Not far away, Li Celong was almost mad with rage. He had painstakingly planned this damsel-in-distress rescue, but now it had all come to nothing.
He stared at Chu Kuangren, his gaze almost murderous.
"No, it won't necessarily fail."
"The Crimson Refinement Princess is a Taboo Heavenly Pride. As long as she can defeat Chu Kuangren, I can appear afterward, and the effect will be the same, if not better!!"
As though something had occurred to him, hope appeared on Li Celong's face.
Indeed, if Chu Kuangren were defeated by the Crimson Refinement Princess and he stepped in to rescue everyone, wouldn't that make him look more outstanding than Chu Kuangren?!
At that thought, Li Celong calmed himself somewhat and waited to see how things would develop.
Unlike the optimistic Li Celong, however, the Crimson Refinement Princess looked at Chu Kuangren with wariness written all over her face.
Her ferocious beast instincts told her that this young man in white was dangerous, extremely dangerous!!
It felt as though she were facing a predator even more vicious and brutal than herself!
She was an Ancient Ferocious Beast, a Crimson Refinement King Snake!
The only predators in this world more brutal and higher in rank than her were those nearly extinct Primordial Ancient Species.
"Who are you?"
The Crimson Refinement King Snake watched Chu Kuangren warily. The Spiritual Power within her had already begun circulating instinctively, like a venomous snake lying in wait, ready to strike at any moment.
"That doesn't matter. What matters is that I know Fellow Daoist Leng, and we share something of a friendship. You cannot kill her."
Chu Kuangren spoke calmly.
He had exchanged Emperor Techniques with the Seven Emotions Sect, which had provided him with a place to cultivate in seclusion, and he had also saved