Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  That spiked club was whistling over. The emaciated man was still in mid-air from being flung up, and he was unable to dodge. He was scared witless.

  He quickly took out a huge shield and black mist surged out of his body, raising his defenses to the limit.

  That black mist formed into a barrier around him. It was covered in blood-colored runes. When those runes appeared, a mournful resentment came from it that caused people’s hearts to shiver.

  “Blood Rune Armor!”

  The emaciated man had only just finished setting up his defenses when Wilde’s club smashed down.

  That huge shield was like a flimsy piece of ice, shattering to bits. In fact, it shattered before the club even touched it from just the wind force around the club.

  Then when the spiked club landed on that barrier formed from his black mist, people were appalled to see the barrier immediately break apart.

  Not only did his barrier break apart, but even the emaciated man within was crushed by Wilde’s club, his blood filling the air.

  “Nice!” Seeing Wilde defeat a Corrupt core disciple in one attack filled Gu Yang and them with excitement.

  On the other hand, Long Chen was feeling a bit of pain. His first thought was that two hundred thousand points had been destroyed just like that.

  “Attack all-out! There are still three other core disciples. Whoever wants them better hurry up before they’re taken by others. Everyone else just keep fighting steadily!” ordered Long Chen.

  Wilde was like a wolf amongst a pack of sheep. He sowed chaos in the midst of the Corrupt disciples’ ranks, killing them left and right.

  The Corrupt disciples’ formations had already been disorganized, so now they were in a complete mess. If Long Chen didn’t have misgivings about their strange soul attacks, he would already have given the order to cut them all down.

  From the very start, he had seen that there were four powerful core disciples. Now that Wilde had killed one, there were only three left.

  Following Long Chen’s order, Tang Wan-er, Ye Zhiqiu, and Gu Yang rushed over to those three core disciples.

  “Lei Qianshang, go keep an eye on Gu Yang,” said Long Chen quietly.

  Lei Qianshang had just stabbed a Corrupt disciple with his thunderforce spear. He knew Gu Yang’s soul defenses were his fatal weak point. Thus, he hastily rushed over closer to Gu Yang.

  Both parties were fighting fiercely. But the Xuantian Monastery’s disciples’ morale was sky-high, and in half the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the majority of the Corrupt disciples had been killed. Less than three hundred of them remained.

  “Bring the front troops back to rest. Troops at the back, move forward, five people to a squad. Slaughter them!”

  With victory in sight, Long Chen brought forward the disciples that had been in the rear. The ones in the vanguard were all the strongest disciples, while the ones at the back were weaker.

  In other words, with them constantly pressing the advantage, the only troops fighting had been those top disciples. Those at the back had yet to have a chance. Now that they occupied an absolute superiority, he needed to let those weaker disciples experience battle.

  Otherwise, the elites would only get stronger, while the weaker ones would be thrown far off. That kind of result was not beneficial for their total battle power.

  As the commander, Long Chen’s main duty was to raise the total military strength of these disciples. That wasn’t what he had been hoping to do during this trial.

  He would prefer to charge out and fight personally, slaughtering the Corrupt disciples as much as he pleased. Unfortunately, he couldn’t do that now that he needed to take care of every single person, as well as pay attention to the whole battlefield.

  His saber was still dancing through the air, constantly cutting through the Corrupt disciples. But his focus covered the entire battlefield.

  Tang Wan-er had summoned wind blades all around her, fighting against a Corrupt core disciple who wielded a blood-colored longsword.

  Long Chen shook his head, his expression slightly ugly. He angrily shouted, “Wan-er, what are you doing?! This is a battle, not a competition!”

  Tang Wan-er’s only fighting experience came from the monastery’s Faction Competition that was just a contest over flags. She was already too used to that. Even with her strength, she was still being overpowered by that Corrupt core disciple, falling into dangerous moments time and time again. That infuriated Long Chen completely. He had really wasted his previous words.

