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

"Pfft!"

Li Chenqiu's head lolled to the side as he spat out blood, his pale face twitching uncontrollably. The arm he used to support himself against the iron wall looked like a shattered eggshell, cracks spreading across its surface, crimson blood seeping out with each impact.

"Don't worry about me! Run! If you drag this on, you'll die too…"

"Shut up!" Li Chenqiu forced the words out between clenched teeth, his bloodshot eyes fixed on what lay ahead.

"Futile resistance."

Wu Hai sneered, extending his five fingers forward in a grasping motion, then straining his neck, pulling back with great effort.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Instantly, a fierce wind arose, uprooting trees, tearing up vast swathes of land, and obscuring the brilliant sunlight, creating a kilometer-high shadow that crashed toward Li Chenqiu from behind.

"Not good!"

Li Chenqiu's pupils constricted, and he quickly turned his body, raising his other arm to face the approaching earth, conjuring another iron wall, hoping to withstand the two-sided assault.

"Solidify!"

At that moment, Zhang Gu's voice came from beneath the ground.

Rumble!!!

The loose soil solidified in an instant, transforming under Zhang Gu's control into a hundred-meter-wide earth pillar that shattered the air, charging forward with irresistible force and colliding head-on with the iron wall.

Heaven and earth fell silent for a second, followed by an uncontainable eruption.

Rumble~~~

The thin clouds were scattered, the gale roared like a beast freed from its chains, and as far as the eye could see, there was no longer a patch of clean earth, only dust and flying rocks.

Crack, crack—

The horrifying sound of bones cracking echoed throughout Li Chenqiu's body, jagged bone spurs piercing his skin, appearing on his arms, chest, neck, cheeks… everywhere visible.

In an instant, the squeezed-out blood dyed him completely red!

His outstretched arms sank into his body bit by bit, and as the two iron walls threatened to crush Li Ji, Li Chenqiu closed his eyes and roared hoarsely with a twisted expression: "Aaaaaah!"

Wu Hai, standing in the air, frowned with a surprised expression. He hadn't expected Li Chenqiu to break through his limits and reach the four-star, eleventh forbidden level at this juncture.

At the same time, Zhang Gu, who had also noticed something, had a hint of unease flash between his brows. His gaze pierced through the thick layer of earth, locking onto the center of Li Chenqiu's brow.

The next second, he shot out like an arrow, bursting from the ground with a "bang," rushing towards Li Chenqiu through the gap he had created, clenching his fist and shouting sharply: "Die!"

Whoosh—

Li Chenqiu's scalp tightened, and at the critical moment, he used his ability to harden the center of his brow, and just then, the fist closed in on his eyes.

Bang!

Crimson blood splattered on the silver-white iron wall, Li Chenqiu flew out, his body bent like a bow, leaving a clear trail of blood in the air.

To prevent Li Ji from being severely injured as a result, he relied on his absolute control of his ability, plunging his arms and legs into the ground, sliding thousands of meters face-down before slowly stopping.

"Pfft!"

Li Chenqiu's body trembled violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his shattered teeth falling into the pool of blood in front of him.

At that moment, his flesh was turned outwards, his cracked bones exposed to the air, constantly shedding bone fragments, and his face was like a broken, uncooked egg, blood flowing outwards.

Pain!

Head-exploding pain, pain like a million ants tearing at his body, pain that was about to numb everything… but everything wasn't too bad.

"Still… can hear… can still… see vaguely… not… too bad!"

Li Chenqiu was overjoyed. He trembled as he pulled his hand out of the dirt, stooped over, and staggered to his feet, greedily breathing in the slightly warm air, and said without turning his head, "Are you okay?"

Lying in the ruins, Li Ji weakly replied, "I'm okay, what about you?"

"I'm fine, hide behind me, hurry," Li Chenqiu said in a commanding tone.

"Okay."

Li Ji slowly got up, supporting himself on the rubble, and stood behind Li Chenqiu with faltering steps. When he saw the terrible injuries up close, his eyes were filled with horror.

"You… are you really okay?"

"I'm a Resurgent," Li Chenqiu responded coldly, the injuries on his body slowly recovering under his deliberate control.

"Wang, I really underestimated you. Enduring a punch from me, even if an ordinary eleventh-forbidden Resurgent didn't die, they probably wouldn't even be able to stand up. You really exceeded my expectations!"

Zhang Gu and Wu Hai walked from the same direction, their faces full of relaxed joy. Even a fool could see that Li Chenqiu was in an extremely weak state.

Wu Hai looked him up and down, raising his eyebrows in surprise: "To be beaten like this by us and still be able to stand up… tsk tsk tsk!"

Li Chenqiu struck a fighting pose with a solemn expression: "Not only can I stand up, but I can also continue fighting. Do you want to try?"

Zhang Gu sneered: "In your current state, your strength is probably only at the level of a one-star, eleventh forbidden!"

"You'll know if you try."

Li Chenqiu's tone was cold. Seeing the two approaching his domain, he pushed his hands forward horizontally, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose. Two fireballs, only a few meters in diameter, roared out.

Faced with these two fireballs, neither Wu Hai nor Zhang Gu took them too seriously, because the power of the fireballs was too weak. And the fact was indeed so.

"Overestimating yourself." Wu Hai waved his hand, and two wind blades shot out at lightning speed.

At the same moment, the two fireballs also left the domain, and two violent and extremely unstable fluctuations spread out from them. The two wind blades were directly shattered before they could even get close.

"Not good, retreat quickly!"

Wu Hai shouted in horror, but it was too late.

Bang!!!

The two fireballs exploded, and the dazzling fire mixed with black smoke soared into the sky, crushing everything into dust. The terrifying power shook the heavens and the earth, and even a hundred miles away, the commotion could be heard.

Zhang Gu and Wu Hai, located in the center of the explosion, were swept away. Although this level of explosion was not enough to take their lives, it definitely caused serious injuries.

Wanting to chase after the regenerating Li Chenqiu in a severely injured state was nothing short of wishful thinking.