by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
BOOM!
Eventually, Long Chen had advanced so far that it seemed he had reached a limit. The spatial blades finally surged toward him.
Long Chen smiled faintly. His divine ring unleashed waves of divine light that formed a protective barrier around him. The spatial blades bounced off his barrier without inflicting the slightest damage.
“I really do understand too little about the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. I’ll need to continuously experiment.”
Long Chen was excited to see this result. This move was something he had suddenly thought of when he had advanced to the ninth Heavenstage of Soul Transformation.
The divine ring was capable of suppressing everything. Then he should be able to use that effect. He had tested it, resulting in this barrier.
Waves of light continuously came from the divine ring in addition to the barrier, blowing the spatial blades apart. Exploding lights filled the air, a dazzling and dangerous sight.
An incense stick’s worth of time after the first spatial blades attacked, Long Chen finally reached the end of the spatial crack.
As soon as he arrived in this other world, before he could even see where he was, a heaven-shaking roar rang out and the sky darkened.
A giant claw from the sky came at Long Chen. Before it even reached him, its immense power had compressed the space around him until it was deformed.
“A Netherpassage Magical Beast!”
Long Chen immediately activated the Celestial Lightning Body Blink. Lightning runes appeared all around him, and he dashed away from the claw.
However, although he had dodged the claw, it still crashed against the ground, shattering the ground for thousands of miles. Terrifying astral winds slaughtered all the Magical Beasts in the surroundings.
“Right after a moment of joy, I get this crap!”
Long Chen cursed. This Magical Beast was so huge that half its body was covered in the clouds, so he couldn’t see its appearance. But there was no way he could be mistaken about its aura. It was definitely a twelfth rank Magical Beast, a Magical Beast that had reached the Netherpassage level.
Long Chen’s current aura might be able to scare away eleventh rank Magical Beasts, but it was useless against a twelfth rank Magical Beast. He had almost been turned into a meat patty just now.
The Magical Beast let out a roar, and its huge head came down from the clouds. A golden ball of light shot out of its mouth.
Only now did Long Chen get a chance to see its head. It was similar in shape to an Earth Dragon. However, he had no time to examine it any closer. A huge golden sphere was falling toward him like a shooting star.
“Fuck, how did I get so unlucky?!” cursed Long Chen. How was it that as soon as he arrived, there was a terrifying twelfth rank Magical Beast waiting for him?
Lightning spread throughout the land, and Long Chen’s figure vanished. In the next instant, the huge golden sphere exploded where he had just been.
This move instantly cleaned up the battlefield. A wave of earth spread in every direction. The surviving Magical Beasts fled for their lives, while the rest died.
Long Chen came flying out of the ground, spitting out dirt. It wanted a fight? Fine, it would get one!
Chapter 1732 Who Needs a Saber
A twelfth rank Magical Beast was on the same level as a Netherpassage expert. Although Magical Beasts were unable to control divine items, their innate divine abilities made it so their combat power wasn’t much inferior to human race Netherpassage experts.
Long Chen’s fury was starting to soar at being attacked continuously. He didn’t know if it was because of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, which refused to allow him to lose, or because he had been suppressed by Netherpassage experts for too long. Either way, he wanted to have a real fight against an existence on this level.
BOOM!
The huge claw smashed down once more. Evilmoon transformed into a crescent fang that slashed into it.
However, what shocked Long Chen was that his saber-image was instantly blown apart upon contact with the claw.
“What is this thing?! How can its defense be so tough?” Long Chen was speechless. The difference was a bit too immense, wasn’t it?
“You can’t beat it. It’s the Sword Spine Armor Dragon. Amongst the middle-class dragon races, it stands at the top. Although its bloodline isn’t pure, and it doesn’t have any powerful divine abilities, its physical strength and defensive power are excellent in its class. Fellows like this were just snacks to me before, but now I don’t think we can win. Its skin is too tough. Even before, I would have to skin it before eating it. We should just leave. It’s not that fast, so as long as you want to leave, it won’t be able to stop you,” said Evilmoon.
