Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

  Seeing Xia Youyu bore into the ground, Long Chen paused, distracted for a moment. Then without even thinking about it, he slammed his broadsword down.

  His terrifying strength created a long ditch that extended across the land with countless cracks spreading out from it.

  The earth shook and Xia Youyu was sent flying out miserably. He immediately vomited blood as soon as he was forced out.

  This time, Xia Youyu had made a fatal mistake. Having gone into the ground, there was no way for him to dodge Long Chen’s next attack. Then adding on the restriction of the earth, he ended up receiving a heavy injury.

  Xia Youyu had only just come out of the earth when an arrow shot through his chest like lightning, bringing with it a mist of blood as it passed out his body.

  Long Chen was startled and turned his head. In the distance, Long Tianxiao was holding a bow, its string still quivering.

  Not far from him were Marquis Wu and the other Tendon Transformation expert. They had already collapsed on the ground, their surroundings a complete mess.

  “All fights are life and death battles. You can’t give up even the slightest opportunity. Killing your enemy with the least effort is the right path.”

  Long Tianxiao was slightly out of breath and his face was somewhat pale. He had ended his battle as fast as possible since he had been worried about Long Chen.

  After using his full strength to defeat the two of them, even he was out of spiritual qi and felt overdrawn.

  But when he saw Long Chen’s sword smash into the ground, he had immediately predicted what would happen and had taken out his bow, waiting for his opportunity.

  When it came to combat experience, the difference between Long Chen and Long Tianxiao, who had experienced hundreds of battles, was more than just a bit.

  Xia Youyu looked down at his own chest with difficulty. Long Tianxiao’s arrow had destroyed his heart. The berserk energy had severed his life force.

  “How… could… this happen…”

  Xia Youyu collapsed to the ground, dead. His unfocused eyes were bewildered and unwilling. An Emperor had died just like that.

  After Xia Youyu died, the Grand Xia’s army could no longer be controlled. Hundreds of thousands of troops immediately fled for their lives.

  Today, they had been completely filled with terror. This kind of battle was something that they were simply unable to participate in. They had already seen the Phoenix Cry Empire’s grand army greedily attack the Long household.

  That tide-like army had been unable to break through their defenses from the very beginning. Instead, it was their corpses that were piled up like mountains, and their blood that dyed the earth red.

  It wasn’t that they hadn’t seen blood before, but this kind of slaughter was something that provoked their most primal feelings of fear.

  Now that the Grand Xia’s Tendon Transformation experts were toppling one after another and their empire’s ruler had been killed, how could they possibly wish to continue sending themselves to their deaths? Disregarding all the officers’ warnings, they all fled.

  The Grand Xia’s ‘elite troops’ fled like stray dogs. The Phoenix Cry Empire’s troops only watched them foolishly.

  The current situation on the battlefield had been completely reversed. The Long family’s father and son were completely shocking. They had killed Tendon Transformation experts consecutively, none able to stop them.

  Those troops, who had still been vainly trying to kill the Long household’s people, turned completely stupid at this time.

  They also wanted to run, but they were unable to. Even if they ran, their families couldn’t. They were filled with regret and all withdrew to watch from a distance. In any case, the only thing they could do at this time was watch.

  But before the battle reached its conclusion, they wouldn’t dare to easily make any moves again. This wasn’t just something that involved their lives, but it could also implicate their families

  Long Chen smiled slightly towards Long Tianxiao. He felt that no matter how much stronger he became, he would still be that snotty-nosed kid in front of Long Tianxiao.

  Looking at the current battle situation, other than grandmaster Yun Qi’s side, the entire battlefield had already become still. Chu Yao and the others who were protecting the Long household were now completely safe.

  Swinging his sword back up, he slowly began walking towards the appalled fourth prince.

  “Chu Xia, in all your great scheming, did you ever think that this would be the conclusion?” Long Chen asked icily.

