Chapter 1404
That was a life storage stone, and it was capable of storing living creatures temporarily . Many life rings were created using low level life storage stone, making it so they could only store plants .
However, high level life storage stones could accept living creatures . It was an extremely miraculous stone .
The space inside it had no natural laws and no spiritual qi . It could barely give enough life energy for its inhabitants to not immediately die .
Long Chen’s sword stopped right before slashing through Gui Yan’s head . But because it happened too suddenly, his sword swiped across Gui Yan’s forehead, drawing blood .
Long Chen had no choice but to stop . Small faces floated up one by one on the life storage stone . He could see hundreds of the Spirit race women lying in that static space, completely unmoving .
“Long Chen, I know you won’t kill me . ” Gui Yan clenched the stone . As long as he crushed it, those Spirit race women would be killed .
Long Chen didn’t say anything and just stared at Gui Yan coldly . He hadn’t expected him to have such a trump card . No matter what abilities Long Chen had, he wouldn’t be able to kill Gui Yan now . Was this the karmic luck of a rank nine Celestial?
“Long Chen, the warriors of the Spirit race aren’t afraid of death . As long as you kill him, they’ll be happy even in death . Otherwise, with this person’s power, he’ll kill even more of our sisters in the future . ” The one called the Spirit Guard brought the others back . Looking at the life storage rock, she felt a bit unwilling, but she still urged Long Chen to kill Gui Yan .
That made Gui Yan’s expression change . Right now, he could only use these hostages to extort Long Chen . This was his final trump card . Without it, he would definitely die .
“Long Chen, I trust you won’t do that . You’ll let me go . ” Gui Yan stared at Long Chen confidently .
“You know me so well?” Long Chen stabbed his sword into the ground, leaning on it . His expression was calm .
“Give up on scheming . Even if you could defeat me, you can’t kill me instantly . It’s impossible for you to prevent me from crushing this life storage rock . ” Gui Yan seemed to see through Long Chen’s thoughts .
Long Chen was truly unable to do this . He had dozens of ways to kill Gui Yan, but he couldn’t stop him from crushing the life storage stone right before his death .
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Even if Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, Gu Yang, and the others helped, it was impossible . This trump card of Gui Yan’s just happened to be Long Chen’s weak point .
“You win . Leave the life storage ring, and I’ll let you go,” sighed Long Chen .
“Long Chen, it’s not worth it!” The Spirit Guard was startled .
“No, killing him isn’t worth it . In my eyes, he’s just a dog . I can take his life whenever I want . Getting the lives of hundreds of sisters for the life of a dog is an excellent trade,” said Long Chen .
Gui Yan’s expression sank, but he didn’t say anything . Although he was mocked by Long Chen, he knew he had managed to save his life .
“I want to bring the life storage stone with me . You can send someone-” probed Gui Yan cautiously .
“Don’t play this game with me . Although you have a trump card, it isn’t as powerful as you think . You can threaten me, but you can’t threaten the people of the Spirit race . If you try taking a single inch, I won’t be so lenient,” said Long Chen coldly .
“Alright . I swear-”
“You aren’t qualified to swear an oath with me . Gui Yan, it seems you still don’t understand your situation . You have no qualifications to bargain or make conditions right now . The people you’ve captured aren't people from the Dragonblood Legion . Do you understand?”
Gui Yan’s expression changed several times . He shouted, “Then how do I know you won’t go back on your word as soon as I hand over the life storage stone?!”
“Tch, my boss just feels sorry for these sisters . Your life isn’t even worth a fart to him . Furthermore, who do you think my boss is? Within all the Central Plains, he’s well known for being a real man . When does he ever go back on his word? As for your own garbage reputation, how much crap do you think that’s worth?” shouted Guo Ran .
Gui Yan thought about it, and he agreed that it was true . Although Long Chen was famed for being domineering and vicious, he never went back on his word . There were many things people cursed him for, but that wasn’t one of them .
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“Spirit race, if I hand over this life storage stone, will you attack me?” Gui Yan still wasn’t at ease, and he shouted to the Spirit race experts .
His Ghost King was destroyed, and his combat power had dropped precipitously . Let alone Long Chen, even the Spirit Guard could kill him .
“Long Chen is the friend of the Spirit race . His attitude is our attitude as well,” said the Spirit Guard .
Although they all wanted Gui Yan dead, they also hoped for their sisters to return alive . This contradiction made it so although they were unwilling to see Long Chen release Gui Yan, they were grateful to him as well for the lives of their sisters .
“Fine, I’ll trust you this time . ” Gui Yan clenched his teeth . He knew he had no other choices and tossed the life storage stone to Long Chen .
