by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Mom!”
Yue Xiaoqian blushed, as red as an apple. She lowered her head, incapable of looking at Long Chen.
Long Chen knew that this powerful expert in front of him was Yue Xiaoqian’s mother. She was also the leader of the original devil race. However, even someone as grand as her didn’t throw him off. He bowed. “This junior greets senior. Senior’s vision is omniscient. I precisely use this mouth of mine to con people so I can eat. However, when it comes to Xiaoqian, your words are only half right. I still haven’t managed to win Xiaoqian’s heart, but don’t worry, I will definitely do my best.”
The woman laughed. “What a shameless fellow. You can actually say such a thing without a hint of embarrassment.”
Although Yue Xiaoqian and her mother looked somewhat similar, there were still differences between them. Her mother’s beauty was one of nobility, one that was tranquil yet still invoked respect. As for Yue Xiaoqian, her beauty was one that could steal a person’s soul just by looking at her. Long Chen had felt that his soul was being drawn away the first time he had seen her.
That kind of beauty was very dangerous. It could easily consume a person, making it so that they couldn’t extricate themselves. Just like Meng Qi, Yue Xiaoqian was as beautiful as a celestial immortal, but the latter possessed a kind of soul-charming nature.
Yue Xiaoqian was as red as an apple, but she was still holding Long Chen’s hand.
“Senior overpraises me. I only have this little bit of ability.” Long Chen smiled mischievously. If you weren’t shameless, just how could you pick up girls? To pursue a beauty required a thick enough skin.
The woman nodded slightly. Putting away her smile, she suddenly became a bit grave. “Long Chen, if I entrust Xiaoqian to you, are you willing to look after her for a lifetime?”
“I am willing. If anyone tries to hurt her, they’ll have to step over my corpse,” promised Long Chen.
Although he and Yue Xiaoqian had never explicitly shared their feelings for each other, they each knew the other’s heart. Long Chen naturally wouldn’t be ambiguous at such a thing. This was what he thought in his heart, and this was what he said with his mouth.
Yue Xiaoqian had been expecting such an answer, but hearing Long Chen personally say it still made her emotional. Back in the Jiuli secret realm, when they had just met, Long Chen had stood between her and the skeleton of the Barbarian race expert that they couldn’t possibly defeat. At that time, Long Chen had already left a seed in her heart.
It was because of this seed that Yue Xiaoqian’s tender heart had been occupied by this man.
In the Immemorial Path, during her tribulation, she had been implicated by four mysterious experts and almost killed by her lightning tribulation. Long Chen had furiously counterattacked, becoming enemies with the very heavens and tearing through their dome. That act had completely won her heart.
“Even if you have to become enemies with the entire world to be with Xiaoqian?” asked the woman profoundly.
Long Chen suddenly smiled. “Even if it weren’t for Xiaoqian, I am already surrounded by enemies. Nowadays, a few more enemies don’t mean much to me.”
This smile was a bit bitter and helpless, but it was also grand. So what if he was surrounded by enemies? He had this one life. He would fight with it.
Yue Xiaoqian’s mother nodded. She praised, “Perhaps in this world, only an heir of the nine stars could say something so grand and domineering.”
Suddenly, the space behind Yue Xiaoqian’s mother surged, and countless experts appeared behind her. They actually numbered in the millions.
“I am Yue Xihan. I command all warriors of the original devil race to pay respect to the heir of the nine stars.”
Yue Xiaoqian’s mother solemnly bowed toward Long Chen. As for all the original devil race’s experts behind her, they all went on one knee, their hands collapsed in front of their chests. Even Yue Xiaoqian went down on one knee, her expression serious.
“Senior…”
Long Chen panicked, not knowing what this was. Yue Xiaoqian’s mother slowly got up after completing the rite. The others also stood.
“Don’t call me senior in the future. You can call me aunt Han. Actually, the original devil race was originally your family.” Yue Xihan smiled emotionally.
“Well, we’ll be one family in the future, but how are we originally one family?” asked Long Chen.
“Because the original devil race has a close connection with the nine star line,” said Yue Xihan.
