Chapter 2148

This was just Zi Chen's guess without any evidence. It was a guess he made based on his own personality.

If he had a supreme treasure on him, he would definitely show it off to the people around him. For example, he would show it off in front of Evil Good Monk. Moreover, he would definitely mention it more than once.

Even in front of the Devil Ape, Zhang Haotian, and the others, Zi Chen would take the initiative to mention this matter. This was not to show off, but to show off.

But the Great Leader didn't tell Xia Hande about the Treasure Vault, so Zi Chen guessed that the two weren't on good terms. Since they weren't on good terms, he couldn't rule out the possibility that Xia Hande knew the Great Leader's secret and killed him.

If it was really as Zi Chen had guessed, then Xia Hande must know the reason why the World Energy in this place was flowing away. The fact that he had brought people to search for it was just a cover.

As for Xia Hande, as the Great Leader, he could take away the forbidden item in the Treasure Pavilion at any time, but he never did. Instead, he continued to maintain the operations of the Black Mountain Bandits and did not leave this place. Clearly, although he knew about the secret of the loss of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, he did not get it for some reason.

Perhaps the timing was not right, so he continued to stay here.

Even when Zi Chen arrived, he still hadn't given up. He was waiting for the second leader to use the forbidden weapon to kill him. Unfortunately, when he saw the second leader defeated, he decisively took the forbidden weapon and left.

However, Zi Chen was certain that the other party had not gone far.

This was only Zi Chen's guess, but he believed that it was not too far from the truth. Xia Hande had not left. He was nearby, waiting for the secret to appear.

After figuring this out, Zi Chen called Xing Chen and Dazzling over and told them his idea.

The two of them looked at Zi Chen strangely.

"What's wrong?" Looking at the strange expressions on their faces, Zi Chen asked in confusion.

"I wonder what is in your head. How could you come to such a conclusion based on such a few useless clues?" Xing Chen said.

"What? You don't believe me?" Zi Chen looked at him.

"In this world, anything is possible, and your guess is very reasonable. I think we should look for it, but I'm very curious, how did you connect these things together?"

Zi Chen smiled and said, "It's very simple. I'm not satisfied with my current situation. I hope to gain more."

Indeed, Zi Chen wasn't satisfied with just obtaining the Treasure Vault. He felt that the Great Leader must have left behind many good things. Since he was here, he couldn't miss it.

On that very day, Zi Chen ordered everyone to go out and search. Their target was all the nearby ruined planets, and they searched for any abnormalities. They also left a large number of people on this planet to search.

Zi Chen continued to stay in his residence and continued to extract the Saint Power Precepts to strengthen his own Saint Power.

Every time the Saint Energy in his body grew stronger, his physical body would also become stronger. When his body was completely filled with Saint Energy, it would be the time when his physical body entered the Saint Grade.

"Buzz."

Zi Chen, who was condensing the Saint Force Principles, suddenly felt a tremor. His hand movements instinctively stopped, and the Saint Force Principles that were about to be extracted returned to the Saint Crystal.

"Has it finally woken up?"

Zi Chen took out the Rosefinch Seal with some anticipation. Rosefinch opened its eyes. Its entire body was burning with golden flames. After it appeared, the hall was filled with an extremely strong pressure.

In the battle with Luo Fei, Rosefinch's Soul Seal was seriously injured and fell into a deep sleep. It hadn't woken up until now.

After waking up, Rosefinch's Soul Seal had become even stronger. Judging from the aura emitted from its body, it was already stronger than most False Saints.

Because it had devoured too many Teng Serpents' souls, Rosefinch's soul was slowly awakening. Rosefinch opened its eyes and saw Zi Chen. It transformed into Rosefinch's body and intimately rubbed Zi Chen's arm. Obviously, it was not limited to Zi Chen's spiritual sense.

"Congratulations on waking up. Now, enjoy your meal."

Zi Chen flipped his left hand again, and the souls of the Teng Serpents appeared in his hand. These souls were all sealed and did not die. Some of them were obtained by Zi Chen, and some were deliberately left behind by the Chen family and other families when they fought against the Luo family according to Xing Chen's instructions.

These Teng Serpents' souls were to strengthen Rosefinch's Soul Seal. When the latter saw this scene, its small eyes began to shine. Then, it opened its mouth, and with a cry of a bird, it devoured all the souls.

After devouring all the souls, the golden flames on Rosefinch's body burned even more fiercely. Painful cries could be heard from its body from time to time.

Obviously, Rosefinch was refining those Teng Serpents.

Rosefinch closed its eyes, and the golden flames on its body burned even more fiercely. Zi Chen put Rosefinch aside and continued to extract the Saint Energy Precepts.

As the number of Saint Energy Precepts extracted increased, Zi Chen's movements became more and more skillful, and his speed became faster and faster.

Xing Chen, who had some understanding of Soul Devourers, was always shocked by Zi Chen's speed. Others would take a lot of time, but Zi Chen could easily extract the precepts from them, just like a natural Soul Devourer.

