Chapter 457: Chapter 203: Beaten Up_3
More bizarrely, after the Black Belt hoists someone up, it only whips once, and then the Black Belt will automatically loosen. This doesn’t seem like fighting a monster; it’s more like teaching someone manners.
When Chu Qi heard Li Xiu tell him to bow, he was first stunned, then gritted his teeth, and actually made a thud sound as he knelt before the Demon Spirit, bowing directly to it.
As soon as he bowed, the Black Belt thrown by the Demon Spirit indeed did not bind him again. Taking advantage of the moment when the Black Belt flew back, Chu Qi burst up, his gloves on his fists emitting a black light, and punched a massive hole through the chest of the Demon Spirit.
Just now, he was really frustrated, and now he finally vented his pent-up anger, instantly feeling much relieved inside.
"Do you want to continue? If you want to, I tell you what to do, and we can split the items we get, how about that?" Li Xiu said with a smile.
Chu Qi nodded, agreeing to it, but in fact, he was more curious about what these Demon Spirits were all about, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
Li Xiu surprisingly knew how to deal with these Demon Spirits, and from his perspective, it was unrealistic for Li Xiu to casually reveal such secrets to him.
The two went up another level, and on this level, there were actually two Demon Spirits.
Chu Qi looked at Li Xiu, who took a glance at the two Demon Spirits and only said to Chu Qi:
"Bow to the left, bend to the right."
Only then did Chu Qi rush forward, directly sending the two Demon Spirits away with a combo bow and bend.
Li Xiu and Chu Qi, one directing, the other slaying Demon Spirits, continued charging to higher levels.
Most of the Demon Spirits in the tower were Flowing Color Demon Spirits; there were practically no ordinary Demon Spirits. Those killed before were all just D-level or C-level.
The further up they went, the more Demon Spirits there were, but the types were only bow, bend, and kowtow. After climbing over a dozen levels, they still didn’t find any other ceremonial Demon Spirits.
Although they were all Flowing Color Demon Spirits, the drop rate was still low. After killing dozens of Flowing Color Demon Spirits, they hadn’t even seen a single Talent Gemstone, let alone a Demon Spirit Ring.
Chu Qi was no fool. After killing so many Demon Spirits, he also noticed that the symbols on those Demon Spirits were slightly different, likely corresponding to bow, bend, and kowtow.
"Those symbols correspond to different etiquettes, right?" Chu Qi asked Li Xiu.
"Correct." Li Xiu nodded.
"You can actually understand these symbols!" Chu Qi didn’t feel proud for discovering the secret; instead, he admired Li Xiu even more.
"I can understand a little, and if you look at them enough, you can understand them too. Now you already understand these symbols, don’t you?" Li Xiu chuckled.
"That’s different. Without you, I would never have guessed the meaning of these symbols." Chu Qi said seriously, "You’ve discovered the real way to clear the Demon Tower and taught me how to kill these Demon Spirits. For me or even the whole White Night City, this is too important. With this knowledge, White Night City can hold onto Trial Takers in the future and cultivate its own Trial Takers. I should thank you on behalf of White Night City."
"What’s there to thank? White Night City shouldn’t care much about these, right?" Li Xiu replied with a laugh.
Chu Qi said helplessly, "Trial Takers are an unstoppable trend. Whether White Night City is willing to accept it or not, the future will be a stage for Magic Armor Masters and Trial Takers alike. It will be needed here sooner or later."
Li Xiu nodded and said, "If Chu Jun could inherit the City Lord position, Trial Takers would surely have a spot in White Night City in the future."
Chu Qi understood Li Xiu’s meaning and expressionlessly said, "The Master raised me; I am loyal only to him."
Li Xiu smiled and didn’t say anything more as they continued to ascend to higher levels.
"I can already understand the symbols; you don’t need to waste your breath. Let’s still split the items equally." Saying this, Chu Qi walked toward a group of seven or eight Demon Spirits with an imposing figure like a God of Slaughter ready to cleanse the battlefield.
Then he went up with a set of bowing, bending, and kneeling in a three-hit combo.
Ah!
Just after Chu Qi completed the three-hit combo, before he could get up, he was hoisted up, surrounded by the seven or eight Demon Spirits who mercilessly whipped him, driving him to scream in agony.
"Such a naive guy!" Seeing Chu Qi entangled by the Demon Spirits with no chance to come down, Li Xiu couldn’t help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
"What’s going on? Why doesn’t it work?" Chu Qi, while screaming, asked.
"You got the sequence wrong." Li Xiu explained, "Didn’t you see? One of the Demon Spirits has two types of symbols; you must make the gestures according to the sequence represented by the symbols, otherwise it won’t work."
"Why didn’t you say earlier!" Chu Qi said, tears streaming down his face.
"Didn’t you say you already recognized them? Besides, I hadn’t had time to say anything before you rushed in." Li Xiu laughed.
Chu Qi was frustrated to the point of almost spitting blood as he gritted his teeth and said, "There are too many Demon Spirits; I don’t even have the chance to unbind. You’ll have to handle it."
Li Xiu knew he couldn’t count on Chu Qi and had to take matters into his own hands.
Chu Qi watched Li Xiu approach, eyes wide as he waited for Li Xiu to perform the bow, bend, and kowtow combo. After all he put into bowing and bending along the way, it was Li Xiu’s turn.
Who would have thought that Li Xiu would stop walking toward him and directly summon the Black Death Demon King?
The Black Death Demon King summoned a horde of minions, and the seven or eight Demon Spirits’ Black Belts couldn’t ensnare them, and they were directly swarmed by the Black Death army.
"This... this works too..." Chu Qi watched, dumbfounded, realizing that all his bowing and kneeling were unnecessary; it was just a matter of having enough people.
"You’re at least an S-level Trial Taker. In the future, get more Demon Spirits; there’s no need to do everything yourself. A Trial Taker should behave like one." Li Xiu said with a smile, "If you want to buy Demon Spirits, the City of Light always welcomes you. I’ll give you a 20% discount."
"I’m not buying; I’ll kill Demon Spirits myself to get a Demon Spirit Ring." Chu Qi said through gritted teeth, "There’s no need to split today’s gains; you didn’t need me at all, so I can’t take the stuff."
"That’s not how it is. Just because I don’t need you now doesn’t mean I won’t need you later. There are still many levels above us. It’s like the saying goes, prepare soldiers for a thousand days to use them at a critical moment. We’ll split things as usual, and when I need you, just don’t let me down." Li Xiu pointed upward.