Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  “Raging Flames Seal the Heavens!” Huo Wufang was terrified inside and hastily formed hand seals. A red-colored rune lit up on his forehead, and a vast Pill Flame formed a shield in front of his body.

  The others also set up their greatest defenses. They had never felt such a terrifying pressure, and so they didn’t dare be the slightest bit careless.

  That saber broke apart the heavens and split apart the earth. A huge ditch a dozen miles long had been cut into the ground. A wave of earth had completely buried either side of it, and dust filled the air.

  Everyone had already disappeared. The only thing remaining in the face of that attack was that seemingly bottomless ditch. Long Chen was gasping for breath as he rested on his saber.

  The distant spectators all stared at that ditch with shock and terror. Then turning to look at Long Chen, they were unable to say a single thing.

  The ground suddenly split apart as a figure dug his way out. His body was covered in blood, and his clothes were torn to rags.

  “It’s Huo Wufang! He’s still alive!”

  “But his aura has fallen to an incredibly low point. He must have suffered heavy injuries.”

  People were appalled to see Huo Wufang, who had just displayed a terrifying battle strength, now reach the verge of collapse. It was like the slightest breeze might knock him down.

  “Long Chen is it? Just wait. My, Huo Wufang’s, treasures are not so easy to take!”

  Huo Wufang didn’t wait for Long Chen to reply. He directly crushed a teleportation talisman, disappearing from everyone’s gazes.

  Although Huo Wufang had lived, he had suffered grave injuries from Long Chen’s last attack, and he no longer possessed the ability to fight.

  While Long Chen wasn’t any better off than him at this time, Long Chen also had Meng Qi, Chu Yao, and Lu Fang-er by his side. With them helping Long Chen, Huo Wufang had no choice but to flee.

  Huo Wufang had only just left when the ground once more split open. A figure dug his way out of the ground, but when people saw him, everyone jumped in fright.

  That person was that top Corrupt Chosen. However, that incredibly powerful Chosen was now already on his last breaths. Other than his head, one half of his body had already disappeared.

  And yet, somehow this person’s life force was incredibly tenacious and he had managed to dig his way out of the ground. Looking at Long Chen, he seemed as if he wanted to say something. But in the end, he shut his mouth and just motionlessly lay on the ground.

  “Is there anyone who is still unconvinced and wants to target me? Come.” Long Chen icily looked at the distant spectators.

  Blood had dyed his entire body, and there was still a sword sticking through his chest. However, despite that, his heaven-overflowing will hadn’t diminished in the slightest.

  There was still that huge ditch in front of him. Adding on how Long Chen looked like a devil god that had descended onto the world, disdainfully looking at all, no one dared look directly at him.

  Hearing Long Chen’s icy shout, those distant spectators actually all retreated. They wanted to leave this absolutely shocking battlefield.

  This had truly been a world-shaking battle. That had allowed all of them to learn the power of peak experts.

  That was especially true to those people called Chosen. This had been a huge impact on them. Despite all being called Chosen, there were huge differences between them.

  Long Chen’s shout echoed throughout the land. It caused all these experts to feel helpless and terrified. A light breeze blew by, causing Long Chen’s robes to flutter. He looked just like an undefeatable war god.

  Seeing all those experts retreat, Long Chen suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion batter him, and it was as if he had lost all his energy. He was about to collapse to the ground.

  But a pair of hands gently supported him. Meng Qi held Long Chen, her face streaked with tears.

  “Long Chen…”

  Chu Yao and Lu Fang-er also rushed over to help Long Chen slowly sit down. Their tears also streamed down.

  “It’s nothing. Only a slight wound.” Long Chen tried to comfort them, but sweat was constantly pouring down his face.

  “Don’t talk. I’ll heal you.” Chu Yao wiped away her tears and pressed her hand on Long Chen’s shoulder. Dense life energy poured into his body.

