by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Gui Yan no longer cared about any rules. If this continued, then even their Favored would be killed, which would be a huge blow to the Corrupt path.
Once Long Chen killed that Favored, the entire battlefield would become unbalanced. The other Favored were also in danger, and so Gui Yan gave the order for the Elders to also get involved.
In his eyes, Long Chen was even more terrifying than Yin Luo and Mo Nian. That was because Long Chen was still in the Blood Condensation realm.
With that weak cultivation base, he was able to kill Favored a realm above him without giving him the slightest ability to retaliate. What kind of heaven-defying talent was that?
And the most alarming thing about him was not just Long Chen’s battle strength, but that unparalleled intelligence. He had somehow managed to reverse what should have been a complete slaughter. That was his most terrifying talent in Gui Yan’s eyes.
If he allowed Long Chen to mature, then with that level of wisdom and strength, he would pose a mortal threat to the Corrupt path.
And so Gui Yan no longer gave a damn about the rules. He had to kill him!
“All forces move out! Don’t let our juniors laugh at us!” shouted Tu Fang. All the Righteous Elders and senior disciples also charged out.
Their task was to stop the Corrupt path’s experts. Long Chen had managed to reverse the situation, giving their junior disciples newfound confidence and passion. They held absolute superiority at the moment.
The battlefield became a complete mess.
On one side were Tu Fang and Gui Yan. The two of them were old opponents, so they went full strength in all of their attacks. The terrifying energy they released caused the huge mountain beneath their feet to crumble. Sword Qi surged into the sky, wild gales unfurled, and it was as if heaven and earth were about to explode.
A bit further from them were the regular Righteous and Corrupt Elders who were fiercely fighting, blood flying everywhere.
And then outside the Elders’ battle was the senior disciples’ battlefield. There were especially many of them, and their battle was the most chaotic.
The Righteous path’s senior disciples’ eyes were completely red. As long as it wasn’t someone on their side, they would immediately go all-out to kill. There was no longer any terror in their hearts, only endless killing intent.
Long Chen had completely excited their desire. That desire was to become strong. And to become strong required a powerful determination and resolution.
They finally realized where they were lacking. It wasn’t that their talent was lacking, but that they didn’t have a strong enough resolution in the face of death.
And so those senior disciples were all attacking without the fear of death. Their blood had long since begun to boil from watching their junior disciples, and now that they had an opportunity as well, they immediately leaped at it.
Long Chen hadn’t expected the battle to quickly develop to this point. However, the battlefield had already become a complete mess. He had to speed things up. Raising Devil Decapitator, he charged towards that Favored.
“Long Chen, use your Spiritual Strength to snatch his Dao-mark! That way, you’ll have a chance to become a Favored!” Tu Fang suddenly shouted out to Long Chen.
Long Chen was startled. He had heard that Favored were blessed with a trace of extra karmic luck from heaven and earth. Did that mean that karmic luck could be taken away?
His saber went slashing straight for that completely panicked Favored. In his fear, that Favored used all his remaining strength to block with his sword.
As a result, his sawtooth sword finally shattered, and Long Chen’s saber directly cut him in twain.
After that Favored’s body was cut in two and all his vitality faded, a mark slowly surfaced from his forehead.
That mark was extremely odd, almost looking like a drawing. Within that drawing were the sun, moon, and stars, as well as mountains, plains, and rivers. They were just a bit indistinct.
“Quickly, Long Chen! The Dao-mark will disappear soon!”
Tu Fang’s sword was repeatedly striking out. He was going all-out against Gui Yan. Just giving Long Chen this reminder was already extremely taxing, and he was forced into a disadvantage.
Long Chen hesitated a moment. Grabbing the upper half of that Favored’s body, he rushed towards where another hostile Favored was fighting.
Tang Wan-er and a group of other core disciples were currently risking life and limb to fight against that Favored.
After killing Lei Qianshang, that powerful Favored had managed to kill another two core disciples.
