Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  His attack had been far too quick, so fast that it was impossible to dodge or block. They hadn’t even clearly seen his attack before that person had died. That had been a powerful Favored, but he hadn’t had the slightest ability to retaliate.

  The most horrifying thing was Long Chen’s completely calm expression. There was not even the slightest ripple even after killing someone.

  “Long Chen, you perverted traitor, you vicious slaughterer, are you trying to become enemies with the entire Righteous path?”

  Suddenly, a voice rang out from amongst the crowd. But that person was very crafty and hid himself within the crowd, and it was impossible to see him.

  That voice continued to curse, “How could you be so vicious as to kill someone just because he said something you didn’t like? Do you think you can kill all of us? You’re the absolute scum of the Righteous path, and everyone wants you punished. Just wait, when Han Tianyu arrives, the first thing he’ll do is make you into a corpse for- ah!”

  That hidden person was cursing to his heart’s content when he suddenly let out a mournful shriek. Then the voice disappeared.

  Everyone was startled. But then they saw one of the women behind Long Chen had formed an odd hand seal.

  Lu Fang-er sneered, “Contemptible and shameless fellow, did you think it would be impossible to find you just because you hid yourself?”

  Obviously, Lu Fang-er had used some unknown technique to lock onto that person’s position and then use a spiritual attack to kill him.

  “Hahaha!”

  Now that two experts from the Righteous path had been killed, a Chosen from the Corrupt path sneered, “Dogs killing dogs, truly not bad!”

  But as soon as he said that, his expression changed completely, because a huge crossbow was now pointed at him.

  Chapter 432 Xue Wuya

  BOOM!

  Before he could react, a black light instantly reached him. That was a huge, black arrow that instantly pierced through his chest and exploded.

  Broken pieces of the arrow shot out in all directions. Dozens of Corrupt disciples were hit by the aftermath, and only a few of them managed to survive through luck.

  Guo Ran was the same as Long Chen, and he didn’t even glance over. Resting his crossbow on his shoulder, he continued walking behind Long Chen.

  “Long Chen, you go too far!”

  One of the top experts of the Corrupt path angrily roared. This person was over six feet tall and his cultivation base had reached the mid Bone Forging realm. The fluctuations from his body were extremely powerful.

  As soon as that person stood out, quite a few Corrupt experts took out their weapons, ready to attack at any time. Obviously, this person’s status in the Corrupt path was extremely high.

  Long Chen paused for a moment to look at this person. He shook his head. “For you to put it like this, I really am hurt. Don’t make me out to seem so vile. In truth, I really am a kindhearted person.”

  Kindhearted? Everyone’s faces twitched. He killed people like killing chickens- no, that wasn’t right. When people killed chickens, they usually had to at least look.

  He killed people without batting an eye as if crushing an ant. Did the word kindhearted really have the slightest bit of relation to him?

  “Long Chen, you actually sneak attacked members of my Corrupt path. Do you think my Corrupt path is easy to bully?” raged that person.

  “Have you taken me to be an outsider? The Righteous and Corrupt paths have fought for so many years. You’ve bullied us, and we’ve bullied you. Everyone is already familiar with that. So do your words have any meaning?” said Long Chen.

  “You…! Do you believe me when I say with a single word, I can instantly wipe all of you out?!”

  Long Chen’s relationship with the Righteous path was something everyone knew now. Currently, Long Chen was independent of either the Righteous or Corrupt paths. He was also the smallest group present.

  No matter how powerful Long Chen was, he was just one person. However, they had roughly ten thousand Corrupt disciples present, and they were sure that if they suppressed Long Chen, no one from the Righteous path would come out to help. Instead, they would probably cheer.

  “Do you believe me when I say that if you continue talking, I will immediately cut off your head?” Long Chen indifferently looked at him. Who didn’t know how to brag?

  That person’s aura immediately erupted furiously. At the same time, hundreds of people by his side released their auras, ready to attack at any moment.

