His path of cultivation was smoother than others. His master, Li Shutong, had to pass seven life-or-death trials to become a demigod, but he became a demigod after passing only six.
Now, he doesn't know what will happen if he completes two more challenges.
Qing Chen shuddered as he looked up at the sky thousands of meters above the ground; it was a sign of his adrenaline surging.
Fear is a normal human emotion, and what the knight needs to do is not avoid it, but face it directly, rather than deny its existence.
At one point, when Qingchen felt he might fail, he hesitated.
But he wondered, if Mr. He and Li Yunshou were here, what would they choose?
"Boss He could have just flown away. What could anyone do with a flying demigod?"
"Even though Li Yunshou could see that his end would be one of humiliation and death, he still waited for his fate without changing his expression."
For some reason, Qing Chen was certain that Li Yunshou's expression was one of smiles as he stood on the Blackwater ship being swallowed by light at the very last moment.
Fate has already been decided.
The fate of everyone had been seen by the old man on Ginkgo Mountain, like a perilous endgame on a chessboard, where the opponent had considered countless possibilities before choosing the last one.
In chess, there is a "key point," which is a crucial turning point in the game. Before the key point appears, Black's position is clearly weak, but after the key point appears... Black can turn the tide and survive.
At one point, when Qing Ji said that he could not tell Qing Chen about his fate, Qing Chen looked into the other's eyes and realized that perhaps he was the key to the game.
In the battle in City 18.
The civilian and military airships in the city launched their attacks fearlessly in order to buy Li Yunshou an hour and obscure the Fate Master's God-like perspective.
They all chose to give up their own lives and let others go.
Qing Zhun and Li Yunshou made the same choice; they did not want to become heroes themselves, but rather to burn their remaining light to send Qing Chen on his way.
It was 1 a.m. in North America at that time.
Qing Chen didn't hesitate any longer and leaped into the air!
breathe.
The next moment, Qing Chen's breathing rate changed, and ice-blue patterns bloomed on both sides of his cheeks.
He stretched out his body and opened his arms at an altitude of 6,000 meters.
A violent wind raged in the air.
The expensive private jet disappeared into the distance behind him, and no one knew he had left.
However, people on the ground were observing this scene with high-powered night vision binoculars. When Qing Chen appeared in the sky, someone said urgently in the communication channel: "It's confirmed that Joker jumped down. After he jumped out of the plane, ice-blue patterns appeared on his face. It's confirmed that he has activated the reverse breathing technique!"
The puppet glanced at his phone. The Chen family time travelers had already made their move in the center of Haicheng City, while Zheng Yuandong had arrived at top speed and was fighting with more than 500 gene warriors in the city.
Zheng Yuandong, Lu Yuan, Jiu Ran, Yu Cheng, Ni Ergou, Xiao Qi, and Xiao Wu all arrived. Kunlun, Jiuzhou, and the core members of the Parents' Association made their moves almost simultaneously.
Meanwhile, Shindai Unra is still at the wingsuit flying training base; a reconnaissance plane had just photographed him in the Alps.
The puppet suddenly frowned.
Zhong Yu asked coldly, "Did something go wrong, or did your plan fail?"
The puppet pondered for a moment: "My plan has succeeded. The people I'm sure can help Qingchen are basically all in Haicheng now. Even if a few members of the Parents' Association are missing, they are not qualified to intervene in the battle of demigods... But that's exactly what makes me feel something's wrong. Why didn't Qingchen have a single protector during his last life-or-death ordeal?"
"What, are you backing down?" Zhong Yu stood up in the hamburger shop.
The puppet shook its head: "Proceed according to the original plan. Even if we can only interrupt his reverse breathing technique, it will still be considered a success."
If Qing Chen forcibly switches to normal breathing after performing reverse breathing, it means that Qing Chen's cultivation path is cut off, and thus his path to godhood is also cut off.
In the end, Qingchen will still die of cancer, or become a monster that is neither human nor ghost.
At this moment, the observers from the Polar Night Organization noticed that Qing Chen showed no intention of opening his parachute during his descent.
It's like wanting to commit suicide.
5000 meters.
4000 meters.
3000 meters.
1000 meters.
600 meters!
Qing Chen still showed no intention of opening the umbrella!
He fell like a cannonball, crashing straight into the Guatemalan sinkhole!
"Move! Don't let him have a chance to land!" Zhong Yu gave the order.
He originally wanted to fight Qing Chen one-on-one to determine who was stronger in a fair way, but then he thought that Qing Chen had already tricked him several times. He had already chosen to ambush, so why bother to hide it anymore?
On the ground, dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns suddenly opened fire. In the dim dawn light, orange-red bullets burst from the ground, and dozens of streaks of light intertwined in the sky to form a terrifying net!
Further away, there were anti-aircraft guns transported from Mexico by the Polar Night Organization, something that even Qing Chen's Boundless Principle couldn't stop.
Neither Zhongyu nor the puppet made a move; they simply held up their binoculars and waited quietly, wanting to see if Qingchen had any more trump cards up his sleeve.
Of course, it would be great if this firepower could kill Qing Chen directly.
But the next moment, Qingchen watched as the barrage of comments surged forth...
breathe!
The icy blue patterns on his face suddenly receded, and in an instant, fiery red patterns burst forth, while golden light flowed in his pupils!
A clicking, clanging sound, similar to a machine, came from inside.
The genetic locks that were originally locked within Qing Chen's body were gradually unlocked.
