowly began to seep into Shen Shihuang's body.
Shen Shihuang did not even notice.
In his eyes, the faint flickers of pink flame had already appeared.
It was truly eerie and bewitching.
"Do it!"
"For the peak!"
"For the ultimate strength!"
The pink Shen Shihuang patted Shen Shihuang on the shoulder and said.
Shen Shihuang's eyes were almost entirely filled with pink flames as he quickly began to form hand seals.
Powerful Dou Qi energy erupted from Shen Shihuang's body, instantly condensing into a massive seal in the air above his head.
"Brahma Dragon-Subduing Seal!"
The pink-hued Shen Shihuang saw this and a smile appeared on his face: "That's right, just like that—kill them all!"
"Slaughter!"
"Evil!"
"Those are merely their perceptions. Hatred, resentment—these are the most useless emotions of ordinary people!!"
"As for me!"
"I will kill every single one of these characters in this game!!"
Shen Shihuang lowered his head.
Black Taisui Flame slowly emerged from his body: "You are right, they truly deserve to die!"
"Brahma Dragon-Subduing Seal!"
The Dragon-Subduing Seal, resembling a small mountain, did not descend upon the people in the city, but instead smashed directly down toward the pink-hued Shen Shihuang.
BOOM!!
Struck by the blow, the pink-hued Shen Shihuang was sent flying backward instantly. He looked at Shen Shihuang with an expression of disbelief: "How is this possible? What exactly did you do?"
Shen Shihuang raised his eyes, the pink flames within them rapidly vanishing, replaced by the black Taisui Flame.
"You know everything about me."
"Don't you?"
BANG!!
The pink-hued Shen Shihuang, who had been smashed into the ground, stood up and quickly formed hand seals. They were identical to Shen Shihuang's, manifesting the same "Brahma Dragon-Subduing Seal." After the seal appeared, he looked at Shen Shihuang.
He said coldly: "I told you, I am you, and you are me!"
"Everything about you is naturally exactly the same as mine. Whatever you can do, I can do as well!"
"Dragon-Subduing Seal!!"
Seeing this.
Shen Shihuang chuckled lightly: "Is that so? Do you know what 'signing in' is?"
This was Shen Shihuang testing him.
He was gambling that the opponent could not possibly be exactly the same as him.
At the very least.
The opponent only possessed what he currently had.
Because, The Exotic Flames were different. According to the pink-hued Shen Shihuang, they were one person, so the Exotic Flame in the pink-hued Shen Shihuang's hand should also be the Taisui Flame.
"What 'signing in'?"
The pink-hued Shen Shihuang roared: "I didn't expect you to be so spineless. As long as you kill them, you will continue to grow stronger. Otherwise, you will be stuck at a one-star Dou Zong forever!!"
Shen Shihuang laughed.
"I think I understand now."
Hearing this.
The pink-hued Shen Shihuang was stunned: "What do you understand?"
"Just as you said: slaughter, evil, hatred, resentment..."
"These are you, aren't they?"
"Or perhaps, these are also me. When I was in deep slumber, I encountered not only the Taisui Flame but also the Pink Exotic Flame in your hand. It seems this Pink Exotic Flame had some issues, causing my negative emotions to manifest as you."
"Am I right?"
"I cannot grow stronger, and you cannot continue to grow stronger either."
"If I die, you will also vanish."
"And you cannot influence me. The only way is to make me act according to your thoughts. That way, my negative emotions might even regenerate, and by then, you might become an independent entity."
Because.
After entering this place.
The system's voice had echoed in Shen Shihuang's mind.
"Special sign-in location refreshed. Note: Special sign-in locations do not conflict with normal sign-in locations."
"Special sign-in location."
"Time Realm."
"Sign-in reward: Information regarding the host's other identity."
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