Chapter 102: Splitting Again

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"Can you control the scene of the conflict?"

After hesitating for a few days, Lv Cheng still wanted to give it a try.

There was no other way; blocking is not as effective as diverting. Even Daolong had said that if he kept suppressing it like this, by the time he could no longer hold it back and the conflict erupted completely, the best outcome would be mutual destruction.

Although Shendu and the others were very reluctant to admit it, the fact was that Demon Qi could absolutely not defeat Righteous Qi.

Just as they were defeated by the Eight Immortals back then, the Demon Qi within him would not be a match for Righteous Qi.

The reason Shendu did not think about running to the Demon Empire to reign supreme after he lifted his restrictions, but instead ran to the Dark Plane, was because that old thing was worried that the conflict between the Righteous Qi and Demon Qi within him would suddenly spiral out of control.

If he simply stayed in Reality, after that Saint Warrior appeared, Shendu would be beaten back to Hell without any power to resist; but if he tethered himself to the Dark Plane, even if the Eight Immortals descended, they would have no way to lock him back in Hell.

Because of the unique nature of the Dark Plane, the only difference between that hellish place and Hell was that it had an unbreakable connection to Reality, and it would give birth to some special Dark Life.

To a Saint Warrior, there was little difference between a Demon staying in the Dark Plane and staying in Hell.

After all, Hell was not impenetrable; Shendu had a lot of say in that, as he had escaped five times!

Moreover, Daolong possessed ancient Magic Spells that helped Demons escape from Hell.

As long as the people inside wanted to come out and the people outside were thinking about the people inside, even the most secure prison would develop loopholes.

"I can only restrict it, but the resolution of the conflict still depends on you yourself," Luo Pei said.

"Your Yin and Yang sides are incompatible because of you yourself; it is because you cannot stand yourself."

Although the two personalities after a Yin-Yang Splitting were incompatible, they would absolutely never be like Lv Cheng, where one wanted to finish off the other.

The only explanation was that Lv Cheng's subconscious already had this thought!

He loathed himself, and even wanted to finish himself off!

It was not just the split Lv Cheng who was extreme; this child's normal state was also very extreme!

"If a fight breaks out, can you pull me back like you did with Shendu last time?" Lv Cheng asked.

"I will place a restriction Magic Spell on you; when the conflict cannot be contained, you will automatically merge," Luo Pei said.

"But you must understand, no matter which side it is after the splitting, it is not the real you."

"Only the current you is you."

"You are human, not a Demon."

Lv Cheng sat quietly in place, waiting for Luo Pei to complete the restriction Magic Spell.

Daolong sat to one side, observing the Energy Magic Spell that Luo Pei was casting.

Although Luo Pei had succeeded in turning Shendu into stone back then, before his Magic Spells were successfully developed and put into use, countless Wizards had already been slaughtered by Shendu.

Whether they were Righteous Chi Wizards or Black Qi Wizards, almost all of them had been killed off by Shendu.

Especially the Black Qi Wizards; those self-righteous fools thought their Magic could deal with Demons, and many Black Qi Wizards even wanted to seize Shendu's power. The result was obvious: the greedy Black Qi Wizards were almost all dead.

The reason his lineage still retained quite a bit of knowledge was that his grandmaster back then had self-awareness and, not being skilled in combat Magic, had stayed in that ancestral castle passed down through generations to study the Eternal Life Spell, not participating in that war.

This kind of Qi Magic Spell of Luo Pei's did not require a pile of complex Magic Potions for assistance and was launched directly by relying on his own Qi Magic; the difficulty was extremely high, but the power was also quite absurd.

Although he had mastered some Black Magic that could be launched directly without assistance by studying Dark Spell, there was still too large a gap in power compared to Luo Pei.

"The Magic Spell is complete; the rest is up to you." Luo Pei retreated to the side, his movements already becoming stiff, and within a few breaths, he turned into stone.

Lv Cheng put away Luo Pei's stone statue and looked at Daolong, "Can you see the situation of this Magic Spell?"

Daolong's eye twitched, "Can you have some common sense?"

Magic requires systematic learning, especially this kind of complex Qi Magic Spell; a Wizard with average talent would likely not be able to learn a single one in their entire life!

Moreover, the parts of a Qi Magic Spell that can be seen are all the results that have already been launched; the essence of a Magic Spell is the process. He didn't see a shred of the process, so how could he see a damn thing?

