Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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That was why Long Chen’s expression changed. His parents were still in Phoenix Cry. He was worried and he had to make a trip there.
Tang Wan-er was given a fright when Long Chen held out the transmission jade to her. The others also looked at Long Chen in shock.
Long Chen was the pillar of their entire group. If he left, that would be a severe blow to everyone’s spirits.
“I don’t have time to explain. I have to leave for a trip, but I’ll be back quickly.
“My estimate is that the Corrupt path’s main forces will only arrive three to five days from now.
“The ones that are coming now are only some minor powers trying to sneak some easy profit. They’re not that frightening.
“After the last two battles, you should have already overcome your fear of them. As long as you work together, those inferior Corrupt disciples aren’t a match for you.”
Long Chen smiled slightly to Tang Wan-er and pressed the jade tile into her hand. “You’re the goddess in our hearts, so I trust you’ll be able to properly lead everyone!”
Holding the jade tile, Tang Wan-er felt as if it was incomparably heavy. Long Chen was placing everyone’s lives in her hands.
She found it hard to breathe. This burden was too heavy. Now she finally understood just how much pressure was on Long Chen’s shoulders.
“Don’t be afraid. There shouldn’t be any large-scale battles for a couple of days. With Wilde present, it definitely won’t be a problem. Wilde, you stay here and listen to sister Wan-er. Smash whoever she tells you to,” Long Chen told Wilde.
Wilde nodded his head straightforwardly. Although he didn’t understand why Long Chen had to leave all of a sudden, he was used to listening to him.
Long Chen then told the other core disciples, “It’ll be up to you guys to protect the monastery’s disciples. I’ll return as fast as I can.”
Long Chen formed a hand seal in front of him, and an enormous Spiritual Strength spread out. A snow-white figure appeared before everyone.
“Wu!” Little Snow roared up at the sky.
Normally, Little Snow was kept within Long Chen’s spiritual space. If Long Chen brought him out all of a sudden during a battle, he would definitely be of great assistance.
But this time he was summoning Little Snow for his speed. Jumping onto his back, Little Snow shot out, immediately disappearing from everyone’s vision.
Tang Wan-er tightly clenched the jade tile. She turned to everyone, “Now that Long Chen’s left us temporarily, we’ll need to be even more careful. No one can slip-up during this time, otherwise, I won’t even have the face to see him again.”
“Yes!” Everyone’s expressions were grave. They all understood Long Chen’s temperament. He had already told them that his greatest hope was to return to the monastery with everyone alive.
Right now, their lives were not their own, but everyone’s. If they stayed alive, then there would be greater hope for the people beside them to stay alive. That was what it meant to be a team.
…
Six hours after Long Chen had left them, a huge number of commoners began to crazily withdraw from the border of Phoenix Cry.
None of them had imagined that the Righteous and Corrupt battles that they had heard of in stories would suddenly occur near Phoenix Cry. The soldiers near the border were all urgently helping them evacuate.
“Lord Marquis, these commoners are evacuating too slowly. If the Corrupt path attacks, there won’t be enough time to get everyone out.” A soldier respectfully reported to a middle-aged man in golden armor.
That middle-aged man had a lion’s nose and a wide mouth. Even without any expression, he still seemed extremely imposing, like a sheathed sword. Although he had yet to unleash his sharp side, he still gave off a powerful pressure.
That person was Long Chen’s father, the Border Suppression Marquis, Long Tianxiao. Once everything in the capital had calmed down, he had declined to stay within the capital. Instead, he brought his wife to the border station.
Long Tianxiao had deep ties with this place and compared to the capital with those little hidden schemes, he much preferred living a simple and sincere life amongst the commoners. Here he could be free and unrestrained.
“Even if they’re too slow, there’s nothing we can do about it. We can’t leave anyone behind, young or old. Sect disciples are up ahead protecting us. We should have enough time to evacuate. Just send out an order to try to speed things up,” said Long Tianxiao gravely.