Even Evilmoon had no choice but to admit that they couldn’t do anything to it. It might not pose a fatal threat, but its immense defensive power and physical strength meant that they also didn’t pose a fatal threat to it either.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon continuously attacked Long Chen, but Long Chen had filled the surroundings with lightning runes and was blinking across them, dodging its attacks.
In front of its giant body, Long Chen was like a tiny ant. However, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s attacks were all very accurate, surprising Long Chen.
“How can it lock onto me?” asked Long Chen.
“If you were just an ordinary Soul Transformation expert, it probably wouldn’t even see you. Since its vision is only a bit better than a blind person’s, it uses its nose to sense things. The reason it’s attacking you isn’t because of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, but because it smells the true dragon essence blood flowing in your veins. That true dragon essence blood might only be from a green dragon, but it is incomparably pure. Amongst the millions of dragon races, only the true dragon is able to shake off the restrictions of any laws and live forever. Other dragons would drool at true dragon essence blood. Even I want to devour your essence blood. Although devouring it has no use to me, it’s practically an instinct,” said Evilmoon.
“Fuck, I treat you as a brother, and you treat me as food? When you get bigger, are you going to eat me?” demanded Long Chen.
“Hmph, the great dark evil dragon race cares more about promises than any other race. When have I ever lied?” raged Evilmoon.
Long Chen curled his lip. “When I first saw you, didn’t you try to con me? I just didn’t fall for it. However, didn’t all those people that fell for it die?”
“Bullshit, I promised that if they helped me break my seal, I would fulfill one of their desires. That’s the same as what I promised you. However, aren’t I still under my seal? They didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, so who cares if they died? Fuck off, I’m ignoring you. Handle it yourself.”
Long Chen was in the midst of blocking the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s attack when his weapon suddenly vanished.
“Fuck!”
Although Long Chen immediately dodged, he was still sent flying by powerful shockwaves. He almost coughed up blood.
“Evilmoon, you almost conned me to death!” raged Long Chen.
“Don’t worry, you won’t die. If you can’t beat it, then run. However, the heir of the nine stars is such a badass, isn’t he? Why would such a person run? Go ahead and kill it.” Evilmoon had already returned to Long Chen’s spiritual space and refused to leave.
Evilmoon was truly a bit angry. However, its anger was also a bit of embarrassment. Back then, in order to escape its seal, it had truly used some shameless methods. That was definitely a bit disgraceful to the name of the dark evil dragon race.
Long Chen was picking at that scab, making it angry. That was its lesson to Long Chen and a warning that he better not bring this up again to mock it.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was very strong, but it had its own clear weaknesses. Evilmoon refused to believe that Long Chen wouldn’t be able to recognize those weaknesses with his combat experience. As long as he didn’t fight directly, he wouldn’t be in da
nger.
“Hmph, who needs your help? I can kill it myself.”
Even without Evilmoon, Long Chen didn’t give up. Long Chen saw the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s weaknesses clearly. However, he had his own bitter troubles.
Having advanced to the ninth Heavenstage of Soul Transformation, he clearly felt a change in his mental state. His arrogant side had grown stronger.
Just after having his power increase, along with his confidence and arrogance, he encountered such a powerful existence. If he fled, Long Chen had a premonition that it would be a serious blow to his confidence.
The Nine Star Hegemon Body Art had very unique points. If, just as his confidence was surging, he encountered such a huge setback, it would be a heavy blow. So Long Chen wanted to defeat it somehow.
However, he was speechless toward Evilmoon’s pettiness. It had just been a joke, but Evilmoon had turned away from him.
Without Evilmoon, Long Chen didn’t even have a chance to attack. He was constantly dodging in the air.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s huge body only occasionally revealed itself to Long Chen at the last moment through the dust and smoke from its attacks.
