by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Suddenly, his third eye released a blinding light. It shot onto the Evil Dragon Bone Claw, and black qi began to rise from the ground.
“Careful Long Chen, he’s absorbing the resentful spirit energy of the dead! He’s going to use the Evil Dragon Bone Claw’s item-spirit!” warned Yue Xiaoqian. She summoned wings to fly up and assist.
“Xiaoqian, don’t. I can handle it.” Long Chen stopped her. If she released her full strength, perhaps she could block this attack, but it wasn’t worth it. They couldn’t expose her identity here.
Long Chen had already thought it through. If he really couldn’t handle it, then he would use the Eastern Wasteland Bell. It had already promised to help him out once. No matter how difficult the situation, it could help him handle it. Originally, he had been planning on leaving that opportunity to do some bigger things.
But, to kill two peak experts here wasn’t small either. He wasn’t losing much.
The Evil Dragon Bone Claw had now absorbed the fallen experts’ resentment thanks to Xue You’s third eye. It began to glow, and it was like something was awakening. The space around it was constantly quivering.
Rumbling filled the air. This rumbling came from Yu Changhao. His bow had now grown to three hundred meters, and it was floating upright behind him. He was forming hand seals, and the runes on his wings lit up.
Those runes were growing brighter and brighter until they were like blazing suns, too bright to stare at directly.
Yu Changhao was using his essence blood to summon his Treasure item’s spirit. Fundamentally, Treasure items could only be activated once a cultivator had at least reached Sea Expansion, but this was an inherited weapon that had been nourished by his race. As long as it received the summoning of his essence blood, it would be willing to use a portion of its power. Although that portion was very little, for a Xiantian expert, that was a lethal power.
For Xiantian experts to be able to use a Treasure item, they had to first obtain the Treasure item’s approval. Yu Changhao’s weapon was like that.
As for Long Chen’s Flying Rainbow, it had also once activated its power, but that wasn’t because of Long Chen. It had been provoked, and it had naturally released that power. Long Chen hadn’t obtained its approval, so he was unable to use its power.
The light coming from Yu Changhao reached a pinnacle, and then began to dim. But as Yu Changhao’s body dimmed, the bow behind him grew brighter.
At the same time, it was like an invisible hand was pulling the bowstring. Countless runes condensed, forming a huge arrow.
The space around him was constantly quivering as the world’s energy was being absorbed by it. Its aura was horrifyingly alarming.
This was a peak attack, one that contained all of Yu Changhao’s power. Yu Changhao’s wings now lost all their light, and they had turned black. In fact, they looked like charred earth, and signs of rotting had appeared on them. He had paid an incredible price for this attack. Yu Changhao’s face was as lifeless as a corpse’s.
“Die!”
Yu Changhao and Xue You roared at the same time. The Evil Dragon Bone Claw clenched into a fist and smashed toward Long Chen. At the same time, a huge arrow shot toward him. The two attacks caused heaven and earth to tremble.
Long Chen sighed. He was a bit unwilling, but he had decided to use a divine item to swat mosquitoes. He would use the Eastern Wasteland Bell to kill them.
Just as he was about to ask the Eastern Wasteland Bell for help, a fierce fluctuation came from within the primal chaos space. Long Chen’s expression suddenly became ecstatic.
Chapter 879 Flame Devil Breaks the Seal
A blood-colored light soared into the clouds. A saber appeared in Long Chen’s hands. Runes revolved around the saber like blood, and a powerful pressure caused heaven and earth to change color.
“Blooddrinker, you’ve finally recovered. We can finally fight together again!” At this critical moment, Blooddrinker had come out of its seclusion. The current Blooddrinker was not like the old Blooddrinker. A fierce sharpness came out of it.
Long Chen raised Blooddrinker to the sky. A pillar of light soared, shaking the heavens. Within that light pillar was a huge saber-image. Countless blood-colored runes circulated within the saber-image, and what sounded like the roaring of millions of beasts rang out. The sky turned dim in comparison.