"If you don't understand, just say you don't understand; I won't laugh at you..." Lv Cheng curled his lip and turned to walk toward the Xingyu Tianshu.

The Dark Gate opened, and Shendu and Xiaolong walked out from the Dark Plane.

"Shendu, if Luo Pei's Magic Spell doesn't work later, I'll have to count on you," Lv Cheng said.

"I will do my best," Shendu said, feeling somewhat unconfident.

It was precisely because he had no certainty about this matter that he had run to the Dark Plane to occupy a place; he had originally thought about resolving this matter slowly, but he hadn't expected Luo Pei to lay it all out directly.

Was that guy not worried that the conflict would be uncontrollable?

"This matter is no joke; if you don't do your best, we're all finished!" Lv Cheng said sternly.

He didn't want to be any damn Saint Warrior; he had suffered enough, and he had no interest in undergoing any more damn tempering!

"How about we pull those young girls over?" Shendu suggested.

"If we really can't stop it later, I'll let them step in; you definitely won't be able to bear hitting them."

Lv Cheng's eye twitched wildly, "Can you think of a reliable method?"

"I think it's useful," Xiaolong said.

"If that young girl hadn't appeared last time, you would probably have had to maintain that split state forever."

"Moreover, even if they died in an accident, we could collect their souls at any time; at worst, we can resurrect them afterward."

Lv Cheng's face darkened, "You want me to finish off my own wife? You really have some ideas!"

"It is exactly this kind of emotion; the more you can't bear it, the more useful they are!" Shendu said.

"Now is exactly the time for them to be of use."

"Don't be reluctant either; after all, if something goes wrong with this, we're all finished, and even if they survive, it won't have anything to do with you anymore."

"That's right, maybe after a while they'll find someone else to marry," Ximu said.

"Even if they remember you, how many years can they remember you for?"

"Human emotions are firm yet fragile; you should know this better than I do."

"Even, if you are gone and they are still alive, do you think those who are alive will have it easy?"

"If it's not easy, it's better not to live; if it is easy, it means you weren't that important to them anyway. If they don't care that much about you, why do you care so much?"

"..."

Lv Cheng wore a strange expression.

Damn it, how come this swindling talk sounds exactly like the set he uses?

Using his own theories to swindle him, it's gotten to the point where he can't even refute it!

"Do as you see fit."

Lv Cheng said no more, and the pattern of the Tiger Talisman appeared in his eyes.

"Damn! Wait until we've hidden further away before you do it!"

Ximu and the others hurriedly hid in the darkness, using Teleportation to put some distance between them.

The next instant, the Tiger Talisman in Lv Cheng's eyes split into two halves; a bright light flashed, and Lv Cheng himself also split into two.

This time, the light and the dark did not immediately strike, but instead fell into an eerie silence.

Not far away, Daolong watched the scene before him nervously.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand; after all, just as Lv Cheng would be sucked into Hell at the same time Shendu was imprisoned there, if this Saint Warrior were to strike his other side, the Demon, into Hell, he himself would also be imprisoned.

Although it was a Yin-Yang Splitting, since Lv Cheng's Demon side possessed human parts, there was no reason his Saint Warrior side wouldn't as well.

As long as one is human, one will have attachments.

Lv Cheng had things he couldn't let go of—those friends of his, those people who cared about and were concerned for him.

In this world where monsters run rampant, whether a Demon exists or not would not make this world any worse.

For the sake of something that makes no difference whether it is done or not, is it meaningful to cast aside everything one has?

"You want to save this tree?" Shengdoushi Lvcheng spoke first.

"Why? Birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural; the prosperity and decline of a race are also natural. You save it today, and it will still die tomorrow. Is such an act meaningful?"

"Then why don't you dare to strike at me?" Emo Lvcheng laughed.

"..."

The two fell into silence once again.

Hiding in the shadows, ready to jump in and help with the fight at any moment, Ximu and the others were a bit confused.

Why aren't they fighting yet?

"How come this Saint Warrior feels a bit different from last time?" Zhou Lan said.

If it were the one from Bo City, he would probably already be wielding his Pure Yang Sword and hacking away by now.

"Father, it seems our Magic Spell was truly a success." Xiaolong breathed a sigh of relief.

"What do you mean?" Ximu asked, puzzled.

No, what have you two father and son been doing behind our backs again?

Can you have a little bit of team spirit?

(End of chapter)