Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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But if it bore fruit, then once the fruit matured, the fruit had to be picked within two hour’s time or it would rot away.
This fruit had a heaven-defying effect. That was to allow Blood Condensation experts to have a high chance to perfectly advance to the Tendon Transformation realm.
A perfect advancement was the dream of countless martial artists. Cultivating was just like building a skyscraper. Only if the foundation was sturdy, could it be built higher.
Normally, only once a Spirit Root reached the silver grade could there be a chance of a perfect advancement. But that probability was only around thirty percent. Seventy percent of those who even possessed silver grade Spirit Roots were unable to achieve a perfect advancement to Tendon Transformation.
It was no wonder these monster-class geniuses were fighting so hard. Was the reason they had suppressed their cultivation bases also because of this Profound Spirit Fruit?
He then realized the five of them were surprisingly far from the cave. Searching for why, he saw a line of words over the cave:
Those who damage this tree will die.
That line of words was extremely clear. They were written boldly as a warning.
Long Chen understood that such a precious treasure like the Profound Spirit Fruit was probably one-of-a-kind in the Xuantian Monastery. Perhaps this was also why their disciple selection only occurred once every three years. They naturally would take precautions against the registrants harming it.
Despite Ye Zhiqiu and Tang Wan-er fighting together, they were still at a disadvantage against the three others. They were being forced back step by step.
Long Chen hesitated for a moment. Just watching wouldn’t be too suitable. After all, he was at least a bit more friendly with Tang Wan-er and Ye Zhiqiu.
Furthermore, even if he didn’t care about those two beauties, didn’t he still have to at least deal a blow to Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin?
Those two had already become mortal enemies with him. If he let them obtain the Profound Spirit Fruit, that would definitely be disadvantageous for him.
“Hey, you three shameless fellows, how can you bully two weak women in broad daylight like this? Now that I’ve arrived, why haven’t you stopped yet?”
Long Chen swaggered over, shouting. His hands were clasped behind his back as if he were some expert.
Hearing Long Chen’s voice, Qi Xin’s face immediately darkened. He began to almost involuntarily shiver. That voice had already been carved into his bones.
“Long Chen!” Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang both gnashed their teeth as they spat out his name. As for Tang Wan-er, she was pleasantly surprised to see him.
Long Chen winked at Tang Wan-er before turning to Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin. “You two are so malevolent, and I see a devilishness within your eyes. I was just strolling around, but now I will take the place of the heavens to punish you evildoers! If you two don’t stop now, then I’ll have to take action to put away you two demons!” Long Chen’s words were only towards Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang. He had no enmity with Yue Zifeng, and there was no need to drag him down with them.
This scoundrel, does he not know how to fear? Tang Wan-er barely kept back a laugh. She called to Long Chen, “There’s no need for you to take action. Go over to the cave. The Profound Spirit Fruit is about to fully mature, and you have to pluck it at the earliest moment.”
Although she felt that Long Chen was powerful, he was unable to compare to them. Now for the sake of the Profound Spirit Fruit, everyone no longer held back, so she was afraid he would injure himself.
“That’s a nice plan, but how about you die for me instead!”
Qi Xin angrily roared. He actually directly withdrew from their fight and shot at Long Chen. He was still about to go crazy from rage about what had happened with the honey.
He had painstakingly worked for so long, all for Long Chen to swoop in at the last moment and take all the benefits. If he hadn’t encountered the real Wei San later, he would still not even know how he had managed to steal all that honey.
His entire faction had been played just like that. That had angered him so much it felt as if he might explode. He wished to swallow Long Chen alive.
Furthermore, after having suffered such a loss, he didn’t even dare to make it public. Now that he saw Long Chen, even with his cultivation base, his body was constantly trembling. Just what level of anger had Long Chen caused him to reach?
“You brazen demon, you dare look at me with those eyes? Don’t blame me for taking the place of the heavens to punish you!” Long Chen pointed at Qi Xin.