Long Chen could feel a closer connection to Blooddrinker now that it had recovered. He could now sense its emotions more clearly.
His energy poured into Blooddrinker without reservation. Blooddrinker rumbled, resonating with heaven and earth. It was like the void could not allow its existence.
“Split the Heavens 2!” The huge saber-image in the sky rushed down, looking like it could split the river of stars. It was so imposing that it seemed like nothing could stop it.
BOOM!!!
In front of everyone’s horrified gazes, Long Chen’s attack collided with their bone claw and huge arrow. Countless cracks appeared in the air. The void was tearing because of their powers.
The ground crumbled as a terrifying qi wave engulfed the world. The mountain beneath them was instantly blown to smithereens, and countless coffins shot out.
“Quick, run!” Suddenly, one person shouted. Those experts outside the barrier were all appalled and fled.
The barrier exploded as the coffins shot out. Some experts were struck and killed by those flying coffins. Ditches appeared wherever they went, some spreading even tens of thousands of miles.
The mountain had been razed, the barrier had shattered, even the formations were destroyed. The only thing remaining where the mountain had been was a huge hole.
It was unknown how many of those distant spectators were still alive. In any case, they were buried by dirt. It would take them a while to dig their way out.
“Hahahaha!!!”
Yue Xiaoqian was covering her head. That attack had been too terrifying. The only thing she had been able to do had been to use her core energy to protect herself. In order to conceal it, she had used her hands to cover her face. She had just shot her way out of the dirt when she heard Long Chen’s laughter.
Long Chen was standing in the sky. His clothes were in tatters, and he was covered in blood. He appeared wretched, but with his blood-colored saber resting on his shoulder, he appeared grand and heroic.
A hundred miles from him, Xue You and Yu Changhao were lying on the ground, looking at him with shock. They had lost in that exchange.
With Blooddrinker resting on his shoulder, Long Chen soaked in that feeling he hadn’t felt in a long time. Now Blooddrinker was much stronger, but he wasn’t strong enough. Otherwise, that attack would have directly killed the two of them.
The most delightful thing to Long Chen was that after absorbing all that Phoenix Blood Black Gold, Blooddrinker’s weight had soared to a terrifying thirty million pounds. In other words, it had reached the immortal era’s one hundred catties.
This weight was still a bit too much for Long Chen. Otherwise, his attack just now would have been even stronger. But this was a good thing. He was about to advance to Sea Expansion, and his Enlightenment Palace Star was about to reach full satisfaction. At that time, Blooddrinker’s weight would be perfect for him.
BUZZ!
Just as Long Chen was lost in his delight, countless runes flew out of the ground, forming the top of a huge cage in the air. At the same time, a horrifying pressure descended upon the world, causing Long Chen to jump.
He hastily looked at Xue You and Yu Changhao and saw they were also shocked. They had all used up their energy. No one could release such a horrifying pressure now.
The buzzing grew more intense. The ground in a three thousand mile diameter suddenly bulged. Countless cracks appeared in the cage.
“Not good! Long Chen, run! There’s a terrifying existence sealed underground! Your battle just now probably broke part of its seal, and it’s about to break out!” shouted Yue Xiaoqian. Wings appeared on her back, and she flew to
ward Long Chen then pulled him far into the distance. They couldn’t bother with killing Xue You and Yu Changhao at this moment.
Xue You and Yu Changhao’s expressions changed. That horrifying pressure only continued to grow, and they felt a chill down to their bones. That pressure clearly contained a fatal threat.
The two of them pulled out the last of their strength to fly into the distance. But at that moment, the cage above them shattered.
The ground exploded. The four of them immediately sensed space caving in. They suddenly found they were unable to fly away.
A furious roar suddenly shook the land. It was like thunder in their ears. A huge, blazing figure broke out of the ground.
That figure was three hundred meters tall. It appeared to be an ape, but its face was twisted. Its eyes were like lanterns, and its entire body was covered in flame runes.
“It’s a Flame Devil!” shouted Yue Xiaoqian.
