Chapter 1403

Zhan Ling's eyes narrowed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "I can't kill you."

Zi Chen's weak and dim figure looked at Zhan Ling. He calmly said, "Of course."

Zhan Ling was enraged. "What a joke. I didn't kill you because I think you're not bad. I want to control you and make you work for me. Don't forget who I am."

Zi Chen faintly smiled, a mocking expression on his face. It was as if he was saying that Zhan Ling couldn't kill him.

"Good, good, good. Since you're courting death, I'll let you see my true methods. However, I still won't kill you because I have a great use for you." Zhan Ling was so angry that he laughed instead.

This time, Zi Chen didn't answer. He used facts to answer.

A sword appeared in his hand. The sword was light gold, slender, and had some barbs on it.

Seeing this strange sword, Zhan Ling disdainfully laughed. "That blade just now didn't kill me. You think you can kill me with this broken sword? Moreover, look at the color of the sword. It can't even form a physical body."

Zi Chen still didn't speak. It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but that he didn't have any strength left.

Zhan Ling was too strong, unimaginably strong.

Now, Zi Chen was afraid that if he spoke again, he wouldn't be able to form a physical body. He would directly dissipate and die.

Zi Chen didn't speak. He even closed his eyes.

"Arrogant."

Zhan Ling angrily shouted. His figure transformed into a sword once more. Although the power of this sword was weaker than before, it was enough to kill the current Zi Chen.

The sword light came. Zi Chen didn't open his eyes. He only stabbed forward with the slender sword.

Within the sword light, Zhan Ling saw this stab and the mocking expression on his face became even thicker.

Wanting to block him with just this little bit of strength? That was simply a dream.

As expected, this stab didn't block the sword light.

But the meaning of this stab wasn't to block, but to kill.

With this stab, the void in front of him seemed to be pierced. A circular black hole appeared and this black hole seemed to extend in another direction.

This stab didn't bother with the longsword. It just went through the black hole near the longsword and stabbed in.

With this stab, the sword not far away suddenly began to vibrate. Then, a frightened voice sounded, "How is this possible?"

After the roar, the sword light directly exploded in front of Zi Chen, and the figure of Zhan Ling appeared.

At this moment, a slender sword was stabbed into Zhan Ling's chest. And this sword was the one that Zi Chen had just used.

Of course, Zi Chen would never admit that it was a sword.

Because this was a spike, called the Dragon Spike.

His main body was an illusion dragon of the alien race.

"You …" The battle spirit looked at his chest, at the gradually dissipating dragon spike. Then, he looked up at Zi Chen in disbelief.

An insignificant sword had actually pierced through his defense and pierced him.

And at this moment, as the sword in his chest dissipated, Zhan Ling also felt his life fade away along with the sword.

Zi Chen opened his eyes. There was exhaustion in his eyes and he was weak. But, he remained as calm as before. "This is not a sword, it is a Dragon Spike. If you fully awaken your alien race identity, you might recognize this thing. This is the weapon of an alien race companion like you. Today is the first time I have used it, and it seems that the effects aren't bad."

Zhan Ling's figure began to sway. It was unknown whether he was angry or if his soul was on the verge of dissipating.

Zi Chen began to condense the last of his strength. He calmly said, "I said before that your fate was already decided. So, you are destined to meet your end here. And, the thing that will end you is this thing."

As his voice fell, Zi Chen lifted the golden scabbard and slashed at Zhan Ling.

This was only a casual slash without any skill to speak of. The strength contained within was so weak that it could be ignored.

But, this strength was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. As the faint saber light touched Zhan Ling's body, the strength that Zhan Ling used to maintain his body was scattered. Then, his body vanished like smoke.

Countless years ago, it was this thing that had destroyed his life as an alien race.

And after countless years, he was reborn as a Zhan Ling. But in the end, he died beneath that scabbard.

Perhaps this really was … fate.

…

In the outside world, as everyone looked at the motionless two people, their faces were filled with nervousness.

In a collision of spiritual sense, victory and defeat would soon be revealed.

But, it seemed that victory and defeat between Zi Chen and Zhan Ling had arrived a little late.

Between the heavens and earth, that suppressive spiritual sense suppression still existed. No one rushed forwards.

From the two people's expressions, no one could see anything unusual. As everyone was anxiously waiting, that suppressive pressure between the heavens and earth suddenly vanished.

When that suppressive pressure vanished, it meant that victory and defeat had been decided. Everyone's expressions became even more tense. Their eyes locked onto the two people in front of them.

The two people … remained motionless.

"Why aren't they moving?"

"Who's alive and who's dead?"

Neither of them had any signs of life, so the crowd couldn't determine who was alive and who was dead.

Although everyone had lost their patience, they could only wait at this moment.

"Zi Chen … nothing will happen to him, right?" Man Shi looked ahead, very worried.

Beside him, no one answered because everyone wanted to know the answer. Everyone was very nervous.

