Nine Star Hegemon Body Art

Sha Tiantong had not shown any mercy with this attack. Yet, to his utter shock, he was sent flying.

His hand bled profusely, and he nearly lost grip of his saber. His eyes widened in disbelief as he turned to look past Su Yu at Long Chen. His pupils contracted in terror.

An enormous dragon qi swirled behind Long Chen, shimmering with starlight. Each loop it made seemed to absorb the very essence of heaven and earth, creating a breathtaking spectacle. Though still shaken from narrowly escaping death, Su Yu couldn’t help but be awestruck.

Even with her vast experience, Su Yu had never encountered a heaven vein dragon qi of this nature. It resembled an astral dragon, pulsating with cosmic energy, as if the very stars themselves had taken form.

Su Yu then grabbed her now glowing spear. While the starlight on it had dimmed, it still pulsated with power.

Just then, an eight-vein Heaven Saint launched a sneak attack on her. Su Yu instinctively raised her weapon to block, resulting in a deafening explosion.

BOOM!

The enemy's weapon shattered, and he spat blood, severely injured. Su Yu stared at her spear, astonished at the residual power it held.

Long Chen stood tall, his divine ring pulsating behind him and his astral dragon qi coiling protectively. He looked like an unrivaled battle god. Yet, despite this incredible display, he had a trace of dissatisfaction on his face.

“This is ridiculous. That much energy only allowed me to fully condense a single astral vein? I couldn’t even start on my second astral vein,” Long Chen muttered, visibly perplexed.

Given the vast energy gathered here, he had anticipated forming at least two astral veins, if not three. However, when his first astral vein reached completion, it actually opened its insatiable maw and devoured all the remaining energy here. After that, it fell silent, and there was no sign of his second astral vein.

“You shouldn't complain about a blessing,” the Earth Cauldron scolded him. “The more energy it requires to condense, the stronger your astral dragon qi will be.”

“Die!” shouted Sha Tiantong.

Before Long Chen could respond, Sha Tiantong recovered from his shock and charged at Long Chen with murderous intent. Although Long Chen’s astral dragon qi looked shocking, its fluctuations were extremely odd. It looked extremely powerful and weak at the same time.

Unsure about what was going on with Long Chen, Su Yu stood in front of him.

“Scram, you worthless ant!” Sha Tiantong exclaimed, furiously changing his target to Su Yu.

Just as Su Yu was preparing to block his attack, space quivered, and Long Chen appeared in front of her.

“Long Chen!” Su Yu was shocked to see Long Chen looking so unprepared. His hands were clasped behind him, not defending at all.

BOOM!

Sha Tiantong’s devastating attack landed on Long Chen’s shoulder, but that was it. It failed to injure Long Chen at all.

The Starry Sky Battle Robe enveloping Long Chen absorbed the impact, allowing the saber to penetrate only an inch before halting entirely. The overwhelming devil saber had failed. Řα𐌽ȏᛒΕṧ

Su Yu covered her mouth in shock, her disbelief mirrored by everyone present.

Long Chen had only condensed a single astral vein, yet Sha Tiantong's full-force attack couldn't harm him. Was this man even human?

Friend and foe alike froze, retreating in shock.

Sha Tiantong was completely dumbfounded, unable to believe what had just happened. Blood dripped from his hand as his failed attack left him injured instead of his target.

At this moment, Long Chen was gauging the power of his astral vein. He wasn’t fighting back because he wanted to test its power. Thus, while he managed to keep a calm expression, he was indescribably excited inside.

In front of countless shocked gazes, Long Chen tilted his head back and looked at Sha Tiantong disdainfully.

Long Chen said, “Sha Tiantong, you won’t be killing anyone today. You are the worthless ant.”

“I refuse to believe this!” Sha Tiantong roared, retreating momentarily to gather his strength.

As his eight heaven vein dragon qi ignited, his aura swelled to terrifying heights.

His reckless gamble pushed his ninth heaven vein to the brink of collapse. In exchange, he unleashed a suffocating pressure that even forced Su Yu and the others to retreat. The squad leaders exchanged grim looks, awed by the oppressive devil energy.

“What a terrifying devil pressure!” exclaimed one of the eight squad leaders.

“To stop such a monster, even at the cost of our lives, would be worth it,” another squad leader declared solemnly.

“We won’t die,” another leader countered with conviction. “This Long Chen is more terrifying than this devil. Trust me.”

Following their instincts, the squad leaders regrouped their forces behind Long Chen, who stood resolute. As combat veterans, although they had misjudged Long Chen before, they would truly be fools if they still couldn’t tell just how terrifying he was.

Sha Tiantong’s heaven vein dragon qi was burning crazily, climbing as if there was no limit.

The devil experts retreated as well, but they formed a huge enclosure to make sure no humans could escape.

At this moment, Sha Tiantong was no longer thinking about any plans or strategies. He only wanted to kill. If the other devil experts let these people escape, Sha Tiantong’s anger might be unleashed on them instead.

“Long Chen, I'll distract him. Use the opportunity to finish him off,” Su Yu transmitted, noticing Sha Tiantong’s vulnerability amidst his reckless power surge.

While Sha Tiantong was a terrifying existence, his head was no longer working right. He was arrogantly igniting his heaven vein dragon qi without thinking about the possibility of being sneak attacked. That would instantly cause this power to go out of control and kill him.

Long Chen, however, shook his head, a sinister smile spreading across his face. “No need. Let him bask in his fleeting hope…”

His eyes gleamed with an icy resolve as he continued, “Then, I'll teach him what despair truly means.”

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