Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k

Through Xie Qianqian’s appraisal, she determined that of those nine blood-colored crystals, three were blood essence stones and three were blood soul stones.

  Xie Qianqian didn’t need those, because the Alldevil star-field already had them. In fact, they had so many that they had to come up with ways to sell them to other star-fields. Other than needing to get through the layers of blockades of the Alldevil race, they also had to pay a high transportation fee. Their profits weren’t very high.

  As a result, the blood-colored crystals went to Long Chen, while the life spirit crystals went to Xie Qianqian. However, Xie Qianqian didn’t have anywhere to store them. She had no choice but to pour out the life spirit water in her bottles and put the life spirit crystals inside. That aggrieved her, but there was nothing she could do. On the other hand, Long Chen simply sucked them into the primal chaos space.

  The surrounding crystals were quickly pulled out. There were more ahead, but they were too close to the core, making the two of them not dare to approach. They began to slowly roam the outer regions, looking to get some more crystals.

  However, the hurricane at the core rapidly expanded. It came without any warning at all.

  “Run!” Long Chen’s expression changed, and he hastily pushed Xie Qianqian to send the flying boat running.

  However, the flying boat had just started moving when a terrifying suction force came over them. The flying boat began to fly toward the hurricane out of their control.

  Chapter 1605 Sucked Into the Whirlpool

  “Not good! Put away the flying boat!” shouted Long Chen. The flying boat was too large. If they put it away, perhaps they might have some hope of escaping

  Xie Qianqian was panicking, and she hastily slammed a button on the flying boat’s control panel.

  The flying boat instantly transformed into a ray of light that entered Xie Qianqian’s head. The image of a flying boat appeared on her forehead.

  Once the flying boat vanished, they instantly felt a terrifying suction force. They began to fly into the twister in the sky.

  “Grab hold of me!” shouted Long Chen. Evilmoon appeared in his hand. As it was heavier than a mountain, the two of them immediately dropped to the ground.

  Long Chen stabbed Evilmoon into the hard rock all the way to the hilt. He just barely managed to stabilize himself.

  Xie Qianqian held on tightly to Long Chen’s waist, but her body was already being pulled into the air. That suction force was too terrifying.

  “Hold on tightly! I can bring you out!” called out Long Chen.

  At this moment, it was like he was on the edge of a rapid waterfall. The pulling force behind him was too great. Just standing there was very difficult.

  Relying on Evilmoon’s weight, he forcibly took a step forward. However, the ground was too flat and smooth. There was nowhere for him to get leverage.

  “Hold on!”

  Long Chen took a deep breath. He suddenly pulled Evilmoon out and stabbed it back into the ground as quick as lightning.

  This fierce movement only gained him half a foot of distance. However, that didn’t discourage him. In fact, this was a good sign. As long as he could move away, the further he got from the whirlpool, the weaker its pull would be.

  “Long Chen… I can’t hold on any longer.” Xie Qianqian was holding onto Long Chen as best as she could; however, her arm strength was limited.

  “Ah!”

  Xie Qianqian let out a frightened cry as she lost power in her arms and was sucked away by the whirlpool.

  Long Chen suddenly extracted Evilmoon and followed the suction force as well. Then, he grabbed Xie Qianqian’s arm before stabbing Evilmoon into the ground again.

  Xie Qianqian was saved, but now they were hundreds of meters closer to the twister. The pull was even stronger.

  Furthermore, he was now holding onto Xie Qianqian with one hand. He couldn’t use the same method he had before.

  The thing that made his heart grow cold was that he actually couldn’t think of anything. He could only keep this position. However, if this continued, he would run out of energy sooner or later. Then they would be sucked into the twister and torn apart.

  “Long Chen, throw her away and you’ll have a chance to get out. She’s just a burden,” said Evilmoon.

  Long Chen ignored Evilmoon and looked all around. His brain was working rapidly to find some way to get out.

  He also knew that as long as he let go, then without the burden of an extra person, he would have a high chance of being able to get away.

  However, while he was no gentleman, he definitely wasn’t someone who would abandon his companion in the face of danger.

