As Zi Chen opened his mouth, Zhong Hao and others were also startled, and then they stopped refining and followed Zi Chen's gaze.
They saw nothing.
Zi Chen's eyes were still staring in that direction, and he said solemnly: "I know you are there, and I have guessed your identity. There is no point in continuing to hide."
Everyone's expressions changed again, and Zhonghao walked out holding the spider leg in his hand.
At this moment, a woman appeared. She was wearing a white dress and standing barefoot under the tree.
She has a beautiful appearance and a slender figure. When she looked at Zi Chen, she just smiled but said nothing. Her smile was very kind.
"You continue to refine, I'll go over there."
Zi Chen gave an order and then walked forward.
Almost everyone else looked at Han Nu. Although their eyes did not change much, their expressions were somewhat different.
"What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and refine it?" Hannu glared at everyone, and then continued to refine the energy.
Zi Chen walked forward and came to the woman in the white dress, "Protector?"
The woman in the white dress saluted Zi Chen, "Shang Ling."
"Zi Chen."
Zi Chen was slightly startled, and then said: "Is there something wrong with showing up at this time?"
The other party was not hostile, so of course Zi Chen couldn't directly ask the other party if he was here to steal something.
"I want to cooperate with you." Shang Ling looked at Zi Chen.
"How to cooperate?" Zi Chen was a little confused.
"I will cooperate with you and kill the other guardians." Shang Ling said: "After killing them, the source of all the rules will belong to you!"
Zi Chen smiled upon hearing this, "Do you think I will believe you?"
This kind of thing is nothing less than pie in the sky. Who has put in a lot of effort and yet wants nothing in return?
"How about taking a step to talk?"
Shang Ling glanced into the distance. At this moment, the two of them were not far from where Chonghao and others were. Even the conversation between the two could be heard by everyone.
Zi Chen nodded, Shang Ling walked forward, Zi Chen followed behind.
After walking for a while, Shang Ling took the initiative and said: "According to my observations during this period, if the guardians want to advance again, the most likely way is to fight each other and then devour each other."
Zi Chen said: "I think so too, so there is no possibility for us to cooperate."
Shang Ling said: "That's not necessarily the case. I know you, you come from another world, that's where you belong, and you will eventually leave."
Zi Chen said: "What does this have to do with our hostility?"
"After you leave, maybe the source of the rules will be useless to you. Maybe you will take the initiative to give it to me. Even if you refine it yourself, after you leave, because of the completeness of the rules, maybe I will be the only one to give it to you."
Those who protect the Tao will also receive a reward from heaven and earth."
Zi Chen looked at Shang Ling, seriously sizing him up for the first time.
I have to say that the other party's concept is very novel, and this possibility may actually exist.
But there was still a problem during the process. Zi Chen said again: "What if after killing them, I still don't have a breakthrough? Then I will kill you in the end. If so, wouldn't it be in vain that you helped me earlier?"
Have you created a formidable enemy for yourself?"
Shang Ling stopped and turned to look at Zi Chen, "This possibility is actually possible, but it's not big. Even if it turns out to be the case, then death is just death."
"Why?" Zi Chen looked puzzled.
"Because I will die sooner or later. After joining forces with you, I will at least have a chance of survival. Even if I die, I may be the last one. If I cooperate with them, I may be the first one to die."
There is some truth in what he said, and there is no harm to Zi Chen.
But when two people meet for the first time, how should they trust each other?
Shang Ling seemed to understand Zi Chen's concerns and said directly: "I know where a protector is. We can go to him first and use him as our first cooperation."
Zi Chen thought for a while and felt that this was feasible. Instead of staying with Chonghao and the others to refine the few resources, he might as well go find the guardians, kill them and then refine their source of rules.
Before leaving, Zi Chen went back and specifically reminded everyone to be careful and to flee if there was any danger.
Compared with fate, chance is nothing.
Then he and Shang Ling left.
Under the leadership of Shang Ling, Zi Chen found a protector as expected. The other party was obviously shocked when he saw the two people appearing.
Without too many words, the dagger began to roar. Zi Chen didn't have time to refine it specifically, so he could only fight like this.
Then, Zi Chen rushed forward.
Shang Ling was on guard. According to the previous agreement with Zi Chen, she needed to find the perfect opportunity and kill with one strike.
I don't know if it was due to concern that Shang Ling was on the side, the always-wary protector, but he played very passively and was at a disadvantage from the beginning.
The dagger whizzed past and pierced the opponent's body.