  “Are… are you going to be alright?” Long Chen was somewhat hesitant. His internal organs were destroyed at this point. He was entirely relying on spiritual qi to stay alive. Once his spiritual qi was exhausted, he would undoubtedly die.

  However, Long Chen still held a single drop of the divine life essence which the Spirit World expert had given him. Even if his injuries were worse, he’d still be able to recover. It was because of this trump card that Long Chen dared receive this kind of injury. Otherwise, Long Chen also wouldn’t have been so stupid as to do this.

  “You… you didn’t even know I could heal you, but you still dared… risk your life… you infuriate me.” Chu Yao’s tears once more streamed down.

  “Isn’t that just because I found him to be so displeasing? It’s fine Yao-er. I promise I won’t be so stupid next time.” Seeing Chu Yao cry, appearing like raindrops atop a pear blossom, Long Chen hastily apologized.

  “Don’t talk anymore. I’m about to activate my core energy to remold your organs. However, you’ll go through a period of weakness and won’t be able to fight for a while.” Chu Yao took a deep breath. Faint green lines appeared on her hand. As those lines appeared, her face became paper-white.

  Just looking at that caused Long Chen’s heart to ache. Core energy was a cultivator’s foundation. For Chu Yao to activate her core energy to heal him would damage her foundation. It could very likely affect her future cultivation.

  However, Long Chen knew that he also couldn’t refuse at this time, as that would greatly hurt Chu Yao. He could only close his eyes. He silently sensed that powerful life energy pouring into his body.

  This was different from when Chu Yao had regrown the flesh on his arms. This time, the spiritual qi Chu Yao was pouring into his body wasn’t gaseous, but liquid.

  That was her core spiritual qi. It was the purest life energy she had gathered over her lifetime. Once that energy entered his body, it began to slowly rebuild his organs.

  Those originally broken pieces were actually dissolved by this energy and used as nutrients for the new organs.

  These new organs were like water balloons slowly filling up. It was possible to see fine veins growing throughout them.

  Two hours later, Chu Yao sighed, her face completely pale with exhaustion.

  “I’m sorry.” Long Chen held Chu Yao’s hand.

  Chu Yao’s hand brushed against Long Chen’s cheek. Her pale face smiled, blossoming like a flower, appearing incredibly tender.

  “Thank you, Long Chen.” Chu Yao felt some heartache as she looked at Long Chen. Despite being healed now, he was still completely exhausted.

  “I should be the one thanking you. Or perhaps all of you. But next time, please don’t be like this. Only when there is life is there hope.” Long Chen pulled on Meng Qi’s hand, speaking extremely sternly.

  Long Chen knew that Meng Qi had a teleportation talisman. But even in that dangerous situation, she hadn’t used it. At first, he had been incredibly angry as that had been stupid.

  But then he had realized that while she had a teleportation talisman, and Chu Yao also had one, he and Lu Fang-er didn’t.

  Neither she nor Chu Yao wished to leave behind Long Chen and Lu Fang-er to escape alone. And so they would actually rather die with them instead of using their teleportation talismans.

  Seeing that Long Chen had seen through her intentions, Meng Qi appeared ashamed. She lowered her head and didn’t say anything.

  “It’s fine, let’s not talk about this now. We should leave here.” Lu Fang-er broke that awkward atmosphere and helped support the exhausted Chu Yao.

  As for Meng Qi, she helped Long Chen up onto
Little Snow. The four of them rode on Little Snow and the Scarlet Blaze Lion’s backs, rushing towards the outer region of the Forest of Darkness.

  There was nothing within the core region that they were interested in any longer. Moreover, in the outer region, there would be fewer people so it would be slightly safer.

  Long Chen had suffered heavy injuries, and Chu Yao had exhausted a great deal of her core energy. They would both need to quietly recover.

  Several days later, the four of them found a remote pool. There were no wild beasts in the vicinity, and there was also a clean cave nearby. The four of them tidied up the cave slightly and then went into seclusion.

