by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Long Chen, don’t! Once you start fighting, you won’t have the energy to leave!” shouted Leng Yueyan.
“Since I’ve come, I never had any intention of leaving by myself. Either we leave together, or… we die together!”
Five stars lit up in Long Chen’s eyes. His 108,000 stars activated, unleashing endless energy. He attacked Xie Luo with his saber.
“He really is a hateful and loveable fellow… well, it’s fine…” Leng Yueyan muttered to herself upon seeing Long Chen’s back.
Xie Luo raised a hand, and a snake-head spear appeared. The entire spear twisted and turned. It looked to be covered in rust or corrosion, but it unleashed an evil air. It struck like a viper.
“Corrupt God Possession!”
Xie Luo let out a cry, and a figure appeared in his manifestation. That figure was covered in black mist, but its body unleashed a sinister aura.
Xie Luo’s body became covered in black runes. The snake-head spear pierced toward Long Chen.
BOOM!
The two divine items clashed, unleashing surging qi waves that even pressured the Netherpassage experts present.
The two of them were actually equally matched. Xie Luo snorted. “Bring out the power you used yesterday. I want to defeat you in your peak state. Otherwise, you’ll die before I even use my world energy. That would be too boring.”
As expected, news of the battle yesterday had reached this place. Even his trump cards had been exposed.
“Fine. Let me see just how powerful your world energy is.” Long Chen took a deep breath. A dragon cry rang out through the world, shaking people’s souls. Cracks appeared on Long Chen’s body as white scales appeared irregularly across his skin.
He was unable to summon the complete Azure Dragon Battle Armor, but the power he suddenly unleashed shocked everyone. That dragon might was unstoppable.
“Hahaha, good, this is the only way to make things fun. Defeating you in this state is the only way to show that I, Xie Luo, am the strongest!”
Xie Luo laughed. His hair suddenly stood on end. The black runes on his body seemed to come to life, and they roved over his body. At the same time, the surrounding space exploded. An unprecedented energy raged through the air.
“My evil spirit energy is able to merge with my world energy. Today, I’ll make sure you’re convinced of your defeat!”
Xie Luo had a sinister smile. The snake-head spear suddenly rumbled and attacked. The void collapsed in every direction.
“I’ll defeat you in one move! Heaven Devouring Evil Spear!”
Chapter 1957 A Frantic Battle to the Death
Xie Luo didn’t hesitate or use any probing blows. He immediately unleashed his strongest attack, wanting to defeat Long Chen in one move to wipe away his previous disgrace.
This was no longer his first fight against Long Chen, so they were both familiar with each other’s techniques. Long Chen’s fighting style was very simple. It was to win with power.
“Split the Heavens 7!”
Long Chen also didn’t hold back. He directly used the seventh form of Split the Heavens.
The two of them unleashed their strongest attacks right off the bat. Xie Luo’s goal was obvious. While Long Chen was still at the peak of Soul Transformation, Xie Luo wanted to crush him with absolute power to show off his own power.
If he could only win after fighting a protracted battle, that would make him a laughingstock. After all, he was already at the third Heavenstage of Life Star.
BOOM!
Evilmoon unleashed an explosion of divine light. It was like a volcano had erupted in the air, and a ripple spread through it.
Wherever the ripple passed, the void exploded. The immense power caused even the Netherpassage experts’ expressions to change. They raised defenses, blocking the shockwaves. Otherwise, if this power was left to run rampant, not many people below the Netherpassage realm would be able to survive.
Although Life Star experts were not that rare in this world, these Life Star experts were the Elders and masters of the various sects. If they died, it would throw the Heavenly Evil Region into chaos.
“Split the Heavens 7!”
Before the shockwaves were even past, a furious roar rang out. Another giant saber-image tore through the sky.
“You want to fight like this? Then let’s see just who is afraid of who! Heavenly Devouring Evil Spear!” Xie Luo also unleashed the same technique.
He was surprised that he hadn’t defeated Long Chen in one move. Just where did Long Chen get the power to resist the merged might of his evil spirit body and world energy?