Before dying, the other party left a very long knife mark on Zi Chen's body.
The long knife fell in the distance, and the protector died.
Zi Chen glanced at the wound, and then glanced at Shang Ling, who was not far away and had not made any move.
After Zi Chen looked over, Shang Ling nodded and smiled. It seemed that his expression was very calm, but in fact, the shock in his heart was beyond description.
Because Zi Chen was so strong, it was so easy to kill a protector of the same level.
At the same time, she was also very happy that she had made the most correct choice.
The source of rules appears, this time there is no repulsion, only attraction.
Faced with this strong attraction, Shang Ling took the initiative to retreat, which could be regarded as a statement to Zi Chen.
In fact, approaching Zi Chen to discuss cooperation is basically gambling.
Just in order to succeed in this gamble, she went to some places she shouldn't have gone and deliberately inquired about some information, which made her determined to cooperate with Zi Chen.
Even this kind of cooperation can be said to be completely successful for Zichen.
A person who can choose to protect his friends without hesitation between life and death is not far behind.
This is the key to her coming here.
Otherwise, even if Zi Chen would believe her, how could she believe Zi Chen?
Zi Chen stepped forward and directly refined the source of rules without any courtesy during the process.
He had already put away the short sword, but the long sword was still lying not far away.
Zi Chen closed his eyes, sat down cross-legged, and was about to refine it now.
Shang Ling didn't even look at the long knife, but reminded: "There is a lot of movement here. I think we should leave first. If other guardians know that we are joining forces, it will be troublesome."
Zi Chen opened his eyes and said something reasonable.
After that, he immediately picked up the long knife and walked towards the way he came.
Once again, we came to the water pool not far from where Chonghao and others were refining. They were still refining.
Zi Chen then began to refine the source of rules.
Shang Ling was still standing in the distance, but this time in addition to protecting Zi Chen, he also protected Chonghao and others.
At the place where the previous battle was fought, the guardians quickly arrived. However, the battle was over and the power of the rules that was originally stirred up had also disappeared, so no one could see any important information.
Moreover, everyone worked independently and left quickly after appearing without staying here.
One after another the defenders appeared, and one after another the defenders left.
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Zi Chen opened his eyes. The source of rules had been refined by him, and his combat power had increased a lot.
"Congratulations."
Shang Ling leaned against a big tree.
Zi Chen felt his own state, and then asked: "Is there a way to find the next one?"
"Yes, but it will take some time." Shang Ling nodded, and then asked, "How do you feel now?"
"It's much stronger. If we meet the guardian again, we should be able to resolve the battle faster." Zi Chen said truthfully.
"Is it possible to sense when the boundary is broken?"
"Unperceivable."
Shang Ling was a little disappointed, but everything was as expected.
Next, the two of them continued to look for the guardian.
Shang Ling has a special sense and can sense the location of the protector.
This time, without spending too much time, he discovered where the protector was, but there was more than one, but two people engaged in a life-and-death battle.
As they approached, the battle between the two had come to an end, and both of them were scarred.
Zi Chen took the initiative to show up, and the two of them turned back alertly, and then immediately fled to both sides.
call out!
call out!
The two daggers, each like lightning, stepped forward to harvest the lives of the two.
Then, Zi Chen took away their weapons and left with two copies of the source of rules.
The two of them walked very quickly because there was a high chance that other guardians would appear.
In this way, the number of guardians is slowly decreasing.
Shang Ling used his talents to find protectors one after another.
At the same time, fighting began among the defenders.
After Chonghao and others refined the resources in the water pool, although each of them did not break through, their combat effectiveness also improved a lot.
This made them even more convinced that this place had the opportunity to become a devil, so they all looked for other opportunities, striving to advance here.
At the same time, demons from other kingdoms also entered the upside-down world and began to explore the secrets of this world.
Zi Chen was still looking for those guardians and killing them. During this period, he had some free time and began to refine the weapons.
Zi Chen discovered that not only the two daggers could be fused and refined, but also other weapons killed could also be refined and fused together.
Moreover, when refining other weapons, Zi Chen still felt that the rules were perfect.
Shang Ling has not refined a source of rules, nor does he want the weapons after killing the guardian.
Zi Chen first fused the two daggers to make them more powerful.
Then, he began to refine the long sword, refining it into pure rules, and then integrated it into the short sword.
The number of guardians is getting smaller and smaller, and it is gradually becoming harder to find them, even if Shang Ling uses his own perception talent.