by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“That was a decision you chose with your instincts. Your path is different from ours. To be surrounded by enemies is also a kind of Dao. We were unable to play this chessboard well. If we had tried to be like you, wiping out black and white pieces together, perhaps this world would be in a different state. However, there aren’t so many ifs in this world. Back when I suppressed Evilmoon, I saw a bit of the future and your image. So I decided not to destroy Evilmoon. Instead, I sealed it, using a drop of my Spirit Blood to keep it suppressed. I left a portion of my soul in my Spirit Blood for your arrival. And now, you really have come. In my day, I saw many bits of the future, and the conclusions were all miserable. The continent was fractured, corpses littered the ground, blood flowed in rivers, and all life was annihilated. This place became a graveyard. But this time, I see hope for the Martial Heaven Continent. I see the slightest opportunity when I look at you. But I didn’t expect that another person who could affect the fate of the Martial Heaven Continent would appear. A girl took away Evilmoon’s soul essence. That was originally a gift I had prepared for you. The Heavenly Daos really are unfathomable. However, seeing you, I’m at ease. We were unable to accomplish our mission, so we have no choice but to leave it to you.”
A girl? Was it Leng Yueyan? No wonder she hadn’t appeared here. She must have found another opportunity. Could it be that the thing she needed was precisely Evilmoon’s soul essence?
“This burden’s very heavy. I’m afraid I won’t be able to carry it.” For now, Long Chen didn’t worry about Leng Yueyan. He bitterly smiled at Sovereign Yun Shan. How was he supposed to become the savior of the world? He had never had such aspirations. He wasn’t skilled in saving the world. He was better at exterminating the world.
“You picked up this burden a long time ago. The people you love are your motivation for fighting. I trust you will do better than anyone else. Alright, I’ve pretty much used up all the energy in this drop of essence blood. I have to leave. But before leaving, I’ll help you out a bit. I’ll help you seal Evilmoon’s soul. For now, you won’t be able to use it, so just treat it as a gift for your future self.”
After saying this, Sovereign Yun Shang vanished along with the space around then, and Long Chen appeared on the altar once more, holding Evilmoon’s hilt.
“Die!”
At this moment, Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng launched fierce attacks at him.
“Wood Spirit Protection!” Chu Yao’s cry rang out.
The ground split open, and huge wooden stakes wove together to form a huge wall.
This wall was made of thousands and thousands of wooden stakes. Each of them was thirty meters thick and covered in dark gold runes, and the wall was made of hundreds of layers of them. Chu Yao was going all-out to protect Long Chen.
Just at this moment, the drop of Sovereign blood in the sky fell onto the black saber. The saber let out a heaven-shaking roar and then fell silent.
A banging sound rang out and the wooden wall shook violently. Debris was flying everywhere as Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan attacked.
“Long Chen, hurry! The two of them are too powerful for me to hold much longer!” cried Chu Yao.
Long Chen didn’t need Chu Yao’s urging. He was pulling as hard as he could, but the saber was too heavy. It was like it had taken root.
“Get out!” Long Chen roared furiously. His divine ring appeared and green scales covered his body. Finally, the stone broke, and Evilmoon was pulled out.
After pulling it out, he tossed it into the primal chaos space. When it fell inside, it let out a heavy thudding sound. Its weight was absolutely terrifying.
For now, he had no time to worry about it. A golden flame sphere rapidly grew in his hand.
On the other side of the wall, Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan were roaring angrily as they attacked the wooden wall. The thing that infuriated them the most was that Chu Yao’s wooden wall possessed its own life energy and was constantly repairing.
Now they were experiencing the abnormal defenses of a wood cultivator. Hearing Long Chen’s roar inside, they both had a bad feeling. They no longer held back and unleashed their strongest attack.
A sand hand and a golden sword slammed into the wooden wall, causing it to instantly explode.
Yet, before they could get a look at the situation inside, a huge golden sphere exploded like a star in front of them.
