by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The Soul Transformation experts were immediately dumbfounded. They stood there like wooden statues. From the other side of the Sovereign Blood Seal, they heard Long Chen’s shout.
“We will definitely come back!”
“What…?”
The Soul Transformation experts stood there, stunned. One of them wished he had the power to say, “What just happened?”
Over fifty Soul Transformation experts had jointly attacked three Foundation Forging disciples. There had been a two major realm difference. But thirteen of them had been slain, and then those three had patted their butts and left. That left these Soul Transformation experts stunned and infuriated. The more they thought about it, the more they felt like they might explode. Each one of them stared at the entrance obstinately, as if waiting for the three of them to come back out.
“Long Chen, that was amazing! Why didn’t we think of this?” Bao Buping and Chang Hao prostrated themselves toward Long Chen in admiration after being pulled into the channel. This channel only allowed people at the Jade Core realm and below to enter. Those Soul Transformation experts couldn’t follow them.
“Should we go back now?” asked Bao Buping as soon as they entered.
Long Chen shook his head. “Perhaps you didn’t sense it, but the formation that those creatures established makes it difficult for people to return once they enter. Unless we exit the formation and come back in, the formation won’t let us find the exit. Let’s go over there.”
The first time they had entered, Long Chen had already noticed something strange about this place. Now that feeling was even more clear. This was like a cage that only allowed fish to come in but not leave. Once they were in, they couldn’t find the way back out.
Although he didn’t know why they would set up the formation like this, with his senses from the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, he could guess some general rules.
“We have to go back there?” Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s expressions changed. Despite how big their guts were, thinking of those terrifying creatures still made their hair stand on end. This was truly a situation of having the wolf behind and the tiger in front.
If they were to choose, they’d rather face those Soul Transformation experts. At least, there would be some chance of survival, and they could bring a few of them down in death.
But as for the more powerful creatures from this world, they would have no chance against them. Going was sending themselves to their deaths.
“Don’t worry about it. Those higher-level creatures won’t keep watching forever.” Long Chen led them carefully over there.
As expected, the distance to reach this spot was extremely short. It wasn’t long before they exited the black mist. Their vision brightened.
They had only just exited the formation when they saw a mass of creatures scurrying back and forth, busy with work. Seeing the three of them, those tens of thousands of creatures were shocked.
“Ah, I’m glad to see you’re all still well after so long apart! We came back just to see you!” Long Chen raised his hand toward the creatures like he was greeting old friends.
Chapter 1279 Coughing Up Blood From Anger
Long Chen’s smile was very intimate and innocent. It looked just like the naive smile of a neighborhood boy. It was a warm smile.
But in the eyes of these creatures, that smile was even more terrifying than a fiend. That was because as Long Chen smiled and waved, his right hand was raised in the air, and a huge sphere had long since started rapidly growing above it.
When Long Chen’s group of three had fled back then and one of the powerful experts of this world had chased after them, that expert had been annihilated by the Sovereign Blood Seal. That had terrified the other powerful experts, and they had all retreated, leaving behind only some low-level creatures to clean up the battlefield.
Previously, Chang Hao had made an opening in the formation here, and then Long Chen had launched Star Fall, magnifying the damage to the point that the formation even lost its self-repair mechanism.
Repairing such a huge formation required them to clean up the battlefield first. Many of these creatures had been slain, and their corpses needed to be put away.
That was why there were now only these low-level creatures present. Even the strongest one of them only had the aura of the Foundation Forging realm. There weren’t even any of the silver-winged creatures.
Seeing Long Chen arrive, those creatures all jumped in terror. Looking at that huge sphere in his hand, feeling the world trembling as the Nirvana Scripture was activated, they turned and fled.
“Star Fall!”
The sphere in Long Chen’s hand shot out like a shooting star. Everywhere it passed, the ground erupted. It shot out over a thousand miles and then exploded.
Those flames devoured everything within tens of thousands of miles. All of Devil Spirit Mountain shook.
Bao Buping and Chang Hao were filled with shock. Last time, they hadn’t seen it clearly. All they had felt was a terrifying qi wave send them flying.
But this time, they clearly saw the power of Star Fall. Its destructive power made their scalps numb.
After releasing Star Fall, Long Chen turned and fled. While fleeing, he shouted, “Friends, this small gift cannot fully represent my respect for you. Let us meet again!”
Long Chen, Bao Buping, and Chang Hao quickly fled, the flames racing behind them.
“Long Chen, why does your own magical art attack yourself?” Bao Buping shouted as he felt that lava-like heat behind him.
“How novel. Are you saying your farts only disgust others but don’t assail your own nostrils?” snorted Long Chen.
The three of them fled as fast as they could, but they were still caught by the flames. Long Chen summoned a flame barrier that protected them. Although they were blown away, they weren’t injured.
Now, the huge opening in the formation had grown even larger. Long Chen sensed that the damage to the channel had greatly weakened the laws of the channel as well.
They quickly sensed several terrifying auras approaching. The powerful creatures had clearly been startled. The three of them quickly fled straight toward the Sovereign Blood Seal.
