The bloodthirsty and murderous elements of the Primordial Blood Spirit Dragon completely erupted after hearing Xiao Lang's furious roar, causing a thick murderous aura to instantly erupt from Long Chen's body.
Long Chen knew that with Xiao Lang's current battle prowess at the fifth level of the Earth Tier, coupled with the Divine Fire Clone, he could at most contend with a martial artist at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier. This was just barely enough, but if he wanted to deal with two at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier, it was completely impossible.
In other words, their current situation was simply extremely dangerous.
Long Chen let out a roar of indignation. At this moment, he directly ignited his True Energy and burst forth with the Blood Escape. He was only at the fifth level of the Heavenly River Tier, but when he burst forth with the Blood Escape, his speed already surpassed that of a Demonic Beast at the ninth level of the Earth Tier. With such a fast speed, the originally short distance basically didn't even take 10 breaths' time for Long Chen to reach the waterfall.
"How could they discover Lingxi's whereabouts?"
This was a question that Long Chen couldn't answer no matter how hard he thought about it. His plan was originally a very successful plan. Through fighting with the Earth Demon Tyrannosaurus, he would advance, and at the same time, with a loud noise, he would attract all the enemies in his direction. This way, it would be very difficult for the enemies to find Lingxi, who was hidden in the cave. Originally, everything was going according to his plan, but why did something go wrong at the last moment?
Since he didn't understand, Long Chen didn't think about it anymore, because he knew that as long as he reached the other side of the waterfall, he would be able to find the answer.
This was an unforgettable lesson for Long Chen. It made him understand that not everyone could be firmly controlled by him.
"Lingxi …" When approaching the waterfall, Long Chen had already withdrawn his Blood Escape. Although it was a short distance, Long Chen had already expended close to one-tenth of his True Qi. Long Chen had to maintain enough True Qi to be able to face two opponents in the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier in the following period of time.
A lot of time had passed. How was Lingxi doing? Would the other party lose his mind and kill Lingxi immediately? This series of questions caused Long Chen's head to be filled with blood, and his eyes to turn completely red.
If something happened to Lingxi, he would never forgive himself. He would never forgive himself.
The waterfall was right in front of him, and Long Chen arrived very quickly. At this time, he was completely prepared for battle, because he could already see from afar that all of Xiao Lang's Divine Fire Doppelgangers were madly attacking.
At this time, Long Chen rushed here, and then he suddenly saw that, surrounded by Xiao Lang's Divine Fire Doppelgangers, Lingxi was already in the hands of one of the middle-aged, majestic men, and the other beautiful woman was busy resisting Xiao Lang's desperate attacks.
Long Chen's appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention. Seeing Long Chen's arrival, the two commanders, the man and the woman, laughed.
"You still know to come back. If you didn't come back, this beautiful young lady would have died."
Seeing the furious expression on Long Chen's face, the beautiful woman giggled. Although she was a woman, she was able to climb to the position of the third commander of the Imperial City Guard Army. It was clear that this woman wasn't simple.
The other middle-aged man, who was controlling Lingxi, had a grave expression on his face. His eyes were bursting with cold electricity as he stared gloomily at Long Chen and the blood Qi on his body.
"It seems like you have killed all the other commanders," the ice-cold middle-aged man, who was also the second commander, said coldly.
While Lingxi was being controlled by the other party, Long Chen knew that what he needed the most right now was to remain calm. Even though he was about to explode, for the sake of Lingxi, he could only grit his teeth and completely suppress his impulse to attack.
Only by doing so could he ensure Lingxi's safety.
Seeing Long Chen appear, Xiao Lang's expression was one of defeat and discomfort. Long Chen had asked him to protect Lingxi, but he hadn't completed his mission. To him, he had no way of facing Long Chen at all, so he had attacked so crazily. Even the beautiful woman at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier was helpless against Xiao Lang's attacks.
Long Chen stopped Xiao Lang's attack, and said, "Xiao Lang, don't be like this. The opponents are two at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier. I'm not blaming you. Fight properly."
After comforting Xiao Lang, Long Chen finally looked at Lingxi. After casting a look at the pale-faced Lingxi for her to calm down, Long Chen finally looked at the two people high up in the air, and asked, "I'm very curious. How exactly did you two find this place? Logically speaking, shouldn't you use the signal fireworks to deal with me?"
"Little Brother, I have to praise you. He is indeed very meticulous, and also very brave. Unfortunately, you encountered us. Do you know what this is?"
The beautiful woman laughed until she was trembling. In the process of laughing, she raised her arm, and at this moment, a tiny Demonic Beast tunneled out from her sleeve. It used its rolling eyes to look at Long Chen, and then immediately shrank back.
