Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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The sea of lava split in two. A huge gorge appeared at the bottom.
Suddenly, the lava in the air exploded, and a figure flew out.
“It’s Qu Dajiang! He’s not dead!” Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun let out startled cries. At this time, Qu Dajiang was covered in blood, and his aura was falling. Although he wasn’t dead, he was clearly heavily injured.
As for Long Chen’s saber, despite being a King item, it shattered after he used the fifth form of Split the Heavens. Long Chen let go of it, and its hilt turned to dust before it could reach the ground.
Chapter 1372 Celestial Spirit Flame Sharing Art
If Long Chen had a suitable weapon, Qu Dajiang would probably be a dead man by now.
Looking at the fragments of his King item, Long Chen couldn’t help but miss Blooddrinker.
As soon as he had started storing up power, he had felt that this King item had reached its limit, and so he hadn’t been able to accumulate enough power before unleashing this move. As a result, his King item shattered, causing his attack’s power to drop again. Even so, the fifth form of Split the Heavens still shocked Long Chen.
Split the Heavens was truly worthy of being the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s core divine technique. Just using it once used up half his spiritual yuan. Considering how much spiritual yuan he had, it was clear how terrifying this move was.
If it hadn’t been for his weapon, a full-strength attack using up over half his spiritual yuan was not something Qu Dajiang would have been able to block. This was a move that Long Chen couldn’t use twice in one fight.
With his experience using the fifth form of Split the Heavens, Long Chen could understand how the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect had managed to be the head of the three great sects. Just with the nine forms of Split the Heavens, they had been able to dominate the land.
After a brief moment of shock, Long Chen shot after Qu Dajiang. Of these people, only Qu Dajiang was a real expert. The rest were just alchemists he didn’t need to worry about.
Qu Dajiang was furious as well as unwilling. He was unable to accept this loss.
He was a rank nine Celestial and had become a flame cultivator in the Xiantian realm. It wasn’t that his alchemy talent hadn’t been good enough, but that he was fundamentally a person who liked to fight.
Starting from the Xiantian realm, he had never tasted defeat against someone in the same realm. He had once taken a stroll to various sects to exchange pointers with their experts.
He had also been sent to assist the fight in a land of devils. He had killed countless devils, increasing his fame.
However, now he had lost to someone who wasn’t even a Celestial, and he still couldn’t understand how he had lost. Seeing Long Chen coming at him, Qu Dajiang knew he didn’t have the power to block him any longer. Taking a deep breath, wings suddenly appeared on his back, and he vanished, reappearing beside Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun.
Long Chen was startled. As expected, Qu Dajiang was truly powerful. His movement technique could escape the lock of his divine sense.
However, he also noticed that Qu Dajiang’s aura had dropped another level after using it. Long Chen turned to face the four of them. He wanted to know just what trump cards they still had left.
“I want to kill Long Chen. Will you help me?” asked Qu Dajiang.
“No problem. We have to kill Long Chen, or we’ll all be heavily punished.” Dan Yanxue immediately agreed.
The situation had progressed to an extremely strange point. Their original plan was already ruined.
Long San was Long Chen. For Long Chen to randomly kill people in the Heaven Dragon Flame Region, there was no way to push all the responsibility onto Jiang Zijun. Zhuo Tianxiang also wouldn’t be able to escape this responsibility.
The only thing that would suppress the aftermath of this matter was to kill Long Chen before anything.
When the time came, they and Zhuo Tianxiang would definitely be punished. But as long as Long Chen was killed, there would be room to discuss things. The worst case was that they would simply refuse to accept the responsibility, and with something as complicated as this, it was true that it was difficult to truly blame one party. By spreading the blame and smoothing things over, things could be settled.
That was why Long Chen had to die. But for Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun to kill Long Chen, it was clearly impossible. Qu Dajiang was their only hope.
“I agree. Long Chen is the enemy of Pill Valley. We’ll fully support you,” said Kan Dongze.
