Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  Of over eighty thousand Xiantian disciples from the Corrupt path, the Dragonblood Legion only managed to kill over ten thousand. But now, over thirty thousand were directly killed by that powerful impact.

  Only those fortunate enough to be comparatively far away from the battlefield managed to survive this calamity.

  “Boss!”

  Guo Ran and the others quickly ran over to Long Chen’s side, supporting him. Tang Wan-er and Meng Qi also withdrew to his side.

  The Corrupt experts gathered together. There was a black-robed elder at their front now.

  “Sea Expansion realm?” Long Chen’s voice was cold.

  “Correct,” answered the Corrupt elder.

  The Dragonblood warriors’ hearts sank. Wasn’t it forbidden for Sea Expansion experts to appear here?”

  The Sea Expansion expert turned toward his Celestials and shook his head. “Your mission counts as a complete failure.”

  “Master Gui Zong, we can still fight!” The female soul cultivator was extremely unwilling. Just now, she had already taken the advantage. If she could kill Meng Qi, Long Chen and the rest would definitely die.

  “Don’t try any excuses. A failure is a failure. Out of nine Celestials, three died, and half of eighty thousand Xiantian elites also died. Even if you managed to completely slaughter them, it wouldn’t change the fact that it was a failure. When you get back, you’ll receive your punishments from your sects. Hopefully, you’ve learned something, and those people didn’t die in vain.” The Sea Expansion expert’s words caused those Celestials’ expressions to become exceedingly ugly, but they were also helpless.

  They had been too careless. If they hadn’t been so arrogant at the beginning and had slowly probed their opponents’ strength before forming a strategy, perhaps this conclusion would have to be rewritten.

  But this world didn’t have any ifs. Dead people were already dead. Their immense losses meant they had already failed.

  “You little fellows, why don’t you just kill yourselves? Or do you want this old man to do it personally?” The Sea Expansion expert looked at Long Chen and the others.

  Here, a Sea Expansion expert was the law. He was capable of truly controlling heaven and earth’s energy, making it so that Meridian Opening Celestials didn’t have the ability to fight him.

  “Old ghost, if you boast so much, you should worry about biting your tongue.” Long Chen smiled slightly and a jade plate appeared in his hand.

  Crushing the jade plate, space twisted and a figure slowly condensed before him.

  “Monastery head!”

  Tang Wan-er and the others cried with delight. This person was precisely the Xuantian Supermonastery’s monastery head, Shui Wuhen.

  Shui Wuhen looked at the huge hole as well as the corpses that littered the battlefield. She said to Long Chen, “As expected, you really are just a troublemaker. Wherever you go, chaos will follow.”

  “Hehe, nothing I can do about that. If others want my life, it’s not like I can just give it to them without a struggle, right?” laughed Long Chen.

  Shui Wuhen’s appearance calmed all of them. This was part of Long Chen’s backup plan. He had known the Corrupt path would very likely not act in accordance with the agreement, and before leaving, he had gotten this jade from her. With her present, everything could be resolved. They could just watch the show.

  “Shui Wuhen? I remember you.” A cold light shone in the Sea Expansion expert’s eyes.

  “You should. You are Gui Zong, correct? Eight hundred years ago, you had a brother called Gui Sha whom I killed. I seem to recall that his soul was sealed inside a corpse and used as a trial for our disciples. I’m sure he had a good life all these years,” said Shui Wuhen.

  Hearing this, Long Chen was startled. It seemed they were all acquaintances. Wasn’t Gui Sha the soul in the corpse he had encountered for the disciple trial in the 108th monastery?

  From him, he had even swindled the Netherworld Ghost Steps. But that old fellow really had been petty and immediately turned hostile. In the end, he had self-destructed.

  It was unexpected for this person to actually be Gui Sha’s brother. It seemed friends really did have destiny together.

  “Shui Wuhen, if you’re thinking of protecting Long Chen, keep dreaming. You think a spiritual clone is capable of that?” sneered the Corrupt elder.