What made Long Chen sigh in relief was that he sensed those terrifying creatures stop right at the border of the formation. Then they didn’t continue chasing. They clearly didn’t dare provoke the Sovereign Blood Seal.
“Ah, how refreshing. I’ve never been this refreshed in my entire life. Long Chen, following you is truly stimulating!” cried Chang Hao, almost dancing with excitement. These past few days with Long Chen had finally allowed him to experience true stimulation. It was so stimulating that he almost died from it.
In the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, he had led them to beat the bosses, and now in Devil Spirit Mountain, he had even conned these terrifying creatures.
In the outside world’s view, these creatures were absolute fiends. But in Long Chen’s eyes, they were like ants. He randomly came over and slaughtered a bunch. If this news spread, it would be enough to shake the entire world.
Then in front of the entrance to Devil Spirit Mountain, they had slain thirteen Soul Transformation experts. Even Bao Buping and Chang Hao had never dreamed that they would have such accomplishments by following Long Chen.
In their eyes, Long Chen was practically an omnipotent god.
“Long Chen, when we get out, why don’t you use Star Fall again? That move is awesome… Why are you looking at me like that?” asked Bao Buping, feeling that Long Chen’s gaze was a bit odd. It seemed to vaguely conceal something called disdain.
“Do you not feel embarrassed asking?” Long Chen shook his head. “First of all, my flames only have a great effect on these creatures. It’s unknown whether my flames could even break those Soul Transformation experts’ runic barriers. And even if they could break the barriers, it would only singe their hair. It definitely can’t cause any true injuries. Second of all, Star Fall has a huge area of attack. It do
esn’t differentiate between friends or foes. Once used there, it will definitely strike the Sovereign Blood Seal. Now do you understand why I’m looking at you like this?”
Only then did Bao Buping realize what would happen if Long Chen really used Star Fall, and he became covered in cold sweat. That Sovereign Blood Seal also didn’t differentiate between friend or foe. If they attacked it, it would instantly erase them from existence.
“Then what are we supposed to do? Wait a few days before going out to take a look?” asked Bao Buping.
“Why wait? We’re all busy, so who has time to wait for them? Here’s what we’ll do…” Long Chen suddenly began to tell them a plan that made their eyes light up.
The three of them looked toward the Sovereign Blood Seal. Looking at the exit below, they flew right over. But they didn’t fly side by side. Long Chen was at the front, and they flew at the back.
Outside the entrance to Devil Spirit Mountain, the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s seven bosses were fighting an intense battle with thirteen Life Star experts in the air. It was an incredibly fierce battle that shook the sky.
Boss Bao and Dan Sheng’s battle was the most intense. Runes exploded and flames devoured the heavens. Both of them were unable to get an advantage. The battle was in a temporary balance with neither side able to defeat the other. In truth, according to normal standards, other than Boss Bao and Dan Sheng’s fight, the other six bosses were already at a disadvantage against the Life Star experts.
After all, these Life Star experts were extremely strong, and five of them possessed Ancestral items. They were steadily suppressing the six bosses.
But the six bosses were extremely tough and unafraid of death. Their moves were all vicious, and these Life Star experts had to fight cautiously as a result.
After all, they had only come to help. If they lost their lives, it would be completely not worth it. So they were all very careful and didn’t dare to go too far.
The Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s bosses now couldn’t help but feel a bit worried inside. It seemed they had been too careless this time. But the one thing that comforted them was that Bao Buping and Chang Hao were with Long Chen. They should be fine.
As for the Soul Transformation experts, they lined up in front of the Sovereign Blood Seal, forming a blockade. They stared at the portal below the seal. Mist was constantly pouring out of there.
This portal was extremely curious. On the outside, they couldn’t see anything on the inside and vice versa. Although they might be just one step apart, it was like teleportation.
“Could those three brats have died in there?” asked a Soul Transformation expert worriedly.
After all, Devil Spirit Mountain was one of the seven great danger zones. It was famed for being a land of death. Dying inside was simply natural.
“They shouldn’t. After all, they already came out once,” replied someone. But he clearly wasn’t confident. After all, they hadn’t entered Devil Spirit Mountain before and didn’t know what the situation inside was.
“Your daddy Long Chen has returned. Kids, face your death!”
Suddenly, without any warning, a figure charged out of the entrance. Before they could even see his face, a mountain-like object smashed toward them.
That was a huge cauldron. It smashed down with immense power, causing the ground to split open.
The Soul Transformation experts retreated as soon as they reacted. But the cauldron had smashed down without any warning.
Three of them didn’t have time to flee because they had been at the center of the attack. A huge hole appeared in the ground, and those Soul Transformation experts were smashed to bits by the cauldron, even their Yuan Spirits disintegrated.
The others were blown into the air by the power. But just as they were about to counterattack, two huge swords slashed toward them.
These swords were both three thousand meters long. They weren’t sword-images, but the true bodies of swords. Such huge bodies could only be possessed by Ancestral items.
