Chapter 341: Am I Human? I, Chen Yan, Am I Actually Human?

Chen Yan did not speak.

Instead, a middle-aged woman wearing animal skins stood up and said:

"Zizhen, come with me over there and see if there is any movement in the animal traps."

Cheng Zizhen was somewhat reluctant, but still hopped to his feet:

"Alright, Auntie Ji."

Afterwards, he winked at Chen Yan and left with the woman in animal skins.

Night fell, and the bonfire blazed.

But there was no warmth; in this gray world, even the flames were only ash-white.

The entire world was like a black-and-white film.

The bald man had already finished roasting the meat and began to distribute it.

However, he did not give any to Chen Yan.

Suddenly, the bald man frowned, looked at an old woman in her sixties beside him, and spoke:

"Why are you only eating so little?"

The old woman wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and said:

"I don't have much of an appetite."

She was clearly dying of gluttony, yet she did not eat the animal meat in her hand at all.

The bald man snatched the meat from the old woman's hand and threw it directly at Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan did not catch it, instead letting the meat fall to the ground, covered in filth.

The bald man frowned and asked:

"You aren't eating meat?"

Chen Yan looked at him and shook his head.

The bald man sighed, and the others stopped eating their meat as well.

"Have you heard of my name?"

The bald man looked at Chen Yan:

"My name is Miao Xiashan, I should be two years ahead of you, sixth on the College Entrance Examination Heaven's Pride Ranking."

He then pointed to a long-haired old man beside him:

"This one is a year ahead of me, Xin Boxi, fifteenth on the College Entrance Examination Heaven's Pride Ranking.

And him, twenty-first.

This one is even higher than me, fifth."

The others remained silent; some were eating meat, while others watched Chen Yan.

The old woman stared straight at Chen Yan, drool flowing continuously.

The bald man stood up and looked down at Chen Yan:

"We are all your seniors, all incredibly arrogant, coming to the third layer of the Dream Abyss to venture.

Just like you..."

*Puchi. *

An ice spear pierced through, and the bald man's head exploded instantly.

Even though he hadn't finished speaking, and the look of contempt on his lips was still so intense, his head was blown off by Chen Yan's spear.

This scene happened too suddenly.

So much so that the others were still going about their own business.

The old woman was staring at Chen Yan as if she could devour him, drool flowing constantly.

They were all waiting for the bald man to pour out his heart and bring the emotions to a peak.

At the moment the emotions reached their peak, they would become incomparably excited.

But they were disappointed.

The person before them did not play by the rules at all, not even bothering to listen to the bald man recount his inner story.

Everyone's expression changed instantly; they stood up one by one and looked at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan lowered his eyes and stood up, cold energy radiating from his hands as an ice spear containing Morning Star-level blood energy condensed once more.

On the ice spear, the phantoms of a soaring dragon and a Black Tortoise intertwined.

The long-haired man beside him drew his blade instantly and slashed at Chen Yan, but Chen Yan flipped his hand slightly and struck the man's blade with his spear.

*Click. *

The long-haired man's blade snapped instantly, the clanging sound like the wail of the blade.

The indifference in his eyes vanished in an instant, leaving only intense fear.

He was about to speak.

*Pu! *

The cold ice spear tip pierced directly into his right eye, boring through his head.

In an instant, the remaining five people panicked.

The drooling old woman shrieked suddenly.

Just as she was about to strike, Chen Yan had already arrived before her, his eyes overflowing with white mist staring at her.

The old woman's entire body froze in place.

"Tell me, how much do you want to eat me?" Chen Yan said indifferently:

"Come, open your mouth."

The old woman's pupils shrank abruptly, and she shook her head frantically.

Boom.

The ice spear pierced directly through her mouth, pinning her head to the ground.

Crack, crack, crack!

Frigid air overflowed, and the old woman's body instantly turned into an ice sculpture.

"Ahhhhh, run!"

"Go find Cheng Le!"

