The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 979 I'd rather die than bow down to you!
Judging from the eerie, blood-red color of the undead's bones, Lin Chen could roughly guess the level of terror this undead possessed.

If it weren't for the death mark on his body concealing his life force, it probably wouldn't be wondering now, but would have charged over and torn him to pieces.

I've grasped the meaning of the Death Seal at just the right time!
If such a remote passage is guarded by such terrifying and powerful undead, then there must be others in the other passages as well, right?
Yan Chusheng and his group retreated into the mountain's interior, unleashing a bloody aura that stirred up the undead and demonic beasts. Clearly, they intended to use the undead guards inside the mountain, along with the undead and demonic beasts outside, to wipe out the attackers in one fell swoop!
The enormous undead glanced in Lin Chen's direction a few times, then turned its head away and lay down, like a loyal, waiting dog.

Lin Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he was terrified, and sweat was beading on his forehead.

He tiptoed, quietly passing the undead guard, and continued forward.

After walking a few steps, Lin Chen saw human remains, but the remains were all incomplete, apparently torn apart by the undead guards inside.

With the Death Seal protecting him, Lin Chen became much bolder and continued forward.

Along the way, Lin Chen encountered three or four more undead guards, each of different species, but they all had the same thing: their bones were all blood red, they all carried an incomparably sharp and powerful aura, and their huge bodies revealed their strength.

Some of them remain still, while others wander back and forth in the cave. If anyone intrudes, they will definitely not escape their detection.

Lin Chen is an anomaly.

As the cave widened, Lin Chen suddenly stopped, looking around with a puzzled expression.

Huge sword marks, huge craters...

The traces of battle!
Lin Chen recalled the guards he had just seen and found that they all had various injuries. For example, the first one had its wing cut in half.

Who is the intruder?
So strong!

The fact that they were able to injure these incredibly powerful undead guards shows that there are indeed quite a few strong individuals eager to uncover the secrets of Death Valley.

Lin Chen walked forward for a while, then stopped again.

The vast space was filled with solid black ice, which emitted a chilling aura.

Lin Chen looked around but found nothing unusual, so he prepared to continue on his way.

"and many more……"

A low call suddenly reached Lin Chen's ears, causing him to stop in his tracks and look around warily.

"Don't be afraid, I'm inside the ice..."

Lin Chen's gaze fell in surprise on the thick ice, and in the deepest part of the ice, there seemed to be a faint human figure.

Lin Chen asked in a low voice, "Are you human?" "I am Gui Chang. How did you get in? Why didn't those undead guards attack you?"

妫？
Lin Chen was greatly surprised. This was one of the ancient surnames, existing tens of thousands of years ago, and now it had long been lost in the river of history and no longer existed.

Another powerful being from ten thousand years ago?

Lin Chen asked in a low voice, "The ancient Gui family?"

"Ancient times?"

The aged voice was weak and intermittent: "I sealed myself in the mysterious ice, so my sense of time is inaccurate. I estimate that several thousand years have passed... You mean the ancient... Gui family no longer exists?"

They really are from the Gui family!

Lin Chen felt both excited and strange. He had encountered Ji Ruxue from the Ji family and Jiang Rukong from the Jiang family outside, and now he had met Gui Chang from the Gui family. People from ancient families were appearing one after another. It seemed that there was really a great secret here.

"Not only does the Gui family no longer exist, but almost all of the eight ancient families have vanished. Perhaps some of their descendants still exist, but they are unknown to the world. Tens of thousands of years have passed since the eight ancient families were at their peak..."

"Hey!"

The aged voice sighed, filled with despair: "Tens of thousands of years... I've actually sealed myself away here for tens of thousands of years..."

Lin Chen tentatively asked, "I once saw Ji Ruxue from the ancient Ji family serving as a guard here. Judging from your appearance, you don't seem to be a guard here. Why did you seal yourself off here?"

Gui Chang's voice was weak, but his words still carried an undiminished air of pride: "I, Gui Chang, have dominated this world and stood proudly above all others. What if I am an immortal? If you make me bow my head, I would rather die!"

Fairy!

Lin Chen asked expectantly, "What about Ji Ruxue, Yan Chusheng, and the others?"

Gui Chang's voice was filled with undisguised contempt: "To abandon themselves for immortality, to become slaves to immortals, to be enslaved by immortals, they have utterly disgraced their family!"

Celestial Slave!

Lin Chen finally heard a new term and asked curiously, "So, are they considered immortals?"

"Yes and no!"

Gui Chang said calmly, “They are indeed immortals, but they have not truly ascended to the immortal realm. Strictly speaking, they can only be called half-immortals. They have the long lifespan of immortals, but they do not have the corresponding strength of immortals. Otherwise, they would be immortals themselves. So why are they called immortal slaves? How could a master allow his slaves to be stronger than himself?”

(End of this chapter)