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As for that particular Life Star expert who had so happily grabbed it, he had never imagined it would explode. Without any defenses up, he was instantly blown out of existence, with even his Yuan Spirit destroyed. The only thing left was a bead.
That was a Life Star expert’s Life Star Bead. It was where all their essence gathered. But at this time, that Life Star Bead turned dim and then turned to dust.
When advancing to the Life Star realm, a person would create two Life Star Beads. The old one represented all their comprehension before advancing. It represented their glory up to that point in time.
If an ordinary Soul Transformation expert obtained this Life Star Bead, they could use the comprehension within it to advance to the Life Star realm.
If a person relied on a Life Star Bead to advance, they would still be Life Star experts, but they would be called quasi-Life Star.
That was because such experts would never have their cultivation bases advance ever again after reaching the Life Star realm. They would have reached the peak of their life’s cultivation. Only people who felt like they had reached their limit and despaired of ever advancing to the Life Star realm on their own would use a Life Star Bead.
The first one represented their past, and they had to seperate it completely from their body to condense a new Life Star Bead.
The second Life Star Bead embodied their present. It represented a cultivator that had escaped the bindings of the past. It was like a nirvanic rebirth, and their mental realms would rapidly advance.
When a person was born, they were like a pure white piece of paper. As they cultivated, images were painted onto the paper. Through the accumulation of time, the paper would become full to the point that nothing else could be added to it.
So if you wanted to continue advancing, you needed a new blank piece of paper to imprint the things you wanted. This was something all Life Star experts needed to go through.
As for when Life Star experts were about to die, their second, innate Life star Bead would protect their Yuan Spirit so that their souls didn’t dissipate.
But that Life Star expert hadn’t had any defenses up, so he was blown out of existence, and not even his Life Star Bead could protect him. As his soul was erased, the Life Star Bead also dissipated. A generation’s Life Star expert, someone on the level of a sect master, fell.
“How is that possible?! How can Long Chen subdue an Ancestral item?!” cried someone. This was something fundamentally impossible.
It had to be known that Ancestral items were incredibly powerful. They were treasures left behind by powerful ancestors and needed a seal from those ancestors just to prevent them from attacking their new masters.
Even a Soul Transformation expert wasn’t able to subdue an Ancestral item without a slave mark. In fact, they might even be killed by that Ancestral item. Only Life Star experts were qualified to subdue them.
Furthermore, sometimes even Life Star experts couldn’t subdue the more powerful Ancestral items. It would require several of them working together.
The first thing that the blown-up Life Star expert had thought wasn’t to subdue it, but to put it away to avoid disturbing its item-spirit. It was because he hadn’t tried to subdue it that he hadn’t realized the difference between what he had imagined and reality. As a result, he lost his life.
“Little bastard, did I not beat you enough?! Were you trying to con me?!” The Seventh Boss’s face was green as he cursed. Just now, he had suffered an injury to force back his opponents and fly toward that Ancestral item.
But halfway there, it had exploded, and that terrifying power had blown him away and made him cough up blood. If he had been a bit faster, he’d probably be heavily injured.
“I said for you to not panic and that an Ancestral item was coming. I meant it was coming to help; I never said I was giving it to you. But don’t worry, I’ll send you another one. Let’s see if anyone tries to fight over it.”
After saying that, Long Chen grabbed Bao Buping’s sword and threw it at the Seventh Boss. At the same time, he shouted, “Quick, everyone should grab it! If you miss this chance, it won’t come again.”
Bao Buping’s sword flew through the air at the Seventh Boss in front of everyone’s gazes. But none of these Life Star experts tried to go and grab it.
Although they had clearly seen Long Chen take it from Bao Buping, they didn’t dare. He had obviously done that intentionally as if saying look, this Ancestral item isn’t mine. It won’t explode, don’t worry!
Long Chen was too big of a conner. Of all the people that had died so far in this battle, none of them had been slain by the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s bosses. Instead, they had all been conned to death by Long Chen.
