Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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Hearing that it was initiated by Long Chen and that he was challenging a senior disciple who had just advanced to become a rank six Celestial, all of them were shocked.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen really is lively. Let’s go cheer him on.”
“We definitely have to cheer for him. He’s the pride of our outer sect.”
Although the life and death stage was in the inner sect, even outer sect disciples could go watch. Countless disciples flocked over like a tide.
“What? Boss initiated a life and death challenge? Fuck, what are you still waiting for? Look after our home? What’s the point? Who dares to come and steal our stuff? Quick, quick, the faster brothers, go hold a spot for us.”
The Dragonblood Legion quickly rushed over, not even leaving a single person behind on Crouching Dragon Mountain. All their important valuables were on them already, so there was no need to worry about thievery.
In the Elder Hall, the various Elders were looking at each other speechlessly. They were in the palace, looking at the sea of people outside the life and death stage.
“Long Chen really is hardworking. He doesn’t waste a single moment.” Li Changfeng bitterly shook his head.
“It goes without saying that after he arrived, the Xuantian Dao Sect has become… livelier.” Other Elders also bitterly smiled.
How could it not be lively? In just this short time, how much trouble had Long Chen caused? Furthermore, each matter was so huge that it was frightening. But Long Chen did it so naturally and calmly, and he didn’t do it one by one. No, the trouble he caused came in an unending flood.
The matter inside the Infernal Devil Abyss was a secret known only to Long Chen and the Xuan Master. The others thought that the sect had activated the stronghold to kill the devil beasts, and so the Xuantian Dao Sect would have to enter a time of calm to recuperate.
But the peace had only lasted for a few days before Long Chen broke it. No matter how people put it, Long Chen was on the side of the Elder Hall, and so they had to look after him. That was what gave these Elders the biggest headache.
“Long Chen challenged the rank six Celestial Luo Qingfang? Is he trying to lose?”
“In truth, the shadow of the Law Enforcement Hall is behind this. Rather than saying Long Chen is causing trouble, it’s more accurate to say that they are intentionally finding trouble for him.”
“Yes, although he’s strong, his brains go out the window when his reverse scale is touched. No matter how obvious the trap is, he just jumps right in.”
“He only just reached Foundation Forging and can’t even count as having reached the first Heavenstage. Even though Luo Qingfang only just underwent the Heavenly Tower Blessing to advance to the sixth rank, there’s no way Long Chen can beat him when he’s already reached the seventh Heavenstage of Foundation Forging.”
The Elder Hall was worried. They didn’t have a favorable opinion of Long Chen’s odds. However, the Xuantian Dao Sect had seen his power, and they trusted the Xuan Master wouldn’t allow such a talented person to be killed.
But even if he kept his life, what about his Undefeatable Dao? Once defeated, his Dao-heart might directly crumble.
The Elder Hall Master said, “All of you have been fooled. Although Long Chen’s weakness is obvious, he isn’t a fool. He has his own plans. Furthermore, don’t look down on him. Even if Long Chen can’t beat Luo Qingfang, it won’t be so easy for Luo Qingfang to beat Long Chen. Most importantly, Long Chen has an almost berserk thirst for battle based on his confidence in never being defeated. Once that’s summoned, Luo Qingfang will probably reveal an opening due to the distraction, and so the chance of him dying is actually quite high.”
Now that the Elder Hall Master said this, the others recalled the truth. Long Chen’s most terrifying aspect was precisely his manner of fighting which was almost suicidal.
When Long Chen put his life on the line to fight, he was frighteningly calm. If a person was intimidated by that, it was very easy for them to lose their life right there and then.
While the Elder Hall was busy discussing this, within the Law Enforcement Hall, the demoted vice hall master Luo Fan was smiling.
“Have you messaged Luo Qingfang?” asked Luo Fan.
“He’s already been told to immediately use his full power to kill Long Chen within three moves. Killing him in one move would be best,” laughed one of the elders by his side.
This person was also a vice hall master. He had always been Luo Fan’s trusted aide.
