For the rest of the journey, Chen Cheng summoned the Crimson Ray Queen from his divine kingdom. For one thing, she was easy on the eyes. For another, her Phase Weaponry could protect him and help him escape at a critical moment.
Chen Cheng was not foolish enough to fight to the death over a key. If his life was truly in danger, he would run.
When the Crimson Ray Queen saw how old and frail Chen Cheng looked, she had no desire to help him walk. As far as she was concerned, he had only his own stupidity to blame.
And that stupidity had not only endangered his life. It threatened to drag her down with him.
Crimson Ray stepped up to Chen Cheng and asked coolly:
"Can you still walk? I'm telling you now, I won't carry you."
There was a trace of disdain in her voice.
The moment Chen Cheng heard that, he swung his Lava Cane at her.
"Is that how you speak to me? I'm not dead yet! If it weren't for Snow Maiden, I'd have destroyed you long ago."
Only then did Chen Cheng remember that summoning her had been like inviting trouble upon himself.
Crimson Ray dodged his cane, slipped behind him, and grabbed him by the back of his collar. Then she took him into the Phase State and fled south toward the Dwarf Kingdom.
All that could be heard in midair was Chen Cheng's startled cry as she hauled him off.
Not long after they left, San Long followed the Black Dragon Emperor's directions, tore through space, and arrived where Chen Cheng had just been.
San Long swept the area with his Divine Dragon vision. The laws and Magic Energy there were still in turmoil; a great battle had clearly just