My Monster-Derived Skills Are the True Power
Chapter 46: Xiang Li Has Gone Mad

How exactly did a demon artifact take over someone’s body?

Did it depend on the amount of demonic energy? Or was it based on the demon hunter’s willpower?

Li Ye once again thought about the restrictions set by the Demon Hunting Bureau, then smirked and asked, "Badge, what exactly determines the growth of your demonic energy? Is it really about matching your host’s nature and expanding your influence in the world?"

The Demon Hunting Bureau had told him that activating demonic energy required aligning with the artifact’s attributes—but the whole part about worldwide influence?

That was something he made up himself, just to push the badge’s abilities to the limit.

"I don’t know," the team badge replied. "I’ve lost a lot of my memories. But judging by how quickly my demonic energy is growing, you might be right. You’re doing a great job..."

"What about that glove?" Li Ye asked. "It’s been in this world for over two years, but only the royal family knows about it. It shouldn’t have much worldwide influence.

So, does that mean it’s still weak?"

"That’s possible," the badge responded excitedly. "We can test it out! If we devour it and then consume the dragon, we’ll have no threats left in this world."

"Yeah… If we devour them, there’ll be no threats left," Li Ye sighed.

"This world is too weak. I’ve easily reached this level. Life is just too lonely when you’re this powerful..."

Since he now suspected that losing oneself was just another word for possession, Li Ye needed to reinforce the idea that this world was boring in the badge’s mind.

If this thing got too strong, it might try to possess him next.

After a moment of silence, the badge chuckled, "So, are you worried that if I cut off my connection to the Demon Suppression Tower, you won’t be able to return?"

Sh*t.

It was growing too fast!

Li Ye cursed inwardly but replied calmly, "How could that be? I trust you, Badge. If I didn’t, why would I go all out to help you grow?"

"Relax," the badge snorted. "Even you think this world is weak. There’s no way I’d stay here.

I’ve already figured out how to develop my own abilities. No matter how stupid the next Temporal Walker is, I can guide them to success.

One day, I’ll find a world that suits me. So just focus on helping me grow, and I won’t keep you trapped here."

"Great!" Li Ye laughed, pretending to be enthusiastic.

But deep down, he had already decided—

Once they took down the other two demonic energies, he would stop helping the badge grow.

If he had time left, he would stall completely.

Because at this point, he had no way to stop it from taking over.

Just a few months ago, he was an ordinary person. Even now, he was still a new Temporal Walker with very little knowledge about demon artifacts.

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That Same Day

Li Ye participated in the match against Qingcheng Sect.

With his current abilities, even without using demonic energy, he could crush Qingcheng Sect effortlessly.

But for the sake of the game, he suppressed his strength.

Instead of playing seriously, he acted more like a coach, letting his team members take most of the hits.

Shi Xiang made a solo charge, but his ball got stolen.

Without hesitation, Li Ye kicked him three meters away.

"What the hell was that?! Liu Guangsheng was wide open! Why didn’t you pass to him?!"

"Fan Jie! You missed a one-on-one shot?! If your leg doesn’t work, just cut it off and get a new one!"

---

Today, Li Ye seemed especially irritable.

Before the first half even ended, he had scolded every player on the team, and half of them had broken bones.

Since they needed time to recover, all of the substitute players got to play.

Then, the substitutes got destroyed too.

But despite being abused, every single player in the Fun Seekers Club was ecstatic.

Because they felt it again—

The same power surge they had experienced when fighting Murong Kaixin.

There was no doubt about it—Li Ye was using some secret technique to boost their strength.

It was a win-win.

And so—

Even though Li Ye didn’t play in the second half, the Fun Seekers Club still dominated like a pack of wild beasts.

By the end of the match, they had crushed Qingcheng Sect with a 12-3 victory.

---

Using his Derived Skill, Li Ye’s stats had increased nearly twentyfold.

But something was strange.

Once his attributes increased tenfold, they stopped growing.

His perception range capped at fifty miles.

His strength maxed out at lifting twenty-ton boulders.

No matter what he did, he couldn’t push it further.

The only thing still improving was his inner energy, which was slowly condensing from gas into liquid.

Did the human body have a limit?

If so, then bringing this skill back to Earth would be useless.

Or was this just a bottleneck?

If he could break through, would his physical power keep increasing?

After the match, Li Ye tested his strength.

Casually tossing a massive boulder into the air, he frowned.

"Only twenty tons?" he muttered.

"That’s way too weak. I can’t even lift a blue whale. This isn’t normal..."

Little did he know—

Nearby, Huai Yi and the others were completely stunned.

Grandmasters were said to be able to split rivers and shatter mountains, but that was just legend.

They could break boulders, sure, but they couldn’t just throw them around like toys.

Seeing this, Huai Yi clapped enthusiastically.

"Congratulations, Li Ye! Your power has advanced once again!"

"Far from it," Li Ye sighed, shaking his head.

"In my prime, I could punch a planet apart.

Now, I still struggle to throw a tiny rock like this.

I don’t know how long it’ll take to get back to my peak..."

"Patience, Li Ye," Yu Hai reassured him.

"Immortals live forever—there will be plenty of time to recover."

At that moment, Li Ye turned to the middle-aged man standing beside Wei Mingze.

"And who is this?" he asked.

"Li Ye, this is His Majesty, the Emperor of Chu Kingdom," Wei Mingze hurriedly introduced.

Xiang Ying stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"I, Xiang Ying, greet Li Ye."

Having seen the supernatural power of the players and Li Ye’s strength, Xiang Ying had already fully accepted the idea of higher civilizations.

He wouldn’t dare act arrogantly.

"You’re here for Soul Devourer, aren’t you?" Li Ye asked.

"Soul Devourer?" Xiang Ying was momentarily stunned.

"The glove that Xiang Li obtained—that’s my weapon," Li Ye explained.

"If I’m not mistaken, he’s already been consumed by it, hasn’t he?"

Xiang Ying’s entire body stiffened.

His carefully planned countermeasures felt like a joke.

The thing he relied on the most… was just Li Ye’s discarded weapon?

And Li Ye even knew that Xiang Li had been corrupted?

Realizing how powerless he was, Xiang Ying immediately bowed deeply.

"Sir, please save my royal brother.

As you predicted, he has succumbed to Soul Devourer.

He is consumed by bloodlust and can barely be contained.

If you can free him, Chu Kingdom will support you completely…"

Holy sh*t.

What the hell was going on?!

Had Xiang Li been possessed or not?!

Did demonic energy really make people lose their minds?

Before Li Ye could process it all, a blood-soaked soldier staggered into the room, collapsing to his knees.

"Your Majesty!" he cried desperately.

"Prince Xiang Li has gone mad—he’s slaughtering everyone in the capital!"