  The fourth prince looked back at Long Chen with a complicated expression. His voice was somewhat rough as he said, “I really never did calculate that this would happen. Or perhaps this is what it means by Man proposes, but God disposes.”

  At this point, he remembered what grandmaster Yun Qi had told him. What a true saying. His plan had been absolutely flawless, but it had turned out like this. Who could have possibly predicted this?

  His plans were originally focused on Long Tianxiao, but what should have been a simple chess piece, Long Chen, ended up growing so much stronger that he completely overturned the chessboard. Now he had lost greatly.

  “Now that it’s come to this, I also won’t make it hard on you. Tell me, who was it who stole my Spirit Root, dug out my Spirit Bone, and took my Spirit Blood? Tell me and I can give you a painless death.” Long Chen closely glared at the fourth prince.

  Even with his self-control, Long Chen still found himself breathing harder than usual. The truth about this matter was finally about to come to light. Even he couldn’t keep his calm.

  He had to know who had been so malicious to turn him from a talented genius to a crippled piece of trash. Just why had someone done this?

  The distant Long Tianxiao’s expression changed. He looked at Long Chen distractedly, and a complicated expression appeared on his face as he sighed.

  The fourth prince, however, was startled. “What are you talking about?”

  Long Chen’s heart was greatly shaken. He had been closely monitoring the fourth prince with his Spiritual Strength.

  With his powerful soul, the fourth prince would definitely not be able to lie in front of him. But then... that meant the fourth prince really knew nothing about it.

  Just what was going on? So he wasn’t the same as Chu Yao and Chu Feng? The scheme against his body wasn’t done by Marquis Ying?

  Long Chen paused distractedly. If it wasn’t Marquis Ying, then who could it possibly be?

  He took a deep breath. Although he was greatly disappointed, he knew that the fourth prince did not have the ability to trick him now.

  “Since it’s like that, there’s nothing else from me. Is there still something you want to say at this point?” Long Chen looked at the fourth prince.

  Obviously, Long Chen was already completely prepared to kill the fourth prince. He hadn’t figured out the whole story yet, but the person who had targeted his Long family like this, no matter who it was or why they were doing it, definitely couldn’t be forgiven.

  The fourth prince sighed. He looked at Long Chen complicatedly. “I really never thought that after carefully planning for so many years, the final result would be such a loss. Although I’m a bit confused about this loss, I truly am unable to feel even the slightest doubt. Long Chen, you are the first person I have ever admired.”

  “To die at the hands of someone you admire, I guess you should be able to die contented?” Long Chen nodded.

  “Hahaha, kill me? Hahaha.” The fourth prince laughed heartily, his eyes filled with disdain. “Do you think you’ve already won? You’re wrong. Even if I die, you will also die in front of me.”

  Long Chen no longer wasted any time on words. Carrying his broadsword, he charged at the fourth prince. A dozen Blood Condensation experts rushed in front of him.

  Those people were all death warriors who the fourth prince had groomed. Despite facing off against someone they couldn’t possibly win against, t
hey didn’t show any fear as they attacked him with their weapons.

  With a single slash of his sword, Sword Qi completely swept them away. In front of Long Chen, those people didn’t possess the slightest ability to resist.

  Having removed all the barriers with a single slash, he stamped on the ground, rushing straight at the fourth prince while slashing down with his sword.

  Suddenly, another person appeared in front of the fourth prince. He lightly grabbed the broadsword’s tip with a single hand. That sword that weighed several tons was actually easily stopped.

  Chapter 105 Terrifying White-Robed Man

  Long Chen’s eyes narrowed as he looked upon this white-robed man. However, he didn’t show any great astonishment.

  As soon as he had arrived, he had immediately sensed a pair of eyes focused on him. Originally, there wasn’t much hostility in them, but as he killed the Tendon Transformation experts one after another, that hostility became increasingly dense.

  In the end, Long Chen could clearly sense that this person was behind the fourth prince. But for that person to be able to so easily receive one of his blows was definitely surprising.

