NINE STAR HEGEMON BODY ART

CHAPTER 1221_1230

Chapter 1221 Blood Dyes the Ancient Remnant

Long Chen fought intensely against the five powerful enemies, with Blooddrinker dancing through the air. People could only see six figures shooting back and forth as the sky shook around them.

Seeing that Long Chen could fight against these five powerful experts, Han Wenjun was deeply shocked. He sent out the order for everyone to attack the distant Grand Xia experts.

A vague feeling of unease appeared in Han Wenjun’s heart. Perhaps he would have to capture the Grand Xia’s experts in order to enter an invincible position. At the very least, he had to capture Xia Youluo.

“Han Wenjun, I’ll kill you, you bastard!” Suddenly, a woman’s cry full of killing intent rang out. A sword slashed at Han Wenjun like a flying rainbow.

“Hmph, little slut, I’ll capture you again right now.” Han Wenjun sneered and suddenly reached out. Runes lit up on his fingers as he caught Xia Youluo’s sword, while his other hand reached toward her throat.

Xia Youluo was shocked. Instead of injuring him when her sword struck his hand, she found herself unable to pull it back. She had never imagined Han Wenjun was this terrifyingly powerful.

An explosion of energy came from Han Wenjun’s palm. Xia Youluo’s whole body shook and she vomited a mouthful of blood. She was instantly injured and unable to resist at all as Han Wenjun’s hand reached for her throat.

“Fuck off!” A furious roar rang out, and a fist smashed into Han Wenjun’s palm. Xia Yunchong had arrived, blocking his attack, while also pushing Xia Youluo back.

But when Xia Yunchong’s fist collided with Han Wenjun’s palm, his expression changed. He was actually forced back by Han Wenjun.

“Xia Youluo, get back and protect the crown prince,” shouted Xia Yunchong, his expression grave.

“But…”

“Listen to orders! Go protect the crown prince!” ordered Xia Yunchong.

Xia Youluo’s eyes were red. She felt herself to be useless. The person who had tricked her was right in front of her, but she couldn’t get revenge and had implicated her big brother.

Clenching her teeth, she flew over to Xia Yunfeng and the others, who were currently besieged by powerful enemies.

Once Xia Youluo was gone, Xia Yunchong turned to face Han Wenjun icily. “No wonder Long Chen said you were no longer the old you. You actually absorbed the Grand Chu and Grand Zhou’s dragon vein energy for yourself. Now your power isn’t any lower than those top experts.”

Others might not be able to tell, but the instant Xia Yunchong had been forced back by Han Wenjun’s palm, he had realized something was wrong.

Using his dragon vein energy to see, he finally sensed a huge dragon vein image supporting Han Wenjun from behind him. It was several times stronger than his own dragon vein energy.

This kind of dragon vein image was something only those who possessed dragon vein energy could sense. And yet it hadn’t escaped Long Chen’s senses either.

“Hahaha, correct. The Grand Zhou and Grand Chu’s imperial disciples have been killed by me, and I’ve already absorbed all their dragon vein energy. As soon as all your Grand Xia’s imperial disciples are killed, the Grand Xia, the Grand Zhou, and the Grand Chu will have lost a third of their karmic luck. This karmic luck will end up supporting my Grand Han, so your three nations will decline, while my Grand Han will only grow stronger. We won’t need to waste any time thinking of how to get any historical remnants, making any idols, or stealing any cultural inheritances. Only my Grand Han Ancient Nation will remain within the Central Plains, hahaha!” Han Wenjun laughed uproariously, his voice full of pride. It was like he could already see the day of the Grand Han uniting all the ancient nations.

“Hmph, keep dreaming. Shameless bastards, you’re just idiots with overblown confidence. Today, I’ll let you and your ambitions die within this ancient remnant!” Xia Yunchong shot forward, unleashing a whistling fist at Han Wenjun.

“The idiot is you, Xia Yunchong. With your connection to your dragon vein severed, the amount of dragon vein energy you can use has dropped. Furthermore, you’ve already knelt to me, and you no longer have the power of your Undefeatable Dao. Without the pressure of the Undefeatable Dao restricting me, you still think you can win? Keep dreaming. You’re the one who will die here.” Han Wenjun smiled contemptuously. If it was before, he definitely wouldn’t have dared to fight Xia Yunchong in a one against one.

But now, he had stolen the Grand Chu and Grand Zhou’s dragon vein energy for himself, as well as broken Xia Yunchong’s Undefeatable Dao. He was fearless.

Their fist and palm once more collided, and both sides were knocked back by the other.

“Even without the domain of my Undefeatable Dao, I, Xia Yunchong, am not someone an idiot like you can look down upon!” shouted Xia Yunchong. He clearly sensed that his undefeatable will was no longer able to suppress others, but that didn’t affect the rest of his combat powers.

Han Wenjun was shocked inside. Even without the suppression of the Undefeatable Dao, making it so he could unleash his full power when fighting, he was still unable to suppress Xia Yunchong. His urge to kill Xia Yunchong rose.

The two of them continued a fierce fight, while Xia Youluo flew over to the other powerful enemies besieging the Grand Xia’s side.

“KILL!” Xia Youluo suddenly let out a furious roar. She who had been living a golden life and weaving her own dreams of the rest of the world had finally seen the cruelty of reality.

She hated herself for being naive, she hated herself for being foolish, and now she was transforming all this hatred into boundless killing intent.

Her sword mercilessly flew through the air. Each of her attacks was incredibly vicious, her moves almost suicidal. Her enemies were not able to stop her.

She felt like she had gone crazy. She needed to kill people, to kill all these enemies. That was the only way to vent her fury, her hatred, and to relieve the pain in her heart.

“Watch out, this woman’s crazy!” shouted an ancient race expert. Xia Youluo’s eyes were red, and she was unleashing boundless killing intent. She was ignoring other people’s attacks, continuously launching attacks where she exchanged injury for lives.

In the first instant, she took the lives of seven rank seven Celestials. Xia Youluo felt herself to be insane. She even felt a desire to die fighting on this battlefield, like that was the only way to relieve her guilt.

On this battlefield, the only rank eight Celestial from the Grand Han, Han Qijun, went all-out to block Xia Youluo’s sword. As a result, he almost coughed up blood in his first exchange with her.

“Ignore the others for now! Kill this crazy woman!” shouted Han Qijun.

Xia Youluo’s talent was innately high, and if it weren’t for her willful desire to have fun, her accomplishments probably wouldn’t be any less than Xia Yunchong’s.

Xia Youluo’s combat power was originally a level higher than Han Qijun’s. Now in this insane state, she had killed ten experts, none of them capable of matching her. If Han Qijun were to fight her one against one, he wouldn’t be able to last more than a few exchanges before being killed.

Originally, the addition of the ancient races and the Pill Tower’s experts should have allowed the Grand Han to completely suppress the Grand Xia’s experts. But Xia Youluo’s suicidal charge caught them completely off guard, and they abandoned their opponents to attack her.

The current Xia Youluo was absolutely terrifying. If they didn’t quickly suppress her, then by the time they killed the rest of the Grand Xia’s experts, she’d have also killed most of them.

In just a moment, Xia Youluo was fighting Han Qijun as well as over ten rank seven Celestials. In a few breaths, she was covered in injuries, blood dyeing her robes. She was beautiful in a poignant way.

Xia Youluo had taken these injuries in order to take the lives of three rank seven Celestials, giving her remaining opponents goosebumps. They were finally experiencing how terrifying women could be when they went crazy.

More and more of their top experts were drawn over to deal with Xia Youluo, relieving the pressure on the Grand Xia’s experts.

But seeing their princess covered in blood and fighting with her life on the line, they erupted with unprecedented power, going all-out.

Xia Yunfeng and the others also unleashed their greatest power. The battlefield’s situation became critical.

Long Chen was fighting one against five, Xia Yunchong was fighting Han Wenjun, and Xia Youluo was drawing over the remaining top experts, allowing the remaining Grand Xia experts to fight back at their opponents in a bloody battle.

These four battlefields were now all in a precarious state. If any of them took the advantage, it might affect the other battlefields, immediately causing a chain reaction.

If any of these battlefields were defeated, it would immediately cause a one-sided dominance. The battle would basically be decided.

So whether it was the Grand Xia’s experts or their opponents, they were all going all-out. Their blades were all merciless. People continuously died, their blood soaking into the ground.

Long Chen’s battle with the five experts had also reached its climax. At first, the five experts had been holding back. The ancient races and Bloodkill Hall didn’t want to work together, so they were fighting for themselves. But then as the fight continued, they realized that if they didn’t work together, they might really end up defeated by Long Chen.

Just a little while back, Long Chen had created an opportunity to land a punch on the tiger race expert, causing him to wildly vomit blood. If it hadn’t been for the elephant race expert’s timely assistance, Long Chen would have killed him with his saber.

As for the Bloodkill Hall’s assassins, one of them was almost killed by a kick from him, and the other assassin had to launch an unexpected suicidal attack on Long Chen. Long Chen hadn’t been assured of killing that person while also blocking this suicidal attack, which had saved the assassin’s life.

Having people from both their parties almost die shocked them. Long Chen’s power was growing greater and greater. In the beginning, they had still been able to suppress him. But after an incense stick’s worth of time, they were being hunted by Long Chen.

“Bastard! He’s using us to adapt to his power! Everyone, stop holding back and kill him now!” The eagle race expert finally came to a shocking realization.

Long Chen’s combat power was rising as his control over his power increased. Through the eagle race expert’s warning, the others also realized this. They were both shocked and infuriated. They had actually ended up being a whetstone for Long Chen.

“Don’t hold back!” roared the eagle race expert. His wings spread and golden runes flowed out. Two runes revolved in his eyes as he activated his Spirit Blood.

His lance viciously pierced at Long Chen, tearing through space with an ear-piercing rumble.

Chapter 1222 Heaven Fermenting Divine Jar

The eagle race expert activated his Spirit Blood through a secret art. When the ancient races activated their Spirit Blood, their combat power would multiply, as they had the bloodline of the Xuan Beasts.

This was different from when the human race activated their Spirit Blood. The Spirit Blood of the ancient races contained their Xuan Beast bloodline, but their bodies were in human form. They were unable to endure such terrifying power for a long time.

That was why the ancient races also considered the human race as absolute garbage. The human race bloodline affected their combat power, making it so they were unable to fully unleash the power of the Xuan Beast bloodline within them. So they hated the human race.

Now that he activated his Spirit Blood, his combat power crazily soared. However, his body wouldn’t be able to endure this kind of power for long. He had to end the fight quickly.

BOOM!

Long Chen’s saber collided with the eagle race expert’s lance. Long Chen’s hand trembled and he was knocked back. Blood dripped down his hand.

He was shocked inside. The ancient races truly had some skills. That was especially true for their rank eight Celestials. Their bloodline power was even more terrifying.

The elephant and tiger race experts also unleashed the power of their bloodlines. Vast swathes of space twisted around them, while heaven and earth shook from their power. It was possible to vaguely hear the sound of an elephant cry and tiger roar.

“Killing God Blessing, Blood Spirit Sacrifice!”

At the same time, the Bloodkill Hall’s assassins unleashed a shocking move. Blood poured out of every single one of their pores, condensing into runes that unleashed boundless murderous aura.

The pressure from these five eruptions caused the entire battlefield to tremble. Everyone’s hearts shook, and they glanced over in shock.

