Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  When the crowd had seen Xue You and Yu Changhao, they hadn’t been able to believe their eyes. Seeing them in their half-dead states, they were unable to connect them with the peak experts in their minds.

  They hastily went to protect them. As for the Righteous experts, they hadn’t known what to do or what had happened.

  After being saved, they resisted fainting. Clenching their teeth, they had ordered their people to detour around the Flame Devil and chase after Long Chen. They were sure he wasn’t much better off than them. Now was the best chance to hunt him down.

  “Long Chen, you bastard, you won’t be able to escape! Lord Xue You will definitely make you live a life worse than death!” shouted a Corrupt expert.

  “What kind of garbage barbeque are you sending to me? Which cook burnt it so badly? Fuck off. Just looking at those burnt lumps makes me nauseous!”

  Long Chen refused to lose out. As he rushed away with Yue Xiaoqian, he shouted a loud response, causing Xue You and Yu Changhao to almost pass out from rage. He was actually treating them as barbeque?

  “Long Chen, I’ll tear- PFFT!” Yu Changhao coughed up a mouthful of blood.

  Both he and Xue You had already exhausted all their Heavenly Dao energy. They didn’t even have any spiritual yuan either. They were in a dreadful state.

  Right now, they had no ability to heal. They first needed to use medicinal pills to recover and restore their spiritual yuan. That was an extremely slow process. And in this state, they might die to the slightest danger.

  But they also knew that Long Chen was completely spent. If they didn’t kill him now, it would be much more difficult in the future. So this was a rare opportunity.

  Suddenly, one of the ancient race experts shot an arrow at Long Chen.

  Long Chen swung his broadsword behind him, destroying that arrow. But he was also sent flying.

  “Hahaha, as expected, you really are out of energy, Long Chen! It’s hard just for you to block an ordinary attack from me!” The person who had shot the arrow was just a rank two Celestial. This arrow of his was just to test Long Chen’s state.

  Right now, Long Chen was also exhausted, with his spiritual yuan drained. With just his physical strength, just raising his broadsword was taxing, let alone using Blooddrinker.

  “Out of energy? You can come and try it!” sneered Long Chen, suddenly stopping.

  “Fine, then let me try it!” A rank three Celestial walked out from the Corrupt path’s side, and forming hand seals, a skull appeared in front of him. He spat a mouthful of blood onto it.

  A fierce, evil aura erupted from the skull. It instantly grew larger, and it shot out a ray of light at Long Chen.

  Long Chen raged inside, “Fuck, I tell you to try it and you try it? I don’t see you bastards listening so obediently normally!”

  Seeing that light coming at him, he knew it was a Treasure item. Although it was a heretical one, this kind of attack could easily kill him and Yue Xiaoqian in their weak state.

  Yue Xiaoqian was pale. Blocking the Flame Devil’s attack in the end had already overdrafted her power slightly. She was powerless to fight.

  “Blooddrinker, slaughter him!” Blooddrinker suddenly appeared. A ray of red light soared into the sky, transforming into a heavenly saber that slashed down on that light.

  Long Chen was already powerless to use Blooddrinker. But it had agreed to his request and released an attack on its own. However, without Long Chen’s power supporting it, the attack was much weaker, and he could only use it once.

  The Corrupt expert and the skull were blown apart by Blooddrinker. Those experts turned pale with fright, and they all stopped, not daring to get closer.

  Long Chen hastily put away Blooddrinker and sneered, “Let me tell you, even if I’m out of energy, I can still use this kind of attack three times. I’ve used it once now, so whoever else wants to die can come out now.”

  Long Chen was simply trying to frighten them. Although Treasure items were strong, they weren’t energy storage weapons. Without the owner putting any energy into one, being able to release one attack already made it peak grade.

  He was only able to do this because he was connected mentally and spiritually to Blooddrinker. Blooddrinker was willing to offer up its energy to Long Chen. That was absolute trust. But no matter how much it trusted him, without any energy supporting it, it couldn’t help Long Chen.