The Flame Devil roared and its runes exploded. With it at the center, everything within three hundred miles was engulfed in a sea of flames.
Long Chen was startled and hastily summoned his merged flame to form layers of defense. At the same time, they continued fleeing.
“AHH!” Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian were fleeing when they heard Yu Changhao and Xue You’s miserable screaming. The two of them were being roasted now. They only lacked some cumin and hot pepper.
Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to look at them. He suddenly found that his merged flame was fundamentally unable to block this flame’s attack. It was being burnt away.
“Lei Long, protect us!”
Lei Long flew out and devoured the two of them, continuing to rush away. Lei Long was wrapped around by lightning runes. Lightning and flame didn’t have contradictory attributes, so that terrifying flame was temporarily unable to do anything to it.
The two of them had only just sighed with relief upon escaping the flames when a huge claw viciously smashed onto Lei Long’s body.
Lei Long was unable to bear such a terrifying attack and instantly exploded. Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian both vomited blood.
That huge Flame Devil had shattered Lei Long with a single attack. Before Lei Long could reform, its two hands continued toward them.
“Let me!” Yue Xiaoqian took a deep breath. Right now, there were endless flames blocking people’s sight. She was using her core energy to activate her race rune.
The Devil character appeared on Yue Xiaoqian’s forehead. She raised her sword and began to chant. “Ancestral bloodline, hear your descendant’s call. Bestow me with my bloodline power…”
Following her chanting, sacred light began to shine in her eyes. An enormous aura soared out of Yue Xiaoqian. It was like all the energy above the nine heavens was pouring into her body.
Long Chen had seen Yue Xiaoqian go all-out like this before. He knew this energy wasn’t spiritual qi, but a kind of energy he had never seen before. This was what Yue Xiaoqian called her core energy.
An illusory figure with a height of thirty meters appeared behind her. Last time, Long Chen had also seen this figure, but this time it was more solid. Although he couldn’t clearly see its face, he could tell it was a woman. There was also a Devil character on her forehead.
That woman was holding a sword just like Yue Xiaoqian, and she followed Yue Xiaoqian’s exact movements. When their swords were both pointed at the sky, strange ripples appeared in the void. It was like the void had become water.
“Devil Destroying Slash!”
Yue Xiaoqian’s sword slashed down, and the illusory figure’s sword rumbled. Heaven and earth twisted fiercely as its sword also slashed down on the Flame Devil’s hand.
BOOM!
The Flame Devil let out a strange roar upon being struck by Yue Xiaoqian’s attack. Her sword had cut through its hide. Blood splashed. Its blood was actually golden, and when it dropped on the ground, it transformed into runes and disappeared before long.
Yue Xiaoqian had managed to injure the Flame Devil, but she was also sent flying by a powerful rebound force. Long Chen hastily caught her, but he was actually helpless to stop her. He was also sent flying with her.
With Long Chen holding tightly onto Yue Xiaoqian, they crashed into the mountain. Long Chen’s blood flipped within him, and he almost coughed up a mouthful of blood. He had borne the brunt of all this force, so Yue Xiaoqian had it much better.
The injured Flame Devil once more attacked the two of them. Its incomparable power caused them to turn pale.
But what stunned Long Chen was that its fist suddenly stopped in mid-air. It stopped, as if letting them off.
“It is still bound by chains. Its attack range is limited!” Yue Xiaoqian was delighted to discover this. She saw that its fists were clearly being held back by some kind of force.
If Long Chen hadn’t exhausted all of his energy, then with his sharp perception and the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, he would have been able to sense the existence of those divine chains. But his weak state caused his spiritual perception to sharply drop.
Long Chen had just relaxed slightly when he suddenly stamped on the ground and shot away with Yue Xiaoqian in his hold. They streaked across the ground like sleds on snow, instantly appearing dozens of miles away.
He had only just left his original location when a powerful fire breath engulfed where they had been.
