Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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At this time, the dwarf looked toward a distant location in the sky, a place that was covered in white ripples. It was Long Chen and Gui Yan’s battlefield.
Right now, the situation was already unfavorable to the Corrupt path. They had no more trump cards to reverse things. It was up to Gui Yan.
Chapter 1292 Ominous
BOOM!
Long Chen’s fist collided with Gui Yan’s. Space rippled violently from the collision.
But the white runes that formed this separate battlefield were not affected by their power. There was no sign of them breaking.
In their first exchange, both Long Chen and Gui Yan’s bodies shook from each other’s power. They had drawn in this first exchange.
“Your power’s not bad, but a battle isn’t decided through just brute force.”
Gui Yan’s fist suddenly transformed into a claw, and he attacked Long Chen’s fist. He changed moves astonishingly quickly. Gui Yan was clearly someone with great battle experience.
When his fist transformed into a claw, his fingernails actually grew over an inch with flashing runes. They became incomparably sharp.
However, Long Chen coldly snorted and didn’t retreat. Instead, he once more let out a punch, but this time, green scales covered his fist.
BANG!
A few streaks of blood appeared on Long Chen’s fist. Even his scales were unable to completely block Gui Yan’s sharp blow.
At the same time as he sent out this punch, Long Chen launched a lightning-like kick at Gui Yan. It was so fast that it caught him off-guard, but Gui Yan narrowly managed to avoid his life rod meeting a grisly fate. However, Long Chen’s kick still managed to strike his abdomen. He was blown back, feeling a burst of pain.
Long Chen looked at his bleeding fist, surprised. Gui Yan’s claw was even sharper than a King item. It could even break the defenses of his dragon scales.
If Gui Yan hadn’t been able to use his full power with his claw thanks to his kick, his fist would probably be a bloody pulp right now.
As for Gui Yan, he was just as surprised as Long Chen. This move of Long Chen had been too bizarre, and very dangerous as a result. If he had allowed Long Chen’s kick to strike his life rod, that pain would affect his combat power. That would have been troublesome.
“You have a few tricks, but that doesn’t mean you have the qualifications to challenge me. I’ll let you see the true power of a rank nine Celestial.”
The nine flowers around Gui Yan were originally just flower buds. But now, they slowly bloomed.
Each flower had nine petals, and each petal had nine veins. Nine nines represented the pinnacle of heaven and earth.
The world suddenly seemed to bend toward Gui Yan. It was like he became the ruler of this space, as if all the energy of the world had been sucked dry by him.
All the experts fighting in the distance looked up in horror. Whether they were from the Righteous or Corrupt path, they could clearly feel their Heavenly Dao energy suddenly dropping.
Clearly, all the Heavenly Dao energy was rushing toward Gui Yan. They weren’t able to get even half of what they normally had.
Since everyone was a Celestial, they were all equally weakened, making it so that the power difference between them didn’t change. But there were a few unlucky fellows.
Those were the Corrupt Soul Transformation experts fighting Wilde. Their power had dropped, while Wilde wasn’t affected at all. With just one swing of Wilde’s club, they were no longer able to hold on.
The originally balanced battle was immediately flipped. Wilde killed seven Corrupt Soul Transformation experts in just a moment.
This caused a huge disturbance amongst the Corrupt experts, and over a dozen of them immediately went to focus on Wilde.
Just like this, the pressure on the Xuantian Dao Sect’s side lessened once more. However, the Corrupt path still had too many Soul Transformation experts.
But now, the morale between the two sides had completely changed. The Corrupt path had been given bloody blows time and time again, their experts slain. Their morale had dropped.
After all, they had held such an absolute advantage at the very start when it had just been Long Chen and the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s people trapped in their formation. They had been like turtles in a jar that could have been killed at any moment.
But then Li Tianxuan had suddenly appeared. Bit by bit, their advantage was taken away. Now they were evenly matched.
And calling themselves evenly matched was just a way to comfort themselves. It was true if you just looked at the surface of things, but in truth, the Righteous path had lost very few people so far, while the Corrupt path had suffered heavy losses.
