Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Showdown

The energy released by the battle between the two half-human, half-beasts was extremely terrifying. Lu Kuo and the other psychics responsible for guarding the castle retreated immediately.

Chen Run also covered his injured arm and stumbled and crawled out of the castle.

But she was unlucky today. Before she could completely walk out of the manor, Chi Shuangliu grabbed her collar, dragged her back to the castle, and threw her to the ground.

The castle hall was in a mess. The huge crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling was smashed into pieces, and a large hole was knocked out of the side wall of the castle. Judging from the battle situation, the Giant Scorpion Queen must have broken through the hole and forced her way out after her defeat.

She had been holding on until now, and instinctively hissed.

Chi Shuangliu half-knelt beside her, tugging at her cheeks, and said in a harsh tone, "Do you feel the pain this time? Do you still dare to disobey me?"

He was extremely annoyed. This anger was not because she killed his partner to ruin her plan or because she stole the meteorite to threaten him, but because of her provocation against him - a provocation to his high position and power. The instinct of a high-dimensional god and his extreme desire for control made him hate this provocation extremely.

From the beginning to the end, he occupied an absolutely dominant position in their relationship. Even the previous compromises were made by him taking the initiative to give up power. If he didn't give in, Shen Run would have no choice. She shouldn't resist him, let alone try to challenge him.

She is his property, why does she think she can hold him hostage?

He didn't want to hurt her or kill her. He had even given in for her many times. Why was she still not satisfied?

What should he do to get her completely?

Chi Shuangliu's condescending arrogance was also hit, and he felt a vague sense of frustration.

His love for her brought about frustration, anxiety, uneasiness, depression, mixed with a hint of sharp hatred, which repeatedly tormented his nerves.

The muscles on his face seemed to come alive suddenly, moving around on the surface of his skin, giving his face a kind of hideous and crazy beauty.

Chen Run had suffered terribly that night. He was now on the verge of coma and could not make out what he said. A single word trembled between his teeth: "It hurts..."

Chi Shuangliu paused for a moment, and his twitching nerves calmed down for a brief moment.

He wanted to say, "You deserve it," and then add a few harsh, intimidating words, such as, "Damn you ungrateful bastard, this is what happens when you betray me." Or, "If you dare to go against me again, I'll break your other hand too."

But his actions once again outstripped reason.

He placed his finger between her eyebrows and gave her a second 'blessing' - in fact, 'blessing' was equivalent to sharing the life and power of the gods, which would consume a lot of energy, and it would be a waste to use it only for healing. But there was no other way, the authority he held was 'destruction', 'death', 'destruction', 'desire' and so on, and 'healing' was not within his authority.

Chen Run took a while to calm down, and his spirits gradually improved. He got up and his body instinctively entered a combat state, with electric light surrounding him.

Chi Shuangliu had already stood up, glaring at her with his arms folded, his eyes sinister: "You'd better think carefully before you take action. My temper won't always be this good."

She sat back down after raising her buttocks, and began to retort with confidence: "You were the one who lied to me first? You clearly promised me that you would not cooperate with Darwin!"

"So what? Do I need to ask you for permission for every decision I make?" Because he felt guilty, Chi Shuangliu's eyes flickered briefly. He had to raise his chin and use this action to maintain his high posture.

"I need to use all my resources to find the meteorite. Darwin is just a tool for me to regain my strength."

Chen Run raised his head and asked, "What will you do after you regain your strength? What are you going to do?"

"Are you interrogating me?"

After a brief moment of feeling guilty, Chi Shuangliu began to grow angry and humiliated. What right did she have to question him so aggressively? And why should he feel guilty?

He gradually pushed the unnecessary thoughts out of his mind and soon returned to his emotionless state. His eyes were deep and cold, like a statue overlooking the world.

"If you're so curious, I can tell you." His voice also calmed down. "I will devour this planet and return to the universe. My body needs to recover. The earth simply cannot accommodate my body. Everything here will become my nourishment. As for you..."

He paused, his eyes fixed on her, his expression calm. "I will take you to the universe. You cannot resist, and you have no right to refuse. Once you've seen the vastness of the universe in all its dimensions, you'll realize how insignificant Earth is. If you truly like the environment here, I can choose a suitable planet and simulate Earth's environment for you."

"impossible."

Shen Run rejected him decisively and expressed his position clearly, without any clinging or crying.

"You saved me, I'm very grateful, I can give up my life for you."

"But this is where I was born and raised. You might not understand, but here are my friends. There's the neighbor who took me to KFC because she felt sorry for me being beaten by my parents. There are the roommates who pooled their money and lent it to me when my family cut off my living expenses. There's also the kind advisor who, knowing my family's situation, tried his best to help me get a scholarship. To you, these people are just a speck of dust, an ant. But to me, they are an important part of my life."