It was similar to the Earth Dragon in that it had two giant wings. Long Chen had narrowly avoided being struck by its wings several times. The greatest difference between them though was that the Sword Spine Armor Dragon had twenty sharp bone spurs growing out of its back. Each of them was thousands of meters long.
Those twenty bone spurs were where its energy was condensed, similar to a human’s Dantian. They were incredibly tough, and even divine items couldn’t easily damage them.
After repeatedly attacking, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon was getting angrier and angrier at not being able to hit Long Chen. Long Chen was like a mosquito that was flying around its body, but it couldn’t manage to hit him.
All the other Magical Beasts continued fleeing further and further away. They didn’t even dare to get closer to the spatial crack now.
In the Skyscraping World, due to the lack of reinforcements, the Magical Beasts on the battlefield were all slain quickly.
The original devil race’s experts were staring in shock at the spatial crack. As long as nothing was passing through it or disturbing it, it was possible to see through the spatial crack. They could clearly see what was happening on the other side.
Seeing Long Chen fighting a twelfth rank Magical Beast stunned them all. He was only at the Soul Transformation realm but was actually able to fight a Netherpassage level Magical Beast.
They had thought that their fight against eleventh rank Magical Beasts had been an amazing battle, something worthy of pride. Yet, those disciples would be in great danger if they faced a half-step twelfth rank Magical Beast, and they needed the Elders to handle those. However, Long Chen was also in the Soul Transformation realm, but he was fighting a true twelfth rank Magical Beast fearlessly.
“Truly worthy of a nine star heir. He doesn’t even use his saber. He’s fighting it completely barehanded!” praised an Elder.
They had only gotten a clear view of what was happening just as Evilmoon had vanished, causing Long Chen to fight barehanded. They practically prostrated themselves toward Long Chen in admiration.
Of course, if Long Chen knew what they were thinking, he would cry: no matter how arrogant I was, I wouldn’t be arrogant to such an idiotic level. If Evilmoon doesn’t want to help, what am I supposed to do?
With only his bare hands, Long Chen could only rely on the Celestial Lightning Body Blink to dodge through the sky. He was familiarizing himself with its attack patterns. If they fought directly, his chances of winning would be no greater than ten percent. He wasn’t such a fool.
This was an existence that could match Netherpassage experts. Fortunately, its huge body made it a bit clumsy, and its attack speed wasn’t that great. Otherwise, Long Chen would have been forced to run for his life.
With all its attacks missing, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s eyes turned scarlet, and it entered a berserk state. It opened its mouth, condensing a golden sphere once more.
“This is the moment!”
Long Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up. Instead of retreating, he advanced right over to its mouth. Yue Xiaoqian jumped in shock. This action was practically sending himself to his death. The Sword Spine Armor Dragon had released this golden sphere attack several times now, and its power was practically apocalyptic. Even Netherpassage experts struck by it would definitely die.
“Blaze Dragon Spear!”
A black spear appeared in his hand, one composed of black flames. It was filled with a berserk and explosive power, like it was a compressed volcano.
The black spear shot out of Long Chen’s hand, striking the golden sphere. As soon as he released the spear, Long Chen’s figure vanished, reappearing behind the Sword Spine Armor Dragon.
BOOM!
The spear was like a detonator, while the golden sphere was like a bomb. It was like a star had exploded. The golden sphere had yet to leave the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s mouth before it exploded.
Chapter 1733 This is Called Intelligence
The huge sphere exploded in the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s mouth. Its mouth became a bloody pulp, but it didn’t die. It was only a somewhat serious injury that wasn’t fatal.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon flipped back, smashing a large hole in the ground. It seemed the explosion had affected its mind, and it couldn’t even tell different directions apart. Its claws, wings, and tail randomly attacked everywhere.
“What a tough body. No wonder Evilmoon said I couldn’t beat it. Even its own attack was unable to kill it.”
