Nine Star Hegemon Body Art c1-2048
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Hearing that, people looked at Long Chen suspiciously. They were truly unable to wrap their heads around this.
“I didn’t want to either, but he simply took the initiative. When he stretched out a head bigger than a butt at me, I couldn't control myself.” Long Chen shrugged, his expression so helpless that it made Xiong Tianba roar with fury.
Xiong Tianba had an urge to charge over right now and attack, but after learning that Man Batian was Long Chen, he didn’t dare to. Long Chen’s name was just too great.
“Long Chen, do you know why I’m in no rush to attack?” asked the elder indifferently.
Long Chen smiled and pointed at the sky. Runes were slowly forming there. “Because you are stealthily activating the grand formation. Once its barrier is condensed, then even if the entire Martial Heaven Alliance charged over, they wouldn’t be able to save me, right?”
The elder’s smile slowly vanished as he vaguely sensed something off. Long Chen seemed to know about everything. A faint sense of unease began to grow within him.
Long Chen clasped his hands behind him. Smiling at the elder, he said, “I’ve never said that I’m smart. To tell the truth, I’m not too used to using my brain to resolve problems. However, I’m also not a fool. Just because I don’t like using my head doesn’t mean that I don’t have a brain. Old fellow, your little tricks aren’t special in front of me. You don’t have the qualifications to act wise in front of me. Well, to tell the truth, with your little brains, I’d beat you with a single toe. Remember this: the goal isn’t to play with you; it’s to play you to death. Well, after saying so much, my throat’s dry. I’m going to leave first and there’s no need for you to send me off. In any case, I’ll return.”
“Leaving? Hahaha!” The elder laughed like he had heard a huge joke. “The dual divine chain formation has already been fully activated. It uses the god power of the divine statues. Let alone you, even a Netherpassage expert of the fourth step wouldn’t be able to escape from here. Do you think that you can?”
Long Chen cried in shock, “Even a Netherpassage expert of the fourth step, someone in control of Samsara energy, said to be able to reverse the cosmos and destroy heaven and earth can’t escape from here?! But… I feel that I can!”
Just as people thought that Long Chen was finally afraid, his last sentence almost made them cough up blood.
Qi Xuan, with her childish nature, almost laughed. The elder also laughed, but his was a furious laugh. “Good, then let me see just how you will leave! None of my Pill Valley’s experts even need to do anything. We’ll just watch how you fight this many of the continent’s heroes. Aren’t you claimed to be unrivaled within the same realm? Today, I’ll watch how that legend shatters!”
Leng Wufeng of the Blood Spirit Sword Sect let out a cry, his translucent sword suddenly attacking. “Long Chen, face your death!”
Long Chen sneered, “You and I have no enmity, so why do you want to kill me? When my saber cuts off your head, hopefully, you’ll remember that you provoked me first.”
Long Chen didn’t look at Leng Wufeng’s sword. He didn’t even seem to look at Leng Wufeng. He just stood there.
That icy disdain stunned everyone. Had Long Chen really reached the point where he could completely ignore Leng Wufeng?
As for Leng Wufeng, he was even further infuriated at this disdain. As his sword was about to strike Long Chen, Long Chen suddenly raised a single finger at him.
“Scram!”
Chapter 2013 Everyone Fooled
Long Chen’s shout was like thunder, and a powerful aura suddenly caused Leng Wufeng to retreat in shock. His sword unleashed thousands of rays of light that formed a thick barrier in front of him.
Just as everyone thought that Long Chen was about to unleash the dying struggle of a trapped beast, all he did was say a single word and point at Leng Wufeng. He didn’t attack at all. With just a point and a shout, Leng Wufeng had fled in terror and summoned his strongest defense. It was both shocking and laughable.
“With just this little bit of courage, you dare to challenge me? Go back and train for another five hundred years!” sneered Long Chen.
As he said this, people realized that something was off. His previous shout had contained immense dragon might that had deeply shaken them, but afterward, runes began to appear on his body. Those runes began to rumble.