“Brother Qu, we know what to do. Fight all-out, but I still hope you can leave him with one breath left. I want to play this bastard to death.” Jiang Zijun smiled sinisterly.
“Alright then. I’ve made my preparations. You should prepare as well.”
Qu Dajiang took a deep breath. His forehead suddenly split open and blood poured out. That was his purest Spirit Blood.
His Spirit Blood condensed into a rune that spread through his body. From a distance, it looked like his body had cracked all over.
In truth, the lines of blood covering him were also composed of countless runes. At this time, Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun also formed hand seals, and blood poured out of their foreheads.
Flame energy erupted from all around the three of them. Their bodies became illusory, and three streams of energy shot toward Qu Dajiang.
An explosive sound came from Qu Dajiang’s body. He let out a shriek as if experiencing some kind of torment.
His skin suddenly exploded, revealing his flesh beneath it. They could see his muscles, veins, and arteries. His bulging muscles shrank; he instantly became skinny. It was like a fatty had suddenly gotten into shape. Except his skin was still gone, and he appeared extremely frightening.
BOOM!
Qu Dajiang’s body was covered by flame runes, which formed his new skin. He now looked like a flame monster. Flower circles had appeared in his pupils, and his aura had reached a shocking level.
“Long Chen, you can die happily. This is Pill Valley’s secret art, the Celestial Spirit Flame Sharing Art. I’ve gathered all their energy, and Death is your only end!” Qu Dajiang’s voice was now extremely strange. It was like several people were speaking with him, and one of those people was a woman.
Qu Dajiang seemed like a completely different person. His aura was violent and mixed. Flames continuously surged out of him like he was an unstable volcano.
Long Chen looked at the distant Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun. Their eyes were closed, and their auras had vanished. They had used some secret technique to transfer all their energy to Qu Dajiang.
A sword appeared in his hand, and he threw it at Jiang Zijun.
Shockingly, the sword went straight through his body without harming him. It was like the current Jiang Zijun was nothing more than an illusion.
“Hahaha, it’s useless. If the Celestial Spirit Flame Sharing Art had such a fatal weakness, how could it be one of Pill Valley’s secret arts? I don’t mind telling you this: this art uses Heavenly Dao energy as the guide and Spiritual Strength as the bridge. The power of their souls, Earth Flames, and spiritual yuan is all mine. As for the three of them, they are protected by Heavenly Dao energy and are between reality and illusion. Your attacks are useless against them,” sneered Qu Dajiang.
This secret art was something Pill Valley did not transmit. Only rank nine Celestials were allowed to learn it, and during that process, they were harshly warned not to transmit it.
Furthermore, they were only allowed to use this kind of secret art when there was danger to their lives. If they used it randomly, they would also be heavily punished.
Pill Valley’s disciples rarely exchanged blows with others, and their lives were essentially never in danger. That was why the outside world had essentially never heard of such a technique.
“It really is not bad.” Long Chen nodded. He had to admit that this technique was very powerful. It allowed the four of them
to share all their power.
Yet, he shook his head. “However, it seems you’re bragging a bit too hard. Yes, they’ve shared their energy with you. But how much of that can you use? Their souls, Earth Flames, and spiritual yuan are all different. Now that you’ve mixed it all together, it looks very frightening, but just how much power can you really use?”
“Hmph, what do you understand? Although I can’t perfectly merge all their power, I can use it to increase the power of my physical body. My power has now reached an unprecedented height. Power is what I specialize in, and now I’ll let you see what absolute power is!”
Qu Dajiang shot toward Long Chen, causing the void to explode.
Sensing this huge power coming toward him, Long Chen smiled coldly. “Then let me see what this absolute power is.”
BOOM! Blinding light exploded like a sun.
Their fists had collided, and they were now bleeding profusely. They were evenly matched.
“This is just a start. I’ll teach you what despair is!” Qu Dajiang roared, and the nine flowers behind his back revolved. Heaven and earth’s energy was rapidly sucked away by him. In that instant, he seemed to become the ruler of this world.