  The white-robed man’s appearance shocked everyone. Long Tianxiao hastily rushed to Long Chen’s side, gravely keeping an eye on the white-robed man.

  “You’re the mastermind behind the scenes?” Long Chen asked icily.

  “I suppose.”

  “Were you the one who messed with my body?”

  He shook his head. “I don’t know just what exactly you’re talking about, but in any case, don’t think so highly of yourself. I don’t need to scheme against a little ant.”

  As soon as he finished speaking, a white light suddenly appeared over his hand. Bending a single finger and flicking it on his sword, Long Chen felt the entire broadsword shake and he was sent flying back dozens of meters before stabilizing.

  Now Long Chen was greatly alarmed. That white-robed man hadn’t revealed the slightest bit of his cultivation base. By just using a single finger’s strength, his ‘attack’ was on the same level as a full force blow from a Tendon Transformation expert.

  “You’re from a sect?” Long Tianxiao was completely bewildered.

  “Someone about to die doesn’t need to know that much,” replied the white-robed man indifferently.

  Long Tianxiao gravely looked at him. He quietly whispered to Long Chen, “Chen-er, I’ll go block him. You run as far as you can.”

  Seeing that Long Chen didn’t understand, he quietly continued, “The strength of people from the sects is far from what you can imagine. Us ordinary people are completely unable to compete against them. Their combat ability is incomparably terrifying.”

  Long Chen shook his head. “Sorry, I can’t do that.”

  Seeing Long Tianxiao’s face sink, Long Chen didn’t wait for him to say anything before continuing, “I’ve already grown up. I have the right to make my own decisions. I don’t want to be a coward living a life worse than death.”

  Long Tianxiao had been about to argue, but hearing Long Chen put it that way and looking at his unwavering determination, his words got stuck midway and he swallowed them back down.

  Looking at his son, he was filled with admiration. Smiling slightly, he patted Long Chen on the shoulders. “Ok, then we father and son will fight side by side.”

  The white-robed man merely watched icily without the slightest bit of impatience as the two whispered to each other. He turned to the fourth prince, “Take your people and get lost. Your life still has some value, so don’t get caught up in this and die.”

  Although his words were a bit hurtful, in the fourth prince’s eyes, they rang out like heavenly salvation. He hastily retreated.

  This huge matter had been completely messed up by him. He had thought that he would already be unable to live any longer, not expecting the white-robed man to let him off.

  But the white-robed man also knew that this matter wasn’t the fourth prince’s fault. The fourth prince had done everything extremely meticulously. Even he deeply admired the fourth prince’s schemes.

  The fourth prince’s failure this time was entirely due to luck. Their luck had been too lacking for them to run into Long Chen. But in any case, no one else could have done a better job than the fourth prince.

  Although he was a bit unwilling, the white-robed man still maintained his calm. Because of Long Chen, the plans would have to change a bit.

  However, as long as he killed this father-son duo, the plan could still continue. He would just need to delay for a bit longer. It wasn’t a big deal.

  “Your goodbye time is up. You lowly insects can go die now!”

  The white-robed man’s body teleported almost immediately to the two of them. He sent a palm crashing down upon them. There was a faint light on top of the hollow of his palm that caused space to tremble.

  Long Chen’s heart shook. That was clearly an Earth class Battle Skill! But there had been no sign at all that he had been about to use it!

  Experts like Xia Youyu all needed to collect some energy before using an Earth class Battle Skill, otherwise, there was no way to use that much energy.

  But this person was the same as Long Chen and didn’t need to accumulate any energy at all. That was completely shocking! Long Chen quickly slashed out with his broadsword.

  Long Tianxiao had long since been storing up energy for this, and he slashed out with his saber at the same time, causing his Saber Qi to soar.

  BOOM! Qi waves erupted explosively. Long Chen felt an enormous force striking him and sent him flying back.