But they were no longer able to see Long Chen and the others. Space was twisting around them, and terrifying pressure raged within. Most of them were unable to sense anything inside the twisted space.

Xia Yunchong and the others were shocked. Just from these auras, it was clear those five experts had unleashed their full power.

The ending of this life and death battle was within Long Chen’s hands. If he could endure this, there was still hope. If he was defeated, they would all be killed!

“Everything’s up to you, Long Chen.” Xia Yunchong looked at Long Chen’s battlefield. Only a rank eight Celestial like him had the ability to peer through this twisted space to see what was inside.

Xia Youluo had awoken slightly from her craziness. Seeing that battlefield in the air and sensing those five powerful auras, she felt even more remorse.

She hated herself for being powerless. Other than stubbornly scolding people and crying like a child, she didn’t have any ability at all. She wasn’t any help at this critical time at all.

Long Chen was fighting those five peak experts all on his own. All the Grand Xia’s experts’ lives were in his hands. As for her, she could only watch from a distance.

“Long Chen, you have to win! I can die, but you can’t. I don’t want my brothers to die, and I don’t want the warriors of my Grand Xia to die either.” Xia Youluo clenched her teeth and prayed.

Seeing these five experts unleash heaven-shaking auras, Long Chen’s gaze became fiery.

From the battle, he had completely adapted to his newfound power. He was also more confident.

Now that he was facing these five experts, any of whom could shake the outside world, he felt pressure but also excitement. That was a primal desire to fight against experts that came from the depths of his soul.

He was now completely adapted to his power, and he no longer had any misgivings either.

“Green Dragon Battle Armor!”

Green scales covered Long Chen’s body. This was his first time using the Green Dragon Battle Armor since reaching the fifth Heavenstage.

108,000 green scales covered his body, and his 108,000 immortal platforms suddenly began to fiercely revolve. Each one of them echoed with one of his dragon scales, and in that instant, it was like 108,000 volcanoes were erupting.

Boundless energy charged throughout Long Chen’s body, and a powerful aura shattered space, piercing through the sky.

The spatial twisting around them suddenly vanished, allowing everyone to clearly see a pillar of qi soaring out of Long Chen, parting the clouds.

A huge vortex appeared in the sky, constantly revolving. It was an apocalyptic omen that none of them had ever witnessed before.

“Hahaha, great! There’s no problem at all with my physical body, and I can fight at full power!” Long Chen laughed uproariously, and in the face of the five of them attacking him, he swung his saber with a single hand.

BOOM! Their five weapons crashed against Long Chen’s saber, unleashing a terrifying explosion. Ripples spread out. The ground exploded and the entire world rocked.

The distant experts were far away and not impacted by these shockwaves, and yet they felt a terror from their souls that made it hard for them to breathe.

“What kind of power is this?!”

Those distant experts were all shocked. Let alone blocking this kind of power, just being close to it would turn them to dust.

“Impossible! How can he be so strong?!” roared the elephant race expert.

His face was pale with disbelief. Long Chen’s power had far surpassed his imagination, and he refused to believe a human could possess such power.

The others were shocked too. They hadn’t expected that just as they unleashed their full power to kill Long Chen in one blow, his power would erupt to such a shocking level. It took the five of them working together to just barely block him.

“Was this really so strong? This is nothing. I’ll show you what true power is!” Long Chen sneered.

BOOM! The five of them were blown back by an irresistible power from Long Chen’s saber.

“Split the Heavens 4!” A huge saber-image tore into the sky, and a terrifying killing intent locked onto the five of them.

Space tore apart, and it was like time was frozen. It was like in that instant, the world was no longer moving. Long Chen used half his immortal platforms’ energy to unleash this attack.

This was a saber that would follow a person to heaven or hell. The five of their expressions changed. The eagle race expert roared furiously, pushing his bloodline power to its peak. The runes around him exploded one by one, and his lance blossomed with blinding light. A three-thousand-meter lance-image shot out.

“Giant Eagle Blood Lance!”

The eagle race expert had actually activated his King item, bringing out its true form and even the strongest attack of his bloodline. He knew Long Chen’s attack was too terrifying to hold back.

The elephant and tiger race experts also unleashed the full power of their King items and bloodlines.

The tiger race expert’s martial weapon was actually a sheath around his claws. It lit up, and a huge claw-image slashed out.

The two Bloodkill Hall’s assassins didn’t dare to tarry. They closed their eyes, and their foreheads suddenly split open. Blood dripped out, forming a strange design. It was like the face of a fiend.

Two three-thousand-meter figures appeared behind them. Then those two figures actually merged.

Once they merged, heaven-shaking killing intent exploded out. It was like this figure was their Killing God. It slashed out a huge attack.

Their four attacks crashed into the blood-red saber-image. When those five attacks collided, the world became silent. After a breath, a fierce explosion erupted.

Light that was more blinding than the sun devoured heaven and earth. Those distant experts were too shocked to even continue fighting.

“Quick, retreat!” Xia Yunfeng shouted, ordering everyone to fall back. If they were struck by this light, then other than the rank eight Celestials, the rest would all be annihilated.

Xia Yunchong also stopped fighting. Using a movement art to slip away, he pulled along two heavily injured Grand Xia’s experts as he fled.

The ancient race, Pill Tower, and Grand Han’s experts also prepared to run when Han Wenjun announced, ”Everyone, there’s no need to panic. I brought my Grand Han’s Ancestral item, the Heaven Fermenting Divine Jar. It can definitely block it.”

Han Wenjun took out a pitch-black jar. Mysterious runes were on it, and it immediately grew in size and enveloped all of them.

This was also an Ancestral item, a treasure that had been passed on within the Grand Han for countless years. In order to avoid any mistakes, they had even brought in this Ancestral item.

Xia Yunchong and the others glared hatefully at them, but they had no choice but to continue fleeing. Escaping that terrifying light was impossible, but they hoped to get far away enough that its power would weaken enough to only injure them instead of killing them.

BOOM!

That light collided into Han Wenjun’s Ancestral item. Divine runes lit up on it, and that terrifying impact only caused it to quiver slightly before it stabilized.

“Stop! Come with me!” Xia Yunchong suddenly shouted and led everyone in the direction behind the Ancestral item. Due to the Ancestral item, a large portion of the light there was blocked, making that the only safe place.

They had only just reached the spot when the light struck them. A maelstrom of broken runes hit them.

This maelstrom easily tore through their armor. It was like millions of tiny blades were cutting their skin.

But they were delighted. Fortunately, the Grand Han’s Ancestral item had blocked a portion of this power, or most of them would have died.

“You want to take advantage of me? Hmph, keep dreaming!” Han Wenjun sneered upon seeing this. He was just about to reduce the Ancestral item’s protective area when a clanking sound rang out. The entire Ancestral item trembled fiercely, causing Han Wenjun’s expression to completely change.

Chapter 1223 Slashed to Death

Long Chen’s attack had forced his five opponents to unleash their strongest attacks. This was a world-shaking exchange, and the immense power blew back all six of them.

Long Chen didn’t know what condition the others were in, but he felt like a hammer had struck him. He almost coughed up blood.

He hadn’t expected the five of them to be so strong. Even the fourth form of Split the Heavens hadn’t managed to kill them.

But unbeknownst to him, the five of them were even more shocked. They felt like they were about to go insane. They were top figures amongst rank eight Celestials, practically unrivaled within their realm. They had never before had to join hands with anyone to fight their enemies.

Now, they had not only joined hands with others, but the five of them had even unleashed their strongest moves, only to violently cough up blood.

The three ancient race experts were a bit better off. After all, they had the bloodline of the Xuan Beasts, giving them powerful physical bodies. But the two Bloodkill Hall’s assassins were almost killed.

They were covered with blood, and their bones were broken. They tumbled back like a mass of pulp.

Long Chen didn’t know about all that. All he knew was that it felt like a mountain was crashing into his chest.

As he flew back, the direction he went was precisely where Han Wenjun was. He saw that huge jar.

He was no longer a novice, and he instantly recognized it to be an Ancestral item. Without saying a word, he took out the black pot and smashed it at the jar.

With an explosive sound, the pot smashed against the jar. Everyone inside felt like they were inside a bell that had been rung with a hammer. That feeling was unendurable.

Those with weaker cultivation bases fainted, and some unlucky fellows even directly died.

Those who didn’t faint didn’t feel like it was a blessing. Another smash came, making their heads buzz. They felt like their brains were being turned to mush.

The fierce ringing continued. Han Wenjun only managed to react now, coughing up a mouthful of blood that landed on the Ancestral item.

But by the time he did this, he was shocked to find that that Ancestral item had become incredibly weak. He even sensed waves of terror coming from it.

CRACK!

In front of everyone’s shocked gazes, their Grand Han’s Ancestral item, the Heaven Fermenting Divine Jar, shattered.

Its fragments fell to the ground, revealing a black pot and Long Chen who was covered in sweat.

By now, the maelstrom had already passed. Long Chen looked at the sluggish Han Wenjun. He wiped off some sweat and said, “Although you’re a bunch of brutes, I wouldn’t feel good seeing you die inside a pickling jar. Now I’ve finally managed to break it and save you. There’s no need to thank me, as this was only right of me. Well, goodbye.”

Pow!

After spouting out nonsense, Long Chen viciously slapped the stunned Han Wenjun. He shot back like a shooting star. He was like a bolt of lightning was flying toward the center of the battlefield.

Half of Han Wenjun’s face caved in. His head had shrunk quite a bit, but fortunately, the Grand Han’s men had large heads, so he still had enough.

But Long Chen’s slap was truly vicious. Han Wenjun almost died from it. Without his powerful dragon vein support, he would have died.

“Kill them!” Xia Yunfeng and Xia Yunchong were delighted by Long Chen’s power. He actually managed to destroy an Ancestral item, heavily injure Han Wenjun, and cause all the other experts to feel like their heads were buzzing. This was the best time to kill them, and so all the Grand Xia’s experts charged.

As for Long Chen, he flew in another direction. That was where the five rank eight Celestials were struggling to stand. Long Chen didn’t want to give them any time to breathe. 

However, he hadn’t had a choice but to interfere. Han Wenjun’s Ancestral item had been too terrifying. If he hadn’t destroyed it, Han Wenjun might have been able to use it to completely annihilate Xia Yunchong and the others.

So Long Chen broke that pickling jar with the black pot. The other reason for this was to see the power of the black pot.

Long Chen had hoped that the black pot might wake from this. If it did, perhaps he would be able to dominate the lands in the future.

After all, this pot was personally forged by a mysterious ascender, and later, that ascender had even bestowed it with even greater power.

After he had used it on the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, the Blazing Dragon Cauldron had later told him that the pot was a rogue. Each time the pot smashed it, it extracted its core energy. That was why it would have been crippled if Long Chen had continued smashing it on it.

So upon seeing another Ancestral item, Long Chen almost reflexively decided to be a rogue and unleash a torrent of smashes. And as expected, the pot really was badass. Each smash weakened the Ancestral item.

This time, Long Chen didn’t care about the Ancestral item, and his smashes completely destroyed the treasure the Grand Han had spent blood, sweat, and tears on nourishing for hundreds of generations.

“Die!” Long Chen put away the pot and shot toward the two assassins who were covered in blood and trying to recover with Heavenly Dao energy.

