The dragon looked towards Chen Yun.
The warriors of the mermaid tribe also turned their gaze towards him.
Such is the case with Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long NvSanJiu and others.
All eyes were fixed on Chen Yun, waiting for his final answer.
Whether to accept the dragon's proposal or let the warriors of the mermaid tribe disregard all and risk their lives to save JiaoNiang's life.
This question also quickly flashed through Chen Yun's mind.
From the current situation, if he allows the warriors of the mermaid tribe to cooperate with him to encircle and destroy the dragon, the probability of obtaining the Silver Dragon Needle is relatively high.
After all, the "Bìbō Cháoshuǐ Zhèn" mentioned by the leader of the mermaid tribe earlier made the dragon seem extremely apprehensive.
It seems that the "Bìbō Cháoshuǐ Zhèn" definitely possesses a tremendous amount of power.
However, on the other hand, if the mermaid tribe were to participate in the battle, it would surely lead to an endless and relentless struggle.
It would either be him killing the dragon, or the dragon annihilating them.
At that time, it would not merely be the warriors of the mermaid tribe who might suffer losses.
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long NvSanJiu and their companions of forty or so people, are highly likely to perish.
Not to mention that the Silver Dragon Needle would not be acquired for himself.
Even if he needed it, Chen Yun would not stake the lives of his companions and the warriors of the mermaid tribe who are full of loyalty and justice.
Therefore, he is not inclined to align with the mermaid tribe and fight an endless battle to the death with the dragon.
But even if he agrees to the dragon's proposal and the dragon lowers its power by half, it would still be almost impossible for his side to hold out for a tea ceremony's time, and many people might still die.
Unless he uses the lifesaving divine aura.
Chen Yun pondered, if he really used the lifesaving divine aura, killing the dragon was a piece of cake. Why should he go through so much trouble?
Now that the leader of the mermaid tribe has stepped forward and secured this opportunity for him.
It is completely possible to save the lifesaving divine aura.
The premise is to come up with a mutually beneficial solution.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Chen Yun, and he roughly formulated an idea.
He looked up at the dragon and said, "I tend to agree with the second proposal..."
The dragon burst into laughter, "Good. Then I will fight you."
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, Long Nv Sanjiu, and the others all took a deep breath.
Although they knew that doing so would likely result in casualties, the group respects Chen Yun's decision.
After all, if it were not for Chen Yun, they might have been wiped out long ago. How could they have lived to see today?
The leader of the mermaid tribe and about a hundred warriors also sensed this, realizing that Chen Yun did not want them to be drawn into an unnecessary battle. They couldn't help but secretly admire his character.
However, when everyone was thinking the same thing, Chen Yun suddenly changed the tone and said, "Well, let me finish what I have to say first."
The dragon was taken aback, "What else do you want to say?"
Wu Kejiu, the leader of the mermaid tribe, and the rest of the people all looked puzzled.
Chen Yun blinked his eyes and asked, "Your proposal earlier was that you would use half of your strength and fight against us, using any means necessary, as long as our side can hold out for a tea ceremony, you would surrender the Silver Dragon Needle willingly, right?"
The dragon nodded, "Yes."
Chen Yun smiled and said, "I think it's not very fair for over forty of us to gang up on you."
Chen Yun smiled and said, "I think it's not fair for me to fight you with more than forty people."
Is it not fair to have over forty people gang up on the dragon?
Do you want to single-handedly fight against a comparable master like the dragon?
Wu Kejiu, the leader of the mermaid tribe, and the others heard Chen Yun's words and all became more confused.
Chen Yun said slowly and steadily, "How about this, I will challenge you alone..."
"Chen Sir!"
"You should not be hasty!"
"It's a super spiritual beast comparable to the sect master!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long Nv Sanjiu shouted urgently.
Even they forty people are not confident enough to win against the dragon who lowers its power by half.
How could Chen Yun possibly win against the other party alone?
Everyone knows that if Chen Yun really did that, he would most likely be instantly killed by the dragon!
The leader of the mermaid tribe and those warriors were also thinking the same, wondering why Chen Yun said this.
Not just them, even the dragon was amused by Chen Yun's audacity, and he smirked dismissively, "With your trivial cultivation, you dare to challenge me to a one-on-one battle to determine a winner?"
Chen Yun calmly said, "I certainly have self-knowledge and realize that I cannot possibly be your opponent."
The dragon revealed a look of curiosity, "Then why did you say that?"
"I said earlier that you should let me finish my words, can't you?" Chen Yun asked again.
The dragon was also very puzzled. It didn't want to start a war with the mermaid tribe, so it had to endure and say, "Alright, you can continue."
Chen Yun then fully explained his plan, "My meaning is that I will challenge you alone, but originally there should have been forty or so people on my side to gang up on you. Now there's only one person left. So, the conditions you gave earlier, do you want to change it? For example, you said to lower your power by half so we could hold out for a tea ceremony's time. Now, if you lower your power by 80%, and I hold out alone for half a tea ceremony's time. What do you think about this proposal?"
Lower your power by 80%?
