Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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Now, Meng Qi had the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix. Even if an opponent could block her spiritual attacks, they wouldn’t be able to block the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix. It could be said that she had immediately become the strongest member of them all. Her power now far surpassed Long Chen.
If Long Chen were to fight Meng Qi with the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix on her side, he wouldn’t even be able to last an incense stick’s worth of time. That was the most terrifying aspect of Beast Tamers.
Ordinary Beast Tamers would control multiple Magical Beasts, sometimes even dozens. With Meng Qi’s powerful Spiritual Strength, she could control over a hundred powerful Magical Beasts.
But Meng Qi had always been cultivating, and so she hadn’t had time to capture Magical Beasts. Otherwise, if she were to unleash one hundred Xiantian Magical Beasts in addition to her spiritual attacks, it would even be possible for her to kill a rank two Celestial.
However, Meng Qi didn’t like controlling weak Magical Beasts, because weak Magical Beasts were just cannon fodder, and the odds of them dying were too high. Meng Qi didn’t like that kind of fighting style.
She preferred a powerful Magical Beast that would always stay by her side. She would feel bad about sending Magical Beasts to their death. Now that she had the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix, she was perfectly content. She didn’t have any plans of capturing other housepets. And so she wanted Long Chen and Tang Wan-er to take these two Azure Scale Horned Eagles.
Tang Wan-er was a wind cultivator, so when combined with the Azure Scale Horned Eagle, her attacks would become even sharper.
“You should keep both of them. When we get back, give them both to Wan-er. I don’t need them.” Long Chen shook his head.
Currently, the two chicks were still in an extremely weak, confused state. Meng Qi could simply lock their souls with her soul energy. There was no need to place a spiritual imprint on them right now.
“Long Chen…” Meng Qi was startled.
“I have Little Snow, so I don’t need any other housepets. Little Snow is my companion who has gone through life and death with me. No one can replace him.” Long Chen smiled slightly.
Ever since Little Snow had reached the late sixth rank, his cultivation base hadn’t progressed in the slightest. Long Chen also knew that sometimes effort couldn’t make up for things. Little Snow had already reached his absolute limit.
After all, Little Snow had originally just been a third rank Magical Beast. After a mutation, he had continuously broken through, but now, he had reached a barrier. Long Chen had tried various medicinal pills, but they had all been ineffective.
Long Chen had no choice but to accept that Little Snow’s cultivation stopped here. But it was as he said: Little Snow was his companion, a companion he couldn’t abandon.
Back in Phoenix Cry, when he had been chased down by Marquis Ying to some nameless village, Little Snow had only been a foot long. But he had gone through countless dangers to search for Long Chen. That was something Long Chen had never forgotten about.
On the cultivation path, Little Snow had also helped him out countless times. He had fought shoulder to shoulder with him, fighting against death. The emotions between them could not be comprehended by others.
“But you can also have two extra housepets,” said Meng Qi.
Long Chen shook his head and sighed. “Meng Qi, forgive my stubbornness, or perhaps you can call it foolishness. Little Snow is enough for me. I have my own power to face the upcoming dangers!”
Long Chen had also once thought of obtaining a stronger Magical Beast to assist him. But no matter how he tried to reason it, he still felt that it was a betrayal to Little Snow. He couldn’t do it.
Although he felt that this kind of thinking was very stupid, he didn’t mind. In any case, he had done quite a few foolish things, so an extra one didn’t mean anything.
While Long Chen and Meng Qi spoke, Little Snow silently cried in his spiritual space.
“Alright, I won’t force you.” Meng Qi knew that no one could change Long Chen’s decisions once he had decided on something.
Furthermore, Meng Qi also felt a burst of emotion. Long Chen’s heart hadn’t changed at all. Although he was normally a rascal who needed a beating, his emotions weren’t fake. Meng Qi sighed. Perhaps it was those emotions that had so deeply moved her.
