by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Sorry, I’ll be using you all as whetstones today.” Long Chen shot toward the four of them.
Chapter 1370 Magma Body
Heaven and earth rumbled. Qu Dajiang, Jiang Zijun, Dan Yanxue, and Kan Dongze’s expressions changed. They had never seen anyone trigger such a terrifying reaction just by relying on the power of their physical body.
The most shocking thing to the four of them was that this single punch from Long Chen covered all four of them. An invisible energy was locking them down.
“Long San, you’re too arrogant!”
Kan Dongze roared. A flame blade appeared in his hand, and it turned blood-colored as he activated his Spirit Blood.
Dan Yanxue and Jiang Zijun also immediately activated their Spirit Blood. They attacked Long Chen with their flame weapons.
“Did you not know? When have I, Master Long San, ever been not arrogant?”
Long Chen’s fist smashed the four of them, colliding with their four flame weapons. Their weapons shook, but they managed to block his attack.
However, after blocking him, the four of them were not delighted. Instead, they were deeply shocked, because they were in a deadlock. In other words, his current power was equal with their combined power.
“It seems if I don’t bring out some real power, I won’t be able to do anything to you all!” sighed Long Chen.
Qu Dajiang, Jiang Zijun, Dan Yanxue, and Kan Dongze’s expressions immediately became unsightly. Based on his words, he really did think he could kill them! That was the greatest insult to them.
However, their fury was quickly replaced with shock and alarm.
Long Chen’s five-colored divine ring suddenly began to revolve, causing the void to tremble uneasily. Energy from the world was forcibly extracted by the divine ring, and Long Chen’s power explosively grew. Their flame weapons were blown apart.
The four of them were blown back by his immense power. Long Chen’s figure flashed, and he arrived in front of Jiang Zijun in an instant, his hand clamping down on his throat.
Jiang Zijun was horrified. The other three were all blown away and couldn’t help him. He was facing Long Chen on his own right now, which was something he didn’t dare to do. He immediately activated some kind of movement art, seemingly teleporting away.
Although he was fast, how could he compare to Long Chen who had killed his way out of countless battlefields? Long Chen knew what he wanted to do as soon as he tried it, and he immediately grabbed Jiang Zijun’s arm, forcibly tearing it off.
Jiang Zijun face twisted in pain. As an alchemist who didn’t have to worry about fighting, he had never suffered such a painful injury. He almost screamed.
“Hurry up and use Heavenly Dao energy to heal your arm. This Long San’s extremely strange. Be careful!” warned Qu Dajiang gravely. He was the only real fighter amongst them, and he could see just how strong Long San was. Even so, his eyes didn’t contain the slightest fear and were filled with battle intent instead.
“Long San, you truly are powerful. But having only just advanced to the Jade Core realm, it seems your arrogance has nothing backing it. In the end, you still won’t be able to walk out of the Heaven Dragon Flame Region alive,” said Qu Dajiang.
Long Chen slowly took off the spatial ring on the arm he had torn off of Jiang Zijun. Without even looking inside it, he knew there would be countless treasures. He first tossed it into the primal chaos space.
“I really doubt your words. Just where does your confidence stem from?” asked Long Chen indifferently as he tossed aside the arm.
“From myself. I fought for ten bloody years, dominating the entrance to the devil world, and I have killed countless experts of the devil race. I’m not nearly as simple as you,” said Qu Dajiang. He walked in front of the other three, facing Long Chen alone.
“Fighting for ten bloody years? That makes me think of my own experiences. From when I started rising in the Eastern Wasteland, it hasn’t been ten years. It’s only been over eight years. During these years, I seem to recall fighting quite a few battles. Your words make me think of a few memories.” Long Chen smiled faintly.
“What…? You… you’re not Long San! That divine ring… you’re Long Chen!” cried out Jiang Zijun suddenly.
Qu Dajiang, Dan Yanxue, and Kan Dongze came to a sudden comprehension. No wonder they had felt this divine ring to be so similar. They remembered hearing about this technique.
