Absolute Gate

Chapter 25 A God's Play
The fear of death gripped his heart once more.

This time, Wu was at a loss.

However, just as he began to choke on the water, light suddenly appeared in the water.

In the hazy, dirty water, Yang Chunsha held his breath, holding up a flashlight that illuminated the surrounding underwater area.

She saw Wu Zhong in the water, and with a quick kick, her slender body leaped out like a fish.

The woman grabbed Wu Zhong and pulled hard!
It didn't move...

She exerted even more force, and Wu finally reacted, unleashing his full power with a surge of adrenaline, and also kicked wildly upwards.

Fortunately, the water wasn't deep; it was only up to his waist. With the help of the two of them, his head finally broke the surface.

"Cough cough cough... Hah..."

Wu Zhong coughed and gasped for breath, feeling alive again; there was no better way to breathe.

Yang Chunsha also surfaced, panting, and screamed, "No...don't kill me, or I'll kill him!"

She actually held a knife to Wu Zhong's neck.

It turns out she didn't come to rescue Wu Zhong, but mistakenly thought Wu Jinxia was going to kill her, so she took Wu Zhong hostage.

Wu was speechless. Just as he was about to say something, the Night Wanderer pushed him back into the water.

In the dim light, Yang Chunsha seemed to see a figure, but she mistook it for Wujinxia and screamed repeatedly, "Don't come any closer!"

At the same time, because Wu Zhong sank down, she thought the ordinary person was trying to break free, so she tried her best to pull him up.

After finally pulling him up, Wu sank again.

After struggling and coughing while choking on water, the two finally reached the car. Wu managed to grab the car door for leverage and manage to hold on.

"Cough cough cough... Ugh..." Wu Zhong coughed and breathed wildly.

Yang Chunsha also choked on a couple of mouthfuls of water. She held the knife to Wu Zhong's neck and looked at the figure in the dim light: "Don't come any closer! Killing me won't do you any good. Let's think of a way together."

Wu Zhong shouted, "Don't move! That's not Endless Summer!"

Yang Chunsha said with a long face, "It's not my fault that I'm stuck here. I'm just so unlucky. Why am I so unlucky!"

Wu Zhong said, "I know, I know, stop arguing."

Yang Chunsha strangled her neck, the knife rubbing wildly against Wu Zhong's neck: "I really didn't know it would turn out like this. It's not my fault. The tunnel I dug was of very good quality."

"Alright! I believe you! This isn't your fault," Wu Zhong shouted.

These words startled Yang Chunsha, who stared blankly at Wu Zhong.

Seeing that she had finally quieted down, Wu stared warily into the darkness: "I believe you, sister. This accident is not your fault; it's the work of a god."

Yang Chunsha didn't understand what he was saying, and tightened her grip on the knife: "Let Wujinxia show herself first!"

Wu Zhong was both amused and exasperated: "He's not here. Put the knife down first, or you'll sever my artery. Night Wanderer is best at creating accidents."

"What Night Wanderer? What are you talking about?" Yang Chunsha shrieked, "Let Wujinxia come out first!"

"I see you, Endless Summer. Don't think I won't recognize you just because you've turned into smoke."

Wu was speechless, but he could sense that Yang Chunsha was very nervous.

His other hand was underwater, gripping his arm tightly, his fingers frantically digging at it.

"Ugh……"

Wu Zhongshui pulled his hand out and pressed a pistol against Yang Chunsha's forehead.

"Sister, I'm saying this one last time, please remove the knife from my neck."

"..." Yang Chunsha was stunned, with the gun barrel pressed against her forehead.

He silently moved the knife aside and raised both hands.

Her face was blurry: "Killing me won't do any good, only my ability can clear a path..."

"How about letting me cultivate for a few days? Maybe I can learn some other magic before I die of boredom, and then I'll have a solution..."

Wu ignored her and immediately turned his gun towards the darkness: "Night Wanderer! You know what I mean, I'll shove two holes in you with one shot!"

The light from the flare stick had dimmed considerably, especially in the murky water.

Unable to spot the Night Wanderer in the cave, Wu whispered, "Sister, do you have any more flares? Light one up and throw it on the roof of the car."

After catching his breath, Yang Chunsha took out a light stick and lit up the cave.

Wu Zhongqiang pointed upwards and looked around.

But there wasn't even a ghost in sight.

His pupils contracted, and he suddenly looked into the water, while jumping up to climb onto the roof of the car.

But it was too late; it felt as if a pair of icy hands in the water grabbed his ankles and yanked him hard.

The force was so great that it pulled him straight to the bottom of the water.

Yang Chunsha witnessed this and was startled.

She finally realized that it wasn't Endless Summer.

"Is there a ghost?"

Even though the water was murky, she could vaguely see a figure. The figure was eerie, elusive, and inhuman.

She hurriedly climbed onto the roof of the car. She didn't want to care about Wu Zhong, but then she thought: After this ghost kills him, I will be next.

Endless Summer mysteriously disappeared, and the cave was inexplicably haunted.