“Good. Long Chen must die, or there’ll be no way for me to dispel the hatred in my heart,” said Luo Fan sinisterly.
The elder didn’t say anything. Looking at Luo Fan’s back, his mouth curled into a faint smile. But it quickly disappeared.
All the large departments were putting their attention on the life and death stage. They couldn’t understand who had approved this unfair battle. Was it the Tower Department Head? Or the Xuan Master?
While the entire Xuantian Dao Sect was rattled, Long Chen was slowly walking around with Meng Qi. Although they were also going toward the life and death stage, their footsteps were very slow and easy as if they were just taking a stroll.
“How assured do you feel?” After a long while, Meng Qi finally voiced her concern.
“I have no assurance…” Long Chen shook his head.
“You…” Meng Qi’s expression changed.
“... because I have no need for such a thing,” continued Long Chen.
“Stop taking such a big breath while you talk,” rebuked Meng Qi.
“Hmph, he dared to curse my woman? This time, I’ll give that pack of idiots a real lesson. I’ll make it so they finally feel pain, or they’ll continue trying to provoke me. A housefly isn’t dangerous, but it’s very irritating,” said Long Chen.
“Long Chen, thank you.” Meng Qi held Long Chen’s arm and leaned her head against his shoulder. She had a blessed smile on her face. The feeling of being protected was a good one, especially when it was from the man you liked.
“Meng Qi, there’s no one around right now. Why don’t we test the temperature in each other’s mouths?” Long Chen looked around, and seeing there was no one around, he probed her attitude.
“No, definitely not.” Meng Qi turned away bashfully, but she followed it up with, “Once you win and we go home… we can talk about it more then!”
Toward the end, her voice was as quiet as a mosquito’s and even her neck was red.
“Hahaha, you said it, not me. I’m looking forward to it,” said Long Chen with great anticipation. It had been a long time since he had tested her temperature.
Meng Qi blushed but didn’t run away. She bravely nodded her head, making Long Chen even more delighted. He had an urge to start the battle right now.
When Long Chen reached the life and death stage, the sea of people around it immediately erupted into an uproar.
Chapter 1101 Doping
“Victory for senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!”
“Victory for senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!”
“Victory for senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!”
Long Chen saw millions of disciples standing around the life and death stage. They immediately erupted into loud cheering that was like the sound of a raging tsunami, with each wave louder than the last.
“Hehe, see, I’m pretty popular.” Long Chen smiled toward Meng Qi as he looked at these cheering disciples who were shouting so loud that their faces turned red.
Ninety-nine percent of these millions of disciples were from the outer sect. Most of the inner sect disciples were in the Xuantian Tower comprehending the Xuantian Catalog.
Furthermore, Long Chen’s fame was the greatest in the outer sect. He was a god-like existence who had looked after them.
These outer sect disciples cheered the loudest. Some people broke their throats just to make their voices louder.
“Shut up! It is forbidden to make a ruckus in front of the life and
death stage!”
Suddenly, a cold shout rang out, shaking all their eardrums and making their heads feel like they would split. The cheering of the disciples was silenced as if severed by a blade.
A group of people walked over grandly. They were the previous generation’s experts, with the person at the front being Gao Xianyang.
Behind him were dozens of experts. The person who had told the outer sect disciples to shut up was one of them.
The majority of the outer sect disciples were only at Sea Expansion, while this person was a rank six Celestial. His powerful pressure almost injured all of them.
“Idiot, who are you to tell us to shut up?! Is this your home? Don’t bully others to show off!” Just at this moment, a man jumped out of the crowd to curse at him.
This person was precisely Guo Ran. Guo Ran had only just come out of the Xuantian Catalog when he heard that Long Chen was about to fight a life and death battle against someone. If he didn’t come, he wouldn’t be Guo Ran.
“If I want to talk here, if I want to curse people here, what can you do? Bite me?” said Guo Ran disdainfully.
“Guo Ran, you aren’t cursing a person, but a dog. A dog who can walk on its hind legs,” corrected Long Chen.
