184: The little black snake in crisis
Faced with Su Chen's flattery, Little Black instantly felt no more aches in his waist or legs, and his whole body was filled with energy.
He was now brimming with Battle Intent, eager to take on ten Seventh-Rank opponents single-handedly, and was unwilling to rest easily.
At the same time, a thought crossed his mind: Su Chen admired him so much.
If those people really intended to target the array eye, should he spare Su Chen's life?
He was willing to take great risks for his friends; he shouldn't have to pay with his life for someone else's mistakes.
"Su Chen, I'm about to fight a Seventh-Rank opponent. This time, you must hide far away.
My Ability is poison-based. If you get too close, you'll be affected."
"B-but... if I'm too far, I'll be out of your sight."
"It's fine, don't worry about that. Your safety is the priority; you don't need to concern yourself with anything else."
"Big Brother Hei trusts me so much! Then I, Su Chen, guarantee I absolutely won't run away, you can rest assured!"
Of course, he wouldn't leave. His task wasn't finished yet, so why would he go?
'Ding, Little Black favorability task progress 4600/10000.'
Not bad, it's almost halfway there in just a short while... Su Chen quickly retreated, hiding even farther this time, moving over three kilometers away, only stopping when Little Black's figure became tiny.
Seventh-Rank already belongs to High Rank strength. Upon reaching High Rank, one can comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
By borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth for one's own use, the spiritual power within the body surges, allowing the use of various stronger S-rank Spells and the Ability to ignore the powers of Low and Medium Ranks.
Among these, the most common are the God King Body and the Divine Domain.
The person Little Black is currently fighting is a Seventh-Rank Strength-type.
Little Black is fighting this Seventh-Rank opponent in his true form, seizing an opportunity to whip the opponent to the ground with his tail, yet the Seventh-Rank fighter continued attacking completely unharmed.
If an ordinary person took that hit, they'd be either dead or half-dead, but this person was completely fine, all thanks to the God King Body.
The God King Body is divided into two types.
The elemental-type God King Body allows one to ignore all damage, with various attacks passing right through the body.
The other type is the Strength-type Super God King Body.
One's own strength surges dramatically, forming a wave of Qi around the body that directly ignores all kinds of damage.
Once the Super God King Body is activated, even if one stands still and lets a Sixth-Rank opponent hack away, it's the weapon that will break in the end. Its defensive power is just that perverse.
Relying on this super-strong defense and enhanced strength, this Seventh-Rank fighter and Little Black were locked in a close-quarters battle, evenly matched.
Little Black was already at a slight disadvantage in this fight.
After fighting for a long time, he was directly at a disadvantage. If this continued, he would be the one to lose.
Watching this battle, Su Chen was practically dozing off; the fighting style was too monotonous.
Right now, Little Black was like a dungeon boss, with only a few simple attack methods. As long as this Seventh-Rank fighter maintained the status quo, he could easily wear him down.
Little Black also realized this. When half his stamina was consumed, he also used his Ability, putting more pressure on this Seventh-Rank Ability User.
Poison Mist. Little Black used a Poison Mist attack.
He spewed a cloud of black mist from his mouth, enveloping an area of one square kilometer in Poison Mist so thick you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
At this moment, Su Chen understood why Little Black told him to hide far away. Getting too close would definitely mean getting caught in it.
He still cared about the survival of this hostage of his.
The Poison Mist visibly covered one kilometer, but that wasn't the boundary. The mist extended beyond that one kilometer, just not as strong.
Su Chen, hiding over three kilometers away, still felt a bit uneasy. He took out a set of protective clothing, put it on, and donned an oxygen mask.
Indeed, having a storage ring when traveling is convenient.
No, having a good Girlfriend is convenient.
All of this was stockpiled for him by Xia Weiyu—all sorts of items, she could stockpile everything for him.
Things he could think of, things he couldn't think of—she had them all.
When he needed something, he could just look inside the storage ring, never worrying about not finding it.
Having a thoughtful Girlfriend by your side brings such happiness... The battle ahead was now engulfed in the Poison Mist, completely blocking Su Chen's view.
He only occasionally saw a part of Little Black's body emerge from the mist before diving back in.
That Seventh-Rank fighter tried several times to escape from the Poison Mist but was also blocked.
Looking at the Poison Mist before him, Su Chen was curious.
If he went over and set a fire, could he ignite it and take out both the man and the snake?
No, Little Black's favorability task wasn't finished yet. He couldn't die now.
"Boom!"
Just as Su Chen had this thought, that cloud of Poison Mist was ignited.
A fiery explosion roared, with scorching flames shooting into the sky.
A scream and a hiss were also drowned out in the explosive wave of fire.
That Poison Mist now acted like a bomb, instantly detonated. A scorching, poisonous wave of fire spread outwards.
TheScope of impact was so vast that Su Chen, three kilometers away, only avoided disaster by using his Water God-King Body.
The trees around him also suffered considerable damage, with some even catching fire.
If he hadn't used the God King Body just now, he would have been burned by the flames.
One could imagine what happened to the man and snake inside the Poison Mist.
This fire wasn't lit by him.
Su Chen crouched low, hiding under a tree, and then used his Piercing Eye to scan the battlefield.
He saw that a fire-element Sixth-Rank Ability User had joined the fight and started attacking Little Black.
It seemed this person was from the Heavenly Fiend Cult's side. Little Black was heavily injured by the recent fire wave and was now being chased down.
As for that Seventh-Rank fighter, although he withstood that move thanks to his Super God King Body, he was now seriously injured and didn't attack immediately.
The battle had now shifted to this fire-element Sixth-Rank Ability User fighting Little Black.
Wait... there are more people!
Another person joined the fight here, teaming up against Little Black.
Where did this person come from? Didn't Little Qing notice?
Thinking of something, Su Chen suddenly had a bad premonition. He searched around.
There was no trace of Little Qing's Clones on the surrounding trees. There should have been some—even one Clone should have been there... This feeling of foreboding grew stronger. Su Chen contacted Xia Weiyu's side through the female puppet:
"Weiyu, is there anything unusual on your end?"
"Unusual? No."
"What about Little Qing?"
"Little Qing? He was just eating with us, but he suddenly said he had something to attend to and left. He hasn't returned since."
"Be careful. It might be that the Heavenly Fiend Cult's main force has arrived."
"Main force..."
"Yes. I searched the area around me and couldn't find any of Little Qing's Clones. Normally, over a dozen would have surrounded me by now.
It's possible he doesn't have the energy to control so many Clones right now.
It's very likely that there are too many people now, and he doesn't have the energy to handle other matters.
Prepare on your end. Have Yang Junlong and the others put on their protective gear and act according to the situation.
I'll head back as soon as I'm done here."
"Understood."
After giving his instructions, Su Chen looked at Little Black, who was now in a tough fight, and knew he had to intervene.
If this snake dies here, what about my task?
With the seven star dragon abyss sword in hand, he quickly stealthily moved closer to that area.