A series of startled roars rang out; the remaining few people could not muster the slightest thought of battling Chen Yan and fled for their lives.

In place, Chen Yan stood quietly.

He extended his right hand, and within his Origin Space, that massive, imposing Divine Body of Qi and Blood suddenly opened a pair of angry eyes erupting with white light.

As Chen Yan reached out his right palm, the right palm of the fully charged Divine Body also lifted, the vast Qi and Blood within it roaring incessantly.

Bright Moon-grade Grade A Qi and Blood technique 【Illusionary Ripple Abyss Domain】, activate!

Morning Star-grade Grade D Qi and Blood 【Annihilation Stasis】, activate!

Seventh-rank Horizontal Push Fist Intent, activate!

Immediately following!

Chen Yan struck down with his palm.

Boom!

Suddenly, vast frigid ice surged out from Chen Yan's right hand like the waves of an angry sea.

Driven by Fist Intent, it pushed forward continuously!

Like a thundering army of thousands, it swept forth with the force of a collapsing mountain.

The forest for dozens of miles was instantly frozen solid under the impact of this ice.

The three people fleeing were instantly swept up by the chill, falling into a cold, silent stillness.

All around, only the vast frigid ice continued to churn.

Chen Yan held his long spear, two trails of white mist slowly drifting from his eyes, cold to the extreme.

Arriving before a frozen man, under the man's gaze of extreme terror, he tapped a single finger down.

Boom!

The man's body instantly shattered into countless ice crystals.

The remaining two were still struggling; one of them saw this scene and roared in terror:

"We are all examinees, we are all examinees!!!"

He unleashed all his combat power, struggled out of the ice, and fled toward the outside for his life.

Boom!

An ice spear shot over and instantly pierced through his head.

In an instant, the last remaining person fell into despair.

"You are so powerful, why didn't you say so, why... why didn't you say so!!!"

The short-haired man spoke with difficulty, having lost any desire to continue living.

"I just wanted to see what you were going to do to me," Chen Yan murmured.

"I didn't expect it to be so boring."

He was the Master of Will; the malice within these people had long since condensed to the point of being one step away from becoming Ancient Divine Beasts.

What do Ancient Divine Beasts eat?

Naturally, people.

These people had long ago lost their humanity and could no longer be called human.

"Where is San Jin?" Chen Yan asked.

The man spoke: "If I tell you, can you not kill me?"

Chen Yan nodded.

The man hurriedly said:

"In the east."

Boom!

The man's head exploded.

"You lied," Chen Yan said indifferently.

…………

"Buddy, why bother?"

Jiang Yuan was tied to a stone pillar, feeling quite helpless.

This was an underground stone room.

The four walls were built of hard stone, exuding a sense of solemnity accumulated over time.

Inside the room, the light was dim and dust was flying.

It was as if an explosion had just occurred.

On another stone pillar beside Jiang Yuan, San Jin was tied up, drowsy, her eyelids twitching from time to time.

Just a moment ago, San Jin had used all her strength to unleash a burst of combat power.

Unfortunately, her combat power had been eroded too much by malice, and she couldn't even exert one percent of it.

In the very center of the stone room, Cheng Le wiped a chair covered in dust, his gaze calm.

"Cheng Le, have you forgotten the friendship we shared when we drank together back then?" Jiang Yuan was still trying to persuade him earnestly:

"You can harm anyone, but you can't harm me; I'm your good brother."

Bang!

A stool smashed directly into Jiang Yuan's face.

Cheng Le looked at Jiang Yuan indifferently, the two eyes on his cheeks suddenly opening, incomparably ferocious:

"Jiang Yuan, stop your bullshit!"

Malice erupted from his entire body:

"Is it fun to keep putting on an act all day?

Come on, unleash your combat power and show me!"

Jiang Yuan had grievances he couldn't voice, his face deathly pale:

"You didn't... see it, did you? I've been eroded by malice; what kind of combat power could I possibly unleash!"

