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Chapter 1119 The Thin Line of Life and Death

Lu Li used his bouncy body to bounce and run away, but his speed was very limited. In addition, he was dragging Lu Xueqing, who was unable to move, which made him even slower.

Seeing that the black iron guards behind them had started running and were getting closer and closer, Lu Xueqing became anxious: "Put me down quickly, and you can escape by yourself!"

"What are you saying? If you were in my shoes, would you abandon me?"

Lu Li roared, and then his jumping speed increased even more. However, due to the intense exercise, he also suffered great pain. The threads in his body were cutting and constantly damaging his essence, causing the little progress he had made from cultivating with Lu Xueqing over the years to worsen again.

"Yes."

Lu Xueqing spoke without hesitation, almost causing Lu Li to stumble and fall. Just then, Lu Xueqing manipulated the only usable tentacle on her red origin and forcefully pushed against Lu Li, separating them.

After realizing what was happening, Lu Li cursed the idiot in his heart. He knew that the other party did not want to be a burden, but to be honest, he had become accustomed to carrying a ball of red essence over the years. What limited his speed of movement was not the weight, but the condition inside his body.

Seeing that the black iron guards had already rushed over, and the guards at the front had even thrust out their spears, Lu Li quickly turned around and stretched out another tentacle, which then sucked onto the red source with a "biu".

"what are you doing!?"

Lu Xueqing exclaimed, thinking to herself, "How can this blockhead not understand my good intentions?" As long as I leave her here and run past that next bend, I'll have a chance to use the changes in the ruins room to shake off my pursuers.

"Shut up!"

Lu Li roared and absorbed the red essence back into his body. At the same time, he leaped away from the black iron guard's spear.

His limp, black body slumped onto the shaft of the spear as he fell, and as his body twisted, it also generated elasticity.

Immediately afterward, the Black Iron Guard behind him thrust his spear at him. Using the elasticity he had just accumulated, Lu Li leaped into the air again. This time, he chose a direction and crashed into the side wall, trying to slip away quickly from the side.

However, while these Black Guards are slow to move, that's only relative to their strength. In reality, if they were to run at full speed, they could easily cover ten meters per second, which is almost twice as fast as Lu Li's current running speed.

So he knew it had nothing to do with whether he was carrying an extra person or not; as long as it came down to speed, he would definitely be caught.

Lu Xueqing's intention in staying was probably to have the Black Iron Guards attack her, drawing their fire so that Lu Li could escape. After all, their essence is not ordinary matter and is not so easily destroyed by external forces. What would truly harm them are the threads within their bodies.

She figured that even if they were just stabbed with spears, it would probably take several more minutes to worsen their injuries, giving Lu Li enough time to escape.

But as soon as Lu Li clashed with them, he realized something was wrong. Damn it, the guards' spears touched his very essence, yet they didn't shatter!

It wasn't that Lu Li was arrogant, but he had just noticed that these guards were moving slowly, and since he didn't have much sensory power right now, he subconsciously judged that they were just some kind of steel puppets driven by supernatural or mechanical power.

Lu Li felt that this thing was probably not a high-end item, and he was a ninth-level expert in his 'life'. Logically speaking, his origin still had certain characteristics of that black substance. Anything below the ninth level would definitely be damaged if it entered his origin.

To prevent his own essence from dissipating, Lu Li always carefully sealed it off. In addition, he was afraid that if the ground corroded a large hole, he might not be able to climb out. Therefore, he never used his essence to corrode the ground or walls here.

However, his control over the weapon is currently limited. When he jumped in the emergency and landed on the spear, although he sank in with a springy motion, a part of the spear shaft still seeped into his essence, and that part of the spear shaft did not become brittle or disintegrate.

What does this mean? Damn it, this seemingly tattered black iron guard is actually using a spear made of Chaos-level materials!

While Lu Li was startled, he did not forget to dodge. He saw spears thrusting towards him, but he dodged them all in various strange ways.

