by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Huo Lieyun had actually condensed the surrounding flame energy into a giant net. He pulled it toward him. The four of them struggled, but it was useless. Ye Zhiqiu was surrounded by steam as she summoned her ice energy, but she was completely suppressed.
“Bastard, release my sisters!” Liu Ruyan and the Dragonblood warriors roared, but their attacks landed on a giant flame wall that forced them back.
Suddenly, sword-light appeared, creating an opening in the barrier. The bloodstained Yue Zifeng was flying back, his expression icy.
Of them all, only Yue Zifeng wasn’t suppressed by Huo Lieyun’s manifestation, and he was the only one who could possibly threaten him. Regretfully, he was still too weak.
“I didn’t expect Long Chen to have such a loyal dog. Alright, then I’ll use your blood as a challenge to Long Chen!”
Huo Lieyun pulled the net with one hand, while he threw his flame spear with his other hand.
A trail of flame runes followed the flame spear as it flew through the air, igniting the space it passed. Let alone a physical body, even a star could be pierced by this spear.
“Zifeng!” Everyone let our heart-rending roars. If this attack struck, Yue Zifeng would definitely die.
However, the rapidly flying flame spear suddenly stopped in midair, and the Netherpassage experts guarding this region jumped in shock. Their barrier had actually been broken by somebody.
Flames exploded and space twisted. The flame spear was actually unable to advance any further because a large hand had caught its tip.
A blood-soaked figure appeared in front of everyone’s eyes. That figure looked like a devil god that had crawled out of hell.
“Boss!” The Dragonblood warriors cheered. Although the flames blocked their vision, they could sense that familiar aura.
“Long Chen!” Those Netherpassage experts were dumbfounded. Long Chen had actually returned, charging through their barrier.
Long Chen’s hand tightly gripped the spear. It trembled intensely, erupting with flames, seeming to try to escape his grasp. However, it couldn’t.
Although Long Chen’s body looked like it was covered in blood, in truth, that blood wasn’t flowing outside his body, instead, it was flowing within. His blood was flowing through him like tiny dragons swimming. The power of his Blood Qi caused the void to rumble.
“What terrifying essence blood!” exclaimed one of the Netherpassage experts. He was from the Xuan Beasts, and Long Chen’s current Blood Qi terrified him. He couldn’t help but tremble and have an urge to flee for his life.
As Long Chen’s blood flowed within his body, his skin was constantly being torn apart and healing. It was a frightening sight, but it was like his Blood Qi would explode at any moment and destroy the world.
The azure dragon essence blood had rebuilt his body, but it still needed to fully merge with his blood. However, Long Chen couldn’t wait any longer, and he had rushed over immediately. Because his body hadn’t fully merged with the dragon blood before moving, it was tearing his body apart.
Long Chen’s arrival also shocked Huo Lieyun. What was more shocking though was that his divine item was actually completely terrified and wanting him to save it.
Suddenly, Long Chen’s other hand reached out and grabbed the spear. Then, shockingly, he slammed the spear across his knee.
Flames exploded, and a mournful wail resounded through heaven and earth. That terrifying blood-colored spear was actually forcibly broken by Long Chen.
Huo Lieyun suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. As the spear’s item-spirit was linked to his soul, the spear’s destruction caused a backlash.
Affected by this backlash, the flame net that he had condensed dissipated. Ye Zhiqiu, Meng Qi, Chu Yao, and Tang Wan-er regained their freedom. Ye Zhiqiu’s sword flashed as she prepared an attack.
“Let me do it.”
Long Chen’s figure flashed, and he appeared in front of Huo Lieyun, raising a hand and launching a slap.
Chapter 1928 Slaying the Physical Body
Long Chen broke a powerful divine item with his bare hands as soon as he arrived, shocking everyone. Huo Lieyun’s head was still reeling from the backlash when Long Chen’s hand slapped him across the face.
Huo Lieyun’s head distorted, his bones breaking and his face caving in.
The current Long Chen had yet to summon his divine ring nor was he using the Dragon Blood Battle Armor. This was just the power of his physical body.
The reason he didn’t have them out was because he currently couldn’t. His body hadn’t fully recovered, and using his full power would cause his body to tear itself apart.