“No, that’s not his true body! It’s just a clone!” exclaimed one expert suddenly.
As for the elder from Pill Valley, he couldn’t believe his eyes. It had clearly been Long Chen’s true body. When had it become a clone?
“Long Chen, die!”
Leng Wufeng was infuriated. He had actually almost pissed himself for a clone? His sword slashed toward Long Chen.
“Want to kill this clone of mine? Give up. You don’t have the courage,” sneered Long Chen.
BOOM!
Long Chen’s body exploded, transforming into arcs of lightning that faded away. Everyone was silent.
“What is going on?!” Pill Valley’s elder no longer appeared calm. He was completely dumbfounded, infuriated, and panicked.
“Long Chen fooled everyone. He only sent a clone to test us,” sighed someone.
“No. What came was his true body,” said an extremely thin man.
“His true body? You call this a true body?” said the first person irritably.
“It was his true body at the start, but once the fighting started, it became a clone,” replied the thin man.
Hearing that, everyone suddenly gasped, understanding.
Qi Fengxue sneered, “When Long Chen kicked that pervert, he already knew something was up, which was why when he slapped Xiong Tianba, he then unleashed such an explosion of power to cover everyone’s sight. My guess is that Long Chen condensed this lightning clone at that time, killed someone in the crowd, disguised himself, and left under his new identity. The odds of pulling off such a thing are normally very low, but with everyone’s attention gathered on Long Chen’s clone and Xiong Tianba, then adding in the chaos at the time, Long Chen easily escaped. It’s quite laughable that certain people thought that victory was already in their grasp and intentionally stalled for more time without realizing that the real Long Chen had long since left. Remember what Long Chen said? The goal isn’t to play with you, it’s to play you to death. This trip to Pill Valley wasn’t a waste. Thank you for the great show. Goodbye.”
After saying that, Qi Fengxue pulled Qi Xuan over to leave along with the rest of the Heaven Reaching Ancient Castle’s disciples. However, they found their path barred by a group of experts from Pill Valley.
“What? If we’re not loyal to Pill Valley, you’ll kill us? Even being neutral is no good, huh?” sneered Qi Fengxue.
The elder’s expression sank. He was filled with killing intent and rage. He had been completely duped by Long Chen, and now Qi Fengxue was taunting him in front of so many people.
However, he still retained some brains and waved his hand at those experts, having them back away. Qi Fengxue and the others left peacefully.
“Grand Elder Tianxi, Long Chen can’t have escaped! Our formation has already sealed the surroundings…” whispered one Elder.
“He didn’t run. He entered the Brahma secret realm,” said Grand Elder Tianxi.
This elder was actually one of Pill Valley’s Grand Elders. With that kind of status, it had been many years since he had been forced to handle such mundane affairs. However, this time, he had been completely fooled by Long Chen.
“Everyone, you’ve also seen just how crafty Long Chen is. The Brahma secret realm only has one exit, which is here in Pill Valley. Although he has fled inside, he’s still trapped. He won’t be able to escape our grasp. However, now you’ll need to be careful in the Brahma secret realm. Be clear on just how vicious Long Chen is. The only good thing is that he doesn’t have a barrier breaking bead, and so he can’t enter the core region. Even if he steals one of those beads from someone else, it would be useless bec
ause the power of the gods lies within the beads. As an enemy of Pill Valley, the bead would automatically explode if he tried using it. Even if it doesn’t kill him, he’ll end up covered in dirt. So you should make sure to protect your barrier breaking beads, because without them, you might not be able to escape him,” said the elder. He ordered people to continue distributing the barrier breaking beads.
The experts who received them walked into the channel. Perhaps at first they had been excited, but now knowing that a demon like Long Chen was inside, their hearts trembled.
As for the experts in charge of handing the barrier breaking beads over, they didn’t dare to make a noise because they had just made a grave mistake. They were closely defending the barrier breaking beads, but just now a certain person had come over to them and walked into the channel. They had carelessly given him a bead.
