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

#358 - Chapter 357 A decisive battle!

Li Chenqiu lowered his head, looking at his riddled body, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of his lips, yet without a trace of fear in his eyes. Instead, a hint of excitement could be caught in their depths.

In past battles, there was always a way out, but not now. Killing was the only way to survive, and that was what excited him. After all, who didn't yearn for a desperate fight, who didn't yearn for an all-out battle!

"With the Ten Forbidden suppressed to the Eighth Forbidden, I wonder if I can win."

Li Chenqiu propped himself up with his hands, moving his body to the edge of the cliff. His cold gaze pierced through the clouds, meeting Nakamura Tanichi's across the distance.

Buzz buzz buzz—

A blood-colored beam of light shot into the sky, completely exposing Li Chenqiu's figure.

Crack crack crack—

At the same moment, cracks appeared on the barrier. Upon reaching a critical point, it shattered with a "bang!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Piercing sounds of air being torn apart exploded on the field. Brilliant abilities instantly dominated the entire sky, rapidly approaching Li Chenqiu, with a spot of emerald green leading the way.

Li Chenqiu's lips curled up as he opened his arms and fell straight towards the ground.

Swoosh—

Several vines roared out, their cold, gleaming tips slicing through the air, emitting wolf-like howls as they fiercely stabbed towards Li Chenqiu.

Li Chenqiu's lips moved: "Illusion."

Bang!

In the instant before the vines were about to touch Li Chenqiu, his body instantly transformed into white snowflakes. Stirred by the turbulent airflow, he escaped the vines' attack range, joining the cold wind and drifting down the mountain.

Li Chenqiu's thinking was clear: first replenish his life energy, then fight these people.

Bang bang bang!

Countless attacks landed on the rock face. The smooth, mirror-like rock wall was instantly riddled with potholes, and large chunks of rock fell from the sky, creating deep pits on the ground.

Even from a distance, the commotion here could be heard.

Nakamura Tanichi glanced at the rapidly receding blood-colored beam of light and immediately controlled the vines to chase after it, while shouting loudly, "Everyone, follow the blood-colored beam closely! That Awakened wants to replenish life energy!"

"Understood!"

"Surround him!"

Everyone displayed their abilities, rushing along in various flamboyant ways, their speed much faster than when they ascended the mountain, and also faster than Li Chenqiu's current speed.

But even so, they still couldn't close the distance between themselves and Li Chenqiu. The wind was unpredictable, and so was Li Chenqiu, who was traveling with the wind.

The two sides chased each other, with Li Chenqiu unable to shake off Nakamura Tanichi and the others, and Nakamura Tanichi and the others unable to catch up with Li Chenqiu, resulting in a prolonged stalemate.

"Damn it, so many tricks!"

Nakamura Tanichi frowned, his gaze locked onto Li Chenqiu's location.

Takahashi Yuki said anxiously, "If this drags on, he'll soon encounter our people. If he replenishes his life energy…"

Takahashi Yuki's voice stopped abruptly, her expression becoming even more solemn.

Hearing this, Nakamura Tanichi immediately ordered, "Yuki, you don't need to chase this Awakened anymore. Go organize the evacuation of personnel from the snow mountain and take them to a place where the Forbidden level is not restricted!"

"Understood!"

Takahashi Yuki immediately changed direction, choosing the shortest route to rush down the mountain.

Li Chenqiu, who was flying in the lead, naturally noticed this.

"Trying to organize the others to leave the snow mountain?"

Li Chenqiu summoned the real-time progress map of the survivors in an instant.

In the data box, dozens of red dots stayed in the same place, obviously blocked by the steep rock wall.

"Almost there, a dozen kilometers, almost there!"

After understanding the approximate distance, Li Chenqiu began to subjectively control his body, rushing forward at a rapid speed in a straight line, ignoring the terrain, his speed only slightly slower than Takahashi Yuki, who was suppressed to the Eighth Forbidden.

Nakamura Tanichi, following behind, shouted loudly, "This Awakened isn't changing direction! Everyone, give it your all and block him!"

"Understood!"

…

In front of a steep rock wall, dozens of men and women wandered about, some squatting at the bottom of the rock wall to rest, others struggling to climb against the wind and snow.

"Hunting the Leaders? We can't even climb this rock wall, we can't even see the Leaders!"

"The dream of soaring to success is shattered!"

"Who isn't? It seems that if you want to soar to the sky, you still have to rely on strength!"

Three or four people squatted under the rock wall, complaining to each other.

"Damn it, we're suffering, but we definitely won't get any benefits. If I had known… huh?"

The person speaking paused, turned his head to look in a certain direction, and asked suspiciously, "Did you hear anything?"

"Sound?"

"What sound? You're hallucinating, aren't you? Where did it… huh?"

"Wait, I seem to hear it too… it sounds like an avalanche?!"

As soon as these words came out, panic appeared on the faces of several people. With a "whoosh," they stood up one after another.

Rumble—

A muffled, thunder-like sound came from a distance, gradually increasing in volume as time passed, reaching the ears of everyone in front of the rock wall.

"Avalanche, run!!!"

Someone shouted, and the people under the rock wall quickly reacted, turned around, and ran behind them, completely ignoring the people hanging on the rock wall.

After all, Takahashi Kaisei had said, "Don't be soft-hearted."

"Avalanche?!"

"Why does it not sound like it?"

"What do we do now, climb down or fall down?"

"What are you still doing? Are you going to gamble with your lives?"

A middle-aged man shouted, and at the same time released his arms, protecting his head as he fell to the ground.

The people clinging to the rock wall looked at each other, and then, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, they protected their heads like the man and fell to the ground.

But it was already too late.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

The deep red light dispelled the dimness, illuminating everyone's faces, and the rolling heat wave swept out, delivering warmth to everyone.

How comfortable!

This was what everyone was thinking at this moment, but only at this moment.

When they turned their heads and saw a fireball with a diameter of over a hundred meters appearing above their heads, the emotion called "fear" suddenly exploded in their minds!

Since they couldn't use any force in the air, they could only watch as the fireball approached them, and then… devoured them!

Rumble—

An explosion that could obliterate everything rang out, and the visible aftershocks of the explosion spread around, the surrounding snow layer being lifted like waves, pressing towards the distance!

Li Chenqiu, who had landed on the ground, transformed into human form and fully activated Extreme Water.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

Before the blood mist in the air could dissipate, it condensed into droplets of blood out of thin air, shooting into Li Chenqiu's body like bullets.

His bent back slowly straightened, his wrinkled skin gradually tightened, and his severed legs reappeared. Everything was moving towards youth.

"Die!" Nakamura Tanichi's angry roar came.

Dozens of vines intertwined, whipping towards Li Chenqiu, the opaque shadow covering everything!

An eager light burst out in Li Chenqiu's eyes. His knees were in a horse stance, his left arm was bent and raised high, and his clenched fist was devoured by silver metal.

How big is the gap between me and the Eighth Forbidden?