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Chapter 433 - 407: Is There Really a Relic of Life?

Chapter 433: Chapter 407: Is There Really a Relic of Life?

Li Chen fell straight backward.

Fortunately, Yue’er rushed over quickly and supported Li Chen.

"Li Chen, are you alright?" Lin Yi’s face was filled with panic.

In fact, how could Li Chen be alright? Before entering the relic, his injuries were already severe. Upon entering, he first encountered a group of bizarre humanoid monsters and then the Ghost King and his people, which only aggravated his internal injuries. One could say his body was a complete mess.

But just now, in order to rescue Lin Yi and the other ladies, Li Chen had no choice but to stimulate the Mysterious Energy again, managing to momentarily intimidate the opponents; otherwise, he would have become weaker over time.

This kind of depletion was terrifying. Using the Mysterious Energy forcefully repeatedly was like over-consuming time and time again. You could say this depletion was shortening Li Chen’s life.

The Ginseng Doll also wore a worried expression. Seeing the awful look on Li Chen’s face, its chubby little hands grasped Li Chen’s arm, shaking it as if saying, "Wake up, wake up."

Li Chen weakly opened his eyes; he had just barely held on, using the True Qi in his body crazily again, feeling like he was about to pass out.

Even now, his insides were churning tumultuously, as though everything inside him, including his heart and stomach, wanted to come out—a sensation that made him feel awful.

Struggling, Li Chen sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Mysterious Technique he had learned, hoping it would make him feel a bit better.

But it was no use; the situation inside his body was as bad as ever, with the Mysterious Energy still rampaging.

The Ginseng Doll beside him was very anxious. It could feel that Li Chen’s Power of Life seemed extremely weak, as if it could vanish at any moment—a sensation it usually felt with plants about to die.

After thinking for a moment, the Ginseng Doll seemed to make a difficult decision. Its chubby little hands went to its round belly, then it actually grabbed a small piece of "flesh" and roughly tore it off.

The Ginseng Doll’s face showed discomfort, but it still pulled the piece of flesh off and with a wu wu wu sound, handed it to Li Chen.

"You." Li Chen was very surprised and moved yet shook his head repeatedly, "No, I can’t accept this."

"Wu wu, wa wu..." the Ginseng Doll became frantic. How could he not accept it? It had torn it off with great difficulty. Eating it would help your body a lot.

The Ginseng Doll climbed onto Li Chen’s lap, raising the piece of "flesh" high with its chubby little hands, hoping Li Chen would catch it.

"Li Chen," Lin Yi called gently from the side.

Li Chen looked at the Ginseng Doll with sympathy and touched it: "If I eat your flesh, what will happen to you?"

The Ginseng Doll was still making wu wu wu sounds, but Li Chen didn’t understand what that meant. If Zhong Tian were here, maybe he would understand some of it.

Thinking of Zhong Tian, Li Chen felt a wave of sadness and then reached out to take the piece of flesh.

"Alright, I’ve eaten it." Li Chen turned pale but smiled as he spoke.

As he ate the Ginseng Doll’s piece of flesh, a refreshing coolness and countless streams of blood directly flowed into Li Chen’s throat.

After all, the Ginseng Doll’s "flesh" wasn’t real meat; it had evolved from Ginseng.

These energies, entering Li Chen’s body, transformed into countless cool and moist breaths, roaming around inside him. The previously rampant Mysterious Energy calmed down upon meeting the Ginseng Doll’s flesh energy.

Li Chen’s complexion also quickly changed, the paleness on his face rapidly fading to a hint of rosiness, and the circulation of True Qi inside of him smoothened, increasing the amount of True Qi he could use.

Two layers, three layers, four layers; eventually, Li Chen felt he could use about half of his original True Qi.

The mysterious energy also calmed down, and as Li Chen felt the condition inside his body, the damaged blood vessels and tendons that had been injured had healed a lot at this moment. He estimated he could still harness this energy one more time.

After a while, Li Chen opened his eyes, only to see Lin Yi looking at him with a worried expression.

With a slight smile, Li Chen said, "It’s okay now."

Lin Yi reached out and touched Li Chen’s cheek. She had watched his face turn from pale to rosy but did not dare to disturb him.

Feeling the warmth on Li Chen’s face, Lin Yi finally felt relieved.

Li Chen then looked down at the Ginseng Doll and was immediately shocked. The Ginseng Doll, which usually seemed lively and active, now appeared withered, utterly lifeless and lethargic.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Li Chen asked worriedly. The Ginseng Doll lifted its eyes, and its large eyes also appeared dim and lifeless.

Opening its mouth, the Ginseng Doll seemed to want to say something but didn’t manage to speak, only letting out a whimper.

Li Chen noted the hole that the Ginseng Doll had dug into his chest earlier, which was now sunken in, but fortunately, there was no "blood," which relieved him.

Seeing the Ginseng Doll looking as if it were about to die, Li Chen carefully picked it up and handed it to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi carefully took it, gently comforting, "It’s okay, it’s all alright."

The Ginseng Doll seemed to hum an acknowledgment, then changed its position, leaning against Lin Yi’s chest, and closed its eyes.

Now, as long as the Ginseng Doll was fine, everything was alright.

At that moment, Yue’er cautiously asked, "Mr. Cheen, can we continue forward now?"

"Don’t worry, I will definitely get you out," Li Chen told Yue’er.

Yue’er was merely caught in an unfortunate situation. Being an ordinary person, she shouldn’t have been involved, so Li Chen felt obligated to get her out safely.

Li Chen continued forward with the two women.

After scrambling around earlier, Li Chen had lost track of his location, but what he needed to do now was to find the Ghost King and rescue Zhong Tian first.

No matter what was inside this relic, saving his family was Li Chen’s utmost priority.

Li Chen followed the direction in which the Ghost King might have headed, but as he walked, he noticed a slight change in the maze’s layout; what used to be rectangular walls now seemed elliptical.

The trio carefully moved forward, and just then, they heard a noisy commotion up ahead.

People?

Li Chen was startled, and Lin Yi and Yue’er also cautiously followed behind him.

The three of them moved closer and saw a very large chamber ahead of them. This chamber was different from the smaller ones they had seen before; it was an elliptical room, very spacious, and without doors, one could see all the way to the end.

But Li Chen was startled by the scene inside the chamber.

Could it really be the Relic of Life?