Soon, a week had passed. During this period, Xing Chen returned twice to inform Zi Chen that he had found several dilapidated planets. He and Dazzling had personally investigated them, but they did not find any trace of Xia Hande, nor did they sense any abnormalities.

"Could it be that I guessed wrong?" Zi Chen could not help but feel a little shaken.

"Whether it's right or wrong, let's find some time first. We have nothing to do now anyway."

Xing Chen seemed to be very open-minded. Then, he thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, the fat and skinny duo has been very diligent recently. They seem to be determined to follow you. Recently, they have been very close to Deren, and it seems like they want him to be their boss. What do you think about this?"

"Deren has been following us all this time, and he has done his best. Let's just follow him," Zi Chen said with a faint smile.

After Xing Chen left, Rosefinch's Soul Seal, which had been refining the Teng Serpent's soul, woke up again.

This time, he had devoured a lot of Teng Serpent's souls, but they were not very strong. However, it made Rosefinch's soul more condensed, and his eyes became more lively.

"The real good stuff is here."

Zi Chen waved his hand at Rosefinch's soul. He was holding a round ball in his hand, and inside the ball was a ferocious Teng Serpent.

This was the Teng Serpent that Luo Fei had condensed back then, and it surged with the aura of a Saint. Although it did not belong to a true Saint, it was still condensed from pure Saint Power. Once Rosefinch refined it, it would definitely greatly increase the strength of Rosefinch's soul.

However, it was obviously not easy to refine this ferocious fellow.

Rosefinch's eyes were fixed on the Teng Serpent sealed in the round ball. His lively eyes revealed greed, desire, excitement, and nervousness. Battle intent spread and surged from his body, but there was no seriousness or fear.

"I can't help you much. Everything depends on your luck." Zi Chen looked at Rosefinch's soul and said.

The latter looked up at Zi Chen, and there was a touch of gratitude in his lively eyes. After nodding at Zi Chen, he flapped his wings and rushed toward the round ball.

"Swoosh."

Zi Chen opened the seal, and Rosefinch rushed in and began a head-on confrontation with the Teng Serpent.

The Teng Serpent hissed and spat out divine flames. More than half of the round ball was filled with flames.

Rosefinch's soul seal also spat out flames. The flames were golden and evolved from Rosefinch's Fire and Heavenly Fire, which were transformed from Zi Chen's Perfect Spiritual Thoughts. It was a unique flame that was slightly lower than the Teng Serpent's Fire, but it was not inferior to the Teng Serpent's Fire.

Two flames appeared in the round ball, causing the entire round ball to turn into flames in an instant. At the same time, because of the terrifying fluctuations contained in the round ball, the energy ball, which had compressed space, began to tremble violently.

"Hum."

Zi Chen raised his hand and released a surge of heaven-defying energy. The trembling ball was suppressed and stabilized again.

The Teng Serpent and Rosefinch turned into two flames and rushed toward each other. During this time, the Teng Serpent wrapped around Rosefinch's body. The latter's energy fluctuated, and at the same time, he clawed at the Teng Serpent's eyes.

Along the way, Rosefinch had participated in many battles with the Teng Serpent. He already had his own set of experience in capturing snakes.

He flapped his wings and continued to fly toward the Teng Serpent's head and eyes, which were the Teng Serpent's vital points. At the same time, he skillfully avoided the Teng Serpent's sweeping tail.

Zi Chen stopped what he was doing and stared nervously at the battle between the Teng Serpent and the Teng Serpent.

He was the one who created Rosefinch's soul seal. It would be a lie to say that he was not worried. Even if Rosefinch failed this time, Zi Chen would save his opponent's life for future battles.

"Peng."

Rosefinch, who had skillfully dodged, was finally hit by the Teng Serpent. The powerful blow almost shattered his soul. Boundless golden light emerged from his body.

After suffering such a huge loss, Rosefinch did not come out empty-handed. A deep claw mark appeared on the Teng Serpent's head. On the claw mark, Rosefinch's golden flames were burning.

The Teng Serpent, who was in pain, instantly rushed forward. It opened its mouth and bit Rosefinch's claw. Then, the Teng Serpent exerted its strength and bit off one of Rosefinch's claws.

"Pfft."

Rosefinch was not to be outdone. His other claw pierced through one of the Teng Serpent's eyes …

This was a battle of life and death. The battle was very tragic.

"Peng."

The Teng Serpent's tail fell again like a sharp blade. Rosefinch's other claw was cut off. He lost his balance and began to fall.

During the fall, Rosefinch instantly accelerated and pecked the Teng Serpent's other eye with his sharp beak.

The Teng Serpent screeched in pain. Its body twisted and instantly wrapped around Rosefinch's body. Rosefinch seized the opportunity and penetrated the Teng Serpent's head with his sharp beak, pecking out the soul in the depths of the Teng Serpent's mind.

After swallowing the Teng Serpent's soul, the Teng Serpent's huge body dispersed into boundless flames.

After doing all this, Rosefinch fell to the ground weakly. He allowed the flames to fill his body and be absorbed by his body bit by bit.

This battle was tragic, but Rosefinch won in the end.

All that was left was to wait for his opponent to transform. Zi Chen heaved a sigh of relief.