Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  “Leave this fellow to me!” Gu Yang rushed over beside Tang Wan-er. Runes lit up all over his body as he smashed his fist at that fellow.

  Gu Yang’s physical body was extremely powerful. With his runes supporting him, his fist was like steel, ruthlessly slamming into that person’s machete.

  That person was also physically powerful, someone who specialized in brute strength. He began to fiercely fight against Gu Yang.

  By this time, the rest of the Corrupt disciples had already rushed over. They all brought their weapons slashing down on them.

  For some reason, when these enemies charged up this close, Tang Wan-er instead calmed down. Perhaps for her, once her nervousness reached its peak, it would instead bring her into complete calm.

  Her Spiritual Strength swept through the ranks of her enemies. She quickly realized they actually had three more core disciples than them.

  “Form up into your formations! Defend and attack as one!” shouted Tang Wan-er. That was something Long Chen had drilled them in before. When both sides’ strengths were very similar, it was better to form up squads containing both stronger and weaker members. There would be some in charge of attacking, and some in charge of defending. That would raise their collective combat ability.

  Even as she shouted, she charged over, a wind blade in her hand slashing down on a Corrupt core disciple.

  BOOM!

  This time, Tang Wan-er no longer had any misgivings. All that remained in her mind was to kill her opponents, and she brought out her full strength.

  The saber in that Corrupt core disciple’s hand directly shattered under Tang Wan-er’s wind blade, and he was sent flying.

  “Highwind Thorn!”

  Tang Wan-er gave him no chance to recover. Her left hand flung out, and an arrow formed from her wind energy shot straight through his heart.

  That wind arrow containing her runic strength was even harder than ordinary steel. Her opponent hadn’t had any chance to defend, immediately dying.

  Long Chen smiled approvingly. As expected, a person’s potential was unlimited.

  Tang Wan-er had finally felt enough pressure. She knew she had to kill the Corrupt core disciples as fast as possible, or the troops behind her would definitely suffer greatly.

  And so the way she had fought just now had basically just been by instinct. She hadn’t been thinking anything in her head. She wasn’t thinking about what move to do, or what kind of attack sequence to use. All that she thought was to kill him in one hit.

  Having killed a Corrupt core disciple in one attack, even she was surprised with herself. However, she didn’t have time to think about it too much. She immediately moved to attack another core disciple.

  Tang Wan-er’s strength gave the Corrupt disciples a fright. Three of their core disciples immediately rushed over to her.

  Tang Wan-er shouted and her ancestral mark appeared over her forehead. A huge wind blade roared in her hands as she attacked the three of them.

  BOOM!

  In just the first exchange, the three of them were sent flying by her wind blade. The terrifying aftershocks killed a dozen unlucky fellows around them.

  “Windroll Destructive Cloud!”

  Thousands of wind blades appeared around Tang Wan-er’s body. They were quickly revolving, following the movements of her hands.

  Those thousands of wind blades appeared like a cloud as they surged over to the Corrupt disciples.

  Each one of the wind blades was formed by her wind energy and supplemented by her runic energy. The ordinary Corrupt disciples did not possess any ability to resist them and were all cut to pieces.

  Blood splashed throughout the air. A huge, empty area appeared in the crowd. Not only had the three core disciples been killed by her attack, but at least three hundred other ordinary Corrupt disciples had also been exterminated.

  “She’s finally started to use some ruthless attacks.” Long Chen was also a bit speechless. Tang Wan-er really had hidden her strength.

  However, her face was now a bit pale after using such a powerful attack. That terrifying attack was too exhausting.

  “Kill! Kill all these Corrupt path idiots!”

  Tang Wan-er’s attack immediately boosted the monastery’s morale. They roared, attacking the Corrupt disciples.

  The Corrupt disciples were incredibly frightened by Tang Wan-er’s strength, but even though so many of them had died in one attack, none of them retreated in fear. On the contrary, it ended up exciting the ruthlessness in their bones.

  The Corrupt core disciples saw how pale Tang Wan-er’s face was now. They could all see that her aura had sharply declined after that attack, and they rushed over to her.

  “Sons of bitches from the Corrupt path, let me, your daddy, handle you!” Song Mingyuan and the others all cursed them and charged over to those core disciples. In their anger, they began to curse incoherently, not even realizing they had ended up cursing themselves.

  Tang Wan-er had killed four core disciples right off the bat, immediately leveling the playing field and tilting the scales to the side of the monastery.

  Tang Wan-er gritted her teeth and charged over at two Corrupt core disciples. Although her aura was much weaker and it wasn’t that plausible for her to kill another core disciple expert at this point, it was still no problem for her to hold up two people.

  That way, the monastery would have two core disciples free to attack the Corrupt path’s ordinary disciples, lowering the casualties.

  Core disciples fought against core disciples, and ordinary disciples fought against ordinary disciples. The entire battlefield was filled with saber-light and sword-images, blood flying everywhere.

  Although the monastery now possessed an extremely great advantage, danger was constantly present when faced against these fierce Corrupt disciples. Many people were being injured.

