Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

BOOM!

The giant star exploded.

This time, Long Chen saw it clearly. At the star’s core, a clump of flames erupted, detonating it from within.

Based on its astral fluctuations, that cluster of flames would only appear once the star had endured a specific threshold of pressure.

Long Chen felt like he had grasped the essence of controlling this technique. However, fully mastering it would probably take some time.

The power of this attack is at least a hundred times greater than my own core energy. No wonder it’s so difficult to control.

The broken tower rumbled as it raised an enormous shield. Supreme divine might surged forth, attempting to block the star.

But just then, a strange turn of events occurred. That shield raised by the broken tower vanished without even being struck.

“Patriarch Boran!”

The Jiuli race’s experts cried out in terror. At this critical moment, their patriarch had abandoned them.

The astral energy crashed down.

Before that destructive force, the Jiuli experts were no different from ants. They were instantly crushed.

An ancient city that had stood for countless years was erased just like that. There was now a vast crater in its place.

“Long Chen, you disgraceful rebel!” Ye Boran roared furiously from atop the broken tower. “You’ve killed your own ancestors! Just wait for the Jiuli race’s judgment!”

His heart was dripping blood. A foundation built over billions of years was destroyed in an instant.

“You were the one who feared death so much that you chose to abandon them,” Long Chen replied as he walked out of the dust, his voice dripping with mockery. “If you had gone all out, you might have saved them. But you weren’t willing to take the risk.”

Long Chen sneered. “And now you push the blame onto me? Ye Boran, it seems all your years of cultivation were spent thickening your skin.”

“Long Chen,” Ye Boran roared, “this matter will not end until one of us is dead. There’s plenty of time left. The Jiuli race’s power is far beyond your imagination. Just wait for your retribution!”

After saying that, Ye Boran didn’t give Long Chen a chance to respond or do anything. The broken tower flashed and vanished, taking Ye Boran with it.

Just then, blood-colored petals appeared and converged into a huge saber.

“That old bastard fled too quickly. If he had waited just a bit longer, I would have managed to keep him here,” said Evilmoon angrily.

Long Chen shrugged indifferently. “It’s not necessarily a bad thing. The next time I meet the Jiuli race in the Primal Chaos World, we’ll know for sure whether we’re enemies or friends.”

“If they’re enemies?” asked Evilmoon.

“Do you need to ask?” Long Chen answered, laughing as he put Evilmoon on his back.

“Hahaha, I like that. Now, your style is a bit like the white-robed Long Chen’s,” Evilmoon said with delight.

“Well, now I don’t like that,” Long Chen replied flatly. “Don’t tell me you plan on taking his side someday?”

“Hehe, who knows? That white-robed fellow is quite ruthless. He slashes whoever he wants. I like that style,” Evilmoon said.

“Hmph, a vassal does not serve two masters. A woman doesn’t marry two husbands. Have some integrity,” Long Chen retorted.

“Ha! How shameless,” Evilmoon countered. “You’ve picked up so many wives, and you still have the face to talk to me about integrity? And you even said that Ye Boran’s skin was thick. I’d say yours rivals at least ten Ye Borans.”

“Fine, count yourself vicious. I admit defeat!”

Long Chen raised his hands in surrender. He had clearly walked into a trap. There was nothing he could say in return.

“Alright, back to the serious topic. This technique is too powerful, and the cast time is too long. Not everyone will be as stupid as Ye Boran and let me accumulate power. So, if I were to pass this astral energy to you, could you handle it?” Long Chen asked.

“Handling the energy isn’t the problem. The issue is the casting time...” Evilmoon replied.

At this moment, Evilmoon realized what Long Chen was thinking.

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of storing astral energy in my body so you can release it at any moment? Are you insane? If you keep this technique active inside me, it will conflict with my core energy. It won’t take long before it gets ground away, and my own energy will be consumed as well.”

“Ah, I see. What a shame.”

Long Chen knew it was a far-fetched idea.

If he truly wanted to master this technique, he would first need to elevate his own astral energy.

This technique was terrifying. Even Ye Boran, who was in possession of a primal chaos divine item, had only managed to save himself. An ordinary Divine Sovereign would have died instantly.

Long Chen had such a terrifying technique in his hands, but had no way of using it in real combat. This dissatisfied him deeply.

He rejoined Xue Ying and Ling Yu, then gently rubbed Ling Yu’s head.

He knew the complicated emotions she had inside because he felt the same. Although they had to avenge this enmity, personally destroying Jiuli City brought him no joy. He only felt disappointment.

“There aren’t just the two of us left from the divine clans of the nine heavens,” Long Chen said softly. “Feng You and Jiang Yue’e left long ago. If I’m not mistaken, they should be heading to the Primal Chaos World by their own means.”

Long Chen continued, “And even if the divine clans are gone, so what? Don’t you have new friends now? Open your heart, and you won’t just have the High Firmament Academy, but all the nine heavens!”

“Furthermore, so what if the divine clans are gone? Don’t you have new friends? Open your heart, and you won’t just have the High Firmament Academy, but all the nine heavens.”

Previously, Long Tianrui had been Ling Yu’s mental pillar. After her death, Long Chen became her only family.

And he truly regarded her as a younger sister.

Feeling Long Chen’s comforting pat, Xue Ying sighed. Who would have imagined that the peerless expert who had held back the elites of two worlds on the heaven region’s battlefield possessed such a gentle side?

Suddenly, the jade plate on Long Chen’s waist started to flash. When he grabbed it, his expression changed.

“Ling Yu, you’ll have to go back to the academy yourself,” Long Chen said.

Long Chen grabbed Xue Ying. With a flash of astral energy, they vanished.

Long Chen moved so fast that the void collapsed where he had stood, unleashing a violent gust that sent Ling Yu stumbling backward.