You can hold out for half a tea ceremony's time?
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long Nv Sanjiu heard this and couldn't help but brighten up.
The others might not know about their team's situation, but they certainly do.
The entire team has 44 people, with Chen Yun being the strongest, followed by Qin Ming and Wu Kejiu, and so on.
Analyzing in terms of strength, Chen Yun single-handedly fighting against Qin Ming and Wu Kejiu is completely fine.
As for Long Nv Sanjiu, Ding Xu, Gao Chen, and the other medium-level mages, in a normal battle, they might be able to kill Chen Yun, Qin Ming, and Wu Kejiu together without much doubt.
However, in a high-level battle, the numerical advantage would no longer apply.
In other words, if the mermaid tribe didn't show up, Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu and Qin Ming and others attacking the dragon, the only people who could actually make full use of their tremendous strength were these three high-level mages.
If we have to express it in terms of ratios, Chen Yun's contribution might be worth five, Qin Ming's two and a half, Wu Kejiu's one and a half, and the rest are worth just one.
What was Chen Yun's proposal just now?
Let the dragon lower its power by 80%, Chen Yun holds out for half a tea ceremony's time.
In this way, the difficulty has been reduced by more than half.
The first point is that the dragon's power has been reduced from 50% to only 20%, which is a decrease of 30% all at once.
Chen Yun's role in such high-level battles is originally "five".
If the dragon uses only 25% of its strength, it is still matched against this "five".
Now, Chen Yun is asking the dragon to only use 25% of its strength, which is equivalent to getting an extra 0.5% advantage.
In addition, originally everyone needs to hold out for a tea ceremony's time to win.
Now, as long as Chen Yun holds out for half a tea ceremony's time, and with his role not weakened but actually enhanced due to the requirement of the dragon lowering more power, he has an even better chance of winning.
The difficulty is not just reduced by half, but more than that.
Moreover, this is analyzed from the level of individual cultivation.
In fact, Chen Yun possesses more refined treasures and magical artifacts, which can exert stronger power.
Therefore, if Chen Yun fights alone against the dragon with reduced power, his chances of victory are greater than those of the team.
"Mr. Chen's plan is brilliant!"
"Truly worthy of being a follower of the Taoist tradition, your wisdom is beyond my match."
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long Nv Sanjiu all secretly praised him.
Especially Wu Kejiu, he knew that if the dragon really agreed to this proposal and Chen Yun really helped him obtain the Silver Dragon Needle successfully.
Then, the favor he owes would be immense, and he might have to compensate the dragon with a treasure of equal value to the Silver Dragon Needle in the future.
Although doing so might make Wu Kejiu use all his wealth, he had originally intended to do so when he wanted to obtain the Silver Dragon Needle.
The only difference is that instead of distributing things to everyone, it's all concentrated to Chen Yun.
The companions knew the situation and everyone was looking at Chen Yun with sparkling eyes, secretly praising his cunning strategy.
The leader of the mermaids and those warriors didn't really understand the real situation. They thought that Chen Yun was not only a person with righteousness and care for others, who didn't want them to be involved in meaningless battles. They considered him an extremely brave person, who even dared to face such a powerful super-spiritual beast like the dragon alone, without hesitation or risk.
"His courage is truly amazing."
"Who dares to challenge the dragon alone."
"Our king of the mermaid tribe would not dare to say that he can definitely win this reptile alone."
"Although he asks the dragon to suppress 80% of its strength and hold out for half a tea ceremony's time, he has such courage even though he doesn't seem as strong as our general mermaid warriors. It's truly admirable."
"If he can still survive the battle with the dragon later, I definitely want to get to know him better."
A group of mermaid warriors were whispering among themselves and looking at Chen Yun with reverence.
Even the leader of the mermaid tribe was like this; he was truly overwhelmed by Chen Yun's fearless and brave spirit.
"Just one problem."
The question is whether the dragon will agree to Chen Yun's proposal.
All eyes shifted from Chen Yun to the dragon, waiting to hear its response.
The dragon seems to have not expected Chen Yun to actually dare to face it alone.
Although it's more demanding than what it proposed before.
But, its power is comparable to that of the sect master.
Of course, it can easily see through the cultivation levels of Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, and Qin Ming.
The forty or so medium-level mages, including Long Nv Sanjiu, Ding Xu, and Gao Chen, the dragon doesn't even consider them.
It believes that the only one among the three who could possibly hold out for a tea ceremony's time is definitely one of them.
In other words, as long as one of the three high-level mages can hold out for a tea ceremony's time, the dragon will indeed lose everything and have to hand over the Silver Dragon Needle without anything else in return.
Now Chen Yun is challenging it alone, although the request has become more demanding, the dragon feels that at least three people have a chance to win in the end. Now that it's reduced to one person, its chances of winning are actually larger.
After all, focusing on killing forty or so people and concentrating on killing one person both require different levels of difficulty, which is something anyone can judge.
As soon as he thought about this, the dragon revealed a brilliant smile, "Okay, I'll agree to your proposal!"
(End of this chapter)