  As for the Righteous disciples, they celebrated when they saw this. They really hadn’t expected Long Chen to be so brazen as to directly kill so many Corrupt disciples. That was a head-on provocation to them.

  There were also many who silently admired Long Chen inside. This was a true man. Normally, the countless Righteous disciples were always terrified of the powerful Corrupt disciples.

  But Long Chen’s group only had twelve people, and in the face of ten thousand Corrupt disciples, he didn’t seem the slightest bit concerned. What kind of boldness was that?

  Right now, Long Chen had shown up, becoming the third power outside the Righteous and Corrupt paths. This group of his had far too few people and yet, the imposingness he had displayed had shocked all of them.

  This was all done on purpose by Long Chen. He could already tell that there was no longer any retreat for him. The Righteous path refused to tolerate him, and the Corrupt path also refused to accept him.

  In that kind of situation, he needed to show his own power, making people too intimidated. Otherwise, if he revealed the slightest weakness or tolerance, all that would come for him was death.

  Long Chen had already told his people that there was no way they could smoothly leave this place. If they wanted to live, then they needed to climb out of an endless pile of corpses.

  Meng Qi and the others had long since prepared themselves. Since this battle was inevitable, then what was the point of being so careful? Since they could die at any time, why not go out with a bang?

  Long Chen expressionlessly looked at that Corrupt Chosen. Even the ones behind him were just looking on indifferently. They hadn’t even raised their weapons. They were completely ignoring them.

  That was a silent ridicule and insult to them. That Corrupt Chosen’s face turned purple from rage. Right now, he was stuck in a hard position.

  He was a top expert and was on the same level as Han Tianfeng and Yin Wushuang. Although the current him had tempered four bones, he had no assurance when it came to Long Chen.

  However, Long Chen’s gaze was truly unendurable. If he retreated at this time, his reputation would plummet. That was practically worse to him than being killed. Clenching his teeth, he was just about to charge at Long Chen.

  “Brother Wu, wait a moment.”

  Just as he was about to charge out, he was held back by another person who said, “Long Chen is already about to die to Han Tianyu. He only has a short time before his death. Why bother lowering yourself to his level? If you attack, wouldn’t you just end up helping Han Tianyu?”

  The person who had been called brother Wu sighed in relief. He didn’t want to fight with Long Chen. He had just been putting on a bold face.

  Now, he could borrow this person’s words to withdraw. He gratefully said, “Thank you for the reminder, brother Zhao. Otherwise, I would have ended up helping those idiots from the Righteous path.” He turned and looked icily at Long Chen. “I’ll allow you to live for a few more hours. I’ll let you enjoy your time before your miserable death.”

  “Tch, gutless,” Guo Ran sneered, his eyes containing a trace of disappointment.

  “Why aren’t they coming over?” asked a confused Wilde.

  “Because they’re afraid of death.” Guo Ran shrugged helplessly.

  “Oh. Then are we fighting?”

  “We’re definitely going to have to fight. But it will probably have to wait for a while.”

  “Alright. Then I’m goi
ng to take a nap.”

  After saying that, Wilde lay down just like that, falling asleep. Laying down his club, he ended up using it as a pillow. He would occasionally let out a loud snore.

  Long Chen and the others were already accustomed to seeing this. Wilde’s body was different from others, and his body was unable to hold any spiritual qi.

  In other words, he would only have energy once he had eaten. But as soon as he became hungry, that energy would sharply fall. Sleeping was the best way for him to conserve his strength.

  They knew that, but the Righteous and Corrupt disciples didn’t. They all looked on with bewilderment. At this kind of tense time, he was still able to sleep just like that?

  These people had already been waiting here for many days, and their nerves had been stretched taut the entire time. They didn’t even dare blink their eyes, afraid they would never be able to open them again.

  Long Chen swept his gaze over the crowd, and his heart sank slightly. He had still underestimated the power of the seven prefectures.

  There had to be at least thousands of Chosen-level experts present amongst the crowd. As for experts on the same level as Han Tianfeng, there were over a hundred of them.

