by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
If they weren’t personally watching, no one would dare to believe there could be such sharp and terrifying killing arts.
And yet, no matter how sharp his moves were, no matter how crafty his attacks were, Long Chen would dodge them with the Lightning Body Blink. Lightning runes revolved around him as he always just narrowly dodged his opponent’s killing blows.
Quite a few people were watching while sweating profusely for Long Chen. It looked like Long Chen was dancing on the tip of a blade. He might die at any moment.
But Long Chen’s expression was still indifferent, and there wasn’t the slightest fear or panic in his eyes. He moved smoothly like the clouds in the air or water flowing in the river. He advanced and retreated, attacked and defended without the slightest awkwardness. That indifferent expression made people’s scalps numb, but it was also exciting to watch.
“Do you only know how to run?!” roared the Bloodkill Hall expert. He had attacked Long Chen multiple times only to be skillfully evaded by him. Long Chen refused to face him head-on, infuriating him endlessly.
He already knew that he would die today. Now that the Bloodkill Hall’s secret stronghold had been exposed, considering their enmity with the Grand Xia, it would be very difficult for him to run.
But before dying, his only desire was to kill Long Chen and remove a scourge with limitless potential for the Bloodkill Hall.
News that Bloodkill 19 had failed and instead been killed by Long Chen had already reached the headquarters of the Bloodkill Hall. Right now, Long Chen was classified as their number one target. Considering how even some outer workers could recognize Long Chen, it could be seen just how great Long Chen’s fame was in the Bloodkill Hall.
This secret stronghold’s purpose had been to keep watch over the Grand Xia’s movements. The Bloodkill Hall also offered to sell some information in addition to assassinating people.
This was the Bloodkill Hall’s specialty. That was because assassinating a person required knowing their status, cultivation base, strengths, habits, etc. They would even go through their family history.
So selling information was also an important business of the Bloodkill Hall. But for them to have established a secret stronghold right within Grand Xia City was a huge slap in the face to the Grand Xia Ancient Nation.
But these assassins were also smart. They were profoundly aware of what it meant to hide within the dark beneath the light. They established themselves right in the imperial capital, and no one except Long Chen had sensed them for hundreds of years.
“Do you have any face left? Could it be that all your years of cultivation were spent on thickening your skin? You are a Soul Transformation expert and yet you’re attacking me, a mere Foundation Forging rookie. That’s innately shameful. Moreover, you’re actually unable to do anything to me, and so you use psychological warfare against me, a junior who is not even a fraction of your age. I, Long Chen, started cultivating quite a few years ago, but I’ve never seen someone as shameless as you,” cursed Long Chen.
Long Chen could see the huge problem with his opponent, and he knew continuing to exhaust him was the best option. However, Long Chen hadn’t expected him to be so shameless as to goad him into fighting head-on against him. Was he joking?
The distant spectators also looked at him oddly. The fellow Soul Transformation experts had helpless expressions.
This Bloodkill Hall expert had lost face for them as fellow Soul Transformation experts. But then thinking about it, they supposed attacking people from behind was the natural habit of the assassins of the Bloodkill Hall. For their goals, they didn’t care about the methods, and that was why the Bloodkill Hall was held in great contempt by most people.
Being assassins in itself wasn’t a fault, but they simply had no bottom line at all. That was what was despicable.
At this time, a handsome man in violet robes was escorted over with a group of experts. He appeared to be around twenty-five years old, and he was currently watching Long Chen’s intense battle against the Bloodkill Hall’s expert.
“Your highness, should we go and capture the Bloodkill Hall’s expert? They really go too far,” said a middle-aged man beside that man.
“There’s no need. Let’s just watch for a bit. I’m very interested in this Long Chen.” That man shook his head.
This man was the Grand Xia’s eighth prince, Xia Yunchong. The people around him were his guards, and two of them had reached the Soul Transformation realm.
Other than the guards, a white-haired elder was standing beside Xia Yunchong. This elder’s eyes had been closed in meditation this entire time, as if nothing in the outside world could interest him.