  Tang Wan-er’s heart shook. Long Chen rarely became angry. Moreover, he had never become angry with her. But this time, she could see that he really was infuriated.

  Remembering what he had told them previously, she couldn’t help but blush in shame. She didn’t hold back any longer, and her aura completely exploded out. The wind blades in her hands quickly began to slash down on her opponent.

  Ye Zhiqiu was doing much better than Tang Wan-er. Her ice blades danced through the air, the chilling air forcing back her Corrupt core disciple repeatedly. It wouldn’t be long before she could kill him.

  As for Gu Yang, runes were lit up all over his body. He roared over and over, his fists flying through the air. His Corrupt core disciple was already vomiting blood. Gu Yang’s strength went without saying.

  Lei Qianshang was constantly killing those ordinary Corrupt disciples, keeping a constant eye on Gu Yang.

  There were finally a dozen Corrupt disciples who were unable to bear it. Being massacred by these monastery disciples who seemed more like wolves and tigers had already broken their courage, and they began to flee into the distance.

  This was no longer a battle, but a one-sided massacre. When they had been massacring others, they had never imagined that this day would come for them.

  “You want to run? Do you think that’s possible?” An icy smile appeared on Long Chen’s mouth!

  Dozens of arrows flew out. In just an instant, those fleeing Corrupt disciples all let out miserable screams as they were pierced.

  Everyone looked over in shock to see a man with a huge cylindrical-shaped thing on his shoulder. It was over three meters long and a foot in diameter. There were many thin holes on it which were obviously where those arrows had shot out from.

  “Hehe, boss, I’ve finally managed to show off!” cried Guo Ran excitedly.

  Back when Long Chen had been about to be sent into exile, he had given Guo Ran a warning. His talent was only ordinary, and he would need to think of an unorthodox method to make himself stronger.

  Guo Ran had secluded himself and racked his brain for ideas. He really did not have a single strong point. His aptitude was only ordinary, and his Spiritual Strength was also lacking. No completely amazing figures had ever appeared amongst his ancestors, and he had no ancestral blood to rely on.

  But then, one day, he had gone to the Xuantian pavilion to look over some of their introductions on mechanism and forging arts, and his eyes had lit up.

  He greatly enjoyed those kinds of bizarre and crafty things. He had immediately asked Tang Wan-er to lend him a great deal of points to buy those tomes.

  There was a saying that every person had their own path to walk. As soon as Guo Ran opened up those tomes, he had immediately become infatuated, spending every day in his immortal cave studying.

  An ordinary rapid-fire crossbow didn’t possess much power. But Guo Ran had improved on the spring mechanisms in this ‘crossbow’, making it over ten times stronger than an ordinary crossbow.

  But Long Chen was also surprised to see that Guo Ran really was devious. He had also made changes to the arrows.

  The arrowheads were packed with Yin and Yang sulfur stones. Each arrowhead had one fingernail-sized stone of each type.

  Once they encountered resistance, the two stones inside the arrowhead would collide and explode.

  Of course, such a small explosion of the sulfur stones would only have a range of less than three inches and the power wasn’t ver
y high. From the outside of the body, even a Qi Condensation cultivator wouldn’t die.

  But those arrows would only meet resistance when they hit. In other words, when they pierced through a person’s body. If these sulfur stones exploded within the body, then they even posed a fatal threat to Tendon Transformation experts.

  Those dozen Corrupt disciples who had fled were instantly killed, shocking everyone.

  Long Chen smiled slightly. That little fellow really did have his own talent. “Show off? How come I don’t see anything amazing?”

  Guo Ran laughed and didn’t take anything from that. Seeing there were more people, he quickly shot out more arrows.

  Another seven or eight Corrupt disciples were killed by him, their flesh exploding.

  However, some arrows didn’t hit their targets, exploding on contact with the ground instead.

  “It’s a bit wasteful.” Long Chen shook his head.

