Chapter 978: You Can’t Escape, K-Masked
Author: Fingertip Madness
However, Hua Shen and the Dragon God Remnant Spirit were at odds. Regardless of the consideration, Hua Shen could not be allowed to complete the补齐 of her Godhead.
Xia Feng pondered for a moment. Currently, Hua Shen knew many of his identities, but most likely not all of his methods. He also could not see the full picture of the trap Hua Shen had prepared for him. Therefore, the first thing to do now was to figure out the full effect of Maid-in-waiting Ko’s Spirit Artifact, the Blood Corrosion Cage.
With this thought, he regained his senses, his black eyes fixed on the woman whose hair was swaying in front of him. It had been half an hour, and Ke Yanqing seemed tireless, her wooden hairpin falling, her soft hair disheveled, and her slender shoulders exposed, yet she paid it no mind.
Xia Feng leaned back against the chair, handed her the wooden hairpin, and calmly ordered, “Tie up your hair.”
Ke Yanqing bit her lip and subconsciously took the hairpin with both hands, lifting them to tie up her hair obediently. However, just as she was about to lower her hands, she suddenly froze, staring blankly at Xia Feng. She finally realized something was not right. Xia Feng’s tone and attitude were like a superior looking down on her with disdain and mockery, making her zone out for a moment, followed by terror.
“You-”
Xia Feng smiled slightly, “Maid-in-waiting, you have done very well. I am very satisfied.”
“!!”
Seeing his indifferent, mocking smile, Ke Yanqing instantly understood. This guy’s memory had never been altered! He had always been K-Masked, and his previous respectful and fearful address of “Sister Qing” was all an act! This suicidal lowly being has been watching her for a joke!!
Thinking of this, Ke Yanqing’s legs grew weaker. In her fright and anger, her body suddenly lost strength, and she slumped into Xia Feng’s arms.
Xia Feng’s breathing hitched, but his expression remained unchanged. He merely lowered his gaze, quietly watching her struggle.
“This Maid-in-waiting will surely kill you!!” Ke Yanqing wanted to get up, but her slender waist was held tightly by Xia Feng. She could only move a few inches away before being pressed back. She was so angry that her whole body trembled, her pupils almost turning white.
“Didn’t Maid-in-waiting always know I was K-Masked? What, you were so unrestrained and proactive before, but now you’re starting to struggle.”
Xia Feng’s mocking, light voice sounded in her ear, but Ke Yanqing’s mind was already somewhat dazed, her thoughts a complete blank. The moment she knew Xia Feng had been watching her for a joke all along, she had already collapsed. She couldn’t control her body’s reactions at all and could only lash out verbally with disgust and even hatred.
“Heh~ Xia, Xia Feng! So what if your memory wasn’t affected? So what if you know this is a trap for you!” She pressed against Xia Feng’s ear, her pretty, cold face burning with unusual heat. “You’re already trapped by the Blood Corrosion Cage, and now, even if you want to run, you can’t!” She hugged Xia Feng’s broad back, her manicured nails digging in, her voice trembling fiercely, “This~ this Maid-in-waiting will personally witness your death, you lowly being!”
Xia Feng: “…”
Ke Yanqing’s excited shouting was indeed terrifying, but of course, if she didn’t fidget… Xia Feng placed his large hand on her calf, moving it gradually upwards, his teasing thought transmission conveying feigned disdain, “Heh heh~ Maid-in-waiting, why do you think I dare to stay here and play with you? Do you think with just some Blood Corrosion Birdcage, you can trap me?”
“It’s the Blood Corrosion Cage, you idiot!” Ke Yanqing was incoherent and easily enraged by Xia Feng again. Her red lips pressed against his thin lips, panting with mocking laughter, “You know, do you know why this Maid-in-waiting wanted to establish a conceptual relationship with you? It was~ to use the Blood Corrosion Cage, follow the relationship chain, and plant a curse on you, you lowly being!”
