Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  “The Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet is probably below. The feeling grew more intense once we got here,” said Bao Buping excitedly.

  As the top disciples of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, as cultivators of the Battle God Sacred Canon, they had an inseparable relation to the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. If it hadn’t been for the fact that they couldn’t fully circulate the Battle God Sacred Canon for fear of being sensed, they’d have long since found the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  “Let’s start digging.” Chang Hao rubbed his hands.

  “Are you crazy? Do you think this is the same as digging up potatoes? Everything down there is covered by a formation. If we touch it, we’ll immediately be sensed,” scolded Long Chen. Dig? Just how simple-minded did someone have to be to think of such a method? Long Chen also had to admire their intelligence.

  He was starting to question the old man’s words now. Sometimes just relying on power wasn’t enough, and sometimes just relying on intelligence also wasn’t enough. His path couldn’t be either.

  As for Chang Hao and Bao Buping, they could not use their heads because they lived under the old man’s shelter. With the old man to block the wind and rain, all they had to do was properly cultivate.

  But Long Chen wasn’t the same. He didn’t like relying on others. He hoped to rely on himself to resolve things. Without any brains, he’d have long since died.

  So the old man’s words were very correct but didn’t completely suit him. He would need to have both brawn and brains to live.

  “But then what else are we supposed to do? We can sense it, but we can’t see it.” Bao Buping and Chang Hao looked at the ground with obvious desire. With their hasty natures, they couldn’t calm themselves.

  “Just wait. Wait for it to come out. Let’s go investigate some other things.” Long Chen shook his head. He also didn’t have any solution at this time.

  The three of them found a secluded corner and hid themselves within their hollow stones. This wait lasted six days.

  During these six days, three patrols came by them, but not one of the creatures even looked at their unremarkable rocks.

  These six days felt as long as six years to Bao Buping and Chang Hao. Each minute had been torture. On the other hand, Long Chen was still calm. As he waited for the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet to appear, he pondered everything he had seen in Devil Spirit Mountain.

  According to his experience, Devil Spirit Mountain was actually a scheme of unprecedented size. That divine fetus alone was absolutely terrifying and exceeded his current understanding.

  Just as Long Chen was tidying up his thoughts and pondering the implications of Devil Spirit Mountain, the ground shook and a huge stone tablet broke through the ground, appearing in the air.

  “The Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet!”

  Long Chen was shocked. Originally, he had been prepared to wait for a few months or even a year with his bad luck. But for it to appear in just six days, he had clearly been helped out by the other two’s presence.

  The stone tablet was black and covered in complicated images. It was over six hundred meters tall with a clear crack on its bottom. It was the other half of the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  “It… it really appeared!” Bao Buping and Chang Hao were almost sobbing. Finding this half of the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet had been the dream of countless generations of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect. The two of them had an urge to grab it right now.

  But that wasn’t possible. Right now, the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet was tightly wrapped by many chains. It had over ten times the number of chains binding it as any other divine item they had seen before. It was clear that this world’s creatures also viewed it as a peerless treasure.

  Seeing those chains, Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s killing intent soared. They wanted to go up and tear the chains off right now.

  “Long Chen, what should we do?” Bao Buping and Chang Hao turned toward Long Chen.

  “Our chances of bringing back the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet aren’t very high.” Long Chen shook his head as he examined the chains. “But I’ve already recorded everything on it with a photographic jade. Even if we can’t bring it out, the nine forms of Split the Heavens can just barely count as restored. As long as we escape alive, we didn’t come for nothing.”

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao were delighted. They hadn’t expected Long Chen to be able to activate a photographic jade here. It had to be known that activating a photographic jade caused fluctuations that were easy to sense at their level.

  With the nine forms of Split the Heavens, the bosses would be able to advance smoothly, and if they were able to cultivate all nine forms of Split the Heavens, the Heaven Earth Divine Pool could slowly be replenished. Then the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect could continue.

  Thinking of that, they were incredibly excited. They were filled with unswerving esteem for Long Chen. Without him, there was no way they would have been able to do this. Most likely, they’d have ended up like those corpses in the pit, tools used by this world’s creatures.

  Long Chen’s gaze swept across the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. “Taking it away isn’t very likely. But we should still try. However, there are two things we have to do before that.”

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s eyes brightened. Long Chen was different from them. He definitely had some assurance to say that they could try, or he wouldn’t have said anything.

  “What things?” asked Bao Buping.

  “To take those two things you wanted. As brothers, I can’t let you get nothing, right?” Long Chen smiled.

  “You’re talking about…” Bao Buping and Chang Hao were startled and delighted.

  “Let’s go.”

  Long Chen waved his hand, and the three of them went off in a certain direction. This time, they were very quick, and in less than a couple hours, they arrived in front of another formation.

  In the center of the formation was a golden sword. It was an extremely powerful Ancestral item.

  Long Chen took out the black pot. Slowly approaching it, the black pot didn’t let him down. A speck of rust on the bottom of it turned to dust and sprinkled across the formation, forming a small hole for Long Chen.