As for Tang Wan-er, Gu Yang, and the others, they were completely covered in blood and injuries. However, they were still going all-out to besiege him.
“Watch out!”
Suddenly, a loud cry rang out like a clap of thunder. A golden saber slashed down on that Favored like a heavenly blade.
That Favored had just knocked Gu Yang back, pushing him off balance. In fact, he was ninety percent certain that he would be able to kill Gu Yang right now.
But before he could celebrate that, a dense air of death completely locked him in place. He was horrified, and his water-thorn immediately went to block.
BOOM!
His entire body intensely trembled, and his organs felt as if they were flipping inside of him. He was sent flying back from that saber.
“Long Chen!”
Tang Wan-er and the others were delighted by his arrival. They had been completely focused on their fight and weren’t aware of what was happening outside. In fact, they were so focused that they hadn’t even heard anything happening outside.
“Wan-er, use your Spiritual Strength to snatch the Dao-mark on his head. The rest of you go kill other core disciples, quickly!”
After tossing Tang Wan-er the corpse, Long Chen rushed off, his saber once more attacking that Favored.
The others didn’t hesitate after hearing Long Chen’s orders. They all spread out, choosing their own core disciple targets. The faster they killed them, the greater the chance was that their fellow disciples would survive.
Tang Wan-er took a deep breath as she looked at that corpse. Touching the space between her eyebrows, incorporeal energy slowly spread into that Favored’s Dao-mark.
As for the water-thorn Favored who had been sent flying by Long Chen, he quickly realized who that corpse was.
That Favored couldn’t help but feel shocked. A powerful Favored had been killed so quickly?!
“Parting Wind Slash!”
Saber Qi filled the sky, slashing down viciously on this Favored.
From just his first blow, the Favored already knew just how terrifying Long Chen was. There was no way he could fight against him directly.
His water-thorn thrust out, and a curtain of light appeared. He actually surprisingly used Long Chen’s force to retreat.
This Favored was extremely crafty. Now that the battle had already progressed to such a chaotic state, he wasn’t planning on facing Long Chen directly. He was hoping to retreat back into the Corrupt path’s army.
And his defensive method was extremely odd. It was unknown what kind of technique he had used to actually deflect over half of Long Chen’s force.
Long Chen had an urge to chase after him, but he gave that up in the end. Something like that would take too long, which would be detrimental to their Righteous path. He rushed directly to where Chu Yao was.
There was no need for him to worry about Wilde. His spiked club was continuously whistling around, and he wasn’t even slightly tired.
As for the Favored with the hatchet who he was fighting, he was constantly coughing up blood under Wilde’s attacks. It was obvious he wouldn’t be able to continue for much longer.
Chu Yao still occupied the superior position, but it would require a long time for her to kill that Favored. A battle of attrition had little attacking power.
Long Chen was planning on helping Chu Yao to kill that Favored. Once they accomp
lished that, Chu Yao would be freed up to influence the rest of the battle.
With her powerful attack range, she would be able to influence the entire battlefield, tilting the scales of victory to the Righteous path.
Long Chen was rushing over to her when space suddenly solidified around him. He was alarmed to find that a Bone Forging expert’s pressure had locked him in place.
“Die, brat!”
A Corrupt Elder had somehow managed to escape from the layers of blockades to charge at him.
Even in his shock, Long Chen saw a figure disappear not far from him.
Long Chen clenched his teeth; he recognized that figure. Elder Sun had intentionally acted as if he had been unable to stop that person! He had let him by, hoping to use him to kill Long Chen.
You dare plot against me you old bastard? Just wait!
“Die!”
That Corrupt Elder icily shouted, and a withered hand that looked like firewood slammed toward Long Chen.
[1] More puns! The word he used here for tortoise also means cuckold, similar to his green cap!
Chapter 260 Fighting Against Eight-Temper Bone Forging
“Die!”