When they thought back to it, that person had to be Long Chen. With their attention drawn by his clone, they hadn’t even hesitated to give him one. They didn’t mention this.
“Hmph, who cares about Long Chen? Once I’m inside, I’ll cut off his head,” sneered Leng Wufeng, taking a barrier breaking bead and walking in.
The others looked at him disdainfully, but they didn’t say anything. Long Chen was able to scare him away with just a pointing of his finger, yet he still dared to say such big words? Did he even believe himself?
“Long Chen, just wait. Once my manifestation is fixed, you’ll be the first one I kill,” said Xiong Tianba hatefully. If he were to go looking for Long Chen, it would be no different than looking for death right now. All his hopes lay in finding something to restore his manifestation in the Brahma secret realm.
The other experts entered one by one. However, some of them were clearly struggling with a certain decision.
With Long Chen inside, it was like a tiger had been released, while they were all sheep. That feeling was terrifying.
However, with everyone else entering, those experts also clenched their teeths and entered, praying that they didn’t encounter Long Chen.
“Elder Tianxi, shouldn’t we alert the valley master?” asked one of Pill Valley’s Elders quietly.
“We cannot. The birth of the divine daughter has caused a divine blessing to descend onto her father as well. He is currently breaking through his shackles with that blessing. We cannot distract him,” said Elder Tianxi.
“Then what about Long Chen?” asked the Elder worriedly.
“What are you so worried about? Having entered the Brahma secret realm, Long Chen will probably die. If he encounters the divine daughter, he’ll definitely die. What mortal genius could contend with the divine daughter? Furthermore, it’s not a bad thing that he got in. It applies more pressure on the others to enter the core region. We’ll gain more supporters. The day that we dominate the continent grows ever closer.” Elder Tianxi smiled. Despite having been fooled by Long Chen, it seemed that he had found his confidence once more.
“What about the Heaven Reaching Ancient Castle? Are we really going to just let them off like this?” probed the Elder. The formation had yet to be dispelled. No one could leave.
“Let them go. Now isn’t the time to teach them their lesson. Once we control the entire continent, can’t we just crush whoever we want?” said Elder Tianxi indifferently.
The other Elders nodded and left. Without Edler Tianxi’s approval, they couldn’t deactivate the formation. Only with this approval could Qi Fengxue and the others leave Pill Valley’s territory.
“Long Chen, it doesn’t matter how many tricks you have. You won’t be leaving alive.” Once the others had all scattered, Elder Tianxi clenched his teeth furiously. That calm confidence of his had actually just been a front.
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“They all said that they felt the Grand Dao here. Why don’t I feel anything?”
Long Chen walked through the channel, entering a new world. However, the closeness of the Grand Dao that the others had felt was nowhere to be seen for him.
Long Chen’s original plan was to speed away upon arriving, but he suddenly had a thought. He ran back to the channel and calmly waited there.
As expected, after a bit, one expert after another walked in. This time, it was no longer people from the Xuan Beasts but every single faction. As for the whole drawing lots to see who would enter first, that was all nonsense. They had just been stalling for time.
With Long Chen already in, they no longer had to do that, so everyone was slowly entering.
When those experts walked in, they were filled with great hopes and expectations. But upon seeing Long Chen waiting for them, their hearts sank.
“Oh, how are you?” greeted Long Chen.
“Heavens, have my eyes stopped working?!” Those experts let out startled cries.
“Long Chen, what are you doing?!” demanded someone from the ancient races.
“This road was opened by me, these trees were planted by me. If you want to pass, leave behind the toll fee first. If someone wants to cheat me, well, I’m only in charge of killing, not burying bodies!”
Long Chen rested Evilmoon on his shoulder lazily. He had an evil smile on his face.
Chapter 2014 Bandit Blocking the Path
“What?”
The disciples couldn’t believe their ears.
“What, you don’t understand? I’m robbing you. Now do you get it? My pocket’s been embarrassingly empty lately, so I need some side business to make up for it. After all, I have a big family and so many people to feed. It’s hard on me. I have no other choice, so I have to do this work to get some money,” said Long Chen with an evil chuckle.
