The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 3424 You're in my ranks, what can you use to fight me?

"I've changed my mind."

Ning Hesheng smiled slightly, a sly smile tinged with smugness.

"If we can obtain more Dao Spirits, firstly, it will reduce the difficulty of the exchange, and secondly, the extra Dao Spirits can be used to exchange for the cultivation resources we need. Even if we don't exchange them, handing them over to the sect will still bring huge benefits."

"Since we're already here, we should at least give it a try."

Lin Chen's gaze swept across the empty hall, and he sneered, "You're probably not the only one with this idea, are you? What about the others?"

They don't deserve it!

Ning Hesheng laughed, his expression arrogant: "Tuoba Peng absorbed the Great Dao Spirit himself, Jin Yuan has already snatched a portion of the Great Dao Spirit and left ahead of time, Huo Ling Shuang is still absorbing the Great Dao Spirit and hasn't come out yet. Apart from the three of them, who else is my opponent? If you stay here and try to compete with me, you'll have to see if you can keep your own life."

After a pause, Ning Hesheng smiled and said, "However, if you can escape from here, you might see them outside. They are like vultures that eat corpses, not daring to get close, so they wait for an opportunity in the distance."

Lin Chen was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked, "What type of Dao Spirit did you steal?"

Ning Hesheng replied, "Space."

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow: "A Dao spirit with spatial attributes, that's quite valuable."

Ning Hesheng smiled and said, "Yes, it's a pity I'm of the dark attribute, so I can't use it."

Lin Chen had originally hoped that Ning Hesheng would possess a water-attribute Dao Spirit, but obviously, that wasn't the case.

Lin Chen summoned the Exquisite Pagoda, which showered down golden light, taking You Kun and Wu Heng inside.

Their strength is limited, and they are injured. If they were to participate in the battle again, they might be finished.

They are only useful to Lin Chen if they are alive.

Seeing Lin Chen's actions, Ning Hesheng's face showed a look of great interest: "Three against one, you don't want that, you want to fight me one-on-one?"

Lin Chen calmly replied, "Since I have already saved their lives, if you were to kill them again, wouldn't my efforts have been in vain? Considering their obedience to me and the fact that they have helped me in some ways, I will save them one last time."

"As for you, it won't be so easy for you to get my Dao Spirit. There was a group of people inside who tried to take it from me, but I killed one of them, and the others didn't dare to make a move. By the way, if you wanted to take it, why didn't you go inside, but instead came out here?"

Ning Hesheng replied, "The people inside are a bunch of rabble, all hoping someone else will be the first to stand up. Who can they possibly take? They're just making a mess of things. Even if there is a weak one they manage to take, then they'll just have to fight amongst themselves and eventually come out of there too."

"By guarding this only route, I can also launch surprise attacks on those coming out. Isn't that better than coming in?"

Lin Chen sneered: "You've calculated things quite clearly, but unfortunately, I'm not one to be trifled with."

Ning Hesheng laughed and said, "I know that after absorbing the spirit of the Great Dao, my strength will increase again. If you were one of the other three, I would have made way for you without saying a word. Unfortunately, you are not one of them. Even if you have improved, it does not mean that you are stronger than me."

"I'm here to guard you, because I want to assess your true strength, since you're unwilling to reveal your true colors."

Lin Chen chuckled: "Since that's the case, then come on over."

Lin Chen didn't summon the Taotie Divine Tree; instead, he charged directly towards Ning Hesheng and unleashed a punch in mid-air.

The black light floating in front of Ning Hesheng instantly shot towards Lin Chen like a ghostly shadow, with black mist floating on it, as if there were hazy shadows that were not clearly visible.

"boom!"

The spiritual energy exploded in the air, the black light flew back, then with a strange twist, it instantly flew out again. Lin Chen frowned; it was indeed very strong!
Lin Chen had fought against Huo Ling Shuang and Tuoba Peng. Ning Hesheng's attack didn't seem as imposing as theirs, but the power of that wisp of black light was in no way inferior to theirs.

Ning Hesheng also frowned. Although he hadn't used his full strength, this attack still had at least eighty percent of his power, yet his opponent had blocked it with just one punch, and seemed quite relaxed about it.

This guy is really strong!

Although his spiritual power has improved, this at least shows that he was already very strong before.

Ning Hesheng hesitated for a moment. This guy hadn't even used his magic weapon yet, and he was definitely not someone to be trifled with. Did he really want to fight him to the death?

It's not going to be easy to win!
Why don't we try again?

The black light shot towards Lin Chen once again.

Holding the Nebula Sword, Lin Chen casually slashed away the black light that flew in front of him, but his body flew towards the door.

"The Four Prodigies, they're nothing special. I overestimated you."

A flash of anger crossed Ning Hesheng's eyes, and the amethyst between his brows burst forth with divine light. Suddenly, four array flags appeared around the hall, and boundless darkness instantly enveloped the center of the bronze hall. Strong magical fluctuations appeared around the area, and this space was temporarily sealed off.

Ning Hesheng, shrouded in darkness, spoke in a cold voice: "Although you have absorbed the spirit of the Great Dao, my Dark Demon Array can greatly suppress the use of other attribute divine abilities, while my dark attribute divine abilities are not only unaffected but can also be enhanced."

"You're trapped in the Dark Demon Array, so you're under my control. Whether you can even see me clearly is another matter. What do you have to fight me with?"

Lin Chen frowned, instinctively wanting to use his Golden Escape technique to enter the bronze hall, but his body stopped.

invalid!

He was unable to escape into the bronze hall!

It seems that the design of this bronze hall already took into account the possibility of preventing the use of metal magic.

If there's no way to escape, then fighting is the only option.

As Ning Hesheng said, in this endless darkness, the power of various elemental abilities is suppressed. Fighting Ning Hesheng would indeed be at a disadvantage. Moreover, if he were to expose his other abilities, it might sow the seeds of future trouble.

If he had known that they could sneak in by simply concealing their identities, he would have kept You Kun and Wu Heng hidden from the entire time.

Now that You Kun and Wu Heng have appeared by his side, it's hard to guarantee that unexpected situations won't arise when they leave the trial grounds.

We'll have to plan this out carefully then.

As for the present...

Lin Chen's mind raced, and suddenly he thought of something.

He took out the Shadow Bead that the Shadow Saint had given him from his spatial ring, wore it on his chest, and then infused it with spiritual power.

In the blink of an eye, the Shadow Bead emitted a black light that quickly enveloped Lin Chen. Within this black light, Lin Chen keenly sensed that his body seemed to undergo a strange change. At the same time, some images appeared in his mind, teaching him how to properly use the Shadow Bead.

Lin Chen's body vanished silently from the spot, as if he had transformed from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, his body directly entering the shadows on the ground and merging with them, becoming one with them forever.

(End of this chapter)