Whether it was Soul Transformation experts or Life Star experts, they were now afraid of his conning. After all, they only had one life. Being conned out of their life meant that they really would have nothing else left.
The Seventh Boss caught the sword. His expression was strange as he said, “Brat, will it explode if I start fighting with it?”
“There’s no way to say for sure. But don’t worry, even if it does explode, it will only explode when there are many people attacking you at the same time. If you die from the explosion, there will definitely be several Life Star experts following you. You won’t have lost out at all,” said Long Chen.
“Hahaha, good, then little bastards, it’s time to continue fighting!” laughed the Seventh Boss thunderously while launching a sudden attack full of vigor. It was like he wasn’t afraid of dying at all.
“Sixth Boss, you should take one as well. If anyone wants to try, they can come and try fighting over it!” Long Chen grabbed Chang Hao’s sword and tossed it to the Sixth Boss. The Seventh Boss and Sixth Boss were the weakest, and the Sixth Boss’s sword had also become covered in cracks. It wouldn’t last much longer.
When Long Chen had taken Bao Buping’s sword, the expression on Bao Buping’s face hadn’t been one of disappointment or sadness. Instead, it was a complicated expression. He both wished for there to be someone who tried to take and not to take it.
Because if someone tried to, he was capable of doing the same thing as Long Chen and detonating it. Under the threat of the black pot, he had already placed a slave mark on the Ancestral item. It was unable to resist his orders.
In comparison to the Blazing Dragon Cauldron which had managed to rebel against Dan Chu and Dan Teng, Bao Buping was currently the ‘first generation’ master of the Ancestral item. The Blazing Dragon Cauldron had had a slave mark placed on it by its original owner, but then future generations of its owners had only been in charge of protecting that slave mark. But in truth, the power of the slave mark had already long since begun to decline.
As ‘first generation’ masters who placed a completely new slave mark instead of working around an old one, Long Chen and Bao Buping were both capable of detonating their Ancestral items without them being able to resist. Bao Buping also longed to be able to kill a Life Star realm like Long Chen, but the price of showing off like that was extremely high, so he was conflicted.
When his sword landed in the Seventh Boss’s hand, he sighed in relief but also in disappointment. His emotions were very complicated.
As for when Long Chen tossed out Chang Hao’s sword, his expression was about the same as Bao Buping’s. He could only stare, conflicted.
Everyone present was a wily old fox. They all saw those complicated expressions. But in the end, the Ancestral item wasn’t stopped by anyone and safely landed in the Sixth Boss’s hands.
“Gutless.” Chang Hao sighed. In his eyes, exchanging an Ancestral item for the life of a Life Star expert was definitely worth it. When he bragged, he could confidently say that when he was only at the Foundation Forging realm, he had killed a Life Star expert.
The detonation of an Ancestral item had killed one of the thirteen Life Star experts, and two Ancestral items had joined in. Although the Seventh Boss and Sixth Boss weren’t the masters of
these Ancestral items and were unable to bring out their power, they no longer had to worry about their weapons shattering, so their fighting became even more berserk and unrestrained. As a result, the bosses’ previous disadvantage was wiped out. But suppressing their opponents would still be very difficult.
“Long Chen, what is it?”
Bao Buping suddenly saw Long Chen frowning and looking around, his expression growing grave.
“We’ve probably landed in someone’s trap.” Long Chen’s expression was somewhat gloomy now. A bad feeling rose in his heart.
Buzz.
Just at this moment, a blood-colored crescent moon appeared in the sky. When it shone, the entire world began to reek of blood.
BOOM!
The blood moon detonated, transforming into millions of runes that covered heaven and earth. Everything within tens of thousands of miles was covered.
Long Chen was startled. Pulling Bao Buping and Chang Hao, he rushed straight toward the channel below the Sovereign Blood Seal.
“Hmph, it’s already too late. Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation, arise!”
Suddenly, a burst of icy laughter rang out, devoid of emotion. Following it, heaven and earth shook as a blood-colored barrier appeared. Everything around here was enveloped by a blood-colored formation.