“Die!” Qi Xin’s face turned green. A huge water blade appeared in his hand. He viciously slashed it down on Long Chen like a guillotine.
This weapon was condensed out of water energy, but it wasn’t the same as the previous ones he had condensed. This one had strange lines over it, a sign that it had been made of core energy.
“Careful!” Tang Wan-er gave him a warning, not expecting Qi Xin to be so crazy. That attack was his full strength. He actually wanted to kill Long Chen!
Both she and Ye Zhiqiu were startled. They didn’t know what had happened with Long Chen and Qi Xin. But it was already too late for them to go save him.
“If you’re still alive, why would I die?” Long Chen took out a black spear. That was one of his spoils of battle, and it weighed over three thousand kilograms. At this time, Long Chen no longer reserved anything. His FengFu Star circulated, and an explosive aura soared as if a lion had awoken. His spear stabbed above him.
BOOM!!!
Terrifying energy collided. Both of them were knocked back a dozen meters. Long Chen pointed his spear at Qi Xin:
“Come again.”
That one exchange gave everyone a fright. They finally realized a certain fact: Long Chen had definitely been hiding his true strength.
During that previous attack, Qi Xin hadn’t been holding back anything. But after receiving it, Long Chen wasn’t the slightest bit injured.
“This scoundrel! He was actually so strong?!” Tang Wan-er was also shocked, her heart pounding wildly. He looked possessed by a god of war, disdainfully looking down on all. Was he the same Long Chen she knew?
Shock and fury alternated on Qi Xin’s face. But hearing his taunt, it was immediately his fury that won over his common sense. The huge blade in his hand once more slashed at Long Chen.
“Wow, I tell you to come and you come. What a good dog!” Brandishing his spear, his entire power exploded out. This was the first time Long Chen had used his full force since arriving here.
After reaching the Blood Condensation realm, with each advancement, he had felt his power rapidly growing. But as for what level he had reached exactly, even he didn’t know.
Now facing off against an opponent as strong as Qi Xin, his entire body’s energy surged out.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…!
The two of them fought brutally and directly. In Qi Xin’s anger, all he wanted was to completely crush Long Chen into mincemeat and so his attacks had no finesse in them whatsoever.
Long Chen was also like that. Holding the spear with both hands, he used it as a club, viciously smashing it around like some barbarian.
While this battle began to intensify, the other battle slowed down. Most of the four other monsters’ focus was on this side.
The most shocked would have to be Lei Qianshang. He knew he had planted a thunderseed in Long Chen’s body. Even if Long Chen had had Tang Wan-er’s help, he had thought it would require at least a month’s time to completely expel it.
And even if he expelled the thunderseed, his body would still have been ravaged by his thunderforce. That would require an extremely long time to recover from. But seeing how lively Long Chen was now, he didn’t seem injured at all!
BANG!
The two of them fought for a full hour like a wild tempest, not stopping at all.
That was until this final collision. Both of them retreated slightly, staring back at the other.
Both of them were gasping slightly. That fight had truly been too intense.
How delightful! Long Chen exclaimed inside. He truly was worthy of being a monster-class genius. Qi Xin’s power went without saying.
“Hmph, you’re out of strength now, aren’t you?!” Qi Xin snorted icily, pointing his water blade at Long Chen.
“Tch, such a relaxing and easy fight, I could easily keep it up for three days and nights. Just this much is nothing!” Long Chen disdainfully boasted.
“Hmph, then what are you gasping for?” Qi Xin, of course, didn’t believe him.
“Idiot, what gasping? This is called a breathing pattern! By quickly breathing, it’s possible to increase your cultivation speed. I wouldn’t expect an idiot like you to understand such a profound cultivation method anyway. Even explaining it to you now is useless.” Long Chen spouted nonsense in retort.
He had no choice but to admit inside that he was unbearably exhausted. Monster-class experts were too powerful, easily capable of killing the secular world’s Tendon Transformation experts.