She didn't want to face it alone, after all, the force with which Wu Zhong drowned was something a woman like her couldn't withstand alone.

"Grab the rope!"

Yang Chunsha's truck is right here, and it's full of all sorts of odds and ends.

Even though she wasn't good at fighting, as a mercenary, she always kept medicine, knives, and ropes in her car as basic supplies.

“Huwa…”

Wu finally surfaced again, and with the help of the two, he finally climbed onto the roof of the car.

"Damn it, aren't you a god?! You want to be a water ghost, huh?!"

He faced danger several times, but instead of fear, he was filled with extreme anger.

Bang! Bang! Bang! He fired four shots at the underwater shadow!

Well, he didn't hit anything.

However, the bullets were so powerful that they created four craters in the water.

The pit didn't close; it just remained sunken in, and no matter how the water rippled, the ring remained unmoved.

"Huh?" Yang Chunsha exclaimed in surprise.

Wu Zhong offered no explanation, his gaze fixed intently on the water's surface.

The figures in the water didn't come out; they just swam around, waiting for their chance to strike.

"What is this?" Yang Chunsha asked in surprise.

“The Night Wanderer, one of the ghosts and spirits that appeared in Mount Lu, is responsible for hunting me down,” Wu Zhong replied.

Yang Chunsha blinked and pointed to the puddle in the water: "Then what's this?"

Wu Zhong said coldly, "It's very impolite to ask about other people's abilities."

"Do you even know the rules of the Disaster Realm?"

She was speechless. Damn it, she was being mocked by the newcomer again!
Yang Chunsha adjusted her glasses and looked intently at Wu Zhong: Sure enough, he wasn't a complete amateur. The fight between Wujinxia and 985 must have been because of him.

At this moment, Wu Zhong gripped his gun and confronted the Night Wanderer.

The Night Wanderer had clearly become more cunning, so this time he was completely taking advantage of the environment and never confronted anyone directly.

Unfortunately, the power was still a bit lacking.

With Wu Zhong's strength combined with Yang Chunsha's considerable strength, the two of them were enough to contend with the Night Wanderer.

"Shh!"

Just as they were at a standoff, a figure suddenly appeared from the side.

Yang Chunsha was startled. Wu Zhong immediately pointed his gun at her, only to see that it was Wu Jinxia who had returned.

"Brother Xia!" Wu Zhong exclaimed with delight.

Endless Summer had changed into clean clothes, and her hair was neatly styled and fluffy, as if it had just been permed...

He held a book in one hand and a cup of milk tea in the other. "Here, the book."

He faced the gun without fear, casually tossed the book to Yang Chunsha, and slurped his words through the straw.

Wu finally moved the gun away, about to say something.

At the same time, the night-wandering spirit in the water knew there was no chance, so it suddenly leaped out of the water and darted into the crevice in the rock wall.

"Ok?"

Wu Jinxia sensed it instantly, leaped forward, snapped her fingers in mid-air, and transformed into a purple-armored warrior.

With a single grab of his arm, the purple energy in his hand vibrated, and his cloud-like body shattered on the spot.

"Brother Xia, this time it's..."

Just as Wu Zhong was about to speak, Wu Jinxia realized what was going on: "Night Wanderer?"

"Yes, Night Wanderer, he's back to get me again!" Wu Zhong gritted his teeth, his expression gloomy.

Wu Jinxia was very annoyed: "It was my oversight. I didn't expect that he could find you while I was away, and that he was so powerful."

Wu Zhong said, "He's become much more powerful. The collapse of the tunnel and the backflow of the underground river were probably his doing as well."

"He must have been following us the whole time, trying to cause an accident ahead of us and drown me."

"After his defeat, he took advantage of your absence to personally come and kill me... This time he was twice as strong as last time, it was really close..."

Endless Summer's eyes were serious: "He still got away. Night Wanderer can abandon his physical body and travel freely in the night. His cloud and mist body is just a physical entity that he needs physical power to condense."

Wu frowned in annoyance. This night wanderer was indeed cunning, but also really troublesome.

They come and go without a trace, and can roam freely at night.

They tracked him all the way from Mount Lu to here without anyone noticing. Though their strength was small, they were able to achieve great things with little effort, patiently creating accidents in secret and using the environment to kill him.

If once doesn't work, try twice; if twice doesn't work, try three times. Growing stronger with each passing day, they relentlessly pursue their goal.

This is just like the Grim Reaper.

"Let's ignore him for now..."

Endless Summer turned and stared at Yang Chunsha: "I've brought you the book. Don't just stand there, use your magic to clear the way!"

Yang Chunsha gripped the book tightly with her fingernails: "You suddenly appeared just now... How did you do that...?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking!" Endless Summer sneered.

Yang Chunsha swallowed hard. Teleportation. This is teleportation.

Moreover, when Endless Summer returned, it wasn't in a multi-dimensional state; he snapped his fingers temporarily, meaning this is his absolute characteristic.

I've never heard of Endless Summer having this characteristic before; it's clearly his secret.

