Using one's own skull to collide with the enemy's Wolf Tooth Club is the most tragic, the most helpless, and the most aggrieved thing!
But this world is just like that; how could it possibly allow people to have their wishes fulfilled? There are countless aggrieved, helpless, and tragic events!
Wu Pifu did not know what the "true" version of himself in the twenty-first century was like, but the current him was just a common man!
A common man, at most, spills blood in anger within five steps, regardless of whether that blood is his own or the enemy's!
This is not about being carefree, nor is it about madness; it is merely because of his own weakness and the persistence in his heart, a determination that refuses to kneel yet cannot stand.
It is not that I want to greet your Wolf Tooth Club with my skull, nor do I wish to smash my eggs against your stone; rather, since I do not want to kneel down and become your slave and lackey, yet cannot defeat you, the only thing I can do is to wash away all this hatred and shame with my blood!
So it is with Wu Pifu at this moment.
Just like a common man!
Wu Pifu said loudly, "I know you can hear me. With your great power, you must understand as well. Then, I want a response within ten seconds; otherwise, I will die!"
At the same time, Wu Pifu said to the two behind him, "From now on, when I count to three, you two return to the Gaia."
Xu Shilan was anxious and immediately wanted to speak, but Yamada suddenly grabbed her fiercely, even covering her mouth with one hand, and then said to Wu Pifu in a deep voice, "Do you have any other instructions?"
Wu Pifu thought for a second.
He suddenly grabbed the Jiujing on his shoulder, pinched it in his hand, and casually tossed it.
A gentle force rendered Jiujing unable to exert any strength, and the next second, she was in Yamada's palm.
"Take good care of her..."
Wu Pifu smiled at Jiujing, then turned his gaze back to the darkness ahead.
Jiujing was unable to move, but she could still cry out.
She was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately began to scream loudly, her cries sharp and piercing.
Wu Pifu, however, did not look back.
At the same time, he began to count down: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
At that moment, Xu Shilan bit Yamada's palm fiercely, and after freeing her mouth slightly, she immediately roared, "Wu Pifu! How can you be sure that if you die, this sanctuary will disappear?"
Wu Pifu still did not look back and said, "Right, I don't know if it will disappear. How about you, Mother of No Life? Do you know if the sanctuary will disappear after I die?"
"Six, five, four..."
Just as Wu Pifu was about to resolutely shout out three and immediately smash the N5 bomb at his feet, a change occurred in the pitch-black night.
In the sight of the three, dozens of shattered Huanglian fragments appeared in the sky.
Each Huanglian fragment hung down dozens to hundreds of threads, completely enveloping the area around the Peace Hotel, with many threads extending further away.
At the same time, figures began to gradually emerge in the night.
The first to step into the light was Xu Rongyu, followed closely by Lin Heier, and then a large number of men and women, from ten to a hundred, then from a hundred to a thousand, densely packed in the night, until it seemed that the entire mountain was filled with such figures, with no end in sight.
Seeing this scene, Wu Pifu and the other two felt a chill in their hearts.
Yamada released Xu Shilan, his body flickering with a metallic color.
While tossing Jiujing to Xu Shilan, he also pulled out an N5 bomb from his waist bag and stood alongside Wu Pifu.
Xu Shilan spat out the blood in her mouth.
She did not step into the same line as the two men; one hand held Jiujing while the other pinched out an N5 bomb, simultaneously shouting to the wilderness, "Mother of No Life, we come to negotiate!"
However, after Xu Shilan's words were spoken, the wilderness remained silent, with thousands upon thousands of humanoid figures standing silently in place.
This silent stillness instead brought immense pressure and terror to the three, especially with the dozens of Huanglian fragments flashing above, making the entire world seem somewhat distorted.
Wu Pifu stared at the countless humanoid figures ahead.
He looked at Xu Rongyu and Lin Heier for a long time before speaking, "Mother of No Life, I know that relying solely on words is powerless. Using my life to force you not to enter the sanctuary, you might as well kill me to vent your anger, since you can't enter the sanctuary anyway, right?"
Silence reigned in the darkness.
Wu Pifu continued, "But if you want to continue dragging this world down, allowing your true body to enter the sanctuary, then I might as well die and end it all. At least my teammates can live on, and I fear even more that your true body will turn me into a paper man or some other chaotic thing. Rather than that, death is the best outcome for me."
As his words fell, Lin Heier, who stood at the front in the darkness, suddenly took a few steps forward.
She still maintained her entire appearance and form, showing no signs of being a paper man, only her eyes were vacant, and a voice came from her mouth: "Believe in me, and I grant you eternal life."
Wu Pifu let out a laugh, without a hint of hesitation: "Become a paper man, half a paper man, and then like the humans before me? Are they... still considered humans?"
Lin Heier took a few more steps forward, and Wu Pifu was not afraid, staring directly at Lin Heier.
When Lin Heier was only ten meters away from Wu Pifu and wanted to step forward, Wu Pifu directly pinched an N5 bomb with two fingers, his gaze incredibly firm.
At the same time, he slapped Yamada on the back, causing Yamada, who stood beside him, to involuntarily fly backward, crashing into Xu Shilan behind them.
The two were actually knocked back at least ten meters by this slap.
Wu Pifu coldly smiled at Lin Heier.
Lin Heier stopped, locking eyes with Wu Pifu.
Wu Pifu stood tall and unafraid, gazing into Lin Heier's eyes, which were vacant yet seemed to hold some brilliance.
