by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Startled cries rang out. The black hands had an absolutely horrifying aura. Everyone instantly fled.
These people were all experts amongst experts. They were extremely fast, but those hands were even faster. They began to grab experts.
“AH!”
“NO!”
Anyone grabbed by those hands exploded into bits. Their Yuan Spirits flew out of the remnants of their bodies and quickly withered into nothingness.
Sounds of despair rang out. The nest had suddenly transformed into hell on earth.
Long Chen hadn’t gotten far when one of those large hands chased after him. Long Chen immediately felt a chill. This hand contained an indescribable energy that inspired terror.
“You guys run. I’ll block this attack.”
Long Chen had Lei Long release those experts who had wanted to save him. That large black hand was slamming toward him.
“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!”
“Don’t get emotional, just run!”
Long Chen waved his hand, sending them flying away. He found that the black hand was locked onto him. Others could leave, but he couldn’t.
He wasn’t sure, but it seemed that his attack had broken some kind of law in this place, causing the black hand to want to kill him.
Even though he had been the first to run, he had not managed to reach a safe zone. That black hand was pouncing toward him. If he tried to block it, these experts would be killed by the shockwave, so he had them leave first.
The black hand was even faster than he was. Taking a deep breath, Long Chen prepared to unleash the seventh form of Split the Heavens again. However, he had just activated his acupuncture points when he coughed up blood.
“Fuck!”
Long Chen’s expression suddenly changed. When he had used the seventh form of Split the Heavens before, he hadn’t felt much, but now that he tried again, he suddenly found that his meridians were extremely weak. If he hadn’t sensed this early enough and pulled back, his meridians would have all shattered.
He hadn’t listened to the old man’s advice and had used the seventh form of Split the Heavens before reaching the Life Star realm.
Considering how powerful the seventh form was, he was lucky that his meridians had only been shaken. If it was anyone else, their meridians would have been destroyed.
“Damn, it’s that corpse poison! I was actually poisoned!” Long Chen sensed his condition and was shocked to find that he had underestimated Xie Luo’s Corpse Spirit Sealing Art. A portion of the corpse poison had bypassed his thunderforce to invade his body without him being aware of it.
Long Chen couldn’t help being regretful over how he had tried to play a trick to kill the two of them. He had been too greedy. Instead of gaining any advantage, he had almost destroyed his meridians, had been poisoned, and was now being hunted down by this hand.
With his meridians damaged, Long Chen couldn’t use his spiritual yuan. His Yuan Spirit came out.
“Double Dragon Destruction!”
There were no other techniques he could use. He could only summon Lei Long and Huo Long.
The two of them possessed their own stores of energy. However, without the support of his spiritual yuan, their power sharply dropped.
BOOM!
Lei Long and Huo Long were blown apart upon contact with the hand. The hand merely shook slightly, but it didn’t stop.
Fortunately, that was enough for Long Chen to escape its lock. He shot away, covered in sweat. That hand had made him smell the scent of death. That was the air of death, of darkness, of corrosion, of severing all life. That was something he had experienced once before. It was very similar to the air of the Netherworld.
Long Chen rapidly fled. He was gratified to see that hand begin to retreat after missing. It didn’t attack again. It seemed it had a set attack range, and Long Chen had already escaped it.
As for the Righteous disciples, they cheered when they saw Long Chen escape alive. They had never imagined a peak expert like Long Chen would use himself to block a fatal attack for them.
“You guys should run. This place is too sinister. Brothers, thank you for your loyalty. I wish you well. Let us meet again.”
Long Chen waved to those people as he fled.
He had no choice but to leave. The corpse poison was invading his body and weakening him. Otherwise, there was no way he wouldn’t have noticed the problem with his meridians.
This had all been too dangerous. His meridians had almost been shattered. If that happened, he would be crippled.
Even if he had the primal chaos space, recovering from that would be almost impossible. That wasn’t a problem with his physical body that could be instantly healed. If his meridians shattered, he estimated he would need at least the majority of the year to recover, during which time he couldn’t fight.
