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

#452 - Chapter 451: Arena Day

"Alright!"

Li Chenqiu hurriedly went to the wooden door, stood with his legs in a horse stance, clenched his fists, bent his arms, and raised them high as if drawing a bow.

"Hit when you're ready, don't hold back any strength," Fu Yuesheng reminded from inside the door.

"Okay."

Li Chenqiu's gaze gradually sharpened, his breathing slowly became steady, and the muscles under his clothes bulged one by one, his dragon-like aura constantly rising. When it reached a certain peak, he moved.

Bang!

A sonic boom exploded, and his fist, with its unparalleled momentum, blasted out, slamming into the wooden door like a meteor.

Bang!!!

The deafening sound was like thunder, and a visible shockwave spread out, lifting all the snow piled on the ground, surging in all directions like a wave.

In just an instant, only the frozen and cracked earth remained within a kilometer radius of the cabin, showing the power of this punch!

Li Chenqiu retracted his fist, looking at the intact wooden door, feeling slightly shocked.

If this hard wooden door were used to hit people in battle, I wonder what the effect would be.

Shaking his head, he threw these miscellaneous thoughts to the back of his mind, and Li Chenqiu asked Fu Yuesheng inside the door, "How was the power of my punch? Comparable to how many forbidden levels?"

There was silence on the other side of the door.

Li Chenqiu reached out and knocked on the door: "Hello?"

"If nothing unexpected happened, I should be here."

The wooden door was pulled open, and Fu Yuesheng scrutinized Li Chenqiu from head to toe, his eyebrows rising higher and higher as he looked.

Li Chenqiu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Fu Yuesheng withdrew his gaze: "You… this punch is very powerful."

Li Chenqiu's eyes filled with anticipation: "Can it compare to the tenth forbidden level?"

Fu Yuesheng pretended to be calm and said: "…Yes, with a full burst of power, it can be comparable to a weaker tenth forbidden level."

"Hahaha!" Li Chenqiu laughed directly: "That's great, my strength plus my ability, I can now face the tenth forbidden level head-on. Thank you, Fu Yuesheng!"

"Uh… you're welcome. I wanted to ask you, how did the eighth floor of the玲珑 Pagoda make your strength so great?"

Li Chenqiu spread out his hands: "I don't know the specifics. After I devoured your remnant soul, I was directly teleported out of the Spirit Illusion Realm. When I woke up from the Spirit Illusion Hall, I found that my strength had suddenly increased."

Intuition told him that it was better not to tell Fu Yuesheng about the silver fragment, even though he was a very nice person.

...

Since Li Chenqiu broke through the eighth floor that night, the academy forum was flooded with posts discussing 'Qiu'. This phenomenon led to fewer people scolding Li Chenqiu, and his reputation slightly improved.

During this period, someone raised the question of whether this 'Qiu' might be Li Chenqiu, but it was quickly denied.

"Hahaha, this is the funniest joke I've heard this year!"

"A challenge to hold back laughter? I lost."

"Bro, if you don't know how difficult the eighth floor is, you can search the forum. The guardian of the eighth floor is ridiculously strong, and at the fifth forbidden level, he has the strength comparable to the ninth forbidden level!"

"Go and DM Li Chenqiu and ask him if he dared to fight a ninth forbidden level when he was at the fifth forbidden level?"

Li Chenqiu ignored the mocking remarks because he had more important things to do.

After devouring Fu Yuesheng's remnant soul, his energy tempering speed had greatly improved. It used to take three hours to complete an energy tempering cycle, but now it only takes an hour and a half, directly shortening it by half!

In addition, the increase in soul strength also allowed him to control the Shadow Locust Body more easily. Fighting was still a bit difficult, but doing some daily tasks, such as washing dishes, was completely fine.

So, Li Chenqiu returned to his previous life: eating, tempering energy, sleeping, practicing, and perfunctorily dealing with Xiang Nanzhi. The days passed so fulfilling until today.

Before dawn, Li Chenqiu got dressed, washed up, and left the villa alone. Oh, and he also stole Li Qingxia's Star Point Card.

He went to the breakfast stall and bought dozens of meat buns, and slowly came to the place he had agreed to meet Xiang Nanzhi. He sat on the steps, picked up a bun, dipped it in chili water, and ate it deliciously.

Five minutes later, Xiang Nanzhi appeared at the end of the street.

When he saw Li Chenqiu eating buns, his feet seemed to have boosters installed. He came to Li Chenqiu in front of him in a flash, and snatched the plastic bag with only one bun left.

"You're here," Li Chenqiu took out a tissue and wiped his mouth.

"Li Chenqiu, you're something else, you didn't even think about me when you bought breakfast. Are you worthy of the three meat buns I bought for you in City 11?" Xiang Nanzhi raised his head and questioned.

Li Chenqiu pursed his lips speechlessly, took out the breakfast he had packed in advance from behind him, and handed it to Xiang Nanzhi: "I almost forgot about this if you didn't mention it."

Xiang Nanzhi smiled awkwardly and reached out to take the plastic bag: "Hehe, I won't mention it next time, I won't mention it."

Li Chenqiu stood up and patted Xiang Nanzhi on the shoulder and said, "Let's walk and eat, I'm afraid there will be too many people on the road later, and someone will recognize me."

"Okay."

The two walked side by side towards the Spirit Illusion Hall.

"You said earlier that when we meet, you would tell me what happened after passing the eighth floor, you haven't forgotten, have you!" Xiang Nanzhi said as he ate.

Li Chenqiu put his hands in his pockets: "There is indeed a treasure given after passing the eighth floor, but this treasure is quite unique, it's not an item."

"Not an item?" Xiang Nanzhi tilted his head in confusion, blinking his inquisitive eyes.

Li Chenqiu raised his arm, clenched it into a fist and shook it: "My strength has become greater."

"That's it?"

"Isn't that good?"

"How much bigger?"

"You'll know when we fight on the arena later."

...

The Spirit Restricting Platform of the Spirit Illusion Realm is said to be a platform, but it has nothing to do with a platform at all. It is a square with a side length of one thousand meters. The four sides of the square have ascending grandstands, enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people watching the battle at the same time!

In addition, the Spirit Restricting Platform has the effect of restricting one's own abilities, so even the ninth forbidden level can fight in it without holding back.

Because of this reason, the Spirit Restricting Platform is very lively every day, with fights happening all the time. It can be said to be the most popular place in the Spirit Illusion Realm!

It is now six o'clock in the morning. Only six people are fighting in a one-on-one manner in the huge square, and there are only a hundred or so people sitting sparsely in the audience seats.

"It's so big!"

Wearing a mask, Li Chenqiu came to the west side of the audience seats and sat down, curiously looking around at everything.

Xiang Nanzhi said with a look of disgust: "Put away your unworldly look, aren't you ashamed!"

Li Chenqiu smiled and said nothing.

"By the way!"

Xiang Nanzhi, who was sitting next to him, seemed to have thought of something, curiously leaned over: "By the way, how did you pass the eighth floor? That guy has the strength of the tenth forbidden level!"

Li Chenqiu reached out and tapped his head: "Use your head to think about his weaknesses."

Saying that, he pointed to his eyes again: "Use your eyes to see through his flaws, so you can win."

Xiang Nanzhi: (lll￢ω￢)

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Author's words: Dear readers, Xiao Hei's 4000-word manuscript has been used up, so I want to ask for a day off tomorrow to save a 4000-word manuscript, I hope it will be approved (＾ω＾)

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