I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

Not only that, Gu Qici also discovered that the wooden figure that appeared in front of her was actually immortal. No matter how she destroyed it, it could still continue to fight her unharmed, as if it was dragging her to death. But the more she fought, the more uncertain Gu Qici became about the idea of ​​dragging her to death.

Given the fact that the opponent is immortal, even without replacing the wooden figure, they could still wear her down. Why bother with anything else? With this in mind, Gu Qici began to conserve her spiritual energy. Eventually, she simply stopped using her spiritual energy and stopped fighting. In the end, she was shocked to discover that as long as she didn't make a move, the opponent wouldn't make a move either, and after a certain period of time, the opponent would still take turns attacking.

This discovery made Gu Qici's eyes light up. Recalling the beginning, it seemed that she was the one who made the first move, and only then did the other party retaliate. If that's the case, these wooden figures have no independent consciousness at all. So why do they keep appearing in front of her in turn? This question made Gu Qici think for a long time.

Just as she was about to stop thinking about it and prepare to leave, the four wooden figures that had been coming in turn to express joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness suddenly launched an attack. This caught Gu Qi Ci off guard and almost put her in danger. But then she realized that as long as she didn't intend to leave the forest, these wooden figures wouldn't attack her.

But the moment she made a move to leave, or even had the thought of leaving, the four wooden figures would launch a collective attack. This puzzled Gu Qici greatly. But it was these strange actions of the wooden figures that finally made her think of a possibility. It was this possibility that startled her: "They are testing something. Yes, they must be trying to find out something from me."

As Gu Qici pondered, she became increasingly certain of her idea. But just as she had this thought, the twelve wooden figures suddenly stopped taking turns. Only the original four figures of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness remained in place, staring straight at Gu Qici, as if they were deliberately staring at her to prevent her from having a chance to escape.

Of course, the absence of the wooden figures after the turn led Gu Qici to another conjecture. She narrowed her eyes, almost reaching the edge of the escape route: "It's impossible for a few mindless wooden figures to know my thoughts. There are no other people here either. In other words, they are actually using some kind of specific instinct to monitor me and know what I'm thinking. If I'm not mistaken, they should be judging from my micro-expressions."

Looking at the four wooden figures, to confirm her suspicions, she deliberately changed her micro-expressions. She didn't intend to escape, but her expression suggested she was about to flee. She wanted to test whether the wooden figures would attack her, but she was disappointed. The wooden figures did not attack and remained in place.

"Huh? What's going on? Did I guess wrong, or will they stop me if they don't take turns?" Gu Qici was a little confused. In order to test what the wooden figures were all about, she finally decided to actually escape. However, as soon as she got up and made the move to escape, the four wooden figures stopped her again.

This startled her again, and she quickly returned to her original spot. This time, she was 100% certain that the wooden figures were definitely not the second possibility from before. However, the wooden figures' behavior made her even more puzzled. Why wouldn't these four wooden figures let her leave? Moreover, they didn't launch any more attacks.

"Is it just to trap me here? No, there must be some purpose behind it, it's just that the purpose hasn't been revealed yet. As soon as the time comes, they will definitely make their move against me." Gu Qici's eyes revealed a hint of coldness, but she was getting anxious: "No, I can't wait any longer. I must find a way to get out of this situation, otherwise I will definitely die here when the other side has the opportunity."

Soon, Gu Qici tried many other methods, but she still couldn't escape. She was still stuck with the four wooden figures. During this process, she discovered that every time she tried to escape, the wooden figures' attacks became more powerful. Now, she felt that each of the four wooden figures was stronger than her. In other words, she couldn't just try any method unless there was a sure chance of success.

Otherwise, if things continue like this, there will come a time when her body will be broken down by these logs when she returns to safety, which means that there will be a limit to the number of times she plans to escape.

But as she thought about it, Gu Qici suddenly felt a faint pain in her head.