The thing that reduced their morale the most was that they no longer had any trump cards to reverse the tides. They could only continue fighting like this. This was a kind of torture to them.
As for the Righteous side, they had only encountered pleasant surprise after pleasant surprise. The display of their heavenly geniuses had completely ignited their morale, bringing their combat power to the peak.
The Corrupt side saw that and knew that it didn’t bode well. If some marvelous figure could also appear on their side and give their enemies a stunning counterattack, even if it was just killing one or two of their geniuses, the morale would balance out. Regretfully, no such figure appeared.
Although the Corrupt side also had rank eight Celestials, compared to the vicious figures of the Dragonblood Legion, they were worthless.
Now the Corrupt side was in a passive position. They were waiting for a chance. And most of their hopes lay in the battle up in the sky.
Up in the sky, Gui Yan’s nine flowers fully bloomed around him. Each flower was nine feet long, forming a huge flower ring behind him. That terrifying pressure contained the will of heaven and earth. That was something others wouldn’t even dare to face.
“Do you see? This is the true Heavenly Dao manifestation of a rank nine Celestial, Nine Flowers Manifest the Heavenly Daos. Each flower, each vein, each piece of it represents a Dao. Together, it comprises all the Daos, and in front of it, even heaven and earth must submit. Just what will you take out to fight me?” Gui Yan indifferently stared at Long Chen like a ruler looking at a commoner.
This was Gui Yan’s confidence. Any Celestial would have to submit in front of a rank nine Celestial. This was the will of the heavens, the Heavenly Daos. If you didn’t submit, you would be killed.
If it was an ordinary rank eight Celestial facing Gui Yan, they would probably be trembling in terror. That was because this pressure came from the Heavenly Daos. Let alone fighting, just being able to stand steadily would be not bad.
But unfortunately for Gui Yan, this kind of Heavenly Dao pressure was useless against Long Chen. This pressure was artificial, created by a mere person. Long Chen had faced heavenly punishment over and over again. That represented the true laws of heaven and earth. Even in the face of heavenly punishment, Long Chen hadn’t submitted. This kind of pressure was nothing more than a fart to him.
Seeing Gui Yan attempt to use his Heavenly Dao pressure to make him submit, Long Chen’s lips curled into an icy smile. He sighed, “Since you’re my opponent, I’d advise you not to use this kind of manifestation.”
“Oh? Why is that?” asked Gui Yan.
“Because it’s very ominous.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Do you really not know, or are you just acting dumb? Don’t you know that flower wreaths are used for the dead? Having summoned such a huge wreath for yourself, do you not feel like you’re asking for death?” Long Chen pointed to the huge flower ring behind Gui Yan.
Long Chen wasn’t speaking quietly, and many of the people on the battlefield below were stealthily paying attention to their battle up above. So practically everyone heard him.
“Boss really is the boss! This comparison is truly alike! Yes, it really is alike!” Guo Ran was wielding his crossbow and constantly sneak-att
acking Corrupt Soul Transformation experts to give others the chance to kill them. But he didn’t forget to cheer.
The others also looked strangely at the flower ring behind Gui Yan. Honestly speaking, its shape was truly similar. Of course, if there were a few poles connecting them all, it would look even more similar.
“Ignorant fool, you’re blaspheming the Heavenly Daos. I’ll show you a power that you couldn’t obtain even if you cultivated for ten thousand years!” Gui Yan was infuriated. Long Chen was actually mocking the rank nine Celestial status that he was most proud of.
“Binding of the Heavenly Daos!”
The runes of Gui Yan’s manifestation lit up, and heaven and earth shook. An invisible energy locked Long Chen down.
Long Chen’s expression immediately changed. He suddenly felt like space had turned solid around him. He couldn’t move.
“Now you should know how amazing rank nine Celestials are. Idiot, how dare you mock my Grand Dao flowers?” Gui Yan sneered upon seeing Long Chen’s expression change. He sent a hand for his neck.
