Logically speaking, any living person should be able to prevent others from entering their vital energy.
Clearly, these three people showed no signs of being alive. The only remaining signs of life were that they were still breathing and had pulses, and that their basic internal energy was still functioning.
In every other respect, they are now no different from a group of four.
Chen Zhou's expression immediately changed, and he looked at the mysterious man, asking, "What's going on?"
"Don't get agitated. You've already asked two questions. So let me answer them all at once. They might never wake up. Because all three of them are too weak, they have no right to live in this world. I'm doing this to rid you of a menace. Besides, when I agreed to your request, I didn't say I would hand you over a whole person, did I? I only said I would let you go. How you leave and why is none of my business."
The mysterious man's words immediately taught Chen Zhou a lesson; it turned out this person was lying to him.
This person never intended to have this bet with me in the first place. It's very likely that Ji Lanying and the other two would have ended up like this when I started the bet with them.
"So, before I started this bet with them, the three of them had already become like this?" Chen Zhou said, trying his best to remain calm.
"That's right. You'll end up like them in a minute. How about that? Then I'll keep my promise and let you go. If you're not able to go back then, you can't blame me. I've already kept my promise!" The mysterious man's tone grew increasingly fierce.
The meaning behind these words is actually the same, both in words and in their implications.
That is, the mysterious person never intended to let Chen Zhou and Ji Lanying go.
His initial plan was simply to watch the show; if Chen Zhou didn't break the formation, that would be ideal. But if Chen Zhou did break the formation, he could exploit a loophole in the bet to kill the four men.
Although Ji Lanying and the other two still had pulses and were breathing, no matter what Chen Zhou did, she couldn't wake up. What was the difference between that and death? If Chen Zhou hadn't come, the two of them would probably have continued to sleep like that until they died.
"No need for beating around the bush, just say it. Are you going to kill me too?" Chen Zhou said bluntly. There was no need to hide anything when talking to this kind of person.
“Young man, you are very strong, and you are well-suited to be my opponent. Therefore, I hope you can safely grow to the Golden Core Realm. At that time, I will naturally come looking for you. Moreover, it is best to pretend that what happened today never happened, otherwise, your lives will be in danger,” the mysterious man muttered.
Chen Zhou nodded. It seemed that he wasn't as disgusting as he had imagined, and he could still trust him for a while. However, seeing that the other three people besides himself were in this state, Chen Zhou's trust in him diminished a bit.
“Okay. Then please leave immediately!” Chen Zhou said quickly. Every minute the mysterious man remained on the field, their danger existed for another minute.
"So eager to get rid of me? Those three are still unconscious!" the mysterious man said sarcastically.
"What happened to those three? The bet clearly states that all three of them were to be released along with me," Chen Zhou said.
"Don't try to negotiate with me. You're not in a position to do so. I can take your lives whenever I want," the mysterious man said slowly.
The next moment, just as Chen Zhou was about to continue speaking, the mysterious man suddenly disappeared from the spot, leaving only one sentence behind.
"I will come to find you."
Chen Zhou couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Who asked you to come looking for me?"
Being targeted by this kind of person is never a good thing; some people are already doing it.
Many people were eating there.
“Be careful, their race is incredibly cunning, but don’t think that just because they’re cunning, it’s because their nature is different,” Elder Ren said.
"Isn't this his cunning?" Chen Zhou asked, puzzled by Ren Lao's words. The mysterious man had disappeared and hadn't launched any attack on them, which was already a good result. However, none of the three of them had woken up yet.
“Their race is inherently cunning; it’s something they’re born with,” Elder Ren continued to explain.
Chen Zhou nodded and approached the three people lying quietly on the ground. They were still unconscious. Moreover, the black true energy on all three of them had disappeared.
The situation seems to be slowly improving.
"Elder Ren, do you know what's wrong with them?" Chen Zhou asked.
The mysterious man clearly didn't want to help Chen Zhou anymore, meaning that Chen Zhou could handle the situation, or the three of them could recover on their own. However, some time had passed, and the three of them still showed no signs of waking up.
"Isn't this just being unconscious?" Old Ren said, looking puzzled. What kind of trouble has this kid gotten himself into this time?
"No, this is different from ordinary coma. Although they are breathing and have a pulse, their bodies no longer have any resistance to external true energy. My true energy can freely enter and exit their bodies."
Chen Zhou said slowly.
"This is just a tactic used by that race. I don't know what they did to these three people. It's a method that can remove people's resistance to external true energy. I don't know what happened to these three people, so I can't determine what it was used for," Elder Ren explained.
Hearing Ren Lao's explanation, Chen Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. It meant that they should wake up soon. He had gone to so much trouble, and it would have been a waste if he hadn't rescued the three of them.
The main reason was that the appearance of this mysterious person immediately disrupted all of Chen Zhou's plans.
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