“Long Chen, for better or worse, you are a peerless heavenly genius. How can you do such shameless business?” raged an ancient race expert.
“Me, shameless? You have yet to see me when I’m shameless. Either hand over the money, or scram.” Long Chen swung Evilmoon, unleashing a powerful gust.
“Bastard, you’re going too far! You actually want to rob us? Everyone, kill him!” roared one of the Xuan Beasts, taking the lead in charging forward.
However, before he could even charge out of the channel, he was slain with a simple slash of Long Chen’s saber. Even his Yuan Spirit didn’t escape.
The other experts’ expressions changed. They found that their power was severely limited within the channel.
“This spatial channel has its own laws. To prevent it from being broken, it suppresses Heavenly Dao energy. In other words, you are unable to absorb Heavenly Dao energy to support your attacks inside. You’ll have to accept the fact that even ten thousand of you together wouldn’t be able to get past me. Hehe, so you should be obedient. I’m not too evil. I’ll only take ten million spirit crystals as my toll,” said Long Chen.
“Ten million?! Why don’t you go rob someone for that amount!”
“Exactly, I’m robbing you right now. Let me put it clearly: if you don’t pay up, don’t even think of entering. The Brahma secret realm will only be open for a set amount of time. Once time’s up, it will close. As for me, I have plenty of time, so I can wait it out.” Long Chen took out a chair and sat at the exit of the channel. He stabbed Evilmoon into the ground beside him.
Those experts were infuriated. They were being robbed? Something like being robbed existed only in stories for them. Every one of them was a powerful Empyrean. Anywhere they went, they were treated with great reverence.
“Bastard, we won’t let you do as you please! We have money, but we’re not giving it to you!” roared one of the ancient race disciples.
“Up to you. In any case, I’m only here for a look. I can’t enter the core region. There’s nothing for me to fear. If you want to wait, I’ll wait.” Long Chen’s lazy appearance infuriated those experts even more.
More and more experts appeared within the channel, with the people at the back not knowing what was going on. Two experts were forced out of the channel by the pushing, but when Long Chen raised Evilmoon, the two of them immediatel
y cried out in terror and fled back inside.
As the news spread to the back, an uproar erupted. They immediately reported this matter to Pill Valley.
When Pill Valley’s people heard this, they couldn’t believe their ears. Long Chen was actually forcing people to pay a fee to enter their Brahma secret realm? Had he gone crazy from poverty? Just how did his head work?
“Long Chen, can you have the slightest sense of shame? What do you mean by this path was opened by you, these trees were planted by you? This is Pill Valley’s secret realm. It has nothing to do with you!”
“Hmph, when I passed through here, I kicked away a stone that opened the path,” sneered Long Chen.
“Then what about planting trees?”
“I just planted some seeds and pissed on them so they can grow up healthy. They’ll be shooting out of the ground in just a few years. If you don’t believe me, you can come and take a look in a few years.”
“Long Chen, have some shame!”
“This is just reality. When I treat you reasonably, you act shamelessly to me. When I act shameless, you act like some saints. It doesn’t matter. In any case, if you want to pass, you have to pay up. However, the money you pay isn’t just for using my path. It also comes with some protection,” said Long Chen.
“What are you talking about?”
“Having taken your money, I would be embarrassed to take the initiative to attack you. So for the rest of the Brahma secret realm, as long as you don’t attack me, I won’t view you as enemies. After all, how could I treat my customers so badly?” said Long Chen.
Hearing that, people were enticed. If they paid this money, they wouldn’t need to worry about Long Chen attacking them. That would remove the greatest threat.
“But ten million is too much. My sect has a dozen people,” said one person.
Long Chen looked at him and found that he was from a neutral power. “Neutral disciples can get a discount. You only have to pay a million.”
The neutral experts were delighted by this. As supreme experts, they definitely had the ability to pay ten million spirit crystals, but that still was a painful price. On the other hand, a million wasn’t that much.