There was no response.
All he could see was the rapidly rising water level. It was about to burst out of the hole in the roof, but the first thing that couldn't withstand the impact was this ordinary house.
The walls on all four sides were pushed to their limits. Water was already flowing out of the cracks. The four of them suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet sink. The roof and the walls had already collapsed.
"Go!" Following Siffin's shout, the house collapsed. The water that had been stored in the house was instantly split apart and scattered in all directions. The four of them took advantage of the last moment to jump onto the adjacent roof. They watched as the house collapsed.
"Teacher Chu Min!" Morin yelled loudly. His eyes were slightly red.
"It's still here." Lu Ping was much calmer. Because he could hear that there was a powerful force still flowing within the ruins.
Hua!
The flowing water and the ruins suddenly split apart. A gust of wind rushed into the sky. Within the wind was Chu Min herself. She used this method to protect herself at the most crucial moment. She broke free from the flowing water and the ruins.
However, when the hurricane reached midair, it suddenly lost its momentum. Chu Min, who was falling beside the four of them, did not manage to maintain her balance and fell sideways.
Lu Ping and Siffin rushed forward together to help Chu Min land. This battle had clearly forced Chu Min to use all her strength.
"As expected of Chu Min." Ku Qi's voice rang out again. Unknowingly, he had appeared on the street. At this moment, he was walking on the water towards the five of them.
"If it wasn't for those brats, would you be in such a sorry state?" Ku Qi said.
"I'm willing." Chu Min replied. She couldn't avoid this because it was an obvious fact. If it wasn't to buy time for Lu Ping and the others, Chu Min could have broken through the roof and rushed out immediately. She wouldn't have needed to forcefully attack and exhaust all her energy. Ku Qi's words did not make Chu Min feel anything. She appeared calm because she didn't want Lu Ping and the others to feel guilty. In front of a great enemy, such emotions would affect one's judgment. This was what Ku Qi wanted to achieve.
"It's fake." At this moment, Lu Ping suddenly said.
"What fake?" Chu Min was stunned.
"This person, it's fake again." Lu Ping pointed at the walking Ku Qi. The Water Man's Bitter Chess Move had already appeared twice. Lu Ping detected it through his keen soul-listening ability that it was a bitter chess move this time. The flow of soul power was exactly the same as the previous two flows, so he came to this conclusion.
"Little brat …" Chu Min was speechless. She wasn't surprised by Lu Ping's ability, but by the fact that this guy wasn't affected at all. She was completely focused on the opponent. Although this was what she was hoping for, when she saw Lu Ping do it, she felt relieved and a little disappointed. Chu Min had always been a straightforward person. Now, she was a little conflicted by Lu Ping's unexpected performance. She felt embarrassed just thinking about it.
"What? Another fake? "When Morin heard Lu Ping's judgment, he angrily lifted a tile from the roof and threw it. In the end, the tile drew an arc in the air and disappeared into the ruins of the collapsed house. There was still a long distance between it and the bitter chess piece.
"My hand slipped," Morin hurriedly explained.
"Be serious," Siffin advised.
"I'm very serious!" Morin was going crazy. Even if he didn't have the Spirit of Strength, he still had the physical strength of a normal person, right? Throwing a tile at such a distance was nothing. It was indeed because his hand slipped that he didn't throw it.
"Focus!" Chu Min shouted.
"Above our heads!" Lu Ping shouted.
Rain was falling on their heads, but without the protection of Chu Min's wind, the others immediately realized what Lu Ping meant and hurriedly jumped away from the roof. Then, they heard a series of crackling sounds behind them. The tiles on the roof they had been standing on were shattered. The small raindrops had such power after being controlled by the Ku Qi's Last Water Essence.
"What about now?" Morin asked with lingering fear. They had dodged that wave of attacks, but what was the point? The falling rain was everywhere. Didn't that mean that the Ku Qi's attacks were everywhere? If they kept running like this, they would eventually collapse from exhaustion.
Lu Ping shook his head and didn't answer immediately. Although his ability was strange, he didn't have much combat experience. He needed to gather information to summarize the relationship between the sound of the opponent's Spirit of Strength and their actions. Now, he had a slight grasp of the changes in Ku Qi's Last Water Essence when it controlled water.
First, he saw through the water man, and then he predicted the attack. "Soul Listening" was only the surface. Using the information from "Soul Listening" to make an accurate judgment was what Chu Min meant by "Soul Listening". And this wasn't done by controlling the Spirit of Strength to use the ability. It required Lu Ping's own thinking and judgment.
"Be patient," Chu Min said. She had basically lost her ability to fight. Lu Ping's ability was their greatest support. If Lu Ping could completely "hear" the opponent. Then even if they couldn't defeat the opponent, they could at least escape unscathed.
"This way," Lu Ping suddenly said and led the way. The others didn't ask for the reason and hurriedly followed.
In the seemingly empty space, the group of five suddenly went around in circles. Lu Ping walked at the very front. He was hesitant at first, but gradually became more and more determined. Although the others didn't know what was going on, they guessed that Lu Ping must have used his ability to determine which path was safe and which path was dangerous. Even though the rain was falling everywhere, it was impossible for Bitter Chess to bring every drop of water in the sky and on the ground into his control. There had to be some trade-offs.
At first, Lu Ping couldn't discern this choice, because he could hear the Soul Power's voice echoing from all directions. He didn't know how to differentiate it, and he didn't know what kind of change this noisy Soul Power represented.
But now, as the scene continued, he could finally distinguish the information from the noise. Regardless of whether it was in the sky or on the ground, he could sense the danger hidden in the water. He could sense it faster and more accurately.
These dangers either disappeared in a flash or were patiently lying in ambush. But in the end, Lu Ping saw through them all. The danger was everywhere, which meant there was no danger. The five of them seemed to be taking a walk in the rain.
"Find an empty place," Siffin said.
"I know." Lu Ping said. The real Ku Qi still didn't know where he was hiding. But if the place was empty and there was nowhere to hide, Ku Qi could only show himself if he wanted to continue.
"But he knows." Lu Ping continued.
He could feel that Bitter Chess knew he was trying to shift the battle to an open area, so he was constantly adjusting the formation set up by Water's End Lead. He was trying to guard against their intentions. It would be difficult for Lu Ping to find an opening in the formation. He would have to spend a lot of energy.
But finally …
"This is it!" When Lu Ping took the last step, he felt dizzy. Finally, the surroundings became absolutely empty. The rain was still heavy, but Lu Ping felt much more refreshed. He could clearly hear the noise of Spirit of Strength around him suddenly become much quieter.
But, in just a moment, the sound of Spirit of Strength rang out again. It was even louder and more complicated than before.
Ku Qi walked out from the corner of the street behind him.
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