Chapter 351 The Blank Authority: The Definition of the Demon King!
Chapter 351 The Blank Authority: The Definition of the Demon King!
In the royal city.
Demon King stepped out of the escape pod and looked at the hellish scene outside the royal city gates. The World Tree was gone, and the enemies were gone.
At the card table.
The Lord of Burning Souls casually tossed down a die.
Twenty dice spun on the table, their sharp edges reflecting light onto the wall, and Li Wei's heart clenched.
Lucifer's card effect is: if the points are less than or equal to 10, he recovers the damage taken; if the points are greater than 10, he deals the same amount of damage to the enemy; if the points are equal to 20, both effects are applied simultaneously.
In other words, even if a normal attack causes damage, the opponent can recover or inflict damage in return. The only way to kill him is with a fatal blow!
If the score is greater than ten but not equal to twenty, it can only cause damage... but it cannot recover from the fatal injury, and the game will end at this point.
If you're lucky...
That should be the end of it.
As the dice spun slower, the grooves marking the numbers on them became clearly visible.
A crisp sound rang out as the dice stopped spinning.
The number facing up is...
-20
It can not only heal injuries, but also cause damage in return.
Lucifer, who had already been killed by the impact of the Sword of Damocles, was reborn from the ashes.
His body was enveloped by wings of light and darkness, just like a baby's swaddling clothes.
"Look, you're having a bit of bad luck... I only have Lucien left on the field, and you've dealt the fatal blow."
"But you weren't very lucky, 20 points... I even doubted I opened the game."
Li Wei sighed helplessly.
"Fate is such a cruel thing."
The Lord of Burning Souls grinned slightly.
"ended."
"Li Wei, you lost."
"On your field, there is only the gender-swapped version of yourself that you've imagined, an ordinary girl."
“Lucivid was even unwilling to take action.”
"Surrender, at least the defeat won't be so complete."
Li Wei nodded, seemingly puzzled by the other person's words, "What gender-swapped me?"
The Lord of Burning Souls was taken aback for a moment, "Your 'trump card'."
“She’s Demon King,” Li Wei corrected.
"Isn't she you?" the Lord of Burning Souls retorted.
Li Wei shook his head. "When did I ever say she was me? I haven't said that from the beginning until now."
The Lord of Burning Souls was bewildered, "She...is not you?!"
Li Wei shrugged.
"No, I am me, and Demon King is Demon King... We are not one person."
The Lord of Burning Souls was stunned, realizing something was wrong. "Card creation requires references; it can't be made out of thin air... If she's not your gender-swapped self, then who is she?!"
I have some knowledge of the Burning Soul Master.
An idol named Demon King-chan... But there is overwhelming evidence that Demon King-chan is Levi, and Levi is Demon King-chan!!!
What is the definition of existence?
The human brain, in its essence, also originated within the 'universe,' and our vision cannot transcend this 'universe.'
The body and mind, and the derivatives of the mind, are merely things it produces. All our inventions and creations are simply the excavation of what it has already produced.
Therefore, the rules governing how things operate can only explain what is within sight, but cannot explain what may truly exist beyond sight.
Li Wei asked, "She has her own image, her own behavioral logic, and her life story is also recorded in writing (light novels)."
"Then why doesn't she exist?"
The Lord of Burning Souls retorted: "You mean, a fictional character actually exists, and not some kind of clone of you?!"
Li Wei scratched his head. "You don't believe me... It's simple, I appeared with Demon King-chan."
The Lord of Burning Souls was speechless with astonishment.
Li Wei smiled and said, "Your hand has a complete and self-consistent logic."
"The fact that Demon King's card can appear proves that she does exist."
The Lord of Burning Souls was completely bewildered by Li Wei's words. "What exactly are you trying to say? And if she isn't you, then who is she?!"
Li Wei took out all the currently published materials about the Demon King from his storage bracelet—manga volumes, art books, spin-off comics, hentai fanfiction, figures, badges, color charts, standees...
"She was an ordinary girl who was spotted by a talent scout because of her outstanding artistic talent and debuted as an idol."
"As the world's number one idol, she is loved by countless people."
"But her planet was invaded by an alien civilization."
"Having witnessed everything, she used her last song on the desolate battlefield to bid farewell to the fallen soldiers."
"Then..."
"She donned power armor, took up her chainsaw sword, and fought demons and cut down warp creations."
"Higher damage with the left hand, higher damage with the right hand!"
