When Ye Dui woke up from his stupor, he found that the situation in the room was somewhat unusual. Gilga was standing nervously beside Debbie, the Joker Girl was standing in the distance, the room was still somewhat dim, but it could barely provide visibility.
Ye Dui’s gaze then fell on the old man who was standing beside Debbie.
This old man looked at least seventy or eighty years old. He was hunched over, his body thin and dry. When he straightened his body, Ye Dui was unsure how tall he actually was, but in his current state, he was just a little shorter than Debbie. He was wearing somewhat old and simple clothes, his face was covered in wrinkles, his hair was almost completely gone, his head was bald, with only three strands of white hair left at his temples and the back of his head. However, although his hair was already so sparse, it still stood stubbornly upright, making his appearance look somewhat comical.
His expression showed none of the kindness expected of an elderly person, giving off a feeling of being very unapproachable and ready to get angry at any moment. That could perhaps be described as the look of an old mischief-maker.
Ye Dui did not know who he was.
Seeing Ye Dui wake up, the Joker Girl shouted in some shock: “You, how did you wake up!? Impossible, my Joker Curse cannot even be resisted by demon instructors far more powerful than you in realm, how could you possibly resist my curse!”
As she spoke, Debbie almost simultaneously rushed to say to Ye Dui: “How did you take so long to come out!?”
“Sorry about that, it was just too refreshing, I couldn’t help but stay a little longer. Unfortunately, her invading thoughts didn’t even last long.” Ye Dui explained to Debbie. He looked at his chest, the Joker pattern had already disappeared without a trace, so he said to the Joker Girl with a bit of expectation, “How about you try mentally invading me again?”
The Joker Girl: “…”
Could you please respect my position a little?
Ye Dui sighed somewhat regretfully. He was actually just saying it casually. Since he had escaped the mental invasion, of course there was no reason to continue seeking invasion. That would be simply too disrespectful to the opponent. He turned his gaze to the skinny little old man and asked Debbie: “Who is this old man?”
“He is my ancestor, Sako Anduin.” Debbie leaned close to Ye Dui’s ear and whispered.
“Nani?” Ye Dui’s whole body trembled immediately, “You summoned him?”
“No.” Debbie lowered her voice and said, pointing at the Joker Girl, “The situation just now was a bit special. She wanted to steal the heroic spirit away, I simply couldn’t resist her plundering. But she had a loose tongue, and the ancestor heroic spirit returned to my side because of that.”
“…Loose tongue.” Ye Dui’s expression looked somewhat amused. While he was talking to Debbie, the little old man had been sizing Ye Dui up and down, not sure what he was thinking. At this moment, the Joker Girl finally couldn’t hold back anymore. She took off the mask on her face and shouted loudly: “Sako Anduin, my ancestor, please become my heroic spirit. Only I can bring out your greatest power. I think you must also desire your greatness to return to the world. I can help you achieve your wish.”
Sako Anduin turned his head and glanced at the Joker Girl: “No, I don’t like you, you little kid, you’re so fierce.” As he said this, he shuffled closer to Debbie’s side, as if deliberately trying to annoy the Joker Girl by showing special closeness to Debbie.
The Joker Girl’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant: “I am more powerful than Debbie!”
“So what?” Sako widened his eyes and looked at the Joker Girl, “Heroic spirits are summoned precisely to enhance the host’s power. Do you think heroic spirits choose hosts based on whether the host is powerful? Moreover…” Sako’s voice paused for a moment, “Who told you that you are stronger than Debbie?”
The Joker Girl’s eyebrows raised. She seemed to think that Sako’s words were an insult to her, saying she was not even as strong as Debbie!? She said in an icy voice: “I will prove that I am stronger than Debbie. I will kill her. Sako Anduin, you are destined to become my heroic spirit.”
Debbie was also hot-tempered. She could sense the woman’s contempt for her in the Joker Girl’s words and couldn’t help but say: “Liya, your understanding of heroic spirits is too superficial. Heroic spirits choose their hosts themselves. Even if you kill me, you cannot obtain my heroic spirit!”
“The one with a superficial understanding of heroic spirits is you. My mental power is stronger than yours. No heroic spirit can escape my enslavement. There is no heroic spirit I cannot obtain!” The Joker Girl said coldly.
“Heroic spirits are not obtained by force. Forming a contract with a heroic spirit requires establishing an equal friendly relationship. Heroic spirits are the summoner’s partners, not tools. Forcing them does not bring out their strongest power!” Debbie said angrily.
“Friends? Hmph, to me, heroic spirits are just weapons and tools in the hands of the summoner. If they cannot exert their strongest power, then destroy them. It’s their own fault for courting destruction!” The Joker Girl clenched her palm and said, “Debbie, you should have died more than sixty years ago. Without you, the ancestor Joker heroic spirit would have been mine long ago! I must kill you today!”
“I am known as a genius girl. Do you think it’s that easy to kill me?” Debbie snorted coldly and said.
“Genius? What kind of genius are you? Just a pampered young lady of the family who is flattered by others. You’re no different from that Denny! And I have better talent than you. My understanding of summoning power is far beyond what you can compare to!”
The Joker Girl was now completely furious. She looked at Sako with an evil cold smile on her face: “Sako Anduin, although you have been summoned now, Debbie originally did not have the ability to summon you. You were pulled out from the summoning gate because of me, so you do not have sufficient power at the moment. Therefore, as long as I kill you, I can forcibly claim you for myself!”
