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Now, he suddenly thought of Mo Nian. He recalled that when Mo Nian had summoned his Cry of the Heavenly Daos, he also hadn’t felt any dislike.
One of Mo Nian’s Heavenly Dao seeds had been given to him by Long Chen. Could it be that after going through the primal chaos bead, those Heavenly Dao runes had also changed? That was incredibly shocking.
Just what kind of treasure was the primal chaos bead? How were there so many unpredictable aspects to it? What did it want?
BOOM!
Suddenly, a loud explosion cut off Long Chen’s thoughts. He hastily looked forward to see that the Corrupt man’s saber was shining like the sun. With a single slash, he had destroyed Tang Wan-er’s wind blades and sent her flying.
Not only that, but he also didn’t pause, flashing forward to continue attacking.
Long Chen frowned and he was just about to interfere when Tang Wan-er formed a hand seal in front of her. Her sky full of runes formed a huge shield in front of her. “Chilling Wind Shield!”
BOOM!
Tang Wan-er’s shield instantly shattered when struck by the saber. But the Corrupt man’s expression suddenly changed, and he hastily retreated.
But he was still one step too slow. Tang Wan-er’s wind blades hadn’t truly shattered, but had been intentionally split apart by her. It only appeared like her shield had been unable to bear his power.
Now, the wind blades that had comprised her shield suddenly struck like lightning, slashing into the Corrupt man. Unable to completely defend, dozens of cuts appeared on his body.
And this was only because he had realized what had happened so quickly. Otherwise, he would have been directly killed.
“Heavenly Dao Recovery!”
Circulating his Heavenly Dao runes, the Corrupt man’s injuries quickly healed. His saber once more lit up with a blazing light, and he attacked Tang Wan-er.
“Unexpected. He actually has a secret technique to activate a portion of an Enchanted weapon’s power.” Long Chen was surprised.
Enchanted items had special runes carved onto them, and normally only Sea Expansion experts could activate those runes. But this Corrupt man was also capable of doing so.
Although he was only capable of activating a trace of his weapon’s power, it was enough for him to reverse the tides. That kind of power was extremely terrifying.
“Ghost Saber Devours Soul!” All the Corrupt man’s energy poured into his saber, summoning an immense saber-image in the sky. His terrifying power caused the void to rumble.
Long Chen was already holding Blooddrinker, prepared to go out. That attack was extremely terrifying. He was worried that Tang Wan-er wouldn’t be able to handle it.
But Tang Wan-er’s expression was still completely calm. Her eyes shone with battle intent.
Hastily forming hand seals in front of her, the sea of runes around her condensed, forming a crescent moon a mile long.
“It’s that move!” Long Chen suddenly recalled how he had obtained a high Heaven class Battle Skill from the Xuantian Supermonastery.
That was something perfect for Tang Wan-er. Only a wind attribute expert could use this move. Furthermore, she had used her Heavenly Dao runes to condense her attack. This attack had already surpassed the scope of power that a Battle Skill should have.
When that crescent moon appeared, the entire world suddenly became silent. It was impossible to hear anything. It was like the only thing in the world was that crescent moon now.
“Wind Moon Engulfs Stars!”
With a final hand seal, that huge crescent moon suddenly turned into a ray of light, slashing at the Corrupt man.
Even Long Chen felt a chill when that crescent moon appeared. The original Battle Skill wasn’t too terrifying. The most terrifying part of this attack was that it contained the power of Tang Wan-er’s Heavenly Dao runes.
BOOM!
The ground exploded as a powerful qi wave spread. The people fighting were all sent flying by astral winds.
Seeing the astral winds approaching his current location, Long Chen suddenly rolled his eyes and shouted, “Everyone, be careful!”
He jumped off the stage and took a defensive posture. Many people knelt on the ground to minimize the force of the impact.
Zhou Kun was a bit bewildered. Although those astral winds were terrifying, he was a half-step Sea Expansion expert, and they didn’t pose any threat to him. But why did Long Chen seem so solemn? He even gave everyone a warning. When did he become so caring about them?
