Ao Jiao quickly reminded Xiao Chen from the Immortal Spirit Ring.
Seeing that Ao Jiao spoke in a rush, Xiao Chen ignored his fatigue and moved his body, preparing to walk over.
However, when Xiao Chen looked around, he discovered that Wang Yuzhu's gaze was also filled with hope as he looked at the light, entranced.
Damn it! I somewhat forgot about this person's existence.
Although Xiao Chen had always been good at judging people, he was not confident of defeating this half-step Emperor Wu in his current state. He could not help but feel nervous.
If the other party became greedy, he could only choose to flee alone. This was not a good time to fight.
When Wang Yuzhu felt Xiao Chen's gaze, he smiled embarrassedly. He said, "This is Emperor Wu's Life Essence. I have heard of it before. However, this is my first time seeing it, so I became somewhat entranced."
Xiao Chen said calmly, "It's fine. I understand."
If the other party wanted to fight, this was the best opportunity. After Xiao Chen absorbed this Life Essence and caught his breath, there would not be any more opportunities.
In the end, Xiao Chen had not gone through life-and-death situations with Wang Yuzhu, nor had they shared a heart-to-heart. This was a good opportunity to test the other party.
If Wang Yuzhu could endure the temptation and greed and not make a move on Xiao Chen, then Xiao Chen could make friends with him. After getting Ao Jiao to keep a lookout for him, Xiao Chen quickly walked over to Old Hong's corpse.
Just as Xiao Chen was about to sit down cross-legged, the Blue Dragon Martial Spirit in his dantian roared ferociously again. It wanted to do its best to break free of Xiao Chen's suppression while he was weak.
Since entering the dragon grave, Xiao Chen had felt a mysterious existence calling out to him. The Blue Dragon Martial Spirit wanted to roar loudly in response to this mysterious call.
Because of Yi Ling and the others, Xiao Chen had been suppressing the Blue Dragon Martial Spirit, not letting it respond to that mysterious call.
At this moment, the Blue Dragon Martial Spirit wanted to take advantage of Xiao Chen's weakness to respond to that mysterious call.
Xiao Chen had a cautious nature. He did not know what would happen if he responded to the mysterious pull of the Distant Sea Dragon Grave. It would be safer to wait until he recovered some of his strength. He once again suppressed the Blue Dragon Martial Soul, not allowing it to respond to that call.
Xiao Chen calmed his mind and sat down cross-legged. Then, he started to absorb Old Hong's life essence.
As the surging energy was absorbed into Xiao Chen's body, Xiao Chen was astonished to discover that his exhausted Law Energy was rapidly recovering.
Soon, the Heart of an Emperor completely recovered. The twenty-thousand-odd strands of Law Energy spread around it like a roaming dragon.
Then, the grandmist energy began to restore itself. Although the speed was slower, it was still many times faster than when Xiao Chen used essence stones to restore himself.
After recovering all of his strength, Xiao Chen discovered that his cultivation had started to increase.
Emperor Wu's life essence poured in endlessly. His Law Energy rapidly increased, at least ten times faster than when he used Essence Stones to cultivate.
No wonder Ao Jiao told him to speed up and not waste it. Emperor Wu's life essence was truly nourishing. It was much stronger than some Sage Grade Medicinal Pills or natural treasures.
Wang Yuzhu watched as Xiao Chen slowly absorbed Emperor Wu's life essence. He could not hide the envy in his eyes. However, there was no greed.
"Such a fortuitous encounter is truly enviable."
As a Consummation Blue Robed Emperor, killing Emperor Wu was a heaven-defying feat. Since ancient times, not many people had been able to do so.
However, that mysterious war banner of his should be an Emperor Grade Secret Treasure. The peak strike of an Emperor Grade Secret Treasure could indeed severely injure an unguarded Emperor Wu. This was not strange.
However, didn't an Emperor Grade Secret Treasure require Primordial Energy to be able to control it freely?
Could it be that Xiao Chen had Primordial Energy as well?
All sorts of doubts lingered in Wang Yuzhu's heart, bewildering him no matter how hard he thought about it.
--- Before the Fire Dragon General's grave, Yi Ling did not have to wait for long. The Blue Robed Emperors who went out to chase after Emperor Wu all returned with the corpse of a half-step Emperor Wu.
Four hours passed. Aside from Old Hong, all the Emperor Wu's had returned.
"Strange, why is Old Hong not back yet?" one of the Emperor Wu's asked, feeling somewhat suspicious.
Someone joked, "Could it be that he cannot deal with two half-step Emperor Wu's experts?"
Worry flashed in the red-haired Emperor Wu's eyes. After some thought, he said, "Never mind. There is no need to care about him for now. That masked brat is somewhat difficult to deal with. He might really escape."
"Right. That masked brat does give off a mysterious feeling. Old Hong probably lost him and is too embarrassed to come back."
The few of them felt that, given Old Hong's strength, nothing unexpected would happen. The only possibility was that he lost Old Hong.
No matter how they thought about it, they would never imagine that Xiao Chen had already killed Old Hong. Old Hong did not even have a chance to self-detonate. Xiao Chen had nearly drained all of his Life Essence.
Yi Ling looked at the corpse at his feet. Then, he looked at the large road in front. The Dragon Race puppets guarding the dragon grave lined both sides of the road.
There was a concave formation at the end of the road. If one wanted to open the gates to the Fire Dragon General's grave, they could only go through this formation.
Yi Ling waited for a while. However, Old Hong still did not come. So, he shook his head and said, "Never mind. We are not going to wait for him. There are enough corpses at our feet. Let's go!"