In an instant, he went from an ordinary person back to a demigod, standing atop the pinnacle of demigods!
When Qing Chen severed his path of cultivation, he did not hesitate at all!
"You've broken the reverse breathing technique!" The puppet's pupils constricted slightly: "Did you just so easily sever your own path of cultivation?"
He felt like he had missed some information, but Qingchen's reversal of breathing at this moment was definitely not wrong!
Zhongyu: "His cultivation path is broken. If he had even the slightest chance, he wouldn't have made such a choice. It's my turn to make a move. Hehe."
As Qingchen fell, he looked at the net coming towards him.
The electromagnetic radiation within his body hummed and surged, but this time he did not use the "No Principle" technique. Instead, he transformed himself into a floating leaf, generating a repulsive force with each of the incoming bullets.
Bullets came flying, but just before they reached Qing Chen, they pushed him away with a repulsive force.
This time, he didn't bounce the bullet back, he bounced it back at himself!
That seemingly impenetrable barrage of bullets allowed Qing Chen to drift and pass through the gaps!
The puppet stood still, watching this scene. He felt that Qing Chen had been exceptionally well-prepared for this moment, as if he had been waiting for them to appear.
He watched as Zhong Yu stepped onto the Crimson Hand and charged towards Qing Chen's landing point with lightning speed. Suddenly, he shouted, "No, he's not here to complete the life-or-death trial. He's here to help Kunlun and the Parents' Association eliminate the hidden dangers in the surface world before he embarks on the path to godhood!"
Zhong Yu, this demigod with extreme combat power, is the biggest hidden danger in the world today!
Qing Chen wasn't sure if he could become a god, or even if he could survive, so he wanted to help the surface world eliminate Zhong Yu before he left!
They were even willing to sever their path of cultivation!
He once ordered Iodine to die for a mission, and he also ordered the parents' association to hold their ground against the rat swarm. Those people were risking their lives to carry out his orders. Now, it's his turn!
Zhong Yu ignored the puppet's words and continued charging forward, while the puppet stood there, muttering to itself in a daze, "But how can you become a god if your genetic lock isn't fully unlocked? Is it worth it!?"
He slowly backed away, but after taking only two steps, he turned around and saw that Kamishiro Unshu and Kamishiro Sora were blocking his way.
This direction... the other party emerged from a sinkhole!
Therefore, the known experts from the Parents' Meeting and Kunlun remained in the open to reassure the Puppet Master and Zhongyu to take action. Meanwhile, Yunxiu and Kongyu, two experts who had long since disappeared and were easily overlooked, had hidden in the sinkhole to avoid the blockade.
The puppeteer laughed, "This was indeed your trap... but I'm just a puppet, while your boss is about to cut off my path to cultivation. I've made a profit."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Kamishiro Unshu cut him in two with a single stroke.
Zhongyu turned around and saw this scene, then said to R in the communication channel: "You take your men and kill them, I'll take care of Joker."
The next moment, he manifested a scarlet hand in the air, viciously grabbing at Qing Chen amidst the barrage of comments.
Two scarlet hands clasped together in the sky, trying to crush him in their grasp.
Just as the scarlet hands were about to clasp together, God cut!
The scarlet hands clenched together with a loud cracking sound, but there was nothing inside!
In the blink of an eye, Qing Chen had broken through the intertwined barrage of bullets. The surging bullet barrage was like a tide, but it hit nothing!
Another divine cut!
These two divine cuts stretched out dazzling white light in the sky. It was the first time that the experts of the Polar Night Organization had seen this amazing ability in person, and they lost sight of their target for a moment!
When Qing Chen reappeared, he was already more than 30 meters away from Zhong Yu, carrying the enormous kinetic energy of his fall and the Divine Cut, and slashed down with his sword!
Zhong Yu was startled as layers upon layers of scarlet hands blocked his way, but Qing Chen simply slashed down with an ordinary blade, and all the layers of scarlet hands vanished in front of the black blade!
The Blade of Gods! It can even cut through forbidden things!
Standing on the Crimson Hand, Zhong Yu felt for the first time the terror of a knight demigod in a one-on-one battle. No matter how varied your methods are, the opponent's speed is the only thing that can break through!
Back then, when Chen Chuanzhi faced Li Shutong, even though Li Shutong had countless gods and Buddhas, the knight demigod easily passed through the gaps between the gods and Buddhas and came to stand in front of him.
Zhong Yu felt the same way at that moment!
Qing Chen went so far as to reverse his breathing for no other reason than that he feared Zhong Yu would not dare to appear!
It seems that as long as an opponent appears, he is sure to kill them!
The crimson hand beneath Zhong Yu's feet retreated frantically. He looked at Qing Chen, who had passed through layers of crimson hands and arrived in front of him. Qing Chen's eyes were tired but resolute.
At this moment, Zhong Yu realized the drawback of his limited methods. He was at a loss as to how to stop Qing Chen. All the scarlet hands were useless in front of that black knife!
God cut!
Amidst the brilliant white light, a hint of black mingled, and Qing Chen's figure brushed past Zhong Yu, only to be severed in half at the waist by the black blade in his hand.
Zhong Yu seemed to recall the last time when Lee Shentan passed through his body, and he felt just as powerless.
But then Qingchen saw Zhongyu behind him being cut in half at the waist. Zhongyu had intended to use nanobots to quickly suture the wound. As long as all the organs in his body were reconnected by the nanobots, the cut would be considered harmless.
But when the black blade sliced through his body, lightning crackled around it—a Superconducting World skill, enchanted!