BOOM! The two of them hastily blocked Long Chen’s saber, but Long Chen was too powerful, and they didn’t specialize in power. They tumbled back along the ground.

Their bodies hadn’t fully recovered before they were given a new slew of injuries. If they hadn’t worked together, they wouldn’t have even been able to block this attack.

“He’s out of power! Quick, kill him!” cried one of the assassins.

To use the fourth form of Split the Heavens, Long Chen had used up half his energy. Now, he had less than a third of his spiritual yuan. His power had truly dropped.

But even if he had less than a third of his spiritual yuan, he knew that with his 108,000 immortal platforms, that was still double what an ordinary rank eight Celestial possessed.

When he had fought Dan Chu, the reason why he had been able to steal so much spiritual yuan was because alchemists had the most abundant spiritual yuan other than wood cultivators. And yet, even though so much of Dan Chu’s spiritual yuan had been sucked away, it still hadn’t been enough for Long Chen.

Thirty percent of his spiritual yuan was enough for him to kill these exhausted fellows. The Bloodkill Hall assassin was only shouting this in order to get the ancient race experts to come and help.

If the ancient race experts just watched, the two assassins would be killed instantly. That wasn’t good for any of them. If they died, the ancient race experts would also find it difficult to escape from Long Chen.

The ancient race experts disdained working together with the Bloodkill Hall assassins, but they had no other choice right now. Long Chen was too terrifying, and if the two assassins were killed, their hopes of victory would drop. Therefore, they used the little bit of energy they had just recovered to attack Long Chen.

Long Chen smiled slightly. The runes on his boots lit up, and it was like he had teleported. He arrived in front of the two assassins. Their swords stabbed toward him from two different sides.

Although they were enemies, Long Chen had to admit their combination arts were practically flawless. Even in such desperate straits, their attacks weren’t chaotic. They weren’t panicked at all, and their control over their sword, timing, and power was still at their peak.

One sword was aiming for Long Chen’s heart, while the other was aimed at his ribs. It looked like they were launched at the same time, but their timing was different. There was no way to block them at the same time. But if he blocked them separately, it would give them a breather.

Long Chen raised his arm protector to block one sword, while he allowed the other sword to stab through his ribs. That sharp blade contained all the assassin’s energy, and even Long Chen’s body couldn’t block it. It pierced through him.

“No!” The assassin whose blade was blocked let out a startled cry.

As for the other assassin, at the same time as his sword stabbed through Long Chen’s body, Long Chen’s saber slashed through his waist.

Last time, he had also been cut at the waist by Long Chen, but he hadn’t died. This time, he wasn’t so lucky. The power contained in Long Chen’s saber directly blew him apart.

One of the twin assassins had fallen, causing the other assassin’s eyes to almost tear out of their sockets. He went insane, roaring furiously.

Long Chen pulled out the sword stabbing through him, causing his blood to spurt. He icily looked at the other assassin and shook his head. “Aren’t you the Killing God’s servants? Didn’t you say death is returning to the embrace of the Killing God? I sent your brother to see your Killing God, so shouldn’t you thank me? Why get angry?”

Long Chen’s voice was full of disdain. When they killed others, they were merciless and vicious, treating their lives as nothing more than blades of grass. But now he became so fierce upon having his brother killed? Since he knew pain, why could he be so indifferent when it came to killing others?

“DIE!” The remaining assassin attacked Long Chen like he was insane. He had already lost the calm of an assassin. Losing his twin brother made him crazy.

“Attack together!” The three ancient race experts’ hearts turned cold upon seeing Long Chen kill one of the assassins. But it had happened too quickly for them to stop him. Now seeing the other assassin enter a crazy state, they launched all-out attacks.

They knew if they didn’t, Long Chen would quickly send the remaining assassin to the Killing God, and then it would probably be their turn. Right now, each bit of combat power was incredibly precious.

“Raging Flames Devour the Heavens!”

Once the four of them charged at him together, Long Chen suddenly shouted. Violet flames exploded out of him, their heat incinerating the world.

Chapter 1224 Exchanging Weapons of War for Gifts of Jade and Silk?

Not good!” The three ancient race experts’ expressions changed. When those violet flames enveloped them, they were shocked to find they were unable to resist at all.

The instant the flames touched them, their skin turned black. The eagle race expert’s feathers were all incinerated, and his wings became charred.

Those feathers were so powerful that even blades couldn’t break them. They were even stronger than Treasure items. But they weren’t able to stop the Soul Devouring Violet Flame.

This was just the start. The flame energy continued to wreak havoc over their bodies, trying to turn them to ash.

If they were in their peak state, they would have been able to use their powerful spiritual yuan to resist, but now, they didn’t have the energy to block these terrifying flames. Once their last dregs of energy were used up, they would be instantly incinerated.

“Retreat!”

The three of them fell back at the same time. These terrifying flames weren’t something they could handle.

Just as they retreated, Long Chen’s saber slashed through the assassin who was also wrapped in flames. Another Bloodkill Hall assassin died.

Long Chen kept their swords. They were incomparably sharp King items.

Not only had Long Chen gained two powerful King items, but he had also gained two rank eight Heavenly Dao runes. Adding on the slain Dan Chu, Li Wanji, and Han Bijun, he had a total of five rank eight Heavenly Dao Fruits.

After that, he shot after the three of them. He also expanded the domain of his flames.

The three of them had just managed to reach the edge of this flame domain when it explosively grew, once more trapping them. Their expressions turned green.

At this moment, Long Chen appeared in front of him, his saber slashing down.

The three of them were horrified. Suddenly, the elephant race expert took out a white, crescent object.

This crescent object was only an inch long, looking like nothing more than an ornament. But it was covered in divine runes that emitted a terrifying pressure.

The small object shot out at Long Chen’s saber. The instant it left the elephant race expert’s hand, it rapidly grew, becoming three thousand meters long.

BOOM! The saber-image and that object collided. Long Chen’s saber-image was instantly blown apart, and Long Chen coughed up a mouthful of blood as he was knocked back.

“An Ancestral item?” Long Chen was shocked. He hadn’t expected the elephant race expert to have also brought in an Ancestral item.

Furthermore, it was such a terrifying Ancestral item. At this time, he managed to see that it was clearly an elephant’s tusk. This tusk was covered in blood-red lines.

“It’s the tusk of a tenth rank Magical Beast!” Long Chen let out a startled cry. This kind of aura was something he remembered.

In truth, this wasn’t the tusk of a Magical Beast, but a tenth rank Xuan Beast. It was left behind by a true expert of the Barbarian Elephant race.

This tusk contained the power of that expert’s terrifying cultivation base. It possessed its own spirituality.

Long Chen rejoiced inside that he had launched a saber-image attack just now. If this tusk had struck Blooddrinker’s true body, it would have been damaged.

“Lend me your power!” The elephant race expert shouted and suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, forming hand seals. That blood transformed into a rune that landed on the tusk.

Once the tusk received the nourishing of the essence blood rune, it unleashed blinding light and seemed to come alive.

The eagle and tiger race experts placed their hands on the elephant race expert’s back. Their little remaining spiritual yuan poured into the elephant race expert’s body.

With that help, the elephant race expert’s hand seals quickened. The tusk shot toward Long Chen.

This time, the tusk’s runes all lit up, and wherever it passed, space collapsed. It was full of apocalyptic power.

Long Chen’s hair stood on end. This tusk was absolutely horrifying. It was a true killing item.

“Little pot, you are an existence left behind by an expert on the level of gods and immortals. You can’t fail me now. My life is in your hands.” Long Chen clenched his teeth and took out a seemingly unremarkable pot. When he looked from it to this three-thousand-meter elephant tusk shooting toward him, his scalp turned numb.

“Fuck it!” Long Chen threw out the black pot. It smashed into the elephant tusk.

BOOM!

No light came from the pot. It still seemed as ordinary as ever. But the mountain-like elephant tusk stopped on contact with an explosive sound.

Long Chen saw the pot and tusk deadlocked in the air. This small pot and huge elephant tusk were completely mismatched in size, but they were motionless in the air.

The eagle, tiger, and elephant race experts all violently vomited blood at the same time, their faces losing all color.

That elephant tusk had sucked away all their spiritual yuan, and its collision with the pot caused them a backlash.

What shocked the three of them was that this pot was like dogshit, refusing to get off the tusk. The tusk was trembling violently, unable to escape the pot. Its runes began to rapidly dim.

“Bastard, that pot of his is an absolute treasure! My Ancestral item can’t handle it! Activate your ancestral spirit Soul Calming Jades!”

The elephant race expert placed a finger on his forehead. His forehead began to cave in. This was a suicidal move.

But just as his own power was about to kill him, a jade plate on his waist lit up, and a barrier of light enveloped him.

Within this light was an elder with elephant tusks. He was filled with shock.

The eagle race expert and tiger race expert also tried to ‘suicide’, activating the protection of their Soul Calming Jades.

“What’s going on?!”

Three light barriers enveloped the three of them. The elder from the elephant race jumped in shock when he saw the tusk, and he hastily formed hand seals. Energy transmitted out of the light barrier.

The elephant tusk seemed to gain some kind of support, and its runes once more brightened. A terrifying pressure came from it, one far stronger than before. 

Seeing that the pot was being shaken by some kind of energy and might be thrown off at any moment, Long Chen hastily flew over and placed a palm on it. He poured in his spiritual yuan.

With Long Chen’s support, the pot became stable again, once more sticking to the tusk firmly.

Through this, Long Chen sensed the pot crazily absorbing energy from the tusk. Not only was it absorbing the tusk’s energy, but it was also absorbing the energy the elder was pouring into it.

That elder was the top expert of the elephant race. But due to the spatial difference, he could only transmit some energy through the Soul Calming Jade. The amount of power he could use was less than one ten-thousandth. Seeing that he was unable to extricate the tusk from the pot, he hastily called out to the other two ancient races’ elders.

Those two also poured in their energy through their Soul Calming Jades, giving it to the elephant race elder. They worked together to support the tusk.

The tusk blazed with light as it attempted to shake off the pot, but then it quickly dimmed back down. Wave after wave of energy was absorbed by the pot.

The elephant race elder’s expression changed upon seeing that. He shouted, “Long Chen, the ancient races and you still haven’t reached the point of you die or I die. I hope we can all take a step back and exchange our hostility for friendship. How does that sound?”

This elder finally realized the situation. Although he had great power in his own right, he was unable to use it through the Soul Calming Jade. If this continued, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to Long Chen, and he would lose his Ancestral item and his disciples.

“What did you say? The wind here is too strong!” Long Chen tilted an ear toward him, acting like he hadn’t heard.

Did this old bastard think he was an idiot? Exchange hostility for friendship? Furthermore, they only represented three of the countless ancient races. How could they speak for the ancient races in their entirety?

And even if they could represent the ancient races, did asking for a ceasefire now have any meaning?

Just at this time, a mass of people rushed over. It was Xia Yunchong and the others. They had annihilated their enemies and had captured Han Wenjun alive. Thus, they came to support Long Chen. Seeing Long Chen holding an iron pot while facing three experts of the ancient races shocked them.

“I’m going to help Long Chen.”

Xia Youluo and Xia Yunchong both started flying over. Although they didn’t have much spiritual yuan left after this intense battle, they still had some.

“Come back. Your actions are a violation of the four nations’ treaty,” ordered Xia Yunfeng.

