by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Hmph, there are many things that you don’t believe. Although the Martial Heaven Order is for fighting off invaders from other worlds, I can still activate it if others want to bully the Martial Heaven Alliance. Having repeatedly accommodated you, it seems you think yourselves invincible. Since you aren’t afraid, why should I be? It just means we have to fight until one side dies. Rather than thinking of how to fight off the invaders, you lot spend all day scheming against us, the ones who should be united. If you’re just going to weaken us anyway, then we might as well settle things now. Let’s see who lasts longer.” Qu Jianying’s voice was frosty. No one doubted her determination.
BOOM!
Suddenly, an explosive sound rang out, and the Xuan Beast expert was forced back by the Xuantian Tower. The divine light filling the air retracted, and the Xuantian Tower returned to its original state.
Li Tianxuan and the patriarch stood beside Qu Jianying, coldly staring at Di Long and the others. Qu Jianying had clearly come to intimidate them.
Long Chen ran over to Wilde. Wilde’s body shrank until he was around three meters tall.
“Wilde!”
Long Chen was both delighted and surprised to see Wilde. He had unexpectedly woken at such a time.
“Brother Long, how long have I been sleeping? I feel so hungry, like my stomach is burning. It feels a bit better after I got that snack. Hm, what are these things on my head?” Wilde was still as simple and straightforward as before. He touched the horns on his head with a confused expression.
“It’s nothing. In a bit, your brother Long will bring you hunting. Just try to endure the hunger for now.” Long Chen patted Wilde on the shoulder with a smile.
When his hand touched Wilde’s shoulder, Long Chen was shocked to find that Wilde’s skin was like a dragon’s hide. It was incomparably tough. Every inch of him was filled with explosive power. The current Wilde was like a volcano that could explode at any moment and destroy the world.
“Alright, I’ll listen to big brother Long. Brother Long, that fellow’s meat tastes very good.” Wilde pointed toward the distant Xuan Beast expert. He involuntarily gulped down a mouthful of saliva.
Long Chen was speechless. He understood that Wilde lived for meat. The stronger the flesh, the more delicious it would taste.
“I loathe this bastard’s race.” Suddenly, Evilmoon’s voice rang out in Long Chen’s head.
“What?”
“I’ll warn you that this foolish brother of yours will eat anything. He will bring you countless enemies in the future, so don’t blame me for not warning you.”
Long Chen was dumbfounded for a moment. He suddenly said, “Does his race eat your kind as well?”
Evilmoon snorted and didn’t reply. Long Chen jumped in shock. Just what kind of race was Wilde to be able to even consume dragons?
However, upon thinking about Wilde’s brain, if he was hungry, then he would eat anything with meat on it. He wouldn’t care what race it was.
Gu Yang and the others had been shocked to see Wilde’s new appearance, but seeing that he was the same person as before, they relaxed and went over to greet him.
“Qu Jianying, do you really want to stubbornly cling to the wrong side, all alone? Aren’t you throwing the world’s peace into danger?” demanded Di Long.
“The world’s peace? Why does that sound like such a joke when coming out of your mouth? When have you, Di Long, cared about the world’s peace? So many disciples sacrificed their lives to stop the devil creatures from charging out of the Devil Abyss. They fought for the Martial Heaven Continent. But you have decided to bring an army to destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect? Is this your so-called world peace?” sneered Qu Jianying.
“We have our reasons!” raged Di Long.
“What reasons?” asked Qu Jianying contemptuously.
“Long Chen colluded with the original devil race! People have already released the proof!”
Di Long swung his arm, activating a photographic jade. An image of the Dragonblood Legion fighting the devil army appeared. In it, a veiled woman was floating in the sky.
There was a clear Devil character on her forehead, and it was shining brightly. This was the scene of Yue Xiaoqian helping Long Chen to destroy the devil army.
“Hmph, don’t tell me that you don’t recognize the original devil race’s innate divine ability. That woman is clearly one of Long Chen’s allies. On the Martial Heaven Continent, colluding with the original devil race is punished with the death penalty. We are fighting for the continent’s peace. Is there a problem with us coming to investigate this matter?” demanded Di Long.