But Gu Qici didn't care about the pain. She just rubbed her eyes and continued to think about the problem at hand: "But now, given the situation, it's impossible for me to think of a solution immediately. Moreover, my spiritual energy is severely depleted and cannot be recovered in a short time. Wait a minute."

At this moment, Gu Qici's eyes lit up, and a faint glint of light flashed in her mind: "Wood? Will? That's right, how come I didn't think of that? These wooden figures are only strong, but they don't have consciousness. I am a living person. As long as I use the special advantage of my own consciousness, I will definitely have a way to escape."

Thinking this through, she looked at the blank wooden figure in front of her and felt that the idea was more and more feasible. Therefore, she did not hesitate and began to plan how to use spiritual power to create a plan for her to escape. However, having an idea is one thing, but being able to come up with a plan is another.

Having experienced the first three worlds, she was very confident in herself. Given just a little breakthrough, she could come up with countless solutions. Her next task was clear: to find the one she thought was feasible from among these countless solutions.

Time passed slowly, and three hours later, Gu Qici's eyes shone brightly, as if she had come up with a perfect solution. Without hesitation, and without even having time to rejoice in her idea, she moved in an instant and ran swiftly to the other side of the forest. At the same time, the wooden figures saw Gu Qici's actions and also got up and gave chase.

Gu Qici had naturally anticipated this situation. She revealed a faint smile, and just as the wooden figure was about to intercept her, her spiritual power suddenly erupted. She turned around in an instant and rushed back to the location of the wooden figure, and even accelerated her speed. This time, she had used all the remaining spiritual power she had.

As she expected, the wooden figures turned their heads as Gu Qici turned hers, but they paused for a moment. Seeing this, Gu Qici quickly returned to her original position, no longer showing any intention of leaving. The wooden figures also returned to their original positions, calming down their power fluctuations. Gu Qici smiled, as if she had anticipated this.

"That's how it is. When I leave, they follow me. That means there's a subtle connection between us. If the connection is too strong or the speed suddenly increases, they won't be able to keep up with me. In other words, as long as I control my speed and use this to create distance, I have a chance to escape." Thinking this, Gu Qici's heart jumped up. This was true excitement.

"They are strong and their bodies are unharmed, but their speed only changes as I flee. In the end, they are just wooden figures. If I suddenly accelerate to the extreme when my speed is extremely slow, these wooden figures will pause for a moment. And by using this pause, I can create a subtle distance..."

"Although it seems like they'll catch up to me quickly with this tiny distance, if I keep using this slow-fast method, this tiny distance will be stretched infinitely. Then, once I break free from their senses, I'll be completely free." But at this moment, Gu Qici's head throbbed again. She was puzzled, but quickly attributed this state to overthinking and stopped worrying about it. Thus, her plan truly began.

She rested for a while, trying to recover her spiritual power and physical strength. Then, with a flash of insight, she hurried off into the distance again, but this time she ran very slowly.

Of course, the wooden figures followed her, at exactly the speed she expected. Although they were still much faster than her, they were also incredibly terrifying.

Just as Gu Qici was about to speed up and implement her plan, something unexpected happened before her eyes. The four wooden figures of different heights, weights, and builds, who had not appeared before, suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her way. This startled her, and all her plans were disrupted.

"What..." Gu Qici couldn't believe her eyes at all. At the same time, the pain from before attacked her mind again, and this time the pain was even more severe than the previous two times. In the moment of shock, an accident happened. As if she was going too fast to stop, she crashed directly into a tree.

The tree is fine...

But she didn't care about her pain. In an instant, her gaze was focused on the eight wooden figures above her. At that moment, she saw only one expression on them: a mockery, a contempt that saw through the weak. And the weak one was none other than Gu Qici.

"No. Impossible..." She wanted to say it was impossible, but in fact, she had failed, and all her plans had fallen apart. So she couldn't say those words because she had underestimated her opponent. The reason for her defeat was her carelessness. She never expected that the tall, short, fat, and thin person who had never appeared would actually come to stop her. And judging from this, the other party was not someone without consciousness; the other party's intelligence was clearly far superior to hers.

