Accompanied by a loud bang in the void, the world instantly darkened.
The storm condensed gravel into a tornado of sand and dust, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
Ding!
As the sandstorm roared, Xiao Yumei instinctively set up a barrier around Ye Zichen's bed. The collapsed building didn't affect the elemental fairies' progress in the slightest.
An hour!
Gu Li gnashed his teeth and muttered the shortest amount of time the elemental fairies had told him. With just the few of them, stopping Zhou Wu for an hour was easier said than done.
"The heavens have chosen two emperors."
In the void, Zhou Wu chuckled indifferently.
The raging wind lingered around him, and the dark red color of the apocalypse shrouded the empty city.
"No wonder Star Lord Ye hasn't come out yet. It seems he's been injured quite badly in the Outside and hasn't recovered yet."
Hm?
Xiao Yumei and Su Yan couldn't help but knit their brows. Zhou Wu actually knew Ye Zichen had been to the Outside, but what truly shocked them was …..
It was as if he hadn't seen the elemental fairies at all.
Gu Li?
For a moment, both Xiao Yumei and Su Yan had the same thought.
The elemental fairies were right above Ye Zichen's head, so both of them could see them clearly. Given Zhou Wu's cautious personality, he definitely wouldn't be as calm as he was right now.
It was highly likely that Gu Li had intentionally concealed the fairies' existence.
Earlier, he'd been able to make the entire building disappear from Zhou Wu's divine sense. Now, it wasn't impossible for him to erase the five elemental fairies.
As they considered this, Xiao Yumei and Su Yan couldn't help but glance at him. Meanwhile, Gu Li's expression was stiff, and sweat dripped uncontrollably from his forehead.
"Fortunately ….."
Gu Li couldn't help but look in Ye Zichen's direction. This was truly a blessing in the midst of misfortune.
Since Zhou Wu had decided to use that method to find Ye Zichen, Gu Li had no way of concealing his room.
Thus, he decided to disperse the starlight around the room, but before that, he used it to conceal the five elemental fairies around Ye Zichen.
Due to the suddenness of the situation, he'd set it up in haste.
In truth, he wasn't sure if he could pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
However, Zhou Wu's words made him certain that he had succeeded! What he needed to do next was to figure out how to gain an hour's time from Zhou Wu.
"Being a hero is such a tough job."
A bitter smile flashed across Gu Li's face, then he collected his thoughts.
He took a few steps forward and cupped his fists towards Zhou Wu.
"God Emperor!"
"Star Lord Gu." Zhou Wu's eyes were filled with mockery.
During the Five Elements Great Emperor's reign, the Emperor Star had chosen him as its master. However, Zhou Wu had usurped its fate and caused him to die with resentment.
The two emperors chosen were still not Zhou Wu. The previous Auxiliary Star of the Transcendence Tomb Abode said that he did not transcend fate and did not allow him to enter.
In the end, none of the people chosen by the Emperor Star had transcended, but he, who had been abandoned by the Emperor Star countless times, had transcended.
This was truly a laughable outcome. When he saw Gu Li, the Emperor Star's candidate, and his low cultivation, his heart filled with mockery.
Gu Li didn't take Zhou Wu's playfulness to heart.
In fact, he hoped to see this happen. So long as Zhou Wu wanted to put on an act, he'd let him.
What he needed now was time. Once the elemental spirits of the five elements formed arms and suppressed the chaos in Ye Zichen's body, they might have a chance to turn things around.
However, using words to stall for time required skill. Blindly lowering his head and ignoring him was the best way.
"You transcended. Congratulations!"
Gu Li glanced at Zhou Wu, then smiled playfully.
"You didn't transcend fate, yet you managed to transcend? No wonder the God Race is the Outside Realm. You really have some tricks up your sleeves."
"Are you angry that you didn't transcend fate?" asked Zhou Wu playfully.
That's fine!
Just now, Gu Li thought to himself, he was just testing the waters with a method of communication. If it didn't work out, he'd use another method to communicate with Zhou Wu.
From the looks of things, Zhou Wu seemed to enjoy Gu Li's words.
Hu Li laughed maniacally to himself.
He liked being cursed at. What a wretch!
"You're overthinking things. Given enough time, we'll naturally transcend. I just never would have guessed that a lucky bastard like you would get ahead of us."
Since Zhou Wu liked it, Gu Li naturally had to satisfy his desire to be abused.
"Hah ….." Zhou Wu laughed coldly. "Transcending is great. Spiritual pressure isn't something people like us can resist. Look at this city. Ye Zichen spent who knows how much manpower and resources to build it. Now you've come and destroyed it all. If he wakes up, I wonder if he'll cough up another mouthful of blood and pass out. "Gu Li shrugged.
Gu Li kicked the rubble beneath his feet, then looked around. All he saw was a mess of spiritual pressure.
"Envious?"
"Are you talking about your cultivation or yourself? If it's your cultivation, I'm naturally envious. Who doesn't want to transcend? But if it's you, I wouldn't dare be envious. "
"What do you mean?"
"You're a majestic emperor, yet you used divine citizens as a bargaining chip to transcend. What's even funnier is that in the end, you became the God Race's lackey. What do you think? Wagging your tail at the God King of the Outside Realm sounds fun, doesn't it? "
"You have a sharp tongue!"
Despite Gu Li's words, Zhou Wu maintained a smile on his face. Even Xiao Yumei and Kui Lin's former subordinates didn't understand his smile.
Why was he so happy to have someone spit on him?
Was Zhou Wu a masochist?
However, both Gu Li and Kui Lin understood his smile. It was the smile of a victor to a loser.
It was the smile of a supreme being to an ant.
It was like an ant provoking a lion. In the lion's eyes, the ant's provocation was nothing more than a clown overestimating its own abilities.
Zhou Wu had lost far too much during his breakthrough. He wanted to take back everything he'd lost from Ye Zichen and Gu Li. He wanted to be absolutely satisfied.
Gu Li had grasped exactly what he was thinking, but …..
He never would have guessed that Zhou Wu was just toying with him. "I don't have a sharp tongue. You're an exalted transcendent expert, while I'm just an imperial insect. If I offend you, I'll lose my life. I'm just stating the truth, "laughed Gu Li, then knelt on the ground and tossed the rubble around.
Then he arched his brows and looked at Zhou Wu. "Hey, right, Your Excellency God Emperor, there's something I don't understand. Is the God Race's dog food tasty?"
Gu Li was still using his original method of provoking Zhou Wu, trying to stall for time.
"That's enough. I'll cooperate with you!"
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