If it was an ordinary Magical Beast, causing their own full-strength attack to explode inside them would definitely be enough to kill them. However, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s defensive power far exceeded its offensive power. It was too tough. Furthermore, with a Magical Beast’s natural recovery abilities, it wouldn’t be long before this injury healed.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s wild attacks were an instinct. It wanted to make sure Long Chen couldn’t get close during this moment to launch a fatal attack. It was buying itself time.
Suddenly, a cyan brick appeared in Long Chen’s right hand. He spun through the air three times, concentrating all his power.
“Little Heaven, show Evilmoon your power. Don’t let it look down on you!”
Long Chen suddenly threw the cyan brick at the Sword Spine Armor Dragon.
Evilmoon refused to work with him, so Long Chen took out the Heaven Flipping Seal. The Heaven Flipping Seal had gained an initial level of control over its power thanks to Evilmoon’s guidance.
The Heaven Flipping Seal explosively grew once Long Chen threw it. It was like a giant mountain as it smashed into the Sword Spine Armor Dragon.
BOOM!
The entire world shuddered. Then everything became calm.
There was a huge cyan brick deeply imprinted in the ground. The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was beneath it, with only half its tail sticking out. Its tail was constantly twitching.
Long Chen jumped in shock. He hadn’t expected the Heaven Flipping Seal to be so powerful. It had actually crushed the Sword Spine Armor Dragon in one attack.
“Fool, how many times have I told you not to use your full power unless it’s a life and death moment?! All that energy you saved up during this time has been wasted!” Evilmoon’s furious roar rang out.
The Heaven Flipping Seal transformed back into an ordinary cyan brick and returned into Long Chen’s mind-sea. It was like a child that had made a mistake, just floating there in front of Evilmoon, not daring to move.
Long Chen sensed that the Heaven Flipping Seal’s aura had plummeted after this one attack. It had used up over ninety percent of its power.
“I was the one who made Little Heaven do this. You refused to help, so why can’t Little Heaven help me?” Long Chen immediately moved to protect Little Heaven. In truth, its power had made him jump as
well. That kind of power could only be described as terrifying.
The Heaven Flipping Seal immediately stopped acting so afraid with Long Chen’s support. It hid behind Long Chen.
“You fool, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon is just a troublemaker. Congratulations on killing it! Tell me, how much do you think you actually got out of it? How much money? You are no longer a rookie, and I am still sealed. Little Heaven is a life-protecting talisman, but you wasted all its energy on something useless like the Sword Spine Armor Dragon! How are you going to protect yourself against the truly dangerous enemies in the future?” demanded Evilmoon angrily.
Evilmoon had been constantly teaching and training Little Heaven to control its energy. It firmly warned Little Heaven that it couldn’t easily attack. In fact, even Long Chen hadn’t realized how powerful the Heaven Flipping Seal was, which was intentionally done by Evilmoon. It didn’t want Long Chen to form a dependence on the Heaven Flipping Seal. The Heaven Flipping Seal was only there to save his life at a critical moment. If he used it nonchalantly, it wouldn’t have any energy to help him when he needed it.
For example, the spiritual seal that the terrifying expert had left on Long Chen’s mind-sea was something that Evilmoon would require a long time to fully erase with just its own power. That amount of time was more than enough for the master of the seal to lock onto Long Chen’s position, and Little Heaven had been the trump card that had managed to break the seal instantly. Now, this powerful trump card had used up all its energy on a useless Sword Spine Armor Dragon. Naturally, Evilmoon was infuriated.
Hearing all this, Long Chen finally understood Evilmoon’s thinking and also gained a greater understanding of Little Heaven. It was an item-spirit he had given birth to from the Alldevil monster’s soul essence. It was like a child, and when it got excited, it wouldn’t have too many thoughts in its head.
“It’s fine. Experience is what leads to wisdom. If Little Heaven hadn’t used its full power, it wouldn’t even know how strong it is, let alone know how to control its own power. It’s not a bad thing. I will ask Xia Chen if he could create a formation to let Little Heaven recover its energy faster. We’re not lacking money. As long as we have money, what can’t we do?” laughed Long Chen.