  “Don’t listen to him! He’s definitely just putting on airs! Such an attack can only be released once!” Xue You clearly wasn’t so easy to trick. After all, he was a peak expert, and he had a deeper understanding of Treasure items.

  The others felt the same way, but they didn’t dare to take that risk. They just stayed together, chasing after him, each of them maintaining the same speed. None of them wanted to be the first to test it again. Seeing that, Long Chen sped off. If he could run into some companions, there really was a chance of getting away.

  “Wu Hei, I order you to attack! You understand the consequences!” shouted Xue You. The person he had named was an ordinary rank three Celestial. Being ordered by Xue You, he was infuriated inside. But he still attacked.

  This fellow was smart. He used a long-distance attack of Sword Qi. At the same time, he prepared to retreat, causing Xue You to clench his teeth. He was clearly just going through the motions without any actual power.

  When that Sword Qi was about to reach Long Chen, a lightning dragon appeared and blocked the Sword Qi. But Lei Long had previously endured an attack from the terrifying Flame Devil. It was also out of energy, and it shattered.

  Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian were blown away. Yue Xiaoqian even coughed up blood. She had no defensive ability and was weaker than a rank one Celestial right now.

  “Fuck, how are there none of them here?! The map clearly indicates their existence!” Long Chen was looking around constantly. Suddenly, he sensed spiritual fluctuations and his eyes brightened. Yes, it was here. He pulled Yue Xiaoqian in that direction.

  After a few more miles, dozens of figures appeared. Their auras were vast like the sea, and their robes were strange. They icily stared at Long Chen and the others, their weapons raised.

  Chapter 881 Stone Tribe

  Seeing those people, Yue Xiaoqian’s face paled, but Long Chen became ecstatic. Yue Xiaoqian didn’t know about his relationship with the Xiao tribe.

  “Here!” Long Chen tossed out a jade plate to the person who seemed to be the leader of this aboriginal group. Although that person’s aura was retracted, the pressure coming from him was extremely strong. He was definitely an expert amongst experts.

  That person was startled and caught the jade plate. Once he looked at it, his expression changed slightly, and he waved his hand at the people behind him.

  “Kill them!” Following his shout, those experts charged forward at Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian. Illusory seas appeared behind them. They were all Sea Expansion Celestials.

  “Fuck, did that old man trick me?!” Long Chen was startled to see these people charging at them. He pushed Yue Xiaoqian behind him and raised his sword at them.

  But those aboriginals shot past Long Chen. They launched a fierce attack on Xue You and the others.

  When those aboriginals had first appeared, Xue You and the others had paused, thinking that the aboriginals would kill Long Chen. But the aboriginals actually ignored him.

  “Fall back!” Xue You couldn’t raise his head to see what was going on, but he quickly realized the situation had turned sour. They only had a hundred people here. In the face of dozens of Sea Expansion Celestials, they wouldn’t stand a chance. Most importantly, he and Yu Changhao were so heavily injured that they really might be killed.

  However, they had still underestimated the viciousness of the aboriginals. Although they had fled quickly, the aboriginals didn’t let them off. They chased after them, and in just the first clash, over ten of their experts were killed by them.

  This was the aboriginals’ territory. There was no Heavenly Dao
suppression here. Their power was at its peak state, and facing invaders, they would naturally kill them with their full force.

  Seeing Xue You and the others fleeing miserably, Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian were no longer able to endure. Long Chen quickly took out a seat for Yue Xiaoqian.

  Then he sat straight on the ground, gasping for breath. This had been too dangerous. He had almost fallen into their hands.

  “You should be Long Chen, correct?” The leader of this group of aboriginals walked over. He appeared to be in his forties. He had a square nose and appeared dignified, the kind of person who didn’t speak much.

  “Yes, I’m Long Chen. A senior told me that as long as I took out this tablet, you would help me,” said Long Chen.

  “Correct. This is lord Heaveneye’s token of trust. Furthermore, lord Heaveneye told us to look after whoever showed this jade plate. Even if our entire tribe were to be destroyed, we had to do anything to help you,” said that man. He actually offered Long Chen the jade plate with both hands extremely respectfully.

