Chapter 537 Hesitation
Wang Zhiqiang was incredibly smug. He stood up, swaying. Chen Yang had severed his right arm with the first strike, and this second blow had split nearly half his body open, exposing his internal organs clearly at the blade's edge.
Yet, even with such a grievous wound, Wang Zhiqiang had not died.
Judging by his demeanor, he seemed unconcerned about his injuries.
After unleashing that drop of blood, Wang Zhiqiang became very weak. He staggered to his feet and looked at Chen Yang opposite him with a cold sneer.
Chen Yang's legs were engulfed by crimson flames. The flames wrapped around his legs and burned fiercely towards his upper body.
Chen Yang frowned, stomping his feet on the ground, simultaneously bending down to try and extinguish the flames. However, the flames showed no sign of dying down; instead, they grew more vigorous. kAnshu伍.ξà
At the same time, Chen Yang felt an intensely scorching energy, roasting the vital essence and blood within his body, burning his spirit.
Although the flames did not appear to be charring his body, his legs were rapidly losing strength, and the blood within him felt half-congealed and dried, no longer circulating.
Seeing Chen Yang’s frantic efforts to put out the flames, Wang Zhiqiang burst into laughter. He shook his head and said, "It's useless, young man. Stop wasting your energy."
"This drop of blood-flame is incredibly precious, bestowed upon me by the Celestial Venerable Shengyue. If I can fully penetrate, digest, and absorb it, I will become immensely powerful."
"It's a shame you interrupted my plan. Then this drop of blood-flame shall become the headsman's axe that sends you on your way, hahahaha..."
"These flames are not of this world. They will burn you alive into a soulless corpse, turning your spirit to ash in the flames."
Chen Yang was utterly shocked.
He had indeed never encountered such flames, never encountered such an attack. What was going on?
This method of attack was so bizarre, and these flames were unprecedentedly strange and unquenchable, yet they were continuously consuming his vital essence and blood, scorching his spirit.
Chen Yang dared not be careless. He had no time to think. He instantly slapped his abdomen, circulating his internal energy.
Simultaneously, an incredibly cold aura from his kidneys flowed along the meridians towards his legs at high speed.
After obtaining his third cauldrons, he had gained the ability of kidney cold water.
It was this power of kidney cold water that Chen Yang now activated.
A stream of incredibly cold internal energy flowed down to his legs.
The next moment, the flames that could not be extinguished by any means were instantly extinguished after being doused by that peculiar internal energy.
Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, privately feeling fortunate. It seemed those cauldrons were indeed miraculous.
The first cauldron had brought fiery internal energy to his heart, while the second cauldron had brought cold water internal energy to his kidneys.
As expected, the cold water internal energy instantly extinguished the flames of the Celestial Venerable Shengyue.
Chen Yang looked up at Wang Zhiqiang. At this moment, Wang Zhiqiang looked as if he had seen a ghost. He stared at Chen Yang incredulously and retreated backward, shaking his head and saying, "No, this is impossible, absolutely impossible."
"The flames bestowed by the Venerable are not something mortals can extinguish. Unless... unless you are also a god. But... but how is that possible?"
As he spoke, Wang Zhiqiang fell to his knees with a thud. He looked at Chen Yang and said, "Mr. Chen, you... you are definitely not an ordinary person. You are also a god. You should stand with us. You should meet the Celestial Venerable Shengyue and strive together with us to realize a new world order."
"This world has become filthy and chaotic, filled with malice. We should join hands to establish a better new order."
Chen Yang was no longer interested in listening to Wang Zhiqiang's nonsense. More importantly, Chen Yang was also worried that Wang Zhiqiang might have more tricks up his sleeve.
Chen Yang now saw clearly that Wang Zhiqiang had completely surrendered to this "Celestial Venerable Shengyue" and could never betray him.
Since that was the case, there was no point in keeping him alive.
Chen Yang's curved saber flashed down. Wang Zhiqiang's head fell onto the rocks by the lake. Chen Yang stepped on it, completely finishing Wang Zhiqiang.
He then rinsed his saber in the lake water and turned towards Zhou Shanshan.
Zhou Shanshan had also calmed down. After all, she was a doctor of medicine. Even with a corpse lying nearby, she was not overly terrified.
Seeing Chen Yang approach, she immediately went to meet him. Zhou Shanshan embraced Chen Yang and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen. Thank you for saving me."
Chen Yang grunted and said nothing more.
Zhou Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief. Her body trembled slightly. Her thermal suit had been torn to shreds by Wang Zhiqiang earlier, and she was now only wearing a thermal undershirt.
In this deep, remote mountain, such an undershirt could not possibly ward off the current cold.
Trembling, Zhou Shanshan said to Chen Yang, "Mr. Chen, what... what do we do now? Go back?"
Chen Yang remained silent.
Zhou Shanshan looked up at Chen Yang curiously and asked, "Chen Yang, what are you thinking about?"
Chen Yang replied, "I'm hesitating."
Zhou Shanshan asked, "Hesitating about what? Hesitating about how to deal with the body? Or hesitating about whether to go back?"
Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Neither. I'm hesitating... whether to kill you."
Zhou Shanshan froze, startled. She quickly said to Chen Yang, "Why... why would you kill me? You... what are you trying to do? Chen Yang, calm down."
Seeing the fear in Zhou Shanshan's eyes, Chen Yang laughed heartily.
Chen Yang said, "Alright, alright, I was just teasing. But even though I won't kill you, I do have to detain you for a few days."
Zhou Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief. Angrily, she reached out and playfully squeezed Chen Yang's arm. Zhou Shanshan said exasperatedly, "At a time like this, that joke of yours could have scared me to death! I thought you had gone mad too!"
After speaking, Zhou Shanshan herself started to laugh. She realized that although she and Chen Yang were not well-acquainted, having only known each other for a little over a day, she was very certain that Chen Yang would not kill her or harm her in this situation.
This trust was inexplicable and unfounded.
But Zhou Shanshan trusted her intuition implicitly.
Zhou Shanshan crossed her arms and said to Chen Yang, "Why do you want to detain me? Is it because you just killed Professor Wang and are afraid I'll call the police?"
Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Of course not. My purpose for coming here, like Wang Zhiqiang's, was for Long Bai Jin San's treasure. And according to Wang Zhiqiang's description, he should have found the treasure's exact location. This is very important to me."
"There are many people around Changbai Mountain looking for this treasure. To prevent you from leaking information, I must knock you out and hold you for three days. Only after I've moved the treasure can I let you go."
Zhou Shanshan understood when she heard this. She quickly said, "No, no, no, don't knock me out. Knocking people out is harmful to the brain. My livelihood depends on my brain."
Chen Yang said impatiently, "That won't do. You must be knocked out. Besides, even if you become an idiot, you can rely on your looks. You have such a beautiful face, why do you insist on working so hard to be a strong woman?"