Chapter 5589: One-Vein Heaven Saint
BOOM!
Xia Feng and the others struck the Demon Moon Cauldron. With an explosive sound, both they and their weapons were sent flying.
Long Chen was shocked by what he saw. Just when had the Demon Moon Cauldron become so powerful? It was still in an illusory state, yet it possessed such terrifying force.
After repelling the attackers, the Demon Moon Cauldron didn’t stop. It began to spin, gathering the astral lake into its core.
“Big brother Long Chen, absorb the energy in peace. I’ll block all your enemies!” declared Yao Ling-er confidently.
Xia Feng and the others returned furiously, unleashing a crazy storm of attacks on Yao Ling-er.
However, her transparent body had formed a barrier, and their strikes only caused tiny ripples, unable to shake her.
It wasn’t just the Heaven Demon Alliance’s experts attacking now. Other forces had joined the fray, targeting the Demon Moon Cauldron. Yet, it remained unrattled, standing resolute against their combined assault.
Seeing this scene, Long Chen was pleasantly surprised. Yao Ling-er had grown to such a terrifying level. If she had reached this stage, there was no need to doubt the strength of the Heaven Flipping Seal, Evilmoon, and the Earth Cauldron.
As absorbing the astral energy was more pressing, Long Chen took a deep breath and refocused. With his manifestation, he took control of the astral lake. He couldn’t waste the lakewater containing Qing Yi’s astral energy.As Long Chen drew in this astral energy, he could sense an enormous amount of Doyen energy pouring toward him.
Delighted, Long Chen drew in this energy to condense his heaven vein. However, the Earth Cauldron interrupted his action.
“Don’t absorb this power. Doyen power is the power of the heavens, and it will only become a burden for you in the future. Right now, you should absorb the astral energy,” advised the Earth Cauldron.
“Why?” questioned Long Chen, puzzled.
With this influx of Doyen power, condensing a heaven vein would be easier and faster. But the Earth Cauldron wanted him to give up on that?
“Stop asking so many questions. Just absorb the astral energy; you will understand in time,” replied the Earth Cauldron firmly.
Long Chen heeded the Earth Cauldron’s words, albeit reluctantly. He focused on absorbing the astral energy of the lake while rejecting the Doyen energy from the outside world.
As the lakewater merged with his manifestation, Long Chen noticed something curious. Controlling this immense energy should have been difficult, but somehow, the astral lake felt minuscule within his starry sea manifestation, which devoured it effortlessly.
Furthermore, the astral energy in the lake was strangely gentle. It listened to his orders and slowly flowed into his stars. Just like that, the starry sea underwent a massive transformation. Each star gained a mist-like layer, shimmering with rainbow divine rings.
Long Chen watched in amazement as the transformation unfolded. Now covered in this divine mist, the stars seemed to exude a mysterious power. He just patiently waited for them to complete their merger. In any case, with the Demon Moon Cauldron protecting him, he felt no rush.
Time flowed on, and as Long Chen absorbed the astral energy, the lakewater steadily receded. Meanwhile, the Demon Moon Cauldron continued to shrink.
The attacks from the experts never stopped. Misinterpreting the shrinking cauldron as a sign of exhaustion, the attackers redoubled their efforts.
Tens of thousands of experts were going all out, but the Demon Moon Cauldron’s interior was so peaceful. Inside, Long Chen was sitting amidst a vast starry sea with his eyes closed, focused on the transformation occurring within his Dantian.
With every influx of astral energy, the starry sea in his Dantian underwent profound changes. Each star seemed to awaken, radiating a mist-like halo that glimmered like a rainbow, as though a new power was germinating within.
Hours passed. By the time the lakewater was completely absorbed, the Demon Moon Cauldron had diminished to a compact form, steadfastly shielding Long Chen. No matter how ferocious the attacks outside grew, it refused to yield even an inch.
At this moment, the starry sea in Long Chen’s Dantian shuddered, and a new aura came out of every star.
“This is…”
Each star started emitting dragon qi—vivid strands of heaven vein dragon qi. Yet, these stars had absorbed no power from the heavens, so how could they produce such a phenomenon? Would it still be called heaven vein dragon qi?
“180.000 heaven vein dragon qi?”
Long Chen was dumbfounded. In that instant, the Earth Cauldron’s earlier insistence on rejecting the external Doyen energy finally made sense. It had foreseen this outcome.
However, these strands of dragon qi were still fragile, so weak that a single breath could crush them.
Without warning, the heaven vein dragon qi vanished from his Dantian, reemerging in his manifestation.
Outside, the experts attacking the Demon Moon Cauldron froze, their expressions turning to shock. The Doyen power they had been relying on disappeared entirely, leaving them vulnerable and disoriented.
BOOM!
Before they even understood what was happening, the void collapsed, birthing an enormous vortex that unleashed an overwhelming suction force. The experts scrambled in terror as all the energy of heaven and earth surged toward Long Chen’s starry sea.
Within this maelstrom, the dragon qi strands rapidly expanded, transforming into colossal dragons that greedily devoured the surrounding energy. Scales started forming on their bodies, and their auras grew more intimidating with every passing moment.
“What… what is that?!”
The sight of hundreds of thousands of dragon images coiling through Long Chen’s starry sea left the onlookers stunned. Never before had they witnessed such a phenomenon.
“All the heaven vein energy in the world is gone!”
“I can’t summon my heaven vein dragon qi anymore!”
“What kind of monster is he?!”
Panic spread among the attackers as their connection with heaven vein energy was gone. Meanwhile, the starry sea around Long Chen slowly contracted, but the dragons still grew, filling the heavens with their suffocating presence.
“Kill him!” shouted one of the peak experts.
Xia Feng exchanged a look with Yan Tong and Xing Yue. At some point, the Demon Moon Cauldron had vanished, so they all charged at Long Chen.
However, before they could get close, the dragons vanished, and an explosive wave struck them. The attackers were sent flying, coughing up blood as the sheer force overwhelmed them.
When the wave subsided, the wounded experts gazed at Long Chen with a mixture of awe and disbelief.
“One-vein… Heaven Saint?”