Those two Ancestral item swords were Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s. Although they were unable to bring out an Ancestral item’s power, they were still the masters and could order their items to summon their true bodies. Their explosive and sudden attack caused another three of these experts to be blown apart.
The three of them were truly unlucky. They were from the Pill Tower, and they hadn’t had time to summon any flames to protect themselves. Their physical bodies blew apart, and their Yuan Spirits flew out. But before they could run, a flame hand caught them and they vanished.
“Bastards, die!” The remaining Soul Transformation experts only reacted now and unleashed their auras, their runes protecting them as they attacked.
Quite a few of them had red eyes. That wasn’t because of emotion for their fallen comrades, but because of the three Ancestral items. Those were priceless treasures. Even Life Star experts wouldn’t necessarily possess one, and not one of these people had one.
Soul Transformation experts had the ability to unleash some of the true power of an Ancestral item, but they were too poor to even own one.
Now seeing three Foundation Forging rookies using Ancestral items like children wearing gold in front of beggars, their greed exploded.
Bao Buping and Chang Hao jumped in shock. These people’s hungry wolf-like eyes were incredibly sinister. It looked like their fathers had just been slain.
The three of them put away their Ancestral items and vanished back into Devil Spirit Mountain. A familiar voice rang out like a blade stabbing their ears.
“We will definitely come back!”
This one sentence had even more power than an Ancestral item. Several Soul Transformation experts coughed up a mouthful of blood.
“You goddamn brats, I’ll definitely tear you into a million pieces!” A furious and miserable roar like a wolf’s cry resounded throughout Devil Spirit Mountain, lingering in the air for a long time.
Chapter 1280 Conned and Conned Again
“Star Fall!”
A shooting star shot out at Devil Spirit Mountain.
This time was different from last time. Long Chen hadn’t even gone out of the formation. Instead, he sent out this attack from within the channel.
The formation around this place had been continuously broken down to the point that it was no longer fully functional. Just halfway through it, Long Chen was able to return whenever he wanted. There was no need to exit the complete formation before returning.
Long Chen sensed several terrifying auras on the outside of the formation. Those terrifying creatures were waiting for him now.
So he didn’t dare to go over. But just because he couldn’t go personally didn’t mean he couldn’t send a gift. A three-hundred-meter sphere shot out.
Outside the barrier, there were several of those terrifying creatures that were thirty meters tall, waiting for Long Chen. But what awaited them was Star Fall.
BOOM!
Terrifying flames exploded, and even those powerful creatures went all-out defending, they were unable to completely stop the power of Star Fall.
Of course, Star Fall wasn’t able to injure them. But its explosion got past them, and the weaker creatures in the distance ended up unlucky. Those violet flames would instantly incinerate weaker ones.
The others managed to escape with their lives because they were farther away, but they were still charred.
Those terrifying creatures let out a heaven-shaking fury. Their fury almost ignited this world. One of them directly charged towards the channel.
That shocked the other creatures, and they hastily pulled him back. If any of them entered the channel and approached the Sovereign Blood Seal, they would be turned to dust.
“You’re welcome for the gift. Since we’re all busy, we won’t stay behind for dinner. Let us meet again!”
Long Chen bid them farewell from the channel and once more fled, afraid of being chased.
But these terrifying creatures no l
onger dared to chase after their last lesson.
“This is amazing! These damn creatures treat humans as pigs for the slaughter, and even use our corpses as tools. This is exactly how we should handle them!”
Bao Buping and Chang Hao both felt that this was addicting. They had long since started hating these creatures to the core. They were still infuriated that they hadn’t been able to bring back the Heaven Splitting Divine Tablet or their senior’s corpse.
Although they had killed quite a few which had helped them vent, and Long Chen’s Star Falls had killed an unknown number of them, they still weren’t quite refreshed.
“Are we going to do the same thing as last time?” asked Chang Hao.
“No, this one trick can’t be used more than once. Those fellows aren’t idiots. They’ll definitely spread out this time and make some distance. What we did last time won’t work this time.” Long Chen shook his head.
“Then what do we do?” asked Bao Buping eagerly.
“It’s easy. Just listen to my call outs.” Long Chen smiled faintly.
Outside Devil Spirit Mountain, just as Long Chen had predicted, those Soul Transformation experts had put some distance between them and the entrance. They also spread out.
This way, they wouldn’t have to worry about a sudden attack. Furthermore, being a bit farther from the Sovereign Blood Seal meant that they could use some stronger moves. They just had to avoid affecting the seal.
These Soul Transformation experts glared hatefully at the small channel below the Sovereign Blood Seal. Their auras were still circulating as they prepared themselves to kill in one move.
They couldn’t kill Long Chen, but they could kill Bao Buping and Chang Hao to take their Ancestral items. As for Long Chen’s Ancestral item, it was the Pill Tower’s treasure, and even if they snatched it, it would still be returned to the Pill Tower in the end.
But Bao Buping and Chang Hao were different. Once they killed them, whoever managed to snatch their Ancestral items would get to keep them.
Suddenly, the channel opened, and a figure charged out carrying a ten-meter cauldron. It was Long Chen.