“Yes.” That soldier turned and left.
A very large and burly fellow hastily walked over. “Uncle Long, the emergency signal has come from ahead! The Corrupt disciples have probably killed their way over.”
That large man was Shi Feng. Although he was the emperor’s son-in-law[1] now, he had idolized Long Tianxiao since childhood. He had asked the Emperor to always stay by Long Tianxiao’s side at the border.
Currently, Shi Feng had reached the peak of Blood Condensation. He was just one step away from Tendon Transformation. He was the strongest member of the junior generation in Phoenix Cry.
Long Tianxiao’s pupils shrank. He asked, “How did they break in so fast? Were all those sect disciples defeated?”
Just a while ago, they had seen a large number of Magical Beasts flying over them. There had been experts who had shouted down to evacuate calmly and avoid any panic.
They had said that there were sect disciples ahead. How were they defeated so quickly? Were the Corrupt disciples so powerful?
“The situation is still unknown. All we saw was that the ones at the front lit up the emergency signal. The Corrupt disciples will probably reach us here very soon.” Shi Feng’s expression was also extremely grave.
“Gather up all the troops. No matter what, we can’t let the Corrupt disciples slaughter these innocent commoners.”
Following Long Tianxiao’s orders, those soldiers that had been helping everyone evacuate gathered together. There were a total of fifty thousand soldiers here.
That was the total military power of this border. The majority of these soldiers had grown up here. They had thick ties to this place.
Now that the Corrupt path had invaded, they all stood at the front of the city gates, tightly clenching their weapons and ready to fight at any moment.
At the same time as Long Tianxiao was gathering his soldiers, a hundred miles away, there were a dozen young men wearing robes of the Bloodnet Sect. They were quietly observing Long Tianxiao and the others.
“Senior apprentice-brother Luo, is it really ok for us to do this?” asked one of them worriedly.
“What are you so afraid of? Elder Zhao Changxing has already given us approval.”
A man with an extremely gloomy expression icily responded, “Those damn idiots from Phoenix Cry should all die. Especially that father and son from the Long family. They should die a hundred thousand times over.
“Originally, Phoenix Cry’s spirit stone mine was long since noticed by our Bloodnet Sect. If it weren’t for that father and son from the Long family ruining our plans, all those spirit stones would have landed in our Bloodnet Sect’s pocket.
“Fuck, just thinking about it makes me want to murder them. It was so difficult for me to arrange such an easy mission for my little brother. I still can’t believe he ended up dying from it. I’m so fucking pissed, I wish I could personally go cut off the heads of the Long family!” That man, who had been called senior apprentice-brother Luo, clenched his teeth.
That white-robed man, who Long Chen had killed back then, was his little brother. He had thought to give his little brother an opportunity to stand out a bit, but his little brother had ended up dying instead. Even he had ended up punished afterward.
The matter of the spirit stone mine had caused the Bloodnet Sect to suffer a double loss. Furthermore, they were then treated as a laughingstock by the other surrounding sects.
And so by now, everyone within the Bloodnet Sect hated Long Chen and Lo
ng Tianxiao. They were delighted to find out that they were lucky enough to be appointed to this position that was near Phoenix Cry’s border.
They could borrow this opportunity to let someone else do their dirty work. Zhao Changxing, the Elder who had been kicked out of the spirit stone mine discussion by the other sects, had directly told the disciples to purposely let a squad of Corrupt disciples through to slaughter everyone near Phoenix Cry’s border.
Although they would be punished for negligence, the punishment wouldn’t be that bad. For a couple of commoners to die wouldn’t bring about many repercussions.
They couldn’t personally go kill Long Tianxiao, but letting him die to the Corrupt disciples was also pretty good revenge.
“Fuck, I can’t believe that Long Chen managed to join the Xuantian Monastery. If they had been together, we could have sent them both to hell together,” snorted senior apprentice-brother Luo.
