Chapter 191
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Chapter 191: Headed Home
"Is this… surrender?"
"Amazing, Yi Chen’s strength can actually defeat a Level Fierce Beast?"
"It’s mainly because of his numerous tactics; without the Heaven-Slashing Technique, Yi Chen wouldn’t stand a chance against the swamp crocodile."
"But with the Method of All Laws, which can change in a thousand ways and has boundless power, there must be a method to counter the swamp crocodile."
"Actually, even though the swamp crocodile is restrained by lightning, the strongest lightning cannot truly harm it; it still has the strength to fight."
"According to the intelligence provided, the swamp crocodile’s skin-shedding escape method can be used repeatedly, but each time it sheds skin, its scale defense does decrease."
"Moreover, the swamp crocodile has a powerful escape method it hasn’t used. It can dive directly to the bottom of the swamp, even penetrating the hard rock layers."
"The probability of escape is at least 30 to 40 percent. After all, Yi Chen can’t just chase it down to attack the swamp crocodile."
As the audience in the live room marveled at the extraordinary power of the Method of All Laws, they struggled to understand the swamp crocodile’s attitude of surrender.
If it were pretending to surrender and planning a sudden ambush!
The swamp crocodile had many escape methods, but its attacking skills were rather ordinary.
It could only attack with poisonous water arrows and water waves.
Yi Chen had been able to avoid those; as long as he wasn’t too careless, he could easily dodge an ambush.
But if it truly surrendered without fully using its escape cards, that seemed overly cautious.
…
Above the swamp, Yi Chen was somewhat surprised.
He didn’t know the exact strength of the swamp crocodile, but he sensed its immense aura.
They hadn’t decided a winner, and it still had the power to fight, yet it surrendered?
After pondering for a moment, he focused his thoughts.
The lightning in the air began to dissipate its energy.
In an area of about 10,000 square kilometers, for the swamp crocodile to grow to such an extent, it had definitely created a miracle.
If it truly wanted to surrender, leaving it a path to survival wouldn’t be a problem.
"Spit out the energy crystals; once you’ve left enough energy to kill you at any moment, you can take it back."
Yi Chen communicated with the swamp crocodile using his divine consciousness.
The swamp crocodile widened its eyes, somewhat bewildered.
Is there such a thing?
Its entire life had been spent lurking, developing, escaping, and surrendering.
Especially in its early years when it was weak, and there were many fierce beasts in the swamp far stronger than it.
It almost spent every day ambushing; if an ambush failed, it would escape.
If the chance of escape was less than 50 percent, it would surrender.
At that moment, the swamp crocodile also realized the situation.
It had other escape methods, but Yi Chen’s attack techniques were simply too many, leaving it with little chance of escaping.
So, it simply and decisively chose to surrender.
If the other side accepted, its chances of survival would be much higher than risking an escape.
Based on experience and custom, it would at most be a subordinate for a while.
The boss would eventually die.
The more ruthless the boss was, showing no mercy to the fierce beasts in the surrounding area, the quicker they would meet their end.
They might end up being food for passing powerful fierce beasts, accidentally consuming poisonous plants, or being killed by newly risen fierce beasts that just happened to counter them…
There were all kinds of ways to die.
So, it learned from the experiences of past bosses and tried to avoid all possible ways of dying.
But now, it discovered it was facing a possible new death method.
The boss could control its crystals, using them as cannon fodder to attack powerful fierce beasts. Once it realized that it was working without reward, it could destroy its own crystals without hesitation.
If it worked hard and encountered a powerful enemy, it would die ahead of its boss.
Under the current situation, surrendering, while being at the mercy of the other side’s control over life and death, didn’t seem like a very reliable escape method.
“Hurry up!”
Yi Chen urged.
The swamp crocodile felt a struggle within itself.
It looked at Yi Chen and secretly sensed the situation underground.
It hesitated.
Yi Chen raised his right hand.
Oh no!
The swamp crocodile was startled; it gritted its teeth and opened its large mouth.
A dark, fist-sized crystal was spat out.
In the end, it still chose to compromise.
This future new boss was just as cunning as itself, with countless deceptive techniques.
Who knew? It might be holding back something, and the other side might have an even stronger backup.
Moreover, the swamp was simply too small.
Even if it could escape by hiding underground, it would always be under the other side’s watch.
After careful consideration, it felt that the chances of survival through surrender, although significantly decreased, were still greater than using its trump card to dig underground and escape.
Yi Chen kept his divine consciousness focused on the swamp crocodile while waving to Bai Ruo Xin above.
He had no interest in personally controlling the swamp crocodile.
Bai Ruo Xin also shared the same disinterest.
However, she clearly understood when it was an order and when it was not.
The current command fell somewhere in between.
She chose to treat it as a command to follow.
Flying in front of the black crystal, Bai Ruo Xin activated the Beast Taming Technique and dropped a single drop of her blood, infused with divine consciousness and spirit power, onto the black crystal.
The swamp crocodile felt insulted.
It was being controlled by a weaker relative, whose power had diminished tremendously.
Did it think that with its strength, it didn’t even qualify to be a subordinate?
It was very angry.
Urgh…
It let out a low growl.
It stretched out its tongue, wanting to lick Bai Ruo Xin as a gesture of goodwill and closeness.
Swish!
Bai Ruo Xin stepped aside with a disgusted look.
“…”
The swamp crocodile was almost brought to tears from anger.
This was just too insulting.
“Let’s go! You arrange things with this fierce beast.”
Yi Chen called out and flew towards the stone house.
“Do not harm my kin in the future, or you will be doomed. If there’s anything to arrange, my kin will come to inform you.”
Bai Ruo Xin didn’t arrange much; she simply warned the swamp crocodile and then followed Yi Chen.
This swamp crocodile was cautious and cunning, so letting it stay with one of the four armies definitely posed a considerable risk.
But if any of the four armies encountered any powerful fierce beasts, they could temporarily be called upon for assistance.
If there were fierce beasts around level fifty or sixty, there would be no need for Yi Chen to take action himself.
This swamp crocodile would undoubtedly be a good ally.
Back inside the flying treasure, Yi Chen continued to construct new law seals.
Bai Ruo Xin controlled the flying treasure, heading towards the next target.
As they advanced, she idly played games with the Little Gold Ball.
Along the way, most of the fierce beasts they encountered were only level fifty or sixty.
Yi Chen could easily slay them with his flying sword.
After spending another three or four days taking down all the fierce beasts accumulated by the four armies, Bai Ruo Xin finally guided the flying treasure back to the Flame Mountain Tribe.
They had encountered a total of over fifty fierce beasts.
The only real problem was the swamp crocodile.
Indeed, it was only the swamp crocodile that, through a series of jumbled predictions, successfully escaped a catastrophe.
It became the only fierce beast Yi Chen spared this time.
Returning to the tribe didn’t make much difference; Yi Chen continued to focus on constructing law seals, though he no longer needed to occasionally take action to slay fierce beasts.