She put the two chicks into her spiritual space. At the same time, she gathered the fragments of the eggs. Those egg fragments seemed to be food for them. It seemed they needed to finish eating those fragments before they could eat flesh. The adult must have captured the python as rations.
“Meng Qi, can you communicate with the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix?” asked Long Chen. Beast Tamers first learned ways to communicate with Magical Beasts. Expressing emotions should be no problem.
“Ugh, I really didn’t expect for its intelligence to be so low. It’s even below the average fifth rank Magical Beast in the outside world. The only thing in its head is craziness and slaughter. Communicating with it is extremely difficult. Perhaps it’ll take a long time to completely calm it down,” said Meng Qi.
Usually, the higher the rank of the Magical Beast, the higher its intelligence would be, which made communication easier. But Meng Qi found that the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix was too berserk, and their mental frequencies were difficult to align.
“Perhaps it has to do with the environment. The vegetation, insects, and now even the Magical Beasts are all so berserk. Even a tiny rabbit will crazily attack us if we step into its territory. It really doesn’t make sense,” said Long Chen.
The Spirit World’s environment was strange. The two of them had been continuously attacked upon arriving.
However, when the Azure Scale Horned Eagle had been flying, it had crossed many Magical Beasts’ territories, and none of them had even moved. Was this a case of bullying outsiders?
“This world really is strange. I feel like I’m constantly being stifled, and I can’t help feeling nervous and afraid.” Meng Qi nodded.
“Let's rest for a few days. I’ll refine some more pills to help the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix recover faster. Even if it can’t fight, we need it to be able to fly. Otherwise, we’ll find it difficult to move an inch here,” said Long Chen.
“Good idea.” Meng Qi assented. It really was too dangerous for the two of them to walk in the forest. It would be much safer to fly on the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix.
In any case, according to the hourglass, this was only the seventh day. They still had time to continue looking for some treasures.
This proved Long Chen’s suggestion to use an hourglass to be right. Meng Qi found out that according to the hourglass, seven days had passed, but here, it had only been one day.
Because they were too nervous, because they had to be constantly on guard, they hadn’t sensed the flow of time. Meng Qi had no choice but to admire how dependable Long Chen was, despite how crazy he sometimes was.
Long Chen began to refine pills. This time, he refined giant pills because they were more effective. However, refining them was also more taxing.
Three days later, he had refined ninety-eight giant pills. The Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix had recovered a great deal. The majority of its injuries had healed. Other than the scar on its head being a bit ghastly to look at, the rest of its body looked fine.
However, its internal injuries were still very heavy. Its core had been injured by the dragon might, and it would need a long time to fully heal. Long Chen hadn’t expected the dragon might to be so powerful. As time passed, his admiration for the dragon expert only rose.
“Long Chen, the Blood Phoenix can already fly. What should we do now?” said Meng Qi. She now called the Redeye Sacred Blood Phoenix just the Blood Phoenix to make it easier.
“Ask the Blood Phoenix if it knows anywhere with large trees, the bigger the better. It would be best if it was that kind of tree that can break through the sky!” said Long Chen.
“Nonsense. How could
there be something so exaggerated?” Meng Qi rolled her eyes. Long Chen was once more starting to be unreliable. But she still asked the Blood Phoenix.
An incense stick’s worth of time later, Meng Qi sighed. “The Blood Phoenix says something about being tired if it flies forward. There’s a forest ahead that might be very frightening!”
Long Chen’s expression was odd. “This bird speech really is a pain. What does it mean, it gets tired flying? Does that have to do with how far it flew? The forest might be frightening? What is that supposed to mean?”
Meng Qi bitterly smiled. “There’s no way around it. I’ve only been in contact with it for such a short time, and its intelligence is just too low. It’s very difficult for me to understand what it’s saying.”
“Fine, then we’ll just go in that direction. We’ll go slowly and put down markers on the way so we can find the way back. We can also see if we can find some more suitable Magical Beasts for you. Then you’ll really be unmatched!” Long Chen smiled.
