Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6437 Essence Divine Rune

Long Chen’s shout thundered like a god’s roar. At this moment, his remaining violet blood Sovereign flame energy erupted in full.

Through his earlier exchanges, Long Chen had discovered that Xiao Li was a treacherous opponent. Despite his immense core energy, he preferred trickery over direct confrontation. Thus, Long Chen decided to take the initiative, channeling the full might of his violet blood Sovereign flames into one overwhelming strike.

As a result, Xiao Li could no longer hold back. With a roar, his manifestation appeared—a monstrous bird with blood-red eyes. Within those eyes flickered a strange, incomplete rune that radiated a sacred glow. When it appeared, Xiao Li’s aura erupted to a new level.

“To force me to use my Sovereign law divine rune, you can rest in peace!” Xiao Li bellowed, drawing his bow. Countless runes gathered between heaven and earth, forming a golden arrow.

The golden arrow pulsed with supreme divine energy, law power, and a chilling Dao-charm that shook the heavens.

BOOM!

The golden arrow struck Long Chen’s cross, piercing the exact center.

A blinding explosion followed as Sovereign flames burst outward and Grand Dao runes ripped apart. Both Long Chen and Xiao Li spat out blood and were thrown violently backward. The impact annihilated the battlefield, reducing everything to nothingness.

Fortunately, Evilmoon still solidly protected Devil Cloud Mountain. It distanced itself from the battlefield while carrying the entire mountain.

This time, however, the disturbance was too great, shaking Yue Xiaoqian and the others awake from their meditative state.

They had just finished receiving the legacy. Though their awakening came early, it didn’t affect them much.

The instant they opened their eyes, they witnessed the world collapsing. A black vortex expanded endlessly.

“We should help Long Chen!” shouted Fei Shuang.

Although she only had one arm, her aura was completely different from before. Empowered by her ancestors’ blessing, her Sovereign flames had started to merge. While not yet a complete One Merger expert, her strength had grown immensely. Because of this, she felt that she had the ability to help Long Chen in battle.

At this moment, Evilmoon’s lazy voice rang throughout the Devil Cloud Mountain.

“You’ve just entered the One Merger realm, and your merger still has flaws. You aren’t in a position to fight. Furthermore, Long Chen’s power is beyond your comprehension. If he couldn’t even handle such a weakling, he wouldn’t be qualified to fight alongside me.”

Evilmoon’s tone made everyone shiver. It carried a cold, soul-chilling malice.

Xiao Li wiped the blood from his mouth and pointed his bow at Long Chen, his expression dark.

He taunted, “That was your full-power attack? Impressive—you blocked my arrow imbued with the power of law essence. But how much do you have left after that attack? I still possess half my core energy. So tell me, how do you want to die?

At this moment, the violet light around Long Chen slowly faded. The previous attack had exhausted all of his violet blood Sovereign flame energy.

As Long Chen eyed the devastation around him, he was rather shocked. Xiao Li had truly hidden his power deeply.

However, Long Chen found it funny. Instead of using this immense power, Xiao Li would rather play some tricks. In the end, the tricks had cost him everything.

Long Chen turned to look at the rune in the strange bird’s eyes.

Long Chen mocked, “The divine rune containing your law essence is not complete, isn’t it? And it’s not truly under your control. Those fellows from the Heaven Devil race are probably in the same state, but unlike you, they continued completing their runes. They are lucky to have conned a blockhead like you to fight for them. It seems like you really are a fool.”

A vein bulged on Xiao Li’s forehead. Long Chen’s words had hit the mark.

Xiao Li had indeed prepared for seclusion to complete his essence divine rune. It was an inherited rune of the Shadow Divine Owl race containing their ancestral laws.

Such inheritances gave the demon race a natural advantage. All Xiao Li had to do was nourish this rune with his bloodline power to perfect it. That divine rune was the key to his future ascension. After all, a complete essence divine rune meant half a step into the Sovereign Lord realm. Once Xiao Li left the heaven region’s battlefield, he could undergo tribulation and immediately become a Sovereign Lord.

After being baptized by the heavenly tribulation, the complete divine rune would absorb the laws of heaven and earth, becoming even more perfect. It was supposed to be Xiao Li’s smooth road toward becoming a Divine Sovereign.

Now, his divine rune was an incomplete product. Of course, compared to an average One Merger expert, he was practically a god-like existence.

Before Xiao Li could nourish the divine rune properly, the Heaven Devil race promised him immense riches if he eradicated the original devil race. With his new confidence, he wanted to test out his power, so he agreed to lead his whole race over.

Xiao Li suddenly got a feeling like he had been conned. Had the Heaven Devil race intentionally schemed against him?

However, that didn’t seem likely. Had the Heaven Devil race known that Long Chen was here, they would have come out in full force. After all, the Heaven Earth Cauldron was a priceless treasure.

“Hmph, even if my essence divine rune isn’t complete, it still contains the power of laws. You’re not even a One Merger expert—you can’t comprehend what that means. The power of laws is the key to entering the Divine Sovereign realm. Before it, your so-called brute force is nothing but a joke!” Xiao Li sneered disdainfully.

Although he had lost all his people, as long as he could seize Long Chen’s Heaven Earth Cauldron, those losses would mean nothing.

“If I had condensed a complete essence divine rune, the likes of you wouldn’t withstand even a single attack from me!” Xiao Li spat. As he spoke, his hand crept toward his bowstring. But before his fingers could grasp it, divine light flashed.

Long Chen appeared before him in a burst of starlight, seven-colored radiance swirling around his body.

“You still want to play your tricks?” Long Chen asked.

Pow!

Long Chen ruthlessly slapped Xiao Li’s face again.

Xiao Li’s fingers brushed the bowstring, and the world dimmed for an instant. He was trying to summon his Shadow Domain, but Long Chen cut him off once more.

Xiao Li always sought an easy, guaranteed victory. Even when he thought that victory was in his grasp, he still wanted to summon his Shadow Domain first.

However, Long Chen wouldn’t let him do as he pleased. Feigning ignorance, he waited until the last instant before striking, ensuring Xiao Li couldn’t react.

“Brute force? Then I’ll show what true brute force is,” Long Chen said.

Seven-colored Sovereign flames erupted around him, far fiercer than his violet blood flames. They burned across heaven and earth, as if they meant to devour the very sky.