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

Beneath the pale red moonlight, the square altar stood alone.

The ancient yellow stone brick steps exuded an indescribable sense of antiquity. Soldiers with furious eyes and silver armor were carved on both sides of the steps, their lifeless yet vivid eyes staring intently at Li Chenqiu.

Li Chenqiu paused before the altar for a moment before stepping onto the stone steps, completely ignoring the murals carved on either side.

Perhaps because no one had visited for a long time, the stone steps were covered in dust, and cobwebs filled the corners. Each time Li Chenqiu's foot landed, it stirred up a large cloud of dust.

However, Li Chenqiu didn't notice that each time he passed a step, the eyes of the soldiers carved beside it would reveal a hint of scarlet, their stiff eyes turning to watch Li Chenqiu's departing figure.

The stone steps weren't long, and Li Chenqiu quickly reached the end, where a vast platform came into view.

Gurgle~

The sound of stomach rumbling came from in front of Li Chenqiu, and scarlet words slowly appeared.

【Insert the five keys into the five keyholes in the center of the platform. The five people who insert the keys will enter the final assessment.】

After reading this, Li Chenqiu took out five keys from his pocket, walked to the center of the platform, and indeed saw five keyholes.

Without hesitation, Li Chenqiu inserted the five keys into their corresponding keyholes.

Clack!

With the insertion of the last key, the platform suddenly began to shake.

Li Chenqiu frowned, exerting force with his legs to jump to the edge of the platform, his eyes warily looking at the center of the platform. His sixth sense told him it was very dangerous there.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

In an instant, the space in the center of the platform trembled like a piece of cloth, and with a "tearing" sound, the space instantly cracked, a slender crack appearing before Li Chenqiu.

"Hahahaha, finally… I'm finally out, hahahaha!"

A maniacal laughter came from the crack, the terrifying sound waves causing the platform to be swept by a violent wind.

"This is…" Li Chenqiu frowned. He had heard this voice before on North Peak Mountain.

Before Li Chenqiu could think further, a sharp claw covered in black scales and gleaming with cold light stretched out from the crack, hooked onto the edge of the crack, and gently tore, the space shattered and fractured like tofu, spreading rapidly in all directions.

The purest black devoured all light like a man-eating monster.

Realizing something was wrong, Li Chenqiu pushed back with both feet, plummeting towards the ground.

One hundred meters… seventy meters… fifty meters… thirty meters…

Just as Li Chenqiu was about to fall into it, he calmly said, "Ride."

In an instant, the water molecules floating in the air seemed to be summoned, frantically rushing towards Li Chenqiu's back, then condensing.

When there was still one meter left to the ground, a gust of wind struck from Li Chenqiu's back, and the dust in the sky was pushed to both sides like a wave.

"Rise." Li Chenqiu moved his mind, his body like a flying bird, tearing through the air straight into the heavens.

Under the red moon's illumination, the wings condensed from water, spreading five meters wide, looked particularly shocking.

Li Chenqiu stood in the air, the cold night wind blowing his hair back, his tattered security guard uniform fluttering in the air.

His eyes drooped, quietly watching the platform, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the platform, darkness instantly occupied all the space above the altar, a pair of ghostly blue eyes slowly opened from the darkness, their cold gaze looking down on everything in the world like a monarch.

The soldiers carved beside the stone steps seemed to be summoned, twisting strangely.

Woo—

A highly penetrating bugle call rang out in the heavens and earth. The soldiers in the murals actually stepped out of the walls, rushing towards the platform in Li Chenqiu's astonished gaze.

Thud thud thud…

The dense footsteps were like muffled drumbeats. Hundreds of soldiers in silver armor rushed towards the platform like a silver torrent, fearless of death.

"Ridiculous!"

A chuckle came from the darkness, followed by a dull, mountain-like footstep coming from inside. The altar built with stone bricks began to collapse from the inside out like sand.

Before the soldiers could step onto the platform, they were buried deep within it, struggling in the gaps between the wood and stone bricks.

In an instant, the tall altar turned into a pile of ruins.

At the same time, a huge figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

Its body was over a hundred meters long, its two deep eyes like two burning coals, its huge nostrils spewing blue flames with each breath, its body covered with obsidian-like scales, each scale shimmering with a metallic luster.

Strong and powerful limbs drooped beneath it, and wide and powerful wings flapped constantly, bringing gusts of wind.

Li Chenqiu frowned, his eyes full of doubt: "A dragon?"

Thinking of this, he looked the other up and down again, and finally denied his idea.

The behemoth in front of him only looked similar to a dragon, but it shouldn't be the dragon in his impression. After all, how could a dragon have wings?

While Li Chenqiu was sizing up this dragon-like creature, the other party was also sizing up Li Chenqiu.

Neither side spoke. After dozens of seconds of silence, Li Chenqiu took the lead and said, "What is the final assessment?"

"Final assessment?" A mocking look flashed in the black dragon's narrow eyes: "Are you talking about the scarlet words?"

As soon as the Black Hell Dragon finished speaking, a long string of scarlet words appeared in front of Li Chenqiu.

【Congratulations on overcoming all difficulties to obtain the five keys and unlock my seal. I am very satisfied with you, so I plan to take your body.】

When Li Chenqiu saw the last word, his expression instantly darkened: "You tricked me?"

"Hahahaha, when did I trick you? The spirit Xuan weapon is real, the five keys are also real, everything is real!" The Black Hell Dragon laughed loudly, the terrifying sound waves causing the clouds to collapse.

Not knowing if it had been holding it in for too long or what, seeing Li Chenqiu's gloomy face and silence, the Black Hell Dragon excitedly said:

"This place is used to seal me and my spirit Xuan weapon. Those five keys are the key to breaking my seal. Thank you for helping me break the seal. I have seen your strength, and I am very satisfied with you, hahahaha!"

Li Chenqiu heard the words and said: "So everything was done by you?"

"Yes and no. The giants and mirror people you saw, their meaning of existence is to prevent others from breaking the seal. I can only slightly interfere, such as adding a 'selection' setting to the mirror people, so that they don't kill them all, and tamper with the scarlet words a little.

Do you know, when I saw you preparing to fight the mirror people on the bridge, I was really scared. I was afraid you would be killed, but… but… you are too good!!!"

The Black Hell Dragon's voice was excited, and its ghostly blue eyes were full of madness.