Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#131 - Chapter 131 What are you proud of?

In the distance, the faint roar of engines cutting through the air could be heard—the sound of fighter jets.

"It sounds like reinforcements have arrived."

"It's the sound of planes! Does this mean we can be saved?"

The hearts of the crowd beat faster, their shimmering eyes welling up with emotion.

In the darkness, any spark of light could stir the heart, even if it was unrealistic, even if it was about to be extinguished.

The vulture leader lowered its head. "The reinforcements arrived so quickly. Do you really think you can survive? You are always so naive.

Hopes dashed time and time again, and still you refuse to accept reality, still clinging to hope. How pathetic and laughable! Hahaha!"

The vulture leader's voice echoed across the arena, causing the dust on the ground to tremble at a specific frequency. The fear in people's eyes intensified, and the children were terrified and began to wail.

Liu Fushu straightened his back, his eyes fixed on the vulture leader. "What are you so proud of?"

His voice seemed to possess a special magic, not loud, yet soothing the many anxieties and unease like a spring breeze.

"Hmm?" A trace of surprise flashed in the vulture leader's eyes. "Your life and death are in my hands. Can't I be proud?"

Liu Fushu sneered. "We should be the proud ones. We are the winners. City 11 still stands, and its people are alive. You, on the other hand, are going to be buried here, so…

What is there for a complete loser like you, who has accomplished nothing, to be proud of? Li Chenqiu defeated you, everyone defeated you, you mangy beast!"

The vulture leader's pupils trembled, and a flame seemed to flicker in its bloodshot eyes. Its massive body trembled uncontrollably.

"Loser? I am the winner! Li Chenqiu lost, you all lost!" the vulture leader hissed, slowly spreading its right wing, casting a shadow that blocked out the light over everyone's heads.

"Ahhh—"

"Someone save me! Please, someone save me!"

"My mother is still in the hospital waiting for medical fees. How can I die here…?"

Liu Fushu, drawing strength from who knows where, leaned on the doorframe and stood up, shouting loudly, "Forgetting is the end of life! We will all be remembered! There's no need to be afraid!"

"Who will remember you ants? Everyone will only remember my power!"

The vulture leader's wings descended from the sky, and the roaring sound of compressed air echoed through the heavens.

Everyone closed their eyes in despair, waiting for death to arrive.

Bang!

At the critical moment, a sonic boom echoed from afar, and Li Chenqiu, like an unstoppable arrow, pierced through the night, shooting towards the vulture leader's location.

The vulture leader's keen senses seemed to detect something. Its movements faltered, and it turned its head to look in the direction of the sound. What came into view was a blurry, blood-colored figure.

The distance between man and beast was less than a few meters, and the two gazes collided directly.

The vulture leader's pupils dilated. "This…"

Li Chenqiu twisted his waist, and the curved, gleaming scythe lay like a dragon over his head.

By the time the vulture leader reacted and tried to dodge, it was already too late.

Li Chenqiu swung down with force, and the sharp scythe tore through the air, slashing at the vulture leader's jaw.

In the face of life and death, the vulture leader lowered its head, desperately trapping the scythe, preventing it from advancing.

Li Chenqiu's expression remained unchanged, the veins on his arm bulging as he gripped the scythe and pulled it back.

The vulture leader's massive body fell straight backward, and with a loud "Bang!", it crashed to the ground, creating a hundred-meter-deep crater.

After breaking through the Third Restriction, Li Chenqiu's physical strength was comparable to a Destiny's Chosen One who had just entered the Fifth Restriction. Although he was not as strong as the vulture leader, he could still unbalance it.

The moment the vulture leader fell, the shadows in the hall receded. When everyone opened their eyes, the scene before them was suddenly clear and bright, and moonlight once again fell on the tiles of the hall, dispelling the accumulated gloom.

"This… what's going on?"

"Why did the vulture fall? Did the reinforcements arrive?"

"Hey, why am I still alive?"

Everyone was stunned, looking around in disbelief.

Liu Fushu stood in front of the door, staring blankly at the sky.

"That scythe…" Liu Fushu muttered to himself, the hand holding the doorframe trembling slightly.

Li Chenqiu wasn't dead. He… he was still alive!

Hiding in the shadows, Ma Mian's mouth was slightly open, and the shock in his eyes seemed about to spill out in the next second.

"Holy crap… he just took it down in one hit???"

The audience in the live broadcast room was completely沸腾 (fèiténg, seething/boiling) after seeing this scene, and dense barrages filled the entire screen.

Fortunately, Ma Mian had sold the old phone to Zhuanzhuan (a second-hand trading platform) and replaced it with this 8849 titanium alloy phone, so he could broadcast smoothly without being kicked out due to too many barrages.

[Patrick Star: That… that's Li Chenqiu! He's not dead!!!]

[Lu Jiang Gao Qi Weak: Surviving is one thing, but how did he suddenly become so strong? Did he break through a restriction???]

[Optimist: Great, City 11 is saved! Heaven is helping us, helping Li Chenqiu!]

[Pessimist: This is unscientific, impossible! There must be something fishy going on, a conspiracy!]

At the same time, after seeing this scene, none of Li Shu and the others spoke, and the cabin was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Li Shu was the first to react, staring at the screen and saying, "Li Chenqiu is still holding on. There's still time!"

……

……

In the dust-filled crater, the blood纹 (wén, patterns) on the scythe were like eyes, opening and closing, flickering on and off.

Li Chenqiu gripped the scythe with both hands and pressed down with force, his dilapidated body swaying constantly in the wind.

At this time, the scythe had already cut into the vulture leader's neck, but could not advance any further.

The vulture leader stared wide-eyed at Li Chenqiu in disbelief.

Are you cheating? It's one thing that you didn't die, but you actually broke through a restriction on the spot? Isn't that unfair?

The vulture leader shouted in exasperation, "I don't believe I can't kill you!"

After saying that, the vulture leader used its jaw to clamp down on Ember's scythe, and at the same time, it swung its right wing to slap Li Chenqiu.

Seeing this, Li Chenqiu moved his mind, and the Ember that was stuck turned into a wisp of black smoke and returned to his finger.

Just as the right wing was about to fall, Li Chenqiu's body swayed, disappearing from the spot like a ghost.

Bang!

The vulture leader looked at the empty space beside it and became increasingly silent.

Where's the scythe that I clamped with my jaw???

It rolled over and stood up, looking at Li Chenqiu hundreds of meters away. "Good, good. Don't you like to run? Screech—"

The howl resounded through the sky, and a dense swarm of vultures swooped down towards the ground, surrounding Li Chenqiu.

The vulture leader raised its claws and stepped in front of Li Chenqiu, completely blocking his last escape route.