by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Then let’s hurry up and waive it. Such a thing takes up too much time and we have real problems to handle. Senior, you…”
“You can call me Seventh Elder.”
“Alright, Seventh Elder, I just want to ask, is Xiaoqian here?” Long Chen missed her greatly after being apart for so long.
That was especially true when he thought of how he had parted with her in the Eastern Wasteland. Her eyes had been full of tears. He wanted to see her now.
“After you left the Eastern Wasteland, Xiaoqian returned to the Skyscraping World. Under the race leader’s arrangements, she entered seclusion and has yet to exit,” said the Seventh Elder.
“Why would she have to be in seclusion for so long?” Long Chen was startled. It had been over a year, and she had been in seclusion the entire time?
“She is in my original devil race’s ancestral inheritance land. Before she has condensed a Devil Core, your so-called Jade Core realm, she cannot come out.”
“Isn’t that crazy? Why must she go all-out like this? There are two major realms to go from Sea Expansion to Jade Core!”
“Xiaoqian is doing it for you. Only once she condenses a Devil Core will she be able to conceal her identity from the eyes of Life Star experts. She wishes to reunite with you as soon as possible. This is also why Xiaoyu stopped Xiaoqian from going with you to the Central Plains. If she did, constantly being under the eyes of Life Star realm experts would be extremely dangerous. If they were to do a close examination of her, she would definitely be exposed. Then it would be dangerous for all of you.”
“Alright, then I’ll just wait for her. Seventh Elder, here are some higher-level Heavenly Dao Fruits I gathered. Those brothers and sisters in the outside world will be a bit safer with them.” Long Chen handed the Seventh Elder a spatial ring. When Long Chen had sent Cloud back to the Xuantian Dao Sect, he had given it a spatial ring containing the sixth and seventh rank Heavenly Dao Fruits he had gained this time.
There had been six rank seven Heavenly Dao Fruits gained this time. Two of them had come from the slain Hall Master-level experts. As for the rank six Heavenly Dao Fruits, they numbered in the hundreds.
Right now, he only had a pile of rank five and below Heavenly Dao Fruits, and he gave them all to the Seventh Elder.
He asked about the original devil race’s current situation. Right now, they had started spreading throughout the world. Although they didn’t dare to openly purchase certain resources, they were gathering several things that the Skyscraping World was lacking through various channels. Everything was going well.
Long Chen was relieved to hear all this. Saying goodbye, he set off for the Wine God Palace.
But halfway there, he suddenly came to a stop. He sensed a familiar aura.
Chapter 1174 Bloodkill Hall Stronghold
“Hey, watch where you’re going! You bumped me!” Long Chen walked forward quickly and ended up bumped by someone on the road. As a result, he stumbled back, crashing into a wooden-faced man.
“What are you talking about?! You’re the one who bumped into me!” raged the person who Long Chen had bumped into. But then sensing Long Chen’s aura, he swallowed his curses.
Long Chen was at Foundation Forging, while he was just at Sea Expansion. Long Chen was one full level higher, and this person had no powerful backer.
“What am I talking about? I’ll tell you what! I’m advancing straight forward, but you came from that doorway and turned left! I’m going straight, but you’re turning left. Just who is blind…” Long Chen began to solemnly scold the person.
At this time, Long Chen’s appearance had already been changed by some medicinal extract. When he had crashed into the second person, he had thrown out a tiny bit of colorless, odorless powder that had stuck to the wooden-faced person.
As Long Chen scolded the person who had bumped into him, he used his soul to keep watch over the second one. This person suspiciously looked around after Long Chen had crashed into him. For a moment, he stared at the petty little marketplace person who Long Chen seemed to be, he directly left.
“Left turners have to yield to people going straight, understand?! What? You don’t understand?! Fine, I’m too lazy to argue with you. This can count as my compensation.” Seeing that the wooden-faced person had already left, Long Chen tossed a medicinal pill to the person he was arguing with and vanished.