Qu Dajiang’s power had been boosted to an inconceivable level with Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun’s support. He shot at Long Chen.
However, Long Chen was still fearless. His divine ring shook and his 108,000 stars revolved. His green scales blossomed with light, and he also attacked.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…!
The two of them fought using the most primitive method, competing purely in power. Long Chen’s scales burst apart, and he began to bleed from the impacts, but Qu Dajiang’s flame skin was constantly exploding and spurting out blood as well. Their eyes were scarlet as they fought a violent battle, both sides trying to suppress the other in power.
After continuous fierce exchanges, they were both covered in blood. But Qu Dajiang was shocked to find that even with his current power, he was unable to defeat Long Chen. He was startled and infuriated, almost going mad.
“Bastard, die!”
Qu Dajiang suddenly let out a furious roar, and a fiery-red sword appeared. Its ancient runes lit up as it mercilessly slashed at Long Chen.
Chapter 1373 The Blazing Dragon Cauldron’s Power
A fiery-red sword appeared, cutting apart heaven and earth as it slashed toward Long Chen. It was a terrifying Ancestral item.
“An Ancestral item? I have one too.”
Long Chen sneered, and a cauldron appeared in his hand. He used the Blazing Dragon Cauldron to block the sword.
BOOM!
The collision of Ancestral items caused space to crumble and heaven and earth to be ripped apart. Long Chen and Qu Dajiang were both blown back.
“That’s… that’s the Eastern Xuan Region’s core treasure, the Blazing Dragon Cauldron!”
Qu Dajiang’s expression changed as he thought of how one of Pill Tower’s Ancestral items had been snatched away by Long Chen. He immediately recognized the Blazing Dragon Cauldron now, and he turned green with fright.
Although his sword was also an Ancestral item, its age did not surpass a few centuries. The time it had been nourished for was very short. Although it could unleash some of an Ancestral item’s power, there was still quite a distance between it and true Ancestral items.
An Ancestral item. It was a weapon transmitted down through generations and nourished for many, many years.
As for the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, it was a true Ancestral item that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years and had been nourished by generation after generation of Tower Masters. Its item-spirit had already gained intelligence, and it was incredibly powerful. Compared to it, his sword was like a newborn baby.
The Blazing Dragon Cauldron suddenly began to shine, and the sword was sucked inside it. It seemed it wanted to refine it.
“Bastard, return my sword!” Qu Dajiang’s eyes immediately reddened. That sword was incredibly precious to him. He had been nourishing it for a long time, and it was now very adapted to his soul. He had gained the item-spirit’s recognition, or he wouldn’t have been able to unleash its power.
The Blazing Dragon Cauldron was shuddering as the sword did its utmost to escape. It wanted to fly out, but it wasn’t a match for the Blazing Dragon Cauldron. If Qu Dajiang didn’t save it, it would be crippled.
Qu Dajiang charged forward to attack, but he was blocked by Long Chen.
“Don’t worry, the Blazing Dragon Cauldron won’t kill it. I couldn’t bear to do such a thing,” comforted Long Chen.
Of course, he couldn’t bear to do such a thing. That was an Ancestral item, an absolute treasure. He definitely wouldn’t let the Blazing Dragon Cauldron destroy it. But he would need to give it a lesson.
“Bastard, you are forcing me!” Qu Dajiang seemed to go insane. He suddenly formed strange hand seals. “Divine Brahma, hear your disciple’s prayer. Bestow me divine power! Disciple is willing to use his life to open the gate to gods. Unleash divine punishment to kill this person in front of me!”
Following Qu Dajiang’s crazy roar, Long Chen suddenly felt the world change. It lost all its color.
As for Qu Dajiang, he rapidly aged, his life energy rapidly fading. In the distance, Dan Yanxue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun seemed to be struggling.
However, their souls were connected to Qu Dajiang, and the prayer was complete. They couldn’t resist. That strange energy caused them to rapidly age as well.