The Master of Burning Souls was dumbfounded. "So?!"
"Demon King is not a weakling like me."
As she stepped out in her low-heeled leather shoes, a cloud of dust billowed up, and her slender figure appeared before Lucifer in an instant, her skirt shimmering and fluttering.
With a seemingly ordinary punch, Lushvid, who had not yet awakened from his swaddling clothes, was sent flying backwards through the air.
Using the momentum of the air, Demon King stepped forward and delivered a powerful kick to the face of Lucifer, who had just been woken up by the beating.
The instant Lushvid flew out, he grabbed his wing, twisted his waist, and as his muscles bulged and throbbed, he threw him!
Upon landing, Lushvid flew out again using brute force... He had already reacted, using one wing to block while the other wing drooped down, its feathers sweeping across the Demon King's body like sharp swords.
As blood gushed forth, Demon King did not retreat, but instead delivered a heavy blow to his abdomen.
Dice kept appearing on the card table.
5 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 16 o'clock, 20 o'clock!!!
Restores damage and reflects damage.
Despite the fierce onslaught, Demon Queen suffered even greater damage. She coughed up a mouthful of blood, stood upright on the sea, and looked up at Lucifer.
Demon King spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm.
He joked, "If the fans found out that my idol was fighting so violently, his career would be over."
The level of danger is comparable to an idol going into the adult entertainment industry.
Demon King bowed his head, "Those were the days when we were harvesting fans like韭菜 (a metaphor for exploiting fans)."
A small piece of metal can sell for tens of thousands of yuan, and a signed photo is even more sought after.
Then, thunder roared.
An even more brutal attack was unleashed...
"What kind of idol is this?!" the Burning Soul Master questioned.
Li Wei shrugged. "How would I, Li Wei, know about Demon King's affairs?"
The Lord of Burning Soul finally understood. All that Li Wei had said in such a roundabout way was actually just him... a being whose existence had been defined and distorted by Li Wei.
Unfortunately, the game was accepted.
This falls within the scope of the rules' recognition.
Even so, no matter how fierce Demon Queen's attacks were, for Lucifer's card effects, it was just a matter of exchanging blows... and she herself took even more damage.
Lushvid looked with pity at his idol who was punching and kicking him.
"You are not Livy."
"You are just a fictional character in the story."
"You are only living a false life in this moment; everything you do is meaningless."
"Why do you want to be my enemy? I promise I will kill your creator, the cold-blooded creator who sent you to your death."
Demon King tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, beaming as she gazed at him. "I'm an idol, the world's cutest idol, Demon King."
“For me.”
"I will do anything that makes sense to me."
"Killing you will save many people, and that will be enough!"
Lucifer retorted, "But if you kill me, you will also kill the demon. Don't you see the demon as a life?"
The Demon King summoned a long spear, a crystal-clear spear, a spear inspired by dragon blood, which was the Demon King's exclusive weapon.
"You're the villain, yet you talk so much."
The Demon King playfully stuck out her tongue, "Go to hell~"
The spear was thrown.
Like a shooting star, it pierced through Lushvid's body.
But what followed was another roll of the dice.
--15 o'clock.
A bloody hole appeared starkly in Demon King's abdomen.
Blood flowed freely.
“Incomprehensible ants.” Lucifer spread his wings, and sacred hymns rang out around him.
in the sky.
Two streams of black and white water suddenly appeared.
The torrent transformed into a sharp sword, suspended in the sky.
Destruction brings annihilation to the enemy.
Mercy grants the enemy liberation.
"I am fictional."
"But my memory won't lie to me."
"I am an idol, I am Demon King, I am the idol who will save the world!"
"I am right here, living a vibrant life right here!"
"Now, the final idol concert begins."
I don’t know when.
Two scepters appeared before her.
Lucifer's pupils contracted slightly. "When did you... just now... to reclaim your authority?"
Authority is not a physical object; it is an abstract concept, originating from the understanding of the world and the comprehension of magic by a genius from a thousand years ago...
Demon King-chan felt the immense power within, the power of death and life?
No, that is not the nature of authority.
This is merely the goddess's distancing from authority...
Its true essence is...
A tremendous amount of magic converges here.
We need not concern ourselves with the goddess's definition of authority... in essence, it is not authority at all.
But...
The authority to manipulate magic.
Two powers.
It's almost two-fifths of the authority to mobilize planetary magic!