  Of the remaining experts, over eighty percent were Favored. Ordinary core disciples only took up a bit more than a tenth of the people present.

  But after thinking about it for a moment, he understood that this was due to the cruel natural selection of the Jiuli secret realm. Most ordinary disciples had already fallen.

  As for a portion of them, they had killed Favored and taken their Dao-marks, going from an ordinary core disciple to a Favored.

  But for an ordinary disciple to kill a Favored, just how difficult was that? So obviously, the majority of those ordinary disciples had already died within the secret realm.

  Long Chen completely ignored those ordinary disciples, and even those Favored didn’t need to be put in his calculations.

  Only Chosen were able to pose some threat to them. Their numbers had far surpassed Long Chen’s estimation.

  Furthermore, he noticed that the true top experts of the Righteous and Corrupt paths had yet to appear. It seemed he had arrived too early.

  Long Chen’s group sat down to rest, closing their eyes and keeping themselves in peak condition.

  As for the other disciples, not one of them made a single sound. No one else dared further provoke him.

  Bit by bit, time passed. After two hours, a burst of dust blew into the air, and the ground began to tremble.

  A huge figure was rushing over. It was a Six-Horn Silver-Scale Bull that was over three hundred meters long, and its aura had reached the peak of the fourth realm.

  On its back was a black-haired man, standing with his hands clasped behind his back. His eyes were two stars, and his aura was like the sea. Some sort of formless energy roamed around him, causing space to quiver.

  “It’s Xue Wuya!”

  The Righteous disciples let out started cries when they recognized this person. He was someone who stood at the peak of the Corrupt path.

  Just his name was like a huge hammer that smashed people’s hearts, making it hard for them to breathe.

  To the Righteous disciples, Xue Wuya was even more terrifying than Yin Luo, as Xue Wuya was truly a bloodthirsty fiend. None of the Righteous disciples who encountered him lived to tell the tale.

  The most terrifying thing about him was his abnormal temperament. He delighted in slaughter, and his favorite thing to see was people’s expressions right before they died.

  As for the Six-Horn Silver-Scale Bull, it was like a huge silver mountain as it rushed over in this direction. Behind it were thousands of disciples.

  Those were all Xue Wuya’s followers, and they were all elites amongst elites. They only stopped when they were in front of the Righteous disciples. Those Righteous disciples were all terrified, involuntarily retreating.

  Although the Six-Horn Silver-Scale Bull was still a few miles away, their blood still turned cold.

  They weren’t afraid of that Magical Beast, but the person on its back. That person was practically a fiend.

  Xue Wuya swept his gaze over those terrified expressions and smiled cruelly. He licked his lips, looking thirsty for blood. It was as if he could already taste it, and he was filled with anticipation.

  Those Righteous disciples’ expressions all changed. Xue Wuya’s bloodthirsty eyes were exactly as described in the stories.

  However, he only icily looked over them without directly doing anything to them. Instead, he turned his Six-Horn Silver-Scale Bull to go towards Long Chen.

  Chapter 433 Displaying Strength

  Seeing Xue Wuya leave, all those Righteous disciples let out sighs of relief. Despite having known that he definitely wouldn’t attack, they had still been incredibly nervous.

  None of the peak experts of the Righteous path had arrived, as the decisive battle would only occur on the final day before the secret realm opened. No one wished to take the initiative to break that tradition.

  If Xue Wuya had charged in of his own accord, that would lead to dissatisfaction amongst the other experts of the Corrupt path, as he would end up taking all the benefits for himself. In truth, the Corrupt disciples cared more about rules than the Righteous disciples.

  Now that Xue Wuya was charging at Long Chen, quite a few people were delighted.

  Wasn’t Long Chen acting like some badass just now? Then let’s see if he really has that ability.

  Xue Wuya slowed down once he was a mile away from Long Chen, arrogantly looking down on him.

  “You are Long Chen?

  “If you know but are still asking, then are you an idiot?” It wasn’t Long Chen who replied, but Guo Ran who lazily took his place.