"Young Master Yi, the Dragon Race puppets on both sides will attack the moment we go over. Are we not going to make any preparations?"
Yi Ling's lips curled up slightly. "If I say we can leave, naturally, we can. Do you really think that my title of Dragon Slayer is undeserved?"
After saying that, Yi Ling raised his foot and walked forward. A strange aura appeared on his body, inspiring some fear in Emperor Wu, who was at the side, and making him feel mysterious and unfathomable.
The Dragon Race puppets on both sides actually trembled slightly under this aura as though they feared it.
If Xiao Chen were here and saw Yi Ling unleashing his aura, he would definitely recognize what kind of aura this was.
That was right. This aura was exactly the same as the ghost Hou that Xiao Chen once saw.
"They really did not attack!"
The few Emperor Wu's eyes widened as they carefully followed behind Yi Ling. Their faces were filled with incredulity.
Step by step, the group soon arrived at the end of the road. Then, Yi Ling instructed, "Drain the blood and fill up the formation."
The others did as instructed, pouring the blood of the few half-step Emperor Wu's corpses into the formation.
At this moment, Yi Ling took out that dragon-shaped key and fiddled with it. There happened to be a circular hole in the center of that ancient formation, which was very compatible with the key in Yi Ling's hand.
"Buzz!
Buzz! Buzz! "The Dragon Race puppets on both sides trembled even more intensely as though they would break free of their restraints at any moment and attack together.
The red-haired Emperor Wu felt fear in his heart as he watched. If these hundred-odd Dragon Race Emperor Grade puppets attacked at the same time, even he would not be able to withstand it.
He said somewhat uncertainly, "Young Master Yi, there won't be any mistakes, right?"
Yi Ling revealed a confident smile. "I have been to more than a thousand dragon graves of various sizes. However, I have never stumbled once."
The red-haired Emperor Wu smiled as well. However, he still felt some shadow in his heart. That masked fellow was somewhat unfathomable.
Without Old Hong returning, he could not feel at ease.
After Xiao Chen finished absorbing Old Hong's Life Essence, he opened his eyes somewhat reluctantly.
He carefully checked his Heavenly Laws and discovered that his Law Energy had increased by a total of five thousand, returning to twenty-five thousand.
Unexpectedly, by killing one Emperor Wu, Xiao Chen's cultivation had increased by a quarter. That was comparable to more than a thousand Essence Stones. Furthermore, it was even faster.
Xiao Chen could not help thinking, If I can kill a few more Emperor Wu, I won't have to cultivate anymore.
However, after thinking about it, it is still not a good idea.
This time, Xiao Chen managed to kill Old Hong mainly because the other party was too careless. The other party did not know that Xiao Chen had condensed the Heart of an Emperor and could control an Emperor Grade Secret Treasure.
Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for Xiao Chen to kill Old Hong in one strike. He did not even give the other party the chance to self-detonate.
Even if Xiao Chen killed a regular Emperor Wu, it would be very difficult to prevent the other party from self-detonating. Furthermore, such actions were not of the Righteous Dao. If Xiao Chen kept thinking of doing this, what difference was there between him, Xiao Chen, and those loose cultivators of the Evil Dao?
In reality, Xiao Chen's cultivation experience was no different from that of regular loose cultivators. For a long time, he had not fallen into depravity because his heart had not changed.
If his heart changed, even if his strength increased, he, Xiao Chen, would no longer be the same Xiao Chen.
Ao Jiao reminded, "Stop thinking about it. It is only the first time that it has such a great effect. Quickly, check what other treasures this Old Hong has on him."
Xiao Chen smiled and recovered his wits. Then, he pulled out his Cycle Banner, and blood spurted out.
Then, Xiao Chen searched Old Hong's chest. As for the other party's spatial ring, he could only take a look. Even the Blue Robed Emperor's spatial ring had restrictions. Needless to say, Emperor Wu's spatial ring would be even more so.
However, it was unfortunate. If Xiao Chen could open this spatial ring, he would be able to make a huge profit.
No matter how poor Emperor Wu was, he would have at least tens of millions of Black Astral Coins. He would also have plenty of Medicinal Pills to spare.
Emperor Wu definitely carried something good on him. No matter whose precious treasure it was, it would definitely be in a spatial ring. It was the same for Xiao Chen.
Initially, Xiao Chen did not hold much hope. In the end, he found a talisman seal. The talisman seal had a complicated and profound diagram drawn on it, looking very simple and unadorned.
When Xiao Chen looked up, he discovered Wang Yuzhu walking over and staring at the golden talisman seal in his hand. It seemed like he recognized it.
"Brother Wang, do you know what this is?" Xiao Chen asked casually when he saw the situation.
Wang Yuzhu replied, "When I saw Old Hong lay a formation, he used this talisman seal. He carved the diagram on the talisman seal on the ground. Then, he activated the talisman seal and placed it in the center of the formation. A formation that can defend against an ordinary Emperor Wu was formed."
Clearly, Ao Jiao understood more. She explained to Xiao Chen from the Immortal Spirit Ring, "This is one of the formations that Emperor Wu often uses. It is called the Iron Defense Magic Formation. Right now, the formations of the Martial Epoch are derived from the Immortal Epoch's Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian sects. The formations of the Daoist and Confucian sects are rather rare. Most of them are Buddhist formations. The Iron Defense Magic Formation is a Buddhist formation. "
"I'll give it a try."
Xiao Chen had never seen this before and felt rather curious. He asked Ao Jiao how to use it and prepared to give it a try.
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