In the Yin Yang World, let alone a condition in which he couldn’t use his spiritual yuan, any condition that was not his peak condition was dangerous.
So Long Chen really felt regretful. He had wanted to play smart and eliminate the two of them right then and there, but he had almost caused himself to die. That kind of foolishness wasn’t something he wanted to repeat a second time. This kind of game wasn’t fun at all.
This time, he had experienced the terror of the seventh form of Split the Heavens. He had just used a rudimentary form of it, the simplest form with the least danger, but had still harmed his meridians.
The old man had told him that when using the seventh form of Split the Heavens, connecting all the acupuncture points was just the first step. The next step was to reconnect the final acupuncture point with the Dantian and once more send the energy through the sixty-three acupuncture points. The energy added up but put even greater stress on the meridians.
If he could do this seven times, then he would be able to unleash the full power of the seventh form of Split the Heavens.
The first time he used the seventh form of Split the Heavens, his meridians had started to crack, but due to the corpse poison, he hadn’t noticed. When he tried using it a second time, he had realized something was wrong and scattered his spiritual yuan, but that had still almost caused his meridians to explode.
Looking at the distant nest, he saw the black hands slowly sink back underground. They were claws from hell that had slain people before returning to their home.
“I wonder if True Immortal Jiaoqi and Xie Luo got away. Hopefully, they didn’t have a good ending.” Long Chen prayed for the two of them as he left. However, he knew that the two of them still had their own trump cards. They had definitely not used them during that battle. They had wanted to pay the lowest price and expose the fewest trump cards to achieve their goals. After all, there had been three of them there, and even if one of them was killed, the remaining two could spread information about the other’s trump cards.
It was precisely because he had seen this point that Long Chen had hoped to eliminate the two of them before they had unleashed their full power.
If his attack had struck them at full power, it truly might have been able to kill the two of them, but regretfully breaking through the barrier around the nest had slowed it down and given them enough time to defend.
If he hadn’t been poisoned and his meridians hadn’t been harmed, right now would be the best time to hunt the two of them down. Regretfully, it seemed the heavens were against him.
Long Chen flew away, consuming two medicinal pills used for expelling poison. These had been personally refined by him.
Xie Luo’s corpse poison was extremely powerful. It would take time to expel it. More importantly, he also had to heal his meridians during this time.
His meridians were only cracked right now, so healing them didn’t take too long. Six hours later, Long Chen was able to just barely circulate his spiritual yuan, but he couldn’t fight.
Although this battle had been very dangerous, Long Chen still felt that it was worth it when he thought of the gains.
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nbsp; Just the original true feather was enough to make countless heavenly geniuses go mad. Once Meng Qi refined it, she would be able to activate the Blue Eye Peacock’s divine abilities. That power wasn’t something he could imagine.
The most unexpected thing this time around was the existence of Righteous experts that had risked their lives to try and save him. Furthermore, there had been over thirty of them. That moved him.
Perhaps the Righteous path wasn’t as bad as he thought. There were still many hot-blooded, righteous people within it. Not everyone was so foolish, and not everyone was such a manipulator. This was his first time feeling that there were still many good disciples in the Righteous path.
As Long Chen flew, he spread his divine sense, avoiding any experts. After all, now wasn’t a good time for him to fight.
“Long Chen!”
After a day, Long Chen arrived at a ravine. Meng Qi had been waiting for him here, and she immediately threw herself toward him, hugging him. She had been very worried.
“Where is Cloud?” asked Long Chen after kissing her on the forehead.
It had been a long time since she had been so intimate with Long Chen, causing Meng Qi to blush slightly. “Cloud has begun refining the marrow cleansing essence. She’s in seclusion in my spiritual space.”
“Good. Once Cloud’s done, she can refine the Blue Eye Peacock’s essence blood. She’ll have completely transformed.” Long Chen nodded with a smile. The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and the Blue Eye Peacock had originated from the same race. That essence blood was extremely helpful to her.