Long Chen received it and tossed it to the Spirit Guard . The Spirit Guard activated it, and light flashed . Hundreds of Spirit race women appeared on the battlefield .
The other Spirit race women went up and pressed their hands on their foreheads . Life energy poured into them, awakening them .
“Can I leave now?” Gui Yan was still a bit worried . His life was in Long Chen’s hands .
“Scram . ” Long Chen had originally wanted to ask him some more things, but asking the Spirit race experts would probably be better .
Gui Yan took out another teleportation talisman . Crushing it, spatial energy wrapped around him . But just as he was about to be teleported away, an arrow shot through the teleportation talisman .
“Bastard, are you going back on your words?!” roared Gui Yan .
“Sorry, truly sorry . My bow went out of my control . Please, go ahead and take out another talisman,” apologized Guo Ran . But it was obvious to everyone he had done it on purpose .
“Do you think teleportation talismans are cabbages?! I only had two!” roared Gui Yan .
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“Is that so? Then… do you want me to send you off?” Guo Ran raised a dark red crossbow, his expression sincere . This new crossbow was a new invention, and the pressure it emitted gave others a chill .
“Long Chen, what do you think you’re doing?!” demanded Gui Yan .
“Hurry up and scram!” Long Chen frowned impatiently .
Gui Yan looked from Long Chen to Guo Ran to his nocked crossbow . Clenching his teeth, he transformed into a ray of light that shot into the distance .
Guo Ran followed him with the point of his crossbow, ready to attack at any time . But Long Chen didn’t give the order .
“Boss, he really is going to get away,” said Guo Ran unwillingly .
“Let him go . I let him go on purpose . ” Long Chen was nonchalant .
“On purpose?” Everyone was flabbergasted . No matter how they looked at it, it didn’t look like he had done this on purpose .
“Meng Qi, this is Gui Yan’s purest essence blood from his forehead . With your power, you should be able to use it to track his approximate position, right?” Long Chen handed a drop of essence blood to Meng Qi .
Seeing that, Gu Yang and the others came to a sudden comprehension . It seemed that Long Chen had intentionally pierced Gui Yan’s forehead at that time .
He had used his sword to extract a drop of Gui Yan’s purest essence blood . As for Gui Yan, in that life and death juncture, he hadn’t noticed Long Chen doing this .
The essence blood from the space between a person’s eyebrows was their purest . That was where their soul was condensed . It was a place where a person’s qi, soul, and essence met .
“Yes, this should be no problem . ” Meng Qi smiled .
She was a rank nine Celestial, and her soul energy was fused with her Heavenly Dao energy . Tracking a person’s general position was truly simple for her .
“Boss, let me prostrate myself toward you . ” Guo Ran worshipfully looked at Long Chen . Long Chen wasn’t just powerful, his ability to adapt to sudden changes was also monstrous .
Gui Yan had forced him into a passive position, but because of this drop of essence blood, the initiative was once more in Long Chen’s hands .
Best of all, Gui Yan had no idea that this essence blood was in Long Chen’s hands . His position was in Long Chen’s control now .
“Respected friends, thank you for your help . The Spirit race will always remember your kindness . ” At this time, the Spirit Guard bowed toward Long Chen in a very strange and ancient manner .
The other Spirit race women followed along, expressing their gratitude to Long Chen .
“You’re too courteous . I want to ask, can you bring me to see that senior from your Forest of Life? I came here in order to thank her,” said Long Chen .
“Of course we can . ” The Spirit Guard answered directly, and so they all boarded the flying boat . The Dragonblood Legion became lively, because these beautiful women of the Spirit race were wearing very ‘popular’ clothes . Long Chen had to cough very loudly a few times for them to settle down .
Long Chen found that these Spirit race women didn’t show the slightest shyness in the face of the Dragonblood warriors’ fiery gazes . Their expressions were very natural . In fact, they seemed pure and naive, like newborns .
Through a simple conversation, Long Chen learned that this battlefield had just been an outpost . The true battle had yet to start, but the situation was already very tense for them .
Long Chen learned that the Heaven Devouring Forest was called the Dark Forest in the Spirit World . They were the enemies of the Forest of Life . The two sides were like water and fire, and they had been fighting for countless years .
As they flew, they saw more and more Spirit race experts patrolling this area . It seemed they had entered the territory of the Spirit race now .
When the flying boat first passed those Spirit race experts, they were startled and about to activate the alarm before they saw the Spirit Guard waving to them .
The battlefield here was huge . Even with the flying boat, it took them some time before they saw a verdant, thriving forest . When he saw that forest, Long Chen smiled . That was a familiar aura .