Chapter 520

Chapter 520: Full Throttle Attack

As time passed,

Marquises Hippo and the other five Marquises increasingly felt that Yi Chen’s Sword Energy was growing stronger; it was not just their illusion.

The continuously surging Sword Energy clearly gained in power.

The simplest piece of evidence was that the black shrouds they had created were being sliced open by the Sword Energy, with the cracks growing larger.

Although with their powerful self-healing ability, even if the cracks widened further, they could still quickly heal,

their self-healing ability was not infinite.

“We can’t keep dragging this out. The longer we wait, the greater the variables will become. The best approach is to seek help from other Marquises. What do you think?”

Marquises Hippo couldn’t help but contact the other five Marquises with his thoughts.

“No! Doing this risks leaking information.”

“Exactly! Once the news leaks, we will miss this tremendous opportunity.”

“I believe we shouldn’t seek help from other Marquises. At the very least, even if we cannot capture this strongest member of humanity, we should at least learn about him. We could trade this information for a large amount of resources and treasures with the human federation.”

“If we seek help from other Marquises, they might inadvertently leak the information, causing it to spread quickly. Or they might immediately contact the federal High-ranking Leaders for trade, and we will end up with nothing.”

"After all, we do not have channels to communicate with the human federation. Even if we want to contact the federal High-ranking Leaders, we would need to travel to the Undying Planet to find humanity and make connections."

“If word about Yi Chen’s whereabouts in the Celestial Spirit System spreads, we may not even reach the federal High-ranking Leaders before the human federation learns about Yi Chen in the Tianling Star Cluster.”

All five Marquises spoke up to refute.

They understood that seeking help from other Marquises was undoubtedly the best option to break the deadlock.

They only needed to ensure that Yi Chen wouldn’t escape and could keep following him.

Once the reinforcements arrived, with more Marquises, they could capture Yi Chen in one fell swoop.

However, the consequence of that would be having a large group of Marquises share the benefits.

If they managed to capture Yi Chen, that would be great, but if not, due to the leaked information, even their plan to trade Yi Chen’s whereabouts with the human federation for a substantial profit could be jeopardized.

It could be said that Marquises Hippo’s suggestion, although with both advantages and disadvantages, was clearly viewed as having more drawbacks than benefits by them.

Because even if they didn’t capture Yi Chen, they could still make a significant profit by providing information on his whereabouts to the human federation.

There was no need to risk this secured benefit for the chance at potentially higher rewards.

“Then we can only use our strongest methods and treasures to quickly capture Yi Chen.”

Marquises Hippo proposed a new plan.

He too did not want more Marquises getting involved and dividing the benefits.

Seeing everyone shaking their heads in opposition, he quickly adapted, suggesting another plan.

“Regardless of whether we can capture Yi Chen, we can distribute the gains based on individual contributions. In other words, even if everyone uses their one-time life-saving methods, they can still receive compensation!”

As soon as he said this, the five Marquises hesitated.

They understood that Marquises Hippo suggested this plan both to capture Yi Chen quickly and to find a legitimate way to divide more profits.

To know, if an additional part of the benefits is distributed according to contributions, then without a doubt, the strongest Marquises Hippo would have the largest contribution.

“Do not hesitate any longer. Use your strongest strength and state to capture Yi Chen as soon as possible!”

Marquises Hippo urged, “Don’t forget, Marquises Moses is also here. Moreover, we are very close to the blood-colored planet. Yi Chen’s appearance here might have something to do with the Nika tribe.”

“Even if there is no connection, the strong members of the Nika tribe might sense the fight here and come to investigate, adding unnecessary variables.”

“Most importantly, Yi Chen is extremely fast. Once he realizes he cannot defeat us, he may choose to escape using his speed advantage. By then, we won’t be able to catch him!”

The five Marquises suddenly awakened and completely understood.

The urgent task at hand was to capture Yi Chen as soon as possible and gain the maximum benefits.

At this point, worrying about how to distribute the benefits was obviously too premature.

Besides, it wouldn’t be useful even if they worried.

As the strongest among all the Marquises, Marquises Hippo had many reasons to argue for a larger share of the benefits.

However, they had five Marquises. Even if Marquises Hippo could claim more benefits, it wouldn’t be excessive.

“Then let’s give it our all!”

“I have a Fairy Fruit that can greatly enhance my speed. I will find a way to get behind him and intercept him.”

“I can almost double my power, but it will only last about half an hour.”

“I have treasures that can temporarily restrain our enemies.”

The united Marquises no longer hesitated and began to reveal their trump cards and life-saving methods.

Then, Marquises Hippo adjusted the plan based on these abilities.

One Marquises maintained the black shroud state,

but took out the Space Stone from inside his body.

Next, a Fairy Fruit merged into the black shroud.

In the next moment, the speed of the black shroud surged more than twice, swiftly surpassing the other five companions and quickly circling towards Yi Chen’s side.

Another Marquises took out a piece of green gem from the Space Stone.

Green light erupted from the gem, transforming into a protective barrier as it chased after Yi Chen.

“Looks like they are preparing to use their ultimate tricks?”

In the distance, sensing the unusual movements of these Marquises, Yi Chen felt a sense of disappointment.

His Heaven-Slashing Technique had not yet been fully improved.

He had planned to wait until the Heaven-Slashing Technique was perfected before acting to deal with these Marquises.

But it was clear that these Marquises could not wait any longer.

Since that was the case, he had no choice but to pause the improvement of the Heaven-Slashing Technique.

Continuing might lead to a mishap.

“Then, let’s start with you! You are the fastest, so go down first!”

Yi Chen’s focus shifted to the Marquises who was rushing toward him at full speed, having distanced himself from his companions.

With his speed, even just relying on the Cloud Treading Technique, he could actually be faster than the opponent’s surging speed.

However, Yi Chen did not rely on speed to create distance.

Instead, he raised both hands.

A sea of fire, hot enough to create slight ripples in the space around it, surged toward the Marquises.

The Marquises turned pale with fear.

Only then did he realize.

This strongest member before him was said to create offensive type skills that were most powerful in swordsmanship.

But aside from swordsmanship, there was also a skill called the Method of All Laws that could unleash the power of various laws.

The fire laws were their Undying Race’s nemesis.

It was just that, due to not having seen any information about Yi Chen firsthand,

pairing this with the fact that Yi Chen initially attacked with Sword Energy and never used law-based attacks had led them to completely overlook this point.

As the sea of fire approached, the Marquises had no time to retreat.

He could only watch helplessly as the sea of fire engulfed him.