That was a lotus, five-colored lotuses appeared in Lin Heier's eyes, and the lotuses grew brighter and larger.
Wu Pifu's eyes were filled with five-colored lotuses, obscuring all things in heaven and earth, everything in the world was enveloped within these five-colored lotuses, green lotus, golden lotus, black lotus, red lotus, and yellow lotus shining together, each lotus gradually unfolding, transforming into a formation-like pattern, resembling the veins of a tree.
At the core of the five-colored lotus stood a majestic being, filled with light and brilliance.
On the petals of the five-colored lotus sat mighty figures, cross-legged and smiling, with countless beings seated along the veins, each reciting the sounds of the Dao, narrating the truths of the world.
There is sorrow, there is hatred, there is slaughter, there is death, there is despair, there is greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt, all can be resolved here.
With colored sentient beings and formless realms, all can attain complete enlightenment here.
Wu Pifu seemed to sit at the center of the five-colored lotus, receiving supreme enlightenment, great joy, and great liberation...
"Roar!"
A faint tiger roar echoed, but was immediately suppressed by countless awakened beings.
Wu Pifu's originally straight spine began to slowly bend, bowing towards the supreme above the five-colored lotus, surrendering his heart, soul, and consciousness to the supreme, thus obtaining great joy and great liberation...
In that instant, from the deepest part of his heart, void and darkness surged forth, vast as the Milky Way, unstoppable and unshieldable, violently shattering this five-colored world.
Wu Pifu's eyes turned crimson at that moment, and he realized that half of his body had actually stepped outside the range of the Peace Hotel, while Lin Heier was less than three meters away from him.
Almost without time to think, Wu Pifu let go of the N5 bomb in his hand, letting it fall to the ground, while the other hand still inside the Peace Hotel also loosened its grip.
Unbeknownst to him, he had pinched an N5 bomb in both hands, and now he released them all.
In the distance, Yamada and Xu Shilan were horrified.
While Xu Shilan was still in a daze, Yamada let out a furious roar and dragged Xu Shilan away, but just as Yamada took a few steps, the N5 bomb outside the Peace Hotel directly vanished into sand.
At the same time, several threads fell from the sky, sharply piercing into the ground just a hair's breadth away from the Peace Hotel's boundary, and that piece of land directly turned into paper, squeezing the range of the Peace Hotel sanctuary inward just a bit, perfectly allowing the falling N5 bomb to land on the papered ground.
This N5 bomb also directly turned into sand.
Meanwhile, Wu Pifu did not simply drop the bomb and wait for death.
At this moment, his entire mental awareness was filled with various horrors and madness, which he could not even describe, but his body instinctively shrank back into the sanctuary.
At that moment, Lin Heier suddenly stomped her foot, extending both hands forward, stretching them out to a length of two meters.
However, Wu Pifu's speed was also fast, almost narrowly escaping Lin Heier's grasp, but ultimately, he completely shrank back into the sanctuary, and when Lin Heier saw Wu Pifu retreat into the sanctuary, she immediately stopped all movements, standing still like a puppet.
Once back within the sanctuary, Wu Pifu's eyes were bloodshot.
With a wild roar to the sky, he pulled out a large handful of N5 bombs, raising them to smash down to the ground.
Just as he raised one hand, Lin Heier's voice rang out.
"Negotiation."
This voice was not merely Lin Heier's words; it was ethereal and endless, vast and mighty, like the sound of the Dao coming from the heavens.
With just one word, the crimson in Wu Pifu's eyes completely faded, and the two who were about to step into the Peace Hotel room were also frozen in place.
After at least four or five seconds, Wu Pifu regained control of his body first, but he did not throw the bomb at his feet again; instead, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Lin Heier or anyone outside the sanctuary.
Another four or five seconds passed before Xu Shilan regained control of her body, followed by Yamada.
Xu Shilan pushed Yamada aside, took a few steps forward, and did not dare to look at anyone outside the sanctuary.
She slightly lowered her head to look at the ground and asked, "How do we negotiate?"
There was no sound in the darkness, clearly indicating that the Mother of No Life did not respond to Xu Shilan's intentions.
At this moment, Wu Pifu said in a deep voice, "You ambushed me once; the meaning is very clear, so I cannot trust you!"
As his words fell, Lin Heier retreated a few meters, and then several people walked out from the dazed crowd.
This group spoke in unison, "You don't need to trust us, because you have no other choice."
Wu Pifu fell silent, and Xu Shilan and Yamada, who approached, also remained silent.
The enemy was strong, and we were weak; we had no capital to resist, and indeed, we had no other choice.
Wu Pifu looked at Lin Heier, then at Xu Rongyu in the distance, and gritted his teeth, "Fine! I know you are just reluctant to part with this sanctuary, while the three of us are like ants to you. Then, come! Fight!"
"I don't know what the original Wu Pifu was like, but the current me is willing to sacrifice this body! At most, I will use this life to ensure you cannot enter Gaia!"
The crowd outside fell silent for a moment, then spoke in unison, including the countless figures that spread to the horizon, "How to fight?"
Wu Pifu stepped out, half of his body outside the sanctuary's range.
He extended his hand forward and said, "I am a martial artist, and the people you control are also martial artists, so let’s follow the rules of martial artists!"
"If you defeat me, I will directly walk out of this sanctuary and hand everything over to you!"
"If you lose to me, I will drag a puppet into this Peace Hotel, allowing me to escape with my life!"
"Come!"
"Fight!"
(End of Chapter)