Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Long Chen eagerly recovered his astral energy, clutching a violet crystal in his hand as he gazed in a specific direction. This crystal was the Violet Crystal Heavenly Eye[1], a treasure he rarely used.

“Heavens!”

When Long Chen saw a sea of stars with the heavenly eye, he shook with excitement.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

A breathtaking sight unfolded before him: an immense blue lake stretching endlessly. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, but its depths revealed a starry sea that seemed to connect directly to the cosmos.

It was like a window of the world. Through it, it was possible to see the vast starry sky. Immortal mist swirled on top of the lake, and Heavenly Dao energy nestled around it. Long Chen could see the laws of heaven and earth flowing around it with the naked eye.

Countless figures sat around the lake, absorbing the fluctuations coming from the lake. Their heaven vein dragon qi swirled around them, and Long Chen vaguely saw starlight flickering in their heaven vein dragon qi.

Long Chen was stunned by that sight. This astral lake, was it not his opportunity?

“Whatever, everything is mine!” Long Chen muttered.

Without hesitation, he focused on recovering his strength. Hours passed, and once his astral energy was restored to eighty percent, he could no longer hold back and charged toward the lake.

Previously, the Earth Cauldron had told Long Chen to find his own opportunity before condensing his heaven vein dragon qi. Long Chen had asked what it was, but the Earth Cauldron only said that he would know once it appeared.

Now Long Chen understood. This astral lake was his chance to condense his heaven vein dragon qi, and he was sure of it. Yet, something puzzled him.

“If this is my opportunity, why didn’t I feel a summons sooner?” Long Chen muttered, his brows furrowing. The lack of any prior indication seemed strange, but he set aside his doubts. His priority was reaching the lake.

Long Chen rushed over, using the heavenly eye as he did. Although the lake looked near, it took him six full hours before he saw the border of the astral lake.

When he finally arrived, the lake’s vastness surpassed even his wildest imagination. From here, it seemed like an infinite expanse.

“Scram! This is the demon race’s territory! Intruders will be killed!” A harsh voice shattered the tranquil atmosphere.

Space trembled as a barrier shimmered into view, blocking Long Chen’s path. It seemed that they had set up a formation just to block intruders.

BOOM!

Long Chen’s response was swift and decisive. With a single strike, the barrier crumbled. After all, it had been designed more as a deterrent than an actual defense. If other experts wanted to approach this lake, they had to go around. Thus, it wasn’t actually too strong.

However, by shattering the barrier, Long Chen was warning the demon race experts that a challenger had come.

“Foolish human, you are courting death!” A furious roar rang out, and a demonic expert covered in black scale armor flew up.

Long Chen’s eyes narrowed as he asked, “The Black Rock Nine Underworld Pythons? So your kind is part of the Heaven Demon Alliance now?”

Long Chen recognized this race from past encounters, but the individuals before him were far stronger. As sentries guarding the lake, they had already condensed three heaven veins and radiated intimidating auras.

One of them sneered. “Fool, the Black Rock Nine Underworld Python race is one of the founding members of the Heaven Demon Alliance. We are its core!”

Another snarled, “Enough talk! He’s broken the barrier. Kill him!”

Without warning, a trident shot toward Long Chen with lethal intent.

With a single step, Long Chen bypassed the attacker. His movements were so swift that the python’s head separated from its body before anyone realized what had happened. His hands remained empty, no weapon in sight.

“Die!” the other guards roared, launching their attacks.

In response, Long Chen’s figure flickered. One by one, his enemies froze mid-attack, blood gushing from precise wounds on their heads. After all, their bodies crumpled lifelessly, their eyes wide with disbelief.

“Well done!” Long Chen praised Lei Linger.

Her thunderforce had grown even stronger and more condensed. At this moment, the finger-sized little lightning dagger in his hand vanished.

“It’s thanks to big brother Long Chen providing so many corpses for me,” said Lei Linger, naturally happy to receive his praise.

Long Chen had been constantly gathering corpses and tossing them into the primal chaos space. As Lei Linger absorbed the thunderforce lingering within their bodies, her power surged continuously.

Though these creatures weren’t inherently lightning-element beasts, their bodies retained a trace of thunderforce from their lightning tribulations. While the quantity was modest, its purity was unmatched.

After absorbing so many of these remnants, Lei Linger’s thunderforce underwent a remarkable transformation. It grew denser, more concentrated, elevating her power to a new level. As a result, the lightning weapons she created were sharper and more devastating than ever.

The abrupt deaths of the Black Rock Nine Underworld Python sentries caused a massive uproar. Countless figures emerged, swarming out in response.

At that moment, Long Chen’s gaze locked onto the stars within the astral lake. To his astonishment, they flickered as though responding to his presence.

A powerful summons surged through him, igniting his blood. But as his eyes fell on the Black Rock Nine Underworld Python experts brazenly drawing power from the lake, his killing intent ignited like wildfire.

“You filthy insects dare defile this astral lake? None of you deserve to live!” Long Chen’s voice boomed with wrath, shaking the air.

When Long Chen raised his hand, a blinding divine light burst forth, resembling a miniature sun in the grip of his palm. Its destructive aura rippled outward in waves.

BOOM!

A sphere of concentrated lightning shot toward the Black Rock Nine Underworld Python experts. Its sheer speed and ferocity caught them off-guard, giving them no chance to react. The sphere tore through their ranks, erasing their existence in an instant.

Unstoppable, the lightning sphere continued on its path of destruction, disintegrating everything in its wake. Flesh and bone were powerless before its might.

BOOM!

Suddenly, an explosion erupted as the lightning sphere collided with a golden trident. A towering figure emerged from the smoke and sparks, his roar echoing like thunderclap.

“Damn human, who gave you the audacity to challenge the great—”

Before the words could fully escape his mouth, a hand shimmering with starlight struck him across the face.

Pow!

The sound reverberated through the battlefield, cutting his roar short.

1. The eye of a heavenly eye race elder ☜