Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 552 - 315: Soul Splitting Slash

"The story begins three months ago." Wei Long looked at the Shocking God Stab beside Lu Yu and steadied his mind before speaking.

In his current state, he really couldn't withstand many attacks. Appearing in front of Lu Yu, he had already taken a great risk.

If it weren't for him realizing that Lu Yu had sensed his presence, he would never have risked appearing before Lu Yu. If he had to appear, he would have chosen to appear before someone else.

After all, persuading someone who has never met you is much harder than convincing someone who knows you.

"Three months ago?" Lu Yu felt a stir in his heart but did not interrupt and listened quietly.

"Three months ago, I was leading the Qingpeng team on an external battlefield mission. During the mission, I was unexpectedly caught in a space rift and ended up here."

"But now it seems that the appearance of the space rift was not accidental. The other side might have been watching me for a long time, though I don't know when it started." Wei Long said.

"When I arrived here, I discovered this abandoned castle. Since it would be hard to return, I couldn't just leave empty-handed, so I broke down the door and entered the castle."

"For safety's sake, I left used Spirit Stones on the ground as landmarks to avoid getting lost in the castle."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu suddenly realized that it was Wei Long who had broken the door and left the Spirit Stone markers. If he was indeed Wei Long, then all this happened three months ago.

"Later, I made my way to the deepest part of the castle, in the upper castle, where I found a lot of treasures and six crystal pools filled with thick Spiritual Qi."

"At that time, I believed it was an abandoned castle, so I wasn't too cautious and entered the crystal pools to absorb the Spiritual Qi inside."

"But unexpectedly, after entering the crystal pools, I lost control of my body, which was forcibly taken by a monster hidden in the castle, and my soul was also stripped away."

"After that, the monster disappeared inside the castle with my body. I could only wander in the castle in the form of a Soul Body. There is a special power within the castle's structures that helps stabilize my soul, but I cannot leave the castle; as soon as I leave, my soul will be affected by strange forces and mutate."

"I've always been trying to contact others, to find someone to rescue me. Even if I can't be saved, at least the message about the monster impersonating me should be spread." Wei Long said.

"Then what happened, you more or less know. I saw Lin Qingqing appear near the castle, and I was very excited. I used up most of my strength just to barely let her see what I looked like."

"But to my surprise, after she entered the castle, she was targeted by the monsters inside, and I realized that there was more than one monster in the castle. Later, I saw Wei Long enter the castle."

"I knew then that Lin Qingqing was deliberately lured by him, and I appeared beside Lin Qingqing several times, trying to warn her to leave."

"However, the monsters in the castle were watching her, so I couldn't get too close, because they have the ability to sense souls. I could only continuously hint at her."

"But what I didn't expect was that all of you actually came in, and you mistook me for a monster, taking the real Wei Long as your companion."

"I couldn't contact the others because they were all being watched by the monsters. Fortunately, I discovered that you have an extremely keen sense of soul awareness, able to detect my existence."

"That's why I took this opportunity to appear before you." Wei Long said.

After Lu Yu listened to Wei Long, he recalled the scene he had seen in the upper castle. At that time, there were 5 crystal pools inside the castle, not the 6 that Wei Long mentioned.

However, this is the home ground of the Magus Tribe. If the other side wanted to hide a used possession pool, it wouldn't be difficult.

But Lu Yu still couldn't fully trust Wei Long. Although what he said matched Lu Yu's recent experiences closely, it couldn't rule out the possibility that he was lying.

"How can you prove you are the real Wei Long?" Lu Yu looked at him and asked.

The Shocking God Stab beside Lu Yu had already dissipated, allowing Wei Long to breathe a sigh of relief and stabilize his mind further.

"You are a new member of the Qingpeng team, so you might not know much about my things. Since that's the case, I can only prove my identity through my actions." Wei Long said.

He looked seriously at Lu Yu and said, "I know where the key command for Butler Wolf is..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu was a bit surprised and asked, "Where is it?"

Wei Long said, "On the thirteenth floor, there's a secret passage leading to the control center of the Magus puppets. Butler Wolf's key command is stored there."

Seeing Lu Yu's expression, Wei Long quickly explained, "Don't worry, I'm not deceiving you into the monster's lair. There are no monsters there. I discovered that place inadvertently while roaming the castle in my Soul Body."

"The monsters aren't in the castle; they're somewhere else. I can't enter there. They might be hiding from something, only able to leave after obtaining a body."

Lu Yu recalled what Chen Qingyun had told him: the Magus Tribe was once a powerful empire, but they were exterminated after provoking the Evil God, leaving only a few survivors hiding in remote corners of the external battlefield, barely clinging to life.

Those Magus Tribe survivors might be hiding from the Evil God or those they once enslaved who have since become their predators.