Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  Tang Wan-er’s expression was icy cold. She was just about to reply when Long Chen pulled her back and looked at Jiang Yifan carefully.

  “Do you really want to have a decisive battle with me? If we do, someone will die. Think about it carefully!”

  Chapter 296 No Rest Until Death

  “Do you really want to have a decisive battle with me? If we do, someone will die. Think about it carefully!” Long Chen stared at Jiang Yifan, his eyes ice-cold.

  Long Chen didn’t like this kind of fighting. Such fighting had no meaning behind it. If you have the energy to fight here, why don’t you go find some members of the Corrupt path to kill?

  In Long Chen’s eyes, the Righteous path’s people were really useless. Their only skills were playing dirty tricks behind people’s backs, scheming, and just being generally despicable, shameless degenerates.

  Inner strife had become their specialty. But when they were truly facing those savage Corrupt disciples, they were useless.

  However, the main reason Long Chen didn’t want to fight here was because he was constantly feeling a sensation of crisis, and he didn’t want to display his abilities for everyone to see.

  Right now, he had to use all his time to get stronger in order to deal with that impending crisis.

  But then the people around him like Elder Sun and this Jiang Yifan seemed to never want to rest until they completely infuriated him.

  Normally, Long Chen would refrain from fighting so publicly in a meaningless fight. That would just reveal his trump cards and attract more attention.

  He didn’t want more people like Elder Sun. He didn’t have the time to deal with those idiots. At first, that sensation of crisis had been indistinct and weak, but as time went on, it was only growing stronger.

  At the same time, he also recalled that man who was able to destroy the void with a single punch from his dream. He had said a single line: Time is running out.

  However, panicking was not a solution. He was certain that there was something in the Jiuli secret realm that he desperately needed.

  That was why all of his focus was on increasing his strength before entering the Jiuli secret realm. He cherished every breath of time, as each little bit of strength would increase his chances of survival.

  Over the last few weeks, Long Chen had been completely focused on training in the Violent Gale Saber and the Thunderization Art. As soon as he had returned from training in those, he had run into this situation.

  Originally, Long Chen hadn’t planned on fighting. In fact, even if he had to go up, he could just jump off and admit defeat. In any case, they had won overall.

  But Jiang Yifan’s vision was perceptive, and he had immediately seen through Long Chen’s weak point, placing his intentions on Tang Wan-er.

  Although Long Chen clearly knew Jiang Yifan was doing this deliberately, he was still unable to hold back his fury. He knew that Jiang Yifan was set on targeting him.

  If Long Chen continued to refuse, he would continue with his repulsive words. Although such a man was contemptible, Long Chen had no choice but to admit he had succeeded. He had succeeded in infuriating him.

  “A battle is not a game. Of course, I am indifferent to life and death. Wasn’t that beautiful little sister also like that just now?” snorted Jiang Yifan.

  “That’s just because your people are too shameless and despicable. They only have themselves to blame.” Tang Wan-er’s expression was icy-cold as she raged.

  Their Favored had used an absolutely despicable method when he had clearly already lost to Gu Yang, heavily injuring him and then even more shamelessly taking his weapon.

  And then those two twins had been even more lacking in morals, spitting out vicious obscenities at her.

  “The goal of battle is always victory. All methods are allowed,” sneered Jiang Yifan.

  “You…!”

  Long Chen pulled back Tang Wan-er and shook his head. “Have you forgotten our agreement? I’ll be in charge of handling idiots, and you’ll be in charge of being as beautiful as a flower. Leave such a contemptible little man to me.”

  Having her hand held by Long Chen and seeing the smile on his face, Tang Wan-er’s fury instantly evaporated. She couldn’t help but feel a bit ashamed of herself. Compared to Long Chen, she really was just a temperamental child.

  Looking at Jiang Yifan, Long Chen said, “Since you want to fight, then I’ll accompany you. But for this last round, I want to increase the stakes.”

