Chapter 596: Dragon Rider Demon God Asmodeus (I)
In front of Zhang Fangfangās interrogation, Lin Xin showed a tranquil smile, āThese two issues should be no problem . On the side of the Exorcist Mountain Pass, there is nothing we can even do apart from informing senior Sheng Yue, but I believe Boss already did that . And the Demon God Emperor is aiming for us, and just as Boss said, if we let him know we are deep in demon territory, he will surely chase after us, and the Exorcist Mountain Pass wonāt be in such danger anymore . I estimate that the odds of the Exorcist Mountain Pass being attacked by the Demon God Emperor will be below a third . As for the second issue, I believe that it is even more irrelevant . First, our collaboration with Yue Ye is not a matter of only one or two times . When we were besieged by AhāBaoās group, she took the initiative to signal us to take her as hostage, giving us a chance for escape . Given how her fiancĆ© AhāBao went as far as to want to sacrifice her to take Boss and vice-captain down; how could she not hate AhāBao? Their engagement was even rescinded . So I believe that the probability of an issue arising in Yue Yeās information is very low . Plus, have you thought about, that, if Yue Yeās information was false, why would she tell us about the matter of the Star Demon God using Great Prophecy Technique?ā
Zhang Fangfang replied, āThis is hard to say . After all, she should have been informed that we requested the Yue Ye Chamber of Commerce help to find information about Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi . ā
Lin Xin expressed, āOkay, then letās say her information was false, but then, how could the Demon God Emperor predict that after getting this information, we would choose to go deep in demon territory instead of fleeing inside the Alliance? Thinking rationally, the Demon God Emperor should not possibly be able to predict we would choose such an escape route . So I am almost certain that Yue Yeās information is real . ā
After listening to Lin Xinās analysis, Zhang Fangfang nodded slightly, āWhat you are saying makes sense . It may just be groundless fears from me . ā
Long Haochen showed a smile, āAs this concerns the whole teamās survival, letās be a bit more careful . Demon gods wanting to conceal their movements wonāt find that easy, especially now that all demon gods carry their demon god pillars alongside them at all times . When the time comes, I will be able to discern such a thing from very far at a glance .
If no demon gods came, it will really mean that there was an issue in Yue Yeās information . But if there are a large amount of demon gods, this will really confirm that Yue Yeās information was true .
He still held Zhang Fangfang in a very proper esteem: he was the most experienced and knowledgeable in the group, who does not speak a lot in normal times, but generally goes efficiently to the main point .
Still, Long Haochen aside, even Wang Yuanyuan disapproved greatly of Zhang Fangfangās opinion . They had already suffered the experience of suffering a loss due to othersā bad criticism, so after Lin Xinās rebuking, they naturally wouldnāt go help Zhang Fangfang on his standpoint . After Long Haochen expressed the intention of surveying the demon godsā activities from very afar, Zhang Fangfang didnāt insist . This was already a very cautious measure .
āWe are departing!ā Long Haochen glanced at the far demon camp, as he gave that order .
For insurance, they changed into cloaks belonging to moon clansmen, used the magic eyes, and stopped flying, travelling on the ground . Under Long Haochenās lead, the group quietly set through the border of the Exorcist Mountain Pass . Long Haochenās mental force spread outwards, enveloping them inside as they rapidly approached the rendezvous point at fifty kilometers from the demon camp .
They arrived at their destination half an hour later, stopping on a hill with wind at their back . For the sake of maintaining his mental forceās cover, Long Haochen sat cross-legged, with the others sitting in circle around him, calmly waiting for Caiāerās news .
Shutting his eyes, Long Haochen very rapidly entered a state of focus . Aside from maintaining the cover of his mental force, his mental force was pressed into merging with an extraordinary force coming out from his body . That was the Soul Linking Chains .
After two years of secluded training, he felt a far greater understanding on many of his abilities, including the Soul Sharing Chains .
These pieces of epic tier equipment linked the seven of them together by the sevensā life forces . And, with sufficient mental force put in use, Long Haochen and the others could get a grasp of each othersā position .
However, because they had all cut the Soul Sharing Chains before, he was not able to attempt that until now . It surely had to wait for them all to reunite before being possible .
At the very moment, grasping Caiāerās location was what he wanted to do, as well as accurately telling her about their position . Of course, this did not only go one way . Unless Caiāerās mental force was sufficient, they would be unable to achieve such control of the Soul Sharing Chains .
A short time later, Long Haochen got a grasp of Caiāerās current location . She was moving at an extremely fast speed, to the extent that Long Haochen was unable to grasp her position accurately . His connection through the Soul Sharing Chains then rapidly got through to her, so that she could feel their location, and then the connection cut . After all, keeping the connection for too large a time would consume too much of Long Haochenās mental force .