  Long Chen hastily tried to get up to receive it, but he was just too tired. The fact he wasn’t lying on the ground was already not bad. He had no energy to stand, so he could only awkwardly receive the tablet with both hands.

  “Senior, why would lord Heaveneye look after me so much? Furthermore, just what status does he have for you to put your tribes on the line with just his word?” asked Long Chen. He was extremely curious about that old man’s status.

  The man smiled slightly. “Lord Heaveneye is the guide of all aboriginals. In our eyes, he is like a god. We naturally have to listen to his words.”

  Just as they were talking, the aboriginals that had charged at Xue You and the others came back. They were holding quite a few weapons that were covered in blood.

  “Um, did you manage to kill those two pieces of barbeque- cough, I mean those two people that looked like they were charcoal?” asked Long Chen.

  One of them glanced at the middle-aged man, and seeing him nod, he said, “No. They fled too quickly, and they had quite a few experts amongst them. Even here, we didn’t have a guarantee to capture them. They quickly escaped into the cursed region, so we didn’t dare to chase.”

  “Regretful. Let me tell you, those two fellows are the fattest sheep. Under that charred layer, their entire bodies are good meat.” Long Chen slapped his leg in pity.

  Yue Xiaoqian felt like she was dreaming. How did Long Chen know the aboriginals?

  “Then that really is regretful.” Those aboriginals all felt some regret. They urgently needed the invaders’ resources, especially their medicinal pills and weapons.

  “But that’s also fine. Since you’ve saved me, I naturally won’t let you work for nothing…” comforted Long Chen.

  “Long Chen, we helped you because of lord Heaveneye. We don’t want your money. Are you looking down on us?” said the middle-aged man frostily.

  “Hahaha, good, good. Then I won’t stand on courtesy. Can we stay here for a bit to recover…?” probed Long Chen.

  After all, their spiritual yuan was exhausted. This kind of state was the worst to be in. Even if they had less than half their spiritual yuan, they could have fully recovered it in just a few days. But now that they were fully exhausted, it was like their bodies had entered a state of quasi death. They needed a long time to fully recover. It was an extremely troublesome matter, which was why cultivators wouldn’t use their final bit of power unless they had to.

  “You’re welcome to come and rest in the tribe.” The middle-aged man nodded. He was actually extremely curious why lord Heaveneye would care for this Long Chen, an invader.

  Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian swallowed a qi recovery pill. An hour later, they finally felt like they could walk, and they went with the aboriginals to their ancestral land.

  But this time, Long Chen wasn’t forced to wear a blindfold. After a few short-distance transportation formations, they arrived in a desert.

  They continued through the desert. Because Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian had exhausted all their spiritual yuan, they couldn’t fly. Furthermore, Yue Xiaoqian was a woman. It wouldn’t be good for her to be carried by others. So everyone could only walk.

  “May I ask senior’s name?” Long Chen finally broke the silence.

  “I wouldn’t dare to be called senior by you. I am Shi Cang, a member of the Stone tribe. All of us are surnamed Shi[1],” said the middle-aged man.

  “No wonder you don’t like to talk,” laughed Long Chen.

  “Long Chen…” Yue Xiaoqian lightly hit Long Chen, meaning not to make jokes at their expense when they weren’t friends.

  “It’s fine. Our Stone tribe’s people really are a bit taciturn,” said Shi Cang frankly.

  Long Chen smiled. “I haven’t come into contact with the Stone tribe before, but I did stay with the Xiao tribe for a while. I feel like we aren’t outsiders anymore. Furthermore, you’ve saved my life, so there’s no need to stand on courtesy.”

  The Stone tribe’s experts nodded inside. Their people didn’t like speaking that much, and the words they did speak were always direct and to the point. Their character was just like that, and although they didn’t dare to go against lord Heaveneye’s orders, they still didn’t feel very kindly toward Long Chen. After all, he was an invader.

  But Long Chen had been speaking sincerely and naturally from the start as if they weren’t strangers. That made them feel more comfortable toward him.

  “Big brother Long Chen…” said one man.