The image in the sky caused all the experts’ expressions to change. The original devil race was forbidden on the Martial Heaven Continent. Rumor was that they were true fiends intent on destroying the Martial Heaven Continent and enslaving everyone.
It was said that the dark eras had been caused by them. The original devil race was the entire continent’s enemy. Any person, any power found to be colluding with them would be killed.
Furthermore, the original devil race’s experts were very easy to recognize. When they were using their full power, a Devil character would appear on their foreheads. This was conclusive proof.
If Long Chen had really colluded with the original devil race, he would be doomed. If the Xuantian Dao Sect tried to protect him, the Xuantian Dao Sect would also become the Martial Heaven Continent’s enemy.
Qu Jianying’s expression also changed. Clearly, the news she had received was limited to Long Chen getting first place. She hadn’t been told the process.
Suddenly, the sound of someone clapping rang out. Long Chen slowly walked over with a disdainful smile as he looked at the fierce Di Long.
“I’m admiring you more and more. It’s no wonder slapping you hurt my hand so much; your skin is truly thick. Tell me, who gave you that photographic jade? Do you dare to tell me?”
“Hmph, you want to silence the witness? Do you think I’d fall for that? No one can protect you, so don’t even bother,” sneered Di Long.
Long Chen’s smile grew. “I knew that you were a coward. Even after I slapped your clone, killed it, and then slapped your true body, you still don’t dare to kill me. I sympathize with you. For the ancient family alliance’s leader to reach this point, it’s probably something unprecedented in all of history and impossible for any future generations to surpass.”
“Long Chen, don’t try to change the subject. The question is why did you collude with that woman from the original devil race and what is your relationship with her. Don’t you think you should own up to your sins by now?” Yu Xiaoyun suddenly interjected.
“Valley master, you shouldn’t randomly say things, nor should you randomly accuse others. Where did you see me collude with that woman?” asked Long Chen innocently.
“Hmph, you greeted that woman and then immediately shut your mouth! Do you think we didn’t see it? You shouted Xiao, clearly greeting her. Is this really the point that you want to argue?” sneered Yu Xiaoyun.
“Valley master, it seems you’ve been in seclusion for so long. You’ve already forgotten how to act like a human and instead think everyone’s a beast. It seems you’ve forgotten your roots!”
Long Chen intentionally glanced at the Xuan Beast experts and the ancient race experts. The meaning behind that glance could not be clearer. The Xuan Beast and ancient race experts were infuriated. This was a clear insult.
Before they could say anything, Long Chen continued, “Just because I said Xiao, it means I know her and colluded with her? What a huge joke. I was calling her young lady[1]. What’s wrong with that? Valley master, if I call you junior brother, does that mean we’re colluding? Leader of the ancient races, if I call you a little idiot; giant fool of the Xuan Beasts, if I call you a damn brat; Di Long, if I call you a piece of trash, would that mean that we are colluding? Fuck off. Since we’re all colluding according to your logic, why did you bring so many people to destroy my Xuantian Dao
Sect? Are your heads filled with crap?”
Long Chen pointed at all of them, cursing them loudly. His voice grew louder and louder, his spittle flying through the air.
[1] The Xiao in Yue Xiaoqian is , meaning small. All the following names he gave the leaders in this paragraph included the Xiao character.
Chapter 1717 You Little Brat
Long Chen pointed at the opposing experts, cursing them on the nose arrogantly. These people were all supreme experts, people who could stand amongst the likes of Pill Valley’s master, the head of the ancient family alliance, etc. They were all figures that could shake the Martial Heaven Continent.
The Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples were stunned to see Long Chen cursing these experts so directly, yet they also had worship in their eyes when they looked at him. Who else in this world was as domineering as Long Chen?
A Soul Transformation disciple cursed Netherpassage experts into bastards. If news of this were to spread, it would shake the entire world.
