Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1619: Chapter 1614: Netherworld Severed Flow (9)

The spring is vibrant.

The originally dim and dead underground suddenly bursts with such light and bustle, reminiscent of the brightness of Qingming Festival outings.

In light of this, Fu Qian, who had clearly been anticipating for a long time, directly shouted to let out his chest feelings without moving a single step.

Gospel Blast!

In the midst of the rolling waves of sound, an even more exaggerated commotion than before directly hit the White Bone Centipede along the tunnel carved out by the stone pillars.

And after encouraging the opponent into frantic thrashing, it continued to penetrate deeply into the distance, with lingering echoes.

At the same time, Fu Qian’s body was also overwhelmed by the torrent.

”...Are you okay?”

Standing to the side, Professor Lisa couldn’t help but be infected by the festive atmosphere until the torrent dispersed, and she finally reacted to comfort Fu Qian, who faced the onslaught.

Of course, her tone wasn’t particularly anxious because of a simple reason—the protection against Withering was still there, without even a ripple.

Although that strike was grand in momentum, it seemed to have no effect on Demigod Fu, who blessed all directions.

Although upon closer thought, that conclusion was terrifying, it was at least positively terrifying—well, it did have a bit of effect.

The next moment, although he didn’t respond, as Fu Qian slowly turned around, Professor Lisa had to slightly revise her commentary.

It turned out that the clothes in front of him were already tattered and riddled with holes, swaying to reveal the black body hair underneath?

In Lisa’s stiff vision, an extraordinary spectacle she never imagined unfolded before her.

Like needles, like threads, yet smooth and flowing.

The surface of that sharply contoured body was uniformly covered with black short hair.

But it wasn’t merely an animal-like simple covering of the body surface; these dense hairs clearly followed a special arrangement in stretching, the ultimate result being a set of exquisitely armored appearance.

”What is this...”

For a moment, Professor Lisa even forgot the scientific expedition objective of this trip for the first time.

...

”Hah...consider it a bit of skill. If Fu weren’t always cautious and wore Soft Hedgehog Armor underneath, I might have been caught off guard.”

Facing Professor Lisa’s concerns, Fu Qian finally responded, waving his hand to indicate no serious harm, and sneered in the next moment, granting a bit of recognition to the opponent.

...Are you sure this is armor?

Anyone not blind could see it’s growing from your body, right?

Unfortunately, his calm reassurance brought a mind-blowing shock to his teammates.

Staring blankly at Fu Qian’s body, reason churned in Professor Lisa’s mind.

Certainly, it has a nice shape and excellent breathability, but are you sure this thing has even the slightest protective effect?

It’s clearly a temporary change to prevent exposure, isn’t it?

”Professor Fu...seems not too fixated on being human.”

Of course, in the end, those overly emotional expressions were self-digested.

Lisa took a deep breath, gave a highly insightful remark, and finally remembered what she was doing earlier, then leaned forward to look into the depths of the hole—that thing was trembling.

The shout Fu Qian made was clearly no simple matter. The White Bone Centipede, which seemed unconscious, now gave the impression that it had been frightened to madness.

Besides the twitching fine limbs as if electrified, even the inner azure light was swirling into vortices.

”Hmph, do you know what happened to the last one who evaluated me like that?”

And while marveling at this scene, Fu Qian’s sneering voice continued, with words that were stunning.

...

”What happened?”

Originally considering whether to rush up and deliver a finishing blow, Lisa clearly struggled to understand this unexpected statement and cautiously asked.

”Even now, it’s paying a cruel price every day!”

Unfortunately, Fu Qian obviously had no intention of satisfying others’ curiosity, coldly laughing while turning his head, leaving an answer for endless speculation.

Of course, no matter how hard Professor Lisa racked her brains, she would never expect that the cruelty amounted to as many as thirty thousand pieces.

Fu Qian was naturally referring to the evaluation given by the warehouse during the first mission earlier.

”A series of relatively significant disturbances might attract others; should we eliminate it and return?”

Indeed, Lisa seemed to have lacked the courage to continue questioning and shifted her focus back to the main task.

”It seems to be recovering, if we delay a little longer it might escape—”

The voice abruptly stopped, watching the suddenly reverse-dashing figure, Professor Lisa, whose words matched her actions, turned her head with a complex expression, measuring the still-unresponsive Fu Qian.

”...Did you intentionally miss it earlier? Why?”

Yet she wasn’t naive enough to express guilt, but rather squinted her eyes, picking up the suspicion she had before.

”Rarely visiting, just checking the effect.”

Fu Qian surprisingly didn’t deny her suspicion, even pointing at the marks on his body to explain.

”Earlier, didn’t we mention that the form of these things’ power seems a bit like this place?”

”...So what’s the conclusion?”

Lisa looked unsurprisingly so.

”It indeed seems somewhat alike, at least close relatives.”

With a casual pluck, the cloth piece on his chest almost turned into fluttering butterflies, Fu Qian sighed lightly.

”It feels like their probability of destroying this place is smaller.”

”Understood...so what now?”

Thoughtful, Lisa gestured with her eyes towards the depths of the hole.

”Of course, follow it, and see how it performs next.”

Speaking, Fu Qian finally stepped inside.

I knew it...this guy’s actions just now definitely had more than one purpose.

Shouting inside, once again deeply aware of the unfathomable guest’s intentions, Professor Lisa resignedly followed along.

...

”Runs fast.”

Moments later, Professor Fu gave a high commendation to the target’s exhibited nature of avoiding harm in pursuit of profit.

Even the pace of the chase was neither hurried nor slow, seemingly deliberately allowing the opponent to catch its breath until now.

And while Lisa reviewed internally, the two had already reached the position of the shattered stone pillar, the top sculpture unquestionably already reduced to bone fragments.

However, if they continued the chase...

Following the tunnel below, Lisa squinted and looked to the side, and indeed found not just one figure, including the target, drifting away in the air.

Even fleeing seems contagious...

But that wasn’t the main point; the key was that at the end of this tunnel, there was a distinctly different brightness, making those entities look as if they were abandoning darkness for light.

”Not good! That direction is towards the giant pit, if it escapes in there, it might stir up a huge commotion.”

Lisa immediately realized something, her speech speed quickening.

However, in the next moment, the guest at her side maintained his unchanged pace, prompting her to realize something else, her speech speed further accelerated.

”Did you do it on purpose? Inside this big circle, you can still judge direction?”

”I can only judge a little bit.”

Fu Qian humbly nodded.