by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
They felt a burst of fear. Just now, they had been drawn into an illusion. If Long Chen had launched a sneak attack during that time, they would be dead now. This Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast was absolutely terrifying. They were drawn into its illusions without being able to react at all. If it hadn’t been for Zi Yan, they had no idea when they would have managed to react.
However, in just the blink of an eye, a lot of the experts around them had collapsed. They had been silently killed. This was the most chilling, most terrifying way to die.
Zi Yan’s expression was grave as she continuously played her zither, unleashing waves that covered the experts around her, blocking the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s illusory arts.
At this moment, the space in the distance shook. The various senior experts were crazily attacking the barrier.
The appearance of the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast made them insane. Seeing their disciples collapse, they roared furiously.
Regretfully, their roars were blocked by the barrier. It was unknown what they were shouting. But based on their usual practices, it was definitely something along the lines of ‘if you kill my disciples, I’ll kill you and your family!’
Long Chen ignored what was happening outside. Meng Qi was repeatedly forming hand seals to unleash the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s attack, but it was blocked by Zi Yan’s music.
Zi Yan was truly powerful. Her manifestation and her divine item resonated with each other. Other than the thousands of experts that died right at the start, no more died. The Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s power was unable to break through her music.
That wasn’t because the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast wasn’t powerful enough to even defeat Zi Yan, but simply that it was now nothing more than a corpse. Furthermore, it was unknown how many tens of thousands of years ago it had died. Most of its power had already run out.
Meng Qi was using her Spiritual Strength to activate the remnant energy within its crystal core, allowing it to unleash its attack.
“Long Chen, do you want to continue?” Meng Qi looked at Long Chen.
“This is our vengeance. No matter who it is that tries to stop us, they can’t stop us. If humans block us, we’ll kill humans. If gods block us, we’ll kill gods!” Long Chen didn’t hesitate.
Hearing that, Zi Yan’s face paled slightly, and her eyes became misty. However, she clenched her teeth and acted indifferent. She continued playing the Seven String Sea Suppressing Zither to defend.
Meng Qi looked at the distant Zi Yan. Saying sorry in her heart, she formed nine different hand seals.
On the ninth seal, the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s three heads lit up. A ray of divine light shot out of each of its eyes. They were like nine sharp blades shooting out.
BOOM!
The nine rays of divine light instantly pierced Zi Yan’s defenses and swept through their enemies. Anyone struck by the light wasn’t even able to make a sound before being turned into nothingness, forever vanishing from this world.
The instant her defenses were broken, Zi Yan’s body shook, and blood leaked out of the corner of her mouth, dripping onto her chest.
“Kill!”
With the defenses broken, Long Chen let out a shout and charged forward. Evilmoon slashed toward Yan Weishan.
“Split the Heavens 5!”
Despite having his furnace to protect himself, Yan Weishan was sent flying and hacked up blood from Long Chen’s attack.
Just as Long Chen was preparing to unleash a second attack, Zi Yan appeared in front of him. Anger appeared in Long Chen’s eyes.
“Double Dragon Destruction!”
Long Chen placed his saber on his back and formed a hand seal. This time, he didn’t hold back at all. Lei Long and Huo Long’s full power burst forth.
A golden flame dragon and a five-colored lightning dragon intertwined, unleashing all their power at Zi Yan. Lei Long and Huo Long’s power was sucked dry in just one attack. This was Long Chen’s most ferocious attack.
Zi Yan’s zither shone with divine light. Ripples spread, tearing through the void.
BOOM!
Heaven and earth shook. Lightning and flames filled the sky, causing the barrier to shudder. The entire barrier dimmed rapidly because of this one attack.
Zi Yan was blown back. Before she could stabilize, a hand reached out from within the lightning and flames, catching her neck.
“Long Chen!”
Meng Qi, Chu Yao, and Tang Wan-er let out a startled cry. In the distance, Yu Tong and the others’ expressions were pale as paper. Zi Yan was caught in Long Chen’s hands. At this moment, only a thin line separated her life and death.
Caught by Long Chen, Zi Yan didn’t reveal any fear. Instead, her eyes seemed calm. There seemed to be an unclear emotion deep within them. It seemed to be a kind of… release.
Long Chen looked at Zi Yan, all kinds of emotions swirling in his heart. In the end, the two of them had still ended up fighting. The heavens truly knew how to play with people.
“Zi Yan, back in front of the Hidden Dragon Abode in the Eastern Wasteland’s Qing Prefecture, my friend Mu Xue was captured and used as a hostage against me. You were the one who saved her. Back then, I swore that I would repay that favor. You saved my friend’s life back then, so today, I’ll let you off this once. From now on, neither of us owe the other anything. Any ties between us are broken. If we meet again, we will probably be enemies. At that time, whether you kill me or I kill you, neither of us have to feel any guilt.”
Long Chen waved his hand, sending Zi Yan flying toward Yu Tong and the others. Yu Tong hastily reached out to catch her.
Zi Yan coughed up a mouthful of blood. Just now, Long Chen had forced his spiritual yuan into her body, shaking her meridians and causing her to temporarily lose the ability to fight.