“Don’t run! What are you talking about, you’re clearly the one who bumped into me. And do you think I care about your compensation? Don’t think some money… what the fuck? A nine-ring Foundation Building Pill?! It really must be nice having money… Hey, don’t go just yet! Brother, do you want to keep bumping into me?” Seeing the Foundation Building Pill, he immediately tried to suck up to Long Chen, but he had long since vanished.
Long Chen used some faint fluctuations to follow the wooden-faced man from a distance. He knew that he was an assassin from the Bloodkill Hall.
Having been targeted by them for a long time and after interacting with them for so long, the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art would automatically sense them once they got close, whether or not they wanted to kill him.
That was why Long Chen had used a secret method to place a mark on him without anyone being the wiser. This mark couldn’t possibly be sensed by others, because it was made from the primal chaos space’s soil and dust. Only Long Chen could sense it.
“Hm? How sly, he’s starting to loop around.” Long Chen suddenly stopped because he sensed something was wrong.
He decided to hide in a teahouse and drink tea. He sensed the assassin loop around the surroundings five times before walking in a certain direction.
“He didn’t sense me. It’s just a professional habit.” Seeing him pay attention to all the surrounding people, Long Chen knew he was making sure no one was following him.
In the end, he entered a narrow alley that eventually led to a casino. Inside, there were countless people.
“These shameful people actually used a casino to hide their identity?” Long Chen smiled coldly. He wiped off his disguise, revealing his true face, and also walked in.
“Sir, do you have an appointment, or are you just dropping in?” As soon as Long Chen walked in, an enthusiastic woman came to greet him, one wearing very revealing clothes.
The makeup on her face was practically as thick as a copper coin, and just speaking caused the make-up powder to fall. But the most exaggerated thing was the slit in her dress. Most dresses would only show the lower leg. Even the women in brothels would only show their upper leg at most. But the slit in her dress continued all the way to her armpit.
She looked to be in her thirties, and she was not a cultivator. This casino was very low-end. It catered to some low-level cultivators and gamblers. A person’s youth never returned, and these people had no choice but to rely on gambling to make money. It wasn’t easy for them.
“I’ve come to find someone. You can busy yourself.”
Long Chen tossed her ten gold coins, delighting her. As for the hired thugs guarding the door, seeing that Long Chen was this generous with his money and didn’t seem like he would cause trouble, they ignored him.
Long Chen was suddenly struck by the stench of alcohol, sweat, and feet. As he advanced, he quickly saw a man look at him with shock. That man suddenly extended a hand to touch the wall.
A blood-colored saber cut off his arm. His hand had been just a few inches from touching a button on the wall, but it fell to the ground.
Quite a few people in the casino screamed and ran. The first thing they thought was that someone had come to destroy the casino.
That person immediately slammed his other hand toward the button, but as a result, the blood-colored saber once more slashed out, cutting off his other arm. This button was used for ringing the alarm.
Long Chen lazily rested Blooddrinker on his shoulder. “Let me give you an idea. If you don’t have your arms, you can try it with your head.”
The reason Long Chen had
exposed his true face upon entering the casino was because he had wanted to accurately tell who was from the Bloodkill Hall. He knew that any members of the Bloodkill Hall had to recognize him.
The facts proved that he was right, because this person was only at the Blood Condensation realm. He hadn’t sensed anything from him because he wasn’t even a real assassin. He could only count as an outer worker of the Bloodkill Hall and hadn’t cultivated in the Bloodkill Hall’s assassination arts.
A berserk expression appeared in that person’s eyes, and his throat suddenly bulged as he prepared to shout. However, he didn’t succeed. Blood splashed through the air.
“In your next life, don’t get brainwashed by others.” Long Chen shook his head. He pointed a finger at the bodiless head. Taking advantage of when his soul had yet to scatter, he completed an instantaneous soulsearch.