“Green Dragon Battle Armor!” Just as Gui Yan’s hand was about to reach him, Long Chen let out a low cry.
Pow!
A hand covered in green scales swung out in a profound and beautiful arc, slapping Gui Yan across the face, making him let out a pained groan as he shot back like a shooting star. He crashed into the border of this separate battle space.
But curiously, the barrier around this space stretched a bit and then bounced him back. It wasn’t damaged at all.
“Boss is mighty!”
Long Chen’s slap completely stunned the Corrupt experts. Only Guo Ran immediately cheered.
Guo Ran knew that Long Chen was the soul of the Dragonblood Legion. Any of his actions could raise the morale of the Dragonblood warriors.
“Boss is mighty!”
As expected, the Dragonblood warriors all let out an explosive shout. This slap of Long Chen’s caused their morale to soar.
In their hearts, Long Chen was an undefeatable god. But his opponent was a terrifying rank nine Celestial who could suppress all other heavenly geniuses. Even at this great distance, they sensed immense pressure from him.
However, Long Chen didn’t care about celestial rank. No matter what, he could still send people flying with a slap in the face. This made their confidence soar.
Their worries were wiped out by this slap. The Dragonblood warriors completely forgot about Long Chen and focused on slaughtering their opponents. This was a rare opportunity to rack up merit. It would strengthen the Xuantian Dao Sect as well as the Dragonblood Legion.
“Long Chen, if I don’t skin you, rip out all your muscles, carve out your heart, and refine your soul, I, Gui Yan, will swear I’m not human!”
Gui Yan let out a furious roar. The flowers behind him shook as he once more shot at Long Chen with unprecedented killing intent.
Chapter 1293 Soaring Morale
The current Gui Yan was like a furious lion. With all the surrounding Heavenly Dao energy wrapped around him, it seemed even the heavens were infuriated.
In Gui Yan’s life, his first humiliation was brought about by Leng Yueyan. But Leng Yueyan was a woman he wanted to pursue, and even being cut by her couldn’t erase his adoration for her.
In the Corrupt path, power was everything. Leng Yueyan wasn’t just stunningly beautiful, she also possessed an innate grandness that made it so others wouldn’t dare to blaspheme her. But most importantly, her power was enough to shake the Corrupt path. She swept through anyone in the same realm. Being defeated by her was something Gui Yan could accept.
But he couldn’t accept that Leng Yueyan’s heart contained the image of Long Chen. From her words, she clearly viewed Long Chen highly.
So he had come today in order to humiliate Long Chen and prove that he was thousands upon thousands of times stronger than him. He was a supreme heavenly genius, a rank nine Celestial, someone who could look down on all other Celestials. But he had been slapped in the face by Long Chen. It was a completely intolerable humiliation.
“Long Chen, I’ll make you live a life worse than death!” Gui Yan roared. His fist was enveloped by powerful runes. This punch caused space to be smashed apart.
With all the Heavenly Dao energy in the surroundings supporting him, this fist had definitely reached a kind of pinnacle in power. This was no longer just Gui Yan’s attack. It was the attack of heaven and earth.
“This grand ambition of yours is doomed to fail.” Long Chen’s eyes blazed with battle intent. His 108,000 immortal platforms and four qi seas all revolved. Long Chen no longer held back any power either, and he sent out a punch.
BOOM!
This was a world-shaking collision. Qi waves and astral winds surged out, striking the edges of this battle space. In an instant, the original battle space inflated to ten times its original size.
But even so, the white barrier around them didn’t break. Seeing it expand like a balloon, the people fighting below were all shocked.
Although the formation was blocking the real power from reaching them, just the pressure they felt from up there gave them a sensation of mortal danger.
The Corrupt Soul Transformation experts were especially shocked. Although they had seen Long Chen fighting the ancient races and the Pill Tower’s Soul Transformation experts, they hadn’t felt him to be so powerful. Instead, they had thought that the Righteous path’s experts were too stupid and easily toyed with.
But now when they saw Long Chen’s full power, they realized that Long Chen hadn’t been fighting seriously before.
