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However, he could only sense their general existence. He couldn’t pinpoint their exact location, meaning that the Bloodkill Hall actually had more skillful assassins aside from their three divine emissaries. Or, did this indicate that their Dong Mingyu had come?
“Fuck, how did so many unknown experts suddenly appear? Did I end up jumping into a den of wolves?”
The closer he got to Pill Valley, the more people he saw. Many of them were lone travelers with shocking auras.
One man had a grand aura. With each step, space twisted and he would reappear hundreds of miles away. It seemed he was currently practicing some kind of cultivation art.
There was another person enveloped with divine light, and it was impossible to see his face. Sword-light formed a ring behind him. The Sword Qi around him was oppressive. Just looking at him gave people a stabbing pain.
There was also someone like Long Chen being pulled by a twelfth rank Magical Beast while sitting in a carriage. The carriage blocked their aura, but when they looked over, Long Chen felt a sensation of danger.
“There’s no need to be so shocked. Just from Man Batian’s memories, you can see that there are still many sects hidden within the Martial Heaven Continent. However, they’re more low-key and haven’t revealed themselves. They’ve been secretly developing for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. They’ve avoided having to fight with others, lying in wait precisely for the current great era to come. A world naturally goes through periods of prosperity and decline. Spring goes and winter comes. When the winter comes, lifeforms hibernate so that they can come back out in spring. The Martial Heaven Continent definitely isn’t as simple as what you see. If I hadn’t felt that this place looked weak, I also wouldn’t have come here, and then I wouldn’t have encountered Yun Shang,” said Evilmoon hatefully.
After killing Evilmoon, Yun Shang had reforged its body and soul into a weapon, resulting in Yun Shang giving it the name of Dragonbone Evilmoon.
“Being with me will let you make your comeback,” guaranteed Long Chen.
“Tch, you don’t even know how you’re going to advance any further. If you don’t figure out a way, it won’t be long before you’re crushed. Just seeing your 108,000 astral spaces, I’ve given up any hope. Your cultivation technique is too monstrous.” Evilmoon didn’t have any hope for Long Chen. The Nine Star Hegemon Body Art was too difficult. However, it then suddenly said, “Actually, I do have a method for you to rapidly grow stronger without medicinal pills.”
“Really? Don’t con me.” Long Chen was delighted. Perhaps the dark evil dragon race had some divine ability that could help him.
“It’s to eat. You can eat just like Wilde, absorbing their energy with Swallow the Heavens, Devour the Earth.”
“You want me to constantly eat Magical Beasts?” Long Chen hesitated. If he couldn’t find medicinal pills, then perhaps this was his only choice.
“No, for you, eating Magical Beasts is useless.”
“Then… you want me to eat people?!”
“Yes. Swallow the Heavens, Devour the Earth was originally a technique for absorbing energy from the same source as the user. After being devoured, it will strip them of their energy and merge that energy with yours. That’s the only way for you to absorb the energy of their Yuan Spirit, essence blood, and soul-”
“Stop. That’s definitely impossible.” Long Chen interrupted Evilmoon. Eating Magical Beasts was one thing. If he had no other choice, he could accept it. But eating people was definitely unacceptable.
“You’re a hypocrite. What difference is there between killing people and eating people? The evil dragon race relies on eating each other to get stronger and survive, but your human race kills each other not because you need to but simply to satisfy your desires. Although a portion are killed due to crisis or imminent danger, the majority are only killed to satisfy your desire to subdue others. The human race kills many times more of its fellow humans than my evil dragon race eats each other,” snorted Evilmoon.
“Alright, don’t try to talk philosophy with me. I can’t accept that condition. As for why, I don’t know either, but if you really need a reason, call it instinct. As a human, I will kill to protect my family, but I won’t go devouring humans. It’s impossible.”
Long Chen shook his head, not letting Evilmoon continue this topic. Long Chen respected Evilmoon, and he knew it had good intentions, but that wasn’t something he could accept.
