Chapter 293: Who Is the Prey, Who Is the Hunter (22)

Mei Da Xilin.

Another year's midsummer, in the royal summer retreat spring, Luosen, Zhuo Ya, Jia Di Ya, and Ze La Ya once again gathered in the cool spring water.

Last time, Luosen was a guest, and the Guang Hui San Jie Mei were the hosts.

The Natural Empire had not yet been fully unified; its national strength was far weaker than now, so Luosen observed propriety in every word and deed.

This time, as Empress Zhuo Ya's fiancé, Luosen had become half a host, his status at least on par with Jia Di Ya and Ze La Ya.

Because of his fiancé status, Luosen and Zhuo Ya sat almost side by side in the pool, with no need to avoid others' gazes.

This time, the two female generals, Jia Di Ya and Ze La Ya, did not go swim nearby to avoid him; instead, they sat nearby chatting with Luosen.

"Luosen, Your Majesty, I am just curious: how did you convince Qi Ge Rui La Na to agree to let you marry my sister?"

The speaker was Jia Di Ya.

She and Luosen had once fought side by side against demons in Bai Jin Cheng, and their personal relationship was still quite good.

At this moment, she wore a new-style strapless swimsuit, revealing large expanses of snow‑white skin, showing off her fit, slender figure without a doubt.

If one were to say, Zhuo Ya is a peony of wealth and honor, then this female general is a vibrant impatiens, pleasing to the eye.

Luosen put one arm around Zhuo Ya's slender waist, smiling narrowly as he admired the view: "I didn't convince her with words; I convinced her with actions."

Jia Di Ya blinked: "Action persuasion? What action?"

"I made a bet with her, saying I could get Zhuo Ya to accept my proposal within five years; she didn't believe me, so we wagered. In the end, I won the bet."

This is true.

Jia Di Ya, however, looked doubtful: "I've dealt with Qi Ge Rui La Na before; she is steady and restrained—how could she make such an unreliable bet with you?"

Ze La Ya beside them also spoke timidly: "Exactly, we've known her for a long time; we all know her character."

With no outsiders present, Luosen had no reservations, and his speech was somewhat unrestrained.

"Normally she wouldn't agree, but under special circumstances she would—haha."

To get Qi Ge Rui La Na to nod and agree to this bet, Luosen had expended considerable thought.

Only after much coaxing did he get her to nod.

Jia Di Ya curiously pressed: "What special circumstances?"

Zhuo Ya had already understood; her cheeks slightly flushed as she lowly snapped: "All right, stop prying."

"Even if I marry Luosen, he won't live long-term in Bu Ye Gong, so it hardly affects Qi Ge Rui La Na—she really has no stake in it."

In formal settings, if Zhuo Ya speaks, Jia Di Ya will naturally obey; but now it's a private occasion, so Jia Di Ya isn't so easily restrained.

It's her unrestrained, flamboyant nature that makes her a female general; otherwise she wouldn't have become one.

She chuckled: "Older sister, I'm not a child—I understand everything."

After saying that, she turned to Luosen: "Luosen, Your Majesty, when I was in Levinde, I heard you once gave many Levinde nobles transformation divine spears, and even to this day you still keep your promise, continuing to help them maintain their divine spears."

"Is this matter really true?"

As she spoke, her eyes blinked repeatedly, shining like a curious cat seeing a new toy.

Meanwhile, Ze La Ya beside her, though looking a bit shy, had her ears subtly pricked up, eavesdropping.

Zhuo Ya was also quite curious: "Dear, if it's true, then I cannot help but admire your reputation."

Those past events, while one was involved, actually still carried some risk, so naturally the secret had to be kept well.

But looking back now, it has become idle chat, and Luosen naturally does not conceal it.

"Indeed there is such a matter; its purpose was to gather intelligence on Levinde's high ranks."

"As for maintenance, I did indeed maintain it a few times. But I found it troublesome, so I devised a way to permanently fix their divine spears and guaranteed they could be used until age seventy."

"As for after seventy, I can't control that—after all, even a licentious man, when he reaches seventy, ought to put his spear away and sheathe it."

Ze La Ya whispered in rebuttal: "That's not necessarily so."

Jia Di Ya immediately replied: "Exactly, I've heard of it, and I've even seen an old fellow still sharpening his spear on his deathbed."

Having said that, she glanced at Zhuo Ya, gave a low chuckle, and a hint of curiosity appeared on her face.

"Older sister, legend says the Emperor of the Natural Empire possesses a heaven‑shaking divine spear, not produced by Transformation Technique but innate."

