Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6672 Long Chen’s Star Battle Armor

Back on the desolate mountain, everyone watched the projected battle in silence.

A young maiden held Xue Ying’s hand tightly, her palm slick with sweat.

“What terrifying pressure...” she murmured. “Will Lord Long Chen be all right?”

The other disciples from the nine heavens looked nervous as well.

Even though they were watching a projection, they seemed to feel the terrifying aura being projected through it. They had never seen such a terrifying existence before.

This pressure far surpassed any Divine Sovereign they had encountered.

Xue Ying smiled and comforted that maiden.

“Don’t worry. Lord Long Chen’s strength is beyond your imagination!”

Watching the projection closely, Xue Ying felt her own blood heating up.

After using his secret art, Zhong Yun became suffocatingly powerful. His aura had triggered Xue Ying’s fighting spirit as well. She wished that she were the one on the martial stage. After all, a chance to compete with an expert on this level was quite rare.

“Big Sister Xue Ying,” someone asked curiously, “if you challenged the Heaven Rankings, what rank do you think you’d reach?”

Xue Ying smiled slightly. “My power should be beneath this Zhong Yun. I probably can’t enter the top ten!”

Everyone’s hearts shook at that.

The way she said it made it sound as though she could still contend with the top ten, even if she couldn’t truly enter their ranks.

“There’s no need to worry,” Xue Ying added calmly. “Zhong Yun is powerful, but his combat experience is lacking. His attacks are full of holes. He can’t threaten Lord Long Chen.”

Xue Ying was an elite amongst elites, smart with exceptionally high comprehension skills. She was also very hardworking, never missing a chance to improve.

Since following Long Chen, it felt as though a door to an entirely new world had opened before her. She had learned far more than she ever expected.

Although in terms of overall power she wasn’t a match for Zhong Yun, meaning she probably wouldn’t beat him on the martial stage, if it were a life-and-death battle, Zhong Yun would definitely die at her hands.

That was a valuable experience she had gained from Long Chen.

After all, the battlefield was not a martial stage. There were no rules to speak of. It was an entirely different battle.

Zhong Yun stood in the sky, his aura spreading out in waves. He looked like a completely different person now.

From above, he gazed down at Long Chen.

“Long Chen, this battle is over,” Zhong Yun declared coldly. “You will pay a painful price for your foolish ignorance.”

The void quivered.

Zhong Yun instantly appeared right above Long Chen. Astral runes covered one of his legs, and he prepared to stamp his foot on Long Chen just like that.

However, just as Zhong Yun raised his foot, divine light flashed out of Long Chen. An unstoppable qi wave blasted Zhong Yun back before he could do anything.

BOOM!

“What?!”

Zhong Yun had appeared above Long Chen like a lightning bolt, but Long Chen vanished even faster. An explosive sound rang out as Zhong Yun slammed into the martial stage’s barrier.

Everyone then saw a shocking scene.

The second barrier—one Zhong Yun had failed to shake earlier—was now riddled with cracks from that single impact.

Everyone looked at Long Chen, their pupils shrinking.

The space around him twisted slowly, and countless stars revolved around him in silent orbit. His Starry Sky Battle Robe had vanished.

In its place stood the Star Battle Armor.

Contrary to the billowing Starry Sky Battle Robe, the Star Battle Armor gave off a heavy, grim, bloodthirsty, explosive feeling.

If the Starry Sky Battle Robe made Long Chen seem like a graceful and refined scholar, then the Star Battle Armor made him seem like a commander on a bloody battlefield. A sharp killing intent exuded out of it, one that passed right through the martial stage’s barrier.

At that moment, everyone felt like they were looking at an emotionless god of slaughter. Before Long Chen, they could only kneel and submit.

This fear came from the depths of their souls, turning their bodies numb. They were quivering.

“Killing intent condensed into its own domain? Just how many lifeforms has Long Chen killed?” Qu Liushang wondered.

This time, Long Chen even shocked Qu Liushang. This kind of killing intent domain was incredibly frightening. It ignored restrictions, bypassed defenses, and pierced directly into the heart. Anyone without sufficient willpower would collapse instantly.

This killing intent domain could only be formed through reaping countless lives and infecting oneself with their karma. It was a domain created from having countless resentful spirits curse the killer.

Such a domain was practically a myth.

It could not be cultivated.

It could only be borne through slaughter.

Yet, killing so many lifeforms inevitably attracted resentment. Those grudges would cling like curses, forming heart-devils that obstructed cultivation. The user definitely wouldn’t have a good death in the end.

That was why most experts required purification through auspicious qi after excessive slaughter—to cleanse those curses and prevent them from affecting their cultivation.

And yet...

When Long Chen’s Star Battle Armor manifested, it was as though billions of vengeful spirits were roaring among the stars engraved upon it.

It sent chills down the spine.

“So merging Jiuli divine runes with astral energy can cause this kind of transformation?” Long Chen murmured, glancing down at his armor.

He himself was surprised.

Long Chen had been experimenting with Jiuli divine runes, merging them into astral energy and allowing them to evolve naturally.

At the same time, he had condensed his Star Battle Armor using the method Xue Ying once demonstrated.

He hadn’t expected the result to completely transform his aura.

At this moment, his aura was a bit similar to his heart-devil’s—icy and bloodthirsty. He didn’t know whether this was a lingering mark from the last time his heart-devil had seized control of his body.

But Long Chen clearly sensed one thing.

The astral formation runes carved into his body became far more active the instant the Star Battle Armor appeared.

Endless astral energy gushed out, flooding him with power. It carried the same chilling aura as his heart-devil.

“I suppose it’s my turn to show you my astral energy,” Long Chen said.

The moment the martial stage beneath Long Chen’s feet exploded, Long Chen appeared above Zhong Yun. His foot stamped down just like how Zhong Yun had attempted to do.

However, when Long Chen lifted his foot, it felt as though the entire martial stage was being dragged upward by an invisible force.

The next moment, Long Chen’s foot crashed down, and astral energy exploded.

Zhong Yun roared and punched upward in desperation.

BOOM!

Zhong Yun’s entire arm exploded in front of countless horrified gazes. Then, he smashed into the martial stage like a meteorite.

As everyone was staring at the giant crater in stunned silence, a wild aura erupted. Zhong Yun flew back out of it.

Zhong Yun’s arm had already restored itself, and he was now wielding a starry broadsword. His full astral energy poured into the broadsword as it slashed down on Long Chen.

This sword contained his full power, and yet it was unleashed incredibly quickly—so fast that most people couldn’t even react.

Just as everyone thought that Zhong Yun had lost, he launched this massive counterattack. Now, his starry sword was only three inches from Long Chen’s face.

Zhong Yun was quite ruthless. He had ignored his injuries entirely, gambling everything on Long Chen being unable to respond in time.

Long Chen turned ever so slightly.

Countless people watched as Zhong Yun’s broadsword slashed down onto Long Chen’s shoulder.