Who exactly is Qingque?
In Levi's original view, she might not have even counted as a person.
It was only now that Levi realized something he had been overlooking all along.
Qingque, she is actually a person.
Levi's expression turned serious.
Actually, to be precise, Qingque is like Stelle, Kiana, Asta, and the others, tools who can provide him with commissions.
Relying on the system's abilities, as long as Qingque herself isn't too trash, this handful of Mara-struck creatures wouldn't even be enough for him to kill.
"Are you willing to trust me, Qingque?"
"Didn't I already say it?" Qingque stared at the Mara-struck rushing toward them at high speed, terror written all over her face.
"You tell me what you're going to do first, then I'll decide whether to trust you!"
Even in such a critical situation, her stance still didn't change.
If he didn't say it, she wouldn't believe it.
"Tsk~"
Levi clicked his tongue in annoyance. "You've completely ruined the mood!"
Because he had already found a solution, he was no longer as panicked as before. Looking at the Mara-struck in front of him, his expression was calm.
Faced with Levi's posture, combined with the power they had just witnessed from him...
If it were ordinary people, they would probably suspect a trap.
They would stop where they were and not dare move forward.
But those present were not ordinary people. In fact, whether they were even human was questionable.
During the pursuit, the most primal desire for slaughter in their bodies had been awakened.
Their self-awareness had been squeezed to the extreme; it could be said that only instinct remained.
Without consciousness, there was naturally no thinking about whether Levi's behavior was a trap.
Naturally, there was no fear.
The charge continued.
The Disciple of the Sanctum Medicus who had first noticed that Levi was forcing himself sensed something was off, but swept along by the crowd, she had no choice but to keep charging toward him.
'I hope it's just an illusion…'
Watching the group of Mara-struck draw closer and closer, Levi knew he couldn't drag this out any longer.
He glanced at Qingque hiding behind him, clearly, she wasn't going to cooperate by saying the word "trust."
Levi stopped asking and dragged her from behind to the front.
Seeing herself shoved to the front, Qingque immediately started struggling. "What are you doing?!"
Not running was one thing, but now he wanted to use her as a human shield?
At that moment, two arms passed by her temples and wrapped around her neck.
Levi's head rested on Qingque's shoulder, the warm breath he exhaled brushing against her ear.
'Warm, a little itchy.'
"Didn't you want to know what I'm going to do? Then I'll tell you now…"
"Hand your body… over to me."
"..."
Qingque froze on the spot.
'What is this? Even if you're confessing, this isn't the time to confess, right?'
They're about to die, what's the point?
Looking at Levi's side profile, Qingque suddenly really wanted to ask, 'Where were you earlier?!'
Suddenly snapping out of it, she felt a sharp pain in her waist. Levi's voice rang out by her ear again.
"Are you agreeing or not?! If you don't, we'll both die here!"
Levi pulled one arm back and fiercely pinched the soft flesh at Qingque's waist, the pain twisting her face.
"I agree, I agree, I agree… I agree! Hurry up and let go of me!"
'Seriously! Like agreeing is going to magically get someone to save us or something?!'
'In this situation, isn't death still unavoidable?!'
[Ding! Commission, Eliminate the Disciple of the Sanctum Medicus on the Divination Array!]
[Reward: Qingque]
[Client: Qingque]
[Accept commission?]
[Yes or No]
Seeing Qingque's commission pop up in the system, Levi's tightly wound heart finally relaxed again.
He glanced at her, a bit speechless. He really couldn't understand how, at a moment like this, she could still space out.
But this also confirmed that something had gone wrong with Stelle's commission and it hadn't been successfully accepted.
Otherwise, the system wouldn't have triggered Qingque's commission.
Of course, even without triggering a commission, Levi still had a backup plan.
It was just that this backup plan… at most would only allow Qingque alone to leave the Divination Commission alive. As for himself, whether he could get out alive was uncertain.
So this system and chat group bug was actually a good thing for Levi.
"Yes!"
Without carefully checking the commission details, Levi decisively accepted it.
Under Qingque's gaze, Levi's body turned into light and gradually merged into her body.
Then her body started moving on its own.
'What's going on?!'
"!!!"
'Why isn't my voice making any sound?!'
'This scene feels like I've heard of it somewhere before…'
In her consciousness, Qingque's eyes went wide. 'I'm possessed by a Heliobi!'
Then she realized something else. 'Levi is a Heliobi disguised as a human!'
"Shut up, Qingque!"
"You're being too loud, you're hurting my eyes!"
That line didn't quiet Qingque down. Instead, her voice grew even louder.
'!!! Why can you make Lady Fu Xuan's voice?!'
"This is your voice. It's just that the tone happens to be rather similar."
Levi looked at the Disciple in front of him, his eyes full of calm.
Seeing the Disciple still charging forward, Levi sighed. "The Xianzhou has an old saying, 'The road to heaven lies open, yet you refuse it; hell has no gate, yet you walk right in.'"
'Does the Xianzhou even have a saying like that?'
"Qingque, shut up!"
After that, Levi focused entirely on the present. Watching the blade thrust toward him, his gaze remained calm.
He stood still, without making any movement.
By the time even Qingque was starting to panic, Levi finally moved.
His steps were light as he sidestepped, the blade grazing precisely past his chest.
Then, with a gentle tap of his finger on the blade, he caused it to shift just a tiny bit off course.
Seeing this, as if he had noticed something, the corners of Levi's mouth lifted.
"The living path is cut off, the gate of death stands open. I wish you all the best!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished.
And in the very next second after he disappeared, countless shrill screams rang out one after another among the Disciple.
Bright red blood quickly spread across the Divination Array.
Some people regained their consciousness, collapsed on the ground, struggling to escape, only to be accidentally killed by other Disciple moments later.
If everyone dies by accident, then it's no longer an accident.
Dan Shu understood this very well.
Lying on the ground, she looked toward the green-clad girl who had appeared outside the crowd.
Noticing her gaze, Levi said calmly, "This seat already warned you, turn back and you could live. If you refuse to listen, that's your own affair."
All these people died by accident. What does that have to do with him, an onlooker just eating melon and watching the show?
Even if the Cloud Knights arrived, they wouldn't be able to find a trace of him taking action.
"Then why are they attacking each other?"
Dan Shu struggled to point at the remaining Disciple not far away who were still fighting each other, unable to stop herself from asking.
If it has nothing to do with him, then why are they attacking their own people?
They must have been controlled by him using some unknown method!
"Because they are Mara-struck."
Levi answered as if it were obvious. Dan Shu froze.
She looked at the Disciple still slaughtering each other in the distance.
Yes… because they are Mara-struck…
"Those who fall into Mara have their six senses overturned, all human bonds lost."
"This scene is precisely what the Mara-struck are meant to be like. Though you use secret arts to maintain your consciousness, one day you too will step into this same state."
"That's impossible!" Dan Shu cried out emotionally. "This is the immortal body granted to us by the Medicine King!"
Without any training, she already possessed strength comparable to the Cloud Knights.
Her regenerative ability was even more astonishing.
"As long as we maintain this form, as long as our faith is devout enough! One day! The Medicine King will descend upon the Luofu again and grant us true immortality!"
"..."
'That brainwashing really went deep…'