Chapter 166: Divine Card? Useless Card?

Time rewound slightly; when Li En was dragged into the room, he naturally tossed the Heroic Soul Codex aside.

Li En did not subconsciously draw a card in his confusion; in fact, he did nothing at all.

The Heroic Soul, or rather the "it" that was hard to call a Heroic Soul, arrived in a way unlike any other Heroic Soul.

"Huh? There's actually my karma."

Some existences, even in death, do not signify total destruction.

In the void, or rather at the end of the karma chain, a massive figure long deemed forever unable to return felt its karma being tugged.

So, it flicked its tail.

At another coordinate in time and space, Li En's Heroic Soul Codex opened on its own.

It flipped pages rapidly, landing on a random Heroic Soul card from the codex.

Then, immediately, the Heroic Soul card was activated!

That Heroic Soul card simply floated above the codex, its image shimmering continuously.

Finally, as the image on it was about to manifest as a humanoid figure floating in midair, his eyes flashing with psychic lightning, clearly an extremely powerful psychic mutant.

"Since I might be summoned in the future, then being summoned early is only natural, right?"

That's right, this Heroic Soul came on its own!

At the end of time and space, where there should be nothing, a void existence, with a casual remark, once again disturbed reality.

【Heroic Soul Codex v2 detects a Heroic Soul Relic】

【Random summoning stopped; the next Heroic Soul is locked; random selection will be changed to designated acquisition.】

【Heroic Soul locked target: %&#】

So, %&# came.

Too powerful and twisted, it could not only not be recorded or directly gazed upon by mortals, but to prevent its return, the entire world forgot it—even though everyone knew that if it wanted to return, no one could stop it!

This time, it was merely "itself" murmuring "its own name," so it wanted to come back and take a look.

It slowly crawled out of the codex, but not in the form of the little black snake that would come later.

A bizarrely twisted, unseeable massive shadow slowly leaked out from the codex.

It occupied the room, occupied this street, occupied the entire city, occupied this underworld.

At this moment, even the Divine Maiden, even the hidden will of the city's deity, still did not discover; they only felt slightly suppressed, as if something had seen them.

When everything around was itself, it, laughing happily, also knew everything that had just happened.

It slowly lowered its head, crossing the limits of space, and saw its own Heroic Soul card.

Above was a twisted, massive, boundless shadow of the universe; below was the garbled name "%&#".

It frowned; the Heroic Soul Codex's inability to record its existence was probably only natural.

A scribbled image was normal, but having the name garbled too was a bit much.

"Tsk, racial discrimination against us beasts again." It casually attributed the reality of its own outrageousness, which made recording impossible, to racial discrimination.

Anyway, it wasn't my fault.

Under its gaze, the Heroic Codex was rewritten!

The image above became a cute little black snake; then its existence, observed and described by itself, gradually shrank and also transformed into a seemingly ordinary little snake.

The returned it had no interest at all in the two people on the bed; it simply took the codex and walked to the hall.

During these four days, it strolled around the streets, went above ground, visited the Upper Plane (Heaven Mountain), and toured the Deep Abyss (the demons' homeland); when it didn't want anyone to see it, truly very few existences could see it.

It had died, or rather, for the existence and reincarnation of the Thousand-Faced Dragon, it had to die.

But if it truly wanted to return, who could stop it, after all.

"Me? I'm a snake, an ordinary snake."

Saying this, it patted its Heroic Soul Codex, and the little snake constantly writhing on the image finally stopped.

And moved aside slightly, revealing its name.

【Snake】

Yes, that's it; "%&#" is Snake.

It is the source of Li En's beastification, the source of all Snake Magical Girls, and even the source of the civil war between beasts and beastified humans; it is no exaggeration to call it the historical source of the modern beastified human era.

"Uh, you're not the Snake I know, right?" Li En fell silent for an instant; he thought it must be a member of the Purple Thorn tribe.

I didn't expect our Thousand-Faced Dragon to be so awesome, even able to reincarnate into beast hordes! Li En tried hard to think in that direction!

Please, please don't be that "Snake."

"Hiss hiss."