In truth, at that time, Long Chen hadn’t dared to fight all-out, because accidentally touching the Sovereign Blood Seal would be a far too sullen death.
Now he didn’t have any more misgivings. Now that they saw his true power, the Corrupt path’s experts finally understood why heavenly geniuses as powerful as Wilde, Guo Ran, Yue Zifeng, Meng Qi, Tang Wan-er, and the others would all be willing to follow Long Chen.
This display completely showed them how Long Chen was able to lead such a powerful legion.
Even rank eight Celestials would be completely suppressed by rank nine Celestials, not having the slightest ability to resist. But Long Chen, someone who wasn’t even a Celestial, was actually fighting evenly with Gui Yan. He could only be called a monster.
In the first exchange, neither of them had an advantage. Long Chen and Gui Yan both roared and exchanged a fierce tempest of blows. Each attack was a shocking one capable of shattering mountains, unleashing an ear-splitting explosive sound that caused the stars to shudder.
This was a clash of pure power without any technique. They were completely focused on fighting with power.
Each collision was like the eruption of a volcano. Runes whirled through the air and astral winds exploded. The people below were only able to vaguely see two figures continuously clashing.
“What terrifying power. Just what kind of monster is Long Chen? Just by relying on his physical strength, he can contend with the power of the Heavenly Daos?” One of the Corrupt path’s Soul Transformation experts looked up with shock.
Currently, Long Chen had his three-thousand-meter divine ring behind him, and his body was covered in scales. None of his movements contained the fluctuations of Heavenly Dao runes. He was relying entirely on brute force.
The will of the heavens was clearly crashing onto Long Chen. That pressure had reached the realm that they could even see it with their eyes. Anyone else would have had no choice but to kneel in the face of this pressure. They wouldn’t dare to move in the face of the heavens’ might.
But Long Chen’s divine ring seemed to push away heaven and earth, resisting the Heavenly Dao pressure. Furthermore, Long Chen’s own will erupted, a will that was domineering and undefeatable.
He didn’t submit in the slightest in the face of the Heavenly Daos. Each of his attacks contained the determination to break apart the shackles of heaven and earth. With each attack, L
ong Chen wasn’t just attacking Gui Yan. He was also attacking the Heavenly Daos.
“Is he trying to defy the heavens?!”
The Corrupt experts were deeply shaken by this sight. To fight against the heavens’ will was provoking the Heavenly Daos.
Even though they were so far away, even Soul Transformation experts were feeling quite a bit of pressure. It could be imagined just how terrifying the pressure on Long Chen was.
“Boss is undefeatable! Brothers, after chasing boss for so many years, we should also win some face for boss! Kill, kill these Corrupt bastards!” Affected by Long Chen, Guo Ran suddenly charged into the midst of the Corrupt experts. Wielding golden blades, he actually gave up directing people.
That was because he had noticed there was no longer any need for directions. The Dragonblood Legion had the fifty healing experts to protect them, so they weren’t in any danger.
In a battle of Soul Transformation experts, his crossbow’s killing power was limited. He had tried several times to save the lives of some dying Elders, but he hadn’t been able to do that. After seeing several Elders being killed without being able to stop it, his fury soared. Some of these Elders were the ones he knew.
The sight of Long Chen fighting against the heavens provoked Guo Ran, and he couldn’t hold back any longer. He directly charged at the Corrupt Soul Transformation experts.
One of those Corrupt Soul Transformation experts snorted and blocked Guo Ran’s blades with a truncheon. He had just been considering how he should cut down this irritating fellow when Guo Ran actually sent himself to him. With a cold smile, he was just about to attack when tiny holes suddenly opened on Guo Ran’s chest. Dozens of black needles shot out.
The Corrupt expert was startled. At this range, there was no way to block. He hastily dodged to the side. But Guo Ran had timed his attack very well, and no matter where the Corrupt expert went, he would be struck by at least one.
As expected, one of those needles pierced his arm. But its power wasn’t that great, and it didn’t possess any killing power.