  The Healing Hall’s disciples were quickly called upon. In the beginning, it was still extremely chaotic, but as the battle progressed, the monastery began to get into a rhythm and crazily counterattack.

  Compared to the Corrupt disciples which were like scattered sand that were simply fighting for themselves, the monastery’s disciples were fighting as units. As they fought, they became more adept at cooperation and gained a greater understanding of their fellow disciples fighting style.

  As for the two extra core disciples on their side, they were doing their best to cut down as many of the Corrupt disciples as possible because they were worried about the disciples behind them not being able to endure.

  In order to prevent as many injuries and deaths as possible, they began to use crazy attacks, willing to take injuries to themselves in order to bring down their enemies as fast as possible.

  They didn’t realize that as they crazily fought, a faint light began to appear over their foreheads.

  As that light began to brighten, their auras frantically climbed. But as they fought with their lives on the line, they didn’t notice at all.

  The ordinary disciples’ chaotic fight was even more dangerous than the core disciples’ fights. There were too many people, and blades flew about everywhere. They could lose their lives at any moment.

  But at this time, they had actually forgotten their terror. All they were thinking about was how to protect the backs of their comrades. Even in death, they wouldn’t let an enemy through.

  A disciple of the Heaven Earth Faction killed a Corrupt disciple with a slash of his saber. But he hadn’t expected that Corrupt disciple to be so incredibly vicious. That Corrupt disciple tightly held onto his saber as he died.

  Another Corrupt disciple charged over, his saber stabbed straight for his chest. It was too late for him to dodge.

  An unwilling light appeared in his eyes. If he died, then who would protect his brothers’ backs?

  He could only wait for this saber to pierce through his body. Once it was thrust through him, he would tightly grab that Corrupt disciple. Even if he had to use his teeth, he would bite him to de
ath with him.

  That malevolent face suddenly flew into the air.

  That disciple was shocked. Behind the blood, he saw a person giving him a thumbs-up.

  “Long-!”

  Long Chen had stealthily snuck into the chaotic battle. However, he didn’t attack, instead keeping watch over the battlefield. Only when someone was about to die would he secretly intervene.

  This was his seventh time doing that. Giving that disciple a gesture to keep quiet, he randomly killed another two Corrupt disciples and disappeared into the crowd.

  Long Chen didn’t want to expose the fact that he was present. That was to increase the pressure everyone was under, allowing them to bring out their true strength and courage.

  This was a trial for them. Once they passed, they would no longer feel any fear even in the face of death. They would have found the true meaning of cultivation. Only like this could they become true experts.

  Seeing those core disciples who were still fighting intensely and had yet to realize they had awakened their ancestral marks, Long Chen smiled.

  All of those, who could awaken their ancestral marks today, had all been thinking about protecting everyone. Such people were true hot-blooded men.

  Long Chen secretly protected everyone. As soon as it appeared someone was in danger of dying, he would go over and slash out his saber. As time progressed, more and more people realized that Long Chen was amongst them, increasing their morale.

  The Corrupt disciples’ numbers were dwindling, while the Xuantian Monastery’s disciples were becoming more and more imposing. Despite how fierce the Corrupt disciples were, they were starting to become afraid.

  Only four hundred of them were still alive by this point. Furthermore, the core disciples were starting to lose. No one knew who was first, but those Corrupt disciples began to turn on their heels and flee.

  “Hahahaha, since you’ve all come, don’t you feel shameful leaving just like that? Don’t worry, I won’t make it hard on you. You can leave as long as you leave behind your head!”

  Long Chen’s laugh rang out in all directions. Tang Wan-er and the others were all delighted to hear his voice.

  “Whirlwind Slash!”

  Chapter 248 Unrivaled Tactic

  “Whirlwind Slash!” Long Chen charged forward like a gust of wind, appearing amidst the ranks of the Corrupt disciples.

  A huge saber image spun around rapidly, leaving behind a trail of flying blood and miserable screams.

  Shockingly, in just a moment, Long Chen passed through their entire ranks, leaving behind only a trail of blood and mincemeat. None of them managed to survive.

  That was the first time Long Chen had actually released a true attack since this battle started. As soon as he took action, he exterminated so many Corrupt disciples.

  There had been four hundred ordinary Corrupt disciples left, but they had all been killed by his single attack. Furthermore, Long Chen’s expression was still completely calm.

  Long Chen swung the blood off his saber and rested it on his shoulder.

  He smiled to everyone, “Brothers, sisters, you better hurry up.”

  Their blood immediately began to boil when they saw Long Chen. If Long Chen was present, they would never have anything to fear, not even the collapsing of the very heavens.

  “Kill!”

  Everyone’s attacks became even more ruthless. Currently, all that remained were nine Corrupt core disciples. They were enveloped in despair.

  They didn’t even have the chance to run. Four of them were immediately killed. The remaining five did their best to charge out, but they didn’t have a chance.

  One of them realized that escape was hopeless, and with a roar, his aura exploded, his body beginning to blow up like a balloon.

  “He’s going to self-detonate! Run!”

  BOOM!

  Bloody mist filled the air, but what shocked everyone was that another figure had appeared in front of the person who had self-detonated.