  “To handle someone only at the peak of early Sea Expansion, it should be enough,” said Shui Wuhen.

  She was someone who had reached the peak of Sea Expansion. Although this spiritual clone only possessed a tenth of her true body’s strength, it could be counted as a mid Sea Expansion expert.

  “Shui Wuhen, I’m regretful to tell you that your spiritual clone will perhaps have to be thrown away here.”

  Suddenly, a voice rang out that caused Shui Wuhen’s pupils to shrink.

  Chapter 642 A Truly Peerless Move

  Following that voice, four figures appeared in their sky, huge wings on their backs.

  Shui Wuhen’s expression changed completely. Out of these four, three of them were at the early Sea Expansion realm, while the other one was at the peak of the mid Sea Expansion realm.

  “Shui Wuhen, this clone of yours will have to be left behind. Hehe, the clone and the true body’s souls are connected. I really want to leave something special behind in this clone of yours,” laughed one of them pervertedly.

  “Nine Celestials and five Sea Expansion experts? Haha, you really do look favorably upon me.” Long Chen suddenly laughed.

  “Of course we look favorably upon you. The Righteous path’s idiots might not understand, but we know you are a terrifying talent.

  “In the beginning, we didn’t care too much about you. As a result, that mistake caused an irredeemable loss, and Yin Luo died. If he hadn’t died, he would definitely have been able to at least accept a Dao seed from a senior to become a terrifying Celestial.

  “It was at that time we realized that you really are a monster, a monster that surpasses people’s imaginations. We knew we couldn’t let you mature. So we attacked the Xuantian Monasteries. Unfortunately, even with that many Xiantian experts, you still managed to get out alive, making us miss our best opportunity.

  “Later, your battle with Yin Wushang caused your name to finally reach the ears of our Corrupt path’s higher-ups. Haha, I really have to congratulate you. Our Corrupt path’s higher-ups knew that if we were careless again and if you managed to get away, we would no longer have such a good opportunity in the future.

  “So, just to kill you, we organized this large scale movement of our elite disciples and even set up this immense formation so you can’t run.

  “No matter how many reinforcements you bring out, they will all be useless. Unless you can surpass five Sea Expansion experts, any people you bring out will just be sending themselves to their deaths.

  “But according to our information, your thirty-sixth supermonastery only possesses two Sea Expansion experts, and they don’t even get along.

  “Speaking of which, I greatly admire your Righteous path. You fight amongst yourselves all day, and you suppress your geniuses instead of grooming them, but somehow you have still managed to survive to this date. The heavens really are blind,” sneered the Corrupt Sea Expansion elder.

  As the elder confidently spoke, Long Chen stealthily took out a disc with ancient runes carved into it.

  “Sister, I’ll stall them. You activate the transportation formation disc. This is something I bought from Zheng Wenlong, and it’s a priceless treasure from the ancient era. Once it’s activated, it can bring all of you back to the supermonastery,” he transmitted to Shui Wuhen.

  Last time when he had seen Zheng Wenlong, he had asked for a life-saving treasure. That decision had been greatly supported by Zheng Wenlong.

  Zheng Wenlong wasn’t afraid of himself dying, but he was absolutely terrified of Long Chen dying.

  It went without saying that the Huayun Sect was extremely powerful. They pos
sessed all kinds of rare and ancient treasures that could no longer be created in modern times.

  In order to allow Long Chen to live for a few more years, Zheng Wenlong had increased his debt even more, obtaining this formation disc from the ancient era.

  Although it was incredibly ancient, the energy within it had been preserved extremely well. It was more than capable of long-distance transportation.

  The other portion of this disc was a coordinate stone that Long Chen had buried beneath the Xuantian Supermonastery’s plaza. Once the disc was activated, they would all be teleported there.

  “But then you…”

  “I have to stall them. Don’t think that I’m such a noble person that I’m sacrificing my life for everyone. I have my own way to protect myself,” said Long Chen.

  “But…”

  “No buts. Do as I said and bring everyone away,” said Long Chen.