  “What do you want to increase them to?” asked Luo Bing.

  Luo Bing might have done her best to conceal it, but there was no way she could completely hide how excited she was that Long Chen had accepted to battle Jiang Yifan.

  “For the last match, let’s bet all the merit points we gained so far, as well as one spot to enter the Jiuli secret realm.”

  In the crowd, Guo Ran shook slightly. He knew this extra spot was for him.

  Guo Ran wasn’t a core disciple, and he wasn’t the same as Wilde who had killed a Favored. The monastery had long since successfully applied to have Wilde be given a spot.

  However, Guo Ran did not have the qualifications to enter the Jiuli secret realm, hence, Long Chen was trying to open a backdoor for him.

  “No problem.” Luo Bing immediately agreed. She was completely confident in Jiang Yifan. Long Chen’s increased stakes were perfect for her. She could immediately win back all her lost merit points.

  “Furthermore, if I win, you, Luo Bing, must apologize to all my monastery’s disciples and admit that you are a pig.”

  Luo Bing’s killing intent immediately sprung out. This was a naked humiliation. Was he trying to provoke her, a Xiantian expert?

  “Why aren’t you saying anything? If you don’t dare to bet, then scram. I don’t have time for your senseless games,” snorted Long Chen.

  “What if you lose?” Luo Bing clenched her teeth.

  “If I lose, our Xuantian Monastery’s new disciples will immediately disband.”

  Long Chen’s words caused both sides’ people to jump. Tu Fang’s expression also changed, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.

  This bet was far, far too big. He was willing to gamble on all of the monastery’s new disciples disbanding? He was crazy.

  “Hahahaha, fine, I’ll agree to that.” But a harsh light then shone in Luo Bing’s eyes. “But can your words represent all the new disciples? Will all of them listen to you?”

  “Long Chen is our boss. Even if he wanted us to go die, we wouldn’t hesitate. Why would we care about disbanding? Don’t worry you old bitch,” sneered Guo Ran.

  Guo Ran’s words immediately incited all the monastery’s new and old disciples to chant in unison: “Don’t worry you old bitch!”

  Luo Bing turned purple from rage. “Good! Then let’s immediately set up the life and death contract!”

  This life and death contract was just a piece of proof stating that the two of them had willingly set up a decisive battle without anyone forcing them. Their life or death was unrelated to anyone else.

  Although Luo Bing was angry enough to die, she wasn’t stupid. Without this contract, then once Jiang Yifan killed Long Chen, Tu Fang would immediately report it to the supermonastery and she would have to bear all the responsibility.

  Although they had the excuse of coming to exchange pointers, they were ranked thirty-sixth, while their opponents were ranked last. As long as they weren’t an idiot, anyone would realize there was something fishy going on.

  Then once the supermonastery investigated this matter, even her sect leader brother wouldn’t be able to protect her. However, as long as they had both signed a life and death contract, everything would be fine. That was something only related to the individuals themselves and was unrelated to the monasteries.

  These life and death contracts were all ready-made, and all brave and ruthless people would hold a few on their bodies to display their heroism.

  Jiang Yifan received two copies of the lif
e and death contract, signed his name on both, and then handed them to Long Chen.

  “Now it’s your turn. Properly cherish this moment, as it’s the last time you’ll sign anything.”

  Long Chen also signed his own name and shook his head. “Careful about your blind confidence. Such a thing can be extremely dangerous.”

  Once those two life and death contracts were signed, Tu Fang kept one while Luo Bing kept the other. That way neither party could attempt to counterfeit or cheat.

  However, for some reason, Luo Bing became a bit uneasy after receiving her copy of the life and death contract. That uneasiness stemmed from Tu Fang’s expression.

  Tu Fang’s expression was a bit complicated, but it wasn’t overly worried. Could it be that Long Chen was really on the Chosen-level? But then why did she not sense any will coming from his body?