The life energy in the primal chaos space had been used up, so there was no way that they could heal his injuries.
Long Chen’s physical body had reached a level that even he couldn’t imagine. The azure dragon essence blood was flowing within his body, constantly strengthening it. But as his power grew, his flesh tore apart and healed, tore apart and healed.
Even though his body hadn’t fully recovered, he felt that with his current strength, he could tear apart heaven and earth with his bare hands. This single slap almost killed Huo Lieyun.
Mo Nian and the others were staring in shock at Long Chen. His power was ferocious.
“Heavenly Diagram Suppresses the Cosmos!”
Huo Lieyun’s manifestation activated, instantly healing his injuries. He let out a shout and a giant divine diagram appeared, so high that it broke through the clouds yet still tore through the sea. It was the Brahma Divine Diagram.
The two statues in Huo Lieyun’s manifestation began to chant. As a result, a ray of light shot out of the Brahma Divine Diagram at Long Chen.
“Be suppressed!” roared Huo Lieyun. His divine spear was broken, making his heart drip blood. That spear had accompanied him for a long time and had been nourished by his soul. He had spent a huge amount of time and effort on it. It was a divine item with great potential but had now been broken by Long Chen. As for the Brahma Divine Diagram, although it was even more terrifying, it would always belong to Pill Valley, not him.
Evilmoon appeared in Long Chen’s hands. Its two dragon marks lit up, and a dragon’s cry resounded through the air. An evil murderous aura shot out.
“Hehe, I can finally fight on a higher level.” Evilmoon laughed delightedly.
Before, in the Yin Yang World, when Evilmoon had loaned a portion of its energy to Long Chen, it had caused his scales to turn black. That was because Long Chen’s own physical body was too weak, making their cooperation difficult. If Evilmoon had gone all-out, Long Chen would have been unable to hold out before he could even attack his enemy.
However, now that the azure dragon reverse scale had reforged Long Chen’s body, Evilmoon could finally go all-out.
A black saber-image tore into the sky. Behind that saber-image was a giant black dragon. As that dragon roared, the saber-image grew explosively. It absorbed the dragon image into it before it slashed toward the Brahma Divine Diagram.
BOOM!
The black saber-image sliced apart the Brahma Divine Diagram’s attack. It also caused the surrounding space to crumble, and giant ripples spread in every direction.
The clash between Evilmoon and the Brahma Divine Diagram made the barrier sealing this space explode. Those Netherpassage experts’ expressions completely changed, and they hastily switched to blocking these shockwaves.
Huge waves soared out of the sea. The water surged into the sky like it wished to devour the heavens.
“Impossible! How can he be so powerful?!” Huo Lieyun hacked up blood. He had already advanced to the Life Star realm and was in control of world energy. He could inject his world energy into the Brahma Divine Diagram, and it would allow him to unleash ten times the power. However, he was still unable to defeat Long Chen.
Long Chen was also sent flying by the impact. The flesh of his arms became a mangled mess, however, his expression didn’t change. Even as he flew back, he once more slashed h
is saber.
As long as Long Chen’s physical body was strong enough, Evilmoon could unleash its full power in its sealed state. After absorbing the metal devouring evil dragon’s marrow and core, Evilmoon had plenty of energy.
A giant saber-image flew toward the retreating Huo Lieyun. The Brahma Divine Diagram automatically went to protect its master, appearing in front of him. However, without Huo Lieyun’s own energy, it was sent flying.
The shockwaves of that clash caused Huo Lieyun to cough up more blood, and he tumbled back.
Just at this moment, a third saber-image came crashing toward him. It had only been a few seconds from the first attack, and even those Netherpassage experts’ expressions changed. Just how was it possible to unleash such ferocious attacks without accumulating any energy? That made no sense.
“Quick, save him!” The Netherpassage experts charged out, but they were one step too late. Huo Lieyun’s body was spinning through the air as the saber-image crashed toward him.
A dozen attacks were unleashed at the same time, but it was too late. They couldn’t block Long Chen’s attack in time. Huo Lieyun was struck head-on by the saber-image and instantly exploded.
