novelGlobal #445 - Chapter 444: The Unexpected Gatekeeper
#445 - Chapter 444: The Unexpected Gatekeeper
The white mist in sight began to recede, and the bright, clear ground gradually turned into earthy yellow, with wild grasses breaking through the soil.
The moon hung high in the sky, and stars dotted the night. The summer night breeze swept through, and the wild grass swayed like waves, making a "rustling" sound. Everything was so peaceful, this was the eighth level of the玲珑 Pagoda.
"You have been teleported to the eighth level of the玲珑 Pagoda. The guardian's forbidden level has been suppressed to the seventh level of forbidden. It will appear in ten seconds and launch an attack on you. Good luck."
Li Chenqiu lowered his eyebrows, his nerves tightened instantly, and he silently counted down the ten seconds in his heart.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
The night wind was gentle. At a certain moment, Li Chenqiu suddenly swayed, leaving a blurry black afterimage on the grass, and flashed to a place thousands of meters away.
Bang!!!
A deafening explosion tore through the silence of the night, and a hundred-meter-wide pit appeared abruptly on the prairie, the scorched black soil incompatible with the surrounding green.
This was exactly where Li Chenqiu had been before. If he had been even 0.01 seconds slower, he would probably have failed the challenge by now.
"Too fast!"
Li Chenqiu, who had not completely stabilized his steps, widened his eyes and looked at the deep pit in shock.
Bang!
At this moment, the ear-piercing sonic boom shattered the dust and mist, and a white light and shadow, whose appearance could not be distinguished, rushed towards Li Chenqiu at a speed difficult to capture with the naked eye, not giving him time to stabilize his body at all.
Seeing this, Li Chenqiu took advantage of the situation to rotate his waist and hips, and his spinning whip leg was completed in one go, fiercely whipping towards the white light and shadow's abdomen.
"Interesting."
A familiar chuckle came.
Bang!
The strong wind howled, and dust flew!
Li Chenqiu only felt that his leg seemed to have kicked the front of a speeding train. Before he could experience this surging power, he flew straight out.
After hitting dozens of shallow pits in a row, he barely managed to dissipate this terrifying power.
The white light and shadow did not intend to give Li Chenqiu a chance to breathe, and like a maggot attached to the bone, it rushed forward, forcing him to continue to counterattack, and then continue to fly out.
Bang bang bang……
The sound of collisions rang out continuously. Because he had lost the initiative, Li Chenqiu could only passively meet the attack at this time, unable to accumulate strength at all. Like a sandbag, he was dominated by the white light and shadow's rhythm of battle.
"Li!"
Seizing the gap in the opponent's attack, Li Chenqiu transformed his form into mist when that fist was about to hit his chest, and escaped from it.
"Eh?"
The white light and shadow made a questioning sound, standing blankly in place, completely showing its appearance to Li Chenqiu.
"Ah?"
Li Chenqiu's heart shook, and the unformed eyes flashed with surprise, but this shock only lasted for a moment before turning into determination.
"Ice spikes!"
Kaka Kaka——
Dozens of thick ice spikes burst out from the ground and pierced towards that person. All of this happened in an instant, and even the tenth level of forbidden could not react.
But the guardian reacted, not only reacted, but also easily dodged the ice spikes with a tiny difference, and窜 out with a "咻" sound, falling outside the realm of Wuzhong.
Pa!!!
The ice spikes collided, and ice cubes of various sizes fell to the ground with a crash.
"He can react to this?"
Li Chenqiu used seventy-two transformations to conjure up clothes, solidified in the distance, and looked at the figure standing on the grass in shock. It was a young man with a naked upper body.
The young man had excellent facial features, with a head of slightly curly, shoulder-length red hair, flying messily in the night wind. The light golden double pupils were like the eyes of a god, indifferent with a hint of coldness, making people afraid to look at them.
Golden, strange patterns crawled all over his upper body, outlining a strange but sacred totem, shimmering with a faint silver light under the moonlight.
Li Chenqiu was very familiar with the appearance of this person. It was Fu Yuesheng, who was in the winter night picture, but there were also some differences. At this moment, Fu Yuesheng could not see a trace of weakness.
"The seventh level of forbidden has opened the realm, an incredible challenger. In these hundreds of years, you are the only one who has lasted a minute in my hands."
Fu Yuesheng stared at Li Chenqiu with a calm gaze, with a hint of imperceptible pride in his words.
Seeing that the other party had no intention of attacking, Li Chenqiu quickly asked, "Fu Yuesheng, why are you here?"
"Fu Yuesheng?"
Fu Yuesheng repeated his name, his brows furrowing slightly, and said with a hint of doubt, "What a familiar name, it seems like I've heard it somewhere..."
Li Chenqiu asked softly, "Do you...do you know what your name is?"
"It doesn't matter, defeat me, or be defeated by me." Fu Yuesheng's face returned to its previous coldness, raised his arm and pointed his palm at Li Chenqiu, and said in a deep voice: "Fire Surge."
Whoosh~~~
The raging flames burst out from his palm, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a fire dragon, swooping down towards Li Chenqiu.
"Fire Ability!"
A hint of joy flashed between Li Chenqiu's eyebrows. After the fire dragon rushed into the Wuzhong Realm, he moved his mind and tried to compete for control of the flame.
But unfortunately, the idea of competing for control...failed!
The fire dragon did not reduce its speed at all. In a short while, it directly came to the front of Li Chenqiu, about to open its mouth and swallow him.
At the critical moment, fiery red wings rose from Li Chenqiu's back, and with a sudden shake, he only heard a "whoosh" and went up to a hundred meters in the air, while flying away at high speed.
And in the next second...
Rumble!!!
A hemispherical mushroom cloud lifted up, briefly illuminating this sky. The little grass watching the show hadn't reacted yet, and turned into powder and went to the west by crane.
Li Chenqiu, who escaped, waved his hand, and a wall of water rose in front of him, blocking the shock wave caused by the explosion. Looking at the direction where Fu Yuesheng was, he guessed: "Because he is not in the Wuzhong Realm?"
After figuring this out, Li Chenqiu waved his wings, tore through the night, and rushed forward with the wall of water.
Standing in place, Fu Yuesheng saw this scene, and his thin lips parted slightly: "Fall."
Li Chenqiu, who was flying, suddenly stopped and smashed straight to the ground.
"This..."
Several big question marks popped out above Li Chenqiu's head, only feeling that two invisible big hands firmly grasped him and dragged him to the ground.
Isn't this guy's ability fire? What's going on now?
Bang!
At this moment, the sonic boom exploded in the distance, and Fu Yuesheng disappeared out of thin air.
Li Chenqiu's keen sixth sense made his scalp tighten, and he sensed the arrival of the crisis. He lowered his eyebrows, judged Fu Yuesheng's position through the Wuzhong Realm, and then instantly activated his ability.
簌簌簌——
Vines as wide as buckets rose from the ground, blocking in front of Li Chenqiu like giant pythons.