by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“What?!”
From the disciples to the monastery heads, their jaws could not be lower. It was practically possible to see the food in their stomachs from their open mouths.
How could they not be shocked? Long Chen had actually slapped all four of them at the same time, and not one of them had managed to block.
This face-slapping art had reached a supernatural level. How could he slap the faces of the Four Heavenly Geniuses at the same time?
Although his face-slapping divine ability had been trained and refined to a supernatural level, to slap four people at the same time was still a challenge for Long Chen. He had only managed to accomplish it because of their cooperation.
When the four of them had communicated with their eyes, they had never imagined Long Chen would dare to take the initiative to attack them. Furthermore, Long Chen’s control over the Netherworld Ghost Steps had reached the pinnacle.
As for his face-slapping art, there was no need to say anything. There was no killing intent or killing power, so of course the four of them hadn’t sensed anything. As a result, they had all been slapped at the same time, allowing them to go down in history. It could be said that this was a milestone for the cultivation world’s face-slapping arts.
The slap didn’t really hurt. After a brief, stunned moment, they suddenly roared, their auras surging. Their Cries of the Heavenly Daos erupted, and their terrifying killing intent soared into the sky.
“Long Chen, you’ll definitely die!”
Chapter 741 Fighting Against Heavenly Geniuses
The four of them roared furiously and attacked at the same time. Their killing intent was soaring as they all went berserk.
As peerless geniuses, being slapped in the face made them feel even worse than being killed. Of course they went berserk.
Countless runes appeared around them, and a powerful pressure caused space to twist. Just their aura was enough to terrify rank one Celestials.
“It just so happens that I can use you to test my power. Divine ring!”
Long Chen’s divine ring appeared behind him, causing a loud rumbling. Astral winds raged as it seemed like heaven and earth were trembling.
But this time was different from before. There was a faint green color within the three-color ring. Its color was faint, but it was still visible.
This was Long Chen’s first time summoning the divine ring after condensing the Enlightenment Palace Star. His spiritual yuan gushed forth from his body.
Long Chen roared thunderously, and it was like he was possessed by a battle god who arrogantly looked down on them. With a single punch, a terrifying pressure locked down the four of them.
The spectators were all shocked. Just how heaven-defying was Long Chen? Even in the face of the Four Heavenly Geniuses, he still didn’t take a single step back.
BOOM!
The platform shuddered, but the runes carved into it made it extremely stable. It wasn’t the slightest bit damaged.
Five figures blew back. Long Chen was blown back a few dozen meters before stabilizing while Zhao Wuji and the others were blown back by just ten meters. They looked at him with shock.
“He… he can actually manage to fight all four of them?” stammered a shocked disciple.
Long Chen had only just stabilized his body when he once more shot forward nimbly, arriving in front of the closest one, Shui Guanzhi.
“Skywater Shield!”
BOOM!
Shui Guanzhi’s water shield exploded. He was sent flying by Long Chen’s fist.
He was completely shocked. It had to be known that he was no longer the same Shui Guanzhi that Long Chen had previously defeated. Within the Xuantian Sea, his comprehension over the water element had increased to a whole new level. His water energy was much purer.
Furthermore, on the Nine Netherworld Path, his Spiritual Strength had been improved to an unprecedented level. His Skywater Shield was at least twice as powerful as before.
But it was still unable to bear a single punch from Long Chen. How could he not be shocked?
Long Chen had just sent Shui Guanzhi flying when he felt the wind behind him. Without even looking, he smashed his arm backward.
His elbow ended up colliding with a huge fist. That attack had come from Zhao Wuji. Both of them were blown back.
Because Long Chen had only had time for a hurried block, he had been unable to use his full strength. As a result, he had been at a slight disadvantage. But Zhao Wuji was appalled. Long Chen was absolutely terrifying. This was his first time running into someone with such a powerful physical body.
Zhong Wuyan’s hands suddenly blossomed with light. With simple waves of her hand, dazzling fist-images slammed toward him.
At the same time, a chilling Sword Qi rose. Yue Qianshan also attacked.