It was also thanks to the fact that these black iron guards were inanimate objects that his talent seemed to have not disappeared despite his transformation into this half-dead state. His combat instincts remained strong, and with his combat skills, even though these black iron guards were twice as fast as him, he was always able to find the best gaps to dodge.

Moreover, this dodging wasn't something he racked his brains for; it was more like his body was moving on its own. Unconsciously, he had adapted to this slime-like body, and it would even autonomously create a hole in his body to avoid being pierced by the spear.

This feeling was similar to the Logia-type powerhouses in the One Piece world during his early space adventures. However, Lu Li had obtained a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit back then and had not used this technique. He had only studied the ways that Logia-type powerhouses evaded attacks, never imagining that one day he would have to use this method to dodge in such a pathetic manner.

Lu Li had once doubted whether he was already dead because he found that he could not even use his soul intent. According to the Second Elder of Martial God Mountain, soul intent is the power that originates from the heart and comes from the soul.

Even though Lu Li felt an immense surge of power within him, his true spirit, a crucial relay, had turned into a paste, making it impossible for him to transmit his power. In other words, he and Lu Xueqing were practically dead; they were merely remnants of their former selves left in the world.

But Lu Li didn't believe that. He thought that his thoughts were intact, his memories were complete, and he was conscious enough to communicate with others, so he wasn't dead. As for the true spirit's sludge, he would heal it sooner or later, and that would be considered a rebirth.

"Hiss—don't move around, let me handle it properly."

Lu Li had just been nearly pierced by a spear, and cold sweat was pouring down his back (if he had a back at all). He quickly said to Lu Xueqing.

"If you keep going like this, your body will break down!"

Lu Xueqing still wanted to go down and shouted. She could see that Lu Li's dodging was very skillful, and he could even occasionally use the method of throwing her into the air and catching her to maneuver, as if he was toying with these clumsy black iron guards.

But she and Lu Li had cultivated together for many years, so how could she not know Lu Li's physical condition? This kind of high-speed movement, while also considering the safety of another person, would put too much strain on the body. Those threads would shatter Lu Li's essence.

"Women are just so talkative. I told you to shut up!"

Lu Li's voice was stern, "Enough talk, watch me lead you out of here!"

As Lu Li spoke, his black slime-like body surged and bounced twice on the ground, actually passing through the gaps between the many spears. At the same time, a black tentacle extended from behind him, sucking up the red source and pulling it up into the air like a rubber band.

So he passed through the gaps between the spears below, and the red essence soared from the higher sky. Then, Lu Li bounced over the heads of these black iron guards, narrowly avoiding their attacks every time.

Because he jumped so high, he threw the guards into disarray, drawing their attention away. This meant that the red energy above flew past without attracting any attack from the guards. In this way, Lu Li, thinking in reverse, passed through the guard group, causing the mechanically functioning guards to collide with each other as they turned around in their stiff movements. By the time he narrowly made his way through the group, a large number of the black iron guards behind him had already been knocked down.

Lu Li landed on the ground with a "Duang" sound, then stretched out his black tentacles towards the sky behind him, sucked up the exhausted red slime with a "biu" sound, dragged it over, and slapped it onto him with a "smack".

Lu Li's series of actions had left Lu Xueqing stunned. It wasn't that Lu Li's technique of jumping over the heads of those guards was particularly exquisite; any first-level martial artist with skill in movement techniques could do it, provided that person had a normal body.

Lu Ligang wasn't in a physical form; he was just a black slime that couldn't move. Yet, he was able to control this strange body, enduring endless pain, and his movements didn't falter at all because of the stinging. He perfectly passed through the forest of bullets and even cleverly allowed her to pass safely from above.

If she were in her shoes, she wouldn't be able to guarantee that she could succeed without any mistakes on the first try, because she couldn't guarantee that her movements wouldn't go astray when she felt extreme pain during strenuous exercise. If there was even the slightest deviation, she might be pierced through by the spear, which could then trigger a chain reaction of collapse.

