Chapter 349: Princess Saihe

The iron chains shackling the Turtle Spirit Beast were as thick as a thigh and emitted a chilling, eerie light; one look was enough to tell they were no ordinary objects.

Chen Fan covered his palm with Thunder and struck down, but the chains remained completely undamaged.

"Master," the Turtle Spirit Beast said again, "these chains are forged from Earth Core True Iron; only a Divine Weapon can sever them."

"A Divine Weapon, you say?" Chen Fan understood and immediately exchanged for the Void Heaven-Splitting Blade.

Chen Fan raised the blade and slashed vertically; a thick iron chain snapped at the sound.

Bang, bang, bang—several crisp sounds followed as more chains binding the Turtle Spirit Beast were severed, yet Chen Fan's wrist felt slightly numb from the vibration.

This was the first time he had felt this way while using the Void Heaven-Splitting Blade.

"This material is unexpectedly tough!" Chen Fan could not help but be surprised.

The Turtle Spirit Beast said, "Master, although this Earth Core True Iron is of a high grade, it still pales in comparison to the Rule Battle Soldier in your hand. It is just that your strength, Master, is too low to unleash the true power of the Rule Battle Soldier."

"That makes sense." Chen Fan nodded.

It was like an infant holding an axe to chop firewood; it wasn't that the axe wasn't sharp enough, but that the infant simply lacked the strength.

At this moment, only one chain remained binding the Turtle Spirit Beast; this chain entered from its tailbone, pierced through its entire spine, and finally emerged from the back of its neck.

This was also the chain that most restricted the Turtle Spirit Beast's movements!

"Be careful!" Chen Fan warned, then swung his blade down.

Boom—the chain snapped, but the impact caused the Turtle Spirit Beast to let out a miserable shriek.

"Master, can you help me pull the chain out of my spine?" The Turtle Spirit Beast was in such pain that it sprawled on the ground, cold sweat streaming down.

"Alright!" Chen Fan nodded, grabbed the chain, and pulled it out of the Turtle Spirit Beast's body bit by bit.

Accompanied by shrill, miserable howls, it took Chen Fan a full five minutes to extract it inch by inch.

Looking at this blood-drenched chain, Chen Fan could hardly imagine how painful it must have been when it was first driven into the Turtle Spirit Beast's body!

"Tha... thank you," the Turtle Spirit Beast said weakly.

At this moment, blood was still gushing out along its spine.

Chen Fan felt a pang of sympathy and took out the Life Water, giving it to the Turtle Spirit Beast to consume.

Even the Life Water could not make its wounds heal rapidly.

"It seems the Turtle Spirit Beast's life level is too high for the Life Water to have much effect," Chen Fan mused to himself.

"Master, it's alright. Now that the chain is removed, I can slowly recover on my own later," the Turtle Spirit Beast said feebly.

"Fine, you rest and heal first; I have important matters for you to do later!"

As Chen Fan spoke, he stored it into the Beast Pet Space.

After finishing all this, Chen Fan looked again at the chains he had cut on the ground.

His Dragon Spine Spear had already broken and he was in need of a new weapon; if he brought this Earth Core True Iron back, he might be able to find someone to forge a decent spear.

After stowing away the chains, Chen Fan flew out of the ancient well.

Seeing him emerge safely, Diana breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chen Fan, what was down there?" She had heard the miserable howls of the Strange Beast just now.

"A Strange Beast; I have already subdued it." Chen Fan did not say much more, instead pulling her to one side.

"Beautiful, I have found clues about Mo Wuya."

Chen Fan hurriedly told her everything that had happened inside the sandstorm.

"Beautiful, let the Hellhound use these two clues I provided to find out exactly which faction abducted Mo Wuya."

"Alright!" Diana nodded heavily.

Two days later, inside a high-end presidential suite in Alexandria, Chen Fan was eating lunch with Diana when Black Crow sought them out.

He had been following the Hellhound to carry out the investigation into Mo Wuya all these days, and now they had results.

"Master, we have identified the faction that abducted Mo Wuya; it is called the Saihe Palace!"

"Saihe Palace?" Chen Fan and Diana said in unison, their tones filled with surprise.

Black Crow took a sip of water before continuing: "The Saihe Palace is a personal faction established by Princess Saihe, the daughter of the King of Egypt. She has many experts under her command, including three at the Quasi-Saint level. One of them, named Sha Jing, is a top-tier sand-type Ability User."

"It seems the sandstorm that day was indeed caused by this person." Chen Fan nodded in realization.

Diana looked at Chen Fan and said, "I have heard of this Princess Saihe. It is said that the King of Egypt has only two children, a son and a daughter. This Princess Saihe is far superior to her younger brother in both talent and wisdom, but unfortunately, as a woman, she has no right of succession. However, she is not one to sit quietly; she believes the old system should be abolished and that women should also be able to compete for the throne, which displeased the Old Egyptian King."

"But Princess Saihe is indeed very capable. Without relying on her royal background, she built this Saihe Palace in just a few years, making it the largest faction in Egypt outside of the royal palace."

"It seems this woman is not simple at all!" Chen Fan could not help but exclaim.

"She is not simple!" Diana sighed, "But to save Mo Wuya, we must face her!"

Chen Fan had a sudden inspiration and said, "Beautiful, you are both princesses; can we save Mo Wuya through high-level mediation?"

"It won't work! Over a decade ago, this Old Egyptian King suffered a great loss at the hands of the higher-ups of our two countries and nearly lost his life. Diplomatic means simply won't work."

"Then that is difficult!" Just as Chen Fan was frowning, Black Crow provided an important piece of news from the side.

"Master, I do have a plan that could allow you to get close to this Princess Saihe!"

"Oh? Let's hear it!" Chen Fan said hurriedly.

"Master, I heard that the Old Egyptian King in Cairo is organizing a martial arts competition for marriage in two days, and the object of the marriage is this Princess Saihe."

"Master, I heard that Princess Saihe is about to turn twenty-five. In this place, being unmarried past twenty-five is considered an ill omen!"

"The Old King does not want the royal family to be shamed and has demanded that Princess Saihe must marry within this year, but she refuses, claiming there is no man in all of Egypt who catches her eye."

"The Old King is now completely enraged and has threatened that if she does not marry this year, he will imprison her for life."

"In the end, Princess Saihe compromised. She requested to hold a martial arts competition for marriage herself, where she will guard the ring. Any man under the age of 30 who can defeat her in the ring, she will marry. However, if no one can defeat her, then the Old King may no longer interfere in her decisions."

After hearing this, Chen Fan and Diana both stared at Black Crow without blinking.

"And then?" the two said in unison.

Black Crow scratched his head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "And then, I think you could participate in this martial arts competition, Master. With your strength, you should be able to defeat Princess Saihe. Once you win, you will be the Consort, and wouldn't it be a matter of course to get close to her? Then you can trick the location of Mo Wuya's imprisonment out of her."

Chen Fan had not yet spoken, but Diana, standing to the side, spoke up first.

"No! I absolutely do not agree! Black Crow, what kind of rotten idea is this that you've come up with!"