Chapter 898: The Emperor Candidates

The Emperor Candidates

Hearing this sentence, Chen Ling's movements paused slightly.

"Unable to bear the Emperor's Fate?" Astonishment flashed in Chen Ling's eyes. "How is that possible..."

Chen Ling was the first to not believe that Li Fu couldn't bear the Emperor's Fate. If this was really the case, then where did his Emperor's Fate come from?

But looking at Li Fu's current state, and the expressions of the people around, it seemed like it was indeed the case... With this, Chen Ling also became somewhat puzzled. He gently rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

Could it be Ying Fu's trick?

Pretending that he couldn't bear the Emperor's Fate to make everyone lower their guard, while simultaneously showing weakness to him?

If that was the case, Ying Fu's thoughts were far too deep, his level of cunning not even inferior to his own;

"A weak fate is not a weak body, it's not something that can be useful through tempering..." The Hemp-Clad Youth shook his head. "I don't have the fate to become an emperor, so I won't delay you all. While there's still a chance to choose again, go find someone else."

The Hemp-Clad Youth raised his head, only to see that in the other areas of "Leaping Dragon in the Depths", there were imperial auras soaring to the sky, and they were all approaching the same direction...

He silently watched this scene for a long time. It was unknown what kind of mental contemplation he went through in his mind, but ultimately he firmly took a step and walked towards there.

"Brother Li..."

After hesitating for a moment, Han Dong still whispered in his ear, "Brother Li, how about we just not go? Zhu Chong and those other Emperor Candidates are all there. If we go, wouldn't it be..."

"I haven't found Ah Qian yet."

A calm sentence from the Hemp-Clad Youth blocked all of Han Dong's remaining words. The latter cast a complex glance at him, and didn't try to persuade him further.

Ah Qian got separated from him when entering the second layer, and it was still unknown where she was now. If all the Emperor Candidates were gathering in one place, then there was a high possibility that Ah Qian was also there... This was the Hemp-Clad Youth's only lingering concern now.

As the crowd gradually left, Chen Ling, hidden in the mountain forest, silently gripped the handle of the Bone-Stripping Knife.

Since he ran into Li Fu again, Chen Ling naturally didn't want to let this opportunity go. But just as he was about to make a move, he looked at Jiang Xiaohua on his back and still fell into deep thought...

The current Jiang Xiaohua was unconscious, and the Aura concealment effect was intermittent. He didn't know if those Emperors had sensed his existence either. For Chen Ling, his current situation was like Schrödinger's cat, in a superposition state of "exposed" and "unexposed".

But if he made a move to kill Li Fu, based on the logic that the future couldn't be changed, this process would inevitably be hindered... The method of hindrance would most likely be the Emperors once again "coincidentally" arriving to separate him and Li Fu, just like the situation on the "Hidden Dragon in the Abyss" layer.

If he chased after Li Fu now, he himself would be in an "exposed" state; but if he didn't chase, he might not necessarily be exposed?

What Schrödinger's Chen Ling...

But it couldn't be denied that, with Chen Ling's current state, if there was another siege by Emperors, he most likely wouldn't be able to escape again.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Ling still chose not to chase Li Fu right now. Instead, he temporarily put away the Bone-Stripping Knife and followed behind the crowd like a ghost, looking for a suitable opportunity.

The group walked along the barren land for a long time, entering an uninhabited, abandoned city.

This city looked like it had suffered from chaos of war, with no commoners present. Dust flew up with the crowd's footsteps, and everywhere one looked were chaotic shops and collapsed houses...

In the silence, a team with a similar number of people as the Hemp-Clad Youth's side walked over from a road on the other side.

Surrounded by the crowd, a beautiful figure exuding the destiny of an Emperor Candidate seemed to sense something, and gently looked back in the direction of the Hemp-Clad Youth...

"Wu Qiong?" Seeing that person, the Hemp-Clad Youth's brows rose slightly.

His gaze subsequently swept across the surroundings, quickly spotting a petite figure in the crowd, and suddenly stopped his footsteps.

"Brother Xiao Li!!"

"Ah Qian!"

Seeing the Hemp-Clad Youth, that figure charged out of the team without hesitation, jogging across half the street and throwing herself into his arms.

The Hemp-Clad Youth hugged Ah Qian in his arms. After confirming there were no wounds or abnormalities on her body, a hanging heart was finally relieved...

"Ah Qian, where did you go?"

"I've been following Big Sister Wu Qiong all this time." Ah Qian looked up at him, her eyes red. "As soon as I opened my eyes, I was in the swamp with Big Sister Wu Qiong and the others... I originally wanted to go find you, but they said it was too dangerous and told me to follow them first, and that there would definitely be a chance to reunite with you later."

Hearing this, the Hemp-Clad Youth's gaze looked at Wu Qiong in the crowd once more...

The current Wu Qiong seemed different from before.

Her body seemed to be shrouded in a faint golden robe, and between her brows was a sword-like sharpness and clarity. As she strode over here, every step seemed to step on the star gang, causing a slight resonance with this Ancient Vault.

If the previous Wu Qiong was just a clever and smart girl, the current her was like an empress walking out from history, seemingly possessing a temperament that looked down upon the world.

"Li Fu..." Wu Qiong narrowed her eyes slightly, observing the Hemp-Clad Youth in the crowd, astonishment flashing in her eyes,

"Didn't you go get an Associate Emperor Destiny?"

The Hemp-Clad Youth's body trembled slightly.

Standing in front of Wu Qiong, contrasted by the Associate Emperor Destiny, he looked like a plain and ordinary youth. The two were no longer in the same world... He didn't even have a way to calmly meet that pair of bright moon-like eyes.

"It doesn't matter anymore."

The Hemp-Clad Youth shook his head, turned around, and walked backwards.

But before he could take a few steps, a far more robust Emperor Candidate Oppressive Aura approached from not far away. The mighty figures almost occupied the entire street, surging densely towards here. The number of people was even more than the sum of the Hemp-Clad Youth and Wu Qiong's groups combined.

And at the very front of that group of people, a tall figure holding a Heavy Halberd picked up from who knows where, leisurely walked over here.

"Hehe, isn't this Li Fu..."

The corners of Zhu Chong's mouth turned up slightly. His physique seemed even more robust than earlier, like an invincible overlord. Between his gestures, a sense of oppression swept over.

The moment he saw him, the Hemp-Clad Youth's face turned extremely gloomy.

Boom——!!

The Heavy Halberd in Zhu Chong's hand fell to the ground, emitting a muffled sound. The Oppressive Aura made the hearts of the people around the Hemp-Clad Youth tremble, and they subconsciously took several steps back...

"What? Your fate is the same as that kid Liu Yang, unable to bear the destiny?" Zhu Chong saw through the Hemp-Clad Youth's situation at a glance, and laughed loudly, "I thought you were some heaven-descended Emperor Star, but in the end, you're just a little brat playing tricks and pretending to be a ghost."