BOOM!
Just as they were speaking, Long Chen’s carriage shook intensely. His golden bull had actually been killed by a single punch from someone.
Startled, Long Chen looked out to see someone from the Xuan Beasts blocking his path.
That person’s entire body was covered in black fur. He also had a rod in his hand, and he pointed it at the carriage.
“Man Batian, come out and face your death!”
The disturbance here drew over many of the surrounding experts.
“The Xuan Beasts’ Xiong Tianba!” Someone let out a startled cry upon recognizing this black-furred expert.
One of the ancient family alliance’s experts said, “This Xiong Tianba is the descendant of the Great Earthen Bear King race. Legend is that the Great Earthen Bear race was so powerful in the ancient era that they were given the name of king. Their power is limitless.”
“Really? Then whose power would be greater, his or True Immortal Jiaoqi?”
That ancient family alliance expert didn’t know how to reply to that. There was no way to compare. All he knew of the Great Earthen Bear King race’s power was limited to historical records.
Someone from the ancient races said, “If the two of them were to actually fight, they should be equally matched. But in terms of pure power, this Xiong Tianba should have an edge. True Immortal Jiaoqi relied on the power of his bloodline which can be used up in the end, but Xiong Tianba’s power comes from the earth. As long as he is on the ground, his energy will never run out.”
“If he’s so powerful, why haven’t I ever heard of him?”
“Hmph, do you think that the great Xuan Beasts are like the human race, announcing themselves to the world as soon as they have the slightest bit of power? They knew how to be low-key.”
That ancient race expert’s sneer immediately caused quite a few expressions to sink.
Chapter 2004 Fully Awakened Manifestation?
It had to be known that ninety percent of the experts here were part of the human race. For someone to openly curse the human race like this, they were enraged. If this wasn’t the wrong place for it, they would have killed that idiot.
However, of all the experts here, not all of them were afraid of the ancient races and the Xuan Beasts. Someone responded, “For people like you, the only thing to do is bully you like Long Chen does. Once Long Chen beats all your teeth out, you won’t insult the human race every time you open your mouth.”
This person came from a neutral sect. Originally, he had no enmity with the Xuan Beasts or the ancient races. However, this person’s mouth was just too hateful. To suck up to the Xuan Beasts, did you need to trample on the human race? Did he not realize that the human race was his ancestor?
“Yes, they’re truly low-key! Once Long Chen even killed his way into their headquarters and took all their resources, they didn’t make a sound! So low-key!” added someone else.
“You…” That ancient race expert was about to curse back when he suddenly noticed that he was surrounded by experts of the human race. He swallowed his curses.
Seeing that he didn’t dare to continue talking, those experts couldn’t be bothered with him. They turned back to watch the fight.
At this time, Long Chen had come out of his carriage. He walked toward that expert of the Xuan Beasts.
“Now there will be a good show to watch. One’s Man Batian, one’s Xiong Tianba. Let’s see who’s stronger,” said someone excitedly.
Man Batian came from a neutral sect that had been in hiding. He had no
relationship with anyone, and he was known as a tyrannical figure. There were already a few stories of his infamy. As for Xiong Tianba, he came from the Xuan Beasts who always looked down on the human race. If the two of them clashed, it would be a perfect case of irritating fellows fighting each other. The others were quite happy to watch such a show.
“You killed my mount. It seems I’ll need you to replace it.” Long Chen suddenly shot forward, smashing his rod at Xiong Tianba.
“Man Batian, you might be able to be arrogant in front of others, but you aren’t qualified to act like that in front of the Xuan Beasts!” Xiong Tianba roared and his rod also smashed toward Long Chen.
When those two rods collided, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted and divine light burst forward. The large Xiong Tianba was actually blown into the distance.
“Heavens, in terms of power, Man Batian is actually greater than Xiong Tianba!”