After dodging the Flame Devil’s breath attack, Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian were both like arrows at the end of their flight. They had to quickly leave this dangerous region.
Chapter 880 Terrifying Flame Devil
“Who knows… if those two… were killed by it.” Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian rushed as fast as they could with their little energy for over two hours before finally taking a breather. After running for so long, Long Chen couldn’t even speak without gasping.
“It seems they weren’t. We ended up drawing the Flame Devil’s attention, and the two of them should have taken that chance to flee.” Yue Xiaoqian shook her head.
“Foolish girl, can’t you at least comfort me? Isn’t it fine to say that they’re already dead? Can’t you lie to make me happy for a bit?” Long Chen bitterly smiled. Yue Xiaoqian was always serious about everything.
Long Chen also knew that those two had probably survived. But if he heard some comfort, he would at least feel a bit better inside.
“Xiaoqian, what origin does that Flame Devil have? How is it so terrifying? I feel like it’s even more powerful than an eighth rank Earth Dragon,” said Long Chen.
Yue Xiaoqian explained, “The Flame Devils are rumored to come from a flame hell. In the immortal era, they flourished and broke through the spatial walls, breaking into the Martial Heaven Continent. At that time, they caused great damage to the Martial Heaven Continent. The continent’s experts were unable to stop them, and they were on the verge of being destroyed. The legends say that Immortals intervened, suppressing the Flame Devils and sealing the broken spatial wall. However, there was still a small number of Flame Devils scattered throughout the continent. Because they were too weak, they managed to escape their search.
“Later, people found the leftover Flame Devils and began killing them. But they found that Flame Devils could live for practically forever. As a result, the experts captured them and began to raise them, turning them into their pets. However, if you play with fire, you’ll get burned. They finally reaped a bitter consequence. The Flame Devils had reproduced to the point that they broke out of their control. The continent was once more bathed in blood. In the end, they managed to suppress them, and the experts of that time declared that no one could continue raising Flame Devils or they would be exterminated.
“As a result, the Flame Devils have basically become extinct on the Martial Heaven Continent. As for the Flame Devil here, I feel like it was bound by a formation and its energy was extracted to keep other formations functional. It can save plenty of resources. Flame Devils can live practically forever, so their life energy is extremely powerful. It can
constantly draw energy out of the lava to live forever. My guess is there is a lava pool nearby supplying it with energy, while the formations draw out its converted energy. Your attack previously broke the formation and let it regain its freedom. Flame Devils are originally berserk, so after being enslaved for so many years and finally escaping, it naturally is full of resentment and wants to release it on us. Its power should definitely be much stronger than eighth rank Magical Beasts. But because it is bound by those divine chains, it isn’t able to release its full strength. But even so, the power it released was very likely greater than an eighth rank Magical Beast.”
“Fine, I won’t bother it. Let’s go, the huge battle just now is definitely drawing over countless people. We-” Long Chen’s expression suddenly changed. He rushed off while pulling Yue Xiaoqian.
He sensed a distant group of experts that came in their direction, seeming to be searching for something.
“Long Chen! It’s Long Chen! We’ve found him!”
That group was comprised of over a hundred people from the ancient race and Corrupt Path. Within their group, several people were carrying two stretchers.
Two charred bodies were lying on the stretchers. Their bodies were pitch-black, and if it weren’t for the blinking of their eyes, no one would be able to tell they were alive.
“Help me shout: you bastard Long Chen, you won’t be able to escape. I’ll definitely make you live a life worse than death,” croaked one of those charred bodies.
That person was Xue You. In order to survive those flames, they had used up their final bit of power. If the Flame Devil’s attention hadn’t been focused on Long Chen and Yue Xiaoqian, they would have definitely died.
Although they had escaped with their lives, they had still been burned to a coal-like state. They were unable to bear even the weakest attack now.
Fortunately, after Long Chen had drawn the Flame Devil’s attention, they had used their last bit of energy to fly out and just happened to run into experts from their side that had been drawn over by the commotion. Of course, they had also encountered some Righteous experts.