The instant those astral winds reached him, the building was completely destroyed, and Zhou Kun circulated his spiritual qi to defend.
BOOM!
Suddenly, Zhou Kun felt like a mountain had crashed into him, and he vomited blood, his whole body almost exploding.
His vision darkened, his soul entering a slumber. But before that, there was one question that echoed in his head. How were these astral winds so powerful?
He naturally didn’t know that someone had added something special to these astral winds. Of course, that person wouldn’t be announcing himself. It was Long Chen.
After the astral winds passed, everyone saw that the landscape had completely changed. There was a huge crater in the ground. Long Chen smiled and walked over. Looking at a graceful figure, he extended a thumbs-up, praising. “Fairy is mighty.”
Just at that moment, the ground beneath Long Chen’s feet erupted, and a figure stabbed a saber toward him.
Chapter 632 Kill Them All
The ground erupted, and a saber stabbed toward Long Chen’s chest. Long Chen stretched out a hand.
The saber’s point was caught by his hand. Long Chen’s hand was currently covered with lightning runes, looking like a glove that could completely ignore the saber’s sharpness.
“As expected, you really are unsuited to using sabers. How could a saber user act so sneakily? What a disgrace to the name of saber masters.” Long Chen shook his head, looking at the Corrupt man.
The Corrupt man was covered with blood. He had almost been turned into pulp by Tang Wan-er’s attack.
The most terrifying thing about Tang Wan-er’s attack was that after the wind blade slashed onto its target, it would explode, releasing a second wave.
Although this second wave was less fierce than the first strike, the most abnormal part about it was its range. It was essentially impossible to dodge.
Despite having used his strongest move, this Corrupt man had barely managed to block the first impact of Tang Wan-er’s Wind Moon Engulfs Stars. But although he had blocked the crescent moon, when it had exploded, he had almost been turned into a corpse. The only reason he was alive was because he was a Celestial with a powerful physical body. Otherwise, there would have been nothing remaining of him.
Tiny crescent blades had become fiends carving up his body. He had exhausted his core runes in order to continuously heal as he was struck.
When that wave of wind blades finally ended, he had already run out of energy. So he had hidden himself in the ground, waiting for an opportunity and thinking about how he should handle this situation.
And then, Long Chen walked right over to where he was. He didn’t hesitate; he directly attacked.
What he wanted right now wasn’t to kill Long Chen, but to get a trump card. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to leave here alive.
Tang Wan-er was just too terrifying. This attack of hers had exhausted all of his Heavenly Dao runes’ energy. But as a wind attribute expert, a random wind blade from her could kill him. So his sights had been placed on Long Chen.
But this plan of his could not be worse. He had no idea just how strong Long Chen really was.
When Long Chen grabbed his saber, his berserk thunderforce poured into his body, causing his body to stiffen.
Just like that, Long Chen pushed the saber back slightly, and an enormous force transmitted through it. The Corrupt man exploded.
The sound of rumbling thunder filled the air. The Corrupt expert’s soul was about
to fly out of his body when endless thunderforce destroyed it. A Celestial fell just like that.
Suddenly, countless Heavenly Dao runes appeared in the air, just about to merge back into the world. That was the Corrupt man’s Heavenly Dao seed. It wished to return to heaven and earth.
“Stay behind,” snorted Long Chen. His saber slashed into the runes.
BOOM! Those runes were instantly shattered. The primal chaos bead wildly circulated, and those shattered runes were absorbed by it.
Within the primal chaos space, the strange Heavenly Dao Tree was taking in those runes, and a fist-sized fruit slowly grew out of it, one with Heavenly Dao runes. Another Heavenly Dao Fruit had been born.
“What are you all staring for? Kill them all.”
The Corrupt experts and the Dragonblood warriors had only just crawled out of the ground when they saw Long Chen kill the Corrupt Celestial. They were all shocked.
A Celestial had been killed just like that? The Corrupt experts were completely dumbfounded.
