Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048

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

  After saying that, Tang Wan-er and Yue Xiaoqian circulated their Heavenly Dao energy to recover and prepare for the next challenge.

  After all, not everyone was as monstrous as Yue Zifeng and capable of maintaining their peak condition the entire time. Yue Zifeng was capable of mercilessly slaying even himself. That was one reason why most sword cultivators were lonely, aloof figures.

  Most of the Dragonblood warriors managed to win, but some failed. Facing oneself was too difficult. But after resting, they tried again.

  To maintain the maximum effect each time, they always recovered to their peak condition before attempting it.

  “Boss, how about you try it as well to raise their morale?” asked Guo Ran.

  Long Chen shook his head. “This kind of trial is meaningless to me now.”

  Long Chen had stealthily tested the Devil Blood Pool before, only to find that Evilmoon, his Dragon Blood Battle Armor, and even his paragon arts were unable to be duplicated. Not even his World Extermination Flame Lotus could be duplicated.

  The Dragonblood warriors’ Dragon Blood Battle Armor could be duplicated, but not his. It was very strange.

  In this kind of state, he could only fight with his bare hands to challenge himself, which was useless. Furthermore, the azure dragon essence blood was constantly strengthening his physical body, so this trial couldn’t help him at all.

  As the Dragonblood warriors challenged the Devil Blood Pool, within a distant high tower, Yue Xihan and some core Elders of the original devil race were watching.

  “This Long Chen has toppled our understanding of the Devil Blood Pool as soon as he arrived. No wonder he is able to turn everything on its head in the Martial Heaven Continent. He truly is a monstrous existence,” said one of the Elders.

  “The original devil race has a deep relationship with the nine star heirs. Long Chen’s fate is tied to our original devil race’s, and this is the start of our resurgence. Long Chen’s arrival will cause huge changes. Perhaps one day, we will be able to break the Martial Heaven Continent’s bindings and merge with the original devil races of other star-fields,” said Yue Xihan.

  “Race leader, Long Chen brought a lot of Heavenly Dao Fruits this time, and many of them are on the Empyrean level. This matter is too big for us to handle, so we need your guidance,” said the Elder.

  In the Yin Yang World, rivers of blood had flowed. Many great geniuses had died during the battle.

  Long Chen had mountains of the Heavenly Dao Fruits, which were more than enough to turn every member of the Dragonblood Legion into an Empyrean. He had then distributed a portion to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, sending them through the Huayun Sect, while another portion was left with Li Tianxuan. The rest were for the original devil race. Not only were there over two thousand on the level of Empyreans, but there were also over a million of the level of rank nine Celestials. That was enough to raise a terrifying army that could fight on the Martial Heaven Continent.

  “There’s no rush. Go back and choose a portion of our elite disciples to form a supreme army. Once they mature, we’ll be able to fight the Martial Heaven Continent.” Yue Xihan looked into the distance with a smile. She seemed to be able to see the day that the original devil race could return to the Martial Heaven Continent.

  Chapter 1935 Preparing to Undergo Tribulation

  As time passed, more and more of the Dragonblood warriors passed the tests. They managed to defeat themselves three times in a row.

  However, some of them failed many times. They might win the first time and then lose the second, and so they had to start over.

  Even if they won twice but lost the third, they would have to restart. This was a condition that Long Chen had tacked on.

  It could be considered a challenge with a heaven-defying level of difficulty. Each time they beat themselves, their power and will would rise.

  However, the next time they tried the trial, their opponent would have grown equally strong. To defeat themselves three times in a row, they had to constantly grow stronger. That was incredibly difficult.

  Long Chen was trying to draw out all their potential. In theory, this method was impossible, but Long Chen had never really believed in theory. His principle was to raise his saber and fight to the death. There were no reasons or excuses needed. All he had to do was win.

  After three days, half of the Dragonblood warriors had managed to pass the three-consecutive-win condition. Some of them even challenged themselves over and over again to break through their limits.