However, he wasn’t too worried. Just now, Long Chen had become covered in blood as his physical body was unable to endure his own immense power. Continuing like this would only be more disadvantageous to Xie Luo.
BOOM!
Yet again, a powerful collision caused shockwaves to spread, this time with even greater momentum than last time. The Netherpassage experts were forced to strengthen their barriers.
“Split the Heavens 7!”
Long Chen once more raised Evilmoon, and a saber-image slashed down at Xie Luo.
“Hmph, after this move is over, you’ll be a cripple.” Xie Luo had some blood leaking out of the corner of his mouth. He had suffered a light injury just now, but he didn’t mind. Unleashing this attack again meant that Long Chen would be fully out of energy. He might not even have the energy to stand.
He was still at the Soul Transformation realm, while Xie Luo was at the Life Star realm and controlled his evil spirit energy and world energy. There was a clear difference between them.
Xie Luo’s evil aura soared as he once more clashed directly with Long Chen’s saber-image.
Bang!
However, this time, Long Chen’s saber-image instantly crumbled. It actually didn’t have the slightest energy within it. Xie Luo’s snake-head spear sent Evilmoon tumbling through the air, while Long Chen had vanished.
“Watch out!”
Shouts rang out. Long Chen had appeared behind Xie Luo at some time, a lightning spear in his hand.
“What?!” Xie Luo was startled. Long Chen’s third attack was actually a fake, and Evilmoon was the bait. “Heavenly Evil Shield!”
The figure within Xie Luo’s manifestation suddenly reached out a hand. That hand held a shield that blocked Long Chen’s spear.
The lightning spear pierced into the shield, causing black runes to fly. But it was unable to pierce through it completely. Xie Luo used that chance to attack with his spear.
Having his attack blocked, Long Chen didn’t pause. He formed hand seals, and runes lit up on his arms.
“Double Dragon Destruction!”
Two roars rang out as Lei Long and Huo Long came flying out. Flames overflowed from the sky, and lightning raged.
BOOM!
Xie Luo’s expression completely changed. This time, Lei Long and Huo Long were unleashing all their power. Their destructive power actually made him lose connection to the Heavenly Daos.
Lei Long and Huo Long hadn’t gone all-out in a long time. Huo Long was even igniting all of its energy to destroy the influence of the Heavenly Daos within this region.
“Break!” Xie Luo roared. With his Heavenly Dao energy stripped away, he focused on his world energy. Divine light condensed on his spear.
BOOM!
Lightning and flames devoured the world, making Xie Luo cough up a mouthful of blood. Huo Long had actually detonated at that critical time, unleashing all of its power. As a result, even Xie Luo’s internal organs were damaged by it.
“Split the Heavens 7!”
Just at this moment, a black saber-image slashed toward Xie Luo while he was heavily injured.
“Crap!” Xie Luo’s expression changed. The flame dragon’s detonation had unleashed black flames that overwhelmed the energy of the Heavenly Daos. He couldn’t heal. In this state, he could only resist with his world energy.
BOOM!
After a miserable
clash, Xie Luo’s body was covered in blood. He had almost died.
At this time, the Corrupt path’s people’s expressions changed. Long Chen was only at the peak of Soul Transformation. How could he be so terrifying?
They had thought that Xie Luo would have an easy victory, but Long Chen was actually able to force Xie Luo to the point that they were both covered in blood. Right now, Long Chen’s body was covered in cracks, and his bones were visible from many spots. His injuries were even worse than Xie Luo’s.
However, just as they thought that the two of them had both run out of energy, the white scales on Long Chen’s body vanished. Following that, his injuries instantly healed.
“What?!” Everyone was shocked. Just how was it possible to heal such terrifying injuries so quickly?
Having dissipated the Azure Dragon Battle Armor, he was able to use the primal chaos space’s life energy to heal. But now, Long Chen wouldn’t be able to use the Azure Dragon Battle Armor again for a while, as he also wasn’t capable of keeping it up any longer. His body had already reached its limit.