Meng Qi smiled sweetly. While Long Chen had also come to the Spirit World for other reasons, in truth, the main one had been for her safety.
The two of them jumped onto the Blood Phoenix’s back and traveled according to its memories. As they slowly flew, Long Chen was filled with anticipation. He wondered if he could see that forest divinity again.
They had only just advanced a bit when they saw a seventh rank Magical Beast. Long Chen asked, “Do you want it?”
“Uh, no. That black tortoise is a bit… ugly,” said Meng Qi with embarrassment. It really would be difficult for such a Magical Beast to attract her interest.
Long Chen laughed. Such a Magical Beast really was a bit useless. Would someone really fight while hiding in its shell?
“What? An eighth rank Magical Beast?! Meng Qi, quick, put away the Blood Phoenix!”
A huge figure suddenly covered the sun. Long Chen was delighted and he hastily prepared the dragon scale.
Chapter 759 Mysterious Giant Tree
That was a huge serpent. Its body was over three miles long, and it was pitch-black. It had a pair of wings on its back, and upon seeing the Blood Phoenix, it immediately shot over.
This was clearly a foraging Magical Beast. According to the Blood Phoenix, there weren’t such powerful Magical Beasts on this path.
“It’s the Blackscale Soaring Serpent!” said Meng Qi.
That serpent had been quite a distance from them, but in the blink of an eye, it had reached them. This was the Blackscale Soaring Serpent’s unique ability. It could pierce through the void to launch a sudden attack before its prey could raise any defenses.
Long Chen directly took out the dragon scale. It released its dragon might, and the Blackscale Soaring Serpent immediately came to an abrupt stop. It let out a strange cry and actually turned and fled.
“Hey, where are you going? I still have some things I want to talk about with you!” Seeing that the Blackscale Soaring Serpent wasn’t completely suppressed and could flee, Long Chen became anxious. He began to shout and chase while holding the dragon scale.
Seeing Long Chen chasing, the Blackscale Soaring Serpent’s cry became even more mournful. Its voice was full of terror. Suddenly, its two translucent wings shook and its body twisted. It was like it was swimming in the air as it rapidly fled.
“Hey, I won’t hurt you! Let’s discuss this! Brother, wait! You dropped your money!”
Despite knowing that this was a serious situation, Meng Qi couldn’t help laughing. This evil person didn’t forget to talk rubbish even at this time.
Meng Qi only summoned the Blood Phoenix again once Long Chen was far away. She followed from a great distance because the Blood Phoenix was afraid of the dragon might.
After an hour, they finally caught up to Long Chen. The Blackscale Soaring Serpent was already gone, but Long Chen was cursing, saying something about how the serpent didn’t know how to appreciate kindness and how it had lost its chance to serve him. Meng Qi was speechless.
“Alright, don’t get mad.” Meng Qi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. If the outside world knew that Long Chen had chased away an eighth rank Magical Beast, perhaps the world would go crazy.
“I’m not mad. I just feel like it’s a pity. It lost its chance to become famous. If it followed you, its power would shake the world. Isn’t that far better than staying in this damn place?” said Long Chen. He might say he wasn’t angry, but his tone didn’t match his words.
He had noticed a certain fact just now: continuing to activate the dragon might would exhaust the essence blood’s energy inside the scale.
The green dragon essence blood was what he needed to rely on to cultivate the Dragon Blood Body Tempering Art. He didn’t dare to continue using it.
It was because of this that Long Chen was completely infuriated. If only he could have subdued the Blackscale Soaring Serpent, wouldn’t he be able to dominate any enemies? Having to watch as that opportunity slipped away, he naturally was irritated.
“Let’s go. Have the Blood Phoenix fly slower. We can’t use the dragon scale again unless we have absolutely no other choice,” sighed Long Chen.
They no longer could use the dragon scale. In other words, they wouldn’t have any chance of subduing a seventh rank Magical Beast again.
