Sure enough, what he had expected had happened.
Shi Jiangling had said from the very beginning that he would only be able to leave if he defeated her and the Necromancy Void Formation.
Long Chen longed to break out of the Spirit Lord Residence. Since he had come here, he was prepared to put his life on the line. Therefore, he had no fear, only hatred. Hatred for Ling Huang, the number one expert in the world. He was indeed a despicable person. He had spent two months lying in wait and creating something like the Lost Spirit Formation just to get his hands on Long Chen's child.
In this place, Long Chen was constantly thinking about defeating the Spirit Sovereign. This was his strongest desire at this moment. It was for Lingxi and his child, for his own dignity, and more importantly, for the sake of following in his father's footsteps.
He had once easily broken through this place, defeated Ling Huang, and created a legend.
But now, Long Chen was facing a life-and-death crisis in the same place. It wasn't that he was too far behind Long Qinglan, but that he hadn't even reached one-tenth of Long Qinglan's age.
But none of this was an excuse for failure.
He had expended almost half of his energy. In just an hour, he had crushed almost 50 million corpses. The corpses were slowly recovering, but Long Chen's energy, which had been depleted by the Necromancy Void Formation, could not be recovered. If this continued, it would be very bad, and the chances of victory were very slim. Not to mention, at this time, Shi Jiangling actually launched an attack on him.
In truth, her own strength was very, very poor, only around the Divine Martial Realm. She was no different from a newborn baby in the Eternal Divine Realm. But because of her bloodline, she could fuse with the Necromancy Void Formation and use the power of over a hundred million corpses. When she had this power, at least in the Necromancy Void Formation, she was basically no different from a Dragon Emperor.
If the Necromancy Void Formation didn't have the ability to seize the fortune of heaven and earth, it wouldn't have been placed in the center of the Dead Souls Cave.
Now that Long Chen had almost no other energy to use in battle, Shi Jiangling did not hold back at all. She suddenly appeared in front of Long Chen, her tiny hands manipulating the entire Dead Souls Void Formation. As she waved them around, countless auras rushed towards her and were under her control.
Long Chen was currently controlling the Blood Weeping Dragon Soul, so he didn't even have time to pay attention to her.
Lingxi was definitely not allowed to take action. Otherwise, she would be violating the rules. Moreover, in a situation where Long Chen's power was exhausted, the Three Lifetimes Love Silk would not be of much help. After all, the Three Lifetimes Love Silk mostly relied on Long Chen's power.
"The show has just begun."
Shi Jiangling condensed the power of the Dead Souls Void Formation on her hands. She stretched out a hand, and instantly, countless gray auras condensed on her arm, which then turned into a gray claw. It was sharp and sinister, and contained the sinister power of the Dead Souls Void Formation.
"Don't ever let me touch you. Otherwise, I'll open a hole in your body and let your power pour out."
To Shi Jiangling, Long Chen was the last opponent she needed to stop.
She had waited for this moment for countless years. Not everyone could withstand the loneliness of countless years. Her life's wish was to go out once, so now, she was even more excited. There was no way she would give Long Chen any chance.
Long Chen was fighting with his life on the line, but so was she.
The gray claw had a total of six fingers. It looked simple, but in reality, it had condensed the power of the entire Dead Souls Void Formation. It was definitely more terrifying than the Ten Thousand Death Claws. If not for the Dead Souls Void Formation, Long Chen might have been able to easily destroy such an attack. But now that all his power was in a gamble, how should he face it?
"Accept your fate."
Shi Jiangling appeared before him in the blink of an eye. Her gray claw stabbed towards Long Chen's abdomen.
Long Chen wanted to destroy the Dead Souls Void Formation in one go, so he had no extra power to deal with her. If he gave up on tearing apart the corpses and allowed them to gradually recover, he would be completely finished. This kind of pressure was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
"Long Chen."
At this time, Lingxi could only let Long Chen use his own power. She used the Three Lives Threads to connect with Long Chen, and her own power merged with Long Chen's exhausted power to provide some help to Long Chen. It allowed him to hold the God Slaying Sword and perform the God Slaying Sword at this critical moment.
Whoosh.
A sword shadow flew over at lightning speed. Long Chen naturally did not show any mercy at this time. He had finally used Lingxi's power to perform the God Slaying Sword. Of course, he was aiming to kill his opponent. But unfortunately, in this dark swamp, Shi Jiangling had a lot of control over the Dead Souls Void Formation. So, although the God Slaying Sword was terrifying, she still managed to block her head with her arm in time.
The claw was torn apart by Long Chen's God Slaying Sword.
As a result, Shi Jiangling lost one of her arms.