"Hiss—it hurts."

As Lu Li gasped for breath, he carried the red source and sprinted away, taking advantage of the chaos among the black body guards to rush several dozen meters ahead.

But this was only a temporary solution. The black iron guards quickly stood up, turned around and chased after Lu Li, catching up again in less than ten seconds.

Lu Li felt his current physical condition and realized that he could no longer perform the same operation as before. Besides, there was no point in jumping back again. So he could only grit his teeth and run forward while dodging with Lu Xueqing.

"The door to the left front!"

At this moment, Lu Xueqing shouted. For some reason, her perception was slightly better than Lu Li's, especially her hearing. She could hear the sound of the ruins moving. The sound was very faint, which Lu Li could not hear very well, but she could always hear it very clearly.

Lu Li, without a second thought, dodged a few times and finally reached the door. He found that the door was already half closed, and knew that Lu Xueqing was right. The ruins here were like a maze, rotating. It wasn't that the door was closing, but that the walls were shifting and trying to seal the place off.

They finally reached the door, but the black iron guards behind them had already closed in, blocking Lu Li and his companions' path with their long spears. If it were just Lu Li alone, he could manipulate his body to make a hole and dodge, but his current control was too limited. Moreover, he had just experienced strenuous exercise, and his physical condition was extremely poor. Even his consciousness was somewhat hazy, not much better than when he had just woken up.

So he could only grit his teeth and throw the red essence on his back into the crack of the door. When he tried to crawl inside, two spears had already pierced his body. As they churned inside him, the threads trembled like a net, and the chain reaction almost shredded Lu Li's paste.

Just when Lu Li thought it was all over, a red tentacle stretched out from the other end of the gap, fiercely sucked up Lu Li's black essence, and then began to pull it inward.

Using this power, Lu Li finally managed to flatten his body and pass through the gap.

In the instant it passed through the gap, another spear pierced through the door, but the next moment, as the ruins rotated, the spear was crushed by the immense force and fell to the ground with a thud.

Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief, but his vision gradually dimmed. Before losing consciousness, the last thing he saw was something red and slime-like embracing him.

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After an unknown amount of time, Lu Li slowly woke up. He 'opened his eyes' and found that the surroundings seemed to have become even darker, and the distance he could see had become closer.

"you're awake!?"

A surprised voice came from the side. Lu Li turned his 'gaze' and saw the red slime sticking to his left, with a trace of red essence being transmitted to him.

"Xueqing..."

Lu Li's voice was weak as fragmented memories flooded his mind.

Lu Xueqing didn't mind Lu Li's slightly intimate way of addressing her, and asked nervously, "I'm here, how are you feeling?"

"Where am I...?"

Lu Li's slow, deliberate voice made Lu Xueqing's heart sink.

"Do you remember who you are?"

Lu Xueqing asked, her voice trembling slightly. She knew that it was already a miracle that the two of them could wake up in these ruins after becoming like this.

Logically speaking, after being attacked by a being suspected to be above the ninth rank, they should have died long ago. Even if they didn't die, the threads had messed up their true spirits, which would have caused information loss and confusion, resulting in amnesia.

After all, the most important thing about the true spirit is information. Burning that information can unleash tremendous power, but if that information is lost, it is basically lost forever.

"I am Lu Li."

Lu Li said, somewhat puzzled, "Why is it so dark around here? And my body... ah—"

As Lu Li spoke, he suddenly let out a cry of pain, which made Lu Xueqing feel a little distressed. She quickly sent more red essence to Lu Li to comfort him and hope to alleviate his pain.

Lu Li seemed to be in great pain, and couldn't help but start to wriggle in place, but wriggling only made things more painful. It wasn't until much later that he stopped.

"Phew... I remember now, thank goodness... Luckily my whole body survived. If my essence had been missing, I probably would have forgotten who I am."

After letting out a long breath, Lu Li said that he had almost lost his way again because his original essence had been disrupted in the previous battle.

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(End of this chapter)