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#524 - Chapter 523: Commander Fang, what do you think?

After吞噬 (Tūnshì) devoured Fang Wan's soul, Fu Yuesheng clearly understood everything that had happened. He couldn't understand why a twenty-year-old youth could possess such strong willpower.

In that kind of situation, an ordinary person would have long succumbed. Even he himself might have cried out in pain.

What kind of experiences could a twenty-year-old youth have gone through to achieve such a level, possessing such strong willpower? Was it truly only emotions that supported him?

...

On the gloomy sandy sea.

"Team leader, it's been a few minutes, but there's no movement below. Has something happened to Officer Fang?" Hu Quan anxiously craned his neck, looking at the rolling quicksand.

Zhang Heping frowned, disregarding Fang Wan's earlier warning of "Don't disturb me," and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Officer Fang, are you alright?"

The sound waves rolled out, echoing in the howling wind, but to the dismay of everyone, there was no response from within the quicksand.

"Hu Quan, I'll go down and take a look. You protect the ship well."

"Okay, team leader, please be careful!"

Zhang Heping came to the railing and was about to jump into the quicksand when a chill suddenly surged up from below.

Poof—

A bloody figure shot out of the quicksand and crashed heavily onto the deck, scraping a long blood trail across the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Chenqiu, disguised as Fang Wan, curled up on the ground, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, making his pale face even paler, a shocking sight!

"Officer Fang!"

"Officer Fang, what happened to you!"

Everyone rushed over after seeing Li Chenqiu's face clearly.

Zhang Heping took the lead, helping him up from the ground and asking with concern, "Officer Fang, how did you get yourself into this state? Was it the doing of the 'Delusion'?"

Li Chenqiu clutched his blood-soaked chest, squeezing out words from between his teeth, "Damn 'Delusion', to actually possess such a strange mystic artifact, poof!"

Fresh blood spurted out like a fountain, splattering all over Zhang Heping's face.

Li Chenqiu used his last breath to say, "Retreat first, this guy is not someone you can deal with, don't make a pointless... sacrifice!"

After saying that, his head tilted to the side, pretending to be completely unconscious.

...

When Li Chenqiu pretended to wake up, it was already the next morning. The few doctors around him saw this and hurriedly called Zhang Heping and Hu Quan, who were waiting outside the tent.

"Officer Fang, are you alright!" Zhang Heping came to the bedside and placed his hand on Li Chenqiu's shoulder.

"Cough, cough!"

Li Chenqiu coughed lightly a few times, replying in a cold tone that matched his persona, "It's just a 'Delusion', it won't take my life."

As he spoke, he disregarded Zhang Heping's attempts to stop him, pulled out the needles inserted into his body, tore off the metal patches stuck to his body for some unknown reason, and sat up from the bed, his gaze chilling as he looked towards the direction of the sandy sea.

A young doctor stepped forward, "Your wounds haven't completely healed yet, still..."

"I'm fine."

Li Chenqiu stood up and strode towards the outside of the tent.

"Officer, you..."

The doctor was about to stop him, but Hu Quan reached out and stopped him. He asked, "How is Officer Fang's physical condition?"

Zhang Heping, upon hearing this, turned his gaze over.

The doctor replied, "Officer Fang's wounds are healing very quickly, basically there's nothing seriously wrong, but to fully recover, he needs a few days of rest."

"Alright, you don't need to worry about Officer Fang's body, go busy yourselves with what you need to do!" Zhang Heping waved his hand, turned and left the tent. Hu Quan also walked out of the tent upon seeing this.

The two followed Li Chenqiu's footsteps to the only intact dock.

Zhang Heping and Hu Quan stood on either side of Li Chenqiu. The former turned his head and said, "The doctor said that if you want to fully recover, you need a few days of rest..."

"No need, I know my own body. It's not too late to rest after the 'Delusions' are purged," Li Chenqiu replied coldly.

Seeing his attitude so firm, Zhang Heping didn't say much more, changing the subject and asking, "What did you encounter in the quicksand last night?"

Li Chenqiu looked up at the sky at a 45° angle, "I met the 'Delusion' in the quicksand and exchanged blows with him."

"How strong is the 'Delusion'?" Hu Quan hurriedly asked.

Li Chenqiu was silent for a moment before replying, "Not strong, when I fought him, he had no power to retaliate at all. Originally, I could have purged him in the sandy sea, but I didn't expect... he would have such a strange mystic artifact!"

Without waiting for the two to ask further, he continued to explain, "That guy has a mystic artifact that looks like a shield. It's very strange. It can not only resist attacks, but also store the power of the attack and release it actively."

Zhang Heping suddenly understood, "No wonder... so you were injured by your own divine skill?"

Divine skill? What is a divine skill... Li Chenqiu nodded in agreement, "That's right, I was too impatient. If I had another chance, I would definitely be able to purge the 'Delusion'!"

Saying this, he clenched his fists, making a "crackling" sound, performing very vividly.

"Alas, opportunities are not always available!" Zhang Heping sighed in his heart.

Hu Quan stroked his chin, analyzing, "The 'Delusion' first hijacked the ship, then took the ship to a certain sandy area and stopped the ship, then sneaked into the quicksand... probably to find something there, or do something."

Li Chenqiu agreed, "That's right, I think so too. In my opinion, the latter is more likely, after all, if he was looking for something in that sandy area, why didn't he look for it before we came? That doesn't make sense."

Zhang Heping said unexpectedly, "Unless the thing he was looking for, only after we came, did he discover the specific location."

"That's also possible." Li Chenqiu raised his hand and touched his nose, nodding pretentiously.

"I have something I don't understand. The 'Delusion' went to this sandy area by hijacking a ship, which means he couldn't get to this sandy area on his own, right!" Hu Quan looked at the two.

"Yeah."

"Possibly."

Hu Quan spread his hands, "Assuming my speculation is correct, then the problem comes, the two ships that were parked in that sea area yesterday were both driven back by us, so what about the 'Delusion'?"

Li Chenqiu, sandwiched between two Eleventh Realm cultivators, felt a slight chill down his spine, pretending to be calm and asking, "Why do you care about the 'Delusion'?"

Hu Quan explained seriously, "Officer Fang, you misunderstood my meaning. What I want to express is that, in this case, if the 'Delusion' wants to leave the sandy sea, he must rely on ships, so there are only three possibilities in front of us!"

Zhang Heping became interested and gestured with his hand, "You say."

Hu Quan's eyes became sharp, raising his hand to his mouth, "The 'Delusion' either stays in the sandy sea, or dies in the sandy sea, or... takes our ship ashore, Officer Fang, what do you think?"

I think what you said is not good, it's simply nonsense, I hope you shut up quickly... Li Chenqiu pursed his lips, replying in his heart.

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Author's words: Sorry, I found some mistakes, modified it, and posted it a little late, sorry sorry (⋟﹏⋞)