  “Then have Wan-er activate the formation disc. I’ll stay with you. I’m just a clone, so it’s fine,” said Shui Wuhen.

  “There’s no need. Just do as I said and it’ll be fine. They’ve already sensed our conversation.”

  Although a spiritual clone did not possess a physical body, it was something that exhausted endless mental energy and Spiritual Strength to form. Losing a clone would cause the true body’s power to immediately drop for a while. As for Shui Wuhen, who was at the peak of her realm, she could not afford to lose her clone at this time, or it would make advancing to the next realm much more difficult.

  “I don’t know what you’re mumbling back there, but our Corrupt path has always believed a certain phrase: in front of absolute strength, all schemes are useless. Don’t bother stalling for time, because that has no meaning. Are you going to kill yourself, or do you need this old man to take action?” asked the Corrupt Sea Expansion elder.

  Long Chen smiled and slowly walked forward. Shui Wuhen sighed helplessly and began to secretly activate the formation disc.

  But this formation disc required a certain amount of time to activate, and due to how many people it had to transport, it exhausted a great deal of energy.

  Furthermore, she had to do so extremely carefully, not letting the slightest fluctuation be exposed for fear of them noticing. This kind of transportation device was extremely easily interrupted at the beginning. They would be doomed if the Corrupt experts were to notice.

  That was the main reason Long Chen had Shui Wuhen do it. No one else had the ability to silently activate it.

  “It’s Gui Zong, correct? I’ve met your brother.” Long Chen walked out almost a mile, shaking his head at the distant Corrupt Sea Expansion elder.

  “Are you trying to stall?” he asked icily.

  “Go down through YongQuan, up through XuanDan, converge at ZiFu, erupt at ChongShan…” Long Chen began to recite a mnemonic.

  Hearing it, the Corrupt elder’s expression completely changed. “How… how do you know my Netherworld Sect’s footwork mnemonic?!”

  “Now you should believe that I saw your brother before, right? This mnemonic was something he taught me,” said Long Chen.

  “Impossible! He would never transmit my Netherworld Sect’s mnemonic to the Righteous path!”

  “Don’t get angry. In truth, it was like this: after I met your brother, your brother felt that I was of pure face and mind, of fair complexion and soul, a martial genius seen only once every ten thousand years. As a result…”

  “He wanted to take you as a disciple?!”

  “No, he wanted to take me as a master.”

  “What nonsense! My brother was a mid Sea Expansion expert in his life! How could he take you as a master?!” raged the Corrupt elder. He clearly respected his brother greatly.

  “You know, to tell you the truth, even I didn’t believe he would do something like this at the beginning! But then later he said he wanted me to take his soul out of the cave, then take me as his master and bestow all his life’s learning to me,” said Long Chen.

  “And then?”

  “Then, he begged me to learn his Netherworld Ghost Steps. Seeing such an old man kneeling on the ground, crying his eyes out, I didn’t feel right saying no,” sighed Long Chen.

  “Get to the point! What happened?!”

  “He continued to kneel on the ground, begging me to learn a few more techniques. That enraged me, and I viciously slapped him in the face for two days, cursing him for not appreciating my kindness and trying to take advantage of me…”

  Buzz…

  Just as Long Chen’s saliva was splashing everywhere as he babbled, an intense spatial fluctuation appeared.

  “Not good, they’re running!”

  One of the Sea Expansion experts in the sky was the first to react. But a curtain of light enveloped the Dragonblood Legion, and the terrifying spatial fluctuations showed they were just about to be transported away.

  “Stop them!”

  “How about you don’t.”

  Just as they were about to stop them, Long Chen laughed, and the lightning python and flame serpent shot out from his arms.

  A terrifying aura filled the world, and the five Sea Expansion experts halted, their expressions ugly. They sensed an extremely great danger from the lightning python and flame serpent.

  Both of them roared, coiling together and charging through their midst.

  In that instant, all of the Corrupt Celestials felt endless terror. They could smell the scent of death from those two. They had never even dreamed that Long Chen was still holding back such a terrifying move. Such an attack could instantly kill them.