  “Fool, do you want to die with her?” raged Evilmoon.

  Long Chen continued to ignore it. He kicked the ground, trying to make a foothold for himself, but the ground was both tough and slippery. His kicks only caused his foot to hurt.

  “Long Chen, let me go. Perhaps you’ll be able to escape on your own,” said Xie Qianqian softly as she watched Long Chen struggle.

  She knew that neither of them would be able to escape like this. She knew this, and she knew Long Chen knew it as well.

  “I’m grateful you didn’t abandon me, but it’s your only choice,” said Xie Qianqian helplessly.

  Long Chen shook his head. “There’s always a way. Don’t panic.”

  “It’s useless. If you wait any longer, you’ll use up too much energy and won’t be able to even save yourself. Thank you. I’m happy to have met you before dying.”

  Light suddenly shone from Xie Qianqian’s arm. Long Chen was startled as Xie Qianqian actually slid from his hold.

  That energy was strange. It was not physical or spiritual energy, but it made it so he couldn’t grab hold of her arm.

  “Are you joking? I’ve never abandoned a companion. Let’s have a look at what’s inside the whirlpool!”

  Long Chen suddenly pulled Evilmoon out of the ground. The two of them began flying toward the whirlpool.

  “Are you crazy?!”

  Two voices rang out at the same time. One was Xie Qianqian’s, while the other was Evilmoon’s that rang out in his mind. Xie Qianqian’s voice was full of shock, while Evilmoon’s voice was full of rage.

  Long Chen held onto Xie Qianqian’s waist and didn’t reply. With Evilmoon in his right hand, he stared closely at the nine-colored twister.

  Long Chen’s thoughts were definitely not calm at this time. He didn’t even know what he was thinking. It wasn’t as if he had a relationship with Xie Qianqian. Why did he have to be so stupid as to throw himself into danger?

  It had just been a kind of instinct. He didn’t know if it was because of his own sense of duty or because of the arrogance of the Pill Sovereign, but he couldn’t abandon anyone. Even Long Chen didn’t know why he would occasionally do such foolish things.

  Xie Qianqian silently cried as she was held by Long Chen. Ever since her parents had died, no one had ever treated her well, but Long Chen was actually sacrificing his life to accompany her.

  “Don’t be so emotional yet. There’s still a long way to go before we die. Hold onto my back and hold on tight. I’m going to fight,” said Long Chen.

  Xie Qianqian tightly held onto Long Chen. Her arms were around his neck, and even her legs were wrapped around his waist. As extra precaution, Long Chen pulled out some rope and bound her to him. That way, he didn’t need to worry about her falling off.

  They were getting closer and closer to the twister. Its pull was so powerful that Xie Qianqian felt like she was being crushed.

  The majority of the pressure was being endured by Long Chen, but she was already in such a state. She clenched her teeth and forced herself to be silent, afraid that the slightest disturbance would affect him.

  Long Chen’s divine ring appeared. The red, orange, yellow, green, and azure streams of water shook for an instant, but they quickly returned to normal.

  Having summoned the divine ring, Long Chen felt the pressure weaken. How
ever, that pressure quickly grew back as they approached the twister. Long Chen’s thirty-thousand-meter divine ring seemed to be squeezed by some kind of force and was constantly shrinking.

  This was a scenario he had never encountered before. He understood too little about the divine ring. However, as it was compressed, its power grew greater, shocking him. Was this another possible state of the divine ring?

  BOOM!

  Long Chen was finally sucked into the twister, the core of the whirlpool. He felt like the whole world was squeezing him.

  Xie Qianqian immediately coughed up blood. She was unable to bear the pressure.

  “FengFu Star!”

  “Alioth Star!”

  “Life Fate Star!”

  “Enlightenment Palace Star!”

  Long Chen activated four stars at once, forcing back the pressure. This was the core of the nine-colored whirlpool. Here, he saw that the water of the nine lakes was actually not water. It was composed of countless runes.

  There were nine types of energy clashing here, forming a pressure that could crush mountains instantly.