“Kill!” Hearing Long Chen’s order, the Dragonblood warriors roared, attacking the still stunned Corrupt experts.
“Run!”
The Corrupt experts fell one after another. With the Celestial that was leading them dead, they were finally terrified.
“Don’t let a single one escape!”
The Dragonblood warriors’ morale surged to unprecedented heights, and they chased after them.
Under ordinary circumstances, people wouldn’t chase after cornered enemies. That would cause the enemies to truly go all-out, even throwing away their own lives to take the attackers down with them. That would increase the casualties.
But this battle was an exception. What Long Chen wanted was for the Dragonblood warriors to fight on the border of death. Experiencing that danger would completely solidify their cultivation bases and increase their mental realms.
Miserable screams resounded. They were particularly ear-piercing in the night sky. The Xuantian Supermonastery’s guards and miners all watched this bloody scene from a distance.
“Why do those people look more savage than the Corrupt path?” A Xiantian expert’s shuddering voice rang out quietly.
The Dragonblood warriors seemed like fiends reaping the Corrupt experts’ lives. It had to be known that the Dragonblood warriors were merely at the Meridian Opening realm. But the Corrupt path’s experts were all Xiantian experts, and they were actually being chased down to the point that they cried for their parents.
Chaotic battles like this were different from ordinary battles. The winner was not decided by technique. Instead, it was decided by who was more vicious. Each stroke of their blades had to be unleashed with a mentality of either you die or I die.
The Dragonblood warriors were all elites amongst elites. After undergoing so many huge battles with Long Chen, their wills were as hard as steel. They could smile fearlessly in the face of death.
Seeing that over a hundred Corrupt experts were about to escape, Guo Ran suddenly took out a huge crossbow.
BOOM!
A huge arrow shot out, exploding in their midst. A bomb on the arrowhead exploded, and countless razors sliced through their bodies.
These razors were only the size of a fingernail. They were a golden color, and when they exploded in their midst, those Corrupt experts were all turned into a bloody mist.
“Hahahaha, this power really is marvelous!”
Seeing how effective it was, Guo Ran laughed excitedly. Those razors were what he had made out of the Treasure item fragments Long Chen had given him. Today was his first time testing them, and their power was truly shocking.
These Corrupt experts were cut through as easily as tofu whether they tried blocking with shield or weapon. That killing power made Guo Ran incredibly excited.
“Hehe, brothers, don’t just watch. Hurry and clean up the battlefield!” Guo Ran laughed mischievously. In this fierce battle, sixty-seven members of the Dragonblood Legion had been heavily injured. If they didn’t have Meng Qi and Guo Ran to secretly protect them, perhaps dozens of them would have died from this battle.
After all, the Corrupt path was not described as fierce and savage for nothing. The fact that there were no casualties in such a fierce battle was practically a miracle.
Of those who were heavily injured, there were some whose legs had been severed, some whose arms had been crushed, and even some who had been almost cut in two.
But as long as they hadn’t died immediately, then with Long Chen’s medicinal pills, any injuries became minor. Now, after this fierce and bloody battle, there would definitely be a generous reward.
After this battle, everyone’s auras had been retracted. Not the slightest bit of it leaked out anymore. In fact, their auras were condensed to the peak. At the same time, their mental realms had also greatly advanced. This was what it meant to be true experts baptized by battle.
Compared to those greenhouse flowers, they were people who had crawled out of a pile of corpses. They were true warriors.
“Wan-er, are you alright?” Long Chen supported Tang Wan-er, taking out a chair for her. Her face was pale.
“I was careless. When I used that last move, I received a backlash. I still am unable to control that much power,” said Tang Wan-er.
“You went too all-out. You’ve only just become a Celestial. Even though you can summon the Cry of the Heavenly Daos, you’re still just a novice. A Celestial’s power is different from your own power. It relies on being connected to the energy of the world. Your Heavenly Dao runes are just a guide. You still haven’t become accustomed to using Heavenly Dao energy, so it’s difficult to avoid suffering a backlash from such power. Next time, don’t go so all-out. I worry a great deal for you.” Long Chen held Tang Wan-er’s hands, distressed at seeing how pale she was.
