Chapter 730: Snow Talisman
Feng Zhilin was as vindictive as Long Chen. She was tricked by Long Chen the first time, and this was the second time she had come across him. She would become very attentive to prevent Long Chen from escaping her once more.
“Go! This planet is very small, and we now know that he’s here. We will be able to chase him down no matter what kind of method he uses!” Feng Zhilin started moving.
“Wind!” Feng Zhilin commanded the wind and flew up high in the air. Her long skirt flowed around her, revealing her white legs.
“She’s so stubborn, but that’s probably why she’s so strong despite being so young …” Aunt Snow nodded and disappeared too. Both of them moved as fast as they could to scour around the planet for Long Chen.
Their method worked against Long Chen’s Sight. Sight only had an effective radius of a single Li. With their speed, they could reach Long Chen in an instant even if he noticed them.
Long Chen was currently shifting his attention towards the underground. He tried swimming into the earth, but he soon realized the crust of the planet was exceedingly tough. He needed to use his strongest technique to break it, but Feng Zhilin would notice him immediately if he used it.
“What should I do?” Long Chen was laying on the ground as he lightly tapped it. He suddenly heard an echo coming from the ground. The planet is hollow! This revelation shocked him.
The planet exists in this strange place and it's hollow? Long Chen was speechless. He never thought the world would be this bizarre. He started getting excited and tried to confirm his findings again. He started hitting the ground harder and harder as he listened. Judging by how long it took for the echo to reach him, he determined that the ground was hollow just ten meters down! He wasn’t certain if the entire planet would be hollow, but he was certain that the ground in a radius of one Li was hollow. He was certain that the inheritance of the Seven Star Lord was inside!
He became excited!
The planet was calm for now, which meant Feng Zhilin hadn't noticed the hollow part yet. Long Chen was the first one who discovered it, which meant he had the highest chance of finding the inheritance, but how would he destroy the ground without alerting them?He wanted to prevent them from obtaining the inheritance, but the ground was too hard. His regular techniques wouldn’t dent it the slightest.
But if he destroyed the ground using his strongest technique, Feng Zhilin and Aunt Snow would learn of his location.
Long Chen had the Five Emperor Seal. He could use both the Scarlet Emperor Burning Heaven Seal and the Golden Emperor Veiled Heaven Seal numerous times, but if he combined both seals together, he could only use them once. He didn’t want to risk it by using it now.
“Damn it. I should just risk it!” Long Chen prepared to attack when he suddenly saw two strong individuals crossing into his radius of one Li. He jumped up from shock and tried to escape, but Feng Zhilin and Aunt Snow were just a hundred meters away from him! They were so close that they could see him.
Long Chen knew he couldn’t escape, so he stopped. As expected, the two changed courses and ran towards him.
“Long Chen!” Feng Zhilin appeared ten meters away from him with Aunt Snow behind her. They weren’t surprised but instead angry when they saw him. They knew I was here?
Long Chen was confused. He never left any signs behind, so how had they found him?
He calmed down when he faced Feng Zhilin. Being calm allowed him to think more rationally. No matter how strong his opponent was, the moment he lost his courage was the moment he lost completely. Fighting with his life on the line could be his only chance of surviving here.
“You must be confused as to why we managed to find you, right?” Feng Zhilin was excited.
“Of course. How did you find me? I don’t think I’ve left any traces.” Long Chen was indeed confused. He had been careful and never even left a footprint.
Feng Zhilin answered his question.
“You hit someone when you arrived and left a palm print.”
Long Chen then realized it was the person he had killed. I made an error and left them a clue. Long Chen had killed the person as his final wish; he never thought Feng Zhilin would find him with that.
But now was not the time for regrets.
“Did you bring the Martial God Tombstone?” Feng Zhilin glared at him.
“Are you kidding me? There's no way I would have such an important treasure with me. I traded it for something else with another person. You can check and see if I have any Storage Rings on me!”
Storage Rings had the power to seal off space and were naturally stronger than Universe Pouches. Feng Zhilin and Aunt Snow would be able to detect their power at such a close range.
Feng Zhilin found no traces of a Storage Ring on Long Chen.
She was infuriated. She was much stronger than Long Chen, and people like him usually had to kneel to her. But Long Chen was unfazed even though he was standing right in front of her! Feng Zhilin had a feeling that she was being tricked by him.
Her breathing became rapid and her chest heaved. Long Chen had to admit that both her and Aunt Snow were very attractive.
Long Chen smiled.
He appeared relaxed, but he was secretly stressed that he had to risk his life here.
“Young mistress, don’t be too rash. Let me talk to him and see if I can frighten him. I’ve met people like him before that were mentally strong. They usually don’t have the strength to back that attitude up,” Aunt Snow whispered.
“Is that so?” Feng Zhilin wasn’t an idiot. She slowly calmed down. It was true that Long Chen wasn’t strong enough to threaten them.
“In that case, capture and interrogate him about the whereabouts of the Martial God Tombstone. I don’t believe that the methods of the Wind clan would fail to pry that out of his mouth!”
She felt better after being alerted by Aunt Snow.
The angrier Feng Zhilin got, the easier it was for her to fall for Long Chen’s tricks.
She nodded and made way for Aunt Snow. She continued to glare at Long Chen to prevent him from escaping. Other than his strange transformation, Aunt Snow failed to notice anything special about Long Chen.
“With your strength, it’s already a miracle that you angered my mistress. But people like you always lead short lives. If you tell me the whereabouts of the Martial God Tombstone, I will plead to the young mistress to let you go. If not, you are dead. I have my own methods of torturing you.”
Aunt Snow took something out before continuing, “Do you know what this is?”
She showed Long Chen an item resembling a snowflake. It caused the temperature around them to drop rapidly. “This is the snow talisman, something special that only I can make. If I plant it on your body, you will gradually freeze over. Your veins, bones, and blood will slowly freeze over forty-nine days before you die. You will suffer pain beyond your imagination. I’m not trying to scare you. You can try it if you want. Tell me, where is the Martial God Tombstone?”
Her final sentence made her true goalclear. She wanted to know where the Martial God Tombstone was without killing him.
But Long Chen was not frightened by her threat. He was assessing his chances of winning instead.