Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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“I… I didn’t see anything?”
Long Chen sighed. “Fine, I’ll tell you. The board of the Martial Heaven Continent is about to completely transform with the opening of the Yin Yang World. If you do not grasp this opportunity, the Martial Heaven Alliance will shatter.”
Chapter 1875 The Baby Face Reappears
“Long Chen, do you think I’m stupid?” Ye Lingshan had a bitter smile.
“No, you’re not stupid. You’re just a tiny bit foolish,” comforted Long Chen.
“Scoundrel, how could you say such a thing?” Chu Yao pushed Long Chen.
“Hehe, it was just a joke,” said Long Chen.
Ye Lingshan shook her head. “I feel very foolish, especially compared to you. It feels like it was a miracle I could live until today.” Long Chen said there was a crisis, but she didn’t see anything.
“Long Chen, don’t keep us in suspense. I also don’t see the danger you’re talking about. Tell us,” urged Chu Yao.
Long Chen cleared his throat. “Actually, you’ve also seen it, but you aren’t thinking far enough. The current Righteous path has a portion leaning toward Pill Valley. You saw it in the battle. There were no other experts from the Righteous path. They were all on Pill Valley’s side. That means that the people of the Martial Heaven Alliance had been cleared before we arrived. In other words, they were either scared away by the other experts there or killed. That’s why the remaining people were all our enemies. The Righteous path, the Corrupt path, the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the Xuan Beasts, the Bloodkill Hall, they’ve all banded together. It’s a kind of hidden scheme or perhaps even an open scheme. Pill Valley has essentially expressed its attitude. It wants to gather all the powers on the continent to target the Martial Heaven Alliance. The people that have not joined Pill Valley’s side become isolated forces. If they are allowed to be picked off bit by bit, it will be a fatal blow to the Martial Heaven Alliance. The ones still standing on the sidelines will all end up throwing themselves on Pill Valley’s mercy. Even the powers belonging to the Martial Heaven Alliance will be rattled. You saw the situation there. All those people were from different forces, yet they didn’t attack each other. They only targeted those Righteous experts who didn’t submit to their side. Now you should understand the crisis.”
Only then did Ye Lingshan and Chu Yao realize just how serious things were. Just how were the Martial Heaven Alliance’s experts supposed to handle so many powerful enemies?
If when the Yin Yang World closed, the majority of the Martial Heaven Alliance’s experts had died, it would definitely be the final nail in the coffin for the Martial Heaven Alliance.
“Then what should we do?!” asked Ye Lingshan hastily.
“Not us. It’s what you should do,” said Long Chen. “You are the future leader of the Martial Heaven Alliance. At this time, it’s up to you to decide the fate of the Martial Heaven Alliance. The alliance head has already left that authority to you.”
Long Chen pointed to the sword on her back. That was the significance behind Qu Jianying giving it to her.
“But I can’t handle something like that!” Ye Lingshan’s voice quivered. She had always been a solitary figure.
“Alright, since you’re too foolish, I’ll explain it to you another way. I ask you, if the Martial Heaven Alliance was about to be destroyed, would you be willing to sacrifice your life to win a chance for the Martial Heaven Alliance?” asked Long Chen bluntly. His bluntness caused Chu Yao to glare at him. His words were hurtful.
“Of course, I would be willing,” said Ye Lingshan without any hesitation.
Long Chen nodded. “Good. Then you can start risking your life now.”
“How? Against who?” asked Ye Lingshan.
“Of course, not against me. Go fight your enemies. If there are no enemies before you, then go find them. This is the best era and the worst era. The Martial Heaven Alliance’s opportunity lies in this moment,” said Long Chen.