“Then… do you know the secrets of the nine stars?!”
“I know a bit. But I can’t tell you, so you don’t have to ask. Actually, there’s no need for you to ask. The karma involved in this is far too terrifying, to the point that no one can endure it. Consider this. My original devil race is hunted down by the entire world. As for you, Long Chen, for just Xiaoqian, you are willing to trust us without any hesitation. Do you not find it curious?”
Long Chen was silent for a moment. “It really is a bit curious. Back when I learned Xiaoqian was from the original devil race, despite knowing it is a taboo, my intuition told me I could trust her. Are you saying…?”
“That’s why we are one family. From the moment Xiaoqian returned from the Jiuli secret realm, I knew about you. I didn’t let Xiaoqian go find you afterward because we didn’t want to hold up your growth, but then a problem occurred in Xiaoqian’s cultivation. A random girl who snuck into the Eastern Wasteland’s Pill Tower to find medicine actually ended up encountering you. At that time, I knew the relationship between the two of you was fated, so I no longer blocked you from having dealings with the original devil race. The facts show that you are the savior of the original devil race. Your arrival has ushered in a new era for us,” said Yue Xihan.
Long Chen had given them Heavenly Dao Fruits, which had allowed the original devil race to enter the Martial Heaven Continent without worry about being discovered. They had then started to obtain the continent’s resources, as their own resources had almost been exhausted. Therefore, Long Chen had been the crux that had revived the original devil race from the brink of death.
“Do you know what this represents?”
Yue Xihan pointed to the resplendent violet-gold Devil character on her forehead.
Chapter 1725 Blood Barbarian, Emperor of Barbarians
“Devil.”
This character should be malevolent and sinister, one that invoked hatred and fear.
However, when it was present on the original devil race’s people, it seemed grand, righteous, and imposing instead.
“This Devil is actually a divine seal. It is also a mark of glory, as well as a symbol of things done and things to be done. The divine seal of the original devil race is what allows us to unleash our divine power. All ordinary devil races will be suppressed by it. This is why Xiaoqian was able to help you suppress those Empyrean Winged Blood Devils. Now do you understand?” Yue Xihan’s voice contained immense confidence and pride in what she said. The sacred light of the mark on her head covered her. This divine mark was the greatest honor of the original devil race.
Long Chen’s heart pounded wildly. A mark of honor? Capable of suppressing all devils? Putting it like that, the original devil race was not a devil race, but a race to suppress the devil races.
“Are you curious? Our original devil race once suppressed the invaders. We once protected the Martial Heaven Continent and its peace. Why would the continent’s people suddenly start hunting us?” Yue Xihan looked at Long Chen and sighed.
Long Chen nodded. He was truly unable to comprehend this. The Martial Heaven Alliance and the devil races were mortal enemies. Based on the principles of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, they should be allied with the original devil race, but instead, they hunted the original devil race down.
“I truly wish to tell you. However, now is still not the time. Furthermore, since you trust us so much, whether or not you know it won’t change anything,” said Yue Xihan.
Long Chen could only nod again. If Yue Xihan didn’t want to say, he wouldn’t continue asking. Even since returning from Purgatory, he had felt the ephemeral existence known as karma more strongly. Some things were forbidden by the Heavenly Daos, and speaking of them would bring frightening consequences.
Suddenly, furious roars came from the distance, and the ground began to shake. The original devil race’s experts’ expressions changed.
“The beast tide is erupting again. Everyone, get into position!” shouted Yue Xihan.
Long Chen and the others flew over. Long Chen saw over ten giant spatial cracks in front of them.
Some of them were only a few miles long, while the largest was a thousand miles. Endless Magical Beasts were boring out of those cracks, their roars shaking the sky.
“Tenth tier Magical Beasts? And even eleventh rank ones?”
Long Chen was amazed by what he saw. The original devil race experts were used to it though, and they raised their weapons. However, there were far too many Magical Beasts. They were practically endless.
“Wilde, wake up!” Long Chen was both startled and delighted to see these Magical Beasts. He immediately woke Wilde up.