Although he said this, there wasn't a hint of relaxation in Cheng Le's eyes.

Following that, Cheng Le sneered:

"I really didn't see it.

That's why the moment I saw you arrive, I specifically called Tang Chang back, and the two of us will deal with you together!"

As he spoke, the wooden door of the underground stone room was opened.

A monster with a tall stature, four arms, and pitch-black wild lightning overflowing from its body appeared.

Jiang Yuan stared blankly at this person, looked for a long time, and opened his mouth:

"Tang Chang, how did you end up like this?"

Roar!

The black lightning monster let out a roar, incomparably furious.

Cheng Le chuckled and sat down:

"Jiang Yuan, you are not simple; I knew that long ago. I didn't expect you to actually come to the third level of the Dream Abyss."

Malice overflowed from his entire body:

"Don't blame me. The secret to not dying after being eroded by malice for so many years is actually only one thing: becoming an Ancient Divine Beast."

He laughed, tears streaming from his eyes.

A dignified Third-Rank General Star, the nightmare of Ancient Divine Beasts, had instead become an Ancient Divine Beast; it was simply the greatest joke.

Jiang Yuan opened his mouth, a trace of sorrow appearing in his eyes as well, then suddenly changed the subject:

"I am just a small pawn. The one you need to pay the most attention to is Chen Yan. You sent so few people to deal with Chen Yan; you really underestimated him."

When he mentioned Chen Yan, San Jin's body beside him trembled slightly.

"Chen Yan?" A grotesque look appeared in Cheng Le's eyes:

"That Third-Rank General Star who just makes up the numbers?"

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips, a look of helplessness appearing in his eyes:

"His Third-Rank General Star wasn't bought; he fought for it himself!"

"I get it, the seventeen-year-old Third-Rank General Star, right?" Cheng Le laughed:

"I should go kill him, and then create an opportunity for you to escape, is that it?"

Jiang Yuan opened his mouth, cursing wildly in his heart.

Subsequently, Jiang Yuan looked at San Jin to the side:

"Since you were going to unleash your combat power, why didn't you do it sooner? If you had unleashed it earlier, it would have been good to attract Chen Yan's attention."

He could clearly perceive it.

The walls here could only block perception from one side.

This was a very commonly used material.

Cultivation rooms in the Great Xia were generally made from this kind of stone.

People cultivating inside could sense a trace of movement outside, but people outside could not sense the cultivation situation of those inside.

It was very secretive.

However, there was one situation where the outside could sense changes inside.

That was when a martial artist inside directly unleashed their combat power, causing the entire cultivation room to shake.

In other words, when they arrived, San Jin had sensed Chen Yan and him.

But San Jin did not unleash her combat power when Chen Yan arrived, so naturally, she did not attract Chen Yan's attention.

Jiang Yuan was speechless to the extreme.

San Jin clearly had the opportunity to call for help.

On a stone pillar to the side, San Jin hung her head and said in a low voice:

"Can't... can't... draw him o... over."

Her voice was slurred and unclear.

Once Chen Yan was drawn over, Cheng Le and Tang Chang would take action against Chen Yan in advance.

Even everyone in the entire village would attack Chen Yan.

On the contrary, having those few people take Chen Yan away would give Chen Yan a sliver of a chance to survive.

San Jin only knew that the mission the Xia Morning King gave her was that she could die, but Chen Yan could not.

This was the mission.

A look of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.

Her father once again came to mind.

If her father knew that she had died to save Chen Yan, would he regret it?

Would he think that his wicked daughter could actually do one good deed?

Would he come before her tombstone to take a look at her?

San Jin thought about many things.

Just then, Jiang Yuan at her side spoke up helplessly:

"But I am dying.

Sister.

Am I a person, I, Jiang Yuan, am I actually a person or not?!"

San Jin was stunned, looking at Jiang Yuan, her eyes filled with deep apology:

"So... sorry, I... for... forgot... about you."