“Hehe, boss is right,” laughed Guo Ran, acting like he accepted his mistake.
Everyone was deathly silent now. At first, these outer sect disciples had just come to cheer for Long Chen. But now they realized that what was going on was that Long Chen was going against the previous generation’s top expert, Gao Xianyang.
Long Chen was already the strongest expert of the new generation. Now that he had advanced to Foundation Forging, was he planning on immediately going against the previous generation’s Gao Xianyang?
Gao Xianyang’s expression sank and a hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes. He said, “Fighting with words only shows how childish you are. With death at your door, you still dare to spout such wild words? What foolishness. We came over to admire the marvelous scene of your death.”
“In other words, you came here to watch the fun? So then, what right do you have to tell others to be quiet? You came here to spout your shit, so why can’t others speak? Do you think you’re the Xuan Master? Hmph, I don’t mind people being posers, but I won’t allow anyone to be more of a poser than me,” cursed Guo Ran. “Brothers, what is our slogan?”
“Other than the Dragonblood Legion, posers need to be beaten!” Although only a few hundred members of the Dragonblood Legion had come, they still cheered Guo Ran on.
“Did you hear? In the future, if you want to be a poser, you have to come and ask the permission of the Dragonblood Legion. You need to get your posing credentials first before you get to pose, understand idiot?” demanded Guo Ran.
“You’re all courting death!” roared Gao Xianyang. The entire land shook because of his voice. He seemed just like a provoked lion.
With Gao Xianyang’s status, he should disdain quibbling with Guo Ran. But Guo Ran’s ability to infuriate others had reached the realm of being able to infuriate him with just a few words thanks to Long Chen’s teachings.
“With a piece of shit like you right here, why would I need to find more?” Guo Ran shrugged indifferently.[1]
Gao Xianyang’s eyes were about to spit flames. If it wasn’t against the rules to attack people here, he’d have long since crushed Guo Ran.
Suddenly, a huge barrier appeared around the life and death stage. It was like a square case, covering the stage completely.
The runes on the stage lit up, and in front of everyone’s stunned eyes, the bricks on the stage disappeared, replaced by huge blocks of rock.
These rocks all had a huge rune on the surface, and the runes all linked together, forming an incredibly firm and seamless body over the stage.
“It’s the martial stage for Kings!”
The senior disciples involuntarily let out startled cries. The heavy aura that now came from the martial stage made it hard for them to breathe. This was the stage used only for Kings.
“Long Chen, we’ve come to cheer for you.” At this moment, Su Mo and Mu Qingxuan led another group of people over.
“Has this insignificant matter troubled both of you, senior apprentice-brother Su Mo and senior apprentice-sister Qingxuan? For you to have to personally come over makes me embarrassed,” laughed Long Chen.
“This is an insignificant matter? I don’t know what to say to you. Luo Qingfang is powerful, so don’t be careless,” warned Mu Qingxuan.
“I trust Long Chen. There definitely won’t be any problems.” Compared to Mu Qingxuan, Su Mo had much more trust in Long Chen. He patted Long Chen on the shoulder and said, “If you have the chance, give them a fierce blow. They’ve been irritatingly arrogant these past few years. I can’t beat Gao Xianyang, and the others don’t dare to fight me, so I’ve never had the chance. Work hard, Long Chen!”
“No problem.” Long Chen smiled slightly.
“It’s almost time. Where is Luo Qingfang?” Su Mo frowned. According to reason, he should have come earlier.
However, no matter where Luo Qingfang was, as long as the martial stage was activated, if he was within the range of the Xuantian Dao Sect, he would be automatically transported over.
“The martial stage is about to be activated. Make your preparations and don’t be careless. We’ll pray for your victory,” said Mu Qingxuan upon seeing that the martial stage’s barrier was growing brighter and brighter.
“Hehe, have faith, senior apprentice-sister Qingxuan,” laughed Long Chen. Suddenly, his badge lit up, and he was transported onto the martial stage.
