Chapter 707: I’m Dead
Chapter 707: I’m Dead
The Iron Demonic Wolf’s eyes became blood-red and it twisted its body. The sound of screeching metal could be heard before it threw Shao Yu’s ax away. Shao Yu fell forward from the momentum, and the Iron Demonic Wolf yelped in delight before lunging towards his neck.
“I’m dead!” Shao Yu’s face was pale as he struggled, but it was useless. The Iron Demonic Wolf was too strong to resist. He despaired when the wolf aimed for his neck.
Suddenly, a strong aura appeared behind Shao Yu. Someone flew past him and kicked the Iron Demonic Wolf hard in its jaw before blowing it away.
Clang!
“Boss Du Jiu!” Shao Yu thought Du Jiu was the one who had saved him. He looked up to thank him when he saw that it wasn’t Du Jiu. Rather, it was a familiar youth that had just saved him.
“You are … Ah! I remember now. You are Long Chen! I met you on the starplate before.” Shao Yu was surprised. He recalled that Long Chen was only at the Third Earthly Martial Stage. How did he kick away the Iron Demonic Wolf so easily?
“You still remember my name?” Long Chen smiled. Everyone else was shocked by his appearance too. Du Jiu and the others only remembered him after Shao Yu called out Long Chen’s name. Du Jiu thought that Long Chen was useless when he saw him on the starplate.
Shao Yu didn’t know what to say when the Iron Demonic Wolf lunged towards Long Chen in anger. It was infuriated after it had been kicked!
“Long Chen, look out!” Shao Yu was worried because he thought Long Chen had only managed to hit the Iron Demonic Wolf because he had caught it by surprise. He was certain that Long Chen would lose in a normal fight. Shao Yu charged towards the Iron Demonic Wolf to save Long Chen, but he had lost his ax.
Long Chen stared at the Iron Demonic Wolf blankly before he transformed his left arm into his dragon form. The claws on his left hands were like sharp blades!The Iron Demonic Wolf howled in anger. It thought that Long Chen was weak because he was small. Being attacked by a weaker being was humiliating for it!
The Iron Demonic Wolf was not only sturdy, it was also very fast. It left afterimages as it darted around before appearing in front of Long Chen to bite off his head!
“Careful!” The Iron Demonic Wolf was already in front of Long Chen and yet he did nothing. Shao Yu thought Long Chen was petrified from fear and wanted to save him, but it was too late.
Just as the Iron Demonic Wolf was about to swallow Long Chen up, his left arm moved swiftly and pierced through the Iron Demonic Wolf’s lower jaw with his blood-red claws.
Clang, clang!
The Iron Demonic Wolf let out a horrific shriek because Long Chen’s claws had pierced deep into its lower jaw, a place where even Shao Yu’s ax failed to reach. Long Chen’s claws were harder than Shao Yu’s ax!
Long Chen then swung the Iron Demonic Wolf upwards before smashing it down into the ground! The Iron Demonic Wolf was as heavy as a small hill and yet Long Chen had flipped it easily!
“You are just a demonic beast and you want to try eating me?” Long Chen chuckled and gripped the Iron Demonic Wolf’s lower jaw harder before smashing it onto the ground again.
Crack!
He then tore off the Iron Demonic Wolf’s head with ease.
The Iron Demonic Wolf was dead just like that.
After killing it, Long Chen started refining its blood. While the outer layer of the wolf was composed of metal, its inner body was still flesh and blood. He refined the blood essence, and the Iron Demonic Wolf shrunk like a mummified corpse.
The blood essence was only useful for increasing his essence at this stage.
Long Chen had killed the Iron Demonic Wolf very quickly. Everyone was shocked by his strength, especially Shao Yu. He had been worried that Long Chen would die, but now he saw that it was just his misunderstanding. Long Chen was far stronger than an Iron Demonic Wolf.
The others were also confused as to why an unremarkable youth like him was so strong.
Du Jiu squinted. He previously felt that the youth was at most the Third Earthly Martial Stage, but from the amount of essence that Long Chen had used just now, he reevaluated Long Chen as a Fourth Earthly Martial Stage cultivator instead.
Did he manage to break through? He must have a lot of secrets if he can fight like that. I need to have him stay by our side …I wonder if he is hiding his power even now? I should let him stay with us and act only after I get to know him more. That way, I can reap the most benefits.
As for Shao Yu, he now ignored Du Jiu.
He had been in danger just now, but Du Jiu had not rescued him. Instead, it was Long Chen who had saved him. Now Shao Yu was more inclined to join Long Chen than Du Jiu.
Because of Long Chen’s appearance, the other people had been distracted from their battles. The Iron Demonic Wolves seized the chance to launch a fierce counterattack. Everyone started losing their battles as their initiative was lost.
“Focus on your enemies!” Du Jiu shouted, then he killed the Iron Demonic Wolf in front of him before helping the others. As more of them were freed from their own battles, the Iron Demonic Wolves were getting killed faster and faster.
Long Chen did not help them one bit.
Shao Yu retrieved his ax and inspected it, only to find numerous cracks on it. Faint, black light seeped out from the cracks.
“Little Long Chen, I never thought you were so strong. Thank you for saving my life!”
“I was just passing by. I didn’t think I would be lucky enough to run into you. I suppose this is fate.” Long Chen chuckled.
Shao Yu smiled too until he remembered something. “Where are you going now? Are you following us to the Metal District or heading back to the Wood District?”
Long Chen did not answer but asked a question instead. “Do you know a lot about the Ancient Graveyard? Where are you guys going?”
Shao Yu scratched his head. “I don’t know this place that much, but I think I do know more than you. We are heading to the Metal District. To be more accurate, we need to go to Iron City.”
“Iron City? Why there?”
“Hmm … You really don’t know anything about this place, do you? Why don’t you follow me and I can tell you everything I know?”
Shao Yu was desperate.
Long Chen knew why. Based on Du Jiu’s actions, Long Chen could see that Du Jiu never once thought of Shao Yu as his comrade. Shao Yu would be dead soon if he still continued to follow Du Jiu. He wanted to stay by Long Chen’s side so he could prolong his life.
Du Jiu and the others finally dealt with the other Iron Demonic Wolves and happily looted the corpses. While they were doing so, Du Jiu brought another underling at the Fifth Earthly Martial Realm to approach Long Chen. They smiled happily at him. “Little brother, thank you for saving our comrade! I was entangled with my opponent and almost caused Shao Yu’s death. I’m deeply ashamed of my inability.”
Long Chen still remembered how Du Jiu had called him useless on the starplate. He never thought Du Jiu was so adaptable.
Shao Yu wanted to save his own skin, so he quickly asked, “Boss Du Jiu, Long Chen is here alone in the Ancient Graveyard and knows next to nothing about this place. Why don’t we let him join the group and we can go to Iron City together? We should be able to do it with his strength.”
Long Chen did not blame Shao Yu for prioritizing his own life. Long Chen only wanted to learn more about the Ancient Graveyard and didn’t mind leaving after he obtained all the information.
Du Jiu had been waiting for Shao Yu to say this. Long Chen was a youth with a lot of secrets. He didn’t want to let Long Chen go, so h e nodded. “Little Brother Long Chen is indeed a talented cultivator! He is more than qualified to travel with us despite beind so young!”
Shao Yu was delighted and looked at Long Chen pleadingly. Long Chen pondered. “Then I will have to thank you for the hospitality, Boss Du Jiu.”
But Long Chen was very clear on what was going on.
Trying to take advantage of me? Hehe, it seems you do not value your life.