Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

Li Chenqiu's eyes drooped, filled with icy coldness: "Treating cowardice and weakness as a worthy death, I've never heard of such a thing, truly laughable."

The second-stage Awakened One standing beside him glanced at the headless corpse on the ground, then at Li Chenqiu, his legs trembling uncontrollably, and he collapsed to the ground.

This was too damn fast! He had only seen a dark shadow, and the companion beside him had already kicked the bucket. How could they even fight this!

"You, you..."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Li Chenqiu kicked him in the head. The terrifying speed prevented the second-stage Awakened One from even seeing it clearly, only sensing a dark shadow coming towards him.

Bang!

Blood splattered everywhere!

The sound of the explosion quickly attracted the attention of other Awakened Ones. For a moment, all the Awakened Ones stopped what they were doing and stared at Li Chenqiu with wide eyes.

"This... Li Chenqiu?" Wu Shan, lying on the ground, stared blankly in the direction of Li Chenqiu, a trace of fluctuation appearing in his lifeless eyes that resembled dry wells.

A single sentence stirred up a thousand waves. The name "Li Chenqiu" immediately brought to mind the monstrous Chosen One of City No. 11—Li Chenqiu!

The one who shattered the energy measuring device with one blow, the prominent figure of this energy measurement day!

"It's really him! I've seen him on TV news!"

"Li Chenqiu of the Extreme Body Department! We're saved, we're saved!"

Those humans who had fallen into despair cheered, while the Awakened Ones looked bewildered, their eyes filled with undisguised fear.

A second-stage was instantly killed; what difference would it make for a first-stage like themselves to go up other than delivering food?

By the roadside, Li Chenqiu pinched the corner of his clothes and wiped the blood from his palm, not even looking at Qi Mingyue as he said, "My name is Li Chenqiu. Don't misname me next time."

After speaking, Li Chenqiu turned to look at the Awakened Ones at the hotel entrance, his sharp gaze like a sharp knife slicing across everyone's faces, intensifying the fear in their hearts.

"You, you, you... Don't come over!" A male Awakened One grabbed a blood-covered girl beside him and held her in front of him. "Let me leave, or I'll kill her!"

"Back up, back to the intersection over there!"

"Do as we say, or no one will live!"

Seeing this, the other Awakened Ones followed suit, grabbing those who were already crippled and holding them in front of themselves, looking at Li Chenqiu with apprehensive expressions.

"Save me, I don't want to die!"

"I have such good grades, how can I die here? Big brother, save me!"

"Teacher, quickly tell Li Chenqiu to back up!"

The hostages were terrified and cried for help, the timid ones even shedding tears and mucus.

Everyone feared death; who didn't fear death?

An Awakened One saw Li Chenqiu standing still and shouted sharply, "Back up! Didn't you hear me? What are you still standing there for!"

Wu Shan struggled to support himself, shouting excitedly, "Li Chenqiu, listen to them and back up! We can't let these children die here!"

"Yes, lives are at stake. I beg you, these children are innocent," the middle-aged woman pleaded as well.

"Retreat?" Li Chenqiu slowly walked to the front of the gate. "Why should I retreat? To release a tiger back to the mountains for the sake of a few lives, thereby causing more innocent people to lose their lives, is not a good choice."

As soon as he said this, the joy on the faces of the Awakened Ones suddenly froze, and they looked at Li Chenqiu with horrified expressions.

The middle-aged female teacher scolded when she heard this, "Are you crazy? These children..."

"Shut up!" Li Chenqiu scolded coldly, a faint chill emanating from his body, causing the female teacher to shudder and dare not speak again.

"I'll give you ten seconds to consider. One is to release these people, and I'll leave you with a complete corpse. The other is not to release them, and I'll blow your heads off."

As he spoke, Li Chenqiu raised his arms, extended ten fingers, and lowered them one by one in the cold wind.

The Awakened Ones were stunned when they heard this, but immediately reacted.

"Wait, calm down, let's discuss it. Why do we have to fight?"

"Yes, these children still have a bright future. It's not worth dying here!"

"Do you know that you'll be cyberbullied if you do this? Don't ruin your reputation because of us!"

The Awakened Ones panicked, and each of them earnestly tried to persuade him.

If a Chosen One comparable to a top-tier third-stage was determined to kill them, even running their legs off would be useless.

"Five seconds left. Think quickly." Li Chenqiu put down his arms, bent down and picked up an iron spoon from the ground, and said coldly, "Three seconds."

"Wait, let me justify myself, I..."

"No more chances."

A cold light flashed in Li Chenqiu's eyes, and the ground beneath his feet instantly shattered into a spider web. His whole body turned into a ghostly shadow and flashed out. The terrifying speed tore through the air, bringing a violent gale, completely breaking the tranquility of the night.

Before the Awakened One standing in the front could react, his head was shattered by the spoon in Li Chenqiu's hand, and blood mixed with white viscous matter splashed on the "Slow Down" sign at the door.

Bang, bang, bang...

Cracking sounds continued to ring out. The Awakened Ones only heard the sound but didn't see the person. Watching their companions suddenly die inexplicably, these Awakened Ones completely panicked and threw down the hostages in their hands, desperately running in all directions.

But all of this was in vain. Li Chenqiu was like the Grim Reaper in the night, effortlessly reaping their lives.

In just a few breaths, all the troublesome Awakened Ones had died, leaving no one behind.

In the shadows around the hotel, the members of the Underworld who were preparing to be the "mantis stalking the cicada" retracted their heads and quietly slipped away into the distance, afraid of getting in Li Chenqiu's way.

At the hotel entrance, Li Chenqiu threw down the bent spoon in his hand under the horrified gazes of everyone and said calmly, "All the Awakened Ones are dead. Two students died. This is my limit."

Everyone was silent, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

What kind of monster was this? He killed all the Awakened Ones in a few seconds. Was this a movie? Was this playing a game at double speed?

Qi Mingyue, who had struggled to stand up, was also unable to recover from the shock after seeing this scene for a long time.

He thought that his first-stage strength to control two second-stages was already heaven-defying, but after seeing Li Chenqiu's actions, he understood what it meant to be people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens!

This was too outrageous!

Li Chenqiu ignored the shocked crowd and walked to Wu Shan. "Captain Wu, are you familiar with this area?"

Wu Shan suppressed the shock in his heart and nodded stiffly.

Li Chenqiu squatted down and pointed to his shoulder at Wu Shan. "Get on, take me to other places where there are survivors."