"And I don't like your self-righteousness. Who are you to make decisions for me? I'm living well on Earth, why should I go to space with you?"

"I was captured by the Giant Scorpion Queen today just to disrupt your cooperation plan and steal the meteorite to blackmail you. My actions speak for themselves. This is my stance. I'm not as skilled as you, and even if I'm captured, I have nothing to say. You can kill me, but you can't control me."

She wiped her face and lay down on the ground in a very single manner: "Come on, kill me. As long as you don't kill me, I will dare to do it again next time."

She also gave a straightforward answer to his attempt to monopolize her - impossible.

The mask that Chi Shuangliu put on himself shattered instantly, his facial muscles began to spasm wildly, and his face was gradually covered by a layer of purple-black scales.

Sadly, despite his murderous intent, he was unable to truly hurt her.

He half-knelt down, grasping her neck with his hands, forcing her to look up at him. He stared at her for a long time with a creepy gaze, and suddenly pulled the corners of his lips stiffly: "Are you saying this because you're sure I won't kill you?"

Although she was mentally prepared to be killed by him, she did have a vague awareness that Chi Shuangliu would not kill her.

Shen Run is not good at lying and can only remain silent.

Her silence was equivalent to consent. Chi Shuangliu's eyes were gloomy and violent, but also revealed a faint desire. The desire to control and the desire to conquer collided and entangled in his body.

He suddenly leaned forward until his forehead touched hers, and asked softly, "You think I can't do anything to you like this? Really?"

Chen Run moved his body and suddenly felt his limbs tighten, his wrists and ankles were bound by sticky tentacles with suction cups.

She felt something was wrong and opened her mouth to speak, but a relatively slender tentacle took the opportunity to invade her mouth. The tip swept around her mouth, slid across her throat, and continued to penetrate deeper.

Her mouth couldn't close and she began to drool uncontrollably.

"I've wanted to do this for a long time."

Chi Shuangliu seemed to mutter something softly, starting from her forehead, kissing her all the way down, and then gently licking her earlobe, with obvious aggressive intentions.

Chen Run: “…”

No, what's going on? Is this the solution he mentioned?!

She didn't object to having intimate contact with him, but obviously she couldn't do it under such forced circumstances.

He didn't want to have sex with her at all, but wanted to take her by force and punish her through this method.

Can't he learn something good on Earth?!

After a brief panic, she struggled violently again, but the hands wrapped around her limbs became tighter and tighter.

Chi Shuangliu, who had buried his head in her neck, paused for a moment before finally raising his head.

"I don't want to force you." He brushed her sweaty hair with his fingers and looked into her eyes: "But dear, you can't expect to get away with ruining my plan, right?"

Chi Shuangliu has a very obvious characteristic. When he is in a good mood, he will call her "baby" or "Xiaorun", and when he is in a bad mood, he will call her "dear" in a tone mixed with teasing and mockery.

If Chen Run could open her mouth, she would definitely explain to him the meaning of "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated", but unfortunately her mouth was blocked, so she could only stare at him while struggling with all her might.

Shen Run's spiritual power was strengthened again. Even Chi Shuangliu could not completely subdue her without hurting her.

He frowned slightly and said, "I won't be soft-hearted and let you go. You'd better cooperate. I don't want to hurt you."

This wasn't an intimate moment between lovers at all, but a way for him to try to conquer her. There was no way Chen Run would cooperate!

She felt the mycelium merging with her, so she struggled harder, trying to delay time.

Chi Shuangliu became annoyed again by her resistance and held her shoulders with his hands.

Suddenly, a clear and loud bird cry resounded throughout the manor.

A giant bird about seven or eight meters tall, made purely of time, flew through the hole left by the queen and clung to the castle. It had gorgeous tail feathers, a gentle and kind look in its eyes, and left a dazzling golden light wherever it passed.

——It is the Chongming bird, a divine bird in ancient mythology and legends that is responsible for restraining evil and driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters.

It quickly locked onto Chi Shuangliu, opened its mouth and cried again, then swooped down towards Chi Shuangliu like a ball of burning golden flame.

The properties of the Chongming Bird had a certain restraining effect on Chi Shuangliu. The golden light in the room became brighter and brighter, and Chi Shuangliu's vision had a blind spot for half a second.

In just this brief half second, he was smashed directly into the floor, and a hole about two or three meters deep appeared on the floor - but the miraculous thing was that Chen Run was so close to him, but he didn't suffer any harm at all. He was gently swept aside by the wings of the double-headed bird, without even a slight bump.

Chen Run was completely dumbfounded and could no longer follow the plot.

The next moment, her arm felt tight and she was dragged out of the castle.