Life Deprivation Magnetic Field, Low Health Means Death

Blue Silver Grass bloomed with azure light in the dark night, as if illuminating the entire forest. Chu Chen and Ye Lingling quickly passed through the area ahead, following the rhinoceros herd's tracks until they reached an open clearing.

"This is the place. My companions and I were separated here," Ye Lingling said, recognizing it.

The two stopped. They had not encountered any ferocious, aggressive Spirit Beasts along the way. Earlier, they had been heading toward the edge of the forest, so they were now gradually approaching its outskirts.

"Something's not right."

Chu Chen signaled Ye Lingling to stop, then crouched down and gently touched a Blue Silver Grass growing in a conspicuous spot nearby.

This Blue Silver Grass had a perfect vantage point over the entire clearing. The moment he touched it, a special connection formed, and scenes flickered through Chu Chen's mind.

In those scenes, a tiger-shaped Spirit Beast radiating Black Purple light seemed to be pursuing two women.

The two women were injured and could only flee forward.

"Are your companions two women?" Chu Chen asked Ye Lingling after severing his connection with the Blue Silver Grass.

"How did you know? It's them." Ye Lingling hurriedly nodded.

"They're in bad shape. Both are injured, and they're being hunted by a Spirit Beast..."

Before Chu Chen finished speaking, Ye Lingling's body began to tremble. Her voice turned anxious. "Where did they go?!"

"Let's go. They shouldn't be far."

Chu Chen pointed out the direction ahead. Sure enough, there were already traces of battle and bloodstains here. With the Blue Silver Grass spread throughout the forest serving as his tracking network, it was not difficult for Chu Chen to follow the trail.

Before long, a tiger's roar rang through the mountains and forest, whipping up a fierce wind.

"Roar!"

The roar confirmed that it was ahead. In the next moment, Chu Chen and Ye Lingling saw a burly Ghost Tiger swing its claws at an injured woman in front of it.

Seeing this, Chu Chen lashed out with a Blue Silver Emperor, instantly wrapping the woman in its vines and pulling her before him.

"Heal her," Chu Chen said in a low voice. Ye Lingling was clearly stunned and had not even reacted in such an emergency.

Only after Chu Chen reminded her did she summon the Nine Heart Begonia and promptly heal the woman before them.

"Sister Ling, are you all right?" Ye Lingling asked anxiously, her voice choked with tears.

The woman called Sister Ling had a deep wound across her abdomen, clearly inflicted by the Ghost Tiger. Fortunately, with Ye Lingling's treatment, Sister Ling's injuries rapidly recovered and were no longer a concern.

"Lingling? That's wonderful. You're all right."

Some color returned to Sister Ling's face. Then she vigilantly shielded Ye Lingling behind her. "This Ghost Tiger has two thousand years of cultivation. Xiaoya was injured while covering my escape. Leave quickly."

"We can't get away."

Chu Chen said, "This Ghost Tiger can track the scent of blood, and under the cover of night, its speed allows it to blend completely into the darkness. We can only kill it."

"Sister Ling, this is Chu Chen," Ye Lingling explained. "He also helped me when I absorbed my Spirit Ring."

"But..." Sister Ling hesitated. Chu Chen looked several years younger than Ye Lingling. Even if he could fight, how strong could he be?

"Fall back."

Chu Chen signaled for the two women to retreat. Then, with a light step and a twist of his body, he charged toward the Ghost Tiger. As if provoked, the Ghost Tiger leaped up on its powerful limbs and lunged at Chu Chen with bared fangs.

The two swiftly closed a distance of several hundred meters.

At that moment, Blue Silver Emperors burst from the ground, directly binding the Ghost Tiger's limbs. Then Chu Chen unleashed his second spirit ability.

A Ghost Tiger with two thousand years of cultivation was the perfect whetstone after he had obtained his second Spirit Ring, as well as an opportunity to test the effects of his second spirit ability!

"Second Spirit Ability, Life Deprivation."

The Blue Silver Emperor released an invisible Life Magnetic Field. The Blue-Gold Light it formed directly enveloped the Ghost Tiger. The beast, which had just torn apart a Blue Silver Emperor with its sharp teeth, suddenly felt its movements slowing down.

Within this Life Magnetic Field, not only would an opponent's senses, movements, and all other vital functions be slowed, but their Life Energy could also be invisibly stripped away and used by Chu Chen!

This was the terrifying aspect of Chu Chen's second spirit ability. It had inherited the Undying Green Vine's ability to extract life force, while the Blue Silver Emperor itself possessed the same effect!

When the two effects were layered together, they created such a powerful spirit ability.

The Life Magnetic Field could distinguish friend from foe according to Chu Chen's thoughts. After the Ghost Tiger was bound, before it could react, Blue Silver Emperors coiled around it layer upon layer.

Chu Chen gathered Life Energy and transformed the Blue Silver Emperor into a sharp sword, thrusting it forward. With a muffled pfft, it viciously pierced the Ghost Tiger's eye.

"Roar!"

The Ghost Tiger let out a miserable howl and instantly went berserk. Even restrained by the Life Magnetic Field, its claw still slammed down with tremendous force. Chu Chen narrowly dodged the blow, and Light of Life bloomed.

This was his First Spirit Ability, Life Streamer!

With his life force fully condensed, it all surged into Chu Chen's fist.

His fist crashed into the Ghost Tiger's head. Though the hard skull made his arm tremble slightly from the impact, the Ghost Tiger was clearly suffering even more. The punch left it seeing stars, with blood flowing from its ears and nose.

Using the force of that punch, Chu Chen took the opportunity to pull away from the Ghost Tiger while continuously attacking with the Blue Silver Emperor's bindings and Piercing Power.

As it bound the Ghost Tiger, several more Blue Silver Emperors gathered Soul Power and pierced its hide with tremendous penetrating force.

The Ghost Tiger's miserable howls echoed through the forest, but Chu Chen would not let it go. Every attack from the Blue Silver Emperor carried the power to drain life, strengthened further by his second spirit ability: Life Deprivation!

"From the moment you were enveloped by the Life Magnetic Field, your life force began to drain away continuously... until it was completely exhausted."

Chu Chen sneered. The Ghost Tiger had relied on its speed to deliver fatal blows from the shadows, but it had happened to encounter Chu Chen.

Life Deprivation not only slowed its movements but also continuously drained its life force. On top of that, Chu Chen had severely wounded its eye and head, accelerating the loss of its life force!

Before it realized it, the Ghost Tiger collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.

Without Life Deprivation, perhaps the Ghost Tiger could have triggered a berserk state at low health, but Life Deprivation would not give it any chance.

Low health meant immediate death!

"Chu Chen, are you all right?" Ye Lingling's voice came from the side. She had caught up, and upon seeing the Ghost Tiger's corpse, she froze on the spot.