When Wilde saw the sea of Magical Beasts, his eyes became like those of a hungry wolf.
An eleventh rank Magical Beast was instantly smashed through the head, and its body exploded into bloody mist. A powerful shockwave spread and annihilated all the surrounding Magical Beasts.
“This is… the power of the Blood Barbarian race! Wasn’t that race annihilated a long time ago?” Yue Xihan was shocked upon seeing Wilde attack.
Wilde’s attack also caused Long Chen to jump. The power of Wilde’s physical body was so terrifying. It was comparable to the attack of a divine item.
“Wilde, go lighter or you won’t have anything to eat.”
Wilde was just standing there foolishly, blankly staring at the bloody mist in the air. Long Chen had no choice but to give him a reminder. Wilde might have grown more powerful, but his head was still as slow as before. It seemed he still didn’t understand what had just happened.
Wilde didn’t seem to understand how his body had changed after his awakening.
After Long Chen’s reminder, Wilde seemed to react and try to hold back. However, the eleventh rank Magical Beasts in front of him were still blown apart by each of his attacks.
He killed several eleventh rank Magical Beasts without obtaining a single complete corpse. Wilde was infuriated.
He suddenly opened his mouth and breathed in like a whale absorbing water. A large whirlpool appeared in the air, sucking up the bloody mist.
Wilde repeatedly attacked and inhaled, blowing up Magical Beasts and absorbing their blood. That appearance was a bit frightening.
“Wilde, aim for the ones with darker red bodies and stronger spatial fluctuations. Those are peak eleventh rank Magical Beasts,” shouted Long Chen.
If Wilde continued like this, he would be using up more energy than he consumed. It wouldn’t be long before he would collapse and feel even hungrier.
From the start, Long Chen had noticed that the Magical Beasts with dark red bodies had more powerful auras. Those were peak eleventh rank Magical Beasts. Just by appearances, early, mid, late, and peak stage Magical Beasts were very difficult to tell apart. It was their auras that made it easier for people to differentiate.
However, Wilde didn’t even know what an aura was, so Long Chen had taught him to recognize color and spatial fluctuations. Listening to his instructions, Wilde began to target the strongest peak eleventh rank Magical Beasts.
Finally, a giant python’s head was blown apart by Wilde’s fist, but its body was strong enough to survive after its head exploded. With a complete body, Wilde delightedly took out a silver bowl. The bowl’s runes lit up and sucked the giant python’s body into it.
This bowl was something Guo Ran had forged for Wilde. Guo Ran had specially arranged it so that as long as Wilde aimed the bowl at a Magical Beast’s corpse, it would be automatically sucked in.
The huge python was as small as a loach in the bowl. Wilde gulped it down in one bite and went after other strong Magical Beasts.
With Wilde targeting the strongest Magical Beasts, the other Magical Beasts also had a bad time. Each of his punches caused powerful shockwaves that blew them apart.
Suddenly, an angry roar rang out from within the spatial crack. A blood-colored lion came out. Its body was several times larger than the other eleventh rank Magical Beasts. The other Magical Beasts actually quivered and fled from it.
“A half-step Netherpassage Magical Beast.”
Long Chen was startled. This lion’s aura was shocking and already starting to reach the twelfth rank. Once it successfully advanced, it would be comparable to Netherpassage experts.
However, this half-step Netherpassage lion was now covered in fresh wounds. Blood was still gushing out of them.
Looking from the half-step Netherpassage lion to the spatial crack, Long Chen instantly understood that the spatial crack would not allow Magical Beasts of this level to pass. This lion had to have forced its way through, causing it to be badly injured.
Seeing that lion, Wilde roared and charged at it.
BOOM!
The lion’s mountain-sized claw smashed toward Wilde. The ground was blown apart, and powerful qi waves slaughtered the surrounding Magical Beasts.
However, the half-step Netherpassage lion let out an angry roar after its attack landed. It pulled up its claw, which was now covered in blood.
Wilde’s body had transformed. He was now a three-hundred-meter tall giant. He had grabbed hold of the claw and was crazily biting it, tearing away its hard exterior, flesh, and bones all at once.