Just like Lilith, who violently gathered magical power to create explosive magic.
Lilith is limited by her own control over magic; despite her exceptional talent, she is still a mortal.
Now, relying on authority, immense magical power has gathered here. If we were to emulate Lilith, what kind of power could we unleash?
Li Wei dared not gamble outside... What if it was a one-time thing? What if his power would vanish? He was afraid that if he had such thoughts, the living goddess would curse him, and the dead goddess would immediately lift the coffin lid.
As the two powers mobilized their magic, they were artificially squeezed together by the Demon King, showing signs of merging.
“Angel, the angel high above.”
"Die, you son of a bitch! Die a thousand times over!"
The bad news is that if an idol gives the middle finger, she'll graduate immediately. The good news is that she doesn't need to worry about graduating because she's about to fail her graduation exam.
The two swords were swept up in the torrent.
The vast magic transformed into a sky formed from blazing light.
Hedging!!!
The moment the two made contact, everything on the card table lost its color.
The Lord of Burning Souls cast the twenty-sided die of destiny.
Spinning, spinning endlessly...
15 PM
The moment you gain points, the counter-damage effect kicks in.
Demon King's cards were sent to the graveyard.
Looking at the only card on the table, the Burning Soul Master couldn't help but laugh, "Li Wei, it's over, you've lost."
“Lucivid is not dead. You relied on your power and your ‘trump card’, but in the end, all you got was a failed attempt.”
"Your sword of Damocles killed Lucifer once when he was unable to do anything about it."
"But now, unfortunately..."
The smoke cleared.
On the card table, Lushvid's cards were still there.
However, the card no longer has any special effects.
“Lucifer is an angel; he can survive death by abandoning his ego and his true self.”
"In other words, you give up the card effect in exchange for one chance to avoid death."
Li Wei did not respond. This was a matter of Lucifer's own ability, and even if he questioned it, it would be of no use. Based on the rules of the game, this was a fact.
He silently reached his hand towards the cemetery.
"Activate the special effect of [Shining Idol - Demon King]".
"I will choose one card from my graveyard and Special Summon it."
"As I said, you have already lost. The cards you Special Summoned have a special health bar display, and they will die after taking just one hit."
"Even without card effects, Lushvid is enough to deal you damage."
"No matter which card you draw, you lose."
Li Wei did not respond. When he revealed the card... it was the card of the first Demon King.
The exit was somewhat hasty, not as good as your old rival, Lionheart... but don't worry.
As Li Wei snapped up the card of the first Demon King, he also showed off the card that had just appeared in his hand.
An equipment card.
The Lord of Burning Souls' pupils trembled. "Gambler... Li Wei, you are truly a mad gambler!"
Li Wei shrugged. "After all, your game can evolve on its own."
"Why don't I take this opportunity to try more things?"
The Lord of Burning Silence questioned.
"You speak with righteous indignation, yet you gamble with half your lives."
“You’re gambling! If you fail, your path to salvation will be destroyed without a fight.”
Li Wei shook his head.
"My guess is based on facts."
The Lord of Burning Souls stared at him, "You found a way to kill me in the future?"
Li Wei reflected on the cycles of reincarnation he had experienced because of Jasmine, remaining noncommittal, "Who can know until the very end?"
Take a picture of the equipment card.
[Undefined permission]
The first Demon King, who reappeared, realized everything after witnessing the apocalyptic scene before him and his only enemy, Lucifer.
The final battle.
"I'm the last one!"
"Li Wei, you little brat... can I even do that?!"
One injury and you die?!
Oh my god!!!
I am powerful, but I am not powerful enough to beat the Demon without taking damage. Don't you remember how I died back then? If I could beat it without taking damage, would you have gender-swapped me and thrown me here?
"Hey, don't rush."
Li Wei's voice echoed in her mind.
"I'll just give you a cheat code."
A pure, clean crystal appeared before the first Demon King.
In an instant, the first Demon King realized what this was... the power of a goddess... no, it had none of the characteristics of a goddess, and its power was far greater.
It seems to be the essence of the goddess's power...
But how could it be a blank page?
"This is..."
Li Wei said, "Power."
"But what can I do..."
“Formatted by me, this authority belongs only to you. Define it, and win the victory,” Li Wei said.
The first Demon King knowingly extended his hand.
contact.
"Define it...a definition suitable for this moment, a definition that heralds victory..."
The first Demon King had already thought of it.
It belongs solely to him, and to their definition!
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