Long Chen didn’t even look at Zhong Wuyan’s fist-images. He directly slammed his fist toward her flat chest.
“Lightning Rushing Hand!”
Zhong Wuyan directly switched from offense to defense. Seeing him come at her in such a suicidal way, she naturally was not willing to be injured.
As a result, she was forced back by Long Chen’s punch, feeling an ache from her hand. She couldn’t help being shocked by his powerful thunderforce.
As soon as Long Chen forced back Zhong Wuyan, he spun around and clapped his thunderforce-shrouded hands together.
He caught a simple sword between his hands. The tip was less than an inch from his heart.
Yue Qianshan hastily tried to pull back his sword, but when it came to physical strength, he couldn’t compare to Long Chen. His sword was stuck in Long Chen’s grasp.
“My brother is also a sword cultivator. Compared to him, you’re just trash. Scram!”
Long Chen suddenly slammed the sword’s hilt into Yue Qianshan’s chest. He was blown back and almost coughed up blood. But he clamped his mouth shut and swallowed it back down, not letting others see that he had been injured by Long Chen.
Although he hid it very well, the monastery heads all saw through it. Long Chen’s attack just now had shaken his organs. That injury was negligible and could be instantly healed, but it was still shocking.
Shui Guanzhi’s water dragons suddenly appeared and attacked him. This time, hundreds of them appeared at the same time while Shui Guanzhi himself was hiding in the distance, not giving Long Chen a chance to attack him.
Long Chen smiled coldly. Last time, these water dragons had given him a headache. But now, his power had risen to a point that these water dragons were unable to threaten him.
Furthermore, he saw that Shui Guanzhi was acting craftily. These water dragons weren’t to attack him, but to give him some pressure. He was leaving attacking to the others.
Zhao Wuji and Zhong Wuyan both charged at him. Long Chen met their torrential attacks with his fists.
“Long Chen, let’s see just how you survive today!” Zhong Wuyan ground her teeth.
“There are many people who want my life, but I’m still alive. Who do you think you are to threaten me?” sneered Long Chen.
“Bastard, you-!”
“Careful!”
The distant spectators let out a cry. Long Chen suddenly used his back to receive Zhao Wuji’s fist. With a muffled bang, Long Chen borrowed Zhao Wuji’s punch to shoot like lightning toward Zhong Wuyan. The thunderforce on his fists brightened as he smashed his fist at her.
BOOM!
Although Shui Guanzhi had given her a warning, Zhong Wuyan was still sent flying. She was not Long Chen’s match in strength.
The only reason she was able to exchange blows with him was because of the light on her hands. That was her bloodline energy. It was different from ordinary spiritual yuan and extremely powerful.
But even so, when Long Chen attacked her with full strength, she was unable to completely block him. Before she could stabilize, Long Chen’s fist had arrived.
This fist was even stronger. He didn’t give her any breathing room. Zhong Wuyan was s
hocked by Long Chen’s attack power. Once Long Chen grasped an opening, he would attack until his opponent was defeated.
She no longer had any room to counterattack. She could only focus on defense. But Long Chen had taken the advantage, and she would definitely be heavily injured by blocking this fist.
“Annihilation Slash!”
Just as his fist was about to reach her, Sword Qi came slashing toward him. Without even turning back, Long Chen knew it was Yue Qianshan’s attack. Even before the Sword Qi reached him, he felt a chill in his bones. A sword cultivator’s attack was just that terrifying.
Now if he wanted to attack Zhong Wuyan, he would have to take Yue Qianshan’s attack directly. Although he was confident in heavily injuring her and making her lose her ability to fight temporarily, a sword cultivator’s attack couldn’t be received lightly. Even Long Chen didn’t dare to do so rashly.
He spun on his left foot, and the attack meant for Zhong Wuyan was used to block a three-hundred-meter Sword Qi. That Sword Qi was incredibly powerful, and it seemed as if space was being directly sliced apart by it.
BOOM!
Long Chen was actually sent flying by Yue Qianshan’s Sword Qi.