“Heroic spirit plundering!” Debbie said through gritted teeth. Seeing Ye Dui’s puzzled gaze, she explained, “The contract between a heroic spirit and its host can be forcibly broken or plundered. For example, in battle, if you defeat the opponent’s heroic spirit, you can use a certain evil summoner trick to seize the opponent’s heroic spirit contract for yourself. This is an extremely evil method among summoners, which itself causes great harm to the heroic spirit. It is highly likely to greatly diminish the heroic spirit’s abilities or even cause it to dissipate directly. It is regarded as a forbidden technique among summoners.”
For summoners, the existence of heroic spirits is crucial. Summoners usually treat heroic spirits with great respect, viewing them as friends. Even enemy heroic spirits, they would not deliberately do things that harm the heroic spirit’s origin. But heroic spirit plundering damages the heroic spirit’s own power itself, which is an area that most summoners would not touch.
But the Joker Girl obviously had no such底线.
As she spoke, a black cave appeared beside her. From inside it, a black figure slowly walked out. It was a terrifying and tall figure, appearing humanoid, but giving the feeling more like a ferocious beast.
Its body was covered in coiled muscles, with black skin, and irregular protrusions and bone spikes. It was densely wrapped in chains, holding a huge black battle axe in its hand. Behind it followed a thick and slender tail. Its head was one-third human and seven-thirds beast-like, making its entire image seem like a collection of nightmares, a terrifying creature born from the most frightening nightmares!
“This is my most powerful fantasy creature, the Hell Guardian!” The Joker Girl shouted loudly, “It is an evil existence I nurtured from the endless nightmares of those cursed residents in Joker Town!”
Although this woman was now standing on the opposite side of Ye Dui, he had to sigh that her talent was indeed top-tier. Various kinds of fantasy creatures were simply innumerable. This morning, Ye Dui had been able to push her to a dead end, which seemed entirely because she had been too careless at the time. If she went all out, it would not be easy for Ye Dui to take her down.
“Kill him!” The Joker Girl shouted shrilly.
The summoned Hell Guardian let out a roar from its mouth, and with heavy steps, it immediately strode towards Sako.
Gilga and Ye Dui immediately assumed vigilant combat postures.
However, Sako casually waved his hand: “What a rude little kid, showing no respect at all to me, this ancestor. It seems I must give her a lesson. You all step back, let me handle it! Even without my full power now, I am not something a low-level fantasy creature like this can defeat!”
As he said this, he walked towards the Hell Guardian with a very calm demeanor.
His stature was truly too short, appearing utterly pitiful in front of the Hell Guardian, but at this moment, his aura was extremely powerful. Debbie and Ye Dui immediately showed expressions of expectation.
Sako lifted his head and said coldly and arrogantly to the Hell Guardian: “Little fellow, you…”
Boom!
The Hell Guardian was clearly not the kind of heroic spirit that could engage in conversation. Before Sako could finish his words, it swung the battle axe in its hand and smashed it onto Sako’s body. In the next moment, Sako’s body was smashed hard into the wall beside him, collapsing the entire wall to the ground.
The expressions of Ye Dui, Debbie, and Gilga instantly stiffened: “…”
Crash, the sound of broken bricks rang out. The somewhat disheveled little old man crawled out from the pile of rubble.
Although somewhat disheveled, he seemed to have suffered no serious injuries.
Ye Dui and Debbie exchanged a glance, both with somewhat strange expressions. Ye Dui thought of something and quickly aimed his magic guidebook’s camera at Sako, activating the camera’s detection ability to see clearly how many points this old man had.
And the result…
“5…”
This boastful old man was actually a slag with a combat power of five?
“What a rude fellow, didn’t you see I still had words to say?” He roared angrily from his mouth, waving his fists as he prepared to charge towards the Hell Guardian. But after taking just a few steps, his foot suddenly stepped on a broken brick, and his body slammed to the ground with a snap.
Ye Dui, Debbie, and Gilga once again: “…”
“I fell on purpose, this is the Anduin family’s Joker trick: fake fall!” Sako shouted from the ground.
“Uh…” Ye Dui suddenly remembered that when Denny first appeared before them, she had pulled off something similar… Could this really be a traditional trick of the Anduin family? How could he not believe it at all…
Sako got up from the ground again and noticed the completely stiffened looks of Ye Dui, Debbie, and Gilga. He immediately said angrily: “What’s wrong with you kids nowadays, no sense of humor at all!?”
This wasn’t a matter of sense of humor, okay…
Seeing the Hell Guardian swing its battle axe and charge up again, Ye Dui’s expression changed in surprise. He immediately prepared for battle. The current Sako seemed to have no power. He was not summoned by Debbie, so he could not borrow Debbie’s magic power. Moreover, the power he originally possessed had been absorbed quite a bit by the Joker Girl using those ancestor relics. Now, he seemed to be just an old man, at most a bit tough…
However, what happened in the next moment once again shattered Ye Dui’s worldview.
His gaze was still fixed on the screen of the magic guidebook. In that instant, he detected that Sako’s points began to rise rapidly: 5… 10… 100… 1000!
Bang. His seemingly old and shriveled palm stretched out and caught the Hell Guardian’s black battle axe just like that. The sharp axe blade fell on his fair palm, yet it could not harm his palm in the slightest.
Boom!
His other hand punched out.
The Hell Guardian suddenly disintegrated on the spot, vanishing into smoke.
Ye Dui: “The Anduin family… is just so full of surprises!”