With Jiang Zijun’s reminder, they instantly thought of a demonic genius in the Eastern Xuan region. He wasn’t a Celestial, but he could still fight evenly against one.
The show of Long Chen fighting one of the Corrupt path’s rank nine Celestials, Gui Yan, had spread and shaken the entire world.
His divine ring had become his signature technique. However, now it was five colors, not four. It seemed to have changed somewhat, so they hadn’t immediately recalled it.
As soon as Long San said that he came from the Eastern Wasteland, they immediately thought of him. Long Chen had offended Pill Valley egregiously, especially the radical faction.
“Hahaha, good, very good, Long Chen! I never imagined you would be so brazen as to waltz your way into Pill Valley! I admire your guts!” laughed Qu Dajiang.
“Thank you. In truth, I also very much admire you.” Long Chen nodded and clasped his hands beyond his back in a leisurely manner. It was like he didn’t care about the four people in front of him at all.
The truth was that he really wasn’t panicked over this. Huo Long had already devoured the sealed Heaven Incinerating Flame.
This was different from the previous Earth Flames it had devoured. Those had been Earth Flame Spirit Beasts that had resisted intensely.
However, the Heaven Incinerating Flame had already been sealed and wasn’t resisting at all. It obediently let Huo Long devour it.
It was just that the power difference between Huo Long and the Heaven Incinerating Flame was too great. It could only devour its energy bit by bit, turning its energy into its own.
The more time that passed, the greater Huo Long’s power was. Long Chen didn’t mind spending some more time on this.
“Hahaha, you really are brazen! Then let me experience just how much skill you have to stand on the same level as rank nine Celestials!” Qu Dajiang laughed. A rune suddenly appeared on his forehead, and it quickly spread to cover his entire body.
That rune seemed to take root in his body. His already bulging muscles grew to another level, and his body hardened, looking like rock.
The space around Qu Dajiang began to wildly twist, and Jiang Zijun, Dan Yanxue, and Kan Dongze were all forced to retreat. Just by being near him, they had felt like they would be flattened. That energy seemed to want to crush their bodies.
“Haha, do you see? This is the Magma Body that only flame cultivators with the strongest physical bodies can train in! This secret art is incredibly powerful, and the only drawback is that it puts a great strain on the body when it’s used. That strain can’t even be immediately healed by Heavenly Dao energy, so it requires me to rest for three months after I use it. However, for you, Long Chen, using my Magma Body is definitely worth it. Hopefully, you won’t disappoint me, or I really will make you live a life worse than death!”
Qu Dajiang grew so large that his voice became raspy and no longer sounded human. He now looked like a monster full of explosive power.
“I hear you also excel in power. Bring out your battle armor. In your current state, you’re not a match for me. I don’t want to waste my time,” said Qu Dajiang.
“Alright, then I’ll test your secret technique for myself. It just so happens that I also don’t like wasting time.”
“Five Star Battle Armor!” Long Chen let out a cry inside, and five stars appeared in his eyes. Although the star corresponding to the Divine Gate Star was dim, it was still present. When it appeared, five stars vaguely appeared within the divine ring.
The divine ring began to revolve faster and faster, until it reached such
a speed that it didn’t even look like it was revolving.
Heaven and earth lost their light. It was like the world had lost its weight. Fist-sized balls of lava suddenly floated out of the sea of lava beneath them. It was as though heaven and earth had inverted and a rain of lava was going up.
The divine ring suddenly blossomed with light, and a sacred aura spread. In front of the divine ring, everyone else felt an urge to prostrate themselves.
Jiang Zijun, Dan Yanxue, and Kan Dongze all turned pale, never having seen such a terrifying technique. Even Qu Dajiang who was in his strongest state was shocked.
Suddenly, the rising balls of lava exploded in the air. Long Chen’s aura climbed to a peak and stopped rising.
“This is your strongest state? It seems there wasn’t much change. It’d be best if you weren’t just trying to pull a trick, or your death will be very miserable.”
Qu Dajiang was somewhat suspicious, because Long Chen’s aura might be shocking, but the fluctuations of his physical body didn’t seem to have changed that much.