However, as his physical body exploded, divine runes lit up within him. It was like a bright star within him was holding a fist-sized miniature version of him. It was his Yuan Spirit, which fled.
“Long Chen, how dare you destroy my physical body?! I’ll slaughter your whole family, your whole sect!” roared Huo Lieyun’s Yuan Spirit as he fled.
The destruction of a physical body was not a minor inconvenience. It was half crippling his cultivation base. Even if he found a better physical body to possess, it wouldn’t perfectly match his soul.
Long Chen snorted and chased after Huo Lieyun’s Yuan Spirit. However, Evilmoon said, “Don’t chase him. Your physical body was just born and is like a baby. Any more and you’ll harm your foundation. One more attack and then run.”
Only then did Long Chen notice that large pieces of his flesh crumbled like tofu. His current appearance was extremely frightening. That was the backlash of his attacks.
Taking advantage of while the Netherpassage experts were still shocked, Long Chen raised Evilmoon. “Split the Heavens 7!”
A giant saber-image tore through the sky, slashing down like a river of stars. It fell in Huo Lieyun’s direction.
“That’s the wrong direction!” Evilmoon roared. It wanted Long Chen to create an opening to run, but he actually attacked Huo Lieyun.
“Yes, you’re right. Don’t worry and just support me.”
The saber-image crashed down, causing the Netherpassage experts’ expressions to change. If this attack struck Huo Lieyun’s Yuan Spirit, he would definitely die.
“Everyone, block it!” One of the experts wearing Pill Valley’s robes shouted. If Huo Lieyun died here, that would be a major impact on them. He was the future leader of the Flame Divine Palace. He couldn’t be lost.
All the Netherpassage experts attacked at the same time, their divine items unleashing rays of light. As a result, a giant net of interweaving attacks appeared in front of Huo Lieyun.
BOOM!
The saber-image collided with their attacks, causing a powerful explosion. Astral winds devoured the sky. It was impossible to see anything.
“They ran!”
Huo Lieyun had been saved. Thanks to their blockade, Huo Lieyun’s Yuan Spirit had managed to flee into the Brahma Divine Diagram, and now there was no way that Long Chen could injure him. Just as they relaxed, they realized that Long Chen and the others had vanished.
“Don’t worry, they won’t be able to escape. Hurry and report that they got away from us.” That expert from Pill Valley snorted, clearly not very worried.
“Long Chen, just wait, I won’t let you have an easy death!” roared Huo Lieyun. He felt like if he didn’t roar to vent, he would explode.
…
“Long Chen, are you alright?”
As Cloud sped away, Chu Yao and Liu Ruyan both had a hand on Long Chen’s back, unleashing their life energy to heal him.
The current Long Chen didn’t have that much flesh left on his body, and there were many places where his bones were sticking out. His frightening appearance distressed his women. Tang Wan-er in particular was crying.
“Don’t waste the effort…” Long Chen took a deep breath.
Chu Yao, Meng Qi, and the others instantly turned pale with fear.
“Hey, don’t look at me like that. I won’t die. I just meant that your life energy isn’t doing much, so it’s fine,” said Long Chen hastily.
“Scoundrel, are you trying to scare us to death?!” raged Tang Wan-er. She wanted to beat him, but he was covered in wounds, so where was she supposed to hit? Just now, his words had almost made their souls flee from their bodies.
“Long Chen, you’re really a badass. You even managed to beat Huo Lieyun. Alright, I now no longer feel so jealous of your multiple wives and concubines,” praised Mo Nian.
The first part of his words was normal, but the latter was off. Just who were the wives and who were the concubines? Long Chen glared at him. Mo Nian was definitely trying to con him.
“Long Chen, what do we do now? Where do we run?” asked Meng Qi.
“It wouldn’t matter where we go. Cloud, Chu Yao, Ruyan, Gu Yang, Li Qi, Mingyuan, you’ve all been marked. No matter where we go, we won’t be able to escape.” Long Chen shook his head.
Everyone’s expressions changed, especially the people he listed. They didn’t even know when someone had marked them.