Long Chen, Bao Buping, and Chang Hao slammed into the barrier and rebounded, feeling their blood and qi flipping inside them. They coughed up a mouthful of blood.
They had just been a bit away from being able to enter the entrance to Devil Spirit Mountain. But now this blood-colored barrier had enveloped everyone here.
Long Chen’s heart shook. Looking into the sky, he found that he wasn’t even able to see the clouds any longer. The formation had turned everything blood-colored. It was full of the air of blood and death.
“The Corrupt path.” Long Chen’s heart pounded hard. This kind of technique was something only the Corrupt path would use. This formation was created by the essence blood of experts. It was extremely terrifying.
This sudden change caught everyone off-guard. They all stopped fighting. The seven bosses landed in front of Long Chen’s group of three, protecting them. Boss Bao gravely said, “Now it might be troublesome.”
Bao Buping and Chang Hao’s hearts immediately sank to the bottom of the valley. Even the always valiant Boss Bao said that it would be troublesome. It seemed this formation was something even Boss Bao was helpless against.
On the other side, the Life Star experts led by Dan Sheng all had shocked expressions. The Righteous path’s experts were especially worried.
“I am Dan Sheng, Pill Valley’s thirty-sixth Elder. May I ask whatever person from the Corrupt path has come to show themselves?” asked Dan Sheng loudly.
Although the Righteous path and Corrupt path were like water and fire, Pill Valley was neutral, and did not participate in their battles. Although this was unexpected, he still wasn’t afraid.
Buzz.
The huge formation shook slightly, and countless blood-colored runes lit up. They formed figure after figure.
Those figures fell from the top of the formation. They seemed like calabashes falling from the sky. They were a bit comical.
But no one dared to laugh, because when the calabash-like runes faded, they revealed one powerful expert after another.
When they saw tens of thousands of experts wearing the Corrupt path’s robes, even the seven bosses’ expressions changed.
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The formation created a huge blood-colored barrier that trapped them all. A murderous aura filled the formation. There was a strong air of death.
As ‘calabashes’ formed of blood-colored runes fell from the sky one by one, it made the entire formation seem like some kind of growth that was bearing fruit.
When the runes slowly dissipated from the calabashes, they revealed Corrupt experts wearing blood-red robes with images of fiendish faces on their chests.
Everyone here sucked in a cold gasp of air upon seeing this. There were actually tens of thousands of Corrupt experts. They stood in the air, looking like blood-colored clouds.
Shockingly, eighteen elders were standing at the front. They were all Life Star experts, and behind them were over five hundred Soul Transformation experts.
Other than those people, there was a huge crowd of Foundation Forging disciples. These disciples didn’t look very old, but their cultivation bases were extremely condensed. They were elites amongst the Foundation Forging realm. Several of them had such powerful auras that they could be powerful rank eight Celestials.
The thing that shocked Long Chen the most was that amongst the Foundation Forging disciples, a certain disciple stood at the very front. He was like the bright moon amongst dim stars.
He was a slender, handsome man, but his face was pale as paper. Most eye-attracting of all was his red-colored hair.
The contrast between the blood-like hair and his pale face made him look even more conspicuous.
Standing in the air, he looked down at Long Chen expressionlessly. But Long Chen could sense dense killing intent in his eyes.
The Righteous and Corrupt paths could not coexist. The enmity between both sides was something that couldn’t be washed away even with all the Martial Heaven Continent’s water.
For him to form killing intent toward Long Chen was simply natural. But Long Chen felt like he could see another kind of emotion in his eyes. He didn’t know if it was a misperception, but it felt like envy.
“Haha, Xuan Jizi truly is worthy of being someone from Heavenly Fate Island. Other than Long Chen, he actually allowed us to catch so many other big fish. It was worth it to mobilize such a huge force.” The lead Corrupt Life Star expert laughed, his voice like blades stabbing through everyone’s ears.