Let alone one on the level of the Blood Phoenix, even if they simply placed their sights on Magical Beasts like the Azure Scale Horned Eagle or the Nine Spike Lizard, they would have to rely on special methods. Those kinds of special methods would be too time-consuming.
So now, they would not only find it difficult to subdue other Magical Beasts, but they would also have to be afraid of them. The Blood Phoenix was still healing, and its combat strength was less than half of its peak state.
Furthermore, Long Chen needed to factor in the time to travel back to their original location. He needed to factor in enough time for accidents or being stalled by other Magical Beasts. Otherwise, they would be stuck here forever.
As a result, they were even more nervous. But there was no way around it. Long Chen could only fly around slowly as he searched for larger trees.
Whenever he saw a large tree, he would take a few seeds and try growing them in the primal chaos space. He found that although many of those trees possessed greater life energy than his old trees, they were still extremely limited. They hadn’t reached the requirements Long Chen wanted.
But he still kept those trees in case he couldn’t find anything better. Just a slight increase was better than nothing.
After flying several more days, the hourglass said that they had already been in the Spirit World for ten days. But he still didn’t find any suitable trees.
Some huge trees might not possess that much life energy. It was on the eleventh day that a huge forest suddenly appeared in front of them.
The Blood Phoenix immediately came to a stop. It told Meng Qi that this was an extremely terrifying place. If it entered, it would be killed.
Long Chen was shocked by what he saw. Each of these trees soared into the sky. Each one of them was several miles high. They soared above the clouds and blocked the sun.
That made Long Chen think of the forest divinity. But this forest was a bit terrifying. The huge leaves blocked the sun, making the forest appear dark and sinister.
“Meng Qi, does the Blood Phoenix know the origin of this forest?” asked Long Chen.
Meng Qi tried communicating with the Blood Phoenix, but after a long while, she sighed. “It can’t say anything clearly. All it knows is that this forest is terrifying, and if you enter, you will be killed. Even when I asked it about what would kill you, it wasn’t able to describe it.”
Long Chen was speechless. How could a seventh rank Magical Beast be so stupid? Meng Qi put it away, and the two of them stealthily approached the sinister forest.
The two of them appeared incredibly miniscule compared to the forest. Long Chen quickly noticed that things were off. This place was too quiet, practically de
athly quiet. A dense aura of death filled the air.
Long Chen felt a chill. But he needed these trees’ branches or fruits in order to limitlessly duplicate them.
The two of them didn’t make a sound as they slowly approached. They had completely concealed their auras. They had even closed their pores, afraid of releasing any odor.
As they approached, Long Chen realized that these trees were even larger than he had thought from afar. Furthermore, they weren’t all one kind. But each one of them was incredibly huge. Long Chen was like an ant in front of them.
Long Chen found a pit that was the size of a basket. It looked like a huge walnut. But he was disappointed to find that there was no life within it. It was just an empty shell that he couldn’t plant.
He didn’t continue deeper into the forest. His intuition told him that there was something exceedingly terrifying within the depths of this forest. This feeling made his scalp numb, and he felt a chill in his bones.
He had never felt such a terrifying premonition before. The Nine Star Hegemon Body Art’s senses had never tricked him. There had to be something incredibly terrifying within the forest.
Even in the face of the eighth rank Blackscale Soaring Serpent, he hadn’t felt such a thing, even when he hadn’t taken out the dragon scale. And it had to be known that without the dragon scale, the Blackscale Soaring Serpent could kill him in one blow.
In other words, whatever was within this forest was hundreds of times more terrifying than that Blackscale Soaring Serpent, or perhaps thousands of times more terrifying.
Long Chen had Meng Qi wait for him on the fringe. If something happened, they could immediately communicate spiritually.
He climbed to the top of one of the trees. Because it was so tall, the dense foliage blocked his sight, and he couldn’t see Meng Qi anymore. But he could still sense her soul.
At the top of the tree, he found a large fruit. That fruit was three feet wide and shaped like a coconut. Long Chen didn’t dare to use his saber. Instead, he gently broke it off with his hands.