Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“Little brat, you’re courting death.”
Before the Chosen could even speak, one of the Favored stepped forward, pointing and cursing at Long Chen.
Suddenly, a figure flashed into motion and the Chosen sternly warned, “Careful!”
Blood splashed across the sky. People were horrified to see that the powerful Corrupt Favored’s head was gone.
As for the Chosen and the other people behind him, they were furiously glaring at a person holding a head that was still dripping blood.
“You say I’m courting death? If you have the guts, can you say it again for me?” Long Chen asked towards the head in his hand.
He waited a moment. In the end, that head didn’t reply and Long Chen flung it to the ground. “No guts at all. You don’t even have the courage to say it twice.”
The distant spectators were all stunned. As for the two Favored that had been beaten by Long Chen, they were actually filled with elation.
Long Chen was definitely not human. He was some devil who could kill people without batting an eye.
The two of them profoundly regretted their actions and even wished to slap themselves on the face. If they were so bored, they could have gone to provoke anyone, but why had they gone to provoke Long Chen? Did they have a death wish?
He didn’t even place the Corrupt Chosen in his eyes, and he killed a Favored like killing a chicken. Thinking of how rude they had been to him, they couldn’t help but feel some lingering fear.
Taking advantage of the Corrupt disciples’ appearance, they fled while doing their best to suppress their injuries. They were afraid Long Chen would once more have an impulse to continue beating them. Even if they had a thousand lives, that wouldn’t be enough for them to play with Long Chen.
“Tell me your name. I, Yan Xing, do not kill the nameless,” shouted the Corrupt Chosen, his aura completely exploding out to suppress Long Chen.
“Telling my name to a person who is about to die is a waste of energy. Let’s skip that.” Long Chen shook his head. Devil Decapitator appeared and lazily rested on his shoulder as he indifferently looked at the Chosen.
“Today I’ll pull out your muscles, flay apart your skin, and grind your bones to ashes!” The Corrupt Chosen angrily roared. A blood-colored saber appeared in his hand, and he slashed out at Long Chen.
Although it was a simple slash, all his focus had been condensed on it. At his level, rather than letting out a complicated attack, he had reached the realm of going from ‘complicated to simple’. This simple slash of his actually showed his incredibly profound insights into the saber.
“I don’t like doing such complicated things. All I want is your head.”
Long Chen snorted and Devil Decapitator swung out in a profound arc. As his saber swung out, Long Chen’s energy crazily poured forth.
His power peaked the instant their two sabers met. This was a skill for circulating energy. Even without storing up energy in advance, Long Chen was able to bring out his full strength.
The ground rocked and a wave of qi exploded out. A figure shot back, smashing into a mountain cliff. Despite how sturdy that rock was, he still smashed halfway through it.
“What?!” Everyone was shocked that the figure that was still standing in his original position was once more lazily resting his saber on his shoulder.
“Long Chen is capable of sending a Chosen flying?!”
Chosen were all monsters compared to these spectators. Some of them had never even seen Chosen fighting. They all assumed that a fight between Chosen had to be one that would shake the heavens and rock the earth.
But this powerful Chosen had been sent flying by a single hack of Long Chen’s saber. That kind of effortless action had been no different from when he had sent those two Favored flying.
It wasn’t just the Righteous path that was shocked. Even the Corrupt disciples’ eyes almost popped out of their heads.
That Chosen was not like Jiang Yifan. He was well-known even amongst other Chosen. Although he couldn’t compare to a top expert like Yin Luo, he was definitely shockingly powerful.
And yet, in just one move, he had been sent flying. None of them were able to accept this result.
Stones exploded out as a figure flew out of the crushed rocks of the cliffside. The Chosen’s hair was disheveled, and adding on his malevolent face, he seemed like a furious Magical Beast staring at Long Chen.
“I’ll tear you to pieces!!!” The Chosen suddenly let out an angry roar, and light exploded from his body. Runes covered his body, and then, shockingly, began to leave his body, floating around him. A terrifying energy caused the ground beneath his feet to crack.
