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

#331 - Chapter 330 Slow Speed

White clouds drifted lazily, and the wilderness was as desolate as ever.

Glug glug—

A sound like boiling water came from underground, growing louder and clearer until it reached a critical point.

Rumble—

The flat ground split open to both sides, and Li Chenqiu, holding Lu Xiancong with one arm, leaped out from underground, landing steadily on the ground.

Feeling the cool wind on his face, Lu Xiancong shook his head desperately, making "ah wu, ah wu" sounds, as if trying to say something.

However, Li Chenqiu, anxious to escape, didn't pay attention to this. He cautiously looked around, and then with a thought, summoned Huang Jianhua from the Ember.

"Master!"

Huang Jianhua respectfully lowered his head.

"Run in this direction!"

Saying that, Li Chenqiu jumped up and lay down on Huang Jianhua's back with Lu Xiancong.

"Yes, sir!"

Huang Jianhua hugged Li Chenqiu's thighs with both hands, and with a move of his feet, disappeared from the spot with a "whoosh", kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Li Chenqiu leaned back slightly, leaving a relatively spacious space for Lu Xiancong, who was squeezed in the middle.

"Er wa wu wu..."

Lu Xiancong lowered his head, uttering indistinct and stammering sounds against the wind.

Li Chenqiu frowned and looked down at the Ember: "Li Xuan You, among the Soul Soldiers, does anyone have the ability to let me understand what Professor Lu is saying?"

"Master, please wait, I'll go ask," Li Xuan You's voice came from the Ember.

A few minutes later, Li Xuan You's voice sounded again: "Master, there is a Soul Soldier whose ability is called 'Mind Reading'. As long as he touches someone's body, he can read what's in their mind."

Li Chenqiu's face lit up: "Call him out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of black smoke floated out of the Ember, slowly landing on Huang Jianhua's neck in the form of smoke: "Subordinate Wei He, greets Master!"

"Mm," Li Chenqiu responded casually, looking down at Lu Xiancong: "Professor Lu, you should have heard our conversation just now. If you have anything you want to say to me, just say it in your heart, okay?"

Lu Xiancong nodded.

Li Chenqiu looked up at Wei He: "Begin!"

"Yes, sir!"

The next second, the wisp of black smoke slid down from Huang Jianhua's neck like a caterpillar, sticking to the top of Lu Xiancong's head.

Li Chenqiu reminded: "Professor Lu, you can speak now."

"Er!"

Lu Xiancong responded.

After waiting for a few seconds, Wei He said, "Are you really from the Star Plucking Academy?"

Li Chenqiu didn't speak, took out his student card from his pocket, and stuck the card to Lu Xiancong's bare chest.

Lu Xiancong was stunned for a moment, then an undisguised excitement appeared on his face, and he opened his mouth through Wei He: "I have something to give you, you must keep it safe.

The reason why the Takahashi Conglomerate has been holding me is because they want to get this thing. I have already recorded its use with the Xuan artifact 'Image Retention Pearl'. You must not lose it, you must not!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the space in front of Li Chenqiu wriggled, like water lightly brushed by the wind.

This was Lu Xiancong's ability—Private Space!

He could open up a unique alien space in his body to store his items. Once he died, the items in the alien space would also disappear.

Li Chenqiu knew this very well, because the information Wen Renqing gave him had explained it.

After the space wriggled, two hazy white lights floated out of it.

Li Chenqiu reached out and grabbed both white lights, integrating them into his palm without even looking: "Don't worry, I will definitely not lose them."

Lu Xiancong pursed his lips and nodded, the loose flesh on his face twitched uncontrollably, his straight back gradually hunched over, and even his breathing became weaker.

It was as if he had put down some burden and lost some belief in living.

Wei He said, "Just drop me off here, there is a locator in my body."

Li Chenqiu glanced faintly at the listless Lu Xiancong, and was about to say some words of comfort when the hairs on his body suddenly stood on end.

An unspeakable sense of fear, like a big hand, gripped his vigorously beating heart, suppressing the frequency of his breathing.

Li Chenqiu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the "buzzing" tinnitus echoed in his ears like an air raid siren. This was the sixth sense's warning of danger.

"Where is it?"

Li Chenqiu looked around vigilantly, trying to find the source of the crisis, but all he could see was desolation, and there was nothing suspicious at all.

Li Chenqiu turned back, and said urgently, "Huang Jianhua, quickly..."

Suddenly, Li Chenqiu's voice stopped abruptly, and a hint of doubt flashed between his eyebrows.

Why has the sound I'm making slowed down?

Realizing this, Li Chenqiu looked down at Huang Jianhua under him, and only then did he realize that not only his own voice had slowed down, but Huang Jianhua's movements were also the same.

The other party's arm swinging, kicking, and knee lifting were much slower than before, as if they were sinking into a swamp, and it was getting deeper and deeper.

Li Chenqiu pressed his eyebrows down, and with a thought, he put Huang Jianhua and Wei He into the Ember. At the same time, he activated Extreme Earth, and burrowed into the ground with Lu Xiancong in his arms.

The heavy soil instantly submerged Li Chenqiu's legs. Just as the soil was about to completely swallow the two, a muffled and depressing footstep came from a distance, echoing between heaven and earth like a great bell.

Thump!

Invisible ripples spread out, extending to every corner within sight.

The white clouds no longer drifted with the wind, the birds in the sky were suspended in the air as if they were frozen, and the leaves rustling in the wind were no longer noisy.

Everything seemed to be paused, and Li Chenqiu was no exception.

"This..."

Li Chenqiu's pupils dilated at an extremely slow speed, and he slowly raised his head, looking in the direction of the footsteps.

There, an old man wearing white practice clothes and leaning on a cane walked slowly.

The moment he saw the old man, Li Chenqiu's breathing stagnated, and a burning sensation came from between his eyebrows.

The muscles under his clothes instantly bulged and tightened under the instinctive drive of his body. This was a manifestation of fear, but it was not fear from the spiritual level, but fear from the physical level.

Just like when a person faces impending death, even if they are not afraid in their heart, their body will instinctively make a reaction called "fear"!

At the same time, a question appeared inappropriately in Li Chenqiu's mind.

Will I die in this situation?

Li Chenqiu didn't know, and he didn't have the desire to explore it.

"It seems it will be difficult to save Lu Xiancong."

Li Chenqiu thought to himself, and then thought of escaping with "Extreme Water", but the idea was suppressed back into his heart the moment it arose.

Once he used Extreme Water, exposing his identity as "Calamity Water" was certain, but whether he could escape safely after the exposure was unknown.

Li Chenqiu didn't want to take such a risk. This was a plan that would only be considered when facing a desperate situation, but he hadn't reached that point yet.

He still had a trump card—Takahashi Unso!