  The Dragonblood Legion’s power shook the original devil race’s disciples to the core. The difference between them was immense.

  Some of them also started challenging the Devil Blood Pool. This time, they weren’t fighting for time but to win.

  Very quickly, some of them also managed to defeat themselves, stimulating the rest of them. Countless disciples began to attempt the trial.

  Time passed by, bit by bit. Most of the Dragonblood warriors managed to pass, but hundreds of them were now in a deadlock. They were constantly growing stronger but so were their opponents. They couldn’t win.

  Long Chen gathered those Dragonblood warriors. They were ashamed. They had all managed to beat themselves twice in a row but lost on the third. They were angry enough to curse.

  Having been specifically gathered by Long Chen, they were ashamed of themselves, as well as nervous, feeling like they had disappointed their boss.

  “You are all excellent. The reason you weren’t able to pass isn’t because you aren’t strong enough, but simply because you were unlucky. It’s actually not a bad thing,” said Long Chen.

  “Boss, you don’t need to comfort us,” said one of the Dragonblood warriors.

  “I’m not skilled in comforting others, only randomly hacking them.” Long Chen smiled.

  That drew out a smile from them. Long Chen looked over at them. “Having bad luck isn’t a bad thing. This is a truth that I have profoundly experienced. My luck has always been terrible, and I would often complain about it. However, complaining had no use. It was only later that I realized that whether or not something is good depends on how you look at it. A lucky person has a smooth path, but after succeeding nine hundred and ninety-nine times, all it takes is one failure for them to stumble and fall miserably. I’m sure with your experience, you know about the so-called high and noble heavenly geniuses who look down on others. Their good luck makes them succeed easier than others, which fosters a condescending attitude of looking down on others. Before encountering you, they always succeed, but after encountering you, they were killed with a single stroke of a blade, their good luck coming to an end. On the other hand, someone with bad luck will fall nine hundred and ninety-nine times, but it only takes one success for them to soar. Their failures temper their will and mental realm, and once they step into a higher realm, their failures will become a solid foundation. One is a solid foundation, while the other is rootless duckweed. That’s why you shouldn’t be resentful of failure. Look at it from another point of view. Calm yourself down and find the source.”

  Guo Ran suddenly raised his hand. “Boss, I understand. You’re saying that failure is the mother of success. Even if I fail nine hundred and ninety-nine times, all I have to do is try again-”

  Long Chen nodded. “Yes, if you try again, you can get an even thousand.”

  Guo Ran almost coughed up blood. “Boss, what are you saying?”

  “What I just said doesn’t apply to you. A fellow like you with no willpower or integrity doesn’t follow this logic. If you want to say that failure is the mother of success, then you are definitely infertile,” said Long Chen.

  “Boss, my heart! Without a hundred thousand spirit crystals… no, without a million spirit crystals, I’ll never recover!” Guo Ran lay like a ball on the ground without the slightest air of an expert.

  Guo Ran was the clown of the Dragonblood Legion. He liked to mess around, but he was able to raise everyone’s mood.

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p; “Fine, you win, I’ll give you the money when we get back. Let’s talk for real,” said Long Chen. Speaking to everyone, he said, “Being angry over this is meaningless and won’t solve your problems. At this time, you have to learn some new techniques. However, what I’m about to teach you, you cannot show to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s people, or they’ll definitely beat you.”

  For the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, power was everything. If you couldn’t beat your opponent, it just meant that you weren’t strong enough. They wouldn’t try to use any trick because that was a waste of time, a distraction from getting stronger.

  First, he had to make sure that what he was about to say wouldn’t reach the old man’s ears. Only once everyone nodded did Long Chen continue, “The Devil Blood Pool’s rules are dead, while people are alive. You know your own weaknesses, and those weaknesses are duplicated. What if in the middle of battle, you were to break your limit by creating a new technique that is unique to you? You can come up with a completely deviant technique adapted to your weaknesses. In the end, the goal of battle is to eliminate your opponents. It doesn’t matter if you use a crotch kick, an eye jab, a nose hook, as long as it works, it’s fine. To tell the truth, back in the Eastern Wasteland’s Phoenix Cry Empire I had an exceptionally good crotch kick that knocked out quite a few balls.”