"Is it really true?"

Zhuo Ya's cheeks flushed at the question; she snapped: "What kind of messy question is this? Don't you all have husbands yourselves? Don't you know it's just a matter of size? What's there to be curious about?"

Jia Di Ya giggled: "I just want to broaden my horizons."

"Right, Ze La Ya, older sister?"

Ze La Ya is the shortest of the three, and her demeanor is the most bashful, but that's merely an outward disguise; her true identity is that of a Shadow Guard General, a person who kills without blinking.

She also gave a slight nod, laughing embarrassedly: "Exactly, older sister—since there are no outsiders, let brother‑in‑law show us something to broaden our horizons."

In the past, Zhuo Ya would definitely have driven these two cousins away, but now that she has been intimate with Luosen countless times, she has let that matter go.

Especially for beings like them who can live five to six hundred years and hold the empire's supreme power, the moral rules that constrain ordinary mortals basically have no binding force on them.

So Zhuo Ya looked at Luosen: "Dear, my two sisters want to broaden their horizons—what do you say?"

Luosen shrugged, saying he didn't care either way: "If you want to look, just look."

Having said that, he then showed the two female generals his fine thing.

The two female generals saw it, and instantly their eyes filled with disbelief.

Jia Di Ya couldn't help but say: "Oh, the Creator is truly unfair—my husband's toy is not even half of Your Majesty's."

Ze La Ya measured it vaguely with her hand, then compared it to her own belly: "Who could stand this, older sister? Have you tried it?"

After asking, she immediately muttered to herself: "Mmm… definitely tried it many times—just what I've noticed adds up to over a dozen."

Zhuo Ya's face ultimately wasn't thick enough; she slapped the water with her hand: "All right, this topic ends here!"

After she said that, however, Jia Di Ya appeared as if she wanted to speak but held back: "Do you still have something you want to say?"

Jia Di Ya stammered: "Older sister, I just want to try it."

Zhuo Ya held her forehead: "I don't care, but don't ask me, ask Luosen."

Luosen certainly didn't refuse, directly using a Silent Crystal Wall Technique: "Just do it here."

"Okay."

Jia Di Ya swam to the two of them and began to experience the Natural Emperor's Divine Spear.

Zhuo Ya was initially a bit unaccustomed, but soon became composed.

She sat beside Luosen and they started discussing important matters.

"The wedding in two months will definitely be unsettled, maybe even livelier than my last birthday banquet."

Luosen nodded: "That's certain, especially De Rui Tan—he definitely won't let such a good chance to assassinate us slip by."

After saying that, seeing Jia Di Ya bring her slightly small but upright chest close to his face, he fulfilled her wish, then switched to speaking via Soul Language: "My personal idea is to use this opportunity to set a trap targeting De Rui Tan, to see if there's a chance to kill him."

Given De Rui Tan's sharpness, this trap likely won't succeed, but trying it doesn't hurt—what if it does succeed?

Zhuo Ya also had the same idea, but also the same worry: "De Rui Tan has lived so many years, he's surely very crafty; setting this trap won't be easy."

Luosen laughed: "A trap, after all, requires both skillful setup and seeing whether the bait inside is sufficiently sweet."

"My idea is simple: I'll be the bait, luring him to attack me."

"That's way too dangerous!"

Not only Zhuo Ya was saying it; Ze La Ya and Jia Di Ya were also saying it.

Especially Jia Di Ya said it the loudest, to the point that she bit Luosen hard on the mouth.

Luosen was greatly pleased, smiling narrowly: "Fighting the Void God-Demon has always been dangerous."

"If I can exchange my personal danger for complete peace of our plane, then it's worth it."

Zhuo Ya frowned: "Luosen, although I admire your courage, you're not a warrior, you're an emperor. If something happens to you, this plane may never be at peace."

Luosen shook his head: "Don't see me as that important; I've already sown the seeds."

"Even if I'm not around, countless mortal powerhouses will grow up and stand up to fight the god-demons."

After saying that, he again smiled: "Dear, don't worry, I've made extremely thorough preparations."

"For no reason, how could he give up good days to risk his life?"

"The main reason is that he successfully created a Soul Amplifier."

"The amplifier is the academic term; because it also incorporated the function of the Legendary Hat, Luosen called it the Supreme Crown."

"This gadget also lives up to that name."

"Crafting this gadget took Luosen enormous time and effort, and the final effect was far better than he expected."

"From the expected 6000-fold soul-scale amplification, it was increased to ten thousandfold, and it also has the function of base soul strength +8.7."