  “No, I’m not older than you. You can just call me brother.” Long Chen hastily waved his hand. He wasn’t so old that someone who appeared to be in his thirties could call him big brother. Was he trying to make him seem old on purpose?

  “Okay, brother Long Chen. Why were those people chasing you?” asked this person. But as soon as he did, he saw Shi Cang glare at him, and he realized he had misspoken.

  Long Chen laughed, and being a bit taller than that person, he wrapped his arm around his shoulder. “Hahaha, just talking about it is infuriating. One of them is my mortal enemy, while the other? He was just trying to be a poser and trample me to death to prove how badass he was. Brother, tell me, if you were me, what would you do?”

  “What else could I do? Just beat them to death!”

  “Exactly! That’s exactly what I did. So they ended up turning into barbeque. But we weren’t much better off than them. Those two brats couldn’t beat me, so they called over a group of little brothers to handle me. If it weren’t for you, I would have died,” laughed Long Chen.

  His coarse words caused the Stone tribe’s experts to smile slightly. They liked this kind of speaking method. It was direct and blunt. Of course, Long Chen also could tell that the Stone tribe’s people were like that, which was why he spoke this way.

  Yue Xiaoqian was a bit speechless. She was skilled in observation, and she could tell with just a few words and gestures from Long Chen, the aboriginals’ wariness toward him had dropped a great deal. They began to talk and joke with him.

  In just an hour, Long Chen had begun chatting to them like they were old friends. It seemed Long Chen’s face-reading ability was truly effective. The Stone tribe’s people were a bunch of direct men just like him.

  “Hahaha, brother Long Chen, you really are refreshing and to my taste. Once we get back, let’s have a proper drink together,” laughed one of the aboriginals. The Stone tribe’s people were already treating him as a brother.

  Shi Cang frowned. “Long Chen has exhausted his spiritual yuan. He needs to rest. You guys shouldn’t disturb him.”

  “I, I forgot. Alright, then we’ll wait until brother Long Chen is recovered before drinking.”

  “Long Chen, those two charcoal people should be very strong, correct?” asked Shi Cang. This was his first time asking Long Chen a question. Perhaps he felt Long Chen was frank and straightforward enough that he could put down his misgivings.

  “Yes, they truly are powerful. Their b
reeding was good, and they are two innate rank three Celestials with ancestral bloodline inheritances. Even amongst innate rank three Celestials, they are peak figures,” said Long Chen.

  Previously, Long Chen had been able to dominate anyone in the same realm. But now, he was starting to feel like freaks were surrounding him. It was getting more and more taxing to fight them. Now he couldn’t even beat them.

  But the others were deathly silent. All of them looked at Long Chen with shock. They clearly knew just how powerful innate rank three Celestials were.

  “We’ve arrived. I’ll bring you to see the tribe leader.”

  An oasis appeared in the desert. There was a string of tents within the oasis.

  [1] Shi=stone

  Chapter 882 Checking the Spoils

  Shi Cang brought Long Chen to see the Stone tribe’s leader. Long Chen was startled to see that he was a Foundation Forging expert.

  In terms of appearance, he seemed to be the same age as Shi Cang, and only later did Long Chen learn that he was Shi Cang’s grandfather. He didn’t seem to find it too strange for Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian to arrive here. He was very cordial.

  He directly set up a new tent for Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian, as well as setting up guards so that they could heal in peace. He even offered them their Stone tribe’s most precious medicinal pills.

  But naturally, those medicinal pills were refused. They were too lacking, and Long Chen couldn’t even force himself to eat them. He simply said that he had his own pills before going into seclusion with Yue Xiaoqian.

  This time, it took him a long time to recover. Long Chen only came out of seclusion after half a month. His spiritual yuan had finally begun to recover.

  It was like starting a fire. The first requirement was a flame seed. When the spiritual yuan was completely exhausted, the flame seed was also extinguished. To recover, the flame seed had to be reignited in order to recover more spiritual yuan. Igniting the flame seed of his spiritual yuan took him half a month. The price for completely exhausting one’s spiritual yuan was a heavy one.