“Meng Qi, let me give you a gift.” Long Chen smiled and waved a hand. Nine beautiful feathers appeared in the air. Meng Qi covered her mouth, staring at them with disbelief.
Chapter 1839 Expelling Poison and Healing Injuries
“The original true feather?”
Meng Qi looked at it in disbelief. When Long Chen had been taking this feather, the space around him had been unstable, making her unable to see what had been within. Furthermore, she had been focused on the blood pool. This time, she immediately let out a startled cry upon seeing this treasure.
“Long Chen, thank you!” Meng Qi excitedly hugged Long Chen. These nine true feathers were treasures made in heaven for her.
She had previously obtained nine hundred and ninety-nine true feathers from the second level of the nest, but these nine were qualitatively on a completely different level. She had already refined those feathers and could use them as flying swords, but these nine true feathers could be used to unleash powerful divine abilities. She would only be able to tell how strong they were once she refined them.
Just as Meng Qi anxiously tried to take the true feathers, the original true feather began to resist again. Its aura began to rise.
Long Chen snorted and was about to unleash the pressure of the primal chaos bead to suppress it when he was stopped by Meng Qi.
“This original true feather contains the Blue Eye Peacock’s will. It can’t be subdued with brute power. Even if you do suppress it temporarily, it won’t stay suppressed for a lifetime. It would rather self destruct if you force it. Leave it to me. I’ll have it slowly get used to me,” said Meng Qi confidently.
Long Chen nodded. Meng Qi was much more skilled in this regard and never acted crazily like he did. If she said that she could do this, there would be no problem.
Long Chen summoned Huo Long to protect them. Lei Long had already used up too much energy and needed to rest.
While Meng Qi tried to communicate with the original true feather, Long Chen began to expel the poison and heal his meridians. This wasn’t his first time dealing with poison, but it was his first time encountering a poison that could enter his body through his thunderforce without him being aware of it.
“I suppose it’s to be expected of the legendary evil spirit body. Although I don’t understand it too well, it definitely looks badass.”
Expelling this corpse poison was proving to be very difficult. It had actually invaded his Spirit Blood, spiritual yuan, and even his soul. He needed to erase it bit by bit.
Long Chen was quite surprised. Fortunately, he had noticed this poison soon enough, or it might have paralyzed him. Xie Luo was even more dangerous than True Immortal Jiaoqi, as this kind of silent danger was much worse than True Immortal Jiaoqi’s fierce attacks.
Three days later, Long Chen had finished expelling the corpse poison and repairing his meridians. However, he no longer dared to test using the seventh form of Split the Heavens. It really wasn’t something he was capable of controlling yet.
Unless he had no other choice, he definitely wouldn’t try using it again. After using it, his meridians would be unable to endure any more impact for a while. He would be powerless to keep fighting.
He looked at Meng Qi and saw that she had long since woken up. She was looking at him while leaning her head in her hands. When he opened his eyes, she blushed like a maiden.
“Meng Qi, what evil did you commit in your last life?” sighed Long Chen.
“What are you talking about?”
“For a fairy like you to suffer by an ordinary man like me, you must have committed quite a few sins in your last life. Or this would have to be the luck of several of my lifetimes to end up with you,” said Long Chen. He brushed Meng Qi’s cheek lightly.
Meng Qi smiled faintly. She rebuked, “Is this how you tricked the others?”
“I-” Long Chen raised three fingers.
“Fool, I’m teasing you. What are you swearing for?” Meng Qi pulled Long Chen’s hand down and tapped him on the forehead.
“Hehe, it’s because I’ve already said everything I have to say to you. You’re the one who understands me the best,” said Long Chen.
These were the words of an expert, especially the word best. It was practically divine.
Naturally, women liked to be unique and unrivaled. This best made all the women beside him feel special and irreplaceable.