Long Chen no longer had the Azure Dragon Battle Armor, but he had the Five Star Battle Armor. He shot after Xie Luo, unleashing a tempest of attacks with Evilmoon.
The world was covered in black flames because Huo Long had sacrificed all the energy it could expend without dying. Within these black flames, Xie Luo was like a drowning man. No matter how good a swimmer was, they always needed a chance to breathe.
After blocking Long Chen’s nineteenth slash, Xie Luo couldn’t endure any longer. One of his arms exploded, and his spear fell away.
As for Long Chen, he didn’t pause. He continued to press forward.
Xie Luo was stripped of his Heavenly Dao energy now. Unfortunately, the Black Illusion Dragon Flame wouldn’t be able to last for long. It was already starting to dissipate, and once the Heavenly Dao energy returned, Xie Luo would be able to heal and instantly crush Long Chen.
Long Chen was panting, and his aura was slightly turbulent as he had already reached his limit. With both sides at critical moments, it was Xie Luo who was terrified. Looking at Long Chen’s bloodthirsty eyes, he was finally afraid.
BOOM!
With only one arm, Xie Luo caught the snake-head spear and blocked Long Chen’s next attack. Using a special technique, he managed to force aside some of Long Chen’s power, but he was still sent tumbling back.
Seeing this, Xie Wentian sighed. Xie Luo had been defeated. He had been defeated because he wasn’t ruthless enough, and no longer had the courage to continue using head-on clashes against Long Chen.
He understood his son very well. As long as Xie Luo had continued fighting head-on, Long Chen would have definitely been killed. He could see just how much energy the two of them had left.
Long Chen was running on empty, while Xie Luo still had quite a bit of energy. However, Xie Luo was running, which signified defeat. He had not just lost now, but he would also lose in the future forever.
Experts needed absolute confidence. If a person doubted their own power, they would never be able to be a true expert.
“Die!” Long Chen roared, his voice causing chills.
“Save me!”
Xie Wentian shook his head. He was very disappointed in this successor of his. However, he couldn’t allow Long Chen to kill his son.
Looking at the sky, he saw that the Black Illusion Dragon Flame would only last for two more breaths’ time before dissipating. Then Xie Luo would be able to absorb Heavenly Dao energy, and Long Chen would become a lamb for the slaughter.
However, two breaths’ time was as long as two hours to the current Xie Luo. He couldn’t hold on.
Xie Wentian reached out to break the black flames, but just at that moment, a giant claw slammed toward him.
“What?” Xie Wentian was startled. A rune lit up on his hand, and a giant palm-image smashed toward the claw.
BOOM!
The giant claw exploded, unleashing a wave of lightning that forced back Xie Wentian.
“Hmph, you’re nothing more than a pet for the human race.” Xie Wentian sneered. He was about to attack when Xie Luo let out a miserable cry.
Chapter 1958 Breaking the Barrier
Xie Luo’s head had actually been cut off by Long Chen. His head was flying through the air and screaming.
“Damnit, I missed.” Long Chen felt like his head was about to split. He was past his limit. Just now, he had been aiming to pierce right through Xie Luo’s head, but he had ended up striking the neck instead.
If Long Chen had struck Xie Luo right in the head, he would have had a fifty percent chance of controlling his Yuan Spirit. However, he had failed.
Taking a deep breath, Long Chen was about to make up for his missed attack when one of the Corrupt path’s elders flew over, smashing a palm at him.
Long Chen instinctively raised his saber to block and was sent smashing back like a shooting star, crashing into the ground.
He coughed up blood. He felt like the world was spinning around him. He was about to collapse.
“Long Chen, hand over your life!”
Just at this moment, Xie Luo came charging over. The Black Illusion Dragon Flame had dissipated, which had restored his Heavenly Dao energy. Xie Luo had recovered to at least seventy percent.
Thinking of how miserable his plight had been just now, Xie Luo was infuriated.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the sky tore apart. A giant lightning dragon came out, once more clashing against Xie Wentian. Meanwhile, Xie Wentian’s expression was calm. The space around him crumbled as he displayed the power of the leader of the Corrupt path.