  But then Luo Bing relaxed again. Even if Long Chen was on the Chosen-level, so what? He was only at the peak of Blood Condensation, while Jiang Yifan had already reached the sixth Heavenstage of Tendon Transformation.

  The two of them were separated by a major realm and six minor realms. Killing Long Chen wouldn’t be anything difficult.

  Originally, Luo Bing hadn’t come here to kill Long Chen. Her goal had only been to humiliate the 108th monastery and perhaps injure a couple of their disciples as a vicious slap to their face.

  That was to tell the 108th monastery to rein in their arrogance. There were some people they couldn’t offend.

  That thinking might have been good, but carrying it out had been extremely difficult. Of nine battles, they had only won two.

  In the beginning, Luo Bing had told her disciples to use photographic jades to record this entire matter so she could send those videos to the first monastery as proof of her success.

  But if she were to hand over these photographic jades to the first monastery now, she really would have no more face. Was she the one giving the 108th monastery a slap in the face, or had she sent herself there to be slapped in the face?

  When her hopes of a regular victory had been dashed, she had then told her Favored to cripple Tang Wan-er, giving her some leeway.

  But as a result, Tang Wan-er wasn’t crippled, but two of her Favored would be bedridden for months.

  And so for this final round, she had to give some kind of justification to the first monastery. Hadn’t Long Chen claimed himself to be on the Chosen-level?

  Whether or not it was true, they could claim that he was, and so killing him would definitely be a good thing to the first monastery.

  At that time, she would have managed to form a good relationship with the first monastery, and the benefits would pour in. In that case, her mission would still have been completed.

  So no matter what, Long Chen had to die now. Otherwise, not only would she not be able to explain herself to her sect leader, but she would also not be able to explain herself to the first monastery.

  Jiang Yifan and Long Chen stood on the martial stage. Everyone was deathly silent. A murderous aura filled the air, making it hard for people to breathe.

  “Today, you’ll definitely die,” said Jiang Yifan.

  Long Chen shook his head. “When I was young, I studied the mysteries of fate. Your name is extremely ominous. The one to die will be you.”[1]

  “Hmph, what absolute nonsense. It won’t change the fact that you’re destined to die today,” snorted Jiang Yifan.

  “I, Long Chen, have never liked to provoke trouble. But I also never fear trouble.

  “I don’t like killing people, but I dislike it even more when people attempt to kill me. However, the thing I tolerate the least is when people place their intentions on the people beside me.

  “If someone were to do that, that would be equivalent to touching one of my taboos. For such a person there is only one ending: no rest until death!”

  “Then let’s not stop until one of us is dead!”

  Jiang Yifan coldly shouted, and space suddenly trembled as an enormous aura soared out in all directions.

  [1] Jiang Yifan sounds the same as Jiang Yi Fan for River Easy Overturn.

  Here is Long Chen’s full retort: “When I was young, I studied the mysteries of fate. Your name is extremely ominous. Jiang Yifan is a homophone for Jiang Yi Fan. On a river, the only things that easily overturn are boats. And once a boat overturns, it’s screwed. The one to die will be you.”

  Here is the Chinese for reference:“，，，，，，”

  Chapter 297 A Big Slap in the Face

  “Then let’s not stop until one of us is dead!”

  Terrifying energy exploded out like an angry ocean, and those disciples standing beside the martial stage were immediately blown back.

  Other than the Elders, everyone else had to retreat hundreds of meters before stabilizing in the face of Jiang Yifan’s berserk energy.

  That kind of energy wasn’t just something that pressured their physical bodies, but it also impacted their spirits. That was the will of Chosen.

  That was a will to be unrivaled. In front of that kind of will, others were unable to resist and would involuntarily retreat. That was the terror of Chosen.

  Both parties’ disciples were pale in the face of that terrifying pressure.

  Even the 108th monastery’s disciples, people who had experienced a huge life and death battle, were forced back. They had once personally seen a battle of Chosen.