According to the four nations’ treaty, the ancient nations were outside the scope of the cultivation world, and they could not interfere in the cultivation world’s affairs. In the same way, the four ancient nations would not be disturbed by the cultivation world. This was a rule transmitted down through countless years.

Previously, the ancient races, Grand Han, and Pill Tower experts had attacked them. Naturally, they were allowed to fight back.

But now it was different. Now it was an enmity between Long Chen and the three ancient races. If they interfered now, the nature of their actions would change. It would be giving their opponents an excuse to find trouble for the Grand Xia.

“Are you stupid?! Long Chen only became enemies with them because of us! If we just watched to the side, would we even be human?!” roared Xia Yunchong, ignoring his orders.

Xia Youluo and Xia Yunchong were both grabbed by Xia Yunfeng. He shouted, “Do you realize that this ‘courage’ of yours is putting the safety of the Grand Xia’s millions and millions of commoners in danger?!”

Xia Yunchong’s expression changed several times. He clenched his fists. “They already broke the treaty. Why would we need to endure?!”

“Because we are the Grand Xia’s princes. Everything we do is for the Grand Xia’s commoners. If you are willing to see the four nations be devastated, go ahead!” Xia Yunfeng glared at Xia Yunchong and Xia Youluo.

Chapter 1225 The Pot’s Power

Flames were raging in Xia Yunchong’s eyes. The four ancient nations were outside the scope of the cultivation world. They were publicly acknowledged as peaceful lands by the entire Martial Heaven Continent.

The four ancient nations had had peace for countless years. They were protected by the entire continent’s Righteous path.

The people within could live without worry about participating in the struggles between sects. However, this had been ruined by the Grand Han’s wild ambitions.

If Long Chen hadn’t come and reversed the tide, the outside world wouldn’t have even known such a treacherous thing had occurred within the Four Nations Ancient Remnant. Their grievance would be forever buried here along with the truth.

Now that Long Chen needed help, helping him was equivalent to participating in the cultivation world’s struggles? What kind of idiot logic was this?

However, in reality, the world was just that idiotic. Now that the Grand Han’s experts had all been killed. Long Chen was losing against the three ancient race experts, and if they helped, the consequences would be dire.

There were many powers eyeing the four ancient nations like wolves in the dark. The four ancient nations had many precious resources within them. Like greedy hyenas, those powers wanted their dragon vein karmic luck.

“Third brother, all the dragon vein energy is now with you. You are the future emperor of the Grand Xia, so look after the nation properly. Starting today, I, Xia Yunchong, am leaving the Grand Xia’s imperial family. Everything I do has nothing to do with the Grand Xia.” Xia Yunchong patted Xia Yunfeng heavily on the shoulder. His expression was calm. “Since ancient times, it has always been difficult to be both loyal and righteous. I don’t want the Grand Xia’s commoners to be in danger, but I cannot stand to the side as Long Chen fights a bitter battle for the Grand Xia. Take care!”

Xia Yunchong flew out together with Xia Youluo. Both of them went to help Long Chen.

Xia Yunfeng’s expression was bitter. He knew that Xia Yunchong and Xia Youluo had resolved to advance and retreat with Long Chen.

By helping Long Chen this time, if any of the three ancient races demanded to hold them accountable, Xia Youluo and Xia Yunchong would have to bear the consequences. In other words, they were prepared to sacrifice themselves.

“Crown prince, we should go too! Otherwise, it’d be too sullen! The ancient races have gone too far,” said one of the other princes upon seeing Xia Yunchong and Xia Youluo fly out.

Their losses this time were immense. Of the three thousand people that had entered, less than two hundred remained. All of them were full of hatred. Two of their princes had even died!

Xia Yunfeng was also struggling with this decision, as he was the future emperor of the Grand Xia. His responsibility was greater than others, and he saw problems more clearly than them.

If it was in a chaotic battle and they ‘accidentally’ helped Long Chen, that would be one thing. But right now, all their enemies had been annihilated. Going to help Long Chen would give the ancient races an excuse to no longer care about the old taboo. When the time came, the flames of war would sweep over the Grand Xia.

But Xia Yunfeng was also a hot-blooded man, and he was furious. His killing intent was starting to affect his intelligence, and seeing his little brother and sister charge out…

“Fuck! Whatever, attack!”

Xia Yunfeng suddenly went against his brain for the first time in his life and led everyone to charge over.

“Grand Xia brats, if you dare to interfere with the personal grievance between my ancient races and Long Chen, my ancient race alliance will sweep through your Grand Xia tomorrow!” roared the elephant race elder.

“Fuck off, you old ghost! I am no longer a member of the Grand Xia. If you want to play, then I’ll accompany you!” cursed Xia Yunchong furiously. Ignoring his threat, both he and Xia Youluo arrived beside Long Chen, placing their hands on his back to transfer their spiritual yuan.

But they had only just arrived beside him when a lightning dragon appeared and forced them back.

“Long Chen…”

Xia Youluo bit her lip, tears streaming down her face. Long Chen was actually refusing their help.

If it hadn’t been for him, the Grand Han’s scheme would have killed them all. But now, in order to not implicate them, Long Chen refused their help. Xia Youluo felt even worse.

“What do you think you’re doing, Long Chen?! Are you looking down on me?! Do I not even have the qualifications to fight to the death alongside you?!” demanded Xia Yunchong.

He knew this was Long Chen’s good intention, but he was unable to accept such a thing. It was a kind of insult to him.

“Stop shouting so loudly. Today is a rare opportunity for me to show off. Just watch as I destroy these three ancient ghosts.” Long Chen smiled as he replied. But that smile was a bit forced.

Facing these three incredibly powerful experts, even Long Chen felt like he was walking on thin ice.

But fortune was found in danger. Higher risk signified higher rewards. Facing the full energy output of these six people from the junior and senior generations of the ancient races, Long Chen felt that there was a slight change in the pot.

Its aura hadn’t changed, and the rune that the mysterious elder had placed on the bottom of it was still dim. All he really felt was that it seemed the iron pot had become darker.

Although there was no way to confirm whether the pot was growing stronger, Long Chen could clearly sense the pot absorbing the energy from the tusk and those six people. That was definitely a good thing.

Since it was a good thing, Long Chen was happy to continue like this against them. This was using other people’s food to fatten his own pig. It was delightful, so how could he allow Xia Yunchong and the others to interfere?

However, the fact that the two of them had been willing to come touched him. And even the always calm Xia Yunfeng had charged over. That filled him with gratitude.

He knew Xia Yunfeng wasn’t cold-hearted. He had simply been influenced by his father’s teachings. All his decisions had to be for the good of the Grand Xia’s commoners. In truth, that was a great sacrifice on his part. Not just anyone was capable of doing such a thing, treating millions of commoners as his own family.

Lei Long blocked them outside. His divine ring revolved and his violet flames incinerated the sky, drawing out endless energy for himself. He had made his preparations for a drawn-out fight.

“Long Chen, why don’t we stop? We can end things harmoniously,” shouted the elder from the elephant race.

He could see something was off. As Long Chen continuously absorbed spiritual yuan from the air through his divine ring and violet flames, they were deadlocked. But he had suddenly noticed the elephant tusk was starting to run out of energy. Its core energy was constantly being sucked out by the pot. Continuing like this was not good.

“What did you say? I couldn’t hear you!” Long Chen continued acting like he couldn’t hear because the wind was too strong.

“I said let’s stop! We can resolve this matter peacefully, exchanging weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk!” shouted the elder.

“What? I can’t hear you!”

“YOU!” The elder was infuriated. Long Chen was clearly acting stupid. He shouted, “Long Chen, don’t you know how to appreciate kindness? Don’t force us to use a killing blow on you right now!”

“Damn, you’re this badass? Even now, you have a killing blow left? I almost pissed myself! But you know, I’m naturally distrustful. Can you show me that killing blow first to allow me to broaden my horizons?” Long Chen put on a terrified expression. That exaggerated expression definitely needed a spanking, and the elder fumed.

Seeing that Long Chen refused to bend no matter what he tried, the elder’s expression sank. Taking a deep breath, his hand seals suddenly changed.

The light barrier grew brighter, and a powerful pressure descended, causing Long Chen’s heart to shake. Long Chen circulated his spiritual yuan around himself to guard.

Following the elephant race elder, the other two elders also did the same. Their energy poured through the light barrier and into the elephant tusk.

The elephant tusk’s runes once more lit up, and the void shook. Powerful qi waves blew away Xia Yunchong and the others.

Even Long Chen could barely keep his grip. Suddenly, the pot was blown off from the elephant tusk along with Long Chen.

After that, the elephant race elder’s hand seals changed. The elephant tusk unleashed barriers of light that wrapped around the three ancient race disciples. Space began to twist.

“Fuck, you want to run? Don’t even think about it! Leave behind the elephant tusk and your lives first!”

Long Chen shot forward with his boots. If they escaped like this, he’d cough up blood.

The elephant tusk was already starting to merge into space under the control of the elephant race elder.

BOOM! Long Chen slammed the pot onto the tusk. Its light dimmed a bit, but the spatial energy didn’t pause. It actually directly gave up on blocking the pot and focused on fleeing.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Long Chen smashed the pot over and over, roaring furiously, “Hurry up and stop, or I’ll smash you to death!”

BOOM!

Space exploded and the light faded. The three elders’ images completely dissolved.

Suddenly, three bodies dropped from the sky. They were the three talented geniuses from the ancient races. Their transportation had failed.

A dim elephant tusk hung in the air, its body covered in cracks. It transformed to become an inch long and floated in front of Long Chen, trembling. It transmitted its emotions of terror and surrender to him.

“You deserve it. If you had surrendered earlier, wouldn’t you have avoided that pain?” Long Chen grabbed it, fuming. If it had only surrendered earlier, he would have obtained another supreme treasure. But now he had beaten it to the point that it was half-crippled. It would also be unable to help him in the short term.

But he sensed that the elephant tusk was different from the Blazing Dragon Cauldron. It was a true killing item.

In truth, in this place, it couldn’t even unleash a hundredth of its power. An Ancestral item was not something a Foundation Forging disciple could control. As for the elephant race elder, his power was unable to reach this place. So the elephant tusk hadn’t even been able to display its power before being beaten into this state. If it had still refused to submit, it would have been completely shattered.

Long Chen put away the elephant tusk and then turned to the three ancient race geniuses. Their auras were listless. Being forced out of their spatial transportation had caused a backlash that had almost killed them. Their bones were all shattered, and they lay there like lumps.

Long Chen smiled icily. Blooddrinker on his shoulder, he slowly walked toward them.

Chapter 1226 A Storm Was Brewing

Step. Step…

Long Chen got closer and closer. The eagle, elephant, and tiger race experts were unable to move at all. They were filled with horror.

At this time, they had lost the attitude of an aloof expert looking down on all others.

Now they looked like sheep about to be slain. They could only watch as a death god slowly walked over to them.

“Long Chen, I don’t believe-”

The eagle race expert did his best to put on a calm expression, but he had only just opened his mouth when a saber cut through his head.

“Were you going to say you don’t believe I’ll kill you? Now, do you believe it?” asked Long Chen indifferently.

Long Chen had seen many similar people who liked to look down on others, and he had killed many of them. If they could beat someone, they bullied them to death, and if they couldn’t, they used their background to frighten others away. He had seen all kinds of ugly faces now. He could easily predict what this eagle race expert was going to say. Even at this time, he still wanted to threaten him.

