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

#206 - Chapter 206 You are a beast

"How is it?" Xiang Nanzhi asked, her face full of curiosity.

Li Chenqiu frowned. After a few seconds of silence, he said in a deep voice, "I feel..."

"Feel what?" Xiang Nanzhi moved closer.

Li Chenqiu opened his eyes. "I feel the air is a bit humid."

Xiang Nanzhi: (•_•)?

"You... you spent so long feeling, and all you felt was that the air is a bit humid?"

"And a bit salty," Li Chenqiu added.

Xiang Nanzhi's forehead was covered in black lines. "Isn't that the same as not feeling anything?"

Li Chenqiu nodded. "It's because I couldn't feel anything that I was silent for so long."

Xiang Nanzhi pursed her lips. "You..."

Li Chenqiu looked down at the small black boat and said, "Forget it, things will eventually work out. When the time comes, we'll know what this thing is for."

Li Chenqiu pulled down his sleeves and picked up his backpack from the ground. "I'm going to eat blood vine fruit. Go play by yourself!"

As if thinking of something, Xiang Nanzhi grabbed Li Chenqiu's shoulder. "By the way, where's your blood vine fruit?"

Li Chenqiu reached into his backpack and took out a blood vine fruit. "It's in the bag."

"This..." Xiang Nanzhi's eyes widened. "That's not right. Isn't the backpack already empty? Where did you conjure this blood vine fruit from?"

"It was in the backpack. You just didn't look carefully."

Li Chenqiu smiled and patted Xiang Nanzhi's shoulder, then turned and walked to the bow of the boat, leaving Xiang Nanzhi standing there in a daze.

Xiang Nanzhi rubbed her eyes and muttered to herself, "Could there be something wrong with my eyes?"

...

The sea breeze gently caressed, and the sails rippled in the wind.

Li Chenqiu sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, arranging the six blood vine fruits neatly in front of him.

"Hoo~"

Li Chenqiu took a deep breath, reached out, picked up a blood vine fruit, and took a bite.

Crunch—

The sweet fruit exploded in his mouth in an instant, sliding down his throat into his chest, and then into his stomach.

Immediately afterward, a warm current spread to his limbs.

At that moment, Li Chenqiu felt as if he was soaking in a hot spring. His body was warm and comfortable, and an indescribable sense of refreshment rushed straight to the top of his head, causing goosebumps to appear on the surface of his skin.

Xiang Nanzhi crossed her arms and slowly walked over. "Doesn't it feel very comfortable?"

"Yeah," Li Chenqiu responded.

Xiang Nanzhi's eyebrows curved. "Blood vine fruit is indeed very comfortable at first, but when the energy in the fruit spreads to the limbs, it will widen the blood vessels and temper the bones and muscles. That taste... tsk tsk tsk."

Speaking of this, Xiang Nanzhi shook her head.

Li Chenqiu asked calmly, "Will it hurt a lot?"

"I once used other methods to strengthen my body. I almost fainted from the pain at the time. This blood vine fruit strengthens even more thoroughly than my method. Think for yourself how painful it will be."

As she spoke, Xiang Nanzhi tore off a piece of her prison uniform and handed it to Li Chenqiu. "Bite on this. Don't disturb my ears."

"No need, it's just pain."

Li Chenqiu shook his head. After saying that, he closed his eyes and ignored Xiang Nanzhi.

"Okay, okay!" Xiang Nanzhi stuffed the piece of cloth into her pocket. "Even if you beg me later, I won't give you this piece of cloth."

Time passed by, and Li Chenqiu finished eating the first blood vine fruit.

Just as he was about to reach for the second blood vine fruit, his arm suddenly stopped in mid-air, and his relaxed brows furrowed.

Li Chenqiu closed his eyes, maintaining this posture, and remained motionless for a long time.

Xiang Nanzhi squatted down and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be quite tolerant. If it hurts, shout it out loud. I'm not an outsider. I won't laugh at you, will I?"

Li Chenqiu didn't speak.

As Xiang Nanzhi said, he was indeed in a lot of pain.

The feeling was like countless small insects squeezing into his body, gnawing at his flesh and bones. Waves of stinging pain were like needles piercing into his head, stimulating his nerves.

Seeing that Li Chenqiu didn't speak for a long time, Xiang Nanzhi frowned and shook his shoulder. "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you yelling or moving?"

As she spoke, Xiang Nanzhi took out the piece of cloth from her pocket and handed it to Li Chenqiu's mouth. "Come on, bite on this quickly!"

Li Chenqiu still didn't respond.

Is this guy going to be killed by the pain?!

Thinking of this, Xiang Nanzhi's face turned pale instantly, and she patted Li Chenqiu's face. "Hey, if you're not dead, say something. If you don't say anything, I'll... I'll..."

Xiang Nanzhi turned her head to look at the blood vine fruit placed on the ground. "I'll take your blood vine fruit and sell it, you..."

"What are you going to sell?"

Li Chenqiu opened his eyes and slowly raised his head.

The sudden sound startled Xiang Nanzhi.

She twisted her neck, and when she saw Li Chenqiu's calm face, her pupils trembled. "You..."

"What's wrong?" Li Chenqiu raised an eyebrow.

Xiang Nanzhi's Adam's apple rolled down. "Are you okay?"

Li Chenqiu asked, "What could be wrong with me?"

Xiang Nanzhi narrowed her eyes and sized up Li Chenqiu from head to toe. "Doesn't it hurt?"

"It hurts," Li Chenqiu nodded. "But I can still bear it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chenqiu grabbed the second blood vine fruit and ate it expressionlessly.

Xiang Nanzhi, who was on the side, opened her mouth slightly as if she had seen something unbelievable.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Chenqiu said as he ate.

Xiang Nanzhi asked incredulously, "Don't you have any pain receptors?"

Li Chenqiu's lips curled up. "How could I not have any pain receptors?"

Xiang Nanzhi pointed at Li Chenqiu's nose and asked, "Then... then why don't you have any reaction?"

"Didn't I already say that I can still bear it?" Li Chenqiu grabbed the third blood vine fruit and ate it.

Xiang Nanzhi covered her mouth. "You're a beast!"

Before long, Li Chenqiu had eaten all six blood vine fruits.

He stood up, and the bones all over his body made a crisp "crackling" sound like firecrackers, and a faint blood mist floated out from under his clothes.

"How is it?" Xiang Nanzhi asked.

"Not bad," Li Chenqiu smiled and clenched his fist, swinging it forward.

Whoosh—

A swift gust of wind howled out, causing Li Chenqiu and Xiang Nanzhi's clothes to rustle.

"All my functions have improved," Li Chenqiu said with a smile, retracting his fist.

His previous physical strength was only at the beginning stage of the Fifth Restriction, but after swallowing the blood vine fruit, he was probably a strong person in the Fifth Restriction, not to mention after adding his abilities.

"If I raise myself to the peak of the Third Restriction, I wonder what that scene would be like," Li Chenqiu looked up into the distance.

...

The sea was boundless, and the ghost ship sailed day and night. Three days passed in a flash.

On the deck, Li Chenqiu and Xiang Nanzhi sat facing each other, with a game board of Ludo between them.

"Don't roll a four, don't roll a four!" Xiang Nanzhi put her hands together, looking at Li Chenqiu nervously.

Li Chenqiu smiled speechlessly and threw the dice in his hand casually.

Under their gaze, the dice landed on "4".