āYingāer, donāt be anxious . Caiāer is looking for traces of that demon god with all she has . Through the Soul Linking Chains, I could, as expected, grasp her exact location . Letās do this: we will immediately keep pace with Caiāer, this way as soon as she discovers the enemiesā traces, we will be able to make our move in the shortest time . ā
Chen Yingāerās emotions were completely seen through by Long Haochen . Her fiancĆ©ās life or death was about to be determined in these two days . How could she not be anxious? To them, time was like life . The earlier they could save Yang Wenzhao, the earlier they would be able to set out for the depths of demon territory .
Chen Yingāer bit her lips , āBoss, please donāt let things be awkward because of me . We cannot put our team in danger because of Wenzhao, and I believe he would also be absolutely unwilling to see such a situation . If it wonāt do, letās just withdraw . ā
Long Haochen nodded, āI will act according to the situation . Everyone, how is your physical force recovering?ā
Everyone expressed that they had no problem: after recovering for over a hour, they were nearly back to their ordinary performances . Even if they still felt some tiredness of mind, this would surely not affect their battle performances .
āGo . ā After his attempt of making use of the Soul Binding Chains, Long Haochen promptly altered their strategy, leading the others toward Caiāerās scouting direction . He only needed to check for Caiāerās location at regular intervals to smoothly go after her .
Because Caiāer had set out over a hour prior to them, and went in full speed flight for that search, she was close to a hundred kilometers far from them . While she constantly altered her speed as she scouted , Long Haochenās group had only to confirm her approximate direction to follow her tracks .
As things followed, the group went after her for a whole seven hours . They had not only to keep up with Caiāerās speed, but also preserve their strength to the greatest extent, stopping for some time each hour for that sake . Such a lengthy flight led them at least 350 kms away from the Exorcist Mountain Pass .
Caiāerās strengths were prominent at such time . While continuously searching, her speed was still out of reach for the rest, and instead, the distance between them only kept growing further .
Spreading out all four wings, Long Haochen, who was flying at the head of the group, suddenly stopped . The others stopped successively beside him, giving puzzled looks toward him .
Long Haochen had a serious tone, āCaiāer has stopped . She seems to have found something . ā
The most excited to hear him was Chen Yingāer, to whom it was as if the tiredness of the whole trip had disappeared, immediately retorting, āShould we come along to discover about that too?ā
Long Haochen pointed downwards, and strictly ordered, āWe are going to have some rest here . Yingāer, you absolutely have to keep calm, and cannot rush to act . Otherwise, we wonāt only be unable to manage the rescue, but will furthermore achieve the opposite results . Have a time of rest and preparation everyone . ā
Long Haochen was rarely that strict when speaking to his comrades, and that was actually due to Chen Yingāerās state of mind . If she didnāt sober up, a mistake in her actions could very likely affect the whole situation .
āYeah . ā Chen Yingāer gave a small reply, and didnāt speak further . Everyone landed on the ground, and found a concealed place to hide, immediately sitting cross-legged to start meditating to recover their physical force .
Long Haochen stimulated his mental force once again through the Soul Linking Chainsā Connection, so that Caiāer could pass on her accurate position .
Caiāer had stopped in a spot for a long time, roughly a quarter of an hour, before setting out on the move once again . Her speed shot up rapidly, rushing at full speed toward the spot of Long Haochenās group .
At the current time, Caiāer was at roughly 150 km from them . Even at full speed, she needed close to a hour to rush back .
Long Haochen cut the mental connection, focusing his internal energy to absorb the external light essence to supplement his previous consumption of spiritual energy . He was almost certain that Caiāer surely made some discovery . As the core of the team, he had to restore his state to the peak . He didnāt convey his determination to the others as they needed to focus on calmly recovering their spiritual energy .
As expected, Caiāer was nearing them by flight before an hour passed . Nimbly arriving in front of the group, she awoke the whole cultivating group .
At this time, Caiāer looked quite pale . Over eight hours spent scouting and searching came with a massive consumption from her .
Long Haochen floated up and placed a Super Spiritual Recovery Pill in her mouth, pressing his right hand against her back to pour his pure light elemental spiritual energy into her .
Caiāerās spiritual energy was of a very special type, full of explosive might . This could be called the slaughter attribute, fully inherited from the God of Death .
Her spiritual energy didnāt reject other spiritual energy, which meant that any elemental essence could be turned into strength upon absorption by her .
Having gotten Long Haochenās help, Caiāerās aura gradually became peaceful . To Chen Yingāer who was anxiously gazing at her, she nodded, āI found a demon god leading a group of Ox Demons . And I caught sight of Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi sent away under escort . The Ox Demons on guard were about ten thousand . ā