CHAPTER 1597: CHAPTER 1596: ESCAPE? KILL THEM ALL

In reality, with Lin Chen riding on the back of the Little Profound Turtle, they could return directly to Yunlong Heavenly Palace in less than five or six days at its flying speed.

After all, the Little Profound Turtle, being a descendant of the Xuanwu, is most skilled with the earth and water attribute powers, but its wind attribute ability is also particularly proficient, making its flying speed as fast as lightning.

However, the Little Profound Turtle refused to allow Zi Ling and Cheng Liang to ride on its back; it was reluctant even when Lin Chen rode on it.

Seeing the Little Profound Turtle’s reluctance, Lin Chen did not insist, as he also didn’t wish to expose the existence of the Little Profound Turtle lightly.

Gazing at the bandits fleeing in all directions before him, Lin Chen’s lips curled into a cold smile.

Now is the time to test the power of these subdued Fire Beasts.

Previously, when the Little Profound Turtle attacked those warships, countless bandits perished at its hands. The ones fleeing now were merely a few, but even so, Lin Chen would not let them go.

These bandits, each with hands stained with fresh blood, had committed countless acts of ambushing others.

To ensure nothing went wrong, after dispatching the Fire Beasts, Lin Chen also had Master Qingxu manipulate a Divine Soul Puppet to join in eliminating the bandits.

The Fire Beasts obeyed Lin Chen’s orders, but their spiritual wisdom was ultimately low, so having Master Qingxu take action was to prevent any from escaping. That’s why he made Master Qingxu intervene.

With Master Qingxu taking action, the bandits had no power to resist. Under the attack of the Fire Beasts, the bandits fell one after another, their bodies incinerated to nothing by the Fire Beasts.

Although they were no longer on the Tianliu Continent, where the world’s oppressive power was less formidable, the people still could not withstand the flame power of the Fire Beasts.

As for Master Qingxu, with his cultivation, controlling the Divine Soul body to deal with these bandits was effortless.

Furthermore, he mostly killed them in one strike, without destroying their bodies.

The reason being none other than his intention for Lin Chen to refine these bandit corpses into new Divine Soul Puppets. This way, not only could Lin Chen control them, but Master Qingxu could occasionally possess them when needed.

There’s no helping it; the current Divine Soul Puppets are indeed too weak, entirely unable to showcase much of Master Qingxu’s strength.

Of course, Master Qingxu only hoped Lin Chen would refine more Divine Soul Puppets and wasn’t asking him to create bodies to host his soul.

With Lin Chen’s Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, his Divine Soul within it would not perish. It could even gradually recover its strength, so as long as Lin Chen did not expel him, he’d willingly remain inside.

Whether he had a body did not need to be hurried and was even unimportant.

In this Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, his Divine Soul received significant benefits. Judging by the current pace of cultivation, it wouldn’t take long before his Divine Soul not only fully recovers but might even break through.

This cultivation speed is much faster than during his lifetime, and such a good fortune is hard to come by, so how could he bear to leave Lin Chen’s Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron?

Back when Master Qingxu’s cultivation broke through into the Creation Realm, each subsequent realm required hundreds of years.

From the Creation Realm First Level to the Creation Realm Peak, it took him nearly five thousand years.

So, even if there was a suitable body to enter now, Master Qingxu might still be reluctant.

With Master Qingxu and those Fire Beasts working together, the escaping bandits were swiftly wiped out.

As for the leader of these bandits, the bearded man was quickly caught up by the Little Profound Turtle, leading to a fierce battle between man and turtle.

However, how could the bearded man be a match for the Little Profound Turtle, possessing the Xuanwu bloodline and with cultivation only one realm lower than his?

After an intense battle, the bearded man was quickly defeated, killed by the Little Profound Turtle’s sharp claws.

Soon after, the Little Profound Turtle dragged the bearded man’s corpse to Lin Chen’s feet.

Swish, swish—

At that moment, two rays of light suddenly broke through the defensive array on the flying boat, quickly fleeing towards the sky at astonishing speed.

Those two rays of light were none other than Gu Zixuan and Xu Yufang, who had managed to break through the defenses.

Once those two rays of light fled, they soon disappeared from Lin Chen’s sight.

Seeing this, Lin Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The defensive array on the flying boat, originally enhanced and strengthened by Lin Chen from a very weak basic defensive formation, had reached its limit in resisting several rounds of attack from Gu Zixuan and the others.

Moreover, on the flying boat, the person controlling the formation was Lin Chen’s Divine Soul Puppet.

Although the Divine Soul Puppet was controlled by Lin Chen’s consciousness, its own power was too weak, far from Lin Chen’s true body, so its ability to control the formation could not compare to Lin Chen.

Thus, when Gu Zixuan and Xu Yufang finally used a powerful magic treasure, they quickly broke a hole in the formation and escaped.

Seeing this, Lin Chen was secretly surprised. Fortunately, his true body did not appear on that flying boat, so his relationship with the Little Profound Turtle would not be exposed.

Even if everyone, like Zi Ling, had their suspicions, they were merely suspicions without concrete evidence; otherwise, who knows, it might expose the treasure Lin Chen possessed that could store living creatures.

If Lin Chen had not planned so thoroughly beforehand, with these two escaping now, his secret would certainly be exposed.

Imagine, if the Little Profound Turtle had not appeared out of thin air but flew from Lin Chen’s shoulder and then transformed into a giant turtle in mid-air, slapping the numerous warships away, the shock of such a scene would be immense.

Lin Chen placed the corpses of the bandits brought by Master Qingxu and the Little Profound Turtle, as well as the bearded man’s body, into the Spatial Ring. Lin Chen’s Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron didn’t like him frequently throwing martial artist corpses inside, so he had to place these bodies into the Spatial Ring.

Having done all this, Lin Chen then manipulated the Divine Soul Puppet on the flying boat, deliberately releasing some bandits bound by the formation’s golden ropes, letting them escape.

After all, with Master Qingxu and those Fire Beasts around, these guys couldn’t actually get away.

Lin Chen no longer concerned himself with these bandits, instead shifting his focus to the fellow senior brothers and sisters of the Inner Sect.