Chapter 316: All About Catching Jianqi

Subspace, boundless Sea of Souls.

No raging waves, because of the influence of Dead Spirits' spirit‑driving dead zone, and the semi‑material union of the Four Gods and humans.

Resulting in the Sea of Souls experiencing a long‑lasting calm not seen for ages.

So the Human Empire's Leap efficiency in Subspace is now far higher than before, by an unquantified amount.

Only, unlike the smooth rhythm the demons were about to become accustomed to, and for some unknown source of rumor, a baffling bounty instantly plunged the entire Subspace back into turmoil.

At this moment, a region of the Sea of Souls.

Dozens of bizarre low‑rank demons, brandishing their assorted weapons, kept shouting as they ran.

While running, their faces showed excitement:

"Quick, don't let that Jianqi demon get away; today we either drink broth or eat meat, just this deal!"

The demons' excited faces were flushed, their bodies even trembling a bit.

While chasing, they also exchanged curious remarks.

A few newly‑joined junior demons, looking at the taller ones ahead who had clearly received many Blessings, couldn't help speaking up:

"Bosses, why are we only catching Jianqi?"

Perhaps bored with the chase, a demon in the middle seized the chance to answer:

"Because Lord Sisi only wants Jianqi."

Junior demon: "I know that, otherwise why would we be running here? I'd jump into Lord Sisi's arms myself."

"I mean, why only catch Jianqi? What do we do with them?"

The junior demon, unlike most demons, actually thought for a moment—rare among ordinary demons.

Hearing this question, the middle demon didn't know how to answer.

Instead, the leading demon at the front suddenly turned his head back.

"Jump into Lord Sisi's arms yourself?"

Seeing their leader speak, the demons behind quickly fell silent; the questioning junior demon's face grew a bit fearful.

But the imagined punishment never came; instead, after a retort, the leading demon, with a hint of the inexplicable, turned back and seriously added:

"If you trust me, you absolutely won't think so."

The leader's words made the surrounding demons' faces pause, exchanging strange looks, then the leader continued:

"Although I don't know why Lord Sisi only catches Jianqi, I heard that many Jianqi demons sent to the real universe, the first thing everyone does after returning..."

"... is a frantic race to suicide!"

【8】 Suicide?

Suicide?

The demons were stunned; for Subspace beings, they understood that this suicide meant literal death.

To completely merge into the Sea of Souls, no longer retaining a demon body.

They found it odd that those who once rushed to the real universe to gorge on mortal souls now, at Jianqi, seemed off.

These demons hadn't received tickets to the real universe, so they didn't know why Xisi was sending these Jianqi there.

They worked hard only because Washituoer offered a huge bounty; capturing a single Jianqi demon could earn massive Blessings.

These Blessings, from the Four Gods' perspective to Xisi, are but a drop in the bucket, but for these precarious, destitute demons, it's an unimaginable 'fortune'.

Thus demons across Subspace are vigorously catching Jianqi.

Meanwhile, some demons who joined earlier are gradually becoming doubtful.

Besides the recent doubt about why Jianqi rush to suicide after returning, they also wonder what exactly drives such huge demand for Jianqi demons.

The numbers caught so far range from several tens of millions to a few hundred thousand.

Coordinating with the real‑universe cult army and the Panbian Juntuán, this is barely enough to trigger an apocalypse.

The demons couldn't figure it out, but hearing their leader's words, they immediately abandoned the idea of leaping into Lord Sisi's arms.

The whole squad fell silent for a moment, until they chased to a spot, saw the empty surroundings, then stopped, seriously scanning the area.

"They can't have gone far; they're right nearby. Everyone split up and search!"

A leading demon shouted loudly; the demons scattered, and indeed, beneath a stretch of the Sea of Souls, they spotted a blue Fear Demon hiding inside.

Fear Demons are low‑rank units under Jianqi, with combat power slightly above ordinary demons.

Even as a low‑rank unit, a Fear Demon is not comparable to ordinary demons.

In fact, many demons who see a Fear Demon must force a smile.

They can't be as reckless as now, grabbing everywhere.

This blue Fear Demon, upon being discovered, no longer wore the haughty air of a Jianqi subordinate, but its eyes instantly filled with vast despair and terror!

"Come out, you!"

The leading demon approached, one hand lifting the Fear Demon.

Looking at the terrified expression, the demon showed no smugness, instead after a careful look, a huge curiosity surfaced.

"You... second palace?"

The Fear Demon nodded numbly, and indeed it was a "second palace", the demon's curiosity grew even more:

"I'm curious, Lord Sisi went to such lengths to send you to the real universe, why do you all wear expressions worse than death?"

The leader asked this first.

With the earlier setup, the other demons also looked on with curiosity.

The questioned Fear Demon seemed reminded of its most terrifying memory.

Facing the demon that captured it, its already ugly face twitched several times, yet it gave no answer; instead, with a hard stare, it raised its matching evil‑energy dagger and stabbed itself.

The decisiveness of the action showed that, facing the future of another trip to the real universe, it would rather die!

But before the dagger could fall, the leading boss had already restrained it.

At the same time, while binding the fear demon, he looked smug.

"Although I don't know why you would rather die than go to the real universe."

"But I only just managed to catch one, and you still think you can run away?"

"Just go honestly with me to see Lord Sisi."

After speaking, the evil demon leader had already fully bound the fear demon.

Then he directly lifted it, looking at his prize with great joy, ready to go find Washituoer to claim a reward.

Just as he turned to leave, the evil demon underling beside him stared blankly in one direction; the leader, curious, followed his gaze and saw, not far away, a massive blue two‑headed monster bird.

It was looking at them with an inexplicable gaze.

Jianqi the Great Demon?

No, how did we end up here where Jianqi himself is?

The leader's heart trembled, about to kneel and beg for mercy, but Jianqi merely gave them a blank stare, then......

He shifted his gaze away.

Evil demon: "???"

The evil demons were puzzled, but the scene that followed left them utterly silent.

Because beside Jianqi, in a single breath......

Surrounded six evil gods!