Qin Siyang kicked the petals behind him again, blocking the blood salamander's path forward.
But the blood salamander seemed to sense something and immediately turned around, swimming away once more, escaping Qin Siyang's pursuit again.
'Damn it, what kind of bullshit is this?'
In just a second, Qin Siyang felt that the already thin and transparent Cyan-Striped armor on his body had become even more see-through by two degrees.
'If this keeps up, in ten seconds, even if I can still hold on, this armor is definitely getting corroded through!'
Realizing that he didn't have much time left, Qin Siyang grew even more anxious.
He glanced at the thick stamen standing in the center of the flower and suddenly thought of something, immediately charging forward.
The blood salamander, being corroded, was constantly twisting and flipping in pain in the stagnant water.
Qin Siyang seized the opportunity and burst outward from the flower's center.
The blood salamander sensed the water waves' movement and dodged instantly.
"FIVE!"
But Qin Siyang had only faked a move.
As he rushed out, his foot hooked onto the stamen, and then he immediately shifted direction and lunged back at the blood salamander.
Because its body was suffering continuous corrosion, the blood salamander's movements had slowed down a bit.
Plus, Qin Siyang's feint attack was extremely sudden, and the blood salamander finally failed to dodge in time, allowing Qin Siyang to grab one of its legs.
"Gotcha! FOUR!"
Li Tianming was so excited that he couldn't help but shout out.
But at this moment, he realized he could no longer suppress the array pattern. The crimson circular array pattern had already begun to fade, and in some places, gaps had even started to appear.
"Hurry! I can't hold on anymore!"
Qin Siyang didn't hesitate for a second, yanking the blood salamander back and pulling out the Hunting Dagger, stabbing it straight into the back of its head.
"THREE!"
But the blood salamander's skin had already started rotting, visibly blackening.
If the blood salamander continued to be corroded, the crimson crystal would definitely be destroyed. This entire ordeal would have been for nothing.
"Catch it, Old Li!"
Qin Siyang exerted force and immediately threw the two-meter-long blood salamander out of the stagnant water, tossing it toward Li Tianming.
Li Tianming had no time to grab the blood salamander; his hands were still pressing against the array pattern, his teeth clenched tightly, veins bulging on his forehead.
"Get out now! I can't hold it anymore!"
Qin Siyang immediately stepped on the begonia petals, kicking off fiercely, preparing to leap out of the water.
But at that moment, something like a hand suddenly bound one of his feet.
Half of Qin Siyang's body had already leaped out of the water, but suddenly, he was yanked back into the stagnant water.
He hadn't even had time to open his breathing vents to take a gulp of air before disappearing completely.
"Qin Siyang!"
Li Tianming was shocked.
'What exactly dragged Qin Siyang back?'
There was nothing in the Pooled Begonia that could restrain a person.
At the same time, Li Tianming had also reached his limit.
The crimson array pattern cracked inch by inch, and he could no longer sustain it.
His hands felt as if they had been struck by lightning, forcing them off the ground.
The Pooled Begonia immediately began to close up, ready to shrink back underground.
Li Tianming clasped his hands together, and dozens of vines suddenly sprouted from the pit, blocking the retreating path of the Pooled Begonia while entangling it, trying to stop the flower from withdrawing.
But the vines were quickly torn apart by the begonia. In less than a second, two of them had already snapped.
Li Tianming's face was drenched in sweat as he shouted at the Pooled Begonia, "QIN SIYANG! GET OUT NOW! I REALLY CAN'T HOLD ON ANYMORE!"
Then, he gritted his teeth and muttered angrily under his breath, "Damn it, if I had finished that research two years ago, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."
At the same time.
Qin Siyang, in the stagnant water, stared at his ankle in shock.
A hand was tightly gripping his foot, dragging him toward the flower's center.
What bound him wasn't the Pooled Begonia.
'It is a person!'
Qin Siyang looked at the figure in front of him in utter disbelief.
A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses smirked contemptuously, "This is my hunting ground. If you dare come and steal from me, you must die!"
'Your hunting ground?'
Qin Siyang was both shocked and furious.
'If it is your hunting ground, why didn't you show up earlier? You waited until I killed the thing and was about to escape before appearing?'
This middle-aged man wasn't wearing any special armor, just a simple orange-and-white Cold-Resistant Suit.
However.
The surface of his suit seemed to have an air barrier, repelling all the stagnant water.
'What kind of ability is this?'
Qin Siyang was stunned but quickly realized something.
There was no doubt—this man had been lurking in the stagnant water the entire time.
Waiting to deliver a fatal blow to him.
But when Qin Siyang had been chasing the blood salamander earlier, he hadn't sensed this man's presence at all.
'How did he manage that?'
Before Qin Siyang could even think, a slick liquid flowed over his arm.
'Shit!'
'My Cyan-Striped armor has already been corroded through!'
'I have to escape immediately!'
But.
He found that he couldn't activate [Banquet Domain].
Qin Siyang was holding his breath. If he opened his mask, the corrosive liquid would rush in and drown him instantly. He had no way to eat the divine remains in his backpack, let alone activate his ability.
There was only one option.
Kill this man first.
Then surface, bite a petal of the Pooled Begonia, and activate [Banquet Domain] to escape.
But right now, escaping wasn't the problem.
He was already about to run out of air.
Even though it had only been a little over ten seconds, using [Violence] consumed a massive amount of energy.
Coupled with the intense movement and chase, he had already reached his limit.
What should he do?
At that moment, an idea struck Qin Siyang like lightning.
Instead of continuing to escape—
He turned and swam toward the middle-aged man hiding in the flower's center, grabbing his arm.
Then, with all his strength, he pulled forward, crashing straight into the man's chest.
At that instant, he opened his exhaust vent, pressing his mask tightly against the man's body and greedily inhaling.
As expected, the air barrier around this middle-aged man prevented liquid from getting in, allowing him to breathe freely.
However, their current position was rather... awkward.
They were upside-down, facing each other.
The middle-aged man was gripping Qin Siyang's ankle—
While Qin Siyang's head was pressed against the man's lower leg, his nose and mouth buried in his air barrier, desperately breathing in.
The man was stunned.
He hadn't expected Qin Siyang to come up with such a solution.
"Get off me!", The middle-aged man tried to kick Qin Siyang away.
But he found that Qin Siyang was incredibly strong, he couldn't break free.
The man was even more shocked, "You're Sequence Level Five?"
"I'm your grandpa!"
The two of them clung to each other's legs, neither letting go.
Like a pair of shackles, locked together.
But.
The middle-aged man was unharmed.
Qin Siyang, however, was already feeling the corrosive liquid invading his entire body.
Under [Violence], he couldn't feel pain.
But he knew—he had only a few seconds left.
If he didn't kill this bastard now, he would definitely die in the Pooled Begonia.
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