“Give your bullshit to someone else! Even if I decide not to kill you, I’ll definitely cripple you today!” Qi Xin roared and charged at Long Chen.
“Your dreams are grand, but unfortunately, you’ll never be able to achieve them!” Long Chen smashed his spear at Qi Xin. Their wild fight once more resumed.
But suddenly, an exceptionally sweet scent drifted over. Long Chen paused; the Profound Spirit Fruit had fully ripened!
[1] The ‘Profound’ part of the fruit’s name is the Xuan in Xuantian Monastery.
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Of course, if Long Chen managed to smell it, the others also all managed to. Their auras all exploded out completely as they attempted to overpower their opponents.
As for Qi Xin who was fighting with Long Chen, his eyes brightened and strange lines suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.
As soon as those lines appeared, that water blade in his hand seemed to come to life as it slashed at Long Chen.
Long Chen was startled and hastily blocked it.
BOOM!!! Now Qi Xin’s water blade seemed to have a mountain’s worth of energy poured into it, causing Long Chen to be sent flying.
Qi Xin smiled mockingly. Without glancing further at Long Chen, he charged towards the cave.
Seeing that, Long Chen immediately understood he had been duped. And it wasn’t just him; everyone else had been fooled as well.
Although he didn’t know whether Qi Xin had been faking his anger, he definitely hadn’t lost his reasoning.
He had acted as if he had gone insane to fight Long Chen. That was because Long Chen had been a bit closer to the cave. Once the Profound Spirit Fruit matured, he could charge to it at the first moment.
Long Chen reacted and charged over at Qi Xin. However, Qi Xin had moved first, and so there was no way he could catch up.
“Gale Slashing Moon!” Suddenly, a lovable cry rang out and a wind blade shot at Qi Xin. Once the Profound Spirit Fruit had matured, everyone had been irresistibly drawn closer to the cave.
Seeing Qi Xin was the first to charge over to the cave, Tang Wan-er gave up on her opponent and used her wind attribute energy to increase her speed, shooting over like a gust of wind. Completely avoiding all the attacks behind her, she used a secret technique to attack Qi Xin.
Qi Xin, on the other hand, was completely horrified. That attack she had sent him had been condensed from her full strength. If he received it without doing anything, even if he didn't die, he would definitely be gravely injured. He quickly blocked with his water blade.
When the wind blade and water blade collided, an explosion of energy sent Qi Xin flying. That terrifying energy knocked him hundreds of meters away.
He had immediately gone from being the closest person to the Profound Spirit Fruit to the furthest. That angered him so much he almost coughed up blood. Stabilizing himself, he immediately charged back, seeing if he could obtain another chance.
“Careful!” Ye Zhiqiu let out a cry. That was because Tang Wan-er had left herself open to attack Qi Xin. Lei Qianshang’s fist had already arrived to smash into Tang Wan-er
“Get lost you gorilla!” A spear viciously smashed into Lei Qianshang’s fist.
Lei Qianshang was forced back two steps. He was furious that such a good opportunity had been lost just like that. If his attack had landed on her, the Profound Spirit Fruit would definitely have been theirs.
“Die!” Lei Qianshang roared, and thunderforce completely covered his body. Lines of thunderforce appeared on his fist as he punched at Long Chen.
Long Chen hastily raised his spear to block. But a cracking sound rang out as his spear exploded. Lei Qianshang’s fist only paused for a moment before continuing towards Long Chen’s stomach.
Long Chen was immediately sent flying by that explosive energy. But a strange smile appeared on Long Chen’s face. Lei Qianshang’s expression immediately changed.
“Stop him!” That was because he realized his fist had sent Long Chen straight into the cave. He was both shocked and infuriated, immediately chasing.
“Stay behind.” At this time, Tang Wan-er had already steadied herself and her wind blades flew out, blocking him.
After being knocked flying into that cave, Long Chen took out a jade case from his spatial ring and quickly ran over to the Profound Spirit Fruit sapling, using a handkerchief to wrap the Profound Spirit Fruit and placing it into the jade case, putting it away in his spatial ring.