His saber once more returned to his shoulder. But now there was a large bloodstain on it, and blood slowly dripped down its tip.

That blood was the essence blood of the eagle race expert. It contained his life’s purest energy, which was why it was stuck to Blooddrinker.

At this time, Xia Yunchong and the others were looking in shock at Long Chen. They watched as he personally slaughtered a rank eight Celestial of the ancient races.

What gave them goosebumps was his calm expression. It was like he hadn’t killed an ancient race expert, but simply harvested a cabbage he had noticed on his way. He didn’t even bat an eye.

Now Long Chen walked over to the tiger race expert. He was terrified and tried to back up, but his body didn’t listen to him.

He begged, “Long Chen, please don’t kill me-”

Long Chen’s saber mercilessly slashed down. The tiger race expert followed the eagle race expert to death.

“Did you ever listen to other people’s begging when you killed them?” Disdain appeared in Long Chen’s eyes.

Swinging his saber, he walked to the final ancient race expert. He was filled with despair. He had witnessed his two companions being killed, and he was extremely unwilling.

They were members of the ancient races. It had always been them killing others, but now the tables had turned on them. They had encountered an even more vicious and domineering fellow, one who had no misgivings about their background.

“I-”

Long Chen’s saber fell. The elephant race expert was slain.

“What I? We’re all busy, so I won’t waste time with you.” Long Chen flung his saber, getting rid of the blood. He then reached out to take their spatial rings.

These three were experts from the ancient races. They definitely had to be rich. They were different from the Bloodkill Hall’s experts.

The Bloodkill Hall’s assassins didn’t bring much when they went out to execute their missions. Their wealth remained in the Bloodkill Hall’s headquarters.

This was one of the rules of the Bloodkill Hall. Each assassin lived by the blade, and they could die at any moment. So they naturally wouldn’t bring anything too valuable on their missions.

As for the ancient races, they were rich. Perhaps if it was someone else, they wouldn’t dare to take their spatial rings, afraid of drawing killers.

But Long Chen had long since drawn those killers, so he naturally didn’t care. If he could take something, he’d take it.

Suddenly, heaven and earth shook. The Four Nations Ancient Remnant began to shake. Xia Yunchong’s expression changed, and he shouted, “The ancient remnant is about to close! We have to leave!”

There was no time to speak. They scrambled for the spatial portal. But Xia Youluo suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion on the way.

She had fought in a suicidal manner just now and suffered countless internal injuries. She had suppressed them before, but now as soon as the pressure lightened, her injuries erupted out of her control.

Just as she began to lag behind, a powerful arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her along.

“Long Chen…” The person carrying her was Long Chen. For some unknown reason, Xia Youluo felt happy yet also pained and sad. Looking at Long Chen, a hundred different feelings rose in her heart, and her tears dripped down.

In her heart, Long Chen was a fellow who liked to make trouble and was never proper. She had no idea when he was being serious and when he was intentionally acting wacky.

But when something big happened, he would place the heaviest burden on his own shoulders, using his power to protect everyone.

In comparison, she felt herself to be useless. She had fallen for Han Wenjun’s sneak attack without having the slightest guard against him.

Then she had become a hostage, and Xia Yunchong had knelt toward them in submission in order to save her, destroying his Dao-heart. His cultivation base would never advance again. Xia Youluo wished she was dead.

“Long Chen… I…”

Xia Youluo began to bawl. She was full of regret and hatred. She hated herself for being useless and not able to block the rain when danger came, unlike Long Chen.

“Foolish girl, what are you crying for? Everything’s over. We won. You should be happy,” said Long Chen.

“But I… I implicated everyone. I implicated my big brother…” Xia Youluo began to cry harder until she wasn’t even able to form words.

Long Chen also felt helpless about this. In truth, this couldn’t be blamed on her.

This was the result of her living environment and her teachings, as well as the pampering of her parents and brothers. Now that the consequences of that had caught up to her, the blame couldn’t be placed solely on her.

Furthermore, Xia Youluo had already escaped her dreams of Han Wenjun. Putting it another way, even if it was another expert of the Grand Xia, if they weren’t on guard, they also would have been easily captured by Han Wenjun.

It was just that Han Wenjun was truly garbage to actually choose to target Xia Youluo. The pure-hearted Xia Youluo had never imagined that a human heart could be so dark.

After being given such a huge blow, she felt like her world was crumbling around her, and she felt herself to be the world’s most useless person.

Xia Youluo suddenly began to cough, and blood dripped out of her mouth. Her internal injuries were getting worse.

Long Chen hastily fed Xia Youluo a top grade healing pill. This pill’s effect was extremely strong and would quickly suppress her injuries.

But it was like Xia Youluo couldn’t even sense her injuries. Her beautiful eyes were only filled with sadness.

Long Chen’s heart shook slightly. Thinking about it, he took out another medicinal pill and fed it to Xia Youluo. Xia Youluo instinctively swallowed it and quickly fell asleep in his embrace.

“Quick, the spatial portal is about to close!”

Everyone suddenly saw a large spatial portal in the midst of rapidly shrinking. According to this speed, they wouldn’t make it.

“Everyone come with me!” Long Chen handed the sleeping Xia Youluo to Xia Yunchong. He summoned Lei Long. Lei Long swallowed everything and then transformed into a bolt of light that charged through the portal.

The portal closed. But right before that, Lei Long streaked by. This minor world returned to silence. However, now it had a bit more blood and quite a few resentful ghosts.

…

“Long Chen you bastard, I’ll definitely tear you to pieces!”

This sentence came out of the three elders of the ancient races at the same time from different places. Their words and tone were almost identical.

The eagle and tiger races had each lost a rank eight Celestial. That was not just a rank eight Celestial, it was the person they had been grooming to become their future leaders, existences they had spent countless resources on. But their Soul Jade Slips had shattered, meaning they were already dead.

The most unlucky one was the elephant race. They had not only lost a genius, but even their Ancestral item had been stolen away. They had lost any connection to it.

There were only two possibilities for such a thing to happen. Either the Ancestral item was already destroyed, or it had been willing to unstintingly use up a huge amount of its core energy to dissolve their contractual rune.

An Ancestral item could not easily dissolve a contractual rune. That would cause huge harm to it. In living memory, there were few cases of Ancestral items dissolving their contractual runes on their own.

But they didn’t know that this Ancestral item was just like the Blazing Dragon Cauldron. If it didn’t submit, it would have been destroyed by the pot, so it had been forced to submit.

As for the elephant tusk, although it was left behind by their ancestor, the item-spirit was not their ancestor. It didn’t care about them.

An Ancestral item’s spirituality was extremely high, and its intelligence was comparable to a child. It had its own emotions, and it knew how to feel fear.

They were different from King items. King items were only able to vaguely express their emotions. But an Ancestral item could actually communicate with people.

Most importantly, Ancestral items were normally constricted by slave runes, and due to that, they didn’t feel much sense of loyalty.

There was no way around it. As long as Ancestral items were being nourished by someone, their lifespan was unlimited. But human lifespans were limited. Normally, the powerful experts in control of an Ancestral item would place a slave mark on their weapon before dying and leave it to their descendants to nourish and use it. This was also where the name of an Ancestral item came from.

But while an Ancestral item was loyal to the first generation expert, it didn’t have too many feelings for that expert’s descendants. They were simply enslaved. Many people treated them as simply tools, and they placed the slave marks so they wouldn’t rebel or run.

“Gather all the race’s experts! We’re going to attack the Grand Xia, forcing them to hand over Long Chen, and then we’ll force him to hand over the Ancestral item!” roared the elephant race elder. Icy killing intent filled his eyes.

It wasn’t just the elephant race. The tiger race and giant eagle race were also gathering all their experts. The Pill Tower had long since started making moves. A huge storm was brewing.

Chapter 1227 Deciding to Counterattack

Long Chen and the others flew out of the Four Nations Ancient Remnant, and they saw an army of hundreds of thousands at the exit.

“Imperial father, master!”

Xia Yunchong hadn’t expected that his master and his father, Xia Yuyang, would be waiting for them. What moved him was that Xia Yuyang’s emotionless and stern face now had a relieved smile on it. The light in his eyes was also not so sharp as it usually was. Instead, his eyes were full of emotion and even slightly red.

“You’re all back alive… good!” Xia Yuyang was emotional to see Xia Yunchong, Xia Yunfeng, and Xia Youluo return alive.

According to his original estimates, there was less than a one in a thousand chance of them surviving. After all, since their enemies had dared to attack, they had to have been one hundred percent confident. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so brazen as to target their dragon vein.

Seeing them alive, even someone like Xia Yuyang couldn’t keep control of his emotions.

“Sorry father. Yunlin, Yunhua, they…” Xia Yunchong was aggrieved. Those two were his brothers, but they had died in the battle.

“Battle is not a game. There’s no way that no one will die. My Grand Xia’s men are all heroes who will bleed for the Grand Xia and even sacrifice their lives. Their actions were honorable, so don’t feel grief.” Xia Yuyang patted Xia Yunchong’s shoulder.

Although he was comforting them, the sadness in his eyes couldn’t be mistaken.

“Master, disciple had disappointed you…” Xia Yunchong suddenly knelt in front of the white-haired elder, too ashamed to look at him.

The white-haired elder looked at Xia Yunchong with remorse. He shook his head and helped him up. He could see that Xia Yunchong’s undefeatable aura had vanished.

He couldn’t help but sigh inside. Cultivating the Undefeatable Dao was incredibly difficult. Not being defeated in a whole lifetime was almost impossible. Right now, the one who felt the worst about this had to be Xia Yunchong. He was powerless.

“Imperial father, you were…?” Xia Yunchong looked at this huge army that was burning with killing intent. They were the elites of the Grand Xia, and the majority of them were Kings.

“If you hadn’t come out alive, I would have personally mobilized the Grand Xia’s army and annihilated the Grand Han’s capital as revenge for you.” Xia Yuyang’s voice was full of killing intent. He had seen a few clues and knew this was done by the Grand Han.

“It’s not so simple. We have to quickly return to the imperial palace. I need to give you a full report,” said Xia Yunchong hastily.

Seeing how serious Xia Yunchong was, and knowing his character, Xia Yuyang didn’t say another word. He directly activated a transportation formation, and they all arrived in the capital.

“What?! The Bloodkill Hall, ancient races, and Pill Tower all participated?!”

Xia Yuyang was in a room at the palace with Long Chen, Xia Yunchong, Xia Yunfeng, and the white-haired elder. When Xia Yuyang heard the whole story, he was shocked and infuriated.

The white-haired elder’s expression was also cold. The four ancient nations were situated outside the cultivation world and didn’t participate in the cultivation world’s struggles. These powers had truly gone too far.

But whether it was the ancient races or the Bloodkill Hall, the Grand Xia wasn’t able to provoke them. And there was no need to even mention the Pill Tower that was supported by Pill Valley.

However, for these three great powers to publicly violate the four nations’ treaty and support the Grand Han in annihilating the other three nations’ people was going too far.

“Long Chen, tidy up your affairs. I’ll send you away!” said the white-haired elder suddenly.

Xia Yunchong nodded along. “Long Chen, let my master send you away. My Grand Xia won’t be able to protect you this time. Leaving now is your best option.”