  But at that time, they had been too far away. With the chaos and smoke that had been present, they hadn’t managed to see anything clearly.

  Furthermore, they had been in the midst of a huge battle and hadn’t had the time to observe just how terrifying Chosen were.

  Now that they were this close, they finally understood just how terrifying Chosen were. They were not existences they could fight.

  Just by relying on his aura, he was able to subdue all of them. In front of that terrifying will, they couldn’t even form a will to resist.

  As for the thirty-sixth monastery’s disciples, they were looking at Jiang Yifan worshipfully.

  Although they were from the same sect, Jiang Yifan was a Chosen, a grand existence they rarely got to see at all. It was even rarer for them to see him personally fighting.

  But they all suddenly saw that in the face of that berserk aura, Long Chen was still standing there completely fine.

  Long Chen was standing with his hands behind his back. No matter how the qi waves attempted to batter him, he was like a solid boulder.

  His hair blew back and his clothes fluttered. His eyes were like two twinkling stars. He seemed to not receive any impact at all from Jiang Yifan’s aura or will.

  That caused Luo Bing’s pupils to shrink. The fact that Long Chen could remain unimpacted by Jiang Yifan’s will meant that Long Chen was also a genuine Chosen-level expert.

  That immediately caused Luo Bing’s heart to jump. So, it hadn’t been a lie that Long Chen was on the Chosen-level.

  Chosen were existences that had to be raised. In truth, the main thing that separated Chosen from Favored was their will. That undefeatable will was something that was groomed through countless victories.

  Chosen were all existences that had yet to taste defeat. Their will was something formed from unending victories.

  As they won more and more victories, their belief in their own power grew. As soon as they began to fight, they could release their will and instantly suppress other people’s wills. They wouldn’t even need to personally attack.

  What did it mean to be unrivaled? To be able to defeat your enemies without lifting a finger, to be able to subdue your opponent with just a glance.

  However, Chosen were extremely rare. They needed to be carefully groomed. First of all, a candidate to become a Chosen had to possess a high enough talent.

  Once a person’s talent level had reached an acceptable level to be a Chosen, their growth would need to be carefully protected. They couldn’t be permitted to run into enemies they weren’t a match for.


  That was because once a Chosen was defeated, it was more than possible for that defeat to topple their confidence. They would lose their special will and would no longer be a Chosen.

  Chosen were different from others. If they were defeated, it was very difficult for them to rise again.

  Due to how high they had climbed, it would be all the more miserable for them when they fell. In comparison to those who climbed up staggeringly, Chosen were extremely fragile flower vases.

  As soon as a sect realized they had a potential Chosen, they would protect them closely, not allowing them to fight any unfair fights.

  For example, what was happening now was clearly an unfair fight. Long Chen was only in the Blood Condensation realm, but he was facing a mid Tendon Transformation Chosen.

  Long Chen’s display completely shocked Luo Bing and her disciples. Back when they had first seen Long Chen’s cultivation base, they had been one hundred percent sure that the story about him killing an eight-temper Bone Forging expert had been completely fabricated.

  But seeing him stand there without any aura even in the face of Jiang Yifan’s aura, looking as if he were just an ordinary person, all of them were astonished.

  Even Jiang Yifan was shocked. Although he sensed Long Chen should possess some skill, he had never thought Long Chen would be able to ignore his aura like this.

  The thing that shocked him the most was that his kingly will was unable to lock down on Long Chen. When his will tried to lock down on Long Chen, it was like he didn’t exist. He was unable to sense Long Chen’s will.

  Jiang Yifan suddenly stamped down and shot forward, punching out at Long Chen. His fist brought with it a whistling gale and space droned around it.

  Long Chen also punched out, smashing Jiang Yifan’s fist.

  The entire martial stage shook intensely. The metallic stage was actually unable to bear the impact of their attacks and began to crack.