“Master, what do you think about this Long Chen?” asked Xia Yunchong respectfully.
Only then did the elder open his eyes. Shockingly, his eyes were completely turbid like an old man’s. And yet, they also seemed to contain a certain primal energy.
The elder looked at Long Chen’s figure. The turbidness in his eyes gradually faded like dirty water was being purified. The elder slowly said, “I cannot see through him.”
After saying that, the elder closed his eyes once more. But then he said one last thing.
“Do your best not to offend him.”
Xia Yunchong and the guard were all startled. Just who was this Long Chen to obtain such a terrifying appraisal?
It had to be known that this elder was Xia Yunchong’s Dao-protector. He was an incredibly powerful existence, and yet he was unable to give an evaluation of this youth in front of him? And in the end, he even told them not to offend him!
“Master…” said Xia Yunchong.
The elder’s eyes were still closed as he cut him off. “The world’s countless existences exist within the Heavenly Daos. But there are a few existences that cannot be spoken of!”
“Disciple understands!” Xia Yunchong’s heart shook and he hastily bowed.
The elder nodded and no longer spoke. His eyes were still closed as if he was meditating. He didn’t possess the slightest aura, and if you weren’t looking at him, you might not even be able to sense his existence.
“Bloodkill Hall, how brazen of you! Do you think my Grand Xia has no one who can handle you?!”
Just as Long Chen was fighting the Soul Transformation expert, a beautiful figure appeared in the air.
“Why would she come here?” Xia Yunchong couldn’t help but frown.
Chapter 1176 Seventeenth Princess
Just as Long Chen was fighting the Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert, a woman appeared in the air, her colorful robes floating around her, filled with an air of refinement.
She had bright eyes and white teeth, shapely eyebrows and cherry lips. She was definitely an extremely beautiful woman, but her lips were a bit thin and raised upward slightly. On the surface, she looked like a powerful, obstinate woman.
Furthermore, she possessed a kind of inherent air of nobility and arrogance. There was a simple but multi-colored sword sheathed by her waist. Her powerful aura showed she was a late Foundation Forging expert.
Took them long enough. Long Chen immediately shouted, “Little sister, please help me! I worked so hard for the Grand Xia in order to find this stronghold of the Bloodkill Hall! You should know, to find it, I started following their tracks with all my might over thirty years ago, and all my bitter work has finally borne fruit today. Little sister, quick, capture this shameless thug!”
The reason Long Chen dared to fight in Grand Xia City was because when he had been drinking with Qi Hao, he had learned many things pertaining to the Grand Xia. He had learned of the Grand Xia’s enmity with the Bloodkill Hall at that time, and after all, it was no secret amongst the commoners within the Grand Xia.
So despite knowing there would very likely be a Soul Transformation expert present, he hadn’t been afraid. Even if he couldn’t beat them, he could run. As long as he reached the large streets, he refused to believe the Grand Xia would ignore him.
; Now seeing this woman’s attire and air, he knew she was definitely from the imperial family.
“Who is your little sister? I am the Grand Xia’s seventeenth princess, Xia Youluo.” She frowned with a bit of irritation.
“That’s not important. Little sister princess, quickly stop him! I can’t hold on much longer! Is the Grand Xia Ancient Nation willing to see someone who has made great national contributions die to the Bloodkill Hall’s hands? My death won’t matter, but what about the justice of the Grand Xia? Wouldn’t my death become a stain on the Grand Xia’s honor that could never be washed off?” shouted Long Chen as he dodged the Bloodkill Hall expert’s attacks.
“You! Fine, I’ll handle him first before punishing your rudeness.” The seventeenth princess snorted. She began to form hand seals.
An immense pressure suddenly descended, causing countless experts’ expressions to change.
“She… she’s a rank eight Celestial!”
“You must be an outsider. It’s well-known that the seventeenth princess is a martial genius, an innate rank eight Celestial who fully awakened by the age of eighteen. With her cultivation base at the eighth Heavenstage of Foundation Forging, her power is so immense that practically everyone in the Grand Xia knows of it,” said a native expert proudly.
