Chapter 122: The Noblewomans Decision

Thats weird. Ive heard that the War Puppet has a special link with the masters spirit. Once the War Puppet is destroyed, the master will also receive great damage. How does she still have the strength to escape right before my eyes? Broc said to himself.

Troublesome War Puppet! Broc frowned, Thats right. That was just a Bronze puppet. With Christinas strength, she should at least use a Silver puppet. Could it be that she could use more than one War Puppet?

The War Puppet was the strongest bloodline talent of the Dark Shadow Empires Asmodeus Royal Family. It was a powerful battle machine made by combining their talents with a secret technique. Like the bronze puppet just now, it experiences no pain nor exhaustion. Unless being completely destroyed or its master was dead, it could always continue to fight.

The War Puppets grades include bronze, silver, and gold. They could be inherited as an heirloom for the usage of the next generation. The strongest War Puppet was the legendary secret treasure of the Asmodeus Royal Family, the Immortal Dark Gold War Puppet. It would never be destroyed, but unfortunately, it had been lost for a few thousand years ago.

Within the Asmodeus Royal Family, those that could awaken their War Puppet talent and control one puppet were already rare. For those who could control 2 or more were definitely the genius among geniuses. The current empress, Catherine the Great could control 4 gold War Puppets simultaneously. Together with her personal strength, even the strongest demon in the Demon Realm, Raizen the Great had to be fearful of her.

Now, Christina is only a Great Demon King but she already possesses the great talent to control 2 puppets. In the future Brocks eyes were filled with murderous intentions.

The thin mist that was wafted just now due to the huge impact gradually gathered, but Broc was no longer in the mist.

Chen Rui heard whistling sounds while his body being carried by Christina and dashed for awhile. To avoid getting dizzy, he had to close his eyes. Suddenly, Christinas body shocked and paused. When Chen Rui opened his eyes, he saw Christina covering her chest and coughed. She was obviously injured.

Christina paused for a while and continued rushing without stopping. She only stopped when she reached a relatively hidden hillside in the dense forest. Then, she immediately started setting up the surroundings.

The six metal pillars appeared around them. On the pillars, there were layers of totem-like symbols. It seemed like another special magic tool.

Lady, youre hurt. With his thoughts, Chen Rui took out a recovery potion. This is for you. The recovery potion brewed by my teacher has a lot stronger effect than usual potion master.

No thanks. Christina shook her head. Within her politeness, there was a bit of vigilance. That War Puppet just now should be destroyed by Broc already. Thats why I received some damage, but it isnt a big deal. Ms. Christina, although I dont know the grudges between you and Broc, please forgive me for being honest. Based on your current status, you dont seem to be able to rival Broc. Also, he will definitely continue to chase us.

I have a suggestion. Return the Dark Will to me first so that I can launch the <Teleportation> to escape.

Christina was silent for a while. Then she didnt answer but asked a question, Only the Dark Will? What about the gold crystal shackles? To show my sincerity, we can remove the shackles when were completely free from danger.

If I teleported alone and escaped to a scary place like the Silent Night Wetland, I wont be able to survive either.

Arent you afraid that Ill renege? Christinas eyes behind the veil seemed to see through Chen Ruis heart. With your intelligence, you wont put yourself in such a passive, dangerous situation. When we were negotiating the conditions, you requested to first get the ring before removing the shackles Can I make a wild guess that you have a special way of getting rid of the shackles?

Can we stop assuming?! Chen Ruis heart was chilled. He didnt expect under such critical condition of being hunted, not only didnt Christina felt anxious, but she was horrifyingly calm. Instead, he almost exposed his trump card.

If I can remove the magic shackles, I wouldve run away a lot earlier when you left the Red Leaves Forest. Chen Rui deliberately looked unhappy, I almost died in Brocs hand just now. Its for my safety that I have such a request. If youre going to suspect me for that, then I have nothing to say. Ill just hope that you can use your powerful might to defeat Broc and kill me after. Richard, please forgive my suspicion. If youre me who is constantly surrounding by various schemes and plots youll be as cautious as I do. Besides, facing a wise man like you, I cant help to have more thought. Dont forget that Christina is still a woman and being suspicious is a characteristic of a woman.

Christinas sudden compliments suddenly made Chen Rui couldnt keep his upset expression anymore. However, he disagreed with the last sentence: If there are a few more women like you, all the men in the Demon Realm cant do anything anymore.