In just a breath’s time, the four of them aged to the point that they looked to be in the fifties. The beautiful Dan Yanxue had turned into an old woman covered in wrinkles.
A lotus rapidly appeared in Qu Dajiang’s hand. It grew, and wherever it went, the world crumbled. The entire Heaven Dragon Flame Region began to quiver.
Long Chen’s expression finally changed. This was definitely a terrifying move. He had never felt this kind of energy before, but he could sense that it had the power to annihilate him.
He didn’t dare to tarry. Forming hand seals, chanting quickly filled the air, chanting that sounded like gods were murmuring.
“Huo Long, prepare yourself. Our fight starts now!”
Long Chen clasped his right elbow with his left hand. A golden sphere rapidly began to grow in his hand.
With the Nirvana Scripture activated, boundless flame energy poured over from throughout the Heaven Dragon Flame Region, rushing toward him like hundreds of streams.
The flame sphere rapidly grew. One meter… ten meters… a hundred meters…
The flame runes pouring over were all absorbed by the golden sphere. The golden sphere eventually reached three thousand meters.
At that point, it didn’t look like a ball of flames, but a golden star.
Space was crumbling all around it. The world was chaotic. There was no longer any order in this world.
“Just die. All your struggles are useless! Divine punishment - Lord Brahma’s Fury!”
The lotus in Qu Dajiang’s hand shot forward, leaving behind a line of black, crumbled space.
Qu Dajiang had gone completely insane. That Magma Body technique he used was a self-destructive move with quite a few side effects.
Merging the power of four people also had great side effects. However, since they were split across four people, it was a bit better. After half a year, they should all be recovered, but losing half a year of their golden cultivation time was still a large price to pay.
Seeing that they had still been unable to capture Long Chen, Qu Dajiang had finally used his final trump card. He had used his Ancestral item, a secret trump card he didn’t want anyone to know about.
However, not only had it failed, but it had also been taken away by the Blazing Dragon Cauldron. That had made him crazy, and as a result, he used this sacrificial art.
Using his own longevity and essence blood, he offered sacrifice to his god, summoning divine power to eliminate Long Chen.
Dan Yan
xue, Kan Dongze, and Jiang Zijun were forced to suffer with him.
In this kind of situation where they were under the control of Qu Dajiang, their longevity was also stripped away. The three of them were infuriated, especially Dan Yanxue.
The huge lotus possessed endless destructive power as it shot at Long Chen. He could smell the scent of death approaching.
His 108,000 stars all blazed with power, while Huo Long unleashed all its energy. The golden sphere in his hand grew larger and larger as all his power poured into it.
“Star Fall!”
The sphere in Long Chen’s hand shot toward the huge lotus.
When Star Fall collided with the lotus, time seemed to stand still. When they clashed, they came to a pause. In the end, they merged into one, and right after, blinding light exploded, light more intense than the sun.
BOOM!
The sky was smashed to pieces. It was like the world had been destroyed.
“Iron pot, if you still don’t help me, I really will die! I won’t let you off even as a ghost!”
Seeing the shockwaves coming, Long Chen could only take out the iron pot and roar at it.
Long Chen saw that space was crumbling. If struck, he would definitely die.
At this time, the Blazing Dragon Cauldron was focused on sealing the sword and couldn’t help him. He couldn’t only place his hopes on the iron pot.
He had known that the iron pot was an absolute treasure from the start. It was just very stingy and refused to help him. Now he was warning it that if it continued being such a lazy scumbag, he would die.
He didn’t know if it was because it heard his call, but the rust at the bottom of the pot floated off and formed layers of light, creating a powerful defense.
BOOM! The terrifying shockwaves struck the barrier. It was instantly blown to bits, causing Long Chen to turn green.
“Fuck, was this a scam?! I thought you were badass!” Long Chen tightly grasped the handles of the pot and hid behind it. He prepared himself to be blown apart. At the very least, he would lose a layer of flesh.