Just as heaven and earth were rumbling and the void trembled, endless Heavenly Dao energy condensed into a sea of runes behind Xia Youluo.
Eight blazing runes appeared, looking like stars. They formed an octagon, slowly revolving behind her. The distant spectators found it hard to breathe under this pressure. Even Kings were slowly retreating as they found the pressure unbearable.
“Heavens, the manifestation of a rank eight Celestial - Eight Stars Illuminate the Cosmos!”
Shocked cries rang out. Although many people had heard the Grand Xia’s seventeenth princess was an innate rank eight Celestial with immense power, they had never personally seen it. Seeing this terrifying manifestation shook them to their cores.
“Face your death!” Xia Youluo suddenly drew her sword. A stunning ray of light slashed at the Bloodkill Hall’s Soul Transformation expert.
BOOM!
The Bloodkill Hall expert had no choice but to stop attacking Long Chen. Hastily blocking, he smashed into a large pagoda, and due to its barrier, he rebounded and coughed up blood.
“Damn, how fierce!” Long Chen was shocked. This was the power of a rank eight Celestial? It was truly terrifying. Such a powerful attack could practically instantly kill a rank seven Celestial like Han Zhenyu.
“Damnit! All of you can die! Killing God, protect me! Bloodkill Soul Condensation!” the Bloodkill Hall expert roared, and an image appeared on his forehead. It was a small human figure that was being incinerated. But in that instant, his fluctuating spiritual yuan instantly became calm.
“Heavens, he’s igniting his Yuan Spirit!” Shocked cries rang out.
The Bloodkill Hall’s experts had two specialties: their assassination ability and their fleeing ability. Their ability in both skills was evenly matched. If they failed to kill their target, they would instantly flee a thousand miles away.
The Bloodkill Hall expert had originally had a little bit of hope that he could escape after killing Long Chen. If he abandoned his physical body and used a secret art, he estimated he had a thirty percent chance of his Yuan Spirit getting away.
But now he was forced to change plans. He couldn’t even think about running. He wanted to eliminate Xia Youluo and Long Chen right here in order to remove two threats for the Bloodkill Hall. It went without saying that the Bloodkill Hall’s assassins were extremely devout to their Killing God.
Having ignited his Yuan Spirit, the Bloodkill Hall expert forcibly stabilized his spiritual yuan, instantly restoring his combat power. His sword slashed into Xia Youluo’s sword, causing a huge explosion.
The two of them were both forced back. This exchange had actually ended in a draw, shocking all the nearby Soul Transformation experts. An innate rank eight Celestial’s name was definitely not fake.
“Princess is mighty! Raise the Grand Xia’s prestige, fill the sky with light, kill the old ghost of the Bloodkill Hall!” Long Chen raised Blooddrinker high into the air to cheer for Xia Youluo.
At this time, countless people had gathered. Amongst them were quite a few youngsters who looked at the princess’s figure with adoration.
“Hey, how can you guys not give me face? Do you not know how to cooperate? The princess is fighting as hard as she can to kill the old ghost from the Bloodkill Hall, and as citizens of the Grand Xia, you don’t even dare to cheer for her? What are you afraid of? Embarrassing yourself? Losing face? If you’re afraid of everything, why do you even cultivate? If you’re going to be such worrywarts, how are you even youngsters? What happened to your youthful drive, your hot blood? If you worship her, then shout loudly! If you adore her, then shout even louder! Let me hear your voices!
“Everyone together: Princess is mighty! Raise the Grand Xia’s prestige, fill the sky with light, kill the old ghost of the Bloodkill Hall!” shouted Long Chen.
“Princess is mighty! Raise the Grand Xia’s prestige, fill the sky with light, kill the old ghost of the Bloodkill Hall!”
“Princess is mighty! Raise the Grand Xia’s prestige, fill the sky with light, kill the old ghost of the Bloodkill Hall!”