  Tang Wan-er and the others turned away, their faces red. Long Chen’s final words were a bit too crude. Chu Yao and Meng Qi both covered their smiles. Back in the Phoenix Cry Empire, Long Chen truly had often used this move. In fact, he had once used just this one move to take victory on the martial stage.

  “Boss, we understood. We weren’t flexible enough,” said one of the Dragonblood warriors.

  “Exactly. Rules are dead, but people are alive. Do you remember the Fate Princes that flustered Chang Hao and Bao Buping? Two of you were able to kill two Fate Princes easily. Why is that? Because people need to know how to break conventions, or others will use their experience to play you to death as you follow the same patterns over and over again. We don’t play by those rules. If someone wants to play chess with you, just break the chessboard,” said Long Chen.

  Meng Qi and the others were speechless. When Long Chen was evil, was there anyone more evil than him? The things he could come up with were chilling.

  “Boss, we understand!”

  “Then go.”

  Those Dragonblood warriors once more charged into the Devil Blood Pool. This time, their battle style had clearly changed. People quickly ran back, exclaiming their victories.

  “Don’t get happy too soon. You’ll only be able to use each move once because it will be duplicated the next time. You need to constantly think of new techniques on the fly. Furthermore, make sure to win, because as time passes, your opponent will only grow more evil as you do,” said Long Chen.

  Those Dragonblood warriors felt their excitement vanish without a trace. They focused and ran back to the trial.

  However, with just this one warning, they once more passed. They were constantly thinking of how to create a new method to target their own weaknesses.

  The Dragonblood warriors all started challenging the Devil Blood Pool again, wanting to use this chance to think of new techniques. There was no risk to their lives, and they could gain more experience.

  They were like divine weapons being constantly sharpened by the Devil Blood Pool. With each day, they made progress. They could clearly feel themselves getting stronger. Influenced by the Dragonblood warriors, the disciples of the original devil race also joined in.

  Another week passed, and the Dragonblood warriors had all passed. After that, Long Chen took out a batch of Heavenly Dao Fruits, making the warriors who weren’t yet Empyreans refine them.

  Due to their immense experience with refining the Heavenly Dao Fruits, it only took them a single day to refine them. Now the Dragonblood Legion was composed of Empyreans.

  Over twelve thousand Empyreans were standing together. Their powerful auras caused heaven and earth to tremble. Long Chen felt a grand feeling in his heart. He had raised this unrivaled army.

  “Brothers, let’s go. We’re undergoing tribulation.”

  Long Chen suddenly waved his hand, bringing the Dragonblood Legion out of the Skyscraping World.

  Chapter 1936 Undergoing Tribulation

  Above the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring, everyone from the Dragonblood Legion was gathered. They were a bit nervous, as well as excited.

  They all felt the barrier in front of them weakening. They were just one step away from advancing to the Life Star realm. As long as they underwent the lightning tribulation, they would become Life Star experts.

  However, they knew that with Long Chen, their lightning tribulation wouldn’t be the same as other people’s. They would challenge the strongest kind of heavenly tribulation. This would be a battle.

  Other than the Dragonblood warriors, Yue Xihan had also come. Looking over them, she said, “The Life Star realm condenses the energy of your Yuan Spirit and Dantian together. By borrowing the energy of heavenly tribulation, you condense your Dantian’s formless qi into a solid entity. The two kinds of energy will form an astral space inside you. From then, you won’t need to rely on spatial rings. This astral space is your Life Star Bead. However, you will condense two Life Star Beads. One will represent the past, and one will represent the future.