“Long Chen, watch your words!”
Qu Jianying jumped in shock at Long Chen’s cursing. If these people were fully angered and went crazy, she wouldn’t necessarily be able to protect him.
“Oh, sorry, my sincere apologies. I was just making a comparison. Hehe, if I angered anyone, I’m truly sorry.” Although Long Chen was apologizing, that arrogant laughter of his didn’t contain the slightest apologetic tone.
“You’re clearly twisting logic to cover up your collusion with the original devil race.” Di Long was red with fury. He pointed at Long Chen angrily.
“Am I the one trying to cover up the truth, or are you the one trying to frame me? How did saying a standard greeting become collusion? In fact, I didn’t even give a full greeting, and that is still considered collusion by you? Now who’s the one twisting logic? If you wanted to, you could directly say that since I looked at her, we must be colluding! That glance must have been a case of love at first sight!” Long Chen continued to spout nonsense. He naturally wouldn’t admit to such a thing.
Now he knew why Yue Xiaoqian hadn’t let him speak to her, and why she had vanished after helping with one attack. She must have noticed the people hidden in the surroundings.
“What nonsense! If you had no relationship with her, why would she help you out?!” demanded Di Long.
“Are you an idiot? Why would you ask me that? How am I supposed to know why she would help me?” Long Chen looked at Di Long contemptuously.
Qu Jianying was standing beside him. Even with this many Netherpassage experts at such a close distance, Long Chen truly didn’t have anything to fear with Qu Jianying, the patriarch, and the Xuantian Tower as his shield.
“I think I might know.”
Suddenly, a voice that startled everyone rang out.
Guo Ran walked forward apologetically. “I’m sorry boss, I’m a righteous man, and there are some things that I just can’t keep quiet. My apologies.”
The Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples were greatly shocked. Was Guo Ran planning on becoming a turncoat?
Only the Dragonblood warriors looked at him oddly, not quite sure what he was thinking.
Di Long and the others smiled delightedly, thinking Guo Ran had been bought by one of them and was coming forward to testify against Long Chen.
“What do you know? As long as you tell us, no one would dare to hurt you,” said Di Long.
Guo Ran nodded. “In truth, when it comes to this matter, you’ve overlooked one detail.”
“What detail?” asked Di Long.
“The detail that the veiled woman was a female,” said Guo Ran confidently as if it were some secret.
Di Long and the others’ expressions sank. Who was this idiot? Anyone with eyes could tell that it had been a woman. That was his so-called detail?
“So what?” demanded an ancient race elder. It seemed the others no longer wished to speak with this fellow, so he could only thicken his face.
“Do you not know? My boss Long Chen is a handsome man, of great suave and style. He is a genius of literature, culture, and martial power. Rumor is that he began practicing literature at three, training in martial arts at four, mastering the arts of poetry and song at five, slaughtering chickens at six, slaying dragons at seven-”
“Hold it, what is the point of all of this?” Someone finally interrupted Guo Ran, feeling like they had gone off track.
“What I’m saying is that this woman must have been affected by my boss’s great charisma, which is why she suddenly helped him. Perhaps the rest of you might still be mystified by this, but a wise man like myself saw through this detail from the start.”
“Scram!”
Di Long finally couldn’t bear it anymore. A powerful sound wave surged toward Guo Ran.
BOOM!
Guo Ran was sent flying, blood pouring from his nose, eyes, and ears. Di Long had attacked so suddenly, that despite the Xuantian Tower summoning a golden barrier that blocked most of his power, Guo Ran was still coughing up blood.
“Fuck off, do you think my brother is someone you can touch?”
Di Long had yet to shut his mouth after his roar when Long Chen appeared in front of him like a phantom, slapping him once more.
He was as quick as lightning and borrowed the counter force to return to his original location. People had barely seen him move before it was all over.
The fact that Di Long would attack Guo Ran was already out of everyone’s expectations, but Long Chen’s attack was even more surprising. Di Long sneak attacked Guo Ran, and Long Chen sneak attacked Di Long.