“Princess is mighty! Raise the Grand Xia’s prestige, fill the sky with light, kill the old ghost of the Bloodkill Hall!”
The first time, there were a few hundred people following along. The second time, there were thousands, and the third time, anyone who was even slightly young was shouting as loud as they could.
They suddenly realized that cheering with everyone gave them an indescribable pleasure.
The youngsters adored the seventeenth princess, but before this, they hadn’t dared to say anything, afraid of being laughed at or mocked by others. They felt like they would be a toad trying to eat swan meat.
But under the leadership of a shameless fellow like Long Chen, their throats bulged as they shouted. No one laughed at anyone. Instead, they felt like the more effort they put into shouting, the more manly they were.
The cheering grew louder and louder until it practically drowned out the sound of their battle.
Within the crowd, Xia Yunchong watched the young cultivators shouting as loudly as they could as if they had been given drugs. He found it almost inconceivable.
Even the reserved men of Grand Xia would start shouting in the streets like this? He couldn’t believe it.
Countless people were drawn over from farther away. The aura of the battle was covered by the formations, making it difficult to spread farther. But this cheering spread far and wide.
Even the seventeenth princess, Xia Youluo, hadn’t thought she would possess such a great skill in rallying supporters. The countless cheers made even her blood heat up a bit.
She attacked all-out, but the Bloodkill Hall expert had ignited his Yuan Spirit and was overdrafting his life. Xia Youluo was actually being forced back slowly.
“Hey, are you just going to shout? Hurry up and help!”
As Long Chen watched the scene from the air, he suddenly received a spiritual message from Xia Youluo.
“Me? But I can’t beat him!” Long Chen was surprised. She was the Grand Xia’s princess, and countless experts were watching. Why didn’t she ask them for help instead?
“If they interfere, what about my face? Hurry up. I need you to stall him a bit. He’s not letting me unleash any big moves,” said Xia Youluo.
“How long will it take you to store up energy? I won’t be able to stall him for too long. Let me tell you, if you let me die, it’ll become an unwashable stain to the Grand Xia,” warned Long Chen.
Long Chen hadn’t expected this princess to be so powerful and obstinate. She actually didn’t want other experts interfering in her battle. But Long Chen also didn’t want to expose his trump cards. However, without using them, fac
ing a Soul Transformation expert would be courting death.
“Stop wasting words. I just need you to stall him for a few breaths. Furthermore, you’re not permitted to tell anyone that I asked for help,” said Xia Youluo.
Long Chen muttered to himself, “Why does it seem like all the benefits will be going to you, and I’m simply forced to keep your secret?”
“Fine, I’ll just keep it confidential.” Long Chen simply wanted an important figure of the Bloodkill Hall to die in order to vent. As for other benefits, he didn’t particularly care. “Divine ring, Four Star Battle Armor!”
Chapter 1177 Soaring Cloud Deathblow
Heaven and earth shook as a four-colored ring soared into the sky. The divine ring unleashed immense pressure, so much so that even the formations on the buildings were unable to dispel it.
At the same time, four stars appeared in Long Chen’s eyes. His 108,000 immortal platforms began to quiver, giving him boundless energy. It was like a dragon awakening, like a volcano erupting.
With Long Chen at the center, waves of qi soared into the sky. Long Chen looked like a battle god floating within heaven and earth now.
“What cultivation technique is this?” The white-haired elder opened his eyes, looking at the divine ring with shock.
At this moment, Long Chen was untouched by the Dao. None of the laws or Daos of heaven and earth were able to adhere to him. It was unknown whether he isolated himself from heaven or earth, or whether heaven and earth isolated him.
The other thing that shocked the white-haired elder was this domineering will soaring out of Long Chen’s bones. That will seemed to be dissatisfied by heaven and earth’s restrictions and wanted to shatter its way through.
Everyone looked at Long Chen like he was a monster. The manifestation Long Chen had summoned wasn’t something they had ever seen or heard of. The most shocking thing was that Long Chen’s power was not forming a resonance with the Heavenly Daos. In other words, he wasn’t even a Celestial!