This elder was withered and tiny like a dwarf. Pockmarks covered his whole face. His eyes were sunken, and his nose protruded out like a beak. It was an extremely frightening appearance.
“This old ghost is very powerful. Be careful.” Bao Buping sent a message to his side. Although there were multiple Life Star experts present, this dwarf gave him the most terrifying feeling of danger.
Long Chen was deeply shaken as well as infuriated. The Grand Han had received a heavy blow by that formation master called Xia Chen. But the Heavenly Fate Pavilion hadn’t been harmed at all. Despite that, that bastard had once more schemed against him. The Corrupt path had clearly been willing to pay any price to kill him this time. They had actually mobilized this many people and even set up this Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation, causing all of them to despair right at the start.
Eighteen Life Star experts, over five hundred Soul Transformation experts, and tens of thousands of Foundation Forging disciples. The power difference was stark.
Long Chen saw each of these disciples holding a blood-colored jade tile. Most likely, those tiles were connected to this formation. The Blood Moon Devouring Sun formation must have required their collective power to form, or they wouldn’t have brought so many disciples.
A formation created by tens of thousands of people. Anyone with a head would know that this Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation had to be terrifying.
“Fuck, they really look too highly on me,” cursed Long Chen inside. They had actually mobilized tens of thousands of experts to capture him. Was there a need to be so exaggerated?
As soon as these Corrupt experts appeared, they crushed both sides. With everyone trapped within the Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation, they were like absolute rulers.
The dwarf from the Corrupt path glanced at Dan Sheng and hesitated. “The Pill Tower and ancient races’ people can leave.”
The Corrupt path was vicious, and they were like water and fire with the Righteous path. When it came to them, in the end, one side would have to die. But the Pill Tower and ancient races were neutral powers. The Corrupt path didn’t want to have so many powerful enemies, especially not the Pill Tower.
Dan Sheng
frowned. He could ignore the others, but Long Chen had shocking secrets on him, and he had to find those. “Long Chen is someone my Pill Valley must obtain. I can’t-” He was using the name of Pill Valley to suppress the Corrupt path and take back Long Chen.
The Corrupt expert’s expression sank. “Long Chen must be killed by my Corrupt path. From the Eastern Wasteland to the Central Plains, he has caused heavy losses for us. Furthermore, in order to kill him this time, we even paid the price to summon the Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation and sent this many people. Do you feel like we’d possibly let you take him away?”
His voice was ice-cold, and he was clearly angry. He felt like Dan Sheng didn’t know to appreciate his kindness. The reason the Corrupt path had mobilized so many people without caring about the rest of the world laughing at them was just to have a one hundred percent chance of capturing Long Chen.
Ever since the first Righteous and Corrupt battle in the Eastern Wasteland, Long Chen had been put on the Corrupt path’s must-kill list. But each time they made any moves to kill him, the plans were ruined and they took losses.
Not only did they fail to kill Long Chen, but they actually allowed him to kill his way to the Central Plains. The Eastern Wasteland’s Corrupt path was even almost annihilated to the last man. This was the greatest humiliation in the Corrupt path’s history.
From the Eastern Wasteland’s Corrupt path’s must-kill list, Long Chen went directly to the Central Plains’ Corrupt path’s must-kill list. Then in the battle over the eastern sea, due to Li Tianxuan’s arrangements, one of their Life Star experts had even been captured alive. That had completely infuriated the Corrupt path’s higher-ups.
Right now, Long Chen was a thorn in the Corrupt path’s side. To make sure Long Chen didn’t have any chance of escaping this time, they had even used the Blood Moon Devouring Sun Formation.
Long Chen’s growth was something the Corrupt path had foreseen from the start. They definitely couldn’t allow him to continue growing. His potential was too terrifying.
Furthermore, in the past few years in the Central Plains, Long Chen’s display had truly shocked the Corrupt path. It wasn’t just Long Chen; what shocked them was how Long Chen led the Dragonblood Legion to rise with him.