At the same time as he landed on the martial stage, a figure appeared in front of him. Luo Qingfang had also arrived.
Cheering once more erupted. Guo Ran’s loud voice rang out over the crowd, “Victory for boss!”
The Dragonblood Legion echoed his cheering, and then the outer sect disciples also followed. Their loud voices rang out in waves once more.
Gao Xianyang and the others’ expressions sank. They didn’t dare to tell them all to shut up again, but hearing the disciples cheering for Long Chen irritated them.
Meng Qi walked over to stand with Mu Qingxuan. Seeing this many people passionately cheering for that figure on the martial stage, she was filled with pride.
Luo Qingfang’s face had already healed. He had returned to his brick-faced appearance, and his teeth had grown out again. Not only that, but the energy fluctuations coming off his body also caused the space around him to tremble.
“Oh, you’re doping?” Long Chen looked at Luo Qingfang with a bit of surprise.
Although the people on the martial stage couldn’t hear the outside world’s voices, the sounds inside were clearly transmitted to the people outside.
“Doping?”
All the disciples were startled, not quite understanding the situation.
“This is… Yes, it should be the Black Tiger Yang Explosion Pill. So, you felt so weak that you decided to take medicine in advance?” Long Chen looked over Luo Qingfang for a moment and easily recognized what medicinal pill he had consumed. That was a pill that would allow Luo Qingfang to unleash explosive power for a short period of time.
“What? How can he be so shameless?!” People began to roar furiously over this despicable act.
“Shut up, what do you know? Long Chen is just trying to slander others!” roared one of the disciples beside Gao Xianyang.
“Fuck you, our boss disdains slandering others. Do you think we’re as despicable as you?” The Dragonblood Legion was infuriated and cursed back. They looked like they might start killing if that person retorted.
“Exactly, senior apprentice-brother Long Chen is an open and candid person, while you petty people are all capable of such a thing.”
“They think that since they’re so despicable, others are as well. How laughable.”
“In any case, we’ll believe senior apprentice-brother Long Chen. What he says is the truth.
That fellow definitely doped.”
That person’s attempt to quiet them ended up provoking more fury. Everyone’s spears pointed toward him.
That person only had one mouth, and he was facing the roaring of millions of people. The veins on his forehead bulged, but he didn’t say anything.
Long Chen’s words caused Luo Qingfang to feel a burst of guilt. He truly had taken medicine. Originally, he hadn’t wanted to, because he was confident in being able to kill Long Chen.
But the higher-ups had ordered him to take it and kill Long Chen within three moves. It was best if he could take Long Chen’s life in just one move without giving him any chance to retaliate. So he had had no choice but to dope.
Now that he had been exposed by Long Chen, he was embarrassed and enraged. His aura rose and six-colored runes appeared around him. The martial stage’s barrier began to shudder from his aura.
“Long Chen, today you’ll definitely die. Even once I kill you, I won’t be able to obtain any glory. But let me say it again, once you die, I’ll help you look after your woman.”
Luo Qingfang smiled sinisterly and shot forward. His six-colored runes formed a pair of huge wings, and he was like a meteor.
At the same time, he unleashed a punch. His fist had runes circulating over it, and people were horrified to see that wherever that fist went, cracks would appear in space. This was an extremely terrifying attack. Luo Qingfang had instantly unleashed all his power to kill Long Chen in one blow.
In the face of such a terrifying fist, Long Chen unhurriedly raised his own hand. His 108,000 acupuncture points shook slightly, and majestic energy erupted like a volcano.
[1] Death sounds like shit.
Chapter 1102 Killed In One Attack
What shocked everyone was that Long Chen didn’t try to dodge that terrifying punch. He simply raised a single hand.
“Truly courting death!” One of the experts behind Gao Xiaoyang sneered. He could already see the scene of Long Chen exploding on contact.
Even Mu Qingxuan and Su Mo were shocked. Just what was Long Chen thinking? This attack was so powerful that even Su Mo would have to use his full power to meet it.