  Bao Buping’s heart clenched. When they had first seen this golden sword, he had said that even dying would be worth it if he could obtain the sword.

  Clearly, Long Chen had remembered what he had said and was helping him steal it. That made him incomparably grateful.

  Holding the pot, Long Chen arrived in front of the golden sword. Looking at the chain wrapping around it, he silently sensed it. The chain was only lightly wrapped around the sword’s hilt. As long as the chain was slightly undone, he would be able to bring out the sword.

  “Hmph, another trap. Only an idiot would fall for it.” Long Chen sneered at the chain. No matter what he used to touch the chain, he would be sensed. Even the pot was no exception.

  The formation outside was just the first defense. This chain was the second defense. By making the chain look so easy to remove, they set up this immoral trap. The chains had strange fluctuations. If he wanted to touch this chain, he would need something that was made of the same material as it or that had the same fluctuations.

  Coincidentally, it just so happened he did have such a thing. A cyan brick appeared in his hand. He gently touched it to the chain and found that there was no reaction, nor was there any sense of danger. Only then did he feel at ease and use the brick to smash the chain a few times.

  The chains were undone. In that instant, the golden sword’s light blossomed and it actually tried to escape into the sky.

  Just as it began to fly away, Long Chen, who had been prepared from the start, smashed it with the pot, forcing it back down.

  “Fuck, after I save you, you don’t know how to repay kindness?” raged Long Chen.

  He smashed the golden sword several times with the pot. Its runes began to dim, and the item-spirit let out terr
ified fluctuations and sent a message begging for mercy. It had been terrified by the pot.

  The huge coffin might have been something Long Chen wouldn’t dare to smash, but an Ancestral item was something he was confident in handling with the pot. After all, he had experience in that regard.

  Seeing the golden sword begging for mercy, Long Chen left the formation with the pot and the sword. When he came out, the formation returned to its previous state as if nothing had happened. But the golden sword within it had vanished. The only thing remaining was the chain floating in the air.

  Long Chen handed the golden sword to Bao Buping. When Bao Buping received it, the ground beneath him shook as the golden sword was incredibly heavy. It was ten times heavier than the broadsword he was currently using.

  That was an Ancestral item. Within the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, there was not a single Ancestral item. Even the bosses didn’t have one. But he, Bao Buping, was the first to obtain one.

  “Don’t get so excited. Hurry up and place a drop of blood to become its master,” urged Long Chen.

  Bao Buping hastily dripped a drop of his essence blood. It formed a contract seal. This was the way to form a contract with an Ancestral item.

  However, a barrier appeared around the golden sword, refusing Bao Buping’s contract. It clearly wasn’t willing to accept Bao Buping as its master.

  “Oh?” Long Chen raised the pot threateningly. The golden sword shook slightly and the barrier vanished. It instantly absorbed Bao Buping’s essence blood.

  “Haha-” Bao Buping laughed for a second before he clasped his own mouth. In his excitement, he had forgotten this was a land of death.

  Once Bao Buping got his weapon, Long Chen also did the same thing to take out a broadsword for Chang Hao. It was also an Ancestral item. The two of them almost passed out from happiness.

  “Long Chen, let’s go get a few more.” Seeing Long Chen obtain two Ancestral items so easily, their eyes were shining with the light of someone who had just gotten rich.

  Long Chen shook his head. “There’s not enough time. Right now, we have to return to the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. We have to take it away before it sinks back down to the ground.”

  After saying that, he brought them back to the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  Chapter 1266 Heaven Flipping Seal

  The huge Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet was suspended in the air. Its body was bound tightly by crisscrossing chains.

  Even Bao Buping and Chang Hao couldn’t help but get goosebumps upon seeing how tightly it was bound. The two Ancestral items they had obtained had only been bound by one chain. But the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet had to be bound by thousands of chains.

  Furthermore, these chains were tightly knotted to make sure there was no way to undo them. And even if they could be undone, there wasn’t enough time.

  During this time, Long Chen had managed to figure out some of the rules of this place. Ordinary Ancestral items would normally hover in the air for a day. Only some of the extremely powerful existences would stay in the air for three days at a time.

  But with how many chains were wrapped around the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet and with the thousands of knots they formed, even if no one noticed them, not even thirty days would be enough to free it.

  “How are we supposed to release the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet?” asked Bao Buping.

  “Directly cut it loose. All we need to do is sever these chains.” Long Chen slowly took out Blooddrinker.

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao couldn’t believe their ears. In their eyes, Long Chen was incredibly smart. Was such a reckless method really his style?

  Seeing their disbelieving expressions, Long Chen smiled. “The old man has already said that when intelligence can’t solve things, you’ll need to use power. These chains have tightly bound the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet, and not even a god would be able to use intelligence to undo them. There’s only one option remaining to us. These chains aren’t exactly metallic, and they’re extremely flexible and tenacious. We’ll need both power and sharpness to sever them. I’ll handle the sharp aspect, and you two handle the power aspect. With the combination of power and sharpness, we should have a ten percent chance of severing these chains.”

