Splash.
Water splashed as Long Chen rapidly sank into the pool. His blood dyed the surrounding water red, and the stench of blood wafted out of the pool.
"He can't be dead, right?"
The second commander frowned. His superior's orders had been to capture him alive. If Long Chen died, his contributions would be greatly reduced.
Lingxi's mind went blank as she watched Long Chen sink into the pool. She knelt on the ground powerlessly, her eyes wide as she stared at the faint red water beneath her.
Tears streamed down her face.
Panic, helplessness, fear, despair. These emotions immediately overwhelmed Lingxi. She lost all desire to live. They hadn't realized that from this day on, they had become one entity. From the moment Long Chen had jumped into the abyss of the Star Fiend Prison with Lingxi, they were destined to live and die together. So if Long Chen died, Lingxi would have no desire to live in this world.
With Lingxi's current body, it was very simple for her to die. She just had to jump into the pool and not enter the Lingxi Sword. As long as she didn't enter the Lingxi Sword, the power of her soul would be exhausted in a few days.
When she thought of this, Lingxi gritted her teeth and was about to dive into the pool.
The second commander had already released Lingxi because he felt that Long Chen was probably dead. He hadn't expected Lingxi to be so bold as to use her life to follow Long Chen.
He was shocked and was about to pull Lingxi back when Long Chen's head popped out of the water. He saw Lingxi's head poking out from above.
"Scram!" Long Chen cursed.
Lingxi cried even harder. She felt as though she'd risen from hell to heaven. Although Long Chen was cursing her, she felt incomparably happy.
Using his True Qi to shake off the water beside him, Long Chen barely managed to rush to the shore. However, when he landed, he continuously swayed a few times before barely managing to stabilize his body. Because of the water washing, the bloodstains on his body had already reduced by a lot, and the blood on his face had also completely disappeared. However, his face now appeared astonishingly pale. From this, it could be seen that after the four punches, the injuries he had received were very serious.
However, he gritted his teeth and continued to endure the pain. Long Chen's internal organs had been completely dislocated, and many of his bones had been broken. Although he was forcing himself to stand, if one took a closer look, one could see that his body was deformed.
"Don't continue."
Lingxi really couldn't bear it anymore. Although there was only one punch left, she knew that with Jiang Cheng's ruthlessness, the last punch would definitely use 200% of his strength, with the intention of crippling Long Chen, or even completely killing him.
"Brother Chen, I'm begging you, please don't continue. Just do as I say. Even if I die, won't I still be by your side?" Ling Xi pleaded weakly under Jiang Cheng's control. "Brother Chen, I'm begging you.
"Don't say anymore. There's only one punch left. Do you think this piece of trash can kill me?"
Long Chen pointed at Jiang Cheng, and laughed coldly. "The dignified second commander of the Imperial City Guards, seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier, and yet you're so useless. What a joke. Looks like you have too many sows at home. The commander is busy with breeding, and has no time to care about training."
"Brat, that's enough. This time, I've decided to take your life directly."
Jiang Cheng roared. After being continuously insulted by Long Chen, he was also angered. At this moment, he grabbed Lingxi's arm in his hand, then looked coldly at Long Chen, and said, "Great Circulatory Punch. Each punch is stronger than the one before. This punch of mine can directly kill a martial artist at the seventh level of the Heavenly River Tier. If you can withstand it, I, Jiang Cheng, will call you father from now on."
After saying this, Jiang Cheng didn't give Long Chen any more chances. Under Lingxi's despairing gaze, a powerful aura exploded from his body. He suddenly dodged and threw a punch, as if the whole world was hidden in his hand. With the power of heaven and earth, the last punch landed on Long Chen's body.
There were a total of five punches, and Long Chen really didn't resist even one of them.
This kind of temperament made Jiang Cheng's heart tremble. He had to admit that Long Chen was definitely the most terrifying young man he had ever seen. He believed that if they were to fight normally, it was very possible that he wouldn't be this young man's match. At this moment, he finally realized how correct his method of using Lingxi to threaten Long Chen was.
"Great Circulatory Punch, Great Life Transformation Fist."
Boom.
With a loud bang, Long Chen was once again thrown onto the mountain wall. The huge impact caused his whole body to directly sink into the mountain wall, smashing out a human-shaped pit in the hard mountain rock.
On the ground, there was a pool of blood.
This punch was absolutely powerful. Compared to the fourth punch, the fifth punch was several times more powerful. In order to directly kill Long Chen, Jiang Cheng had used all his strength. When this punch landed on Long Chen's body, he already knew in his heart that Long Chen was finished. His meridians were broken and his bones were crushed. He didn't believe that Long Chen could still survive in this state.
