Gu Chen cut off what the Demon Empress had been about to say. "You don't seem to understand your situation. In front of me, you have no bargaining chips at all. To me, you're just a fish on the chopping block. Once I scrape off your scales, whether I slice you up or throw you straight into the fire to roast makes no difference."
To him, fighting was like a necessary form of entertainment. If a fight satisfied him, he would naturally listen to certain requests and take them seriously.
But if you were some weakling who died under Gu Chen's heel without making him exert much effort, he would only feel bored.
Hearing this, the Demon Empress's expression stiffened, and she asked, somewhat bewildered, "I can clearly sacrifice myself to you, and even give you an even greater boost. Why refuse?"
"I have always been the one who chooses. No one gets to teach me what to do. And my decision is to kill you and take your spirit ring." Gu Chen's eyes completely turned into dragon eyes interwoven with deep purple and brilliant gold.
Most importantly, she had suddenly said she surrendered halfway through the fight.
How could there be such a convenient thing?
If it was a sacrifice, who knew how long it would take? He would have to wait for her to condense all her energy into a single point.
It would not be completed without several days, and by then Tang San would have long since noticed the abnormality out at sea.
If it became a spirit ring instead, he would be able to absorb it completely in less than two hours.
The Demon Empress was cursing up a storm in her heart.
What kind of bullshit reason was that?!
"Good, good, good. So you