“What a terrifying aura!”
“This is the power of a Chosen?! Just relying on his aura, he’d be able to crush us to death!” An ordinary core disciple’s face was pale white.
Although they were miles away, they were still able to sense that terrifying pressure. It felt as if a huge boulder was crushing their hearts.
Let alone fighting a Chosen, they wouldn’t be able to even approach before being crushed by that terrifying energy.
“What a bizarre cultivation technique!” Long Chen was slightly startled. This was the first time he had seen runes leave the body. They were currently absorbing heaven and earth’s spiritual qi to support him.
“Hehe, now you’re afraid, right? Well, it’s too late now!” The Corrupt Chosen smiled sinisterly. With the addition of that long scar over his face, he appeared more malevolent than a ghost as he charged at Long Chen.
Originally, Long Chen had been wielding his saber with one hand. But now, he held Devil Decapitator with both hands.
“Fuck off!”
No technique at all. Long Chen slashed out like a woodcutter hacking at a tree. Devil Decapitator let out a cry and the sound of space being cut apart rang out as it slashed down.
BOOM!
Another explosion rang out, this time even louder than the last. Waves of qi soared out, and even the surrounding mountain valleys shook as if there was an earthquake.
The closest mountain in front of them collapsed completely. The cliff that was over a hundred meters high crumbled, huge boulders rolling down.
When the dust finally settled, people saw Long Chen was still standing in his original position and had yet to move. His posture was still the exact same as before. But the Corrupt Chosen was nowhere to be seen.
People looked around for where he had gone. When their eyes finally lighted on the collapsed cliff, they instantly stiffened.
“Could it be…”
Their exchange had happened too quickly and had ended before people could even react. None of them had clearly seen what had happened.
But the direction Long Chen was facing was precisely that collapsed cliff. Then the truth was self-evident. However, people couldn’t believe this reality.
Suddenly, the collapsed rubble began to rumble, and the ground quivered along with it. With a final bang, the rubble completely exploded out, and a figure jumped out.
That was naturally the Corrupt Chosen. His eyes were scarlet red, his hair was a complete mess, and his entire body was shuddering. No one knew whether that was from fear or anger. He glared at Long Chen.
Long Chen glanced at him and shook his head. “Your boasting was enough to shake the heavens, but you only have this little ability? You even say you want to kill me? Hmph, even if Yin Luo came here, he wouldn’t dare let out such a fart. Who do you think you are?”
“You are acquainted with Yin Luo?” The Chosen’s heart began to leap.
“We can count as acquainted. He previously sent me a gift,” said Long Chen lightly.
“What gift?”
“In truth, your Corrupt path’s people also have your nice points. The very first time I met Yin Luo, he was neither a relative nor a friend, and yet he gave me such a nice item. I really was a bit embarrassed to receive it,” said Long Chen somewhat bashfully.
“Nonsense! Yin Luo is our
Corrupt path’s Chosen! He wouldn’t send anyone a gift, especially not someone from your contemptible, shameless Righteous path!” the Corrupt Chosen angrily roared. Obviously, Yin Luo was an extremely grand existence in his heart.
“I’m telling the truth. The very first time we met, that fellow gave me his own leg to commemorate our meeting. Ah, that really did make me feel embarrassed.” Long Chen smiled.
As soon as he said this, everyone’s expressions changed. Yin Luo was incredibly famous, and everyone who had entered the Jiuli secret realm knew of him. And yet, Long Chen now dared to insult him.
“You… you are Long Chen?!” The Corrupt Chosen’s expression completely changed.
The majority of the Corrupt Chosen had heard of a certain secret that most of the Righteous path had not.
The higher-ups of the supermonastery had suppressed this information and refused to allow it to spread. Everything that had occurred in that battle back then had been concealed.