“Don’t worry, once I recover a bit, I’ll use the power of the dragon blood to erase that spiritual mark.” Long Chen took a deep breath, a slightly relaxed expression finally appearing on his face.
Chapter 1929 Divine Blessing Inheritance
Bang!
A beautiful white jade table was smashed to bits by the Unfettered Allseer.
That table had originally had a carving of the Martial Heaven Continent on it. There had been a small light spot constantly moving over the Martial Heaven Sea-Ring, but just then, that light spot had suddenly vanished.
“How could this happen?!” roared the Unfettered Allseer. He had long since lost the air of a transcendent immortal. His gaze was as sharp as a blade.
There were dozens of Netherpassage experts gathered in this room, and they had been sitting around the table. At this moment, the room was deathly silent.
“Now isn’t the time to get angry. Alert our people who are near the place where Long Chen vanished, and have everyone gather there,” said Pill Valley’s master, Yu Xiaoyun, who was equally gloomy.
“It’s useless. They have the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow. They’ll just run.” The Unfettered Allseer took a deep breath and sighed.
“Still. Sometimes luck is also a kind of power. If Long Chen’s luck runs out, perhaps he’ll end up running into our people,” said Yu Xiaoyun.
Although he also knew that this was just a way of comforting themselves and the chances were infinitely close to zero, at this point, even the slightest chance was worth striving for.
Yu Xiaoyun announced, “Everyone can scatter. Although Long Chen got away this time, there’s no need to fear. His weakness is clear. Such a person can fall for countless schemes and isn’t worth fearing. He only managed to get away thanks to his luck, but he’s been expelled from the Martial Heaven Alliance, so we have countless ways to kill him. Don’t be dejected. Pill Valley’s promise to you all will be fulfilled, so don’t worry.”
These people came from the various large powers. People like Di Long, Xie Wentian, Zhong Ziyang, Long and Juncang had left, leaving behind only a portion of their people to stay here to listen to Yu Xiaoyun’s orders.
Those experts now rose and said their goodbyes. Once they left, the ones from Pill Valley also retreated, leaving behind only Yu Xiaoyun and the Unfettered Allseer.
“What ghost decided to screw us? The Martial Heaven Alliance’s
karmic luck has clearly reached its end, and Long Chen is clearly the evil star of the Martial Heaven Alliance’s destruction. An easy win actually turned into such a state.” The Unfettered Allseer clenched his teeth, his expression ashen.
“Perhaps the Martial Heaven Alliance still has a little bit of power left. But that’s fine too. Although we took some losses this time, in terms of the big picture, we’re still the winner. The Martial Heaven Alliance’s destruction is essentially set in stone. Although they still have some sects supporting them and there are signs of resurgence, it’s just the final burst of light from the setting sun. It doesn’t change that they’re on their last legs. Right now, the most important thing is still eliminating Long Chen. He’s too strange. Even your Heavenly Fate Island is unable to directly calculate anything about him. He makes me uneasy,” said Yu Xiaoyun.
“He truly is strange. There are only a few existences outside the lines of fate. However, he isn’t a good match for any of them, so it’s impossible to tell just what kind of existence he is. Now even the four Fate Princes and the vice island master have died to his hands. We’ve lost all our face and taken heavy losses,” sighed the Unfettered Allseer.
Yu Xiaoyun looked at him with a faint smile. “There’s no need to play this game between us. I know that your four Fate Princes were just deputies. The true Fate Princes are still in seclusion in your immortal caves. I would even hazard a guess that their cultivation bases have already broken through to the Life Star realm.”
Being exposed, the Unfettered Allseer awkwardly smiled. This was one of Heavenly Fate Island’s greatest secrets. He hadn’t expected Yu Xiaoyun to have such knowledge.
Each of the true Fate Princes had a deputy Fate Prince. This was a strange custom of Heavenly Fate Island. If the true Fate Prince became the island master, then their deputy would also become the island master. In fact, the deputy would have even greater authority.
That was because the true Fate Princes and true island master essentially never revealed themselves to the continent. They usually didn’t step a foot out of Heavenly Fate Island for their whole lives. They were completely dedicated to researching the secrets of the heavens, and they were the true core of Heavenly Fate Island.