  Each time he would shoot out forty to fifty arrows at once. The ones that missed were all wasted.

  “Hehe, no problem. I’ve already prepared all the materials, and I can make more any time. Right now is just the preliminary testing. Later, I’ll modify them and make them even stronger. I’ll become an unprecedented, unsurpassable forging master,” boasted Guo Ran proudly.

  Currently, this was just his first test with them in battle. Having tasted success this time, he no longer even cared about not having a powerful cultivation base.

  Other than those core disciples, just how many others were able to do as he had done and kill a dozen Corrupt disciples in one attack?

  He also had even more ideas he hadn’t tested yet. His success this time filled him with confidence. He saw a new, brilliant future for himself.

  “Ten Thousand Chilling Wind!”

  Suddenly, a cold cry rang out and countless wind blades formed in the sky, cutting apart space.

  Blood splattered.

  Chapter 239 Mysterious Man

  Blood splashed through the air, and the wind blades that filled the air faded away. The Corrupt disciple facing against Tang Wan-er collapsed, his eyes losing any expression.

  “Victory!”

  By the time this final core disciple fell, there were no longer any Corrupt disciples on the battlefield.

  This was a complete victory. Only a dozen disciples had been injured, and those injuries were all quickly healed by the Healing Hall. Those injuries had not been severe, and they were already fully recovered.

  This battle caused everyone’s confidence to sharply rise. The Corrupt path’s disciples weren’t so strong!

  “Long Chen, I won!” Tang Wan-er excitedly walked over to Long Chen. But she saw there was not even the slightest smile on his face. Instead, it was frighteningly gloomy.

  Everyone quickly saw that and their cheering came to a sudden stop. They didn’t know what had displeased Long Chen.

  “This was a battle with a huge power disparity from the start. Do you think victory is something to be arrogant about?” Long Chen icily stared at them.

  “Although they also had close to a thousand people, they only had four core disciples. But how many did we have?

  “Do you think such a victory is worth being arrogant about? Look at how you were fighting. You were basically just playing around. Do you think this is a game?

  “Yue Zifeng, as a sword cultivator, do you think you’re very grand? When you run into those weaker than you, you disdain to attack?

  “Do you think ignoring those who follow behind you to charge into the crowd and kill the stronger ones will display how much stronger you are?

  “And as for the other core disciples, do you really think you’re unrivaled? Are you all idiots?”

  Long Chen’s expression was ashen as he shouted at everyone, “How many times have I told you, we are one team? Don’t try to be a hero. Do you think no one else knows how to take the limelight?

  “If we want to really possess the power of teamwork, then you all need to understand what it means to mutually match with each other. Did my words from before fall on deaf ears?

  “You core disciples, the enemies you were facing this time might seem weak to you, but to the disciples behind you, they are a fatal threat.

  “They go all-out to protect your backs, but what do you consider them? Cannon fodder? Tools?”

  The core disciples’ faces turned red with guilt. They truly had lost themselves in the fight just now. After they had taken control of the situation, they had just gone out killing as much as possible without caring about the disciples behind them.

  One reason was because of their excitement, but another reason was because of their own vanity. Seeing some of the other core disciples showing off how powerful they were, they were unwilling to fall behind.

  In the beginning, they had still maintained the formation, but as they killed more and more, they began to fight for themselves, forgetting all about Long Chen’s deployment.

  Many of the core disciples lowered their heads. Long Chen had already told them that if they wanted to awaken their ancestral marks, they had to have something precious in their hearts.

  But just now they had completely forgotten about what he had said. Their hearts had only held themselves. They stared at the ground in shame as Long Chen berated them.

  “And you, Tang Wan-er, let me ask you, if you had gone all-out in that fight, do you think he would have lasted more than ten exchanges with you?” Long Chen’s fury had yet to run out.

  Tang Wan-er stiffened. This was the first time Long Chen had become angry with her, causing her to feel wronged.

