Chapter 6257 Firm as a Boulder
Even with the white-robed woman’s command, the Shadow Devil Bat race’s experts still watched Long Chen with guarded eyes. Their hostility had not lessened in the slightest.
“Hahaha! So the proud Shadow Devil Bat race has stooped to begging aid from a human of the nine heavens? Aren’t you afraid he’ll betray you and slaughter you all again?” The red-haired man sneered coldly.
Though his voice was mocking, his face was pale. His earlier ceremony had clearly drained him.
Long Chen ignored him. He ignored everything—the clashing armies, the raging slaughter. His gaze was fixed on the mud statue at the heart of the battlefield.
He felt like this statue was hiding limitless divine aura. Specks of divine light oozed out of the statue, flowing into the bodies of the Shadow Devil Bat race’s experts. All of them were invigorated by this light, fighting tirelessly without showing signs of exhaustion.
The aura leaking from this statue is enough to sustain so many experts. Whatever lies within must be extraordinary.
At this moment, Long Chen was astonished. The white-robed woman actually, possessed eight hundred and three Sovereign flames. As he drew closer, he found her aura countless times stronger than Long Biluo’s. Not only that—her Sovereign flames were incomparably condensed, and her control had reached a shocking level.
Behind her stood three more experts with over seven hundred Sovereign flames, each one stronger than Lei Yuner. Even the weakest had more than five hundred.
On paper, the enemy’s forces were slightly superior. But with the divine statue’s support, the Shadow Devil Bat race held the advantage. The enemies were unable to break through their defenses.
The battle had become a stalemate. In theory, that should mean that the Shadow Devil Bat race would win as things dragged on.
However, the red-haired man had summoned the heroic spirits of the devil race. As his chants deepened, another clump of black fog rose from a corpse, condensing into a monstrous form.
Long Chen narrowed his eyes. This “heroic spirit” was a winged devil, its body half-illusory, half-solid However, it couldn’t switch between its solid and ethereal form, so it was vulnerable to both physical and spiritual attacks.
While it radiated the will of a Divine Sovereign, it was still far inferior to the giant devil Long Chen had once faced.
That giant devil had carried a shred of true Divine Sovereign blood. Compared to that, this manifestation was nothing. Still, it was powerful enough to suppress Ming Yu.
At this moment, Qi Ying and Long Chen arrived behind Ming Yu. Qi Ying hastily opened her mouth to explain about Long Chen.
“Lady Ming Yu....”
But Ming Yu spoke first.
“Mister Long Chen, your supreme divine might once broke the laws of the scales. I greatly admire your courage, as you bought time for all the experts of the nine heavens. Yet, if the people of the nine heavens show you nothing but malice in return, will you regret your choice?”
Long Chen was flabbergasted.
At a time like this, she’s asking me that? Is she testing me... or laying a trap?
After a brief pause, Long Chen replied, “I simply do what I want. As for how other people view my actions, it has nothing to do with me. My actions are guided only by my own heart.”
“That is a great attitude to have. It makes me wonder if you also have a set of scales in your heart to judge your actions. Have those scales ever been shaken?” asked Ming Yu as she continued to fight.
Long Chen’s gaze turned inward for a moment. “They have wavered before. But now... they are as firm as a boulder.”
Like a blade cutting through the chaos, Ming Yu chuckled, “Good. Since your Dao-heart is firm, and since I sense the aura of my Shadow Devil Bat race upon you, I will entrust our fate to you. Let us gamble against these devils together!”
BOOM!
Her sword erupted with divine light, driving the winged devil heroic spirit back. For the first time, she turned fully toward Long Chen and transmitted something in secret.
“That red-haired man wields a rare soul-sacrifice ability. He uses the blood and soul energy of this battlefield to awaken the wills of fallen corpses, binding them as spiritual bodies. But his technique has a fatal flaw—he must divide his focus and pray while awakening them. During that time, his strength diminishes. That is our opening to kill him. I will need you to hold the heroic spirit back when that moment comes. As long as I can kill him, we will gain the upper hand in this battle.”
Hearing that, Long Chen nodded inside. This woman’s vision was quite terrifying.
After all, this red-haired man had only summoned a single heroic spirit, which meant he had only displayed this technique in front of Ming Yu once. Even so, she could already deduce the power and weaknesses of his magical art.
“He has many people guarding him. If I am not mistaken, there are at least three hidden formations around him. This is probably a trap,” responded Long Chen after eyeing the red-haired man.
Ming Yu was startled. Clearly, she had not expected Long Chen’s vision to be so sharp. He hadn’t even been here for the beginning but was very clear on their arrangements.
Just then, that devil heroic spirit charged back.
As Ming Yu prepared to block it, she transmitted, “Yes, it’s a trap. But I have to gamble. Before, I lacked the strength. But now, with you here... I believe we can kill him.”𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
“In that case, I wish you good fortune. Leave this devil heroic spirit to me,” responded Long Chen upon seeing that she was confident.
Compared to the giant devil he had once fought, this spirit was far weaker. Stopping it was well within his ability.
Just then, that red-haired man formed hand seals, his Spiritual Strength spreading over the entire battlefield like a tide.