BOOM!
The two of them hadn’t even understood what was happening when they were sent flying by a terrifying force. Worst of all, they were covered in golden flames that ignited their bodies.
It wasn’t just the two of them. The sphere’s explosion covered a huge area, and those rank nine Celestials that had survived were also swallowed by it.
“Fuck, what kind of flame is this?!” raged a rank nine Celestial. It felt like oil was stuck to their bodies and they couldn’t get rid of it. They were only able to circulate their Heavenly Dao energy to slowly extinguish it.
Once the flames were extinguished, they looked like birds that had flown out of the fire. Other than their eyes, they were completely black, and a burned smell came from them.
“Where are they?!”
Sha Guangyan roared, his killing intent raging. A thousand miles in every direction had been turned to charred land, but Long Chen and Chu Yao had vanished. Of course, the black saber had vanished as well.
Chapter 1434 Dark Clouds Gather
“Bastard!”
Peng Wansheng and Sha Guangyan both roared furiously, looking almost insane. Their chilly killing intent made the surviving seven rank nine Celestials shiver. But they could understand what they were feeling.
They had all long since heard that there was a priceless treasure sealed in the Sovereign’s battlefield. So when the Dark Forest had surprisingly invited them in to adventure in the Spirit World, they had immediately rushed toward this battlefield. But the thick mist surrounding this place had stalled them for many days. Many of them had almost died in the mist.
Then when they finally found the priceless treasure, many people had assumed it would land in either Sha Guangyan or Peng Wansheng’s hands.
Yet, the final result was that the black saber’s power had been far more terrifying than any of them had expected, and they were unable to subdue it.
Over a thousand experts were forced to become offerings to it, leaving only the nine of them alive. As for the black saber, it had been snatched away by Long Chen. Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng had labored so long for nothing.
Well, that wasn’t completely true. They had come out with four slaps in the face. Regretfully, Sha Guangyan only got one. The lucky Peng Wansheng was leaving with three, each more vicious than the last.
When they thought about it, they realized all their efforts had ended up benefiting Long Chen. He had snatched away their harvest without standing on ceremony and then bestowed them with a slap in the face.
The seven rank nine Celestials looked at each other, not daring to say a word. They were afraid Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng might kill them in their fury.
Although they were rank nine Celestials, after Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng had appeared, they had known and accepted that the treasure would have no destiny with them. So they hadn’t interfered.
For them, having the treasure snatched away by Long Chen didn’t feel so bad. That was because even if Long Chen didn’t get it, they wouldn’t have obtained it anyways.
“Fuck!” Sha Guangyan roared and smashed the ground. His core sand had been ruined by Long Chen.
The ground was originally a sea of sand, but as a result of the golden flames, it had crystallized, looking like a frozen lake. Sha Guangyan’s punch shattered the ground.
“How could that bastard possess the legendary Heaven Incinerating Flame?” Peng Wansheng clenched his teeth furiously.
“A short while ago, there was an Earth Flame Spirit Beast of the Heaven Incinerating Flame that came out of the river of lava on the outskirts of the battlefield. It w
as still in an immature state, and I tried to obtain it. However, who would have thought that some idiots from the Corrupt path would ruin things and allow Long Chen to snatch it away?” One of the ancient family alliance’s experts suddenly walked forward and pointed at Gui Yan.
Both the trident-wielding ancient race expert and the ancient family alliance expert who had fought over the Heaven Incinerating Flame back then were present. They both glared at Gui Yan.
Everyone’s focus turned to Gui Yan. Gui Yan was enraged. He was the only member of the Corrupt path remaining here.
Although the Corrupt path had also moved out in great force, and in truth, they had brought in the greatest number of people this time, the majority of their experts were attacking the Forest of Life and capturing the Spirit race warriors.
The Corrupt path’s higher-ups had warned them not to go mess around on this battlefield. This battlefield was too dangerous, and the majority of those who entered ended up dying. Even rank nine Celestials might die here.