Long Chen shook his head, relaxed. “There’s no need for you to worry about me. In truth, I was the one who implicated the Grand Xia this time-”

“Don’t spout nonsense. The Grand Han had clearly been plotting this for a long time. If it hadn’t been for you…” Xia Yunchong was infuriated to hear Long Chen try to take responsibility for this.

Long Chen waved his hand. “Don’t get so emotional. Let me finish. I don’t care how long the Grand Han was plotting this secretly. My arrival definitely caused them to carry out their plans in advance, so I was still a factor in this. For so many of the Grand Xia’s brave warriors to lose their lives, I feel guilty, and there is an inescapable responsibility that rests on me.”

“Child, if it hadn’t been for you, this generation of my Grand Xia’s experts would have been annihilated. Don’t even mention the word guilt,” said Xia Yuyang.

He was speaking from the heart. Originally, he had already made his preparations for a battle to the death. But because of Long Chen, the Grand Xia’s flame of life was not yet blown out.

Xia Yunchong had even absorbed the dragon vein energy of the Grand Han, Grand Chu, and Grand Zhou from Han Wenjun. Now that he had returned, his dragon vein energy reconnected to the Grand Xia’s dragon vein, strengthening the Grand Xia’s karmic luck.

In the end, the Grand Xia had benefited because of Long Chen. In the future, the leader of the four nations would definitely be the Grand Xia.

As for the other three nations, they had no excuse to reclaim their dragon vein energy. The only other possibility was that the Grand Xia, Grand Chu, and Grand Zhou would devour the Grand Han, and the four ancient nations would become the three ancient nations.

However, the four nations wouldn’t do such a thing. This was also part of the four nations’ treaty. Because the four ancient nations were the only peaceful lands within the Central Plains, if the four nations chose to go to war, the Central Plains would no longer have any pure lands. The Central Plains’ powers would definitely interfere.

So even though such a huge scale war was essentially impossible, the Grand Han had done such an outrageous thing, and the three ancient nations had countless other ways to target them. Their decline was set in stone.

As for the Grand Xia, so much karmic luck had gathered there. They would flourish in the future. Long Chen’s contributions to the Grand Xia were immense, so Xia Yuyang told him to never say he felt guilty about this.

“Since uncle Xia wishes for me to not say it, I won’t. In any case, I’ll just say that this matter has irritated me extremely. In the Four Nations Ancient Remnant, I didn’t even have time to search for treasures. I was simply hunted like a dog. If I didn’t have such a hardy life, I’d have long since died. I, Long Chen, am not the kind of person to accept such a thing lying down. I have to give them their corresponding reprisal,” said Long Chen.

Hearing this, even Xia Yuyang and the white-haired elder were shocked. They looked at him in disbelief, feeling like they had misheard.

Within the Four Nations Ancient Remnant, Long Chen had killed seven rank eight Celestials. Li Wanji and Han Bijun had even been killed in one blow by him.

The Bloodkill Hall’s twin assassins, the eagle, tiger, and elephant races’ experts, not one of them had managed to escape. They had heard that Long Chen had even used a pot to snatch away their Ancestral item.

After killing that many of their experts, after snatching away their Ancestral item, he was the one who felt like he had lost out? Wasn’t he a bit too crazy?

Even people like Xia Yuyang and the white-haired elder who had seen the world had never seen someone as domineering as that.

“Long Chen, when the ancient races, Bloodkill Hall, and Pill Tower join hands, this region is basically dominated by them. That’s especially true of the Pill Tower. They have numerous henchmen that will respond en masse to their call. The Grand Xia will soon be surrounded, and even if your Xuantian Dao Sect’s master came, he wouldn’t necessarily be able to save you,” said Xia Yuyang.

“The Pill Tower can be basically eliminated from any calculations. That old idiot Dan Teng, I can play him to death with his pitiful brains. As for the Bloodkill Hall, they only assassinate targets in the same realm. Within the same realm, those twin assassins said that they are this region’s strongest assassins. For now, there won’t be any stronger assassins sent, as it’s impossible for them to send Jade Core assassins after me. Then they would really lose all face. As for Foundation Forging assassins, I can send them all to reincarnate and see their Killing God.

“So, the only power that can threaten me is the ancient races. The ancient race alliance is truly powerful. But I am just a Foundation Forging disciple, and they couldn’t possibly use their full force to attack me. If those three races asked for support from the entire alliance, they’d also lose face. And so at most, the opponents should be limited to the experts from those three races. Although each one of them has the power of a sect, I’m not afraid of them. That’s why I don’t need to leave. The Grand Xia also doesn’t need to care about them, nor is there any need to mobilize your army. Just leave it to me,” said Long Chen calmly.

Seeing that Long Chen could remain so calm in the face of the three powers’ threat, Xia Yuyang and the white-haired elder were shocked. His analysis of the problem was spot on.

For him to be able to see a problem so clearly while under such a threat, it seemed like his sudden rise was no coincidence. But despite how confident he seemed, the two were still worried.

“Long Chen, think carefully. You are dancing on the tip of a blade like this,” warned Xia Yuyang.

If Long Chen left now, then with the white-haired elder’s power, it was extremely likely that he could be sent away without anyone else being the wiser. But the more time that passed, the more dismal those odds became.

It could be imagined that the Pill Tower and those three races would immediately send people to lock down the Grand Xia, making sure to cast an inescapable net.

“I know. Don’t worry.” Long Chen smiled.

In truth, Long Chen had his own calculations in his mind, and those calculations told him that leaving now was already too late. He was sure that after he had killed Dan Chu and snatched the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, the Pill Tower had already started sealing the Grand Xia’s border. Not even a mosquito could fly out of those transportation formations.

Whether it was Dan Chu, the Blazing Dragon Cauldron, or his own secrets, the Pill Tower had to take them back.

The thing that gave Long Chen the biggest headache was that bastard Xuan Jizi. It seemed that the old fellow truly had skill. If he could predict which way he would leave, then no matter how powerful the white-haired elder was, he wouldn’t be able to protect him.

So it was impossible for him to leave. But he didn’t get that angry about this. He felt that as soon as he had started cultivating the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, there had never been a pause in being hunted. He had long since grown accustomed.

The one thing he refused to allow was for him to implicate others as he was hunted down, especially not people like Xia Yunchong and Xia Youluo who he treated as his own family.

Long Chen had to give them an explanation, or he’d feel bad inside. Seeing how Long Chen had already made his decision, Xia Yuyang didn’t try to force him to leave.

Xia Yunchong was called over by his master. From his tone, it seemed that they were going to get closer to Han Wenjun to see if Xia Yunchong could rediscover his Undefeatable Dao. This was why Xia Yunfeng had stopped Xia Yunchong from killing Han Wenjun in the ancient remnant.

Xia Yunfeng had been calm. Xia Yunchong’s Undefeatable Dao had been broken because he had knelt to Han Wenjun. He who caused the trouble should fix it. That was why he had kept Han Wenjun alive.

Long Chen also took his leave and went to the Wine God Palace. But he had only just walked out of the palace when he suddenly smiled coldly. Turning, he slapped a person across the face.

Chapter 1228 Building an Underground Power

Pow!

The person Long Chen slapped appeared to be a Confucian scholar in his thirties. He carried a folding fan in his hand and truly looked scholarly.

He was in the midst of walking down the road and admiring the scenery when Long Chen’s slap struck him across the face.

The scholar blasted into the distance, and a clear handprint appeared on his cheek. His face even deformed.

“Bastard, why would you hit me?!” roared the middle-aged scholar.

This caused quite a disturbance. Even some of the city guards came over.

Currently, Long Chen was not that far from the imperial city’s entrance. That was a restricted area, limited to the royal family. Normal people weren’t allowed to approach.

For them to cause a ruckus in front of the imperial city, the city guards were just about to scold them when they saw Long Chen’s face. They hastily shut their mouths.

Last time, Long Chen had cut off Li Wanji’s head in the imperial palace, and that had shaken all of Grand Xia City.

Within Grand Xia City, only a few people didn’t know who Long Chen was. Thus, seeing that it was him, those guards acted like they didn’t see anything.

“Did no one ever teach you it’s rude to curse at people?!” Long Chen also roared back at this person.

The scholar almost coughed up blood. “You’re the one who hit me out of nowhere!”

“I hit you so you think you can curse me? Completely unreasonable!” shouted Long Chen.

“You…!” The scholar didn’t even know how to retort to that. He had never seen anyone so unreasonable as to declare a person couldn’t curse back when someone hit them. His face was swollen like a pig’s.

“You’re a Confucian scholar, making you a disciple of Confucius, a model for etiquette, an embodiment of morality and virtue. Even if I hit you, you should have asked me why, to determine the truth of the matter rather than instantly cursing me. Understand?” sneered Long Chen.

In truth, this fellow was no Confucian scholar. His cultivation base was hidden, but he couldn’t hide his hostile aura from Long Chen’s senses. 

For this person to have put on such a meticulous disguise, he was clearly here to spy on him. So Long Chen had directly slapped him to test it out.

As a result, Long Chen found that this person was a Soul Transformation expert, a person on the level of a Hall Master.

Although he had done his best to disguise himself, at that moment of life and death, he had reflexively defended.

The power of Long Chen’s slap could kill a King if they were caught off guard. But this person was only left with a handprint. His status was instantly exposed.

The scholar then roared back at Long Chen, quibbling over whether he had a right to curse him. He hadn’t even noticed that he had already revealed himself.

Long Chen was full of disdain. For such an idiot to still be alive was a miracle.

“Why did you hit me?!” demanded the scholar.

“Don’t try such useless things on me. Go back and tell your master that I’ll be busy for the next few days, and I’ll handle them when I have time! Scram!”

Long Chen once more slapped the scholar. He was still shocked over how he had been recognized when he was struck, and as a result, he was once more sent flying.

This slap was even more vicious, and the scholar shot out like a shooting star, crashing into a wall. That wall let out a light barrier, causing him to rebound.

The scholar vomited a mouthful of blood. Within it were also dozens of teeth.

Just at this moment, the scholar’s aura was fully released. Everyone was shocked to find that he was actually a Soul Transformation expert.

He had no choice but to unleash his aura, as that slap from Long Chen had almost killed him. If he continued to hide his cultivation base, he’d be killed.

He rapidly retreated, on guard for Long Chen’s next attack. A bright sword appeared in his hand, and Sword Qi wrapped around him.

His expression was solemn. This was his first time encountering such a powerful slap. He was preparing himself for a mighty battle when he suddenly realized Long Chen’s figure had vanished.

“There’s no need to look. He already left. You should hurry up and scram. Your little cultivation base isn’t worth a second glance in my Grand Xia,” said one of the city guards disdainfully. Thinking about it for a moment, he couldn’t help but add, “Soul Transformation experts as weak as you are truly rare. It’s my first time seeing such a thing. Can I ask, how did you possibly survive to this point through the cultivation world’s struggles?”

The scholar’s expression sank. He left without a word. With his status exposed, he had no choice but to leave.

Long Chen didn’t kill him, because he wasn’t even worth it. He was just a spy, with an ordinary cultivation base and weak combat power. He was clearly just an errand boy, and killing him had no meaning.

Most likely, such a person would only be able to suck up to others for the rest of their life. Their true power was pitifully weak, and Long Chen couldn’t be bothered to kill him.