“Long Chen, just what did you do? I can’t beat him. I’m unable to use my full power here,” said the silver drake king to Long Chen.
So as expected, he had lost? Long Chen couldn’t help sighing. After the Double Dragon Destruction, Huo Long had detonated, while Lei Long had preserved a bit of its energy to condense spatial runes in secret.
When Xie Wentian had tried to interfere, Lei Long had created the spatial channel, summoning the silver drake king.
Long Chen hadn’t had any extravagant hopes that the drake king would be able to annihilate all his enemies. One reason was that the spatial channel limited its energy, and Long Chen couldn’t create a larger channel that could allow it to use more of its power. He had merely hoped that it could buy him enough time. As long as he could capture Xie Luo, he would have gained a powerful trump card. If he could use Xie Luo’s life in exchange for Leng Yueyan’s life, perhaps he might have managed to get away.
However, it was all over now. Xie Luo had recovered, and the drake king was blocked by Xie Wentian. Long Chen was finally seeing the power of the leader of the Corrupt path. That kind of power wasn’t something he could face.
Right now, Xie Wentian wasn’t even going all-out. He was easily able to block the silver drake king from getting to Long Chen.
“It really was an absolute failure!” Long Chen sighed. His original plan was to first release Leng Yueyan from her chains, but that wooden pillar was too strange, and Leng Yueyan had directly told him that it was impossible.
Then he had switched to capturing Xie Luo as a hostage. His plan had been to summon the silver drake king and bring them into the lightning field, and then he would think of some other way to return to the Martial Heaven Continent. However, it was all over now.
Xie Wentian clearly had more than enough power to stop the drake king. Even if Long Chen had managed to capture Xie Luo, he wouldn’t have been able to leave the Heavenly Evil Region. This place was a deathtrap.
Long Chen clenched Evilmoon. Evilmoon still had a bit of energy. It was flowing through his body, and although its power had already dropped, Long Chen wouldn’t give up.
Long Chen stared at Xie Luo, while Xie Luo glared daggers at him. He had originally been planning on crushing Long Chen, and his spear was already raised. However, he never let it fall. He suddenly smiled sinisterly.
“Long Chen, don’t you call yourself someone who cares about friends and relationships? Then let me test whether that’s really true.” Xie Luo suddenly waved his hand, unleashing a ray of divine light at the distant altar.
The altar’s divine runes lit up. The light seemed like flame serpents dancing through the air.
Sixteen wooden pillars slowly rose out of the altar, reaching all the way into the sky. The void rumbled as fragments of spacetime shattered and crumbled. The altar actually formed a giant channel.
“Long Chen, I’ll let you personally witness Leng Yueyan being sacrificed! Look well as her flesh and soul are stripped away, hahaha!”
With one order from Xie Luo, hundreds of the Corrupt path’s experts suddenly knelt on the ground. They began to chant something.
More runes lit up on the altar. This time, they were blood-colored and flowed toward Leng Yueyan like bloody rivers.
Long Chen roared and charged toward the altar. However, just as he was approaching it, he was repulsed by some invisible energy.
He was blown back many miles before stabilizing, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood that was actually black. It seemed that he had been cursed.
Leng Yueyan was looking at Long Chen. Tears dripped down her face, but she didn’t have the slightest fear or panic on it. The only thing left there was a tender emotion.
Long Chen charged forward once more, this time piercing forward with Evilmoon. However, he was blown back again.
“Hahaha, Long Chen, do you know? In front of the divine altar, you’re nothing more than an ant! Your struggling is foolish. All it will do is bring you closer to death. How is it, is it satisfying?” laughed Xie Luo delightedly.
He felt like killing Long Chen while he was lost in the deepest pit of despair would be much better.
In the distance, Xie Wentian was still blocking the drake king. He didn’t say anything about Xie Luo’s actions.
If he allowed Xie Luo to torment Long Chen, it might make up for the flaw in Xie Luo’s Dao-heart from losing to Long Chen. If he was lucky, perhaps the heart-devil would disappear once Long Chen died.
