Li Ping’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her killing intent surged, and her figure flashed, soaring above the lake. Then, a wave of Mysterious Qi emanated from her body, instantaneously evaporating the water droplets clinging to her.
Without the veil to hide her face, Li Ping’s perfect features were exposed to the air.
This gave Li Ping another reason to be resolute in her decision to kill Su Chen.
She had once sworn that in this lifetime, she would not marry; she aimed to become the strongest warrior on the Divine Martial Continent!
Thus, she covered her perfect face, having decided long ago that anyone who saw her face must die! There was no second possibility!
Li Ping’s entire figure resembled a white specter, moving instantaneously across the lake at an incredibly fast speed, her killing intent roaming violently.
"Young boy Su, stop moving," Jiuyou suddenly said in the same second. "It’s useless to keep moving; you can’t possibly be faster than her."
"So, am I just to wait for death?" Su Chen was unwilling, very unwilling. He hadn’t yet overthrown Wenren Nongyue, he hadn’t saved his master, he hadn’t rescued Ling’er, he hadn’t seen Lin Lanxin again, he hadn’t brought his brothers from Earth to the Divine Martial Continent, and he hadn’t discovered his own origins.
He still had so many things he wanted to do!
He didn’t want to die.
"There’s something strange about this lake, tread lightly, sink to the bottom, Li Ping might not be able to find you," Jiuyou’s voice lowered.
"What?" Su Chen stopped moving, shocked and delighted.
"Have you noticed? This lake, it’s impervious even to Divine Souls; Li Ping can’t find you. Otherwise, by now, you would have already been killed, yet she is still up there searching for you!"
"Understood!" Su Chen swallowed a breath, then immediately subdued his breathing, his figure gliding like a fish silently towards the water below, moving slowly to ensure there was no noise—that was most crucial.
This lake was not shallow at all; it was very deep.
Time flowed by, second by second.
Su Chen had sunk nearly a hundred meters to the bottom of the lake.
He finally felt somewhat safe.
He was completely concealed by the underwater plants.
"Next, I need to recover from my injuries," Su Chen didn’t have a moment to delay, as every second was critical to his survival.
"You recover, I’ll keep watch around us," Jiuyou said resolutely. The source of this content ɪs novel⚑fire.net
Su Chen closed his eyes, casting aside all shock, fear, helplessness, and despair, left with only a steadfast heart as he undistractedly circulated the energy in his Divine Mansion!
Li Ping’s complexion was very bad.
She was exceptionally pale, and within that paleness was a hint of frantic anger.
She, a mighty warrior of the Utmost Poverty Realm, was repeatedly failing to kill a boy from the Fate Realm Sixth Level?
It was utterly unforgivable and the greatest humiliation of her twenty-six years of life.
"Has he hidden under the water?" Li Ping was not a fool, rather, she was very smart. Her beautiful eyes flickered chillingly. She bowed her head, looking at the water, silent, breathing steadily, trying to detect any slight movement of Su Chen in the silence underwater.
After more than a dozen breaths, Li Ping gave up.
There was not a single disturbance.
"Hmph, do you think you can really hide underwater forever?" Li Ping snorted, and then her figure moved, diving directly into the lake, swift as a white mermaid, her motion rapid.
With Mysterious Qi as her wings, Li Ping’s speed in the water was extremely fast.
"Young boy Su, from now on, completely conceal your Qi, and don’t move an inch!!!" Jiuyou suddenly said, her voice extremely grave: "Li Ping has gone into the lake."
Su Chen slightly opened his eyes, his injuries had mostly healed, and his arm had also regrown.
"I understand," Su Chen responded.
Time continued to pass.
Approximately the time it takes for an incense stick to burn later.
Suddenly, Su Chen’s eyes flashed fiercely.
There was a white, stunningly beautiful, moving figure, getting closer to his position.
However, she clearly hadn’t spotted him hidden in the water plants, as she continued to search aimlessly.
"Right here, in this part of the water, that boy’s aura is quite strong!" Li Ping thought to herself.
It was in this very second that Su Chen’s eyes fiercely contracted, filled with pain and fear.
And not just any fish, but fish similar to piranhas.
The fish burrowed into the seaweed, now biting his legs and feet.
This was something Su Chen hadn’t anticipated; he thought there were no fish in this lake.
"Jiuyou, damn it! Could it be that heaven wants to destroy me?" Su Chen’s mindset fluctuated once again, yet he remained still, letting the fish on his lower legs and feet tear at him.
If he dared move, Li Ping would immediately discover him.
"Ah..." Jiuyou didn’t know how to console Su Chen anymore, who was indeed pushed to the limit.
"Huh, there’s a smell of fresh blood." Li Ping’s beautiful eyes lit up as she talked to herself, a delightful discovery. There was the smell of fresh blood in the lake. Whose could it be?
Of course, it was Su Chen’s.
She became even more certain that Su Chen was in this area.
Li Ping’s beautiful eyes slowly scanned the area. Since she confirmed Su Chen was just in front of her, he must be hiding among the seaweed. In front of her, there were thirty to forty clumps of seaweed.
With a flick of her white sleeve, it transformed into a sharp, white blade ferociously sweeping across, hitting precisely on one of the clumps of seaweed. Upon contact, that clump of seaweed instantly exploded!
The power was horrifying.
"Su Chen, if you don’t come out, just wait to die!" Li Ping said with a chillingly determined murderous sneer, and then, with another flick of her sleeve, she shattered another clump of seaweed.
"Damn!!! This bitch! What a bitch!" Su Chen cursed inwardly. At this rate, the clump of seaweed he was hiding in would soon be hit as well, and his fate, one could imagine.
Su Chen’s heartbeat finally became uncontrollable and began to accelerate.
"So, you’re there." As Su Chen’s heartbeat sped up, Li Ping felt it. She eerily turned her head, looking toward the clump of seaweed where Su Chen was hiding, her gorgeous face took on a chillingly playful tone: "Come out!"
Su Chen really did come out, because there was no hiding anymore. His legs and feet harshly shuddered, shaking off the fish clinging to them.
"Die!" Li Ping said indifferently, about to make a move.
But just at that moment.
"People of the Utmost Poverty Realm, come out!!! Get out here!" A thunderous roar resounded over the lake, suddenly causing the previously calm waters to surge.
What was more terrifying was that the water began evaporating at an incredible rate.
In only about two or three breaths.
Was completely evaporated!
A hundred meters wide, thousands of square meters of lake!
And not just the lake dried up, but even the clothes on Su Chen and Li Ping were evaporated dry.
Su Chen and Li Ping were both stunned.
Above their heads in the sky, a shadow appeared.
Its body a kilometer in size.
Imposing as it blanketed the sky.
All over a pale gray color.
The reason the lake water had dried up was because of the fire it had breathed out.