The lion roared and flung Wilde away. However, Wilde shot after it again, clamping down on its throat and taking a big bite.
Wilde’s mouth was now giant considering his size. His bloody teeth had a cold sparkle to them as he bit down. The half-step Netherpassage lion had huge chunks of its flesh ripped out by Wilde over and over again.
Even its tough defenses were completely useless against Wilde’s sharp teeth. It was like he was biting into meat buns.
“How… how terrifying. How savage.”
The original devil race’s experts were all stunned. This kind of battle scene had surpassed their imaginations.
“The Blood Barbarians are truly worthy of being the emperors amongst the Barbarian race. This kind of power is unimaginable.” Even Yue Xihan sighed emotionally upon seeing that the half-step Netherpassage lion was unable to shake Wilde off at all as he tore into its flesh.
“Senior, how much do you know about the Barbarian race?” asked Long Chen. He was very curious about Wilde’s origins.
“I don’t know much. The Barbarian race is extremely powerful and very terrifying. They’re called the wildest warriors of the ten planar worlds. They don’t need to cultivate, they just eat. Other than humans, they eat anything, and they’re split into seventy-seven different races, including the Power Barbarians, Spirit Barbarians, Bone Barbarians, Walking Barbarians, and more. However, it is the Blood Barbarians that possess the most terrifying bloodline and the most terrifying combat power. They lead the Barbarian race. As for Wilde, he is a Blood Barbarian and is in his second blood morph. It seems his Blood Qi is still very lacking so his transformation isn’t complete. There are many innate divine abilities that he has yet to awaken,” explained Yue Xihan.
Just as Yue Xihan was explaining, Wilde had already bitten the half-step Netherpassage lion to death and was now finishing up its body.
“The Blood Barbarians’ devouring and biting abilities are innate. Their teeth become stronger with each transformation. Even divine items can be shattered with a bite,” said Yue Xihan. This kind of talent was frightening. They essentially grew a mouthful of divine items in the form of teeth.
After finishing off the lion, Wilde suddenly let out an excited cry and charged toward the largest spat
ial crack.
Chapter 1726 Tender Emotions
As Wilde charged through the spatial crack, it rumbled and shook. Spatial blades exploded out of it.
This spatial crack was like a flowing river. Going from the other side to this world was following the flow, but now Wilde was going against the current. It was similar to how Guo Ran had been kicked through the spatial channel before. He needed to endure extreme spatial pressure.
Back then, even Guo Ran’s armor had been deformed. However, as Wilde charged through, those powerful spatial blades all bounced off his skin, unable to cause the slightest harm to him.
Just relying on his physical body, Wilde charged through the spatial blades. Wilde’s physical body had to be even stronger than Guo Ran’s armor.
BOOM!
With a final intense shudder, Wilde managed to charge into the other world. His figure vanished from sight.
Once he was in the other world, the Magical Beasts charging out of the spatial cracks dropped in number. It could be imagined how Wilde had drawn all those Magical Beasts’ attacks. However, Long Chen wasn’t concerned about Wilde’s safety at all.
Tossing Wilde into a sea of Magical Beasts was like tossing a tiger amongst rabbits. Those Magical Beasts weren’t able to cause any real injuries to him.
Furthermore, as he continued to eat, his power would grow. Perhaps Wilde would be able to obtain enough energy to fully satisfy his second form.
“Star Fall.”
With Wilde gone, Long Chen tossed out a ball that exploded amongst the Magical Beasts. Golden flames devoured them.
The Magical Beasts on the battlefield were cleaned up in an instant. The warriors of the original devil race didn’t have to face any more pressure.
“Aunt Han, are these Magical Beasts useful to our original devil race?” asked Long Chen. With Yue Xihan’s power, she was more than capable of annihilating these Magical Beasts with a wave of her hand. In fact, he estimated that her power was more than enough to seal some of these spatial cracks.
Sometimes just words had the magical effect of drawing two people together quicker. Long Chen’s words made it sound like they were already one family.