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

#338 - Chapter 337: Taking Advantage of the Situation

As Li Chenqiu mobilized the extreme water within his body, preparing to transform it into a gaseous form, a daring idea suddenly sprouted in his mind.

There was no burning sensation in his brow, so among those targeting him, none were above the tenth threshold. In this situation, since he couldn't actually die, was there any need to run?

Escaping with extreme water would confirm his identity as a 'disaster water', so it would be better to fake his death and use extreme gold to create a fake key, throwing a smokescreen for the Takahashi Conglomerate.

A few seconds later, the corners of Li Chenqiu's mouth slightly curved up, and a sharp glint flashed from the depths of his eyes.

At the same time, the mud binding Li Chenqiu slowly tightened, and crimson blood seeped out from under his skin due to the pressure.

Whoosh—

The mud dragged Li Chenqiu back the way he came, no matter how he struggled, it was to no avail.

Bang!

The flat ground instantly exploded, and an arm made of mud burst out of the earth.

At this moment, Li Chenqiu was tightly clutched by this earthen hand, with only his head exposed to the air.

"Pfft!"

Li Chenqiu spat out a mouthful of blood, making his already pale face even paler.

Duan Xian walked over slowly: "You could have just obediently given me the key, why did you have to make such a scene?"

"Duan Xian!" Li Chenqiu's eyes were bloodshot: "You damned bastard, Director Wenren will not let you go once he knows your true colors!"

Duan Xian changed his usual tough guy image and said with a playful smile: "The Director is currently fighting with the master, he won't know. Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself."

Rumble—

The ground split open to both sides, and a short, crew-cut man emerged from the ground, looking at Li Chenqiu with contempt: "The genius of the Northern Federation? Just so-so."

At the same time, figures walked out from all directions, including Sonoki Akio and Takahashi Haruyama.

If Xiang Nanzi were here, he would definitely recognize everyone present, after all, these people were the ones who had chased after him before.

Takahashi Ranmu stepped forward and asked in somewhat broken Northern Federation language: "Are you from the Li Clan Consortium?"

Li Chenqiu lowered his eyebrows, the bloodied corner of his mouth cocked up on one side, and he tilted his head and laughed: "I am your ancestor!"

"You…"

The man standing next to Takahashi Ranmu stepped forward, about to say something, but was stopped by Takahashi Ranmu raising his hand.

Takahashi Ranmu asked again: "Where is your protector?"

Li Chenqiu raised a single eyebrow: "Guess, if you guess right, I'll tell you."

"You have a death wish." Takahashi Ranmu's eyes gradually turned cold, and he raised his hand to signal.

Whoosh—

The middle-aged man next to Takahashi Ranmu swayed and flashed in front of Li Chenqiu, drawing the katana from his waist and slashing at his neck.

Clang!

The light of the blade was like thunder, flashing and disappearing!

A faint bloodline appeared on Li Chenqiu's neck.

Li Chenqiu's pupils contracted: "I…"

Pfft pfft—

Fresh blood spurted out, Li Chenqiu's gaze gradually diffused, and the color in his eyes gradually returned to dimness, until it was completely lifeless.

The Destiny Awakened controlling the mud moved his mind, and the earth-yellow arm slowly retracted into the ground. Li Chenqiu, who had lost his support, slumped weakly to the ground, his head rolling down the slope like a soccer ball.

Takahashi Ranmu stepped forward, squatted next to Li Chenqiu's corpse, and grabbed his hands.

The ten fingers were slender, with distinct knuckles, and then… then there was nothing else.

"Hmm?" Takahashi Ranmu frowned in confusion and looked up at Duan Xian: "Where is this kid's spirit artifact?"

"I'm not sure, I didn't see him use a spirit artifact just now, maybe… it was accidentally lost during the escape?" Duan Xian said uncertainly.

"No wonder he didn't use a spirit artifact." Takahashi Ranmu slowly stood up: "Search everyone."

Hearing this, the others squatted down and groped Li Chenqiu's body.

In less than a few seconds, Takahashi Haruyama's face lit up with joy, and he grabbed Li Chenqiu's clothes and tore them open, exposing a simple, bronze-colored key in the air.

Takahashi Haruyama said excitedly: "Found it!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes focused on Takahashi Haruyama, moving their gaze along with his, looking at the key.

Takahashi Haruyama hurriedly picked up the key and handed it to Takahashi Ranmu.

Someone asked eagerly: "Mr. Ranmu, is this the key that the master wants?"

"Wait a moment."

Takahashi Ranmu took out his phone from his pocket, opened the album, clicked on a photo, and carefully compared it with the key in his hand.

Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Takahashi Ranmu grinned: "That's right, it's the key my father mentioned!"

"Great!"

"Hahaha, I wonder how the master will reward us!"

"What is this key for? Why does the master…"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!"

Takahashi Ranmu glared at the speaker and carefully put the key into his waist bag.

After finishing everything, Takahashi Ranmu instructed: "Remember, Li Chenqiu is not dead, he is just missing, understand?"

"Understood!"

Everyone nodded seriously.

Takahashi Ranmu turned his neck to look at the earth-type Destiny Awakened: "Clean it up."

That Destiny Awakened looked embarrassed: "Mr. Ranmu, Li Chenqiu has Wenren Qing's domain aura on him, I…"

"Father has already taken it into consideration."

Takahashi Ranmu interrupted the man and took out a small transparent bead from his waist bag.

Crack!

Takahashi Ranmu exerted force with his fingers and crushed the bead.

Whoosh—

An invisible wave spread out, gently brushing over everyone's body.

"This is?" Sonoki Akio looked puzzled.

"A one-time mystic device to eliminate the domain aura." Takahashi Ranmu looked at everyone: "If there's nothing else, retreat according to plan."

…

The stream gurgled, the saplings swayed in the wind, and the weeds quietly took root in the gaps between the soil, everything was peaceful.

No one could have guessed that ten minutes ago, several powerful Destiny Awakeners had visited this place, and no one knew that a faked-death Resurgent was buried under this land.

Time passed by, and the sun climbed up little by little, until it was high in the sky.

Bang!

An arm burst out of the earth.

Rumble—

The ground split open to both sides, and a pale-faced Li Chenqiu slowly crawled out of it.

"Mmm~~~~"

Li Chenqiu greedily took a long breath and twisted his stiff joints. The crisp cracking sound came from all parts of his body.

"What a Duan Xian, he hid so deeply!"

Li Chenqiu smiled faintly, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his wrist, walked to the stream, and looked down at the swaying, disheveled reflection on the water.

"Takahashi Conglomerate."

Li Chenqiu murmured to himself, the dark eyes became more and more profound, more and more森寒.

He knew very well that if the other party had dispatched two Eleventh Threshold cultivators this time, he would most likely have died here. The reason why he was still alive was not because he was strong, but because of the other party's contempt.

"Still too weak."

Li Chenqiu raised his palm, and the flesh in his palm wriggled for a while, and a ring and a key slowly appeared.

It was his spirit artifact "Ember" and the "key" that Lu Xian had handed to him.

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Author's words: Hello everyone, I will take a day off tomorrow to save 4000 words of manuscript, thank you for your understanding and support, thank you for your support!

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