Chapter 247 (2/2)

Just as Mu Chen was sighing at its power, his mind suddenly jumped at the explosion. He shifted his gaze towards the stone guardian and noticed that it had suddenly halted its steps. It shifted its empty gaze and stopped on Li Qing, who was still controlling the Draconic Spirit Bracelets.

The Draconic Spirit Bracelets had been taken from this stone guardian, and it was clear that it could sense the familiar ripples. Even though it didn’t possess any intelligence, those ripples were enough to attract it.

Boom!

The Stone Guardian hugged the huge stone pillar and suddenly strode forward, charging in Mu Chen’s direction. It lifted its stone arms and brought the pillar down on Li Qing so quickly that an ear-piercing sonic boom echoed in the chamber.

The shadow of the pillar descended and Mu Chen’s face changed. He didn’t think twice as he pulled Li Qing into his arms and tapped his feet on the ground to retreat.

Bang!

The stone pillar smashed into the spot where they’d just been standing and cracks spiderwebbed from the ground. Mu Chen’s scalp tingled. Even he’d be heavily injured if he took that one full-on.

This stone guardian definitely wasn’t weak. Probably only a real Heavenly Transform Stage expert would be able to confront it.

“Release me.”

A cold voice sounded in Mu Chen’s ear and interrupted his thoughts. He looked down at the sexy ice queen in his arms and saw that those icy-cold eyes were filled with humiliation and anger.

“Those were pressing circumstances. Pressing circumstances.” Mu Chen dryly explained with a chuckle, but still set her down. Li Qing seemed to have something against those of the opposite sex. But there was no way Mu Chen could’ve bothered over such small details earlier.

Li Qing also knew that Mu Chen hadn’t tried to take advantage of her on purpose, so she didn’t hang on to it. She only gave him a warning glare before she turned her attention back towards the stone guardian. When its attack had landed a miss, it’d lifted the stone pillar again to slam it down on Cheng Hu and other two who were closer.

The three of them didn’t dare to take the attack and rapidly retreated. They sorrily and only narrowly dodged the guardian’s attack.

“Let’s leave now.” Mu Chen said to Li Qing. Suddenly, he furrowed his brows and a silver medal appeared in its hand. The medal had been engraved with the image of a white dragon — the one that he’d taken from the body of the King Flame-Eater back in the magma lake. For some reason, the medal was currently heating up.

“What’s going on?”

Mu Chen was temporarily confused by the changes he sensed in the silver medal. However, he only furrowed his brows and tucked it back into his sleeves. This was no time to ponder over it.

He didn’t notice that when he brought out the silver medal, the stone statue had frozen for a brief moment before it’d turned around. He only saw it running towards him, rumbling as it moved.

“Quick, run!”

Mu Chen’s expression changed as he called out to Li Qing and retreated. In just a few moments, he was already out of the ruined stone hall and moving faster with Li Qing beside him.

However, the stone guardian didn’t seem like it intended to give up, even as they moved further away. Its bloodthirsty aura surged.

Cheng Hu and the other two sighed in relief when they saw that the stone guardian had given up on them.

The two leaders of the Nine Blade Troop gasped for breath. The two of them had nearly been ground into fresh meat, and weren’t anxious to try again. “Brother Cheng Hu, that Stone Guardian was too powerful. It’d be hard for us to destroy it and won’t be easy for us to escape from it. I think we should let it go. That stone statue has its eye on that brat for some reason, so he’s already as good as dead.”

Cheng Hu hesitated as well, before he nodded helplessly. “Then we’ll let him go. We’ll reorganise our experts and head deeper into the palace. I believe there should be better treasures in there. As long as we are allies, I believe that we can even contend with the three major forces.”

“Alright!”

The two leaders of the Nine Blade Troop immediately agreed. They left the ruined stone hall as a group to gather their men, then immediately headed towards the depths of the spirit treasury.

In another location, Mu Chen’s face was ugly as he knew that the stone guardian had targeted them. It didn’t matter where they ran to, the stone guardian was always close behind.

“Mu Chen, what’s going on?” Li Qing’s face changed as well, why was the stone guardian targeting them?

Mu Chen thought for a bit, then said, “It looks like it’s coming after me. Let’s separate.”

“Alright. I’ll be right behind you.” Li Qing nodded and quickly turned towards another direction.

The stone statue simply ignored Li Qing and her Draconic Spirit Bracelets in favor of chasing after Mu Chen.

“Damn it.”

Mu Chen angrily cursed. This thing really was after him. But why? He’d never fought with it, and he didn’t have the Draconic Spirit Bracelets.

“What’s going on?”

Mu Chen furrowed his brows as ideas flickered through his mind. A moment later, those thoughts clicked into place and he clenched his fist. The silver medal with the white dragon appeared back in his hand.

A light flashed through his eyes as he looked at the heated silver medal. He seemed to have understood something.

So this silver medal was the thing attracting the stone guardian?