"I... I don't believe it. I don't believe I could lose to a wooden doll." Gu Qici simply couldn't believe that her intelligence could be outmatched by a wooden doll. She returned to square one and started planning again. A sense of madness had arisen within her, not towards the wooden doll, but towards herself who had lost to it.

Time passed again. While Gu Qici was thinking of a solution, her head was still throbbing, but she ignored it. She was determined to escape from this place completely.

"Since people of all shapes and sizes have appeared, then men, women, and children will definitely appear as well. I will calculate this carefully, I must think it through."

At this moment, she was no longer focused on escaping. She seemed to have completely lost in the thought of winning against the wooden man, and did not notice that while she was trying to find a solution, her hair was slowly falling out.

She tried again and again, but failed each time. However, her madness only intensified. Her mind kept racing, and her head ached constantly. She had completely lost herself in the moment.

"Phew, it's finally coming out." Finally, after countless hours, she seemed to have come up with a solution.

But just then, the instant she thought of a solution, all twelve wooden figures gathered around her, startling her. However, all she could do was be startled.

All the wooden figures merged into her body, causing Gu Qici's body to undergo a tremendous transformation. Her startled state seemed to freeze in time until she transformed into a towering tree.

But the world she saw changed again the next moment.

Chapter 167 Escape

The fifth world is a desolate desert, but the sand in the desert is black.

Having seemingly grown accustomed to the changes of the world, Gu Qici quickly regained her composure after arriving here. She stood on the ground, gently squatted down, then picked up a handful of sand with one hand and stroked her chin with the other. It seemed that, just like the previous times, she was also contemplating how to leave this world.

She didn't think too much about the problem, because the moment she grasped the black sand, she was suddenly jolted, and a pain from her very soul struck her heart. But as soon as the sand completely fell from her hand, the pain vanished instantly.

This discovery left her deeply perplexed.

She was shocked, but to confirm once again that the pain was related to the black sand, she squeezed it again. Sure enough, the intense pain returned, but now she was more alert and immediately threw the sand away. In the blink of an eye, the pain disappeared.

However, in this world, she experienced pain twice and suddenly felt her body getting weaker and weaker, as if she were slowly getting old.

This situation made her gaze immediately fall on the sand beneath her feet. Without hesitation, she immediately flew off the ground and into the air. At the same time, the feeling of weakness gradually subsided, but it still lingered.

"Could it be..." She seemed to realize something, and her expression changed drastically as she immediately looked at the hand that had just held the sand. Upon seeing it, her mind was struck dumb.

Because that hand is slowly withering away.

……

Gray and red times, Xiao Gu Qi Ci and the gray-robed woman.

The two of them continued to look at the mirror reflecting Gu Qici.

"The world of fire, the world of water, the world of earth, the world of wood, and now the world of metal. You're targeting her five elements, right?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci asked.

“That’s right.” The gray-robed woman didn’t deny it, nodding directly. “Given her current physical condition, even with my help, she can only withstand the power of the Five Elements Technique. Therefore, I can only give her spiritual power equivalent to the late-stage Great Emperor, which is also called solid power…”

"Within the power of reality, everything is inseparable from the five elements, and the five elements are actually the strongest power of reality. If she can comprehend this power, she should be able to reach the final stage, which is the legendary ultimate stage..."

"I see, but this can also be considered a power you forcibly injected, right? If she uses this power..."

"So," the gray-robed woman interrupted before Xiao Gu Qici could finish speaking, "how to use this power, whether to use it or not, is her business."

At this point, the two stopped talking and, in silence, turned their attention back to Gu Qici.

……

On the other hand, Gu Qici had already guessed about 80-90% of this desert world.

The black sandstorm represents the passage of time. The moment she came into this world, time had already lost its effect on her. In other words, she will slowly merge with the black sand here, just like dust returning to dust and earth returning to earth, everything will return to its original state.

"This feeling of death is indeed incredibly real. Even though I know I won't die here, I can't ignore this feeling..." In mid-air, Gu Qici already felt a faint sense of decay. The most prominent thing was her left hand, which had been holding the black sand. Now it had completely lost its vitality. It could be said that Gu Qici's hand was completely useless.