“Sword cultivators are truly worthy of being the number one attackers. They’re terrifying.” The disciples were all shocked. Long Chen’s display so far had shocked them. His power was enough to fight the Four Heavenly Geniuses.
But previously, Yue Qianshan hadn’t used his strongest attacks. Now that he was finally releasing his full strength, it was enough to send Long Chen flying.
“Careful!”
After sending Long Chen flying, Yue Qianshan’s expression suddenly changed.
Long Chen was sent flying. But he was sent flying straight toward Shui Guanzhi.
Just at that moment, Long Chen stamped his foot on the ground and increased his speed, shooting like a cannonball at Shui Guanzhi. The light on his fists became blinding.
“You absolutely can’t block it! Dodge!” shouted Yue Qianshan. He knew Long Chen had allowed himself to be blown back intentionally. Furthermore, he realized that Long Chen had used some unknown technique to absorb a portion of his strength.
In other words, Long Chen’s fist didn’t just contain his personal power, but a portion of Yue Qianshan’s power. That was why Yue Qianshan gave him such a solemn warning.
“Heaven Trapping Water Prison!”
Even without Yue Qianshan’s warning, Shui Guanzhi could sense the terrifying power contained in Long Chen’s fist. He directly summoned a huge water prison that surrounded Long Chen.
Long Chen sneered and directly sent forth a fist.
BOOM!
That huge water prison instantly exploded. But Long Chen’s attack continued onward to strike Shui Guanzhi.
Shui Guanzhi was directly sent flying, wildly vomiting blood.
Chapter 742 The Great Earth’s Protection
Long Chen’s fist didn’t just contain his own power. When Yue Qianshan had attacked him, he had also stealthily absorbed a small part of his sword’s power.
Unlike some magical arts, he couldn’t absorb fifty percent or more of his opponent’s power. He was only capable of absorbing a trace of it. But just that trace was enough. Long Chen was just borrowing that trace of energy to release a long-range attack similar to Sword Qi.
However, this attack wasn’t perfect. The Heaven Trapping Water Prison had blocked seventy percent of its power, so Shui Guanzhi had only been struck by thirty percent.
But if Shui Guanzhi hadn’t summoned the Heaven Trapping Water Prison, then in his careless state, even if he wasn’t instantly defeated, he would still be heavily injured.
The spectators were stunned to see Shui Guanzhi be injured and vomit blood. “Why… why can’t I understand any of it?” muttered one disciple. Most of them were unable to tell what had just happened.
At the start, everyone had assumed Long Chen was fated to have a miserable ending from being attacked by all of the Four Heavenly Geniuses. There had even been quite a few people who had felt pity for him, outraged by the injustice.
But as soon as they exchanged blows, that thought became nonexistent. It wasn’t Long Chen being miserably suppressed, but the four of them.
“How is this happening? Just how terrifying is Long Chen?” One of the monastery heads couldn’t help but open his mouth to express his shock.
The most shocked ones were Shui Yuncong and the other family heads. It had to be known that the Four Heavenly Geniuses were the four families’ strongest junior generation disciples. The fact that they would be suppressed by Long Chen was unacceptable to them.
Long Chen should have technically counted as an expert on the side of the Shui family, but it seemed that up until now, Shui Wuhen had no intention of pulling him into the Shui family.
Ever since her falling out with her family, Shui Wuhen had already become completely disappointed in them. What had happened in the Xuantian Sea had made their relationship even worse.
Once Shui Guanzhi had taken the lead to kick Long Chen out, their relationship became even worse. The disharmony was gradually escalating. Although Shui Wuhen hadn’t said anything, everyone could already see that she would no longer stand on the side of the Shui family.
The current Shui Wuhen no longer possessed any loyalty to them. With a talented disciple like Long Chen and the favor of the vice sect master, Shui Wuhen could not be touched by the Shui family.
Now Shui Yuncong was slightly regretting having Shui Guanzhi suppress Long Chen to force Shui Wuhen to lower her head to him. If he had known Long Chen was so powerful, he would have formed a better relationship with Shui Wuhen and pull Long Chen to his side.