It truly had been a waste for Long Chen not to be a thief. From the moment he had been sent flying into the cave to plucking the fruit and storing it into his spatial ring, only half a breath had passed.
Long Chen stood next to the sapling. “Game’s over. Do you still want to continue fighting?”
Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin who had just run back immediately turned green. Yue Zifeng stopped fighting, looking at Long Chen complicatedly. Sheathing his sword, he walked away without saying anything.
“What, are you two still not leaving? Are you waiting for me to feed you or something?” Long Chen said, standing by the Profound Spirit Fruit sapling’s side.
He knew that with the sapling here, this was the safest place. No matter what, those two would not dare come out to attack him for fear of harming the sapling. If they did, their lives would be taken as reimbursement, turning them into dead monsters.
Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin glanced at each other, both seeing the other’s fury and helplessness. Now that the Profound Spirit Fruit had landed in the other side’s hands, according to the agreement, they had lost. They could only admit their own defeat.
What had been an excellent situation had been completely destroyed by Long Chen. They hatefully glared at him, especially Lei Qianshang. That was the second time Long Chen had ruined one of his fights.
If looks could kill, Long Chen probably would have died a hundred times over.
Unfortunately, they could only glare. Other than grinding their teeth, they didn’t do anything.
If they really did continue fighting, then this would no longer be a game, but a life and death battle.
“If you bet you must accept your loss. Do you want to be shameless?” asked Tang Wan-er icily.
Qi Xin took a deep breath and pointed at Long Chen. “Long Chen, I’ve remembered you. I’ll make you regret ever being born into this world.”
The impishly smiling Long Chen immediately became cold, his smile disappearing to be replaced with icy killing intent.
“Qi Xin, be glad this is inside the monastery. If it was outside, I’d have made it so that you would never see tomorrow’s sunrise. I’d advise you to put away your little pettiness and not invite a disaster on yourself.”
Long Chen was completely serious without the trace of a joke. At the same time, everyone could sense that profound killing intent from Long Chen.
Tang Wan-er’s heart shook. This was the same Long Chen who had killed Zhao Wu. To him, it seemed kil
ling people was a common occurrence that it was nothing out of the ordinary. Just how many people had he killed before?
“Hmph just keep talking big. I’ve already said, I’ll make you regret being born in this world. Just wait.”
Qi Xin icily snorted and left.
Lei Qianshang also glared at Long Chen. “Brat, don’t fall into my hands later, or I’ll make you live a life worse than death.”
Long Chen shook his head. “You’re all willful children. But remember, even willfulness must have its own limit, or the price will be extremely painful.”
Long Chen could feel their hatred, but he didn’t feel as if he had done anything wrong.
The very first day they met, Qi Xin had ordered people to humiliate him, wanting him to kowtow in apology. That was an even more vicious humiliation than being killed.
That was why he had gotten Little Snow involved to fight Qi Xin. And Lei Qianshang was pretty much the same. He had ordered Zhao Wu to cripple him.
Later he had been even more insidious, launching a sneak attack and planting a thunderseed inside his body, wanting him to feel the torment of having thunderforce devour his body.
Honestly speaking, Long Chen hadn’t borne much of a grudge, feeling that within this monastery, it was more like a game. For there to be winners and losers was extremely normal. There was no need to bother about momentary wins or losses.
But today, Qi Xin and Lei Qianshang had shown him that they were not the same. They would do anything, without holding anything back, in order to deal with him.
If it was just to deal with him and they came at him openly, Long Chen would gladly receive any of their methods.
But if they were too excessive and started using some despicable methods, then they shouldn’t blame him for being merciless.
During the battle of the capital, for some unknown reason, Long Chen had begun to feel a kind of excitement and anticipation towards slaughter.
That had caused him to feel a bit terrified. He was afraid he would become a bloodthirsty, murderous demon king, and so he had always been restraining himself since then.