Zhou Bai felt the illusory gas around him clinging to his skin.
They were originally a whole, but now they seemed to be forcibly dispersed into many particles, close to Zhou Bai's skin, trying to blend in.
"What do you want to do?" Zhou Bai, realizing that he was unable to move, asked loudly to the people around him.
And "it", wrapped in flames, saw this scene, and its roar became even sharper.
"Are you crazy?
Do you know what you are doing?"
Those fine particles in the air were like vigorous insects, violently and rapidly hitting Zhou Bai's skin barrier, anxiously trying to escape.
The pain coming from his skin almost made Zhou Bai lose his mind. With great difficulty, he finally managed to identify a weak mechanical voice in the air, whispering.
"I'm sorry, you guessed it right, this disaster was indeed caused by me.
But, I really have no other choice."
When he said this, a particle happened to burrow into Zhou Bai's skin, causing him so much pain that he wanted to punch away this bastard who even said he was sorry when he admitted his mistake.
"You asked me before, with so many time and space, why only the time and space you are in enters your world.
Then I can tell you the answer now.
Because I made a bet with myself.
I bet there will still be a light that can start a spark in this world.
And in all this time and space, you are the only one who has shown me the possibility of winning the bet.
I'm sorry, I can't support it with just my own strength.
I am so tired.
Please absorb all my energy.
From now on, I can only get rid of this heavy burden from you."
After the mechanical voice admitted its mistake plaintively, it dropped its pick and prepared to let Zhou Bai take on his responsibility.
This made Zhou Bai, who was originally a social animal, want to give him two claws directly.
It's a pity that he has now turned into densely packed tiny particles, leaving Zhou Baikong with this idea but unable to act on it.
As for "it" who is currently in flames, he has just learned that he has been replaced as his "working partner", which is a bit unacceptable.
So Zhou Bai endured the pain as if his skin was tearing, and in a daze, he heard a heart-rending roar coming from the flames.
"you are tired?
I'm not tired yet, why should you be tired?
Do you want this little one to deal with me in the future?
Beautiful thought!
I will strangle him to death now!"
As he spoke, a big red hand stretched out from the flames, tearing open the cracks and struggling to reach Zhou Bai.
The flame restrained "it" and burned "it", causing "it" to gradually shrink from a giant.
But the flame will also be consumed in the process, slowly giving "it" an opportunity to escape.
Seeing the flames starting to disappear, the mechanical sound was obviously a little anxious.
"Come on, suck my energy away.
Take advantage of it now before it’s too late!”
He anxiously urged Zhou Bai to let him face death.
He has already made preparations.
In other words, he has been waiting for this moment for a long time.
He has taken ninety-nine steps forward, and now Zhou Bai only needs one more step to fully possess his power.
"Come on, you know what to do.
There is no need to hesitate, as long as you take a very simple step, you may have great power."
His voice seemed to be right next to Zhou Bai's ears, anxious and urgent, constantly persuading him.
Zhou Bai endured the pain on his skin and raised his hand. His desire for power made the red rope in his palm shine easily.
Just like last time, it is not difficult to let the power enter your body.
On the contrary, when these energies enter his body, there will be a pleasure of gaining strength, making him desire to have more.
So it will be more difficult for him to refuse this primitive desire.
He stood there, closed his eyes, and allowed his heart to beat violently.
Let those surging desires hit your heart.
Becoming a powerful being that is superior to the creatures in the world is a very attractive thing in itself.
But is Zhou Bai's true desire in his heart really this?
He closed his eyes and tried hard to calm down his heart between this life and death decision.
I don’t know how long it took for such efforts.
All I know is that when he opened his eyes again, there was a smile on his lips, and then he raised his hand and clenched the red rope in his palm.
Then, a terrified mechanical scream filled the air.
"What are you doing?
I ask you to absorb energy, not to input energy into me."
Zhou Bai still had a smile on his face: "I am the one in control. If I want to input energy, I will input energy. If I want to absorb energy, I will absorb energy. Do you have any objections?"
The mechanical sound in the air was filled with frustration, but he still tried to cheer himself up.
"There is nothing wrong with being a barrier guardian except that it is tiring.
I really didn’t lie to you this time!”
He was still trying hard to explain to Zhou Bai.
But Zhou Bai didn't listen at all.
He still held the red rope and continued to put his power into it.
"I know you didn't lie to me.
But you’d better take this class by yourself.”
After Zhou Bai finished speaking, he tried his best and poured all his strength into the red rope in his palm in an instant.
And those tiny particles all became brighter.
There seemed to be some kind of attraction between them, and they quickly gathered together.
Even the particles that had just entered Zhou Bai's body penetrated the skin again and scrambled to merge into a whole.
The red hand in the flame suddenly became a little excited after seeing this illusory figure appear.
"It" made all kinds of ugly laughter and struggled to break away from the flames.
The flame had a faint tendency to extinguish under "it's" vigorous resistance.
"Hahaha...are you coming back?
Then if you wait a little longer, I will be able to fight you again soon."
Zhou Bai had just been attacked by those tiny particles and lost a lot of strength at the same time. He would weakly kneel down on one knee and support himself on the ground with one hand.
Seeing him like this, the mechanical voice spoke with a bit of anger and sadness.
"If you do this, it will make me feel that I have seen the wrong person."
Zhou Bai smiled, supported the floor with one hand, and stood up again.
As he looked at the flame in front of him that was getting smaller and smaller, the smile on his face became deeper and deeper.
"Let me ask you, if it were me who was responsible for guarding the barrier, how long would I be able to withstand it?"
There was no reply in the air.
Zhou Bai continued: "Since you and I can't resist for a long time, then why don't we think about this problem from another angle.
There is one thing I have never forgotten.
That means you can't use the spark, but I can.
Therefore, the burden of guarding the barrier can only be shouldered by you.
I'm sorry, but you still have to come to this class."