  That person was Long Chen. He was completely covered in blood now, but he was holding a person’s head.

  “Hehe, even if you want to self-detonate, leave your head behind for me.”

  Long Chen tossed over that person’s head. That was worth two hundred thousand points. Waste was definitely not in Long Chen’s style.

  Looking at everyone’s stupefied expressions, Long Chen laughed, his smile filling them with warmth.

  “Since we’ve already won, you can cheer as much as you like, hahaha!” Long Chen took the lead to laugh. Only then did the others relax enough to cheer to their hearts’ content, releasing all their excitement.

  “When did you get back Long Chen?” Tang Wan-er and the others walked over to Long Chen. They hadn’t expected Long Chen to get back so quickly.

  “I got here just before the battle started. I purposely hid myself to see whether or not you could all handle this pressure. This time you were all really amazing. I even purposely told Wilde not to go out to let you guys feel more danger.”

  Only then did everyone realize that they had forgotten about Wilde. All they had been thinking about was how to kill their enemies.

  “Brother Long told me not to help, so you can’t blame me!” Wilde was a bit embarrassed.

  Just as the battle was starting, Wilde had received a hidden transmission from Long Chen to not attack. And if he had to attack, he was only allowed to kill the ants, not the core disciples.

  Gu Yang bitterly laughed, “We really are dumb. As soon as we started fighting, we forgot about everything, including such a powerful person like Wilde.”

  Tang Wan-er was completely red. As the commander-in-chief, she had forgotten about their strongest trump card. She almost died from shame.

  “It’s not your fault. Wilde is just too quiet and never talks. He’ll normally just stay resting the entire time. It’s easy to forget him.” Song Mingyuan laughed.

  This matter really was too embarrassing. They were afraid that Long Chen would scold them again. It really wasn’t acceptable for them to forget about their own people.

  Long Chen laughed. “Actually, this time you benefited from forgetting about him. Because you forgot about how powerful of a trump card Wilde is, you were under an even greater pressure. That allowed you to release your greatest strength.”

  Tang Wan-er was still blushing. “Long Chen, are you trying to comfort me? If that’s all you’re doing, I’d rather you scold me.”

  Long Chen shook his head. “Actually, I don’t have the right to criticize you. I realized many of my own errors from that battle just now.”

  Everyone was startled by that. Long Chen continued, “In this world, there’s no perfect methods, nor systems that are absolutely correct. That includes my own.

  “In the beginning, I was hoping to rely on my strength to lead everyone. I knew how cruel our opponents are, and I wanted to ponder about ways to raise my own potential, allowing me to be your shepherd. It was wrong for me to try to guide you all like that.”

  “Why?” Tang Wan-er didn’t understand.

  Long Chen sighed, “I’ve ended up becoming your goal, just a target for you to focus on. If this continued, you would all just end up being my accessories. If I were to disappear, you would have nothing to adhere to.

  “But what is extremely fortunate this time is that I had to leave you all. Before you had completely adhered yourselves to me, you’ve learned you can stand alone.

  “You all fought this battle beautifully. During battle, you all forgot about your own safety, thinking only about your comrades behind you.

  “That is the power of a will to protect. While facing death, you all managed to discard your innate fear and chose to protect.

  “And so, you’ve all obtained your own rewards! Congratulations!”

  Long Chen excitedly looked at everyone. That kind of expression was rare on Long Chen who always seemed completely calm.

  “Congratulations? Us?”

  In their confusion, they
all looked at each other curiously. Long Chen seemed to be talking about something specifically…

  “Ah?”

  When they saw the faces of those around them, they let out startled cries, their eyes filled with disbelief.

  “Your ancestral mark’s appeared on your forehead!”

  “You too!”

  “And you!”

  “...”

  All the core disciples finally realized the change. At some point, a faint mark had appeared over each of their foreheads.

  That was the sign that their ancestral blood had been revived. They all went mad with joy.

  Some of the core disciples even knelt on the ground, crying from their excitement. That was just how important awakening their ancestral mark was to them.

  Tang Wan-er and the others had no thoughts of laughing at them. In fact, their eyes turned red, as only they knew just how significant awakening their ancestral mark was.

  Long Chen couldn’t help but be emotional. Perhaps it was because their luck was good, but in this atmosphere, it was extremely easy to be emotionally moved.

  Emotions were amazing things. If someone was willing to risk their life to protect you, then even if you were a selfish person, you would still be extremely moved. Even if you were a cowardly person, you would be able to forget your own fear of death to protect them in turn.

  Emotions were also subtle things. During this battle, everyone had been forced into desperation. Within that atmosphere of steadfast loyalty, it was even easier for a person to forget about themselves, allowing them to arouse their most primal power.

  Whether or not it was luck, at the very least, this showed that they all had the will to protect each other. Even throughout that critical battle, there had not been a single person to retreat or shrink back. Now that they had passed this trial, they had obtained a great reward.

  All of the core disciples had awakened their ancestral marks. Even Long Chen was unable to control his excitement.

  If there had been one person, or perhaps a few people, who hadn’t awakened their ancestral marks, that would pose a fatal threat to their troops.