Those other disciples around him didn’t say anything. They were all old disciples, and their status was similar to the law enforcer senior apprentice-brothers from the Xuantian Monastery.
They weren’t allowed to directly participate in the battle this time. That was a tacit agreement that had been held up for countless years by the Corrupt and Righteous paths. They would all use only new disciples for these battles in order to temper their wills.
“In a bit, as long as Long Tianxiao dies, we’ll stealthily issue the signal to bring the other disciples to save the others. As long as not too many people die, there won’t be anyone who will suspect that we’ve done anything. Does everyone understand?”
Those people nodded, closely watching the city gates.
Long Tianxiao had only just gathered all the warriors. He had yet to even say anything to them when his expression suddenly changed and he looked into the distance.
Over thirty Corrupt disciples wearing blood-colored robes were rushing over, all smiling sinisterly.
Long Tianxiao had wanted to give everyone a morale-boosting speech, but once he saw those disciples’ cultivation bases, his heart turned ice-cold.
They were all in the Tendon Transformation realm. Although it was only the early Tendon Transformation realm, each one of their auras was over ten times stronger than his own late Tendon Transformation realm’s aura.
Long Tianxiao took a deep breath. He had spent his life in battle, and he had never despaired. But this was the first time he fought a battle where his opponent outclassed him so greatly.
Although he knew he would die, Long Tianxiao still took out his saber. There was no possible retreat from here. Looking at the Corrupt enemies, he saw that they were less than three hundred meters away. He suddenly roared and charged at the Corrupt disciples.
Following Long Tianxiao, all the other soldiers charged forward without the fear of death. Those Corrupt disciples smiled cruelly, taking out their own weapons.
Buzz…
Just as the two were about to collide, a huge wind blade sliced through the Corrupt disciples, and a loud shout shook heaven and earth.
“Warriors of Phoenix Cry, retreat! Leave this place to me.”
[1] Due to Chu Feng's status as Emperor, when Shi Feng marries into his family, he automatically becomes a , which literally means an emperor's son-in-law.
Chapter 242 Go to Hell
A huge wind blade sliced out, cutting through the ranks of the Corrupt disciples.
That wind blade was over thirty meters long. It was quickly revolving as it passed over the ground. Those Corrupt disciples were all alarmed and hastily retreated.
But there were still eight people who hadn’t had enough time and were swallowed by that wind blade. The terrifying power behind it directly cut their bodies to pieces.
One large and one small figure appeared before everyone’s eyes. Long Tianxiao stiffened when he saw that back.
“Chen-er, is that really you?”
Long Chen slowly turned back to look at him. Over half a year had passed, but his father was still so formidable. Long Chen smiled slightly, his heart warm.
“Dad, you guys withdraw. I’ll handle this. Afterward, the two of us will still have time to drink and reminisce.”
Long Tianxiao took a deep breath. After half a year, there was no longer any immaturity on Long Chen’s face. He had grown up even more than before. That comforted him, but at the same time, it also deeply moved him. His child had finally fully grown up.
“All troops, fall back!” Long Tianxiao ordered. He led his army to quickly retreat. They knew they were unable to participate in a battle of this level.
Previously, they were simply ready to sacrifice their own lives in order to gain a little more time for the commoners to evacuate further.
They had hoped to use their own lives to save more commoners. That was why they had still dared to charge forward despite knowing they weren’t a match for the Corrupt disciples.
“I never thought Long Chen would return now.” Shi Feng excitedly looked at Long Chen and Little Snow, filled with shock.
The Corrupt disciples were surprised by Long Chen suddenly killing some of them. A core disciple snorted, “He’s just a brat at Blood Condensation. He just has a powerful housepet. I’ll handle that brute. You guys continue killing others. Time’s pressing, and once we kill everyone in the city, we’ll withdraw.”
That core disciple rushed at Little Snow. Little Snow crouched down slightly in preparation, but Long Chen patted him and said, “Don’t move Little Snow. I’ll handle this!”