  “I…”

  Tang Wan-er was about to argue, but she was sobbing too hard to say anything. She bit her lip, unable to speak.

  Qing Yu’s heart hurt seeing Tang Wan-er like that, and she gave Long Chen a look, but Long Chen acted as if he didn’t see it.

  “Let me tell you then. If you had fought with your full strength, he absolutely wouldn’t have lasted more than seven exchanges.

  “But you exchanged almost fifty blows before you managed to kill him. Are you excited about such an achievement?

  “Do you know? Acting in that way will endanger the entire group. If that Corrupt disciple had had a one-time, vicious technique or treasure, then maybe you would have been able to escape with your life, but you would have caused all those behind you to die. Do you understand?

  “How many times have I said that this isn’t a competition? The goal is always to kill your opponents. You have to use the fewest number of moves to kill them as fast as possible.

  “And you two, Ye Zhiqiu, Gu Yang, you still aren’t ruthless enough. You clearly had several opportunities to kill your opponents, but you didn’t dare risk the danger and wasted those precious chances.

  “When two equal opponents fight, the braver one wins. If you are afraid of death, just give up cultivating. Why bother participating in the battles between the Righteous and Corrupt paths? Are you trying to be a whetstone for others?

  “Why was I able to kill Wu Qi who had a higher cultivation base and was stronger than me? That was because I dared risk my life, while he didn’t.

  “The more you fear death, the more likely the one to die will be you. That’s why he is dead while I am still alive, standing here and scolding you.

  “Today, you’ve really all disappointed me. If you act like this next time as well, then all of you can get lost. I’ll just go out to slaughter them with my two brothers. That’ll save me from being so infuriated watching you!”

  Even after scolding them for all this time, his anger still didn’t fade. He had clearly explained this all extremely clearly on the way here. But as soon as the battle started, they forgot everything. Anyone would be angry.

  The one who disappointed him the most was Tang Wan-er. She had such a powerful strength, but she was unable to bring herself to wield it. He really couldn’t understand that.

  “Long Chen, I was wrong… Don’t be mad, I understand… Can you forgi
ve me?” Tang Wan-er stuttered through tears. She had realized that the majority of Long Chen’s fury was because of her performance.

  In the beginning, it had been her who had pleaded with Long Chen to lead everyone, hoping everyone would be more impassioned with him in charge.

  Her conduct today had been completely contrary to her own wishes. She had gravely injured Long Chen’s trust.

  She had her own difficulties. Although she was powerful, she was a woman who hadn’t experienced many life and death battles. It was too hard for her to change her fighting style so abruptly.

  “Sigh, just return to your station. Perhaps you’ll only truly understand what pain is when those behind you fall. Then you’ll know what the purpose of a battle is.” Long Chen took a deep breath, calming himself down.

  Tang Wan-er bit her lip, returning to her troops. They were all completely silent. Even those ordinary soldiers who had luckily managed to survive didn’t dare breathe loudly in this heavy atmosphere.

  Long Chen sighed, “Don’t wait to lose something before realizing how to treasure it. Don’t wait to lose something before knowing what pain is. Don’t wait to lose something before realizing what it means to protect.

  “Let me tell you a cruel fact. In this battle between the Righteous and Corrupt paths, if even half of us manage to live, that would already count as a heavenly blessing.

  “If you still don’t grow up, then maybe it would be better for you to die in the upcoming battles. At least then everything would be over for you. But if you manage to survive without understanding what I’m telling you, then you’ll feel remorse for the rest of your lives! Do your best now so that you don’t leave any regrets!”

  “Senior brother Long Chen, don’t worry, we’ll only make this mistake once. There definitely won’t be a second time!”

  Those core disciples all shouted. They had already been wholeheartedly won over by Long Chen. Not only was it because he was powerful, but it was more because of his vision and wisdom that far surpassed them.

  Long Chen nodded, “Now that we’ve arrived on the battlefield, we can no longer use flying Magical Beasts.