But the Corrupt Chosen had been harshly warned by their Elders. That warning was that they could not be so arrogant that they considered everyone else to be beneath them. Even Yin Luo had met an unexpected failure, so there was nothing in this world that was absolute.
Long Chen had been ranked number two on their must-kill list, second only to the Righteous path’s number one expert, Han Tianyu. That was enough to show how importantly they viewed Long Chen.
“Hehe, so you now know who I am. Well then, this game is over.”
Long Chen’s smile suddenly disappeared, and killing intent surfaced within his eyes. Devil Decapitator swung out, aiming straight for that Corrupt Chosen.
Chapter 341 Beheading A Chosen
Space shook as the sky was filled with saber images that seemed like an angry sea. This was the first time Long Chen had used his full strength since advancing to Tendon Transformation.
Since his opponent already knew he was Long Chen, testing blows were already meaningless. He no longer held back, and the full strength of his physical body was brought out.
The Corrupt Chosen was horrified. This one attack of Long Chen’s had sealed all of heaven and earth, and an aura that seemed to look down disdainfully on all the world soared out of him.
Most terrifying of all was that the will contained in Long Chen’s saber caused all of heaven and earth to change color, a will that caused all things to bow down in front of it. That was a kind of will to destroy the heavens and exterminate the land.
In front of that will, the Chosen felt as if he were no more than an ant facing off against a god. He felt incredibly miniscule and powerless.
He watched as Long Chen’s saber approached. It seemed like a heavenly blade that was coming to destroy the world. He was actually unable to flee, and he was filled with terror.
As a Chosen, this was the first time he had felt such a feeling when facing someone in the same realm. That shocked and infuriated him.
“Blood Soul Sacrifice!” The Corrupt Chosen’s forehead split apart, and a red light shot out to light up his saber.
His saber began to emit a demonic light, and an endless blood sea appeared behind him.
The instant that blood sea appeared, he entered his strongest combat state, causing the sea to crazily surge.
“DIE!” His blood-colored saber ruthlessly slashed onto Devil Decapitator.
BOOM!
The ground was unable to bear that kind of power and instantly collapsed. But both their sabers were still tightly locked onto each other.
The Corrupt Chosen’s expression was as malevolent as a ghost, and his eyes were completely red. He was grinding his teeth furiously as he glared at Long Chen.
On the other hand, Long Chen didn’t display any emotion. His saber continued to face off against his opponent’s.
“As I thought, not all Chosen are on the same level as Yin Luo.” Long Chen shook his head. Devil Decapitator’s crystal core suddenly lit up.
That crystal core came from a fifth rank Magical Beast. Combined with the runes on Devil Decapitator, as long as he supplied enough spiritual qi, it would allow Devil Decapitator to release an extremely great power.
Before he had reached Tendon Transformation, his spiritual qi had been very limited. He had had to cherish each strand of spiritual qi, and he never activated the crystal core’s power.
That was because the amount of spiritual qi required to activate the crystal core was equal to the amount exhausted by the FengFu Battle Armor. No matter how powerful the crystal core was, there was no way it could compare to the power of the FengFu Battle Armor.
However, now that the amount of spiritual qi he had was over ten times greater. He no longer needed to be so thrifty and could finally squander some of it.
BOOM!
Crack!
The instant he activated the crystal core, the Corrupt Chosen felt as if a huge mountain was crushing down on him. Originally, Devil Decapitator had already cut a notch into his saber. Now that Long Chen released this terrifying strength, his weapon was no longer able to endure it and was cut in two.
That Chosen reacted instinctively, retreating the instant his saber broke. However, Long Chen’s saber still cut across his chest, causing blood to spurt out.
If he had been half a step slower, Long Chen’s saber would have directly cut him in two along with his saber. Whether it was the Righteous or Corrupt disciples, seeing that blood flowing out of the Corrupt Chosen’s chest, they all turned lifeless.
A grand Chosen was unable to receive a single blow from Long Chen. Who would have imagined such a result?
