The chaotic battle lasted for an unknown amount of time, and Lu Qing's body was already stained with blood.
She stood amidst the carcass of the red-eyed mastiff, panting heavily, sweat dripping down her face.
Her physical strength was almost at its limit, and she had very little Qi left in her body.
But it seemed like the red-eyed mastiffs were endless; a large number of them appeared and blocked her path.
"How come there are still some!" Lu Qing sighed helplessly.
She is not someone who gives up easily; even if she has only one breath left, she will fight with all her might.
Lu Qing struggled to her feet, leaning against the wall, glaring angrily at the red-eyed mastiff in front of her.
Come on!
A pack of red-eyed mastiffs pounced on them.
Lu Qing stabbed the judge's pen into its neck with his other hand.
Blood splattered on her face, stinking horribly, but she didn't even have time to feel disgusted before she had to deal with the next one.
Suddenly, a red-eyed mastiff approached Lu Qing from behind.
She noticed it, but she didn't have the strength to care.
Am I going to die here today?
Lu Qing gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, "If Gu Xicheng wakes up one day and finds that I'm dead, he'll be very sad!"
"Gu Xicheng, I'm sorry!"
Lu Qing could no longer hold on.
However, just as the red-eyed mastiff was about to bite Lu Qing, someone stepped in front of her.
In an instant, all the red-eyed mastiffs stopped. They seemed to have seen something terrifying, and slowly retreated before fleeing.
Lu Qing suddenly collapsed to the ground, and when she turned her head, she saw Gu Xicheng standing next to her.
"Gu Xicheng..." Lu Qing was too exhausted to continue.
Upon seeing Gu Xicheng, all her defenses crumbled, and she fainted.
When she woke up, she was sitting in the same tomb where she had first seen the statue.
When she opened her eyes, Gu Xicheng was standing next to her.
She stood up and looked at him. Judging from his cold eyes, this was not Gu Xicheng, but that god.
Lu Qing immediately became alert:
"Why do you want to kill me? What have I ever done to you?"
The deity lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice:
"We have no enmity. If you don't want to die, you'd better leave my reincarnation."
Lu Qing scoffed: "Why should I?"
The deity said: "Once a deity is moved by emotions, he has a weakness. Once he has a weakness, he cannot wholeheartedly serve the people of the world."
Lu Qing: "But Gu Xicheng isn't a god; he's a human being!"
The deity said, "He is my reincarnation, destined to be the next deity to protect all living beings."
"So you want to kill me so that he can become a so-called god?" Lu Qing couldn't help but sneer:
"What a wonderful god!"
"You keep saying you want to protect all living beings, but am I not one of them?"
The deity lowered his eyes, seemingly aware that what he was doing was wrong.
"Sacrificing one person to save more people, this is the only thing I can do."
"Heh~" Lu Qing chuckled sarcastically.
"What kind of bullshit logic is this! Does my existence hinder your efforts to save the world? So, I'm the one who brought about this world's suffering?"
The deity remained silent, his lips pressed together.
Lu Qing took a few deep breaths to calm his anger before asking again:
"If you wanted to kill me, why did you save me just now?"
The deity said, "It wasn't me saving you; it was his body's instinctive reaction."
The deity seemed to sigh silently and said:
"I thought that by putting him to sleep and making him forget, I could eliminate his weakness, but I didn't expect that protecting you had become his body's instinct, and even I couldn't control him."
Lu Qing really disliked the word "weakness".
"Why are you so sure I'm Gu Xicheng's weakness? Am I that weak?"
The deity looked at Lu Qing and nodded slightly.
Lu Qing's face darkened, but she didn't know how to refute him.
She might be very powerful when facing other people, but she seems quite weak in front of this god.
Lu Qing let out a heavy sigh:
"Maybe I'm not as strong as you now, but that doesn't mean I'll always be inferior to you."
"Besides, Gu Xicheng isn't that great. How long would it take for him to become the second you?"
"Besides, isn't life pretty good now? Although there are some natural disasters and man-made calamities, it doesn't necessarily require some kind of god to save the world!"
The deity remained silent for a moment:
There are some things you'd better not know for now.
“Gu Xicheng is my reincarnation. Divine power will slowly awaken in him, and he will grow very quickly.”
"I couldn't fight his body's instincts to kill you, so I could only make you stronger."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing immediately became interested:
"Make me stronger? How will that be done?"
The god slowly walked to his own statue, raised his hand and gently touched it, and spiderweb-like cracks spread out in all directions.
With a loud crash, the statue shattered.
Lu Qing retreated repeatedly, shielding his face from the dust with his hands.
As the dust settled, a deep blue bead flew out and landed in the palm of the god's hand.
"What is this?" Lu Qing asked.
"Nine Nether Lotus Flame".
Upon hearing these four words, shock flashed in Lu Qing's eyes:
"Nine Nether Lotus Flame! The legendary Nine Nether Lotus Flame that can temper divine bones!"
The deity nodded: "Indeed! If you can absorb the Nine Nether Lotus Fire and refine your divine bones, your strength will increase by leaps and bounds. However, the refining process is extremely painful. Do you dare to endure the pain of being shattered to pieces?"
Lu Qing stared at the Nine Nether Lotus Flame in silence for a long time before asking:
Will I die?
God: "You're afraid of death!"
Lu Qing: "Of course I'm afraid! If I die, Gu Xicheng will be sad, my family and friends will be sad, so my life is not just my own."
The corners of the god's mouth seemed to turn up slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips.
"With that kind of will to survive, you probably won't die."
Lu Qing nodded: "I have one last question."
"Was this Nine Nether Lotus Flame originally prepared for Gu Xicheng?"
The deity nodded slightly: "That's right, he has a mortal body. If he wants to become a god, he must naturally temper his divine bones."
Lu Qing: "If I use it, then he'll be gone!"
The deity said, "It's alright. There is another kind of divine fire in the heart of this earth. Perhaps that one is more suitable for him."
With a skeptical attitude, Lu Qing secretly cast a divination for herself. The divination result was not clear, but her intuition told her that this deity would not stoop to deceiving her.
Lu Qing took a deep breath and then put the Nine Nether Lotus Flame into his mouth.
Before long, a burning pain spread throughout the body.
It hurts! It hurts so much!
It's like being in a sea of fire, and someone is using a hammer to break the bones bit by bit, then reassemble them, then break them again, and reassemble them again.
Lu Qing swore that she had never suffered such pain in her entire life.
Tears fell, and she didn't want to cry, but when the pain started, she couldn't help it.
Lu Qing curled up on the ground, her whole body trembling.
As the god looked at her like this, he suddenly felt as if tears were flowing from his eyes.
He reached out and gently touched it; it was a tear.
"Mortal love is such a strange thing!"
The deity murmured something, then closed his eyes and quietly returned to his body to sleep.
Gu Xicheng then woke up.
When he saw Lu Qing curled up in pain, his heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
The gods gave him his memories, and he knows what happened.
Thinking about how Lu Qing had almost been devoured by the red-eyed mastiff, he wished he could kill himself.
"Qingqing! I'm sorry!"
Gu Xicheng held Lu Qing tightly. He couldn't take away her pain, so he could only let her bite his arm to prevent her from biting her tongue in the extreme pain.
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