"Brother Yue, aren't you going inside to take a look?" Long Haochen asked, his expression puzzled.
Just as Yue Chen had said, he could not sense even a trace of danger within the cave. Not only that, the "treasure" inside, which resonated with both their hearts of light, gave him an inexplicable sense of reassurance.
A "treasure" capable of affecting beings on the level of the Snake Demon God and the Anaconda King should have been far beyond their reach at this stage. By refusing to enter the cave, wasn't Yue Chen effectively giving up his chance to obtain it?
"No. Stop pestering me." Yue Chen waved impatiently. "Report the destruction of the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar to the Alliance after you get back. Remember, this has nothing to do with me," he reminded him.
"Why?" Long Haochen asked, utterly bewildered. "This honor belongs to you, Brother Yue."
"Why do you have so many questions?" Yue Chen curled his lip. "All I did was kill the Snake Demon God. Destroying the Demon God Pillar had nothing to do with me, all right?"
"Well..." Long Haochen opened his mouth, only to realize that the reasoning did make sense.
After all, the merit points awarded for killing the Snake Demon God, his Demon God's Crown, and the spoils all belonged to Yue Chen. Following that line of reasoning, there really did seem to be nothing wrong with it... Nothing wrong, my ass!
"But without your help, Brother Yue, I could never have defeated the Snake Demon God."
"Don't you have teammates?" Yue Chen rolled his eyes at Long Haochen. "Stop trying to be a hero. Why do you think the Alliance has us form Demon Hunt Squads?"
With that, Yue Chen turned and stepped into a blue Portal that had