Chu Yao suddenly clapped her hands together, exclaiming, “I understand. Long Chen is saying that since the Martial Heaven Alliance is in a time of great crisis. The ones harboring sinister intentions have already joined Pill valley. There is another portion that is still standing to the side, so those that can still stand together with the Martial Heaven Alliance are essentially all loyal. It’s like this tribulation is a giant wave washing away the sand, leaving only the gold. Long Chen is saying that you should gather the bits of gold together and have them become the Martial Heaven Alliance’s solid backing. With the crisis upon us, you should step forward and lead the people loyal to you. Show yourself fighting bravely on the front lines, show yourself uniting the Righteous path. Make a rallying call and strike back. I’m sure many experts of the Righteous path have suffered quite a bit of bullying. If you call out to them, they will naturally answer. Only once everyone is united can they fight back. This is a rare opportunity.”
Born in the imperial palace, Chu Yao was naturally more familiar with the art of war. She understood Long Chen’s words quicker.
“But… will I really be able to do that?” Ye Lingshan still lacked confidence.
“Aren’t you unafraid of dying? So why be afraid of failing? Lingshan, leaders aren’t born but made. When senior Qu Jianying led the Righteous path back in the day, she slaughtered the Corrupt path, terrifying them. At that time, she wasn’t much older than you, and her cultivation base wasn’t higher. To be a leader, you need courage and resolve. What is confidence? It’s something piled up bit by bit. Right now, you need to accumulate the experience of succeeding once. Don’t go looking for more treasures. Starting now, gather the Righteous experts. Save them from being besieged from all sides. Start rolling the snowball now, and it will grow bigger and bigger. If you want to be a successful leader, you need a particular charisma. One of the most charismatic things a leader can do is to risk their own life for their people. That will make others willing to entrust their lives to you,” encouraged Long Chen.
After hearing this, Ye Lingshan’s blood began to heat up. Scene after scene appeared in her mind. In those scenes, she was leading countless Righteous experts against their enemies in battle. Blood dyed her robes as she fought valiantly.
“Thank you, Long Chen. I understand. I won’t disappoint my master. Although I still feel like you are better than me, I will definitely do my best. Even if I have to lose my life, I’ll live up to the sword on my back.” Ye Lingshan suddenly stood. She seemed like a completely different person.
Long Chen smiled. “We’re different. You walk the King Dao, I walk the Hegemon Dao. There’s a fundamental difference between them. Before this, you had to put your life on the line just to survive. Starting today, you will put your life on the line for others. You will find that there’s an immense difference between them. Only when they’re protecting something dear to them can someone unleash their greatest power.”
Ye Lingshan bowed slightly. “Many thanks. I’ll leave right now.”
“Wait. I’ll go with you,” said Chu Yao suddenly.
Long Chen was startled. Could it be that his words had been so persuasive that even Chu Yao wanted to go? That wasn’t in his plans.
“Big sister, you…?” Ye Lingshan was also startled.
Chu Yao smiled. “Ruyan needs to focus on refining the divine elixir. Without her, I would be at a disadvantage against people on the level of the Bloodkill Hall’s divine emissaries. I would rather go with you while Ruyan stays in seclusion. With two people, it won’t be so lonely.”
Ye Lingshan was naturally delighted. Chu Yao was a terrifying wood cultivator, perfect for controlling the rhythm of a battle. With Chu Yao’s defense and Ye Lingshan’s offense together, the two of them wouldn’t fear anyone.
“Many thanks!” Ye Lingshan happily pulled Chu Yao away. As for Liu Ruyan, she was now in seclusion in Chu Yao’s spiritual space.
“Long Chen, don’t get into too much trouble!” Chu Yao’s voice rang out from a distance. T
here was a faint laughter along with it.
Long Chen had an urge to cry. Originally, he had been wanting to stimulate Ye Lingshan’s will, having her take this opportunity to become the leader of the Righteous path. However, even Chu Yao had been seduced by his words.
“Fine, I’ll do my best.” Long Chen bitterly smiled. If Chu Yao was with him, then with her Wood Spirit Union, he would have an ocean’s worth of spiritual yuan to use. Wouldn’t he be able to dominate his enemies then? However, that was all a dream now.
When he thought about it, he supposed that this was good as well. With Ye Lingshan and Chu Yao together, they had top offense and top defense. Ye Lingshan even had a paragon art. Even if they encountered people like True Immortal Jiaoqi or Xie Luo, they wouldn’t be in danger.