That Corrupt Elder was a true Bone Forging expert on the same level as Elder Sun and the other monastery Elders. He was incomparable to the second-rate Elders of the Bloodnet Sect.
If Long Chen hadn’t advanced to the thirteenth Heavenstage of Blood Condensation, that terrifying pressure would have made it impossible for him to move.
Tightly clenching Devil Decapitator, he calmed down a great deal. Even against a true Bone Forging expert, he was still filled with battle intent.
“You can die instead!” Long Chen shouted. Holding his saber with both hands, all his power was focused onto the tip of his saber as he viciously slashed it down on that Corrupt Elder.
BOOM!
The instant Devil Decapitator collided with that Elder’s palm, Long Chen felt as if that Elder’s bones were a kind of weapon, and he was sent flying back.
But that Corrupt Elder also suffered. Under Long Chen’s attack, he was forced back a dozen steps. Even a Bone Forging expert was unable to completely ignore Long Chen’s power.
“Bone Forging, Bone Forging, so that’s what it means! Tempering your bones, making your bones harder than steel!”
Long Chen shook out his slightly numb arm, finally understanding the meaning behind Bone Forging.
Qi Condensation, Blood Condensation, Tendon Transformation, and Bone Forging. The first three realms were to increase the power of the flesh. Only in the Bone Forging realm would the bones be strengthened. Only then could you truly release the strength of the physical body.
What Long Chen didn’t know yet was that the Bone Forging experts required an extremely large amount of energy to temper their bones. Those Bone Forging Elders from the Bloodnet Sect were only able to temper a single bone.
If they were to attempt tempering more bones, the sect wouldn’t be able to handle the cost. More importantly, their talent was only average and so tempering more bones would just be a waste.
The Bone Forging realm was an extremely particular realm. It was up to each individual to decide how many bones they would temper.
Only once they made that decision would they begin their tempering. The more bones they decided to temper, the more powerful their physical bodies would become.
That was why Long Chen was able to easily kill that Bloodnet Sect Elder. That was because those Elders were all ‘one-temper’ Bone Forging experts.
If you only tempered one bone, then you would normally choose your forearm bone, the arm you wielded your weapon with.
That was normally the only choice for second-rate Bone Forging experts. That bone was the one that would increase their attack strength the most.
As for this Corrupt Elder as well as the Elders of the other large sects, they had the benefit of many resources and were all ‘eight-temper’ Bone Forging experts.
They chose to temper two bones of both their arms, as well as two bones of both their legs. Those were the main bones for strengthening them the most.
Of Qi Condensation, Blood Condensation, Tendon Transformation, Bone Forging, and Meridian Opening, the Bone Forging realm was the one that exhausted the most resources.
This realm required an incredible amount of resources. With each increase in bones, the cost of tempering them would double.
That kind of terrifying consumption was something that even large sects could not ignore. That was why the majority of talented monastery disciples would all be sent to the Xuantian Supermonastery once they were about to enter the Bone Forging realm.
The ones who remained in the Tendon Transformation realm were like senior apprentice-brother Wan and the others. They could only work as law enforcers for the monastery, accumulating enough resources for the day they too entered the Bone Forging realm.
As for this Corrupt Bone Forging expert, he had tempered eight of his bones, and just his physical body was tens of times stronger than an ordinary Bone Forging expert. Compared to those one-temper Bone Forging experts, the difference was immeasurable.
Otherwise, there was no way he could have sent an abnormally powerful fellow like Long Chen flying with a single punch.
“Hmph, it’s just some brute force. Let me see just how many fists you can receive from me! I’ll show you that you are nothing more than an ant to me!” That Corrupt Elder was somewhat shocked. But he just coldly snorted and once more smashed a fist at Long Chen.
That fist caused space to explode and heaven and earth to quiver. Long Chen felt as if he were about to be crushed by the pressure.