  Long Chen recovered extremely quickly. Chu Yao’s core energy had already recreated his internal organs, and his constitution had always been tough. After this time, he was pretty much recovered.

  On the other hand, he was extremely troubled by Chu Yao’s injury to her foundation. However, she told Long Chen not to worry. Once she recovered a bit, she would absorb the Seven Heartsea Cherry-Apple tree-heart’s wood energy, which would completely replenish her core energy and keep her foundation unaffected.

  Furthermore, this tree-heart was a top grade one, so not only did it have powerful life energy, but it also possessed the intricate mysteries of wood, which would raise her comprehension level. That was extremely beneficial to her.

  Since both Long Chen and Chu Yao were fine, Meng Qi and Lu Fang-er finally relaxed and took out their eggs. They began to use their secret techniques to allow the chicks inside to grow faster.

  Days later, Long Chen had completely recovered. He saw that Chu Yao had already started refining the tree-heart, while Meng Qi and Lu Fang-er were guarding them. Seeing there were no problems with safety, he told the two of them he was leaving for a while and left the cave.

  Chapter 388 Phoenix Sparrow Violet Flame

  Thirty miles away from their cave, Long Chen found a secluded place to take out the Violet Phoenix Sparrow corpse.

  Although it was already a corpse, its huge body was still emitting a pressure that would make you feel as if a boulder was crushing your heart.

  Devil Decapitator slashed at its head. But Long Chen was vexed to find that its skull was just too hard, and it was extremely taxing to use Devil Decapitator to cut it open.

  At this point, he wasn’t even able to sense the golden page’s location anymore. He only managed to feel relief when he found a thin crack in its skull. It was with great effort that Long Chen finally managed to reach the golden page. That allowed him to sigh with relief. If he had lost this golden page, he really might just cry himself to death.

  “This golden page is extremely odd. After being parted for these days, it somehow treats me as a stranger that has never touched it.”

  Long Chen released his Spiritual Strength, but he found that the golden page, which he had previously been able to control with a thought, had become unfamiliar to his soul.

  He had to first use his soul to slowly connect with it and reform their initial connection before he could properly control it again.

  Although he didn’t know what it was made of, just its incredible sharpness that allowed it to cut through steel like it was mud was enough to prove that it was a priceless treasure.

  If it weren’t for Yin Luo’s reflexes, he would have been instantly killed by this golden page. But the main flaw of the golden page was that he required soul energy to use it in fights.

  During an intense fight, it was impossible to split his attention to use it. In a fight between experts, a thousand actions could occur in a single breath. The slightest carelessness could result in death, so he couldn’t split his attention to use it. That was also why he hadn’t had a chance to use it against Yin Luo except towards the end.

  Furthermore, for experts on the same level, they might get surprised once by a special move, but they definitely wouldn’t fall for it a second time. Therefore, Long Chen wouldn’t use the golden page unless he had some assurance.

  Once an opponent was on guard, it was very difficult for it to succeed. And if it failed twice without any accomplishments, then by the third time, the opponent would have very likely figured out how the golden page was used.

  The other reason Long Chen held back from using the golden page as a weapon was because he still didn’t know all its secrets. If it was somehow stolen by someone, then he really would be screwed.

  The golden page swished through the air. It began to cut through the Violet Phoenix Sparrow’s abdomen. This time, Long Chen didn’t dare allow the golden page to penetrate deeply into the flesh. He actually sent himself through the opening in its abdomen and took out a foot-long item that sparkled like it was jade.

  That was its Neidan. Although it was slightly dim, the great pressure emitted by it caused space to twist around it.

  “What powerful flame energy!” Long Chen could sense the terrifying power within it.

  It truly was worthy of being ranked third on the beast flame rankings. Even despite having used up all its energy, the Neidan still contained its core energy which was still so powerful.

  Long Chen’s heart beat wildly. This was something that countless Pill Masters would go crazy for.