So in comparison, the things that could be obtained from the battlefield weren’t worth it. That was why the higher-ups of the Corrupt path, the ancient races, and the ancient family alliance had all warned them of the dangers.
However, the allure of the Ancient Battlefield was too great. Despite those warnings, a large portion of people still wanted to test their luck here.
Some people who felt themselves to be extraordinary geniuses came because they felt like they were the sons of fate. They felt that the heavens would help them.
However, most of those ‘extraordinary geniuses’ ended up having weaker willpower and dying in the illusion formation. Even a rank nine Celestial would die there without a strong enough will.
There was a phrase in the secular world: those who drown are those who know how to swim. This phrase was suitable to the cultivation world as well.
The majority of experts listened to warnings. But some experts felt that they were so strong that the warnings didn’t apply to them. Of course, some experts were simply supremely stupid and would come regardless of any advice.
In truth, Gui Yan hadn’t originally been planning on coming here. However, his Ghost King had been destroyed by Long Chen. He was worried that if he stayed in the Forest of Life, he might end up running into him again. That was no different than sending himself into the hands of a Yama King.
So he had entered this battlefield, testing his luck. Perhaps if he found a treasure, he could make up for the loss of his Ghost King. Without his Ghost King, he would be amongst the weakest level of rank nine Celestials.
When he had seen the flame dragon in the lava river, he had been ecstatic. In his opinion, if these two hadn’t interfered, he would have managed to capture the flame dragon, and there would have been no chance for Long Chen to snatch it away.
Now, these two were inverting the truth to push all the blame onto him. He was infuriated. “Fuck off! I was the one who first noticed the Heaven Incinerating Flame, and the first to capture it! Is it fun to slander others? Although you have more experts on your side, I dare you to try killing me!” roared Gui Yan.
He could see that these two bastards were extremely sinister and were trying to get him killed by Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng. Having been slapped by Long Chen and duped in the end, they were filled with rage that had nowhere to go.
Now, the two bastards were trying to point that fury at Gui Yan who was the only one from the Corrupt path here.
Pow! Suddenly, a person was slapped hard in the face.
However, it wasn’t Gui Yan. Peng Wansheng had slapped the trident-wielding ancient race expert. Half his face caved in and blood flowed out.
Peng Wansheng’s slap was extremely vicious. Not only had he smashed that fellow ancient race expert’s face to pulp, but he had used his own Heavenly Dao energy to make it more difficult for him to heal.
Everyone jumped in shock, not comprehending why Peng Wansheng would slap his own people.
“Next time if you dare to use me, I’ll kill you!” Peng Wansheng glared at the ancient race expert. “With my Golden Peng eyes, do you think you’d be able to trick me?”
The ancient race expert quivered in terror. “This little one knows his mistake!”
Peng Wansheng had high authority in the ancient races. Even rank nine Celestials didn’t dare to go against him.
It was just like Peng Wansheng had said. If Empyreans were the crown prince, Celestials were just some random officers beneath them. This was the power of Empyreans, their absolute domination.
Only after he admitted his mistake did the injury to his face slowly begin to heal.
“Explain it in detail. What happened?” asked Peng Wansheng icily.
This time, the ancient race expert didn’t dare to lie at all. He gave a complete explanation of what had happened.
“I heard that bastard is also an alchemist and in control of flame energy. With the Heaven Incinerating Flame, he’s like a tiger with wings,” said the ancient race expert hatefully.
“Who knows how Long Chen entered?” asked Sha Guangyan.
He was very curious. The Dark Forest’s relationship with the Righteous path was unfriendly. How could the Righteous path have sent their disciples in?
“No one knows. But we can be sure that Long Chen is closely related to the Forest of Life,” said Gui Yan. He brought up his own fight with Long Chen in the forest. At that time, Long Chen had let him off just for some Spirit race warriors.