Long Chen sneered, “A little bear also dares to act this wild? In the future, just obediently pull my carriage.”
Long Chen’s current power and fighting style were identical to Man Batian’s. That was the only way to avoid other people’s suspicions.
This imitation was quite simple for Long Chen. Man Batian’s energy stemmed from the barbarian dragon, and he didn’t have any flashy techniques. Long Chen also liked that kind of fighting style that relied on overwhelming his opponents with power.
As soon as they clashed, he knew that in terms of power, Xiong Tianba was a far cry from Man Batian.
Man Batian was truly powerful. He definitely wasn’t stronger than True Immortal Jiaoqi, but he would only be the slightest bit weaker. The reason why Long Chen had crushed him so easily was because his azure dragon blood suppressed his barbarian dragon power.
“Power of the earth, Bear King Slaughters the Heavens!”
Xiong Tianba’s feet touched the ground, and his black fur suddenly became the color of the earth. His aura also completely transformed.
“How can a bear slaughter the heavens?” sneered Long Chen, smashing out his rod.
BOOM!
However, this time, the earth didn’t explode. Instead, it was like all the surrounding land had become one entity, resisting his strike.
Long Chen was slightly surprised. This Xiong Tianba actually had some ability.
Xiong Tianba was extracting the energy of the earth. His manifestation appeared behind him, and endless mountains appeared within it. They were crystal-clear.
“This is…”
“He’s fully awakened his manifestation?!”
BOOM!
Long Chen and Xiong Tianba were forced back by each other’s power.
“Man Batian, do you see? My manifestation has already fully awakened. Even in terms of comprehension, my Xuan Beasts are superior to your human race! I’ll let you experience the power of a fully awakened manifestation today!” Xiong Tianba laughed wildly. The mountains within his manifestation began to shudder. This was no longer just an image, but it was its own world.
“So that’s the case. No wonder you can only fully awaken your manifestation upon reaching the Life Star realm,” muttered Long Chen to himself as he looked at Xiong Tianba’s manifestation.
The world within the manifestation was illusionary. But when a Life Star expert condensed their astral space, it would become the foundation for the manifestation and could transform the manifestation from illusory to real.
The manifestation behind Xiong Tianba was a reflection of the world within his astral space. That was why it looked so real.
He was fully in control of his world energy because his manifestation was his world. With a fully awakened manifestation, he was a true Empyrean.
The mountains within his manifestation rumbled. Divine runes began to appear on the ground, sending energy toward Xiong Tianba.
“He’s using the power of his manifestation to gather the energy of the very Martial Heaven Continent. How can anyone fight him when he controls that much power?” exclaimed one of the ancient family alliance’s experts.
“Who would have thought that the first person on the continent to awaken their manifestation would actually be from the Xuan Beasts? They’ll probably brag about this for a lifetime,” sighed one of the neutral camp’s experts.
Both the ancient races and the Xuan Beasts despised the human race, and they would directly scoff at the weaker ones, explicitly saying the human race was garbage.
Now that Xiong Tianba had actually awakened his manifestation, they would never forget about this. This would be another thing they would hold over the human race.
“Is awakening a manifestation really so amazing? Everyone, look well. If I even have to use my manifestation, it will count as my loss,” sneered Long Chen. His rod suddenly rumbled as he activated his azure dragon blood.
A dragon cry resounded through the air. He was activating this divine item with the power of the azure dragon, and the power it unleashed was greater than what Xiong Batian could hope to unleash.
BOOM!
The ground exploded. The mighty and arrogant Xiong Tianba was sent tumbling back.
“Do you think the power of the barbarian dragon is something a little bear can block? Taking out my manifestation would be bullying you. Just obediently pull my carriage.”
A wave of dust swirled around Long Chen. Although he hadn’t summoned the Azure Dragon Battle Armor, he was already using the power of his dragon blood. He began unleashing a torrent of attacks at Xiong Tianba.