It was obvious to anyone that this Chosen had released his full strength and that he was clearly extremely powerful.
But this person, who was so strong that none of them could even get close to him, had been thwarted by Long Chen multiple times without even having the strength to fight back.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Blood was slowly dripping from his wound now. That sound was as loud as a drum in this silent crowd, heavily smashing into everyone’s hearts.
Long Chen swung Devil Decapitator up. He praised Cang Ming inside. Although the material Devil Decapitator was made of wasn’t that great, and although many small nicks had been smashed into it due to the hammers from the passageway, the craftsmanship that had gone into Devil Decapitator had reached a pinnacle. Even though it was in its broken state, Devil Decapitator was still much stronger than other disciples’ spirit weapons.
Other than in the face of those ancient weapons from the tomb, Devil Decapitator had never been damaged. That was enough to prove how exquisite Cang Ming’s skill was.
“Let’s go.”
What no one expected was that the Corrupt Chosen actually called for everyone to turn and flee. Wasn’t the Corrupt path said to be unafraid of death? And this was a Chosen speaking!
“You want to leave?” Using the Netherworld Ghost Steps, Long Chen was like a phantom, instantly appearing in front of them with a single step. He slashed out his saber.
The Corrupt Chosen had clearly not expected Long Chen to possess such bizarre footwork. Long Chen appeared in front of him out of nowhere, and he hastily took out a staff.
The staff’s runes lit up, as it was also a spirit weapon. But the instant it met Devil Decapitator, it exploded. The Chosen was sent flying and vomited blood.
While he was still in midair, Long Chen appeared behind him like some kind of specter, flashing Devil Decapitator once more.
Blood shot out, as a head flew into the sky. Everyone let out startled cries. A Chosen had died just like that.
Although everyone had already seen that this Chosen was not Long Chen’s match, they had never expected a powerful Chosen to be killed so easily.
Even if a Chosen couldn’t defeat their enemy, they should have at least been able to flee. And yet, the power difference between this Chosen and Long Chen was so high that he didn’t even have that chance.
His lifeless corpse fel
l to the ground. Personally seeing a generation’s Chosen die just like this stunned everyone.
“Run!”
Seeing their Chosen die, the other Corrupt disciples were finally completely terrified and fled.
To flee efficiently, they should have scattered in all directions. That way at least a portion of them would have been able to get away.
Unfortunately, this was a mountain valley, and they could only run in one direction. As a result, using the Netherworld Ghost Steps, Long Chen caught up to them in an instant, and in just a couple of breaths, all of them were cut down.
As for the Righteous disciples, they were all just foolishly watching. They had seen people being killed, but they had never seen someone massacre people like Long Chen. Core disciples, Favored, they were all cut down with a single, effortless blow.
Most terrifying of all, each slash of his saber didn’t have any technique behind it. They seemed like random swings. But those Corrupt disciples were all unable to dodge for some reason. All they could attempt to do was to block it, and the result of trying to block Long Chen’s saber was his blade cutting through their bodies.
From the very start, Long Chen had seemed like a death god harvesting lives. He seemed so relaxed and contented as he cut down these Corrupt disciples.
And most terrifying of all was how focused he seemed on cutting them down. He almost seemed like a hardworking gardener who was carefully pruning or weeding. Just looking at this scene gave others chills.
His expression was always calm. But this kind of expression was even more terrifying than the savage expressions of the Corrupt disciples.
After killing all those Corrupt disciples, Long Chen gathered their spatial rings and strutted away.
Seeing Long Chen disappear into the distance, many people collapsed on the ground, their clothes completely drenched in sweat.
Too terrifying! Too intimidating! Too savage!
Such descriptions continuously echoed throughout their minds. Long Chen was at least ten times more ruthless than Corrupt disciples.
Long Chen’s ruthlessness was something hidden in his bones that rarely appeared, while the Corrupt disciples’ ruthlessness was something they always revealed in order to intimidate others. They wanted to become more and more ruthless.