Chapter 16: Life Deprivation Magnetic Field, Low Health Means Death
Blue Silver Grass bloomed with deep blue light in the dark night, illuminating the entire forest. Chu Chen and Ye Lingling quickly passed through the area ahead, tracking the footprints of the rhinoceros herd, and found an open area.
"This is the place. My companions and I were separated here," Ye Lingling recognized the spot.
The two stopped. Along the way, they had not encountered any brutal, aggressive Soul Beasts. They had been heading in the direction of exiting the forest, so this direction was gradually approaching the forest's outer perimeter.
"Something is not right."
Chu Chen signaled for Ye Lingling to stop, then he crouched down and gently touched a stalk of Blue Silver Grass in a conspicuous position nearby.
The vantage point of this Blue Silver Grass happened to perfectly cover this open area. After touching the Blue Silver Grass, a special connection flashed images into Chu Chen's mind.
It seemed that in the image, a tiger-shaped Soul Beast radiating black and purple light was hunting down two women.
The two women were injured and could only flee forward.
"Are your companions two women?" Chu Chen cut off the connection with the Blue Silver Grass and turned to ask Ye Lingling.
"How did you know? That's them." Ye Lingling nodded hurriedly.
"Their situation is not good. They are both injured and being hunted by a Soul Beast..."
As Chu Chen's voice fell, he saw Ye Lingling's body begin to tremble, and her tone became anxious: "Where did they go?!"
"Let's go, it shouldn't be far."
Chu Chen pointed the way forward. Sure enough, traces of fighting could already be tracked here, along with some bloodstains. Relying on the Blue Silver Grass's ability to track throughout the forest, it was not difficult for Chu Chen to search for clues.
Before long, a tiger roar resounded through the mountains and forests, stirring up a gust of wind.
"Roar!"
The tiger roar shook the air, and it also allowed Chu Chen and Ye Lingling to confirm it was right ahead. Sure enough, the next moment they saw a sturdy Ghost Tiger waving its sharp claws, striking toward an injured woman in front.
Seeing this, Chu Chen unleashed a Blue Silver Emperor, instantly Binding the woman and bringing her to his side.
"Heal her." Chu Chen said in a low voice. Ye Lingling, who was at his side, was clearly stunned; in such an emergency, she hadn't even reacted.
With Chu Chen's reminder, she finally released her Nine-Heart Begonia to timely provide healing to the woman in front of her.
"Sister Ling, are you alright?" Ye Lingling asked anxiously, her voice laced with a hint of crying.
The woman known as Sister Ling had a deep wound on her abdomen, clearly caused by the Ghost Tiger. Fortunately, with Ye Lingling's healing, Sister Ling's injuries recovered rapidly, and there was no need to worry anymore.
"Lingling? Thank goodness, you're alright."
Sister Ling's face regained some color, and then she vigilantly protected Ye Lingling behind her: "This Ghost Tiger already has two thousand years of cultivation. Xiaoya was injured to cover me. You must leave quickly."
"We can't leave."
Chu Chen said, "This Ghost Tiger can track the scent of blood, and with the environment of the night, its speed can completely blend into the darkness. We can only finish this Ghost Tiger off."
Ye Lingling explained: "Sister Ling, this is Chu Chen. When I was absorbing my Soul Ring, he also helped me."
"But..." Sister Ling hesitated. Chu Chen looked even a few years younger than Ye Lingling; even if he possessed combat power, how strong could he be?
"You two step back."
Chu Chen signaled for the two to retreat, then he tapped his feet, turned his figure, and headed toward the Ghost Tiger. The Ghost Tiger seemed to have been provoked; its strong limbs leaped up, biting toward Chu Chen.
The two quickly covered the distance of several hundred meters.
At this moment, stalks of Blue Silver Emperor broke through the soil and bloomed, directly Binding the Ghost Tiger's limbs, and then Chu Chen's second Soul Skill bloomed.
A two-thousand-year-cultivation Ghost Tiger was just enough to serve as a whetstone for him after obtaining his second Soul Ring, and also an opportunity for him to test the effect of his second Soul Skill!
"Second Soul Skill, Life Deprivation."
The Blue Silver Emperor bloomed with an invisible life magnetic field, and the resulting blue-gold light directly enveloped the Ghost Tiger. The Ghost Tiger, which had just used its sharp teeth to tear apart the Blue Silver Emperor, only felt its movements become sluggish.
Within this life magnetic field, not only would the opponent's senses, movements, and all vital signs be slowed, but it could also invisibly deprive them of life energy for Chu Chen's use!
This was the terrifying part of Chu Chen's second Soul Skill, inheriting the effect of the Undying Green Vine to extract life force, plus the Blue Silver Emperor itself also had this effect!
Superimposed on each other, it unexpectedly produced such a powerful Soul Skill.
The life magnetic field could distinguish between friend and foe according to Chu Chen's thoughts, and after the Ghost Tiger was bound, before it could react, the Blue Silver Emperor wrapped around it layer by layer.
Chu Chen condensed life energy, turning the Blue Silver Emperor into a sharp sword, thrusting it out from the front. With a pfft sound, it fiercely pierced into the Ghost Tiger's pupil.
"Roar!"
The Ghost Tiger wailed and instantly went berserk. Even though it was bound by the life magnetic field, its claws still struck down with great force. Chu Chen narrowly dodged the attack, and the Light of Life bloomed.
This was his first Soul Skill, Life Streamer!
With life force fully condensed, it acted entirely upon this punch of Chu Chen's.
Therefore, he smashed a punch onto the Ghost Tiger's head. Although his arm trembled slightly from the shock of the hard skull, the Ghost Tiger was clearly feeling increasingly worse. This punch made it see stars, with blood overflowing from its ears and nose.
Using the force of this punch, Chu Chen took the opportunity to distance himself from the Ghost Tiger, while simultaneously attacking with the Blue Silver Emperor's Binding and piercing power.
While Binding the Ghost Tiger, several more Blue Silver Emperor stalks condensed Soul Power, carrying extremely strong piercing power, and pierced into the Ghost Tiger's skin.
The Ghost Tiger's wails echoed in the forest. Chu Chen would not let it go; every attack of the Blue Silver Emperor was superimposed with the power of life extraction, and it also had the effect of the second Soul Skill: Life Deprivation!
"From the very beginning, the moment you were enveloped by the life magnetic field, your life force has been continuously flowing away... until it is completely exhausted."
Chu Chen sneered. The Ghost Tiger relied on its speed advantage to deliver fatal blows to opponents in the dark, but it happened to run into Chu Chen.
Life Deprivation not only slowed its movements but also caused its life force to continuously flow away. Added to the fact that Chu Chen had severely damaged its pupil and head, this accelerated the loss of its life force!
Unknowingly, the Ghost Tiger collapsed, no longer moving.
If not for Life Deprivation, perhaps the Ghost Tiger could have triggered a low-health rampage, but Life Deprivation would not give it any chance.
Low health means immediate death!
"Chu Chen, are you okay?" Ye Lingling's voice came from the side. She had chased over, and upon seeing the Ghost Tiger's corpse, she was stunned on the spot.