Qu Dajiang bent ever so slightly, and an explosive sound rang out as he shot toward Long Chen.
Chapter 1371 Fifth Form of Split the Heavens
“Don’t worry, I, Long Chen, never disappoint my opponents.”
Seeing Qu Dajiang charging at him, Long Chen bent his knees and spread his feet ever so slightly. Like an arrow shooting out of a bow, he sprang forward.
BOOM!
The sea of lava exploded. Flames runes turned into bright lights that shot into the distance.
Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun all coughed up blood from the shockwave despite defending all-out.
They didn’t have any ability to resist in front of that power. They were filled with shock.
“This is the difference between alchemists and flame cultivators?” Kan Dongze was envious.
“Don’t let your Dao-heart be rattled. The Pill Dao is the correct choice,” warned Dan Yanxue coldly.
Clearly, Kan Dongze had been amazed by Qu Dajiang’s immense power and wished he could possess such power too. His confidence had been rattled.
After all, he was a man, and he also wanted power. But alchemists required a calm heart.
If they switched professions to become a flame cultivator, that great power would make their hearts violent and warlike, and it would be very difficult for them to focus on alchemy. That was why the paths of flame cultivators and alchemists were conflicting.
When alchemists switched to become flame cultivators, their alchemy path came to an end. And as more time passed, their alchemy skill would regress. In the end, they wouldn’t even be able to refine pills.
That was why it was commonly accepted that dual martial-pill cultivation was a dead-end. Within Pill Valley, alchemists possessed grand statuses, while no matter how strong the flame cultivators were, they would be nothing more than fighters.
Furthermore, based on Pill Valley’s ideology, alchemists had a path that could lead to ascension, but flame cultivators essentially had no chance of that.
That was why in Pill Valley, alchemy was the correct path, while flame cultivators were all alchemists who had reached the end of their path and had had no choice but to switch.
At this time, Kan Dongze was envious of Qu Dajiang’s combat power, so Dan Yanxue gave Kan Dongze a reminder to avoid him giving up his alchemy due to his lust for power.
Long Chen and Qu Dajiang were fighting intensely. Wind and flames raged. Each collision of their fists caused space to wildly distort.
“Not bad. You have the qualifications to fight against rank nine Celestials…” bragged Qu Dajiang in the middle of their fighting.
At that moment where he split his attention to speak, a hand came from an incomprehensible angle and slapped across his face.
“What did you say?” asked Long Chen.
Although Long Chen’s slap had come from a crafty angle, it wasn’t very powerful and was not a killing blow. But despite that, Qu Dajiang felt a stinging pain on his face.
Compared to the pain on his face, the pain in his mind was much greater.
“Die!”
Qu Dajiang’s eyes turned scarlet and his hair stood on end. Like an enraged lion, he crazily attacked.
“Demolition Fist!”
Two transparent fist-images shot out of Qu Dajiang’s fists, smashing into Long Chen.
These fist-images possessed explosive power, and they shot out without any warning. Long Chen was immediately struck and coughed up blood.
As for Qu Dajiang, he also coughed up blood. That was because while he had attacked Long Chen, Long Chen had also landed a vicious kick to his lower abdomen.
Neither side had an advantage. Wiping off the blood from their mouths, they once more shot at each other.
Qu Dajiang formed hand seals, and a flame giant condensed behind him. “Spirit Merging Art!”
The flame giant was suddenly absorbed by Qu Dajiang, and flame runes appeared in his eyes. A terrifying pressure immediately descended.
“He’s actually able to use the Spirit Merging Art so quickly! How is that possible?!” Jiang Zijun was shocked.
Although he was an alchemist, he knew what the Spirit Merging Art was. In fact, the majority of alchemists knew it.
Alchemists didn’t necessarily lack combat power. They could raise their own Earth Flame Spirit Beasts. Even without personally fighting, their Earth Flame Spirit Beasts could dominate their opponents.
The main reason Jiang Zijun and the others wanted the Heaven Incinerating Flame was to nurture a terrifying Earth Flame Spirit Beast as a housepet. Whether it was for showing off or actual combat, it had countless uses.