No wonder, no wonder he always manages to escape unscathed from every mission.

After all, in the world of calamities, everyone has to consider their escape route. No matter what they do, they must prepare in advance to ensure that nothing goes wrong before daring to provoke powerful forces or undertake dangerous missions.

But Endless Summer is different; he's known for his speed and efficiency in completing tasks.

The reason is that he can teleport, and it's an absolute ability, meaning that no multi-dimensional magic can stop him! Isolation!

If he hadn't brought along an ordinary person this time, he wouldn't have needed to ask for help after provoking the 985 university; he could have easily walked away. While the 985 university was still searching for him, he'd probably be sunbathing and drinking juice in the Mediterranean.

They're still here taking a car to evacuate, purely for Wu Zhong's sake.

"Hurry up, don't just stand there!" Endless Summer stared at him and urged him again.

Yang Chunsha trembled and immediately cast a spell, splitting the rock wall from the side.

The rocks roared and flowed like a mudslide, slowly carving out a path.

She walked forward cautiously, with Wu Zhong and Wu Jinxia following behind.

As the space expanded, the water level inside dropped sharply.

Wu Jinxia picked up something from beside the car and hid it in the cloth bag at her waist. Wu Zhong glanced at it and his pupils shrank. It was a dead man's head.

Yes, a human head, and a tanned specimen at that, somewhat shriveled.

"Huh? A pervert?" Wu Zhong's heart skipped a beat.

Then it dawned on me that this was something Endless Summer had left in the water before she left, and I realized it again.

"Could it be... I know now, it's... it's his teleportation point."

Wu Zhong's expression turned strange as he realized that this was the teleportation medium for Endless Summer.

Presumably, any dead person or dead head would do, which is why they met at the funeral hall and then asked him to wait for him near the bodies at the funeral home.

Seeing that Wu Jinxia had no desire to explain, Wu Zhong wisely refrained from asking.

Wujinxia, ​​however, looked at the four rings on the ground and asked, "What are these?"

He picked up the ring, and Wu Zhong looked at it before realizing what he had done: "I did it..."

Those are four water rings, or water bracelets! They are made entirely of murky water.

It was created by him firing four shots into the water... the water gate!
Now that the water level has receded, these four water gates have not disappeared.

After examining Wu Zhong's abilities for a while, Wu Jinxia was first surprised that there was still a lot of room for development. Then, her eyes showed a conflicted, frustrated, and regretful expression.

"Can't you really undo it?"

Wu Zhong picked one up, crushed it casually, and let the crumbs trickle through his fingers: "I can't undo it, but I can destroy it. If you have to call it undoing it, then so be it. When I destroy it to the point that it's no longer a door, it's naturally the same as undoing it."

"Hmm, this kind of unconventional door isn't passive. I don't usually do this when I'm blasting water. It only happens when I'm strongly convinced that I'm opening the door."

This is very much in line with the nature of calamities and anomalies. Some strange things are just like this. Endless Summer nodded helplessly and put away the remaining three abnormal water gates.

"It seems that you opened a door where there was no door, or rather... created a door, and the existence of that door will be locked."

"No one but you can change its nature, let alone destroy it."

Wu finally recalled that, indeed, based on the doors he had opened before, the doors he had used could be cracked; others simply couldn't change the degree to which they could be opened or closed.

The water gate he created earlier still exists even after the water area is gone. This "hole-opening flow" trigger is not simply about opening a door, but about creating a door first.

Therefore, even the properties of water are anchored, because the state at the moment the door was created is immutable, containing the component properties.

Wu Zhong tilted his head: "I understand, but indestructible? No, it feels soft to the touch, it can still be destroyed."

Endless Summer hummed in agreement: "It is elastic, not an absolutely rigid body. It can be broken and cracked, and can even be injected with and conduct energy, so it is not as truly indestructible as Best Metal."

"You can understand it as something that can be damaged, but no matter how much damage it suffers, it is still that door."

"Hmm, it's a kind of soft invincibility, I guess."

"Don't use this trick lightly in the future."

"Understood." Wu nodded.

Endless Summer whispered again, "Did she see it?"

Wu nodded again.

Wu Jinxia's gaze towards Yang Chunsha's retreating figure suddenly sharpened.

As if sensing something, Yang Chunsha suddenly turned around: "Earthflow Wall!"

The book in her hand moved on its own even without wind. She had already walked more than twenty meters away, and now she turned back to block her way.

A massive wall rose up, separating her from the two men, intending to trap them in a fatal spot.

"hehe."

Endless Summer sneered, and with a surge of purple light, she sprinted forward at top speed.

His body transformed into a pale purple phantom, almost invisible, and with explosive speed, he rushed to the rock wall and punched it three times.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The rock wall shattered on the spot, and at that moment, Yangchunsha had not yet had time to raise the second wall.

"what!"

She screamed in terror as flying pebbles scratched her face and arms.

The next second, everything went blur before his eyes, and he was captured by Endless Summer's single palm.

Grab his neck and lift him high.

……

　P.S.: Sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)