Long Chen examined the copper plate in his spiritual space. After being nourished by his soul for a while, there was the slightest fluctuation coming from it, putting him at ease.
The Eastern Wasteland Bell was the leader of the five supreme divine items. For it to recover its original divine might, it would need to regather its fragments. This piece in his hands was very important.
It was just that he had no idea where the Eastern Wasteland Bell was. Back when it was leaving, it said that it was going to regather its body.
Even after so many years, there wasn’t the slightest news about it. Hence, Long Chen had no idea how much it had managed to regather.
He then turned to look at Evilmoon. It was still in seclusion, and Long Chen could not communicate with it using his divine sense. He would be unable to activate its divine power during this time.
Long Chen stood and patted off some dust. He was about to leave when an arrow of light suddenly pierced into the clouds in the distance. Divine light exploded, blowing away the clouds.
“This aura… it’s him.”
Long Chen’s expression changed. He hastily rushed over in that direction.
Rumbling rang out, and divine light exploded. Saber-images and sword qi raged through the air. There were actually multiple people activating the power of their divine items in a crazy battle.
“Mo Nian, I bet you never thought such a day would come for you! With death at hand, have you ever thought of digging your own grave?”
Long Chen rushed over and saw over a hundred people crazily attacking a cloaked man.
Upon seeing that man with his face that still had a bit of baby fat, Long Chen smiled. Even after all these years, it seemed that this fellow had yet to change.
Chapter 1876 Corpse Poison
The person being besieged from all sides by over a hundred experts was one Long Chen hadn’t seen in several years, Mo Nian.
Mo Nian had a bow in hand, and his manifestation was present behind him. Long Chen could see two figures within his manifestation. They were both standing there, their hands in a seal. Divine light flowed through them and into Mo Nian.
Mo Nian was covered in blood. It was unknown if it was his or someone else’s, but he looked to be in a bad spot. His aura was fluctuating intensely. It seemed as if he had been gravely injured.
What was shocking though was that even in this state, even against experts who were activating the power of their divine abilities, the five-colored bow in Mo Nian’s hand was able to resolve all the attacks he faced. Even in his heavily injured state, he wasn’t defeated.
“That bow…” Long Chen saw all the attacks actually rebound off the bow. With Mo Nian’s aura in a chaotic state, he was practically on his last legs. He was relying entirely on that bow in his hand.
“Mo Nian, you’ve committed too many sins. After grave robbing all day, your retribution has finally come!” sneered someone.
The majority of these experts were from the ancient family alliance, and the others were from the Righteous path, Corrupt path, ancient races, and Xuan Beasts. Clearly, they had formed an alliance. Long Chen’s guess was not wrong. Pill Valley was finally baring its fangs.
Even facing over a hundred experts, Mo Nian cursed back, “Fuck off, it’s not grave robbing. Did your masters die early? Have you not heard of a term called archaeology? I, Mo Nian, am searching through ancient remains for the legacy of the human race. I am enhancing the current cultivation world’s civilization. As a pioneer of the archaeology field, I will bring the world to an unprecedented future. What qualifications do you have to act like you’re better than me? I know the heavens, I know the earth, and I know the air in between. I am one who explores the limits of the world, not a group of blind ants like you!”
“What bullshit! To describe grave robbing so honorably, your face really is thick! Maybe no one else can compare when it comes to that!” roared someone else. That person was especially angry because his family’s tomb had been robbed by Mo Nian.
It wasn’t just him. Amongst the ancient families, most of them with a certain level of power or ancient inheritance had had their ancestral tombs robbed by Mo Nian.
“Hmph, when it comes to the thickness of one’s face, I’m a far cry from Long Chen. Are you blind?” cursed Mo Nian.
“What the fuck, even when I’m not there, I get shot by you. If you want to be shameless, fine, but don’t bring me into it.” Long Chen finally couldn’t endure it anymore and jumped in.
