Chapter 1159 1155: Certain Death

"Being able to use just a small portion is enough." After hearing the Tower Spirit's words, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

He had been worrying over how to find True Dragon Blood Crystal!

But now, with this Black Dragon Stone, he didn't need to look for True Dragon Blood Crystal for the time being.

He believed that as his physical body grew stronger and stronger, one day he would be able to refine this Black Dragon Stone completely.

It was hard to imagine just how powerful his Nine Dragon Dominating Body would become by then!

"Master, this Black Dragon Staff, although already severely damaged, can still unleash extremely terrifying might at a critical moment, so it's best if you keep it for now." The Tower Spirit couldn't help suggesting to Ye Chen.

The Black Dragon Staff was refined from Black Dragon Stone and Qilin Divine Wood; the two were indispensable.

If Ye Chen absorbed the Qilin Divine Wood, the entire staff would lose its effect completely.

As for the Black Dragon Stone, with Ye Chen's current ability, he simply couldn't refine all the power within it.

Even if he really used a small portion of the Black Dragon Stone's power to enhance the Nine Dragon Dominating Body, it wouldn't destroy the whole Black Dragon Staff.

"So that's how it is. Then I'll keep it for now!" Ye Chen nodded.

He had originally planned to activate the Enlightenment Divine Tower and devour the Wood Spirit Qi within that Qilin Divine Wood, converting it into Power of Enlightenment.

But after hearing the Tower Spirit's words, he changed his mind in an instant.

After all, this Black Dragon Staff was, at the very least, still a damaged Middle Grade Divine Artifact.

If Ye Chen could really draw out a portion of its might, he might even be able to fight against a Quasi-God Realm powerhouse.

So, this Black Dragon Staff was a massive trump card for him at present.

Naturally, he wouldn't be foolish enough to casually destroy it.

"Xiao Xi, we've got the treasure, it's about time we head back." Ye Chen stored the Black Dragon Staff together with the Bronze Box into his Storage Bracelet, then left with Ye Xi.

As for the corpse of that Celestial God Realm Dragon Race expert, Ye Chen wasn't even the slightest bit interested.

Because that corpse was already so fragile that any Nascent Soul Realm expert could easily shatter it; it was of no use to Ye Chen anymore.

...

"Junior Brother Ye Chen, how is it? Did you find that treasure?" Half a cup of tea later, Ye Chen reunited with Dugu Yuan once more.

"I found it." Ye Chen smiled faintly.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Ye Chen. Since you've already found that treasure, let's leave now and go join up with my younger brother and the others, in case something unexpected happens to them." Dugu Yuan said, looking somewhat worried.

Ever since he was ambushed by Black Profound in Fallen Dragon Valley, he had finally realized just how dangerous this Ancient Secret Realm was.

Even someone like him, whose strength rivaled that of a Tier Six Divine Spirit Descendant, could fall at any moment—let alone the other True Disciples of the Human King Hall.

So he was truly desperate to go join up with his younger brother Dugu Yuan.

"Mm! Let's set out now." Ye Chen nodded.

Whoosh!

The next moment, he took Ye Xi and shot toward the outskirts of Fallen Dragon Valley.

...

At this time, in a stretch of Primitive Ancient Forest within the Ancient Secret Realm, Dugu Yuan and the True Disciples of the Human King Hall all wore expressions of extreme anxiety.

"Damn it! Damn it! I've already sent messages to Yang Fan and Luo Yan for so long, and they still haven't replied! Could it be that this time my big brother really can't escape his doom?" Dugu Yuan clenched his fists tightly, his face extremely ugly.

When Ye Chen went to Fallen Dragon Valley to save his big brother, he had already used a Communication Crystal Stone to ask Yang Fan and Luo Yan for help.

After all, the two of them were Core Disciples of the Human King Hall; only they had the power to save his big brother.

Yet after all this time, Yang Fan and Luo Yan still hadn't replied. He didn't know whether it was intentional, or if they'd been delayed by something else.

Without the help of Yang Fan and Luo Yan, his big brother was almost certainly doomed.

Even Ye Chen, who went to save him, would die at Black Profound's hands.

So, at this moment, Dugu Yuan was utterly in despair.

"Heh! That overestimating-himself fool Ye Chen is definitely already dead in Black Profound's hands by now! If he has anyone to blame, he can only blame himself for being too stupid and ignorant, not even knowing his own limits." Just then, a strikingly handsome blond youth suddenly sneered, his lips full of thick mockery.

This youth was none other than Zhou Qing, the peerless monster of the Shaking Light Sacred Land.

By his side was a breathtakingly beautiful woman, the number one Saintess of Shaking Light Sacred Land, Fairy Hong Yue.

"Sigh! Ye Chen is truly a pity. His potential was so astonishing, why did he have to go throw his life away?"

"Exactly! He even managed to kill a Tier Four Divine Spirit Descendant like the Spirit-devouring Tree Demon, his future limitless. But if he dies halfway, then he's nothing at all." The surrounding Human Race experts all sighed.

Even Fairy Yun Lin and Xiahou Jie wore deep looks of regret between their brows.

Last time, if Ye Chen hadn't stepped in to save them, they would have already died.

So they truly did not wish for Ye Chen to meet with disaster.

Unfortunately, reality was often that cruel.

Ye Chen's strength was indeed formidable, but before a Tier Six Divine Spirit Descendant like Black Profound, it was far from enough.

If he really rushed into Fallen Dragon Valley to save Dugu Yuan, it would be no different from suicide.

"Sigh! I just hope Ye Chen has enough self-awareness not to enter Fallen Dragon Valley and throw his life away. An existence like Black Profound is simply not someone he can contend with." Fairy Yun Lin's Liu Mei knitted tightly as she sighed inwardly.

Buzz!

Just then, the Communication Crystal Stone on Dugu Yuan's body suddenly flared with dazzling radiance.

"Could it be Yang Fan and Luo Yan replying to me?" Dugu Yuan's body trembled violently, and he hurriedly opened the Communication Crystal Stone.

But in the next instant, his entire body froze in place, his face turning uglier than a corpse.

"Yang Fan, Luo Yan, you're truly vicious, actually willing to watch us die and do nothing." Dugu Yuan ground his teeth together, his eyes turning blood-red.

The message he received was indeed sent by Yang Fan and Luo Yan.

However, the contents were enough to make his lungs explode from rage.

Because Yang Fan and Luo Yan not only had no intention of going into Fallen Dragon Valley to save Dugu Yuan, they were even gloating, feeling that his big brother and Ye Chen deserved to die.

This made him feel incomparably chilled.

In his view, as fellow disciples of the Human King Hall, even if there was friction between Yang Fan and Ye Chen, they should still stand together against the Outer Realm Races.

Yet Yang Fan and the others had this attitude; he truly found it hard to accept.

"Huh? That person… could it be Ye Chen? He's back."

Just then, a powerhouse suddenly cried out in shock, eyes filled with thick disbelief.