"This is a Lotus Marten, only at the first level of the Yellow Tier. It can't even be considered a Demonic Beast, but it has a very special characteristic, and that is, it is very sensitive to the scent of lotus flowers. It can smell the scent of lotus flowers from a few kilometers away. Little Sister, you have the scent of lotus flowers all over your body, delicate and pure. Even I, your older sister, am extremely envious. Unfortunately, because of the scent of lotus flowers, you're going to lose your life …"
The words of the third commander, who was also this beautiful woman, finally let Long Chen know the reason. This time, he was completely convinced. No matter how meticulous his thinking was, he wouldn't have thought that there would be a problem here.
"Tell me, what do you want?"
Long Chen knew that they captured Lingxi, but they didn't immediately kill her. Clearly, they wanted to use her to threaten Long Chen. Now that Lingxi was in their hands, Long Chen's weak spot was grasped. How the situation would change, he didn't know. Even if the current Long Chen could defeat these two guys, because of his relationship with Lingxi, there was a high possibility that he would die in their hands.
"What do we want?"
The middle-aged man, who was also the second commander, smirked coldly. "You killed four of my brothers, so I naturally want you to have a taste of what it feels like to have the people around you die. Today, this little girl and this beast will both die, and Long Chen, surrender without a fight. We will bring you back to the Imperial City, and the imperial family will naturally deal with you."
The second commander was overbearing, and gave Long Chen a show of strength. Long Chen was indeed scared stiff. At this moment, there was a great anger in Long Chen's heart, but he could only force himself to calm down. Only by calming down would he have a chance to survive today.
"The two of you have really broadened my horizons. As the second and third commanders of the Imperial City Guards, you actually want to use a hostage to threaten a mere fourth level Heavenly River Tier cultivator like me. This has really broadened my horizons. Seventh level Heavenly River Tier cultivators can crush me with a wave of their hands, yet they still need to use such methods. Looks like the two of you don't have the confidence to face me head-on …" Long Chen looked at them, his face full of mockery.
"Hehe, Long Chen, you don't have to provoke us. We are not fools, and won't fall for your tricks."
The third commander's beautiful eyes swept across Long Chen's body as she slowly said, "This beautiful young lady, we can spare her first. After all, if we present such a beauty to His Majesty, the two of us will be promoted and rich. However, this demonic beast is very annoying, so it must die. Second Brother, I'll kill this demonic beast now. As for Long Chen, I'll leave him to you to subdue." Long Chen's eyes swept over Long Chen.
Her sweet voice could easily cause others to misunderstand that this beautiful lady was a kind person, but the meaning in her words caused Long Chen's scalp to go numb. Long Chen knew that if they couldn't survive today, their losses would definitely be very heavy.
The third commander wanted to personally deal with Xiao Lang, and Xiao Lang was also full of fighting spirit towards her.
"Xiao Lang, are you confident?"
Long Chen asked with a frown. If Xiao Lang could help him take on an opponent, it should be easier for Long Chen to deal with this.
Xiao Lang nodded without hesitation. His pure eyes shone with a bloodthirsty light. He had not completed his mission this time, and he felt extremely guilty. Thus, he had already decided that even if he died, he would tear this despicable woman in front of him into pieces.
"Go, I believe in you." Long Chen treated Xiao Lang as his closest brother, and there was not much restraint or politeness between brothers.
Xiao Lang nodded. He looked provocatively at the beautiful lady, and growled at her in a low voice. Then, his figure flashed a few times, and he appeared in a cluster of rocks 100 meters away. There, he could deal with this woman at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier freely.
The Sun Devouring Demonic Wolf was a terrifying Demonic Beast that could mature the most. How could it lose to her?
Xiao Lang's provocative gaze caused the third commander to laugh even harder. This was the first time she had seen such a human-like Demonic Beast.
"Looks like this little bastard is quite smart. It's just that the look in his eyes is really annoying. Forget it, I'll go and take his life first. Second Brother, you play with this little guy and let him see your superb close combat skills."
"Of course I won't mistreat this brat." The second commander gave a rare smile. However, this smile contained a hint of coldness and cruelty.
After saying this, the beautiful lady did not speak again. She looked at Long Chen and Lingxi with a pitiful gaze, and then immediately left. When she faced Xiao Lang, her entire body was filled with killing intent.
"A mere bastard dares to look at me like that? You must be tired of living."
A battle instantly began next to Long Chen. Although Long Chen was concerned about Xiao Lang's life, he knew that his opponent was right in front of him. Lingxi was still in his opponent's hands, so he could not watch.
Looking at Long Chen, Lingxi was extremely flustered. The second commander who was controlling her emitted a murderous aura that made her tremble slightly.
"This second commander seems to be an expert in body-refining battle techniques. This physique is clearly much stronger than that Meteorite Battle Physique. It's probably a high-level Earth-tier body-refining battle technique." Long Chen coldly observed his opponent.