Guo Ran was bleeding from his seven orifices, while Di Long had been slapped. Both sides had odd expressions.
“Boss, well struck! Beat that bastard! I was just testifying my view based on facts and reason, and he suddenly sneak attacked me! Di Long, you’re fucking garbage!” Guo Ran pointed at Di Long furiously as he cursed.
Guo Ran hadn’t expected Di Long to suddenly attack. Without the Xuantian Tower’s protection, he’d have been killed just now. Although there was no danger to his life, his head felt like it was splitting, and his Yuan Spirit was injured.
Originally, this was just a chance for him to show off and liven up the atmosphere, but he had almost lost his life. How could he not be infuriated?
However, Long Chen was really interesting. His vicious slap of Di Long’s face could count as compensation.
At the very least, this now served as a warning to Guo Ran. If he wanted to show off, there was danger involved.
“Bastard!”
Di Long was knocked several meters back. This time, Long Chen hadn’t had his divine ring or battle armor, which limited his slap’s power. It wasn’t even enough to injure Di Long. However, compared to the pain of the flesh, the pain of the mind was much worse. Just how many times had Long Chen slapped Di Long now? It was like he was beating a child who wasn’t listening.
The experts were all stunned each time Di Long was struck by Long Chen’s slap. When he saw their curious gazes, Di Long felt like killing himself.
Adding on Long Chen’s words, he went berserk and was about to charge out. However, he was held back by Yu Xiaoyun.
Yu Xiaoyun looked at Long Chen coldly. “No matter how you quibble, it doesn’t change the fact that you colluded with the original devil race.”
“How laughable. Your Pill Valley really likes to interject itself into everything, huh? Do you think you’re the bailiffs of this world? Let me use a phrase that you like to use so often: all things require proof. If you want to say I committed a crime, you have to bring out real proof, or you’re just farting into the air. A recording of me saying half a greeting is not enough to say I colluded with the original devil race. Valley master, I originally thought you had some intelligence, but it seems you’re only so-so. Next time you want to frame someone, make sure to gather more proof, or this kind of game will only end up with you embarrassing yourself. Other than that, please tell those idiots from Heavenly Fate Island that the calc
ulations of man cannot surpass the calculations of the heavens. No matter how refined a scheme is, it will always have some hole. Tell them to be careful. Because once I grasp that hole, I’ll become a wild dog biting their throats until they die.”
Looking at the surrounding experts, Long Chen continued, “There’s no point in continuing this. If the alliance head wasn’t present, perhaps you could have obtained your goal, killing me with some random grand excuse and then slandering my corpse while covering up your crimes. However, you missed your best chance to eliminate me. Furthermore, this time, I can clearly see your determination to eradicate me. That’s very good, it means none of us will need to keep acting in the future. We can just directly fight. Let’s see who kills who in the end. Time will tell. Hey, what are you still doing here? Scram. Are you planning on shamelessly staying here and begging for a meal?”
They had expressed their attitude, so he was expressing his. They would be true enemies in the future.
You kill me, I kill you. This was right and proper. There was no need to find any excuse. They could simply fight to the death.
Yu Xiaoyun, Di Long, and the other experts were all gloomy. Some of them had some worry and fear in their eyes.
They recalled how the Eastern Xuan Region’s sects had been destroyed one by one. What if Long Chen suddenly came to their sects as well? Would they be able to stop him?
Quite a few experts began to regret coming here. They hadn’t expected things to end up like this. They were stuck between two hard choices.
“I feel like there’s no need to rush a judgment while things are not fully clear. We can continue investigating. If this is a mistake, it would be best not to harm the peace,” said an elder, clearly a bit afraid.
“That’s right. We need to investigate the matter of the original devil race before coming to a conclusion. We definitely won’t let off a bad person, but we definitely won’t wrongly accuse a good person.” Others immediately began to agree with that person’s words.
More and more of the experts began to say that they had to consider this matter at length, and that fighting amongst themselves was foolish. They would become laughingstocks in history.