  Long Tianxiao was the same, but although he was also forced back, he was much better off and didn’t get thrown back so far.

  “Circulate one hundred percent of your force, but only use eighty percent. That way you have room to maneuver,” reminded Long Tianxiao.

  The reason he wasn’t forced back as far wasn’t because Long Chen’s strength was inferior to his. Instead, it was actually because Long Tianxiao had reserved some of his strength during that exchange, giving him greater freedom to advance or retreat, attack or defend.

  By reserving some of your strength, you would have an extra margin of safety.

  If you were fighting against an enemy of the same level or perhaps an even stronger level than yourself, that little reserve might be enough to save your life.

  Long Chen nodded his agreement. Having merged with a Pill Sovereign’s memories, he understood that reasoning. However, he didn’t like that kind of combat.

  Battle should be a process with no return. If you always kept thinking about keeping yourself alive, how would you arouse your hidden potential?

  The human body was just like a treasure trove with endless possibilities. As for how much each person could open up, that would depend on how determined and ruthless they were. That kind of ruthlessness included a ruthlessness to yourself in the face of death.

  So it wasn’t that he didn’t understand the principle, but that he had even greater ambitions. After seeing the forest god open that spatial door, Long Chen had seen a vision of a vaster world. His heart was already floating into that distance.

  He had to continue getting stronger. Only by becoming strong enough could he ensure his own dignity and life, and only then could he chase after the things he desired.

  “None of your preparations will be of any use.”

  The white-robed man snorted coldly as he looked icily at the two of them. He was just like an emperor disdainfully looking down on ants.

  “Killing you should be useful enough.” Long Chen stood and pointed his broadsword at him. Torrential battle intent soared from him. He knew that this white-robed man was extremely terrifying. He was the most powerful opponent he had met up until now.

  But the stronger his opponent was, the calmer Long Chen became. He really had to be thankful for his previous life and death battles.

  Otherwise, in this battle, as soon as he became afraid, his combat ability would sharply d
rop. Someone who was afraid couldn’t even release eighty percent of their combat potential. They would only become the prey and be mercilessly slaughtered.

  In front of this incredibly powerful enemy, Long Chen was still filled with battle intent. It seemed that his self-confidence hadn’t been shaken in the slightest because of the enemy’s strength.

  Long Tianxiao was filled with pride and gratification. At the same time, he was also filled with guilt and regret. The greatest regret in his life was that he hadn’t been able to accompany his child as he grew up.

  “Even an ant dares to boast? You little brat who hasn’t seen the real world. Today, I’ll let you see what it means to be separated by a true difference in level.”

  BOOM! A terrifying aura exploded from the white-robed man’s body. The violent energy swept out in every direction, directly engulfing Long Chen and Long Tianxiao. They immediately felt as if a huge mountain was crushing them, and even breathing became difficult.

  “What a powerful spiritual pressure!” Long Chen’s heart shook. This was the pressure formed by releasing one’s spiritual qi into the surrounding space.

  In other words, it meant the white-robed man’s spiritual qi had already been compressed to a certain peak. Compared to other people’s spiritual qi, their spiritual qi was sloppy mud while his was heavy rock.

  But the most shocking thing to Long Chen was that the white-robed man’s aura was still at the late Tendon Transformation realm!

  But even those who were at the same Tendon Transformation realm as him, whether it was Marquis Ying or Xia Youyu, were all nothing in front of that boundless aura.

  “Did you think that just by killing a few degenerate weaklings, you could truly battle across realms? Today I’ll let you see that the barrier between realms is not something a couple of ants like you can even imagine.”

  He coldly laughed and a sword appeared in his hand. As soon as that sword appeared, Sword Qi fell from the heavens. A powerful torrent came slashing down on Long Chen and Long Tianxiao.

  Long Chen knew that this was the true battle. No longer holding anything in reserve, he raised his broadsword and flame leaped on top of it.