  “Essentially all experts will choose to extract the Life Star Bead of their past, because what they want is a new start for their future. That way, their mental realm will become like a sheet of blank paper, and they can rewrite what they want while abandoning what they don’t, making their future cultivation even easier. However, Long Chen has told me that all your past experiences are very important to you, so you won’t abandon the Life Star Bead of the past. Then what you need to two is merge the two Life Star Beads together. Doing such a thing requires much more tribulation lightning and will require a powerful will from each of you.

  “This is something very dangerous. One reason is because heavenly tribulation can’t be controlled. If it’s not strong enough, you will fail to merge your two Life Star Beads. The other reason is that doing such a thing has high requirements when it comes to your willpower, Yuan Spirit, and Spiritual Strength. You have to prepare yourselves.”

  Long Chen and the others had never experienced the Life Star realm, but Yue Xiyan was explaining some things that they needed to take note of.

  “Don’t worry, we actually have plentiful experience when it comes to heavenly tribulation,” said Long Chen.

  Even as the leader of the original devil race, Yue Xihan had never heard of over ten thousand people undergoing tribulation together. Long Chen always did things that others would never do. She was a bit worried, but he seemed confident.

  Yue Xihan nodded and led away a dozen experts of the original devil race. They made sure to distance themselves but be close enough to watch. Although Long Chen was confident, she still wasn’t at ease.

  Although Long Chen was a nine star heir, such a crazy action could not be controlled. If something unexpected happened, the results would be unimaginable.

  Despite that, Yue Xihan respected Long Chen’s choice. She led her people further away and activated a grand formation to conceal them. That way, they wouldn’t be sensed by the Heavenly Daos. If there was something wrong, they might be able to help.

  “Should we open the spatial watching channel?” asked one of the experts she had brought.

  Yue Xihan nodded. “That’s a good idea. Let the disciples see how the Dragonblood Legion undergoes tribulation. Even if things go wrong, they might be able to learn something.”

  That expert formed hand seals, and a giant channel appeared behind him. It was like an eye watching the Dragonblood Legion in the distance.

  Within the ancestral lands of the original devil race, a giant projection appeared in the sky. The figures within that projection were Long Chen and the others. The disciples of the original devil race loo
ked up to watch. Even the disciples still attempting the Devil Blood Pool stopped to watch.

  “What are they doing?”

  “Could it be…”

  Those disciples stared, dumbfounded. They thought of something that they didn’t dare to imagine.

  “Begin! Let’s not waste any time,” said Long Chen.

  BOOM!

  The Dragonblood Legion’s people unleashed their auras. Pillars of light soared into the sky as they all began attacking the Life Star realm at the same time.

  As they broke through the barrier, the sky darkened and black clouds covered the sky. The world became silent.

  “My eyes are being opened to the world. I’ve never seen such a terrifying lightning tribulation. The scope is even greater than when I advanced into Netherpassage,” said one of the original devil race’s experts.

  After passing through the mental journey part of advancing to the Netherpassage realm, success meant returning and undergoing heavenly tribulation. But even Netherpassage experts were stunned by this tribulation. Although the strength of the tribulation wasn’t as great, the scale was even greater.

  “Kill!”

  However, the next scene made those Netherpassage experts dumbstruck. All the Dragonblood warriors suddenly began to attack the tribulation clouds that were gathering.

  “Are they crazy?!” cried one of the Netherpassage experts. They were actually attacking heavenly tribulation? Wasn’t that becoming enemies with the Heavenly Daos? Did they even care about their lives?

  Over ten thousand attacks struck the tribulation clouds, creating a large hole in the middle.

  The tribulation clouds surged, seemingly furious. They regenerated, growing denser. However, the Dragonblood warriors’ attacks didn’t stop.

  “They’re…” One of the original devil race’s experts sighed but swallowed his last two words.

  However, everyone knew that he was about to say that they were courting death. This truly was suicide. Even Yue Xihan frowned.