  The five Sea Expansion experts extended their hands. Runes lit up on their palms, and they smashed into Long Chen’s attack.

  BOOM! It was like a star had exploded. Blinding light filled the sky. Endless flames and lightning made it so it seemed even space was about to explode.

  When the light faded, the five Sea Expansion experts’ expressions were dark. They were also filled with shock.

  Even with their combined strength, they had still been blown back miles by that attack. Just how could Long Chen possess such power?

  After that attack, the two tattoos on Long Chen’s arms turned completely dark.

  Long Chen couldn’t help sighing. Sea Expansion experts were truly terrifying. The lightning python and flame serpent had released their full strength but hadn’t been able to injure them.

  However, he hadn’t hoped for this move to injure them. Without the support of the green dragon energy, he was merely a slightly larger ant in front of Sea Expansion experts.

  But he had at least achieved his goals. The Dragonblood Legion had completely disappeared from here. As expected, the Huayun Sect’s wares were truly top-tier and trustworthy. Zheng Wenlong had never disappointed him.

  “Although they got away, it’s fine. Just Long Chen’s life is enough.” The Corrupt Sea Expansion elder’s expression was gloomy

  “My life? Hehe, then we’ll have to see if you have that ability. Today, I’ll let you all see what my truly peerless move is.” Long Chen laughed mischievously, and his aura completely erupted.

  Chapter 643 Invoking Xiantian Tribulation

  Long Chen’s aura, which had originally been at the sixth Heavenstage of Meridian Opening, began rapidly climbing, and consecutive explosive sounds rang out from his body.

  BOOM!

  Seventh Heavenstage.

  BOOM!

  Eighth Heavenstage.

  As Long Chen’s aura grew, the five Sea Expansion experts were shocked. Long Chen had actually concealed his true aura.

  The Celestials were especially stupefied. Just what kind of monster was Long Chen? In that intense battle just now, he had still been holding back his power.

  More explosive sounds came from his body as his aura grew stronger and stronger. It was like a volcano was erupting within his body.

  “What a powerful aura! How could someone at Meridian Opening possess such an aura?!”

  “Let him do as he pleases. No ma
tter how strong his aura grows, he’ll still be an ant to us. I actually really want to see what kind of trick he has.”

  In the Sea Expansion experts’ eyes, Long Chen was just deliberately trying to be mysterious. This was just a deathbed struggle, the scene they enjoyed seeing the most. Looks of despair were truly amazing.

  “Wait, something’s wrong. How are there so many explosions coming from his body?” Gui Zong was the first to realize something was wrong.

  According to reason, each advancement would cause an explosive sound from one’s body. But Long Chen had long since surpassed nine Heavenstages.

  Furthermore, with each further advancement past the ninth Heavenstage, his aura would multiply. That simply was not in accordance with common sense.

  Finally, a loud rumbling rang out. Everyone’s expressions changed as they looked up to see that black clouds had completely filled the sky.

  Due to the battle with the Celestials, the wrath of the heavens had caused the sky to already be filled with black clouds, so no one had noticed the change. Now that they saw the endless tribulation clouds, whether it was the Sea Expansion experts, the Celestials, or the remaining Corrupt experts, their faces all turned purple.

  “He… he’s undergoing tribulation!”

  “Bastard, he’s bringing us all into his tribulation?!”

  “But why is this tribulation so terrifying?!”

  The Corrupt experts were completely horrified. How was this lightning tribulation? This was clearly an annihilation tribulation, one that seemed like it could destroy the entire world.

  “All disciples gather! Celestials, activate your Cry of the Heavenly Daos! Heavenly tribulation won’t attack people within the Cry of the Heavenly Daos,” ordered one of the Corrupt Sea Expansion experts.

  The Celestials hastily activated their manifestations, covering all the disciples within the range of their Heavenly Dao runes.

  It was fortunate they had enough Celestials, as there would be no way for one Celestial to envelop all these people.

  “What? There was actually such a thing?” Long Chen was startled. Heavenly tribulation wouldn’t attack Celestials?