Long Chen walked along the wall and found a side door. Entering, he saw a passage that led outside. It looked like an ordinary back door.
But on the wall of this passage, from a place where the gamblers in the casino had no clear line of sight, Long Chen pressed down three times. A door suddenly opened in the wall. This stone door seamlessly blended into the wall. Even if you were to look carefully, you wouldn’t be able to tell it existed without opening it.
Once he walked in, the stone door immediately closed. The path in front of him continued downwards. With Blooddrinker on his shoulder, Long Chen continued onward through the underground passage.
“You-!”
PFFT!
One of the Bloodkill Hall’s disciples just happened to be walking out from further in when he saw Long Chen. He only got one word out before being killed. A Foundation Forging expert fell just like that.
“Who’s there?!” The disturbance immediately caused an alarm, and quite a few people came out from deeper in the passageway.
Long Chen raised his left hand and pointed his finger. Lightning arrows shot out.
Those Bloodkill Hall disciples had no ability to dodge within this narrow passageway. They were all blown apart.
“All you’re capable of is sneak attacking people from behind. In a head-on fight, you’re just pigs,” sneered Long Chen.
Suddenly, a fierce astral wind attacked Long Chen. This attack should have come from a King.
“Split the Heavens 3!”
BOOM! The underground passageway collapsed. A berserk energy raged through the exploding ground, and it was unknown how many of the Bloodkill Hall’s experts were killed without even knowing what was going on.
The sudden explosion of the ground and powerful auras startled all of Grand Xia City. Countless experts rushed over to see what was happening.
The ruins exploded, and one of the Bloodkill Hall’s Kings charged out. Before he could even understand what was happening, a lightning arrow struck his body, causing it to explode.
Suddenly, a bolt of light stabbed toward Long Chen’s back. As for Long Chen, he was still standing with Blooddrinker resting on his shoulder.
Just at this moment, a hand covered in green scales caught the sword aiming for his back. The Bloodkill Hall’s King’s expression changed. He pulled several times but was unable to retrieve his sword.
Suddenly, his sword began to shine with blinding light.
“Are you an idiot? Do you think I’d just stand here and let you activate your King item?” Long Chen sneered, hacking Blooddrinker down and killing the King.
The King didn’t even have a corpse after Blooddrinker struck him. In truth, this move of Long Chen’s had been very evil.
He had intentionally forced the King into despair and then left him time to activate his King item. And just as he did, Long Chen attacked, making it so the King had no idea whether he should continue or abandon his weapon and flee. Caught in his indecision, he was killed easily.
At this time, countless experts stood in the surroundings, looking at Long Chen with shock.
He dared to fight in Grand Xia City? Did he not want his life? It had to be known that it was forbidden to use force in Grand Xia City. Not even flying was permitted.
The thing that shocked them the most was that Long Chen was clearly at the early Foundation Forging realm, but he had killed a King so easily and without even batting an eye.
The runes below exploded, and a miserable figure shot out. It was a white-haired elder with an aura that surged turbulently.
“A Soul Transformation expert!”
The experts drawn over were shocked. A Soul Transformation expert was a Hall Master-level expert, but outside of sects, people called them according to their realm. These people were shocked to see this expert’s aura fluctuating extremely intensely.
“Oh, I’m so sorry, it seems I’ve disturbed your seclusion. My sincere apologies.” Long Chen apologized without the slightest sincerity as he looked at the expert’s aura that was constantly jumping up and down out of control.
“Long Chen- pfft!” The elder was startled to see that it was Long Chen, and he ended up directly coughing up blood.
He had been in seclusion attacking a barrier when Long Chen’s attack had disturbed him. Being forced out of his meditative state almost caused his cultivation base to flare out of his control. He had almost died.
“Die!” The Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert roared and stabbed his sword into the sky. An ear-piercing sound rang out as he slashed his sword at Long Chen.