Long Chen was completely infuriated. You, an old demon who has lived for who knows how many years, a grand Bone Forging expert, have tossed aside your face to fight against me, a Blood Condensation rookie, and you are still acting pompous?
“Fuck off!” Long Chen roared and his FengFu Star circulated quickly, sending all his spiritual qi into Devil Decapitator.
With Long Chen’s spiritual qi pouring into it, Devil Decapitator seemed to come to life, emitting a loud buzzing sound. The lines on top of it lit up with brilliant, moving color, looking like circulating water.
BOOM!
When Devil Decapitator once more collided with that Bone Forging expert, its power had multiplied, and the entire battlefield shook.
Both Long Chen and the Bone Forging expert were sent flying back. The Bone Forging expert was completely shocked. His full strength blow just now had been completely blocked by Long Chen.
Long Chen’s blood was roiling within him and a trace of blood dripped out of the corner of his mouth. This Bone Forging expert was too powerful.
“Everyone, go protect Long Chen!” Tu Fang’s voice was transmitted throughout the entire battlefield.
Tu Fang was still stuck fighting against Gui Yan. The two of them had fought for many years, and their cultivation bases were extremely similar. Neither dared be careless.
Once he had seen Long Chen defeat that Favored, he knew that this battle was essentially won. But they were all still stuck here holding up the Corrupt path’s Elders. They couldn’t allow them to slaughter their disciples.
But just now, Long Chen and that Bone Forging Elder’s exchange had shaken the entire battlefield. When Tu Fang saw that Long Chen was fighting an eight-temper Bone Forging expert, he was immediately given a fright and called for people to assist Long Chen.
Even if Long Chen was a Divergent who was supposedly not destined to be slain by a man, that didn’t mean he couldn’t be defeated. If Long Chen were captured alive, then the entire battlefield would reverse once more.
Tu Fang’s voice rang out in every single person’s ears. The Xuantian Monastery’s Elders were especially panicked when they saw Long Chen fight an eight-temper Bone Forging expert. They all released their greatest strength, attempting to charge in Long Chen’s direction.
“Hahaha, you want to save him? Keep dreaming!”
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nbsp; The Bone Forging Elder that Long Chen was fighting suddenly laughed loudly. His entire body began to glow, and countless bizarre lines appeared on his arms.
“Brat, you still don’t know just how terrifying the Bone Forging realm is. Ah, I guess I’ll be charitable and let you have a taste! Eight-temper body armor!”
The clothes on that Elder’s arms and legs exploded, bone-like lines appearing on his skin.
When those lines appeared, the ground beneath him split apart and his entire aura immediately erupted to an absolutely terrifying level.
Long Chen’s heart pounded. He really had never imagined that Bone Forging experts were so terrifying.
What he didn’t know was that Bone Forging experts who were above four-temper were able to use their bones as vessels to store a huge amount of energy.
During ordinary times, they would continuously send energy into their tempered bones, sealing it inside. At a critical moment, they could lift that seal, releasing their terrifying energy.
This was that Bone Forging Elder’s strongest technique. He would normally never use it. But Long Chen was just too powerful, and the threat he posed to the Corrupt path was too great.
He had to kill him before the Righteous Elders arrived to save him. If Long Chen managed to escape him, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Now that he had used his eight-temper body armor, his aura was so powerful that it caused others to tremble. Taking a step forward, his withered hand slammed down at Long Chen.
Even from dozens of meters away, Long Chen still felt a cold chill run through his bones. Even before his attack had arrived, a terrifying pressure made it difficult for him to breathe. He felt as if he might explode.
“I can’t continue like this, or I’ll definitely die. Time to bring out all my firepower.” Long Chen took a deep breath. His quickly circulating FengFu Star came to a sudden stop, and a terrifying aura erupted from within his body as if an ancient monster had awakened.
“FengFu Battle Armor!”
A star appeared within Long Chen’s eyes. The ground beneath his feet burst apart, and a ramrod pillar of qi soared into the sky.