A strong gust of wind blew past, blowing up the fallen leaves in the forest. It flapped the two people's clothes, and it also moved Zhan Ling's figure.

Peng.

The strong wind blew past, and Zhan Ling's body fell, making a sound.

"Zhan Ling is dead."

Just as everyone's surprised voices sounded, a golden light rushed out of his mind, heading toward Zi Chen.

The golden light had an aura that everyone was very familiar with. For a moment, everyone who saw the golden light cheered loudly.

Clearly, the winner was Zi Chen. As for Zhan Ling, he was dead.

Phew.

Wu Xie, Man Shi, and the others were greatly relieved. Dong Qing and Shangguan Hong's faces also regained their smiles.

The others were very happy that Zi Chen was alive, but in their hearts, they were more and more afraid and admired Zi Chen.

To be able to kill a beast tamer, one had to admit that Zi Chen's strength was beyond everyone's imagination.

At this moment, even the leaders of the various forces had to admit that Zi Chen's strength was far beyond theirs.

Spiritual thoughts entered his body, and Zi Chen opened his eyes.

He glanced at the people beside him, didn't say anything, and closed his eyes again.

With just a glance, Shangguan Hong and the others understood Zi Chen's intention. Although their expressions didn't change, they became cautious.

They knew that although Zi Chen won, he probably didn't feel good.

A huge ball of light appeared from Zhan Ling's dead body, and then it went toward Zi Chen.

This ball of light was a lucky point. Just by looking at its size, one could tell that it contained a lot of lucky points.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Didn't he win? Why is Zi Chen not moving?"

The others also noticed this scene, and they looked at Zi Chen again.

Wu Xie and the others' expressions changed, and they subconsciously took a step forward, protecting Zi Chen in the middle.

Many people's pupils shrank, and they instantly understood the meaning of Wu Xie and the others' actions.

Although Zi Chen won, he was seriously injured.

At this moment, if they wanted to get rid of Zi Chen, it was undoubtedly a good opportunity.

For a moment, many people's expressions became unnatural, and it was obvious that some thoughts were active in their minds.

And they couldn't help but look at Xue An Cheng and Xue Ming. After all, among the group, Xue Ming was the most powerful one.

Xue Ming took in everyone's expressions. He smiled faintly and said, "Zi Chen should be injured, but the danger here has been eliminated. Let's hurry back and gather the others. We're going to pass through here, and we met a Beast Tamer as soon as we arrived. Who knows what will happen later?"

After Xue Ming finished speaking, he smiled kindly at Wu Xie and the others, and then turned to leave.

After Xue An Cheng's people left, the other leaders looked at each other, and then left one after another.

"Idiots."

After turning around, Xue Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery. "What a bunch of pig brains. Didn't they think that after just a few steps, they're already thinking of killing the donkey?"

Xue Ming left, and the others followed closely behind. It seemed that because of Xue Ming's reminder, the others realized that they still needed to rely on Zi Chen for the rest of the journey, and they all dispelled other thoughts.

The group quickly left. Although Wu Xie and the others were expressionless, there was a lot of resentment in their hearts.

After all, Zi Chen was injured because of them. They didn't expect that after just winning, they would have other thoughts in their hearts.

However, Zi Chen had obviously expected this, which was why he signaled to the others with his eyes.

"As expected, the only thing that can last forever in this world is profit. Other than profit, nothing else can be relied on." Jia Wei shook his head and lamented.

This sentence was very much agreed with by the others.

Zi Chen was only injured in his spiritual sense. After using a lot of high-grade recovery elixirs, Zi Chen's spiritual sense quickly recovered.

When the cultivators from the other factions gathered here, Zi Chen's injuries were already eighty percent healed.

Zi Chen opened his eyes and stopped circulating his cultivation method. As for the other twenty percent of his injuries, they were recovering as they walked.

"How's your recovery?" Xue Ming stepped forward and asked with concern.

"Eighty percent." Zi Chen answered truthfully.

Xue Ming smiled and said, "Even if it's eighty percent, it's still better than us. Can we go deeper now?"

"You're too polite. We can go now."

Zi Chen smiled. He had a good impression of Xue Ming.

After that, the group continued to move forward.

This time, because there was no Beast Tamer, the other Battle Beasts tactfully avoided the humans when they saw so many of them.

For the rest of the journey, there was not a single battle.

As for the other battle spirits, no one noticed them.

However, after thinking about it, it was understandable. Although the forest was very big, one beast tamer was enough to guard it. There was no need for other battle spirits at all.

After passing through the dense forest, the group saw a large stone forest.

The stone forest was full of mountain rocks, filling the wilderness.

As they looked around, they found that the tracks of the mountain rocks seemed to have some kind of rhythm when they were placed.

"This is a Stone Forest Array."

The moment they saw the mountain rocks in front of them, Gu Wen's voice sounded very certain beside Zi Chen.