Chapter 557: Chapter 176: The Pursuing Team
Chapter 176 [Pursuing Team] (6000)
The ring was still the same ring. In this cold place, the ring felt cold and hard to the touch, appearing unchanged.
Chen Yan suppressed the unease in his heart, squinting his eyes as he checked repeatedly. Only after finding no abnormalities did his anxiety become more intense.
Can’t go back?!
Or is it...
Suddenly, a thought struck him!
Primordial Qi!!
Ever since he got this ring, over the past few months, he had been continuously instilling it with Primordial Qi. After the trial in Japan’s Secret Realm ended and the realm was destroyed, a massive amount of Primordial Qi washed over him, and he directed it all into the ring...
However, ever since he discovered that the ring could lead to the Domain Realm, he hadn’t infused any more Primordial Qi into it after several uses.
So...
The energy is depleted?
After making this guess, Chen Yan felt a glimmer of hope, mildly alleviating the anxiety in his heart.
But there’s nothing that can be done here. He must leave this place and go somewhere with Primordial Qi so he can transfer it to recharge the ring, indeed, recharge with Primordial Qi.
Maybe, after recharging, it could take him back to his world.
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While Chen Yan was carefully inspecting the ring, the Golden Armor had already gone to the side to rummage through things.
When he returned, Chen Yan had already put away the ring and glanced at the Golden Armor: "What are you doing with that?"
The Golden Armor was holding the weapon of the dead Iron Hook creature.
A long iron hook.
That creature was enormous, standing three meters tall, and naturally used a sizeable weapon.
This iron hook was almost the height of an average human.
The iron hook appeared rough, but as Chen Yan touched it, he immediately sensed something was amiss.
The texture of this metal didn’t seem like something the backward, primitive civilization of the Fierce Beast Race could produce.
The Golden Armor brought this item back and tossed it onto the ground next to Chen Yan, then turned and ran off again.
Chen Yan watched the guy, then immediately raised his eyebrows.
The Golden Armor dragged the corpse of the Iron Hook creature to the side, rolled up his sleeves, and then pulled out a dagger to carve open the body of the creature!
A moment later, his hands were already covered in blood, but he had opened the creature’s chest and extracted a huge heart.
The Golden Armor cut open the heart with the dagger, and after slicing it, he laughed heartily, extracting a crystal from inside. He wiped the bloodstain off it forcefully on his clothes, nodded with satisfaction, and placed it into his pocket.
Chen Yan immediately recalled the first time he saw Golden Armor. He had killed the leader of that monster squad—the leader who could also generate protective red light. After killing him, Golden Armor had also carved him open, extracted something from his insides, and took it away.
"The weapon is yours, and what’s extracted from the heart is mine." The Golden Armor looked at Chen Yan and smiled, "Does that division work?"
"..." Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What did you extract?"
Golden Armor seemed to hesitate too, his expression very solemn, but after pondering for a moment, he decided to answer: "Demon Transformation Crystal."
Demon Transformation Crystal?
Chen Yan’s face turned grave: "What does it mean? Can it turn these creatures into [Evil]?!"
"Not quite." The Golden Armor sighed, "The Fierce Race’s seven tribes betrayed the Domain Realm and allied with [Evil], after which some of them began to give birth to elites possessing some of the abilities of [Evil]. The Immortal Platform has been investigating in many ways and has sent many people, hoping to understand what is going on."
As he spoke, the Golden Armor pointed to the corpse of the Iron Hook creature: "Before their betrayal, tribes like these from the Fierce Beast Race were..."
"Tree Shepherd Tribe." Chen Yan nodded, "I know this, just focus on the key points."
"The original Tree Shepherd Tribe wasn’t adept with spells, but they were naturally tall and strong, able to run swiftly, and were especially adept at surviving in forests and mountainous areas. But after betrayal, they turned into the current Fierce Beast Race, often producing some mutated individuals. Such as..."
"Like those who can produce red light." Chen Yan nodded.
"Yes, these individuals gained some of the abilities of the Evil. Although it’s only part, their combat strength has significantly increased.
These individuals are particularly large and strong, possessing immense strength. Even without using spells, they can match ordinary cultivators following the Body Cultivation path, and this red light would drive them into a battle frenzy state, fearless of pain or fear, with some even capable of regenerating after losing limbs or healing minor injuries to continuously fight.
And the red light also provides them with a strong layer of defense, reducing the impact of spell attacks below the Celestial Human Realm, making it extremely difficult to break through their protective red light."
Chen Yan nodded.
He hadn’t witnessed limb regeneration or healing of minor injuries—this Iron Hook creature hadn’t shown such capabilities.
But he had witnessed firsthand the strong defense offered by the red light.
He had expended several "Ten Thousand Sword Talismans" just to finally break through its defense—merely breaking a part of its shoulder.
With his cultivation at the Guiyuan Realm, the Ten Thousand Sword Talisman he produced possessed the power of Guiyuan Realm spells.
This guy’s protective red light could withstand seven or eight Ten Thousand Sword Talismans and was only just broken through, without actually losing combat capability.
If it weren’t for the Golden Armor’s feigned death sneak attack from behind to stab it to death, the battle would have dragged on!