Chapter 5594 Protect Long Chen
“Careful, it’s a seven-vein Heaven Saint!” shouted Su Yu.
She immediately stepped in front of Long Chen, her hand rising to summon a shimmering barrier of divine light.
The barrier expanded rapidly, pushing back the devil experts who had converged on Long Chen with a single, fluid motion.
Long Chen was momentarily taken aback by Su Yu’s refined control. The power of her eight veins flowed effortlessly, shifting between hardness and softness as needed. To neutralize all those attacks at once was not as easy as she made it look.
Su Yu was not only a valiant leader but also a meticulous tactician. Her allocation of power was flawless—nothing wasted, nothing excessive.
“Eight squad leaders, follow me! Up ahead is the core region! Make sure to stay in formation!” shouted Su Yu, charging to the very front with her spear.
As an exceptional commander, Su Yu remained calm even in this critical moment. With her taking the lead, she inspired her forces and boosted their morale. She refrained from reckless attacks, focusing instead on maintaining order and ensuring her group remained in peak condition.
The closer they drew to their target, the steadier Su Yu became. This trait set her apart as a leader. Thanks to her, everyone’s morale was high, and their formations were solid.
Under her leadership, Long Chen found himself securely protected within their ranks.
At this stage, the group no longer required Long Chen’s direction. Instead, their priority shifted to safeguarding him. Years of fighting side by side had forged their cohesion, making them a formidable unit. Introducing a stranger into their formation would just disrupt their synergy.
Long Chen was impressed. Even as they charged through enemy lines, they retained their composure, displaying their combat experience and unity.
Individually, they weren’t that strong, but their teamwork more than compensated for any individual shortcomings. While their coordination didn’t quite reach the level of the Dragonblood Legion, it was far superior to the average assembly of fighters.
“The altar’s up ahead! They’re conducting some kind of ceremony!” shouted a seven-vein human Heaven Saint.
Long Chen focused his gaze and saw an immense altar ahead. It was teeming with figures seated in deep concentration, and blood-red energy swirled through them, converging at the heart of the altar.
At the altar’s center sat a tall, muscular man with long hair and ram horns. Eight heaven vein dragon qi spiraled around him, radiating immense power. Everyone else on the altar directed their heaven vein dragon qi toward him, creating an unending flow of energy.
Just as Su Yu said, this man was using the terrain, the power of the heavens, and the power of his comrades to condense his ninth heaven vein.
Heavenly Dao energy churned in the sky like a furious sea, while immortal qi surged from beneath the altar. The forces of heaven and earth converged upon this man.
Countless experts on the altar ignited their heaven vein dragon qi, sacrificing their core energy to fuel this man’s transformation. The scene was both awe-inspiring and ominous.
Suddenly, the manifestation behind the man trembled violently. A translucent heaven vein started to take shape, radiating an explosive force that scoured the heavens and earth. The sheer pressure made Su Yu and the others shudder.
“That must be Tiantong! He’s at a critical juncture! This is our chance to stop him—right here, right now!” Su Yu shouted, her voice ringing with resolve.
Her eight veins ignited and crushed the surrounding devil experts. Since their target had appeared, Su Yu no longer hesitated. Following Su Yu’s lead, the others ignited their heaven vein dragon qi, burning their core energy in exchange for a temporary surge of strength.
Although they knew this action would damage their cores and they wouldn’t be able to maintain this state for long, their objective was clear: disrupt the devil race’s ceremony at all costs to save more human lives.
“Kill!”
A thunderous roar erupted as tens of millions of human warriors surged forward, unleashing their full might as they charged toward the altar. They had reached the heart of the storm and were determined to destroy its core.
“Humans, do you think you can interfere? Slaughter them all!”
From the heart of the altar, a figure rose, his voice carrying a chilling command. What shocked Su Yu and her companions was that this figure was also an eight-vein Heaven Saint.
He was accompanied by three others of the same cultivation, and they were stationed as guards around the central figure. While three of them remained seated, channeling their energy to aid Tiantong’s breakthrough, this one stood, prepared to engage.
In a flash, he appeared before Su Yu, his devil sword descending in a lethal arc.
BOOM!
The devil sword struck Su Yu’s spear with such force that it bent the spear slightly. But then, the devil expert’s expression changed, and he hastily retreated.
Su Yu’s spear whipped forward like a serpent. The bent center acted as a springboard, sending the tip streaking straight for the devil expert’s face.
BOOM!
Caught off guard, the devil expert hastily raised his sword to block. He spat out blood as he was thrown backward.
Su Yu’s spear was extremely flexible. The bending motion had absorbed and redirected the devil expert’s power back at him. In essence, the devil expert had been struck by his own force and Su Yu’s power.
“Block him! I’ll go—”
Su Yu’s voice rang out as she issued decisive orders. She was about to charge toward the altar when her movement halted abruptly. Her jaw dropped in disbelief.
Somehow, Long Chen had already appeared on the altar, standing right in front of the man at the center of the ceremony.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Long Chen had used the Heaven Flipping Seal’s spatial transportation power to silently appear there. Before anyone could process his sudden arrival, Long Chen nonchalantly slapped the man across the face.
In front of countless shocked gazes, the impact sent the man flying like a comet. He was like a humanoid weapon piercing through the devil race’s formation, leaving behind a line of broken bodies.
The entire formation ended up broken. Both the devil race and the human race’s experts were stunned at this sight.
Before they could recover, Long Chen calmly sat down in the spot vacated by the man he had struck. He started to form hand seals with practiced ease, his divine ring appearing behind him.
The moment he did so, starlight illuminated the sky. The energy of heaven and earth started to crazily pour toward him. He had begun absorbing all the energy meant for the ceremony, as though it were his own.
“Kill him!”
Shaken from their meditative states, the devil race experts erupted into action. Enraged by the audacious interruption, they swarmed toward Long Chen in fury.
“Protect Long Chen!” shouted Su Yu.
Seeing that Long Chen had interrupted their ceremony, Su Yu charged forward with her spear to fulfill her promise to Long Chen.