  “Hahahaha, good. It’s been many years since someone dared talk to me this way.” Xue Wuya actually laughed. He didn’t grow angry, but that bloodthirsty light in his eyes grew denser.

  “Don’t bother with that. You think you can be arrogant? Is riding a stupid cow so amazing?

  “No one dares say such things to you? You really are a horse that doesn’t know his face is long. Do you know? No one here wants to even acknowledge you, as just that is embarrassing for us. But the pitiful you doesn’t even know that.

  “If you have words to say, spit them out. Stop wasting our time. If you want to die, then just kill yourself. My boss is too lazy to handle you.

  “Speaking of which, before you kill yourself, dig yourself a grave. Then after you kill yourself, bury yourself. Everyone’s too busy to bother with you,” said Guo Ran.

  Everyone jumped in fright. Just who was Xue Wuya? He was publically known as a bloodthirsty fiend, vicious and cruel.

  Even the Corrupt disciples would shiver when they saw him. But Guo Ran now told him to kill himself? And to even dig a grave and bury himself? Had he gone mad?

  If you landed in Xue Wuya’s hands, having a quick death was an extravagance.

  Furthermore, it was only Guo Ran who didn’t seem to possess any aura or powerful will. Everyone could clearly see that of Long Chen’s group, he was the absolute weakest. Was he borrowing Long Chen’s might to intimidate others?

  “Haha, hahahaha!”

  Xue Wuya laughed crazily. Ever since he had stepped onto his cultivation path, there hadn’t been a single person who dared say such things to him.

  “Good, very good. Little brat, I’ve decided to take your life. I really want to see whether you’ll be able to say such things once you’re in my hands…”

  What no one had expected was that Xue Wuya now charged at Guo Ran. There hadn’t been the slightest sign of him moving, and his speed was incredible, making him appear like a phantom. By the time others reacted, his hand was about to reach Guo Ran’s throat.

  Long Chen, whose eyes were still closed, raised his hand slightly but then decided to take it back.

  Just as Xue Wuya’s hand was about to reach Guo Ran’s throat, a golden spear thrust at his c
hest, the power behind it tearing apart the void.

  “Eh?”

  Xue Wuya was slightly surprised. He hadn’t expected that the large, bald man beside Guo Ran would possess such great strength.

  Even he couldn’t ignore this spear. Most shocking to him was that this spear contained an incredibly courageous will and an unwavering spirit.

  Before attacking, Xue Wuya had seen that there were five women sitting behind Long Chen, while Guo Ran and the others were sitting in front of him. Although he wanted to test Long Chen to see if he was as powerful as the stories said, he didn’t want to attack him at this exact moment.

  However, Guo Ran’s words had sparked his killing intent. He wanted to use his fastest speed to capture Guo Ran and bring him back to the Corrupt disciples. To sadistically kill Guo Ran in front of everyone would be something exceptionally enjoyable for him.

  His goal had been to capture Guo Ran in one move and then retreat. He trusted that even if Long Chen and the others reacted at that time, they would already be helpless to do anything.

  However, as soon as he took action, he realized something was wrong. From the start, Long Chen didn’t appear to want to move at all.

  As for Guo Ran, he didn’t seem the slightest bit panicked despite Xue Wuya’s claw approaching his throat. Instead, his eyes contained a powerful ridicule.

  Xue Wuya shifted his hand, and a blood-colored palm smashed onto Gu Yang’s spear.

  Gu Yang immediately felt as if his arms were about to break, and his blood surged within him. He almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He was astonished.

  This attack had contained his full strength. However, it had been easily brushed aside by Xue Wuya. Xue Wuya really was just too powerful.

  While Gu Yang was shocked, Xue Wuya was also astonished. His blow might have appeared simple, but in order to finish this attack quickly, he had used eighty percent of his power. If Gu Yang were an ordinary Chosen, he would have been instantly crushed to death.

  But Gu Yang was only forced back a few steps. He clearly hadn’t suffered any injury.