Long Chen simply wanted to use him to pass on the word to the Pill Tower. It was unlikely he came from the ancient races, because the ancient races disdained to work together with other sects. Only those people who wanted to suck up to the Pill Tower would act as errand boys.

Long Chen was warning the Pill Tower. They wouldn’t dare to enter Grand Xia City because the Wine God Palace was there. When the Wine God Palace had expelled Pill Valley’s experts back then, they had said that Pill Valley’s subordinates were not permitted to set foot within the Grand Xia.

The Wine God Palace was a mysterious existence. No one knew their true power. But Pill Valley truly hadn’t dared to start any conflicts with them in the past few years.

So within Grand Xia City, Long Chen was definitely safe. As for why he was warning the Pill Tower, he was intentionally infuriating them to make this matter even bigger.

Long Chen continued forward. Suddenly, he felt someone pull on him. He was startled and he followed him into a winehouse. 

“Seventh Elder, what is it?” whispered Long Chen after they found a table to sit at and ordered a few wines and refreshments.

“I heard you’re in trouble? Do you need my help?” asked the Seventh Elder.

The current Seventh Elder looked like a traveling wanderer. His face had been transformed. But Long Chen instantly recognized him through the specific aura of the original devil race.

“I’m fine. It’s just some insignificant trouble I can handle. Seventh Elder, let me offer you a cup!” Long Chen poured out two cups of wine and offered one to him.

The Seventh Elder smiled and drank the cup. But his expression quickly changed. “What fine wine!”

Of course it was fine wine. This was the wine made by the Wine God Palace’s disciples. The Seventh Elder had never drunk such wine before.

“I’ll give you a few jars. How is the development on your side?” asked Long Chen as he poured more wine for the Seventh Elder.

“Everything’s going smoothly. But the more we grow, the more we find that we don’t have enough money. Many of my Skyscraping World’s resources cannot be taken out and sold openly. We can only grow slowly,” said the Seventh Elder.

The original devil race had been gathering all kinds of resources. But as they expanded, their wealth was unable to keep up.

After all, developing a business required capital. That took time to accumulate, but they were all in a race against time. Time was pressing. The Martial Heaven Continent had countless resources, but the original devil race could only gain through their regular channels, as they didn’t have special connections. Hence, their progress was slow.

Furthermore, the original devil race had to be extremely careful. Any clue might expose them, and then it would be extremely troublesome.

“A horse only gets fat by eating at night, and only a person that adapts and goes beyond conventional means gets rich. As I see it, you should see if you can form a connection with the ancient races. One reason is that they have plenty of money and a huge amount of resources. And the other reason is that I have a ‘good’ relationship with them. In the future, I’ll be able to ‘cooperate’ with them many times. I’ll plunder them, and you sell the things back to them. Use their own money to make money,” said Long Chen.

“Do… do you really think that’s a good idea?” The Seventh Elder was shocked. Long Chen truly had guts. After taking what was theirs, he wanted to sell it back to them? That was too evil, as well as too dangerous. It would raise suspicions.

“Hehe, Seventh Elder, have you not heard of money laundering?” Long Chen smiled.

“What are you talking about?”

“Hehe, it’s something that can’t see the light of day. After reselling something several times, it’ll become true gold. To put it more simply, first, you have to shock the ancient races with your power, making them feel like you aren’t easy to provoke. You will buy a few treasures of the ancient races from a mysterious underground organization, and then you will sell them to the ancient races. They will definitely have suspicions, but that’s fine. The cultivation world has many black markets. Some people will obtain objects from the Corrupt path even from the Righteous path’s hands, and then they’ll stealthily sell those things to the Corrupt path. This is a common occurrence.

“The ancient races’ items are also sold on the black market, but for their face, the ancient races will always disguise themselves as another power when they buy them. That’s why you need to form another underground power, so you will be able to work on this from two angles. Furthermore, that underground organization must be vicious. It would be best to immediately snatch some of the property of some other underground powers to intimidate them. It’ll be difficult at the beginning, but if it succeeds, the profits will increase by tens of times. Only by making money from both the open market and the black market is it possible to quickly accumulate wealth,” said Long Chen.

Right now, this was the only way to accumulate wealth quickly. Long Chen’s target was the ancient races, because he had quite a few things from the ancient races in his hands. Those three spatial rings from the three ancient race geniuses were filled with treasures.

But those things were mostly only useful to the ancient races. Furthermore, many of them were marked, and selling them openly would be a slap in the ancient races’ face. In this case, any open sellers would be hunted down.

But it was also true that these were things that ancient races needed. They knew the black market had sellers of these things, so they always had people stealthily buying them in the black market. Things sold on the black market were all normally at least thirty percent cheaper than at the open market.

“Alright, since you think this is possible, I’ll go gather a few experts and establish an underground power.” The Seventh Elder wasn’t able to resist this enticement in the end.

“Don’t worry, Seventh Elder. As long as this is done properly, it’ll definitely make a killing. After all, the things you’re selling came to you for free.” Long Chen handed over three spatial rings.

Chapter 1229 Punched and Kicked

Long Chen spent a long while conversing with the Seventh Elder. The original devil race didn’t know that much about the situation in the outside cultivation world.

Long Chen hadn’t personally come into contact with the black market, but he had been told of it by Zheng Wenlong. Apparently, the profit that could be gained in the black market was frighteningly high.

But it was also extremely dangerous. Many of the things sold there were objects that could not see the light of day. They could easily incite hatred and hostility.

It was precisely because they were objects that couldn’t see the light of day and couldn’t be sold in the open market that they could be obtained for sometimes just a tenth of their true price on the black market, and then sold for fifty to eighty percent. That kind of profit was enough to turn anyone’s eyes red.

Long Chen suggested this risk because it was worth it. It might be a bit difficult in the beginning, but once everything was set up, they would obtain unprecedented profit.

Furthermore, he knew the original devil race was extremely powerful and was definitely capable of establishing themselves in the black market.

In truth, those underground powers were usually formed of runaways or fugitives. This was a high risk and high reward option, because while there was a huge profit to be gained, they could easily anger the other powers. A single mistake could cause their own destruction.

Furthermore, the underground powers were very complicated, and any of them was capable of pulling dirty tricks for their own profit.

But with the original devil race’s power, Long Chen was confident they could establish one or even two underground powers and slowly infiltrate their way in.

With that done, the original devil race would have businesses in both markets and could rake in more profit.

Long Chen warned the Seventh Elder that the underground world was violent and bloody. They had to treat it differently than the open market, or there would be consequences.

He proposed a feasible strategy to the Seventh Elder. By carrying out that plan, it wouldn’t be long before they could establish their own territory in the underground world.

Originally, Long Chen didn’t need to make things so troublesome. He could simply send word to Xia Yunchong or Zheng Wenlong, and the original devil race would be able to develop rapidly.

But he chose not to do this. If there came a day when the original devil race was exposed, he would have implicated his friends. So he only wanted to rely on himself.

Furthermore, he predicted he would be fighting a long battle against the ancient races and the Pill Tower. Unless he died, they would fight to the last man.

Long Chen wasn’t a kindhearted man. If someone dared to raise their blade against him, he would dare to cut off their head, no matter who they were.

The Pill Tower’s items were usually useful to him, but the ancient races’ treasures were mostly useless. They would just be trash if he kept them.

So hearing the Seventh Elder’s troubles, he thought of this business. In this way, when he snatched the ancient races’ treasures, he could give them to the original devil race to sell.

After ironing out some details, Long Chen once more asked about Yue Xiaoqian. But she had yet to come out of seclusion. Leaving the winehouse, he went toward the Huayun auction house.

But after two streets, he sensed he was being watched. There was a King at the end of the road wandering aimlessly. He looked completely ordinary in the crowd.

But Long Chen clearly sensed his hostility. With the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art’s senses, it was completely obvious to him. No matter how much someone tried to disguise themselves he would recognize them as enemies.

“They dare to act so brazenly?”

Long Chen frowned. Whether it was that middle-aged scholar or this ordinary King, they were all idiots with garbage combat power.

Although their disguises were good, they were unable to hide their hostility. This kind of person was just cannon fodder. Why would the Pill Tower send such people to observe him?

But Long Chen quickly realized the crux of the problem. These fellows were probably not even sent by the Pill Tower. They were simply taking this initiative to suck up to them.

Because the Pill Tower’s ability to summon supporters was so great, all they had to do was put out some news and there would be countless people willing to work for them. Of course, the more people there were, the more the good and bad would be intermingled.

The Pill Tower’s experts didn’t dare to enter the Grand Xia due to the Wine God Palace. But the disciples from other powers could enter. As long as they didn’t cause trouble in the Grand Xia, they wouldn’t be violating the four nations’ treaty.

“One, two… seven, eight… damn, the Pill Tower’s influence truly is immense.”

As Long Chen continued walking, he sensed over ten hostile auras. Some of them didn’t even bother disguising their actions. They directly took out jade plates and wrote something on them. They should be transmitting some information.

He had seen brazen people, but never anyone so brazen. Long Chen was infuriated.

Long Chen walked up to one of them, and without a word, slapped him across the face. The King’s mouth split open, and half his teeth flew out.

“Do you know why I hit you?” After slapping him, Long Chen clutched his throat.

With half his face caved in and his throat caught in Long Chen’s grasp, the King was absolutely horrified. He had only been sent here as an extra. No one had told him there would be danger.

Seeing him not speak, Long Chen slapped him a dozen times. “Who said you could not speak? You’re pretty tough, eh?”

“Um, brother, it’s not that he doesn’t want to speak, but that he can’t speak with your hand on his throat.” One of the passersby couldn’t bear to continue watching and spoke out.

“Oh, it seems that’s true.” Long Chen ‘apologetically’ let that person go.

As soon as he was free, that person raged, “Why did you beat me up?”

But he had only just spoken and Long Chen once more slapped him multiple times across the face. “If I knew, why would I ask you?!”

This King’s cultivation base was completely ordinary, and he wasn’t even close to a match for Long Chen. He was like a chicken caught in his grasp, unable to even fight back.

At this time, the person who had advised him realized something was off. He saw quite a few people suddenly retreat into the distance.

“Fuck off!”

Just at this moment, someone in the crowd charged at Long Chen, trying to subdue him. As a result, Long Chen sent out a kick that landed squarely on his crotch, sending him flying.

As for the King in his hand who was almost unconscious, he threw him out so that he crashed into the other one. They crashed into a building, and that building’s formation activated, causing them to rebound and cough up blood.

“To the idiots spying on me, you should back off a bit. Right now, my mood’s not very good. If you anger me, don’t blame me when I execute you before saying anything!” Long Chen’s gaze swept over the crowd.

Long Chen truly was furious. Even if they had to spy on him, they should do it from further away. Seeing them be so brazen as to watch him from so close, his fury soared. This was too far. They were looking down on him.

“Bastard, we only came to the Grand Xia for some sightseeing! For you to say we’re spying on you, what proof do you have-”

One of the Kings stood up and pointed at Long Chen in righteous indignation. As a result, a blood-colored light flashed, and he exploded into a bloody mist.

“Living a too peaceful life really has turned you into an idiot. I’m not a judge or a bailiff. I’m not going to play the proof game with you. If you want to follow me, then fine. But remember, my temper’s not good. I like to use the blade in my hand to talk reason with others,” said Long Chen coldly.

“You tyrant! Is this what the Grand Xia has become-”

Another King stood out, but his words were cut off halfway as the same blood-colored light flashed, turning him into a bloody mist as well.