“Long Chen, you…!” Yu Tong was enraged that Long Chen would be so vicious to Zi Yan. She was about to shout at him when Zi Yan stopped her.
“Yu Tong, I’m tired. Can you hold me and let me sleep?” After saying that, Zi Yan directly lost consciousness.
Yu Tong’s tears dripped down. She had grown up together with Zi Yan and knew her the best. She understood the pain in Zi Yan’s heart.
Compared to the injuries to her body, it was Long Chen’s words that had cut her the most. Zi Yan had passed out because she felt helpless and could only escape using this method.
“Kill them all!” roared Long Chen, charging back at Yan Weishan, Hu Xiaolin, and Jin Mingwei.
The three of them fought all-out, but due to the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s influence, their power was greatly weakened. Even with their manifestations resisting it, they felt sleepy and were unable to concentrate. They were forced into desperate straits by Long Chen.
At the same time, the Dragonblood Legion charged. The experts in front of them collapsed in droves, and rivers of blood flowed.
“Everyone, hold on! The reinforcements are nearly here, and the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s power is about to run out! The one to die in the end will still be Long Chen!” shouted someone upon seeing the runes on the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast turn dark.
Just as he finished saying that, the Three-Head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s skeleton crumbled. All its energy was used up, and it could no longer be used.
At this point, the experts from the various powers had been reduced to less than fifty thousand. As their numbers dwindled, the speed at which they died increased.
However, they clenched their teeth and persevered. The barrier in the sky was weakening, looking like it might break at any moment. That let them see hope.
“Meng Qi!” shouted Long Chen suddenly.
“The Dream Traps the Soul, the Nightmare Extinguishes It.”
Hearing Long Chen’s call, Meng Qi didn’t hesitate. She summoned back her flying swords, and a vast spiritual ripple spread
from her, covering the battlefield. Her face turned as pale as paper as she exhausted all her soul energy with this one attack.
All the various experts were shocked to find their Yuan Spirits being stripped from their bodies.
“No!”
The Dragonblood warriors took advantage of this moment to launch their strongest attacks. They slaughtered them.
Just at this moment, the barrier in the sky exploded. The experts outside the barrier finally broke through.
“Long Chen, you ingrate, hand over your life!” Countless Life Star experts charged at Long Chen.
Chapter 1566 Five Stars Awaken, Heaven and Earth Shake
All these senior experts had watched as their beloved disciples died one by one at Long Chen and his people’s hands.
The barrier that had appeared was extremely strange. When their attacks landed on it, a portion of their power was absorbed by the barrier and used to block their remaining power.
This formation was absolutely shameless to use their own power to block their attacks. That was why the barrier had taken so long to break. It was only by continuously weakening its power that they managed to finally break through.
Just as they broke the barrier, they saw Meng Qi unleash a powerful move that temporarily stripped their disciples of their Yuan Spirits.
Meng Qi’s move was absolutely shocking. Since it was spread over such an enormous area, its power was weakened, and she was only able to strip their Yuan Spirits out of their bodies for half a breath’s time.
However, that half a breath’s time was what ended their lives. The Dragonblood Legion didn’t need any direction. Their cooperation was seamless.
As soon as Meng Qi unleashed her move, they unleashed their own powerful moves, slaughtering their opponents. In the end, only around a thousand people survived. The rest were killed.
Those people were people whose Spiritual Strength was also very monstrous. With Meng Qi’s technique spread over such a wide area, they managed to pull back their Yuan Spirits immediately and protect themselves.
Seeing the barrier break, they were delighted and hastily fled toward their reinforcements. They furiously roared, “Long Chen, you’re dead now!”
Evilmoon said, “Long Chen, you should run. There are too many of them, and they have divine items. Your Dragonblood Legion will take large casualties.”
Over a hundred thousand Life Star experts charged over like a tide. Anyone would feel a chill from that sight.
“I’ve already said that I won’t rely on your power to run again. That will affect my Dao-heart.” Long Chen shook his head. He made a gesture, causing the Dragonblood Legion to regather.
Seeing the reinforcements, Yan Weishan, Hu Xiaolin, and Jin Mingwei all exchanged a glance. They all nodded.
The three of them suddenly coughed up blood onto their divine items. That one mouthful of blood contained the majority of their essence blood.
Their three divine items unleashed blinding light. Divine pressure crashed down on Long Chen.
“Long Chen, did you really think we only had this little ability? Today, I’ll let you understand what a true trump card is!” sneered Yan Weishan. The golden furnace above him was shining with divine light. Its divine power had already locked onto Long Chen.
At the same time, Hu Xiaolin’s bone claw and Jin Mingwei’s blood gourd were also locked onto him.
The three of them were now safe thanks to these reinforcements, and so they didn’t mind exhausting a huge amount of their essence blood to activate their divine items. By killing Long Chen in front of everyone, they would retrieve the face they had lost today.
This battle had been extremely miserable for them. It could be said that they had already lost. As for whether or not they could reverse that loss, it would be up to this attack.