Long Chen stepped forward, charging at that core disciple. That Corrupt core disciple snorted when he saw Long Chen send himself to his own death.
A blood-colored sword stabbed at Long Chen’s heart as quick as lightning. Killing intent filled the air as soon as he attacked, shaking everyone’s hearts and spirits.
That was the terror of Corrupt disciples. Because they had slaughtered so many people, their killing intent was incredibly dense. As soon as they attacked, their powerful killing intent would cause a person’s heart to freeze.
That was also why Righteous disciples would be suppressed whenever they fought Corrupt disciples. Their killing intent was too intimidating, and they were unable to bring out their full strength.
Long Chen smiled icily. He slashed his saber straight at that core disciple’s neck, completely ignoring the sword stabbing towards his heart.
Seeing that kind of suicidal attack, that core disciple smiled mockingly. Although Long Chen was also attacking quickly, the core disciple had been the first one to move, and he would definitely hit first.
According to their current speed, he was absolutely sure that he would pierce through Long Chen’s heart first, and then he could easily dodge his saber.
But that Corrupt core disciple had miscalculated. Just as his sword was about to pierce Long Chen’s chest, a hand covered in thunderforce grabbed it tightly.
At the same time, a powerful thunderforce came through his sword and made his body numb. That scared him witless.
That thunderforce wasn’t powerful, but it was enough to paralyze him just for an instant. Ordinarily, such an instant was nothing.
But now Long Chen’s saber had already arrived at his neck. By the time he recovered from that paralysis, his head was already flying through the air.
Blood spurted through the air. Long Chen didn’t even wait for the head to fall before charging forward.
“Die!” His icy shout shook the heavens. His saber began to cut through those still stupefied Corrupt disciples.
No one was able to stop him. This saber in his hand had been lent to him by senior apprentice-brother Wan and was over thirty thousand pounds.
When combined with his incredible strength in the thirteenth Heavenstage of Blood Condensation, any weapon in the enemies’ hands immediately shattered whenever they met his saber.
That core disciple had been the leader of this squad. Now that he had been killed, the others all scattered in fear.
Unfortunat
ely for them, Long Chen didn’t give them any chance. His saber swung through the air. With each slash, at least one Corrupt disciple was cut down. Miserable screams continuously rang out.
Long Tianxiao had spent his entire life on the battlefield. He had no idea how many people he had killed now. But his heart was still leaping.
Those were no ordinary people, but Corrupt path experts. Each one of them was ten times stronger than he was.
However, in front of Long Chen, they could only wait to be killed. Long Chen chased them for seven hundred meters before cutting down the last one.
He swung the blood off the saber and then lazily rested it on his shoulder. He walked over to Long Tianxiao, smiling, “Your son has some ability, right? At least I haven’t made you lose face!”
Long Chen was covered in blood, making him appear even more imposing. Seeing how powerful his son was, Long Tianxiao was absolutely delighted.
“Excellent, you really are my son. Good!” Long Tianxiao patted Long Chen on the shoulder. Now Long Chen was even more rugged and built than before.
Long Chen stuck his saber into the ground and gave his father a heroic embrace.
Although Long Tianxiao wasn’t Long Chen’s biological father, the feelings between them were no different than that of a father and son.
“Child, you’ve grown up.” Long Tianxiao placed his hands on Long Chen’s shoulders. Currently, Long Chen was still a bit slimmer than he was, but his weaker appearance hid an explosive power. It was like his body had a dragon sealed inside him that caused others to tremble in fear.
“Long Chen, it’s great to see you again!” Shi Feng excitedly walked over.
Long Chen laughed and gave Shi Feng a tight embrace. This half a year had felt more like half a lifetime to Long Chen. Seeing this good brother and father of his after what felt like forever, deeply moved him.
In front of his father, there was no need for him to act mature. In front of his brother, he could completely relax.
“Who are you?”
Suddenly, a dozen figures in embroidered robes appeared while the three of them were talking.