Chapter 1175 Battle in the Ancient Capital
Long Chen didn’t dare to be careless against a Soul Transformation expert. He slashed Blooddrinker out, unleashing a huge saber-image. Right now, he didn’t have the Dragon Tiger Heavenly Explosion Pill’s effect multiplying his power, and he would be at an immense disadvantage against a Soul Transformation expert. But the reason he dared to attack one of the Bloodkill Hall’s strongholds on his own was naturally because he had something else he could count on.
Long Chen repeatedly unleashed dozens of saber-images that crashed against the Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert’s sword. Heaven-shaking explosions rang out.
Just one slash of the Soul Transformation expert’s sword shattered all his saber-images, but because of the saber-images’ power, the Soul Transformation expert’s locking power faded, and Long Chen regained his freedom.
“You damn brat, I’ll tear you apart limb by limb!” roared the Soul Transformation expert. His hair was standing on end, his eyes were red, and he looked insane. Right now, he needed to suppress the turbulent spiritual yuan inside his body while also fighting Long Chen. His combat power was less than a third of his peak. And with his aura out of his control, he couldn’t lock down his opponent.
Otherwise, if a Soul Transformation expert unleashed their immense pressure, a Foundation Forging disciple like Long Chen would find themself unable to move and be instantly killed. But now, he needed to spend a great deal of effort just to go toe to toe against Long Chen.
Most hateful of all, because he had been startled right at the critical moment when he had been attacking the next barrier, his aura was completely chaotic, and there were signs it was starting to go completely out of his control.
“Old idiot, what are you screaming for? Your Bloodkill Hall has been targeting me for many years, but did I ever shout like this? Grow up a bit. All I did was take the initiative to attack you first this time,” sneered Long Chen.
Long Chen could already tell what was going on with this elder. Originally, he had been thinking of running, but now it seemed he didn’t need to.
Long Chen repeatedly unleashed saber-images to keep his opponent back. He refused to face him head-on and kept on sending Saber Qi as he dodged.
“He’s from the Bloodkill Hall?” Several people in the crowd saw through some clues.
“The Bloodkill Hall actually dared to stay within Grand Xia City? Are they trying to be killed?”
“Eighteen hundred years ago, the Bloodkill Hall assassinated one of the Grand Xia’s princes. At that time, t
he Grand Xia announced that any of the Bloodkill Hall’s people found in their territory would be put to death.”
The spectating people couldn’t help but discuss things as Long Chen fought against the Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert.
The little alley they had first appeared in had long since been destroyed. But the surrounding buildings were protected by powerful formation runes, and despite the two of them unleashing Saber Qi and Sword Qi, their attacks actually rebounded on contact with the buildings.
This was the Grand Xia’s powerful foundation. Each of their ancient buildings was protected. They were incredibly difficult to destroy. Furthermore, the ancient buildings were linked to the imperial palace’s grand formation. If the buildings were attacked by supreme experts, the grand formation would activate, and then even a Soul Transformation expert would be unable to damage them, unless that Soul Transformation expert possessed a divine item.
As for someone like the Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert, let alone in his current state where his power was just a third of what it was normally, he wouldn’t be able to damage the buildings even in his peak state.
“Who is that youngster? What terrifying battle senses and experience!”
Long Chen and the Soul Transformation expert were so fast that it was almost impossible to track them with the naked eye.
The Bloodkill Hall’s expert’s moves were refined and vicious, as well as strange and crafty. There were many times when he would launch a sudden attack from Long Chen’s blind spot which made the spectators’ hearts shiver.
“Although the Bloodkill Hall is a group of shameful people, their assassination arts are truly supreme. Even though he’s fighting head-on, he still has such crafty moves that could easily catch a person off-guard and kill them,” sighed another Soul Transformation expert.
More and more people were coming, and even the Soul Transformation experts were moved by the battle.
These assassin's moves were different from ordinary people’s. Each of them was deadly, and sometimes several of his moves would be a continuous death trap. Just watching him fight made people’s hearts pound.