However, alchemists had special constitutions, and so they were unable to merge with their Earth Flame Spirit Beasts. Only flame cultivators could do so. But even for them, merging with an Earth Flame Spirit Beast should take at least several breaths’ time. The greater the connection between the user and the Earth Flame Spirit Beast, the shorter the merging time.
Merging with an Earth Flame Spirit Beast would allow the flame cultivator to unleash several times their previous power.
“One punch! With one punch, I will kill you!”
Qu Dajiang seemed to have reached the border of insanity after being slapped by Long Chen. When his fist slammed toward Long Chen, a whirlwind of flames followed.
“That’s a grand ambition, but you’ll never achieve it in your lifetime.” Long Chen snorted and also sent forth a punch. In that instant, green scales covered his entire body.
BOOM!
Qu Dajiang’s expression changed. He felt like he had been struck by a meteorite, and he was blown back.
“This is your punch that will kill me in one blow?” sneered Long Chen. He felt carefree inside. After advancing to the Jade Core realm and condensing the embryonic form of the Divine Gate Star, everything had changed. He no longer had to fight so sullenly. The feeling of being able to unleash his full power was addicting.
“Taste my one-shot kill as well!” Long Chen took seven steps, crossing thousands of meters with each step to appear beside Qu Dajiang. He sent out a single punch.
His 108,000 stars revolved. A starry image appeared on each of his scales.
Space exploded. His fist didn’t even touch Qu Dajiang. The explosion smashed Qu Dajiang into the lava below, his bones broken.
Lava surged out in every direction from the impact. Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun’s expressions changed. They had never expected that the incredibly powerful Qu Dajiang would be unable to receive a single blow from Long Chen. This was their first time experiencing how terrifying Long Chen was.
“Heaven Rending Divine Slash!”
Suddenly, a furious roar rang out from the lava. The sea tore apart as a huge flame blade slashed toward Long Chen.
Long Chen’s heart shook. This flame blade was an incredibly powerful magical art. It had absorbed the energy within the sea of lava, and it possessed the power to
kill him.
A saber appeared in Long Chen’s hand. The saber pointed towards the sky, and a huge saber-image pierced the clouds. It was like heaven and earth could not endure its existence.
A fierce will was present within the saber-image, one that would make even the gods run. Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun felt like they were lambs for the slaughter in front of this blade. They couldn’t even form an urge to resist.
The will within the saber-image wasn’t one that aimed to kill humans, but one that intended to shatter the heavens. This was a saber at the peak of the heavens, at the peak of the earth, at the peak of all gods and devils.
“Split the Heavens 5!” Long Chen’s saber slashed down mercilessly.
BOOM!
The huge saber-image crashed against the flame blade. The flame blade was instantly blown apart, and without pausing, the saber-image continued down.
Qu Dajiang coughed up blood when his flame blade was destroyed. It had contained part of his soul and had been condensed with the energy of his Earth Flame Spirit Beast. Its destruction injured him.
“Not good!” Qu Dajiang was pale. This saber gave him a feeling of absolute death. He felt like not even a hundred lives would be enough to stop it.
“Sea of flames, form of the heavens… condense!”
The nine flowers behind Qu Dajiang shook. Chanting filled the air as he activated the Nirvana Scripture. Furthermore, this was the second volume.
The sea of lava seemed to obey Qu Dajiang’s orders and rapidly gathered in front of him, forming a barrier. At the same time, flame runes formed layers of barriers on top of the lava.
“Good reaction! His defensive power is something not even Life Star experts can break!” Jiang Zijun was impressed by Qu Dajiang’s quick reactions in the face of danger.
Even Dan Yanxue and Kan Dongze had to nod inside as well. Flame cultivators were the true warriors. Just this rapid reaction speed wasn’t something alchemists like them could compare to.
The saber-image crashed into Qu Dajiang’s defenses. Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun could only stare dumbfoundedly as this defense, which not even Life Star experts would necessarily be able to break, was easily pierced as if it was tofu in front of the saber-image.