"Looks like I still need to think of a way." Thinking of this, Gu Qici frowned. Ignoring her crumbling body, she slowly flew through this world, as if searching for an exit that might not exist. But as time passed, this hopeful exit still did not appear before Gu Qici's eyes.

Just then, the black sand below her swirled and slowly gathered together, eventually revealing two figures.

Gu Qici sensed the change in the sand and couldn't help but look down. This glance startled her, because she recognized the two figures very well: one was Liu Xin, and the other was Lu Li.

They were standing there, giving her a slight smile. This discovery made Gu Qici, whose physical strength was about to reach its limit, feel a strong sense of crisis.

But a faint smile involuntarily appeared on her face, and with that smile, a sense of sorrow immediately filled her. However, if one were to look closely, one would find a faint sense of joy and a slight sense of relief beneath that smile.

"Life and death, I..." Gu Qici murmured to herself, glancing at the desert world once more. After a sigh, a powerful resolve immediately emanated from her, and she continued, "I'll die with you all."

With those last words, she no longer hesitated or thought further. Her body transformed into a wisp of black sand being blown away by the wind, flying to Liu Xin and Lu Li's side. She felt at peace, even though her body had become black sand and merged with the black desert.

But at that moment, a change that surprised both the gray-robed woman and Xiao Gu Qi Ci suddenly occurred.

……

Gu Qici has arrived in a new world, the sixth world.

This is a passageway, a dark passageway, with virtually no light.

Gu Qici was walking slowly through the passage, seemingly a little lost.

It wasn't until a while later that she realized what had happened.

"Where is this?" Gu Qici was startled, and a look of doubt arose again.

However, she quickly calmed herself down, as if she had a sudden realization: "Could it be... the sixth world?"

But the next moment, she frowned again, thinking to herself, "Changing worlds one after another seems a bit too much, and... it's a bit strange." Thinking this, Gu Qici seriously observed the passage, because she found that this dark world seemed a bit different from the previous five worlds.

……

At the same time, there is a space of blue and red.

"What's going on?" Little Gu Qici asked abruptly as she watched Gu Qici enter the sixth world.

However, the woman in the gray robe was also bewildered. She muttered to herself, somewhat puzzled, "That's not right. That's not right. The changes in the world should have ended, how could this be?"

"Is there a problem?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci asked anxiously.

"Don't panic. The world within this Xuan Tian Mirror can change according to my will, so don't worry, I can call her back at any time," the gray-robed woman said.

"Then what are you waiting for? She's been through five worlds, it should be over by now, right?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci said quickly.

But upon hearing Xiao Gu Qi Ci's words, the gray-robed woman frowned slightly, showing some hesitation.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the gray-robed woman seemed a little strange, Xiao Gu Qici's eyes flickered, and she asked in confusion.

The woman in gray robes, however, took a few moments to slowly reply, "This guy hasn't reached his limit yet..."

"What?" Xiao Gu Qici asked in surprise.

“Although the Xuan Tian Mirror is my most precious treasure, it also has its own consciousness. Perhaps it is its own initiative to believe that Gu Qici can continue on this path,” the gray-robed woman explained.

"How is that possible?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci exclaimed in surprise.

“Nothing is impossible…” After a pause, the woman in the gray robe continued, “Let’s keep watching. Perhaps… other possibilities may emerge.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Gu Qi Ci's body trembled slightly, and then a complex look appeared in her eyes, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end... she held back.

……

Inside the passageway.

Gu Qici has already started moving forward; after all, doing nothing is not her style.

However, as she walked, a fear from the darkness slowly surfaced in her heart, as if it were devouring her soul, giving her a sense of dread.

Here, even with Gu Qici's cultivation level, it seemed impossible to see how far ahead was. He could only take one step at a time. But besides that, there was the sound of water dripping, telling and reminding Gu Qici that this place was by no means simple.