Du Zhong's expression softened slightly as he said, "Although you've killed many of my subordinates, those people were originally working for me. If you're willing to submit to me, I can promise you that not only will you live, you can also be my Right Protector from now on. Your position will only be below me and the Left Protector."
At this time, Du Zhong still wanted to recruit Ye Chen.
Although Ye Chen felt that it was ridiculous, he could understand Du Zhong's idea.
Ye Chen's strength had been fully demonstrated just now. With just a few attacks, Ye Chen had killed nearly twenty experts under Du Zhong.
If he could recruit Ye Chen, Du Zhong's strength would increase greatly.
For Du Zhong, having an expert by his side meant that his chances of becoming the only young master of the Divine Blood Sect would be greater.
Therefore, of course, Du Zhong would try his best to recruit Ye Chen.
He brought Ye Chen into this forest space not only because he could get the support of the Soul Devouring Umbrella, but also because he could recruit Ye Chen without any scruples.
Anyway, Ye Chen had been wearing a mask so far. No one knew what Ye Chen looked like.
After Ye Chen surrendered to him, he could just let Ye Chen take off his mask. Then, no one would know what happened today. Du Zhong also did not have to worry that his men would fall out with Ye Chen because of what happened today.
Unfortunately, Du Zhong did not know that Ye Chen came today for Huang Yan.
If he had known this, Du Zhong would not have continued to waste his breath on Ye Chen.
"It seems that you are sincere. Unfortunately, I have no intention of being someone's dog for the time being." Ye Chen smiled and took out the Monarch Saint Sword. He clearly rejected Du Zhong's recruitment.
After failing to recruit Ye Chen, Du Zhong frowned and said, "In that case, it seems like there will be another vengeful soul in my Soul Devouring Umbrella today."
"Mountain Elf." In front of Ye Chen, Du Zhong's figure suddenly disappeared with the wind like a phantom.
At the place where Du Zhong disappeared, a ferocious monster with fangs rushed out of the forest.
"You actually want to rely on such a ferocious beast to kill me." Ye Chen sneered, but the expression on his face became very serious.
Regardless of the strength of this ferocious beast, if Ye Chen was trapped here, Du Zhong and the black-robed cultivator could take care of Huang Yan and the others first, and then slowly arrange a plan to deal with him.
Therefore, Ye Chen had to think of a way to leave this place.
"Cold Star Sword." The moment he made his move, Ye Chen used his strongest sword technique.
Specks of cold stars constantly flickered in the surroundings. The Mountain Elf that appeared in front of Ye Chen was instantly torn apart by Ye Chen.
However, before Ye Chen could start looking for a way out, the Mountain Elf's body condensed again and rushed toward Ye Chen with a roar.
"Immortal Body?"
Ye Chen frowned.
The Mountain Elf's strength could only be considered average.
However, its immortal body was enough to cause Ye Chen enough trouble.
"It seems like Du Zhong himself is planning to let this Mandrill stall me here." Ye Chen's figure flickered as he dodged the Mandrill's attack. However, a cold glint appeared in his eyes.
At this moment, he seemed to be left with only one choice.
With a flip of his palm, Ye Chen took out a small puppet. The puppet was only half the size of Ye Chen's palm, but Ye Chen felt that it was as heavy as a thousand catties when he held it.
If this puppet's strength were to fully erupt, perhaps 99% of the cultivators in the Hidden Dragon World would not be its match.
This point had already been fully displayed in the Blood Moon Realm back then.
Unfortunately, after the battle in the Blood Moon Realm, the puppet's energy was almost exhausted. Now, even if Ye Chen activated it, it would be the puppet's limit if it could launch another attack.
Buzz!
The Battle Puppet suddenly enlarged in Ye Chen's hand.
With a stretch of his hand, the Mountain Elf in front of him was immediately caught in the Battle Puppet's hand.
Then, a flickering ball of energy appeared in the Battle Puppet's mouth.
The final attack!
Ye Chen stood beside the Battle Puppet and quietly felt the powerful energy erupting from the Battle Puppet's body.
Before he found a new Extraterrestrial Divine Crystal, this Battle Puppet was worse than trash in Ye Chen's hands.
However, the strength that the Battle Puppet erupted with was indeed incomparably powerful.
The ball of energy suddenly erupted, and everything in the surroundings, including the Mountain Elf and the surrounding forest, was torn apart at this moment.
Whoosh!
Like flowing water, spatial fragments appeared around Ye Chen.
The Battle Puppet seemed to have completed its mission and suddenly shrunk to the size of a palm.
Ye Chen caught the Battle Puppet in his hand and then jumped into the spatial fragments in front of him.
Although his strength was stronger than many weaker Ancestor God Realm cultivators, Ye Chen's ability to pass through space-time turbulence was still far inferior to an Ancestor God Realm cultivator.
Therefore, Ye Chen was gambling at this moment. He was gambling that the forest space in the Soul Devouring Umbrella was just a fragile auxiliary space.
The so-called auxiliary space was like the Storage Ring on a cultivator's hand. The space was narrow and small, and it was stored in another space.
Once this kind of space was shattered, spatial fragments would be born. However, these spatial fragments were not much of a threat to the cultivator.
When these spatial fragments dissipated, the cultivator could appear at the original location of this auxiliary space.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Spatial fragments constantly flowed around Ye Chen.
In just a moment, these colorful fragments of space-time completely dissipated.
Ye Chen's figure appeared in midair once again.
Looking around, Ye Chen laughed loudly.
He had made the right bet this time. The place where he appeared was still the place where he had disappeared.
In front of him, the Soul Devouring Umbrella was quietly floating in front of Ye Chen. However, perhaps because Ye Chen had forcibly broken the inner space of the Soul Devouring Umbrella, there was a fist-sized hole on the surface of the Soul Devouring Umbrella. It looked quite miserable.
"My Soul Devouring Umbrella!" Below Ye Chen, a fierce roar came.
This roar was Du Zhong's voice.
Just as Ye Chen expected, he used the Soul Devouring Umbrella to trap Ye Chen while he himself turned to deal with Huang Yan. He wanted to take down Huang Yan and the others first before turning back to deal with Ye Chen.
However, Ye Chen had broken the Soul Devouring Umbrella so quickly that Du Zhong could not react in time. Before he could reach Huang Yan, Ye Chen had already escaped from the Soul Devouring Umbrella.
Moreover, even the Soul Devouring Umbrella was broken by Ye Chen.
As the strongest treasure in Du Zhong's possession, seeing the Soul Devouring Umbrella broken, Du Zhong of course roared in pain.
However, what happened next made Du Zhong even more distressed.
Seeing the Soul Devouring Umbrella in front of him, Ye Chen smiled and reached out to hold the Soul Devouring Umbrella in his hand. A small ancient pagoda appeared in front of Ye Chen.
Whoosh!
The Soul Devouring Umbrella was directly absorbed into the small pagoda.
"How dare you take away my Soul Devouring Umbrella!"
This scene almost drove Du Zhong crazy. He continuously urged the Soul Devouring Umbrella to break the ancient pagoda in Ye Chen's hand and return to his own.