With each clash, Xiong Tianba was sent tumbling back. The ground shook with each step, and the earth exploded with each of Long Chen’s attacks.
“What’s going on? Was Man Batian always so powerful? Even someone with a fully awakened manifestation can’t stop him?”
“Something seems off. If Xiong Tianba fully awakened his manifestation, why wouldn’t the Xuan Beasts announce it?”
“That’s right, that’s not their style!”
“I understand! Look closely at his manifestation. He didn’t awaken it naturally. He must have used some outside power to forcibly awaken it. Look, there’s no air of life within it!”
A manifestation was like a painting, but once it was awakened, it had its own life. Xiong Tianba’s manifestation looked alive, but it lacked an actual air of life. It was stiff.
“There’s no blessing of the Heavenly Daos either. So he only managed to awaken it with some outside force. No wonder it didn’t increase his power that much.”
“What a greedy fellow. This Xiong Tianba was a genius who could stand at the peak, but due to his impatience, he’s ruined his future. He’ll only be half an Empyrean for the rest of his life. There’s no way for him to fix his manifestation. Once everyone else’s manifestations begin to awaken, he’ll be trash. Stupid.”
Xiong Tianba roared and suddenly transformed into a giant bear. Wielding his rod with both hands, his fur began to shine. The runes that had been spreading on the ground were suddenly all sucked up by him. He smashed his rod at Long Chen.
“He’s gone berserk! He directly summoned his true body!”
Startled cries rang out. After being suppressed time and time again, Xiong Tianba was actually staking everything on one attack.
Chapter 2005 Yin Yang Sword Sect
Xiong Tianba’s body was gigantic. His rod was like a heaven-splitting pillar, smashing down mercilessly. This was his strongest attack that not only contained all his power but also all his fury.
He was originally a peak genius with top grade talent. However, he wasn’t patient enough. He wanted to be the first Empyrean on the continent with a fully awakened manifestation.
Disregarding the warnings of his seniors, he had actually forcibly merged the power of his astral space with his manifestation, wanting to quicken the awakening.
Awakening the manifestation was something that had to happen naturally. There was a sequence to it, and he was defying that sequence. Even if he was only a single step away, forcibly trying to awaken
his manifestation was no good. Although he had succeeded, his manifestation had not received the recognition of the world. In other words, his manifestation was truly and completely crippled.
He would never be able to fix his ruined manifestation, and he would be doomed to be second rate for the rest of his life. Right now, all he could do was bully others before they also awakened their manifestations. He had to hurry and crush everyone else while he could.
To have ruined your future prospects because of your greed and advancing prematurely was something that would drive anyone crazy. Xiong Tianba was filled with resentment, but because he caused all of this by himself, he couldn’t resent anyone else.
Originally, he had been planning on defeating Man Batian today because Man Batian had bullied some experts from the Xuan Beasts. His other goal was to make a name for himself before others managed to grow up.
However, his luck wasn’t good. This fake Man Batian’s combat power was absolutely terrifying. Furthermore, he hadn’t even summoned his manifestation.
Of course, the truth was that Long Chen couldn’t summon Man Batian’s manifestation. Even if he tried to fake it, he would immediately be sold out considering that he couldn’t absorb Heavenly Dao energy. He said that he wouldn’t use it only to give himself cover.
However, this cover ended up being viewed as absolute disdain from Man Batian. Man Batian actually wasn’t treating Xiong Tianba seriously at all. In his rage, Xiong Tianba risked everything in one attack.
BOOM!
Xiong Tianba’s giant rod smashed into the ground, causing the world to shake. His power was truly terrifying, and even the distant experts were unable to stay steady. They were blown back.
Cracks spread along the ground. Mountains crumbled, and giant boulders were flying through the air. It was like a scene from the end of the world.
“What terrifying power!”
The distant experts were gobsmacked. This kind of power was something that would blow anyone to smithereens. As expected, the Xuan Beasts’ power was inconceivable.