Everyone was shocked. Long Chen’s first attack had come too suddenly for them to see, but they had seen the second slash.

That saber instantly sealed any of that person’s retreat paths, and despite taking out a martial weapon to block, that King was still killed, his weapon shattered.

“If you want to die, go ahead and follow me.”

Long Chen turned and walked away. But he had only walked down two roads when his figure vanished.

Just at this moment, another figure hastily fled in the crowd.

“I said that people who want to die can follow me. Looks like you really want to die, so I won’t let you down.”

Long Chen let out a punch. That person didn’t even have time to release his aura. He hastily took out a huge shield, but what shocked everyone was that Long Chen’s fist blew through the shield and blasted that person to bits. This King item shield had no effect.

The shield landed on the ground with a clank, like thunder in their hearts. They became covered in a cold sweat.

Then looking back at Long Chen, they saw he had already walked away. At this time, everyone slowly approached the King item shield.

When they saw it clearly, they sucked in a cold gasp. The King item was covered in cracks. It had just been a bit away from shattering.

“He broke a King item barehanded? What a terrifying physical body!” The surrounding people felt their hair stand on end. This was too frightening. How could a physical body become so terrifying?

Amongst them were people who had been sent by their sects to monitor Long Chen. They felt a burst of fear in their hearts.

When they had been given this mission, they hadn’t been told how dangerous Long Chen was. They had thought they were just spying on an insignificant Foundation Forging disciple and treated it as just some easy work.

But now they all knew that they had been thinking too simply about this. Spying on Long Chen was too dangerous. He was practically a demon star.

“You know, I’ve suddenly gained some insights and have to go into seclusion.” One of them shook his head and made a random excuse before running. This was too dangerous. It was nothing like what he had heard.

The others also left. Their sects wanted to suck up to the Pill Tower, but in truth, the Pill Tower didn’t care about them. They were essentially snubbed no matter what they did. They had only been doing this to perhaps gain a favor. But this favor wasn’t so easy to gain.

Long Chen ignored them. He directly walked into the Huayun auction house. Once the boss came to see him, Long Chen handed him a photographic jade.

Chapter 1230 Sending You Enormous Good Fortune

Long Chen stopped in the Huayun auction house for a full two hours. He only left once he was sure he had clearly expressed all his intentions.

Long Chen knew that the entire Grand Xia was under the watch of the Pill Tower. The few transportations formations were definitely under their control, and as soon as he left, he would meet terrifying experts waiting for him.

Even if he didn’t use transportation formations, the Pill Tower had countless dogs to do their work. Getting out of their blockade was extremely unlikely.

Once he left the Huayun auction house, he found that those amateur idiots had lessened by quite a bit.

“One in the opposing teahouse and one in the alley. Yes, and there’s one in an even further place. It’s much more peaceful.” Long Chen smiled faintly. It seemed his intimidation had been quite effective. Those people were too irritating. For them to be so brazen and treat him as if he was prey was unbearable.

Long Chen went to the Wine God Palace. On the way, he sensed countless experts within Grand Xia City. Practically every place was under the watch of an expert. It was clear the Pill Tower was already monitoring all of Grand Xia City.

But these people were in set places. They were eating, drinking, or simply sitting in some corner. They didn’t dare to follow Long Chen.

Long Chen ignored these people. As long as none of them dared to follow him like a housefly, he wouldn’t be bothered to kill them.

Entering the Wine God Palace, the first thing for him to do should have been to offer incense to the Wine God’s portrait. But this time, the greeter didn’t give him any incense and allowed him to enter directly.

Once he was inside the Wine God Palace, as he walked through the tranquil land, he felt his worries fall from his heart. No matter how chaotic and bloody the outside world was, the Wine God Palace still felt like a wonderland, a pure land untouched by the mortal world’s vexations.

The mountains and scenery were still the same. But he didn’t see a single person. He arrived in front of the High Priest’s palace gate and was just about to open his mouth when the High Priest’s soft voice rang out.

“Enter.”

Walking into the palace, he saw the High Priest sitting in lotus style with a faint smile on his face. He didn’t even look like a cultivator. He seemed more like a content and kind elder.

“Come and sit. Have a taste of my new product.” The High Priest placed two small wine bowls on the table. He poured out a bowl of wine from a jar for Long Chen.

The wine was amber-colored and viscous like honey. It had a fragrant aroma, and seeing it, Long Chen was absolutely shocked. This wine actually had countless runes flowing within it like stars flowing in the night sky.

“High Priest… you succeeded?” cried Long Chen.

“It can’t count as success. It’s just a start. But I have to thank you for it, so try it.” The High Priest smiled.

Long Chen raised the bowl and drank it in one gulp. When the wine entered his throat, it felt warm and his whole body relaxed.

Then his body shook. The 108,000 immortal platforms in his body automatically began to revolve. At the same time, the orbit of the stars in the night sky appeared in his mind. Their revolution contained boundless mysteries, making him feel enlightened. His heart became clear.

“High Priest’s skills are truly divine. You really did succeed in merging the Voidbreaking Star Pill into the wine. The wine energy moves the stars, the fragrance frees the cosmos. The revolution of the stars is the movement of the cosmos, and the fragrance cleanses the mundane heart. This is a realm of shedding one’s mortality and becoming an immortal. This little one is far too lacking for this wine, and my drinking of it is a waste of a treasure.” Long Chen was full of admiration.

Back then, Long Chen hadn’t had any hopes of this really working. He had picked out an extremely ancient pill formula from his Pill Sovereign memories that could theoretically be merged into the High Priest’s wine. But while the theory worked, there were many, many areas that could cause failure.

Long Chen had simply felt that giving other people formulas and not the High Priest would make it seem like he was lacking ability, so he had thickened his skin and wrote what he could.

But he hadn’t expected the High Priest to really succeed in merging the Voidbreaking Star Pill into the wine, and so quickly at that.

Furthermore, there was no way for him to evaluate the effect of this wine, because its level was too high. It wasn’t something Long Chen could comprehend with his current realm. All he felt was this wine had already merged with the Heavenly Daos and had surpassed the scope of his understanding.

Inside, he prostrated himself in admiration toward the High Priest. All he had done was propose a general framework and given some suggestions, but the High Priest had actually managed to make such a unique divine masterpiece.

“Haha, I’m humbled. Not just anyone could state the wine’s mysteries so simply. Furthermore, this wine formula was greatly beneficial to my own enlightenment. Through a few alterations, it can be said that I have peered onto a new path. Long Chen, I am extremely grateful to you,” said the High Priest emotionally.

“No, this little one does not dare to accept your praise.” Long Chen bitterly smiled. The High Priest’s realm had reached a level he couldn’t imagine, so he naturally couldn’t accept credit.

“Child, here. These two jugs are my current greatest masterpieces. I’ll give them to you.” The High Priest handed a pair of two-foot-tall jugs to Long Chen.

“Then many thanks.”

These were treasures, and Long Chen wouldn’t stand on courtesy, nor would he act like he was. He directly took them.

“I heard you’ve run into some trouble. If you have any difficulties, you can go ahead and voice them. Although my Wine God Palace doesn’t like battle, we have some ability,” said the High Priest.

“To tell the truth, I actually have some plans for the Wine God Palace. Well, more accurately, I have some plans for a certain person…” Long Chen scratched his head, embarrassed.

“Hahahaha, I understand. Little fellow, you really are evil. That’s fine. My Wine God Palace will not interfere with the personal grievances of its disciples.” The High Priest suddenly laughed. He had clearly seen through Long Chen’s intentions. “Child, you can go now. You were extremely helpful to the Wine God Palace this time, and if you need any help, just ask.”

This was a promise. Long Chen hastily rose and bowed. “Many thanks, High Priest. I will remember this favor.”

This promise was far too precious. What kind of joke was this? The Wine God Palace was an existence not even Pill Valley dared to provoke. With this promise, his confidence grew.

Long Chen didn’t like asking for help, and he definitely wouldn’t unless he had no choice. But with this promise, he had another layer of protection.

Leaving the High Priest’s palace, he felt completely relaxed. He hadn’t gotten far before someone blocked his path.

“Little brat, I’ve been waiting a long time for you.”

The one blocking Long Chen’s path was the fierce-looking Tu Qianshang.

“Oh, fatty Tu, are you challenging me again? To tell the truth, I really admire your ability to continue challenging me despite losing over and over and over again.” Long Chen smiled evilly at Tu Qianshang. For some unknown reason, he felt like today’s Tu Qianshang was different from before.

“Cut the bullshit. This time, I’ll definitely beat you. But before our fight, come try my new peerless divine wine.” Tu Qianshang suddenly summoned a table and poured two bowls of wine.

Tu Qianshang was different from the other disciples. He roamed about the Wine God Palace without a specific area to himself. He went wherever he wanted.

“Cheers!”

Tu Qianshang and Long Chen sat down, touching their bowls. Long Chen gulped it down. While watching Long Chen drink his wine, Tu Qianshang smiled.

“You fucker, you damn fatty, you dare?!” Long Chen’s expression suddenly changed.

BOOM!

Long Chen’s divine ring suddenly appeared behind him, and four stars emerged in his eyes. His 108,000 immortal platforms crazily revolved as his energy involuntarily erupted, causing the void to shake.

Long Chen did his best to suppress this energy. If he allowed it to simply erupt, the surrounding land would be blown apart. His face turned red from how hard he was holding back.

Now he understood why he had felt the fatty to be a bit different today. So he had already made a new kind of wine and was conning him.

If he allowed his energy to erupt, then the surroundings would definitely be destroyed. Although the Wine God Palace wouldn’t say anything, it would be too embarrassing for Long Chen.

“Hahaha…” Tu Qianshang laughed upon seeing Long Chen’s miserable plight.

Tu Qianshang felt like he had never been so carefree. Ever since knowing Long Chen, he had been stifled to the point of wanting to murder someone. Now he was finally venting, and he felt like dancing.

“You damn fatty…” cursed Long Chen. But then he suddenly shut his mouth and focused.

Tu Qianshang’s wine was like gunpowder. It instantly ignited all his energy, and Long Chen needed to vent this energy somehow.

But he also couldn’t release it and had to continuously suppress it. He was shocked. This wine’s energy was absolutely terrifying. It was actually stimulating his potential.

Although he had only drunk one bowl, he could feel the wine stimulating his body’s hidden potential. His physical body was once more strengthening after being strengthened by the Mandara Body Tempering Pills.

“Don’t worry, let it out. No one will laugh at you. The more you hold back, the smellier it’ll be when it comes out!” Tu Qianshang laughed uproariously.

Long Chen ignored him. After several breaths’ time, he managed to suppress this torrential energy.

But he was truly moved. After suppressing it, he could clearly feel his physical body had been strengthened through this domineering stimulation.

“You damn fatty, you dare to con me like this?!” Long Chen glared at Tu Qianshang, who was currently smiling.

“Hehe, don’t be so petty. A man should be magnanimous!” Tu Qianshang patted Long Chen’s shoulder. But that smile made Long Chen want to slap him.

“This wine’s not bad. Give me as much as you have!” Long Chen patted the wine jug.

“Do you have no shame? Why should I give it all to you?” demanded Tu Qianshang disdainfully.

“Because I’m about to send you some enormous good fortune!” Long Chen laughed mischievously.