Alright. Its not the time to discuss such an assumption. Ill consider your condition seriously. Christina sighed, Besides, youve simplified the matter. Dark Wills teleportation range is limited. The Leviathan Royal Familys Eye of Incubus had a unique target-lock ability. Broc mustve used certain means to lock onto us. Even if we can teleport temporarily, we cant truly get rid of his tracking. Youre the owner of Dark Will, so you must know that its random teleportation. If our luck is bad, we might not be able to teleport out of Brocs vision at all. Also, the ring can only be used every 24 hours, so it cannot be wasted. It must be used at a critical moment.

It seemed that Christina was quite familiar with the Dark Will. Also, Chen Rui knew that she had never lowered her guards toward him.

I dont know. Can you contact the teacher that you mentioned? Although Im still doubtful about this, this might be the only way.

Chen Rui shook his head. Actually, Ive tried contacting my teacher in the Magic Pouchs space. However, I havent been able to contact my teacher for a long time. My teacher is most likely in seclusion again, which is sealing off all feelings to train. He would never leave before reaching a certain level.

As expected Christina glanced at him calmly, but she didnt say much, Then theres only one way now give me all the 3 remaining fruits.

Chen Rui was shocked and looked doubtful. Christina knew what he was worried about, so she raised the royal familys ring on her ring hand and said formally, I swear by this royal familys ring that before completing this mission and return to the capital, I will not harm this man before me. If I violate it, both my body and soul will be trapped in eternal sufferance.

Only before returning to the capital? This noblewoman seemed polite on the surface, but she still had murderous intentions toward him. Chen Rui smiled bitterly, Dont we need our names for an oath?

Christina said calmly, The name, Christina isnt suitable to use for an oath, just like the name, Richard.

Only then Chen Rui knew that Christina was just a nickname. It seemed that even Broc didnt know the actual name of this mysterious noblewoman. For her to say that, she must be quite sincere.

Chen Rui knew that he didnt have many options. If he fell into Brocs hands, hed definitely die. He stopped hesitating immediately and agreed. He then asked, Lady, for you to consume all of them in such a hurry, will there be any adverse effect?

I dont know, but for me, this is the most important moment. I cant fail. Christina took the aura fruits and set up the magic tent, Remember, Ill go into the tent to absorb the fruits power. It might take quite long, so you can wait outside. Regardless of what happen, dont get close. If not, Id rather go against the oath and kill you!

Chen Rui knew she had reached a certain critical point. If not, she wouldnt risk it when theyre facing a strong enemy like Broc. So, he immediately nodded.

Both of them discussed it for a while. Then, Christina looked at the 3 Jiu Tian Xuan Aura Fruits that Chen Rui gave with a certain determination and walked into the tent.

An hour had passed, Chen Rui felt like the time was moving really slow, but he didnt wait plainly. Instead, he activated <Aura Conversion> onto the gold crystal shackles.

The gold crystal was indeed the strongest crystal that was more superior than the blood crystal. Besides, this gold crystal shackles must have used the highest quality gold crystal. After a pair of leg shackles were converted, he obtained 500k auras and his total aura reached 1.6m. Now, he had a lot of auras yet little area to use. To maintain his <Camouflage>, it only used 1 aura per minute, so it was only slightly more than 1.4k a day.

However, Chen Rui didnt fully convert the gold crystal shackles on his hand, but he only destroyed a part of it. After the magic array that suppressed his power lost its form, his suppressed strength immediately returned to his body. On the surface, both his legs and hands were still wearing the shackles. However, in reality, the shackles on his legs were an illusion made by <Camouflage>, just like clothing. The shackles on his hand were just hanging there realistically. He believed even Christina wouldnt notice the difference.

Now that it was approaching the last moment, although he didnt feel like Christina was lying, he couldnt fully rely on the oath no matter what. Once he got the Dark Will, hed immediately teleport away to escape.

If he didnt witness Christina being able to move freely while absorbing the fruit and her strength wasnt constrained, he really had the impulse to threaten this mysterious noblewoman to return the ring since his strength was restored. However, her words just now shouldnt be a bluff. If he dared to act recklessly, Christina might truly kill him.

Another hour had passed. If it was just 1 fruit, Christina wouldve finished absorbing. Yet, she was absorbing 3 simultaneously, the difficulty might not be as simple as mere addition.

At that moment, Brocs figure finally appeared in the dense forest.