The little black snake happily flicked its tongue, seemingly very satisfied watching Li En's ostrich-like posture of pretending not to guess. It shook its head, and a phantom appeared before Li En.

It was a memory, an image from ancient times.

Under a towering tree, apes were playing and frolicking.

And a little black snake slowly descended from the tree trunk.

Its tail was coiled around a red apple.

"Want to eat it? This cute forbidden fruit is super delicious. You, are you willing to exchange a peaceful life for emotions and wisdom?"

The tempting snake issued a declaration that made people's scalps prickle.

Most apes ignored it, but a pair seemed a bit curious; they were.

【Beastification level increased by 20%! Beastification shows aberrant instability! High-danger source detected; avoid immediately! Avoid!】

Li En instantly woke up, hurriedly closed his eyes, but it was already too late!

Unknowingly, his body was already covered in black scales, and black blood flowed from his eyes.

The whole person had completely twisted; half-human, half-dragon had become half-human, half-snake.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't expect you to be so weak. Let's start over."

The little black snake wagged its tail again.

Thus, Li En's beastification rate actually dropped directly! The scaled monster turned back into flesh and blood.

Li En looked at his flesh-and-blood arm, his face full of disbelief.

Theoretically, this is absolutely impossible! Beastification is irreversible!

Li En was completely stunned. Could the "snake" before his eyes really be the one responsible for the current race?

That scene had obvious Li Ensu-style malicious humor. So, is this scene mimicking the biblical story the historical truth of this world!?

Could all of this, the current civilization of beastified people, be a joke played by this existence before his eyes?

"No, no, I am also a victim. I am just an ordinary member of the Thousand-Faced Dragon, no different from the Kuk and Sul you know. I only realized I was 'you' before I was dried to death."

Can this be believed? Li En showed a bitter smile. If this really was that great lord, there would be no need to lie to him.

"No, I might very well lie to you for fun. I came specifically to find fun." If the toy lies down so easily, it's no fun.

Fine, Li En retracted his "thoughts." Can you heroic souls at least respect my privacy!

The snake glanced over, then shook its head and sighed.

Too weak. I came too early. If we really started playing, I might kill you instantly, and then it would truly be no fun.

This time, I'll just watch.

"Let's be clear first: I can teach you nothing, I will absolutely not find any successor, and I won't even let anyone else see." The implication was that this great lord of heroic souls intended to slack off for the remaining ten-plus days and do nothing.

"Uh, then what can you do?" Li En was already numb. Drawing a big shot should be a good thing, but aren't you being a bit excessive? Didn't I draw for nothing then?

"This is for your own good. If I did something and interfered with the waves brought by the present world, it would be a catastrophic disaster for you and everyone around you. You are thinking correctly now. Congratulations, you drew a useless card. Yay, Big Black Hand!"

The snake said with great pride, happily watching Li En's face twist.

Li En took a deep breath, trying to keep his mindset calm. Compared to Kuk when he first made contact, the little snake before his eyes was only average in its ability to make people angry.

It, merely its identity, is absolutely not a useless card.

Even if it intends to do nothing, it is still a channel for me to learn the truth.

"Are you the truth of the Thousand-Faced Dragon?" This might be the opportunity for me to settle everything.

Could the entire transformation of the Thousand-Faced Dragon be the scheme and layout of this person before my eyes? What exactly is it for?

Dragons and snakes can be confused in some aspects. Could the Thousand-Faced Dragon refer to the "snake"?

"No, you are the Thousand-Faced Dragon. I am merely a snake, a pitiful, forced, and arranged beast. I am truly a victim. I am the same as you all."

Li En believed not a single word. He pondered for a moment and changed his phrasing.

"Are you the first Thousand-Faced Dragon? Are you the strongest Thousand-Faced Dragon?" These were the "questions" Li En had thought up long ago, waiting to meet a heroic soul with enough seniority.

Hearing this, the little black snake laughed. It had been waiting for this question for a long time.

But it merely wagged its tail and spoke a "truth" even more unacceptable.

"No, I can't even count as one of the earliest batches. As for strength... I probably can't even rank in the top ten."

(End of this chapter)