Conceptual relationship? Xia Feng’s black eyes narrowed. So that’s how it is! Earlier, using the Enlightenment Domain combined with the Cosmic Star Core and the Spirit Artifact Medical Kit’s spirit perception, he had learned that the Blood Corrosion Cage could trace curses through blood ties. At that time, he hadn’t thought about the conceptual domain.
So that’s how it is, Xia Feng realized with a start. Kikyō Sayame! Is that masked woman one of Hua Shen’s people? No wonder she wanted to establish a father-daughter relationship with him.
But Xia Feng clearly remembered checking the masked woman’s memory at the time and finding no issues. In fact, Kikyō Sayame even held a grudge against Ke Yanqing. Unless… that Kikyō Sayame was also an existence fabricated through the Calamity rule!
His thoughts raced. Xia Feng did not dare to delay. With a flicker of his thought, he directly chose to apply the “Remove the false and preserve the true” to the Spirit Artifact ‘Blood Treasure Heavenly Succession’. Blood Treasure Heavenly Succession was Kikyō Sayame’s A-class Spirit Artifact. Xia Feng had copied it long ago. At that time, he thought its ability was a low-end version of the Calamity Demon Heart and found it interesting, but didn’t think much of it. He didn’t expect that the Spirit Artifact’s ability to synchronize power with ‘father’ wasn’t the focus, but establishing a relationship with ‘father’ was.
[Target: A · Blood Treasure Heavenly Succession · 0%]
[Removing the false and preserving the true —]
[Target Spirit Artifact Power Conversion instantly rises to Calamity status, remove the false and preserve the true failed —]
What?! Xia Feng was stunned and couldn’t help but gasp in surprise. But Ke Yanqing forcefully covered his mouth. Those drooping, soft, beautiful eyes were now a mixture of disgust and excitement, forming a rosy, cold bloodlight. A murmur escaped her lips:
“You can’t escape, you can’t escape~ K~K-Masked!”
Xia Feng ignored her, his black eyes falling into thought. Kikyō Sayame must have deliberately set the power conversion to zero at the time to lower his guard. Of course, in reality, he actually had no ability to resist Kikyō Sayame’s relational establishment. This woman seemed to have something to do with Calamity. If she forcibly insisted on recognizing him, Xia Feng, as her father, he truly couldn’t resist. If he refused to be this ‘father’ and tried to apply “remove the false and preserve the true” to Blood Treasure Heavenly Succession, Calamity would instantly notice and, faster than the process itself, carry out the Spirit Artifact’s power conversion and upgrade. It was an unsolvable situation.
Kikyō Sayame and Ke Yanqing, two conceptual relationship links, were simultaneously casting a curse on him. And from Ke Yanqing’s behavior, doing something… immoral seemed to further intensify the curse.
Understanding all of this, Xia Feng felt a little more confident. He conveyed some matters to Yue Hongli with his thoughts, then once again tried to push the wheel, intending to slide outside the Cloud Platform. Ke Yanqing, clinging to his thigh, simultaneously shouted loudly: “Hezi~!”
Instantly, Xia Feng’s hands drooped, his black eyes became vacant, and wisps of blood flowed around him, forming a wooden cage. At the same time, the golden-haired masked woman appeared out of thin air inside the cage, behind Xia Feng.
[You have been attacked by the Blood Corrosion Cage —]
[Power Conversion 9.06% — Copy Failed —]
After being attacked by the Blood Corrosion Cage, the Spirit Artifact Medical Kit’s spirit perception became even clearer. Xia Feng could feel that within the scope of this cage, two ‘Cage Seals’ and two ‘Corrosion Seals’ could exist. Kikyō Sayame and Ke Yanqing each held a Cage Seal, while he was implanted with a Corrosion Seal. As long as Kikyō Sayame and Ke Yanqing, these two beings with a conceptual relationship to him, did not leave, he could never leave. One Blood Corrosion generated by Ke Yanqing would seal his Spirit Pressure and make his physical strength infinitely weak. Combined with Kikyō Sayame’s Blood Corrosion, his mental power and even consciousness would be continuously devoured by the ‘Blood Corrosion’ until completely depleted.
(End of this chapter)