  Xie Qianqian coughed up blood once more. She was at her limit.

  Although Long Chen was forcing back the pressure and activating the first four stars had won her some breathing room, she eventually fainted.

  “Her physical body is too weak.” Long Chen couldn’t help shaking his head. He had to focus on resisting the whirlpool.

  Now that he was sucked within it, he found that he was sinking. It seemed that there was an exit at the bottom. However, the pressure only grew as he sank deeper.

  Long Chen couldn’t resist the pull. He could only slowly sink.

  As the pressure grew, the divine ring continued to shrink. He paid close attention to its changes because he found that it was growing stronger. Even the power of the four stars had changed in an indescribable way.

  “Perhaps I should consider how to compress the divine ring in the future to unleash more power,” thought Long Chen.

  When the divine ring was just three hundred meters wide, Xie Qianqian’s labored breathing rang out from behind him. The pressure was unendurable.

  “Divine Gate Star!”

  Long Chen’s fifth star activated, and the divine ring was restored to its thirty-thousand-meter size.

  The fifth star was his limit. However, the pressure was still growing greater.

  He could see the bottom of the whirlpool. It was a mass of darkness, like the gaping maw of a monster waiting for its prey.

  The divine ring once more compressed from the immense pressure. As for Xie Qianqian, crackling sounds rang out from her bones.

  “Evilmoon, stop acting dead and help!” shouted Long Chen.

  “Fuck off! Just wait for death. No one will help you,” was Evilmoon’s cold reply.

  Chapter 1606 Purgatory

  “Stop being in such a bad mood and help! These are my principles. When you’re in trouble in the future, I’ll also risk my life to save you!” shouted Long Chen.

  “Scram! Your sappiness is sickening. If you were about to die, I definitely wouldn’t save you,” cursed Evilmoon.

  Although it cursed at Long Chen, black light flowed out of it and wrapped around Long Chen and Xie Qianqian.

  “Little brick, come out too. Your second-rate master decided to throw away his life to pick up a girl. Hurry up and help,” called out Evilmoon.

  The Heaven Flipping Seal flew out as well. It was just about to grow in size when Evilmoon stopped it.

  “Fool, if you unleash your divine power, you’ll be killed by the laws of this place!” cursed Evilmoon.

  “Can you not be so mean to the Heaven Flipping Seal?” demanded Long Chen.

  The Heaven Flipping Seal was a very obedient child and did whatever Evilmoon told it to do. However, Evilmoon went too far with its bullying. Long Chen had to support the little fellow.

  Evilmoon and the Heaven Flipping Seal revolved around Long Chen’s body. The Heaven Flipping Seal’s cyan light mixed with Evilmoon’s black light, forming a protective barrier.

  “Keep your power well-distributed. Don’t go directly against the surrounding laws. Long Chen, don’t slack. We all have to work together…” Evilmoon began to hand out directions.

  The deeper they sank, the narrower the whirlpool. By the time they were at the bottom, it was a funnel. Long Chen’s expression also paled here. The Five Star Battle Armor was reaching its limit as well.

  However, he had to maintain it. Without it, perhaps he would be able to survive, but Xie Qianqian’s body would instantly be torn apart.

  Just as he was at his limit, they reached the bottom. They fell into endless darkness.

  “I’m exhausted. You fool, that energy from the gourd last time was all wasted because of you. Long Chen, tell me, are you a pig?!” cursed Evilmoon.

  It really couldn’t understand why Long Chen would be so foolish as to almost throw his own life away to save someone he barely knew. Furthermore, the Heaven Flipping Seal wasn’t skilled enough to cooperate with Evilmoon very well, meaning it had paid eighty percent of its energy to protect them.

  Its delight at having conned so much energy from the blood gourd of the Corrupt path changed into fury at having lost it all.

  Long Chen knew that his actions were the peak of foolishness in Evilmoon’s eyes. However, in the end, Evilmoon had still helped him out so Long Chen didn’t talk back. It would be fine after it vented.