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao looked at the thousands of chains on the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet and had no confidence. “Do we really only have a ten percent chance?”

  “Ten percent’s already not bad. Sometimes luck is also a kind of power, so let’s see how lucky you are.” Long Chen intentionally didn’t bring up his luck, because when it came to luck, he would have to rely on them.

  “But… what are we supposed to do even if it works? This will definitely alarm those creatures. Long Chen, you should go. You have a brain, and you can definitely escape. The two of us will try to free the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. If we fall, you’ll still be able to escape with the secrets we learned, so it would still be a success,” said Chang Hao.

  Whether they succeeded or not in severing these chains, their chances of actually bringing the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet out of Devil Spirit Mountain were far too low.

  But none of them was willing to give up without trying. The Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet was the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s inheritance divine item, and its usage was not limited to just recording the nine forms of Split the Heavens.

  Only the complete Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet could bring the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect back to its old peak. This related to the secrets of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect. This was why despite recording what was on it, they still wanted to bring it away.

  Right now, they had learned quite a few secrets of Devil Spirit Mountain. Being able to bring out those secrets was a huge victory. They were like a gambler who had already won many chips and was now debating whether to continue with a final gamble. If they lost, they would be left with nothing.

  That was why Chang Hao wanted Long Chen to leave first. Even if he and Bao Buping died, their mission would still be a success. But if the three of them died, they would all become unwilling ghosts.

  “Don’t worry about it, I’ve already thought of how to get out. None of us will die. Do you think an insignificant Devil Spirit Mountain can make things hard on me?” Long Chen smiled. In truth, he was extremely emotional now.

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao were both iron-boned men, true heroes willing to die for their cause. That kind of bearing and aspiration was admirable.

  “Prepare yourselves. We have to succeed in one try.”

  Long Chen placed the three of them around the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet. He had already started accumulating energy, while Bao Buping and Chang Hao solemnly took out their newly-obtained Ancestral items.

  Although they were unable to bring out an Ancestral item’s full power, using them would increase the power of their attacks.

  “Don’t waste your energy. You won’t succeed.”

  Just at this moment, a voice rang out in their heads, causing them to jump.

  “Senior… are you… the divine tablet?” Bao Buping’s voice quivered.

  “Yes. Children, you’re very brave and very loyal, and most importantly, you possess brains and brawn. I’m very gratified,” said that voice.

  Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s eyes reddened from emotion. Bao Buping’s voice was choked with sobs as he said, “Senior, without you, our Heaven Splitting Battle Sect has already declined to the edge of death. Our inheritance is about to be severed. Please tell us how we can bring you out. Even if it ends up with my body turned to dust, I am willing.”

  The Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet was too important to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect. It was their only hope.

  “I have been bound by the Netherblood people’s Soul Addicted to Life formation. My essence has been sucked out, and I don’t have the power to escape here. Furthermore, one of these chains is a Life Devouring Chain. It’s a chain of life and impossible to sever with power. So if you do
try, you’ll just expose yourselves for nothing and lose your lives here. It’s meaningless,” said the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  “Then what should we do?” asked Bao Buping unwillingly.

  “There’s nothing you can do. With your current power, there’s no way for you to help me. Your current Split the Heavens has already deviated from the original. I will transmit the core of Split the Heavens to you now. You won’t be able to comprehend it with your current power, so give it to your seniors when you get back,” said the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  Suddenly, the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet’s runes lit up slightly, and a golden light shot into Bao Buping’s head.

  Bao Buping’s whole body shook as new knowledge appeared in his mind. These were a set of sealed memories the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet had given him. He didn’t dare to probe it right now. Such a thing had to be left to the old man.

  “Quickly leave before you’re noticed,” said the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet.

  “Senior, perhaps I have a way to help you escape the Life Devouring Chain.” Long Chen sank into thought for a moment and took out a cyan brick. That was the divine fetus’s stone pillow.

  “The Heaven Flipping Seal!”

  Seeing this cyan brick, the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet let out a startled cry.

  “Senior, you recognize it?” Long Chen was surprised.

  “Child, how did you obtain it?” The Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet answered with a question.

  Long Chen directly told it about the corpses on the walls and the divine fetus.

  After a while, the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet sighed. “This is a huge trap. Perhaps from the start, it’s been one huge heaven-shaking plot.”

  Long Chen, Bao Buping, and Chang Hao exchanged a glance. Clearly the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet knew some things, but since it didn’t say, they didn’t dare to ask.

  “The Heaven Flipping Seal is the core weapon of the Heaven Flipping Venerate. During the war in Devil Spirit Mountain, he killed countless invaders. Regretfully, the Heaven Flipping Venerate fell in battle, and the Heaven Flipping Seal’s item-spirit has been erased. Now, all that remains is its body. It has no soul, so it’s also crippled. Unless…”