"And because he continually optimized his own bodily structure, his base soul has also been rising."

"He has now reached Legendary 5.5, and his soul scale has also increased by 3.2 times compared to before."

"After wearing this Supreme Crown, he possesses Legendary 14.2 soul strength, plus a thirty-two-thousandfold soul scale."

"In terms of soul alone, he has caught up with, and even partly surpassed, De Rui Tan who is in the Void."

"But what truly gives Luosen full confidence is that, after the soul scale expands, Laifu's computing power surges by a full five orders of magnitude."

"With such computational support, even the reaction speed of god-demons is completely crushed by him."

"Even if there is any mishap, he can also use his astonishing reaction speed to instantaneously phase-shift and flee, while De Rui Tan basically has no reaction time to block."

"At this moment, Jia Di Ya had already withdrawn, and the shy Ze La Ya immediately sidled up beside Luosen, timidly saying: 'Brother-in-law, I also want to try your Divine Spear.'"

"Then let's try."

"Then brother-in-law, you need to be gentler."

"Don't worry, brother-in-law is very experienced."

"Beside her, Zhuo Ya felt her mood very complicated, and her impression of Luosen this guy was also unusually complicated."

"She admires his supreme talent, also respects his courage and responsibility, and when they interact, she also loves his gentleness and romance."

"But at the same time, she also feels utterly speechless about his licentious wildness."

"This extremely complicated impression breeds an incredibly complicated feeling; she can't help sighing: 'Ah~~ fate really is unfathomable.'"

"If time were to return to ten years ago, she wouldn't dare believe that her husband would actually be such a person."

"Seeing Ze La Ya toss and turn a few times before surrendering, she immediately took her place."

"This time I must have you explain your preparations clearly to me, otherwise I absolutely will not consent to my husband taking such a huge risk."

"Thus, Luosen pressed his forehead against Zhuo Ya's forehead, using the newly developed Soul Language to ask: 'Do you feel it, dear?'"

"Zhuo Ya clearly felt it; her face showed extreme disbelief, even terror: 'Luosen, you're not a mortal?!'"

"Mortals absolutely cannot possess such a magnificent soul."

"Facing Luosen's soul, Zhuo Ya actually had a feeling of insignificance as if facing a towering mountain."

"But it's also not the Void God-Demon, because this feeling is very different from that of god-demons."

"She has felt De Rui Tan's soul fluctuations, which are immensely vast, giving a sense of complete unity and a feeling of vibrant vitality."

"But Luosen's soul, although equally strong, is rather a mechanical-like precise orderliness, feeling not like a living thing."

"She was completely bewildered."

"Luosen gently explained via Soul Language: 'We mortals are innately weak, but by luck we have obtained the wisdom granted by the Creator.'"

"'By relying on this wisdom, we can control the power of external things.'"

"'Just as a sailor drives a ten-thousand-ton warship, a flying mage drives a supersonic aircraft, while I pilot this Soul Warship.'"

"'Such a Soul Battleship, relying solely on a mortal's feeble soul, actually cannot be controlled—not even a Legendary powerhouse would be sufficient.'"

"'Just like a sailor cannot start a modern Black Stone warship.'"

"'Even if he barely gets it going, it has no combat power.'"

But Luosen's situation is different.

He possesses Laifu and has trained the related 'Warship Autopilot' ability, thus he almost perfectly controls the massive Soul Warship.

That is to say, only Luosen can use this Supreme Crown.

Zhuo Ya understood: 'But I don't see any magic artifact.'

Luosen smiled: 'This is a special soul magic artifact, without elemental substance.'

Although the initial inspiration came from the soul of life, as they built it they encountered all kinds of difficulties.

As each difficulty was solved, the final creation became completely different from what was originally envisioned.

In fact, the Supreme Crown applies many new achievements from the High-Energy Magic Method Laboratory, and also applies many high-energy constructs from the Solar Core.

So this thing is the same as the 'Life Tree Branch', and it is a divine artifact.

A major feature of divine artifacts is that they can freely travel through Yuan Su Shi Jie, the Magic Ring, and even Huan Wai Xu Kong.

So although Luosen appears to have nothing on him, he actually carries the two great divine artifacts, the Life Tree Branch and the Supreme Crown.

This is also why he dares to enter Bu Ye Gong with his true form and dare to be so wanton.

While enjoying the supreme human joy in the Cool Spring Water, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"De Rui Tan, let's see who is the hunter and who is the prey."

(End of Chapter)