  This was also why Huo Wufang would still go all-out to fight for this Neidan despite already possessing such a powerful beast flame. On the beast flame rankings, the closer a flame got to the front, the more obvious the difference between each flame was. Each flame in the top ranks was separated by a great power difference. It could be said that this Neidan was the thing that Long Chen needed the most at this time.

  Once he refined this Neidan and absorbed the Phoenix Sparrow violet flame, he would be able to refine the Alioth Pill and condense the Alioth Star.

  Furthermore, Long Chen had now reached the third Heavenstage of Tendon Transformation. However, the price was that he had already consumed all the Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills he had. If he wanted to quickly advance, he would need to constantly consume more medicinal pills.

  Long Chen had found that after cultivating in the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, his cultivation path had completely deviated from others. Medicinal pills had become the foundation of his cultivation. He had found that his body was able to absorb one hundred percent of the energy within medicinal pills. There was not the slightest waste nor rejection.

  It had to be known that other than a small portion of medicinal pills, a person could at most consume three of the same medicinal pill. By the fourth one, its effect would be negligible.

  When you consumed the first pill, it would be one hundred percent effective. With the second one, the effect would be cut in half, and then in half again by the third one. So, it was essentially useless by the fourth time. If you forced it and consumed even more, you might even get the opposite effect of what you wanted.

  The Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pill was a special medicinal pill that could be consumed more times. However, a person could at most consume ten. That would allow their tendons to reach their peak potential.

  But Long Chen had found that his body’s tendons were like a bottomless pit, crazily absorbing whatever medicinal energy he poured in, never reaching saturation.

  Furthermore, as his cultivation base increased, his medicinal pill requirements only increased. Unfortunately, he had already eaten all of his Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills.

  If this had continued, Long Chen would have had no time for cultivating, and he would also have had no time for pill refining. With his original Pill Flame, refining Three Connecting Flower Tendon Pills was too time-consuming. To waste precious time refining medicinal pills within the Jiuli secret realm was truly a waste of his opportunity.

  Right now, Long Chen sensed a great deal of danger. Han Tianyu, Yin Luo, Huo Wufang, and the other peak experts here had already reached the peak of Tendon Transformation.

  They could break through to Bone Forging at any moment. Long Chen knew they had long since made their preparations for that. As
soon as they broke through to the Bone Forging realm, they would immediately consume countless resources to temper their bones.

  Currently, Long Chen still had the power to challenge them. But once they advanced to Bone Forging, would he still be able to do so?

  However, now that he had obtained the Violet Phoenix Sparrow’s Neidan, all this would be resolved. Once he condensed the Alioth Star, Long Chen was confident that even if they advanced to Bone Forging, he would still at least possess the power to protect himself from them.

  Returning the Violet Phoenix Sparrow’s corpse back into his spatial ring, he took out the Barbaric Wind Beast’s corpse. He also used the golden page to cut through its hard scales and took out its Neidan.

  It went without saying that while the golden page didn’t have much use in combat, just using it as a cutting knife was still extremely amazing.

  The Barbaric Wind Beast’s Neidan was about the same size as the Violet Phoenix Sparrow’s Neidan. Long Chen summoned out Little Snow.

  “Little Snow you can swallow this Neidan now and refine it slowly. Remember, refine it slowly! Otherwise, it can cause an explosion,” warned Long Chen harshly.

  Although Little Snow was smart, he seemed more like a smart child, and his temperament was a bit impatient. It was best to warn him carefully about this kind of crucial matter.

  “Aowu!” Little Snow swallowed the Neidan and returned to Long Chen’s spiritual space.

  To Little Snow, who was also a wind attribute Magical Beast, he possessed an innate advantage when it came to absorbing this Neidan. As long as he didn’t rush, there wouldn’t be any danger.

  However, the Barbaric Wind Beast had been at the fifth rank, while Little Snow had only recently reached the fourth rank. So, it would require a certain amount of time to refine it.

  But Long Chen wasn’t impatient. Little Snow could just slowly refine it with safety as priority one. He also was planning on properly resting a while and honing his blade.