"Young man, in the end, you are still too impulsive. You are just a beautiful woman, but you actually lost your life for the sake of beauty."
Jiang Cheng shook his head. He looked at Lingxi in his hand again. At this moment, Lingxi seemed to have lost her life. If it was said that Lingxi still had a trace of luck in the fourth punch and chose to believe in Long Chen, she had already lost all hope in the fifth punch.
At the moment when Long Chen died, her heart also died. There were no tears, no despair, only satisfaction. In this life, there was such a person who was willing to sacrifice his life for her without hesitation. Lingxi really felt that she was already very happy. She really had enough of living.
In this life, it didn't matter how long it was. Even if it was a short life, as long as one had enough experience and obtained things that ordinary people couldn't experience, it was enough.
The only thing she felt guilty about was that she had caused Long Chen's death.
Along the way, although she had given Long Chen a lot of help and laughter, Lingxi believed that if she hadn't foolishly flown over Long Chen's head that time, Long Chen would have lived a stable and good life in this life, instead of dying in this place at such a young age with a bright future.
Xiao Lang's roar of anger and despair were like pieces of knives, cutting Lingxi's heart.
"Little girl, don't take it too hard. His Majesty asked me to bring you back to see what kind of woman his son died because of. I think you definitely won't have an easy life in the future. What happened today is just an insignificant matter." Jiang Cheng was a little emotional.
He had originally wanted to directly cripple Long Chen, but in the end, Long Chen had really terrified him, and that was why he had chosen to kill Long Chen.
Releasing Lingxi, Jiang Cheng shook his head and directly walked towards Long Chen, murmuring, "Brat, I can't bring you back to the Imperial City alive. I can only complete the mission with your corpse. You killed four of my brothers, and without your corpse, I can't answer to their parents."
With Long Chen's strength, he was facing the strongest move of a seventh level Heavenly River Tier elite head-on. Moreover, it was also complemented by a high-grade body-refining battle technique. If Long Chen could survive, then the sun would rise from the west. Jiang Cheng was a powerful cultivator, and had sufficient confidence in his strongest attack. Thus, he did not care much. He directly reached into the mountain wall that had been smashed open, wanting to pull Long Chen's corpse out.
Indeed, at this time, there was no longer any sound from Long Chen.
"It's all over."
Jiang Cheng smiled. "Although those idiots from the Wu Tribe had more manpower, they weren't as smart and meticulous as Third Sister. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for us to find this girl …"
Finishing the mission before the Wu Tribe, this made Jiang Cheng very proud.
Very quickly, he had already pulled the front of Long Chen's clothes. It was sticky, probably blood.
At this moment, under Xiao Lang's crazy attack, the Third Commander's hair was completely burned off by Xiao Lang. To a woman, hair was practically her life, so when Xiao Lang succeeded, the Third Commander let out an earth-shattering scream.
"What's going on?" Jiang Cheng frowned. He pulled on Long Chen as he looked back.
Pu.
A Blue Dragon Halberd had pierced through his chest, and with a twist, a huge hole instantly appeared in Jiang Cheng's chest.
"Ugh."
Lowering his head to look at the hole in his chest, Jiang Cheng was dumbfounded. He raised his head in disbelief, only to see a figure bathed in blood slowly crawling out from the deep hole in the mountain wall. And the Azure Dragon Halberd in Jiang Cheng's hand seemed to be held in this person's hand.
"Am I dreaming?"
Jiang Cheng's consciousness gradually dissipated. He was in a daze because he had already seen a blood-soaked Long Chen standing in front of him. At this moment, his eyes were filled with a thick red color, as though there were countless blood-red dragons roaring in his eyes.
There wasn't a single part of his body that wasn't injured. However, Long Chen was still able to straighten his back and stand in front of him. He looked at Jiang Cheng with a faint smile on his face. His eyes were still filled with disdain.
Jiang Cheng realized that he was not dreaming.
"Long Chen, you are definitely a devil …" Jiang Cheng said with great difficulty. He couldn't help but tremble as he looked at Long Chen. This was the most terrifying person he had ever seen in his life, not because of his strength, but because of his undefeatable will.
With this undefeatable will, there was nothing that could stump him.
"It's a pity that you are a piece of trash who only knows how to f * ck a sow."
Long Chen smiled coldly and suddenly pulled out the Blue Dragon Halberd in his hand. Then, he looked at Lingxi with a cold and bloodthirsty gaze.
"Little Xi, close your eyes."
His tone instantly turned into an infinite gentleness.
Lingxi looked at the young man who was covered in blood in a daze. She didn't know how to describe the raging waves in her heart. The only thing in her mind was Long Chen's instruction, which was to close her eyes.
"Okay." Lingxi nodded her head heavily.