  He returned Evilmoon and the Heaven Flipping Seal to the primal chaos space. Everything around him was pitch-black, and he could feel himself slowly descending within the darkness. It was a similar feeling to when he had first come to the Netherworld.

  After an unknown amount of time, he felt himself touch solid ground. He opened his eyes and activated his sixth sense.

  Through his sixth sense, he managed to ‘see’ his surroundings. It was a ruined palace. He didn’t know if it was because he was too small, but he felt like an ant in a giant’s lair. Based on his estimate, this palace was dozens of kilometers high and hundreds of kilometers wide.

  The place he had landed was on two open hands. The owner of those hands was a giant statue.

  The statue wasn’t standing but kneeling on the ground. Its hands were outstretched before it, as if it was begging for charity.

  Long Chen calmly sat on the two hands and slowly recovered his energy. Using the Five Star Battle Armor was extremely taxing on him.

  As he calmly recovered, he examined Xie Qianqian’s injuries. She had lost a grave amount of essence blood. However, when he used Spiritual Strength to examine her mind-sea, he was comforted to find that although her energy was strange to him, she was able to absorb his Spiritual Strength to aid in her recovery.

  Just as Long Chen was helping Xie Qianqian recover, an angry roar came from the distance, causing him to jump. He saw the palace gates open.

  A dozen figures entered while dragging a large body. Those figures weren’t large. In fact, they were even smaller than Long Chen. They seemed to be dwarves.

  They each had a hawk’s nose and a monkey’s face, as well as black hair on their backs. Other than that, they were no different from humans.

  They held strange blades in their hands. They were three-foot-long triangular blades. Although they were extremely far, Long Chen could sense that those strange blades were very terrifying.

  The dwarfs were pulling a Magical Beast. The Magical Beast was three hundred meters long and had barbs all over its body. It looked to be an alligator, but it had fur. It was roaring miserably.

  Long Chen hid himself and looked around carefully. He saw that the dwarfs were also holding chains that were stabbed through the Magical Beast’s body.

  Creepy laughter came from them, and it gave him a chill. Based on their appearance, they seemed very happy.

  The dwarves pulled the Magical Beast directly in front of the statue, causing Long Chen to jump. If they came over, he would instantly be exposed.

 
; However, the dwarves stopped right before the statue. The ground beneath them began to sink.

  There was actually a hidden mechanism present. The original ground sank and an altar rose. The Magical Beast was chained to the altar by the dwarfs.

  “What are they doing? Is it a sacrifice?”

  Long Chen was curious. The Magical Beast was constantly roaring, but it was of no use. Despite clearly looking stronger than the dwarves, it could only be manipulated by them.

  Just as Long Chen was watching them, Xie Qianqian let out a moan as she woke. Long Chen immediately covered her mouth with his hand.

  Xie Qianqian was startled awake. She realized that she was in Long Chen’s embrace, his hand on his mouth and his scent in her nose. She turned red.

  Long Chen didn’t notice that as he was staring closely at the dwarves. He had yet to fully recover, and he had no confidence in winning against them if they noticed him. He sensed great danger from them.

  Although Xie Qianqian’s voice was cut short by Long Chen and hadn’t been very loud, it had still drawn their attention. The dwarves began looking in every direction.

  At this moment, the Magical Beast that they had bound to the altar let out another roar. The dwarves focused on it again.

  Long Chen wiped off some sweat. Xie Qianqian had really woken at the worst time. The Magical Beast had been briefly silent at that moment; otherwise, she wouldn’t have even drawn their attention.

  Long Chen suddenly felt his hand itch. Xie Qianqian was scratching his hand, indicating that he could let go.

  Only then did Long Chen release her. Xie Qianqian looked out through the gap between the statue’s fingers.

  “Skinners?”

  Xie Qianqian turned pale. She transmitted a message to Long Chen spiritually. Long Chen could sense her terror. “Long Chen… we might have…”

  Just at this moment, the Skinners began to wield their blades. They slowly stabbed the beast’s stomach. It seemed they were about to skin it.

  The Magical Beast roared as if it was in incredible pain. However, its roars only made the dwarves laugh, as if its tormented cries were their greatest delight.