Tang Wan-er gently brushed a stray hair behind her ear and smiled. “You rarely say such amiable words to me. What, are you afraid that I’ll put you in your place now that I’m strong?”
“Hehe, actually, I really would hope to be put in my place by you every day. However, I wouldn’t like to do it in such an open place with so many people. It would be best if it was done in a closed room, while lying on a soft bed, with two lit candles. Maybe some rope? Then, you could properly put me in my place.” Long Chen smiled mischievously.
Tang Wan-er blushed and rebuked, “You really are a scoundrel.”
The faint anger on her face and the bashfulness in her eyes was truly a rare beauty. Long Chen’s heart pounded, and a fierce heat seemed to come from his eyes. Looking at Tang Wan-er’s lips, he actually slowly went down to kiss her.
Being looked at like this by Long Chen, Tang Wan-er’s heart pounded. She jumped in fright and hastily said, “Let me go, sister Meng Qi’s coming!”
Tang Wan-er’s had only just escaped when Meng Qi arrived. Tang Wan-er was completely red, not daring to look at her.
Meng Qi smiled slightly. “Congratulations on sister for displaying your divine might, defeating a Celestial. You really brought honor to us sisters.”
“Hehe, Meng Qi, you don’t need to get jealous, because you’ll also quickly become a Celestial.”
Long Chen laughed and a Heavenly Dao Fruit appeared in his hand, causing Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er to jump in shock.
Chapter 633 Sinister Plot
After the battlefield was cleaned up, Long Chen examined everyone’s injuries. It went without saying that this battle had been extremely fierce.
Although they had all undergone complete tempering before advancing to Meridian Opening, it was still difficult for them to battle Xiantian experts.
But luckily, there hadn’t been that many enemies. They had only been ten times the Dragonblood Legion. If it had been more, Long Chen wouldn’t have dared let them take this risk.
The death of any one of his brothers would cause him great grief. But there was no way around this. They had to take advantage of this opportunity.
The cultivation bases and
numbers of their enemies had been perfectly at the limit of what the Dragonblood Legion could handle. If there had been more enemies, there would have been terrible casualties.
Their enemies had been just strong enough and the perfect number to give the Dragonblood Legion the best tempering. Too strong and they wouldn’t be able to handle them. Too few and there wouldn’t be any pressure or feeling of death.
The most gratifying thing was that not a single person had died. Reality was just this cruel. Long Chen had no choice but to make everyone go through this danger.
However, if they didn’t take this risk this time, the Dragonblood Legion’s power would be thrown behind. Next time when they had to face enemies, it would be even more dangerous.
Long Chen’s own cultivation speed was too fast. If he continued like this, the Dragonblood warriors wouldn’t be able to keep up with him. They wouldn’t be able to fight shoulder to shoulder with him.
He understood each Dragonblood warrior. They were all hot-blooded warriors who would rather die on the battlefield than be abandoned, discarded, and thrown away. That was their own dignity.
Long Chen also had never had any thoughts about abandoning them. So the only choice was for them to take on trials and dangers with him.
Those who had been injured would be fully healed in just three days after consuming Long Chen’s personally refined healing pills.
Long Chen had everyone go rest. As for the mines? Fuck, if anyone could find the mines anymore, then they could go steal from them if they wanted to. Long Chen really had to admire himself.
The entire mining region had been destroyed. Who could find the entrance to the mines? Let alone the Xuantian Dao Sect’s mines, even two neighboring mines had been buried.
But it wasn’t so important. The black gold ore was almost depleted; thus, no one had any hope toward that elusive Phoenix Blood Black Gold. As for the miners, they only worked part-time nowadays. During the past few days, there hadn’t been any mining at all, so there was no one buried underground. And so, the mines could just be left buried. This way, they also didn’t need to worry about being attacked for the mines.