There were multiple reasons why they hadn’t unleashed this move before. One was because of their ulterior motives and desire to preserve their power. Another reason was because they wanted to pull in Zi Yan. But the main reason was because they didn’t care about the deaths of these experts. Although they were allied for this one occasion, they didn’t have the slightest relationship to them. They had no reason to do their utmost to help them.
The reason they were unleashing this move now was mostly because of their own reputations. If Long Chen fell to others, it wouldn’t make up for their defeat, so they had to kill him themselves. Furthermore, their reinforcements had arrived, so they didn’t need to worry about entering a weak state after using this move. There was no threat to their lives.
Their three divine items unleashed three huge pillars of light that enveloped Long Chen. He was like a bird in a cage.
“They were actually holding back their most terrifying move!” All the neutral camp’s experts let out startled cries. They had truly hidden their power deeply.
Meng Qi and the others’ expressions also changed. They hadn’t expected these three to be so sinister. Despite how urgent the situation had been, they had still held back their strongest trump card.
As for Long Chen, he had already used up his trump cards. The only thing that comforted them was that Long Chen didn’t reveal the slightest sign of panic. Instead, he seemed to look at their actions with disdain.
Long Chen sneered, “You didn’t even have the courage to put your life on the line. People like you are fated to never be able to compete with me. Did you really think these people could save you? Today, I’ll show you what true power is.”
Long Chen stabbed his saber into the ground and bent his back slightly. The divine ring behind him suddenly stopped moving.
Formless energy started to rise from below Long Chen. A wild gale surged around him, causing his clothes to wave wildly. His hair blew back toward the sky.
A wild aura was circulating within Long Chen’s body. The five-point star in his divine ring grew brighter and brighter. Its lines also grew thicker.
The ground beneath him cracked. Those cracks instantly spread throughout the battlefield. The Dragonblood Legion hastily retreated, and the distant neutral camp’s experts followed. They were all silent. Only the senior experts composed of sect masters and the like were still roaring furiously as they charged over.
“FengFu Star - awaken!”
The lower-left corner of Long Chen’s five-point star in his divine ring lit up. A star appeared there. At the same time, his left foot began to shine. The air of primal chaos and a Grand Dao revolved around him.
“What is that? He still had a trump card?” The jaws of the neutral camp’s experts dropped.
“Evilmoon, you laughed at me for not having the qualifications to challenge the Sovereigns. Today, I’ll show you my qualifications. Even I don't know how strong this move is, because it’s my first time as well.” Long Chen smiled.
The reason why Long Chen had arrived late was because something had happened with the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Before this problem, he had assumed that once he finished the ninth star transformation of the Divine Gate Star, he would be able to summon the true Five Star Battle Armor.
However, he was shocked to find that as soon as the Divine Gate Star went through its transformation, the five stars immediately shut down. That had made his soul almost flee his body in terror. If he couldn’t use the five stars, he wouldn’t be able to save Cloud.
He had hastily poured more heaven and earth divine spring into the Divine Gate Star, only to find that it didn’t change at all.
After testing what was going on, he found that when he nourished the FengFu Star with the heaven and earth divine spring, it began to awaken. It was like it had become revitalized with life and was different from before.
After the FengFu Star, the Alioth Star also slowly woke. All his stars seemed to be undergoing a special metamorphosis that required the heaven and earth divine spring.
Long Chen found that he didn’t have enough heaven and earth divine spring, so he hastily went to find more. However, he didn’t reveal his identity at tha
t time to avoid causing anything unexpected in the Dragon Slaughtering Convention.
He had flipped through dozens of powerful forces and snatched their heaven and earth divine springs in order to fully awaken his Five Star Battle Armor. Then he immediately rushed over to the Grand Han.
Now, this was his first time activating the FengFu Star like this. His power instantly surged. The feeling of being full of power was delightful, and this level of power even frightened himself.
“Alioth Star - awaken!”
“Life Fate Star- awaken!”
“Enlightenment Palace Star - awaken!”
His left foot, right hand, left hand, and right foot all began to shine. The lower and middle corners of his five-point star in his divine ring each had a star appear. With every star that awakened, his power soared. That power caused the sky to quiver.
“Divine Gate Star - awaken!”
Long Chen’s forehead lit up. The peak corner of the five-point star lit up as well, and the five stars were all shining brightly. Endless energy was flowing within it, like a lifeless cosmos that had suddenly been filled with limitless energy.
BOOM!
A pillar of light soared into the sky. The stars shook, while Long Chen seemed like the undefeatable god of the starry sky.
Everyone was shocked, and even the experts charging at him felt fear. That kind of power was just too terrifying.
Yan Weishan, Hu Xiaolin, and Jin Mingwei all felt a chill. Long Chen was no human, he was a ferocious monster.
Their three divine items finally finished accumulating energy, and three streaks of light shot toward Long Chen.
Long Chen looked at those three streaks of light coldly. He randomly swung Evilmoon.
BOOM!
Their three attacks exploded. Divine light sprinkled through the air.
“He destroyed the attacks of three powerful divine items with a random stroke of his saber! Heavens, who in the world can match him?!” cried out someone in shock and terror.
Yan Weishan, Hu Xiaolin, and Jin Mingwei coughed up blood. They flew back along with their three divine items.