“Then let us use the Dark Forest to attack the Forest of Life and force them to hand over Long Chen and Evilmoon,” said Sha Guangyan. “Where is the Corrupt path’s Empyrean? Who did you send?”
Their agreement was that the ancient races, ancient family alliance, and Corrupt path would all send one and only one Empyrean here. That way, they would all have similar power levels, and they could work together easier.
“It’s Leng Yueyan,” said Gui Yan bitterly.
“Her?”
Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng were both badly shocked. Leng Yueyan’s name was just that frightening.
“Why isn’t she here?” asked Sha Guangyan.
Gui Yan shook his head and sighed, “I don’t know. I don’t even know why the higher-ups allowed her to come. She simply decided to come without asking for permission. Of course, no one dared to say anything.
Practically, everyone in the Corrupt path avoided her like the plague. Of course, those who wanted to die were the exception.
Gui Yan was amongst those. He blessed his fortune that Leng Yueyan hadn’t killed him. In the Corrupt path, there was another rank nine Celestial who felt himself to be stronger than Gui Yan, to be more handsome than Gui Yan, and who wanted to subdue Leng Yueyan.
As a result, his head ended up joining Leng Yueyan’s throne. After that, no one dared to say anything to Leng Yueyan.
In truth, such a large movement was not suitable for Leng Yueyan to come. The higher-ups hadn’t even wanted her to come. She had simply come of her own volition.
After coming, she ignored them all, and she didn’t even give them any information about her own movements before vanishing. The Corrupt experts in the Spirit World could only act for themselves.
“Can you communicate with her?” asked Sha Guangyan.
“No. She doesn’t care about any of us,” said Gui Yan. But he didn’t add what he was thinking: those that she cared about all ended up dead.
“Then we don’t need to bother with her. We’ll immediately gather our forces and alert the Dark Forest that we’re going to annihilate the Forest of Life. If they don’t want to be destroyed, they have to hand over Evilmoon,” said Peng Wansheng, killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Chapter 1435 You Dare to Mock Me
Long Chen and Chu Yao were rushing away. Long Chen was a streak of light, with lightning wings and lightning runes on his feet raising his speed to unprecedented heights.
Under the cover of Starfall, he had pulled Chu Yao out of the range that th
ey could be sensed in just an instant.
“Long Chen, that’s about enough. Let’s rest for a bit.” After six hours of travel, Chu Yao’s voice rang out.
Long Chen looked at her and was frightened to see her face was pale. He hastily stopped. “Are you injured?”
Chu Yao shook her head. “I’m not injured. Your thunderforce is just very uncomfortable to me. I’m not afraid of other people’s thunderforce, but yours is very difficult to bear.”
Long Chen realized the problem. His thunderforce came from the nine heavens’ tribulation lightning. Its aim was pure destruction.
As for Chu Yao, she cultivated the Life Dao. The two of them were incompatible. He immediately put away his thunderforce.
“This really is far enough. We can rest.” Long Chen pulled Chu Yao to a nearby lake. The two of them sat on the shore.
While running, Long Chen had left behind many misleadings tracks. Even if they were being followed, they should have a few days before they caught up.
On the way, Chu Yao had been focused on concealing their spiritual fluctuations and auras. Tracking them would be extremely difficult. The only possibility was if they spread out and searched through a large area.
But doing so would be suicide. Other than Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng, who else could threaten Long Chen?
If the two of them split up, then if they faced Long Chen and Chu Yao alone, they would be in an extremely dangerous position. So Long Chen felt that as long as those two weren’t stupid, they wouldn’t chase.
In other words, the two of them were essentially safe. This battlefield was so huge, that looking for the two of them would be like searching for a needle in an ocean.
“I’m sorry. Both my thunderforce and flame energy are incompatible with your wood energy,” said Long Chen.
The only good thing was that he wasn’t a lightning cultivator, nor was he a flame cultivator. Otherwise, his aura really would be difficult for Chu Yao to get close to.