But she only frowned slightly. Under the power of the Dead Souls Void Formation, her arm gradually recovered. Soon, she could continue attacking.
But Long Chen's situation was not optimistic.
Lingxi was not that powerful. Although the Three Lives Threads were shared, this time, she had almost exhausted all of her power. The Three Lives Threads were good at recovery, but this time, it did not. So, Lingxi fell into a state of exhaustion. Long Chen quickly contacted the Three Lives Threads.
"Boss, why don't I help you?"
Kitten asked tentatively.
"According to the bet, you can't."
Long Chen replied with a frown. Now, he was the same as Kitten. He had primordial reincarnation power in his body, which could be replenished with original cores. But the problem was that Kitten's original cores had been used up in the last battle. He did not have any himself, so his power was reduced with every use. Long Chen still had to find original cores for him.
"It was just a small accident. You won't be so lucky now, right?"
Shi Jiangling stepped forward again.
The God Slaying Sword just now had not really hurt her, and now she had reappeared to interfere with Long Chen. Now, Long Chen's power was even more exhausted. At this level, even if he went outside, a single Dragon Emperor would not be able to win, let alone against Shi Jiangling and the Dead Souls Void Formation.
Long Chen felt the taste of despair.
Now, in front of him was a dead end, and Shi Jiangling was the one who pushed him to it. Now, she had come again. But as she said, if Long Chen wanted to fight back, he had to stop the Weeping Blood Dragon Soul. Once he stopped, he would lose all hope of victory, and all his previous efforts would be for naught.
If he had killed this little girl when he first met her, he might have been in a much better situation now.
Shi Jiangling's terrifying claws were closing in on him once again. If he allowed her attack to succeed, he would be instantly defeated, let alone winning the battle.
Shi Jiangling's cold laughter kept coming. Victory was already in his grasp.
Defeat, or even death, was approaching step by step. Long Chen felt the taste of being in a hopeless situation. Although he had never surrendered to the Dead Souls Void Formation, in the past million years, less than three people had passed through the Spirit Residence. This was enough to prove how powerful the threat he was facing now was.
But once he lost, he would lose everything.
He had come here to accept the challenge.
Just as Shi Jiangling attacked, Long Chen chose to give up on attacking the Dead Souls Void Formation. He had made a decisive decision. Now that he had less than half of his power left, if he continued to covet victory, he would only lose more miserably. So he found another path, and that was to first deal with Shi Jiangling.
The little slaughter dragons disappeared one after another.
The blood-red eyes of Long Chen in human form instantly collided with Shi Jiangling. All of Long Chen's power was perhaps only enough for one or two attacks, so he especially cherished this opportunity.
In this swamp, Shi Jiangling's claws were very close to him.
At this time, Long Chen had decisively given up on the hope of victory. This shocked Shi Jiangling. There were very few people who could be so decisive in the face of the temptation of victory.
"Even if you can kill me, so what? You can't destroy the Dead Souls Void Formation anymore."
Shi Jiangling said coldly.
"At least, I've also destroyed your hope."
Long Chen smiled coldly. This smile made Shi Jiangling feel terrified. Yes, as long as he killed me, I would have nothing left, not even the hope of freedom. When that time comes, why would I stop him?
Long Chen's movements were swift and decisive.
Just as Shi Jiangling wanted to kill him even more, and those sharp gray claws were about to descend, Long Chen stretched out his hands and crossed them in front of his chest. Now, his hands had completely turned the color of blood, and so had his eyes.
He used almost all of his power for the final attack.
"Die."
Shi Jiangling flashed and appeared in front of him.
At this time, Long Chen drew a semicircle with his left and right hands. When combined, they formed a very orderly blood-colored circle. Countless dragon patterns appeared in the circle, forming two semicircle gates.
Seeing this gate, Shi Jiangling was shocked. She found that her whole body was trembling.
"Death Realm Dragon Gate, open."
As if Shi Jiangling had crashed into this gate herself, in front of Long Chen, the Death Realm Dragon Gate opened. Endless death qi rushed out and instantly drowned Shi Jiangling. This was different from the death qi of the Dead Souls Race. This was a terrifying killing qi. Anyone would be afraid when surrounded by this qi.
At this moment, Shi Jiangling felt an unprecedented sense of danger.
In this dense Death Qi, she didn't seem to see anything, but at this moment, a terrifying dragon claw crushed her claw, and instantly grabbed her body, crushing a large amount of blood, and then pulled her towards the direction of the Death World Dragon Gate. Once she entered the Death World, it was even more equivalent to death, and she would never be able to return.
This feeling of death made even Shi Jiangling, who was from the Dead Souls Race, shiver all over. She felt that death was coming. Indeed, everything was meaningless.