At that time, his Shui family would have had two peerless geniuses. Amongst the four families, who would be able to contend with them then?
But now that was too late. Both Shui Guanzhi and Long Chen viewed the other as an enemy. Although it hadn’t reached the point of either you die or I die, it seemed it wasn’t that far off either.
“In truth, the power Long Chen has displayed isn’t much stronger than any one of them,” said the vice sect master.
“What?” Everyone was startled. If he wasn’t so much stronger, how could he suppress the four of them?
“The power he is displaying is truly not that much different than them. Even if it’s greater, it’s only by a slight amount. It’s just that his battle experience gives him a huge advantage. Each time they use any technique, he immediately sees through their weak points and launches a sharp attack. So the four of them are completely flustered.
“Can you not see that the four of them clearly are too immature compared to Long Chen? Yue Qianshan and Zhong Wuyan attacked at the same time. Theoretically, Long Chen would have had to use his back to receive one of their attacks. But what actually happened? As soon as he saw them attacking, he took the initiative to break their rhythm.
“Before they could even launch their attacks, he charged at Zhong Wuyan, forcing her back, and then went to handle Yue Qianshan, who possesses the greatest offensive strength.
“Now look. Zhao Wuji and Shui Guanzhi’s water dragons are about to attack him. Long Chen takes a single step back, dodging the attack of the water dragon. Now the water dragon blocks Zhao Wuji’s line of sight, making his movements slower. He has pulled back his original attack. Before he prepares a new attack, Long Chen attacks him.
“The four of them have no idea how to cooperate. Long Chen is easily grasping their openings. He’s playing with them in the palm of his hand.
“This doesn’t show that Long Chen is particularly powerful, but simply that their cooperation is chaotic. Having more people isn’t necessarily a good thing. They aren’t able to bring out their true power.”
Hearing this, everyone came to a sudden realization. They managed to see the crux of the matter. The rhythm of the battle was entirely under Long Chen’s control.
“Although Shui Guanzhi, Zhao Wuji, Yue Qianshan, and
Zhong Wuyan have also fought with the Corrupt path, it was only a few times. But you all know that Long Chen has experienced more life and death battles than anyone.
“He can rely on just his battle instincts to dodge their attacks. Thus, they are suppressed. Have you noticed that many attacks coming for his back are accurately blocked by him without him even looking? This is the difference between geniuses raised behind a fence and a demon produced by the wilderness!” said the vice sect master.
Everyone smiled at the final joke. But then, they were lost in thought. Long Chen had shown them many shocking things. They had to slowly digest them.
“Hahaha, do you see? This is our boss! Even one against four, he can still defeat them. Who was that brat who wanted to show off just now? Come out here and fart again!” sneered Guo Ran at the opposing crowd.
Those people naturally didn’t dare to say anything anymore. They were all intimidated by Long Chen’s terrifying combat abilities. They had never imagined that the undefeatable heroes in their hearts would still be suppressed when they worked together against one person.
“Does this mean Long Chen will win?” probed a monastery head.
“How could it be so easy? The Four Heavenly Geniuses aren’t stupid. They’ll sooner or later find the crux of the problem,” said another monastery head.
Bang! Zhao Wuji was kicked in the stomach by Long Chen and sent flying, vomiting blood. He furiously roared, “Fuck, I don’t care. I’m not cooperating with you bastards anymore!”
Zhao Wuji felt too stifled. In this kind of battle, he wasn’t even able to bring out half his power. Either he was afraid of injuring his own people, or he was afraid of his own people’s attacks landing on him. He had been blown back by Long Chen several times now, infuriating him so much that his teeth creaked.
“The Great Earth’s Protection!”
A set of yellow armor appeared on his body. Long Chen’s heart shook. He sensed endless energy surging into Zhao Wuji from the ground.
“Die!” Zhao Wuji charged. The ground shook with each step he took. Long Chen was startled to find that he had been locked in place by the earth. He was unable to dodge this attack.
