I Only Race Against Time

I Only Race Against Time

This...

For a moment, Ji Liushuang nearly couldn't stop herself from rushing forward with the others.

But a voice that flashed through her mind held her back.

"Do you know what dragon saliva incense is...? If you don't understand something, it's best not to mess with it."

Fu Qian's words rang in Ji Liushuang's mind, making her hesitate for a moment as she watched the others charge toward the blood pool.

The next moment, she was immensely grateful for that hesitation.

Huang Zhaoyan and Yuan Xin, the two strongest, were leading the charge. Huang Zhaoyan had suffered the least serious injuries, and leaped high into the air, almost just like Fu Qian had, heading straight for the center of the pool.

But as he reached the peak of his jump, a twisting tentacle suddenly shot out of the foul, putrid slurry around the pool.

"Ah!"

With a scream, Huang Zhaoyan had no chance to dodge. The tentacle pierced straight through his calf.

The next moment, it retracted, dragging Huang Zhaoyan down into the putrid slurry.

Yuan Xin, right behind him, was stunned by the sight. He hesitated over whether to keep going or retreat, only to see two tentacles shoot toward him.

He dodged them with all his might, but lost his balance and fell into the pool, half his body submerged.

The blood pool wasn't deep. Yuan Xin braced himself against the ground to get up, only to find countless tentacles in the slurry clutching his body, holding him fast.

The three behind him, who had already been wading through the pool, froze. A moment later, they hurriedly tried to retreat, only to find they couldn't move.

In an instant, all five of them were trapped.

"Help me!"

Yuan Xin lay at the edge of the blood pool, looking desperately at Ji Liushuang on the bank.

He could already feel the sensation rapidly fading around his wound. The fear of death swept over him, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Huang Zhaoyan disappear completely beneath the slurry.

Watching the horrific scene before her, Ji Liushuang felt her legs go weak. Her heart pounded wildly.

She couldn't help looking at Fu Qian in the blood pool again.

He was hinting at this!

He'd planned everything out long ago. He'd even anticipated this very scene!

He'd predicted how everyone would react!

The people in the pool were beginning to fall one after another. Hearing their cries, Ji Liushuang couldn't bear to watch and wanted to help them.

"If you don't understand something, don't do it."

But Fu Qian's words rang through her mind again, and in the end, she simply turned away.

Fu Qian glanced at the people in the blood pool and quickly looked away.

He didn't feel the slightest sympathy for them.

There was no cure for stupid!

It was true that people had an instinct to survive, and it was understandable to do whatever it took to stay alive. But that didn't mean you could stop thinking.

If you didn't understand the logic behind it and simply copied what someone else did, you might as well be gambling with your life.

What made you think that just because the stuff around the edge hadn't reacted to me, it wouldn't attack you?

By then, he'd already used Internal Organ Critical Hit on Feng Yunhong three times. His opponent was practically drowning in blood.

But that had only slowed Feng Yunhong's recovery.

As it turned out, Fu Qian had been right. As long as he was inside this place, his health bar was infinite.

"Die!"

Feng Yunhong had gradually regained the ability to move, and his counterattack came right after.

The hand gripping Fu Qian's neck squeezed with all its might. Fu Qian heard a series of cracks, and the bones in his neck were left in ruins.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the surging blood and qi inside his body repaired them.

Unfortunately, it seemed like I have an infinite health bar too.

What a strange feeling!

But Feng Yunhong was still absorbing blood much faster than he was. This couldn't go on.

Fu Qian thought for a moment, then used Internal Organ Critical Hit for the fourth time in a different way, stabbing himself instead.

Boom!

It felt like his body had been hollowed out.

An indescribable pain hit him, and Fu Qian's body faltered.

Feng Yunhong froze, then burst out laughing.

"Scared of suffering, so you want to kill yourself? Dream on! You can't even choose to die now!"

"You don't know shit."

Fu Qian snorted.

"This is called the last-stand blood-fueled kill—"

The next moment, the enormous wound on his body tore open in every direction, forming a gaping maw.

This scene looked familiar!

Fu Qian sighed, then swallowed everything around him in one gulp.

The blood surrounding them was reduced by almost half.

"Are you insane?!"

Feng Yunhong was both shocked and furious.

"You can't digest all that! You'll explode and die! You're finished, and it won't take long!"

"No need to remind me. I can already feel it."

Fu Qian grimaced.

Unlike before, when he'd absorbed blood through his wounds, this time he'd swallowed it whole. His body was instantly flooded with chaotic blood and qi, while his mind filled with countless noises.

"But that doesn't matter..."

He forced a smile at Feng Yunhong.

To defeat a stronger opponent, you had to make good use of every advantage you had.

For example, the phrase "it won't take long"—

It meant nothing to me!

I don't care what happens to me afterward.

But you do!

Forcing down the pain of his body about to burst, Fu Qian swallowed another huge mouthful of blood as Feng Yunhong watched in horror.

He didn't let up with his hands either, hitting Feng Yunhong with another Internal Organ Critical Hit.

As one side grew stronger and the other weaker, Feng Yunhong's condition rapidly deteriorated.

"You're a... lunatic!"

Finally, amid Feng Yunhong's desperate curses, Fu Qian used Internal Organ Critical Hit one last time, knocking him back into his blood form.

"No—"

Feng Yunhong only managed half a word before Fu Qian swallowed him whole.

It was over.

Fu Qian plopped down on the ground. The small amount of blood left flowed into his body, repairing his wounds and even restoring his severed arm and fingers.

Of course, that was only how it looked on the surface. The blood and qi inside him were so chaotic they were almost beyond control, surging back and forth on instinct. He felt as if his body had swollen and could explode into pieces at any moment.

But this was enough.

Even with his insides in complete disarray, Fu Qian could feel that he was in the most absurdly powerful condition he'd ever been in. In terms of sheer vitality, he was stronger than Li Weixuan had been.

He could even feel his very existence being rejected, and the space around him turning viscous.

Sure enough, power built entirely from blood and qi had surpassed the furnace's limits.

Now, all he had to do was reach the barrier to prove whether his theory was right.

With every part of his body wildly out of sync, Fu Qian struggled to his feet.

"Hahahaha!"

Just as he was about to set off, a voice laughed wildly beside his ear.

No, literally beside his ear.

Fu Qian could clearly feel a mouth growing beneath his left ear, speaking in Feng Yunhong's voice.

"You lunatic! You'll never be able to destroy me!"

"I just have to wait for you to explode and die, then go through the rebirth process all over again. And soon, your soul will be utterly annihilated!"

Dozens of frenzied voices rang out from all over his body.

There were male and female voices. They were probably the Transcendents Feng Yunhong had swallowed.

His crude gulping seemed to have improved their condition too.

Being stuck in this state for too long really does mess with your head!

"Okay, I get it. You don't have to say it so many times."

Fu Qian said wearily.

"But what if I leave through the barrier before then?"

In an instant, both Feng Yunhong and the voices in his head fell silent.

"We'll all have our souls annihilated together, right?"

Fu Qian laughed as he walked.

"That would be wonderful!"

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