Seventy-two golden rays of light shot through the experts attacking Mo Nian. Long Chen could see that Mo Nian was heavily injured, and he was forced to conserve his power to suppress his injuries. If he continued to do that, he would be worn down slowly. Knowing Mo Nian, if he was forced to that extent, he might do something crazy.
The dragon teeth struck suddenly, catching the attackers off guard. By the time they reacted, the dragon teeth had reached them.
Divine items shattered as those who clashed with the dragon teeth were blown apart. The majority of these people only had quasi divine items, and they were unable to block the attack of the dragon teeth. They were instantly annihilated.
“Hahaha, Long Chen, you came at a good time. Help me annihilate these bastards!” Seeing Long Chen, Mo Nian was revitalized. Taking advantage of the chaos, five-colored divine light came from his bow.
Rays of light shot out, each striking their target.
After Long Chen’s attack, only thirty-five experts had survived relying on their half-step divine items. Those people were all elite Empyreans, but even so, Long Chen’s attack had cost them half their lives. They were still hacking up blood when Mo Nian’s arrows arrived.
The arrows pierced through their heads, and their accuracy was amazing. Thirty-five arrows flew by, and thirty-five experts were slain. Not one escaped. Even Long Chen was stunned. Mo Nian’s archery was practically god-like.
Long Chen waved his hand, grabbing the now masterless divine items. Before they could fight back, he tossed them in the primal chaos space.
Several explosions erupted within the primal chaos space. Some divine items resisted and were annihilated by the primal chaos bead. It was the smarter ones who immediately went still and didn’t dare to resist.
Long Chen moved quickly, but he was still a bit too slow. The majority of the intact divine items managed to flee. He only managed to grab seventeen swords. Five of them exploded, but twelve of them submitted.
Those twelve had comparatively more intelligent item-spirits, so their quality was a bit higher. Twelve divine items was quite the harvest.
“Hahaha, Mo Nian, it’s been a while since I saw your fat face.” Only then did Long Chen fly over to Mo Nian. He gave him a fierce embrace.
After parting in the Eastern Wasteland, it had been many years. He had been concerned about him and hadn’t expected to meet like this.
“Hahaha, your mouth is still the same. For you to have lived until today really is a miracle… pfft!” Mo Nian suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, making Long Chen jump.
“What happened? Are you injured?” Long Chen hastily took out a healing pill for him. He investigated Mo Nian’s body, and his expression suddenly changed. Mo Nian’s body
was filled with death qi. It was like he was turning into a corpse.
Swallowing the pill, Mo Nian waved his hand. “It’s fine. I won’t die. It’s just an occupational disease of my archaeology.”
“This is clearly the invasion of corpse poison! You’ve been within tombs for too long, and the corpse poison has even invaded your soul. If this continues, you’ll lose your life.” Long Chen shook his head gravely.
“Fuck, isn’t it all because of that idiot Di Feng? Originally, this corpse poison was only irritable, and I couldn’t erase it, but it wasn’t able to cause me any harm. In fact, I could even give some of it to others when I wanted to. But that Di Feng kept attacking me. We have fought three battles since entering the Yin Yang World without deciding a winner, but each time, the corpse poison would flare up. The third flare was especially bad. But it’s fine, my body already has a certain resistance to the corpse poison, and as long as I have time, I can slowly erase it. This time, I was just unlucky. I found a good place but ended up encountering that Di Feng again. With the corpse poison still flaring, I had to run. He wanted the treasures from that place, so he sent some troops to irritate me. Hmph, it’s fortunate you came, or I really might have died,” said Mo Nian hatefully.
“You found a good place but were driven away by Di Feng?”
“Exactly! Let me tell you, based on my years of gravedig- cough, archaeology, I’m sure that place is an absolute treasure!” declared Mo Nian. “It’s just that I can’t suppress my corpse poison yet. Otherwise, if the two of us went, we’d annihilate them.”
“Your corpse poison, I have a way to get rid of it. You’ll have to endure some pain though.” Long Chen placed a hand on Mo Nian’s back.
“You… you can do that? This is no ordinary corpse poison. It’s a kind of defense left behind by some terrifying experts after they died. It contains their will from when they were alive…”