Meng Qi cuddled next to Long Chen. Her fragrance filled his nose. Long Chen tightly held her, feeling peaceful and content.
“Meng Qi, I feel like as long as you’re with me, even hell would be a wonderland.”
“Liar. I won’t fall for it.” Although Meng Qi said that, she held him tighter.
Suddenly, Meng Qi pushed Long Chen away in a panic. She turned around, her face redder than ever. Even her ears were red.
“What is it?”
“You… you… you’ve reacted…”
Long Chen immediately felt embarrassed. He took a few deep breaths, forcing down the swelling that had occurred without his knowledge.
“Meng Qi, have you finished refining the Blue Eye True Feathers?” asked Long Chen to change the subject.
Meng Qi smiled happily. Suddenly, nine hundred and ninety-nine true feathers appeared in the air, each one of them emitting a sharp air.
“How powerful!” Long Chen was amazed. Each of these feathers gave him a great deal of pressure.
“These true feathers came from nine hundred and ninety-nine different Blue Eye Peacocks. The power of their cultivation bases is condensed within them. Although they’re already dead, I can use my Spiritual Strength to activate their own innate attacks. The power of that innate attack is equivalent to thirty percent of their power when they were still alive. Although it’s just thirty percent, when all nine hundred and ninety-nine of them are added together, although I haven’t tested it, that power will definitely be amazing.” Meng Qi excitedly held Long Chen’s hand. She truly adored these beautiful true feathers.
Long Chen was stunned by this. If she could unleash thirty percent of the power of a living Blue Eye Peacock, then when nine hundred and ninety-nine of them were combined, it would definitely be a stunning sight.
“Then what about the original true feather and the eight other true feathers? Have you refined those yet?” asked Long Chen. Those were even more priceless.
“Not yet, I can only slowly pacify them and win
their trust. Otherwise, there’ll be no way for me to control them. It shouldn’t be a problem though. Once Cloud finishes refining the Blue Eye Peacock essence blood, she can help me, and things will become much easier,” said Meng Qi.
The nine hundred and ninety-nine true feathers vanished. Although they had been refined by her, to use them at will would require her to nourish them with her Spiritual Strength.
“Is Cloud fine still?” asked Long Chen.
“There’s no problem. As a Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, she has a definite bloodline connection to the Blue Eye Peacock, so the essence blood doesn’t reject her. Once she manages to refine that essence blood, not only will her own bloodline mutate, strengthening her innate divine abilities, but she might even gain the divine abilities of the Blue Eye Peacock. Regretfully, there is no image of the Blue Eye Peacock on the Myriad Spirit Diagram, or Cloud would be able to control even more divine abilities,” said Meng Qi regretfully.
“Careful not to get too greedy,” teased Long Chen. “The Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow’s inheritance is already powerful enough. It’s not at all inferior to the Blue Eye Peacock. As long as Cloud can master the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race’s divine abilities, that would be enough for her to look down on the rest of the world. After all, the words Heaven Swallowing expression represent a kind of taboo.”
“You are correct.” Meng Qi nodded. “It’s just too bad that you didn’t get anything from the nest. All the benefits went to me and Cloud.”
Long Chen had worked in the nest entirely for her and Cloud, even injuring himself without obtaining anything.
“Who said I didn’t benefit? At the very least, I’ve gotten a good estimate of Xie Luo and True Immortal Jiaoqi’s true power,” said Long Chen.
Bringing up Xie Luo and True Immortal Jiaoqi made Meng Qi’s expression darken. “The two of them are real monsters. Experts on that level don’t have any weaknesses.”
Meng Qi’s Spiritual Strength was essentially useless against the two of them, making her feel profoundly powerless.
After entering seclusion a while ago, she had reached the point of having her manifestation begin to awaken. Her Yuan Spirit had grown stronger, and her Spiritual Strength had multiplied. At the same time, Cloud’s own power had grown explosively. That had made her extremely confident, but this confidence was given a grave blow as soon as she entered the Yin Yang World.
