Chapter 5846: Kowtow
“I… I did my best to hold back at the end…” Little Heaven whispered guiltily.
Just now, Long Chen had misjudged his power and ended up hitting himself in the nose with the Heaven Flipping Seal. Fortunately, Little Heaven had retracted its power, or Long Chen would have been bleeding.
Long Chen cursed the inventor of this kind of weapon. It was simply too difficult to control. His nose throbbed so much that his eyes watered.
No wonder they said that the stranger the weapon, the faster people died—and not just the enemy, but the wielder as well.
While Long Chen had a deep theoretical understanding of countless weapons, actually putting it into practice was not so easy.
“This fool…” Liu Ruyan muttered.
Just as Liu Ruyan thought that Long Chen could beat his opponent this way, Long Chen ended up hitting himself, causing her to be speechless.
Chu Yao, on the other hand, felt a wave of pain for Long Chen when she saw him holding his nose in pain. Though she knew such an injury was trivial for him, seeing him in pain always made her feel uneasy.
“You damn ant, go to hell!” shouted the white-haired man.
The moment Long Chen’s attacks paused, the white-haired man grasped the opportunity to counterattack. A devil lily reappeared behind him along with his thirteen heaven veins.His waning Sovereign sprout flame suddenly reignited in full force, making his aura more powerful than ever.
His power was truly terrifying, and even his Sovereign sprout flame was exceptionally powerful. Yet, he had been completely suppressed by Long Chen, unable to unleash his true power. Every injury forced him to burn his core energy to heal, steadily draining his reserves.
Had Long Chen maintained his relentless assault, it would have only been a matter of time—at most an incense stick’s worth—before the white-haired man exhausted his energy, and his Sovereign sprout flame was extinguished. Without it, he would be nothing more than an ordinary Heaven Saint.
Unfortunately, Long Chen’s momentary lapse had given him a chance to turn the tables. He directly ignited all his remaining power. He had to grasp this chance.
“Sovereign Flame Ignition, Divine Domain!” shouted the white-haired man.
Heaven and earth trembled as a massive barrier of light descended, sealing the entire martial stage.
Liu Ruyan’s expression changed when she saw this.
She exclaimed, “He’s gone mad! Does he not fear the Sovereign flame’s backlash killing him?!”
As a fellow Sovereign sprout, she was familiar with what the white-haired man was doing. It was essentially a sacrificial technique. Even if he won, he would suffer grievous injuries, potentially irreversible ones. This was a desperate gamble.
The moment the domain activated, Long Chen felt an immense force pressing down on him. His body plummeted from the sky and smashed into the ground.
“What the hell?!”
He tried to fly but found himself completely bound by the domain’s laws. His connection to the power of heaven and earth had been severed.
The white-haired man raised his spear, gathering all his remaining power into a single, decisive strike.
“Now let’s see what you can do!” he roared, his face contorted with savage determination.
Without hesitation, he thrust his spear forward. He had already used his domain to suppress Long Chen, leaving Long Chen with no room for tricks. This attack would decide everything.
"Aiya, even the Demon Moon Cauldron’s power has been suppressed. This guy actually has some skill," Long Chen murmured, realizing that the cauldron’s runes had been locked down. It could no longer protect him.
However, a sinister smile secretly appeared on Long Chen’s lips.
If the Demon Moon Cauldron can’t block it, what about the Earth Cauldron?
Just as the spear was about to pierce Long Chen, the Demon Moon Cauldron above his head suddenly trembled. A sacred aura rippled outward.
In an instant, the restriction vanished, and Long Chen felt the pressure lift. As his body became as light as a feather, he took a single step to the side.
BOOM!
The spear slammed into the martial stage, blowing open a massive hole.
The Undying race’s experts gasped. The first form of the martial stage was a wooden one, and it was normally used for battles between Human Emperors. But this one was the stone stage, which was designed to withstand the clashes of late-stage Demon Emperors. And yet, it had been destroyed. The power behind that strike was terrifying.
But no matter how terrifying it was, if it didn’t land, it was meaningless. The moment Long Chen dodged, the white-haired man’s heart plummeted. A chill spread through his body, as if he had fallen into an ice abyss.
Then, before he could react—
Long Chen’s hand drove straight into his back and burst out through his chest.
The white-haired man shuddered. Suddenly, his aura drained away like a tide receding into the abyss. His flesh withered at an alarming rate.
“Oh?”
Long Chen himself was surprised. He hadn’t intended to kill this man immediately. But the moment his hand pierced his body, a powerful suction force surged from the primal chaos space, traveling through his arm. It directly absorbed all the white-haired man’s energy—including his remaining Sovereign sprout qi.
I-It’s the vine?
Long Chen was shocked that the one absorbing the white-haired man’s energy was the mysterious vine beneath the Heavenly Dao Tree, not Evilmoon.
After absorbing the white-haired man’s energy, the vine underwent a slight change. Although it was very slight, Long Chen was sure he sensed it. It now had the slightest trace of Sovereign qi.
It can absorb Sovereign qi?
This discovery stunned Long Chen. He had yet to fully understand the origins of this vine, and now it was revealing yet another astonishing ability.
The white-haired man let out a final, strangled gasp before his withered corpse disintegrated into dust.
This sudden turn of events left everyone at a loss.
The Undying race had been worrying for Long Chen just moments ago, yet in the blink of an eye, he had turned the tables. Even the late-stage Demon Emperors were stunned.
Just how did Long Chen move within the domain of a Sovereign sprout who was burning his Sovereign flame? How had he escaped the lock?
Almost no one had seen through the clues.
Only a handful of keen-eyed individuals noticed the Demon Moon Cauldron's subtle tremor before the restriction vanished. They suspected it had played a role, but they couldn't determine exactly how.
Long Chen sneered, “Hmph, I thought Sovereign sprouts were going to be strong. But that’s it?”
After killing the white-haired man, Long Chen looked over at Aguta.
“The third match is over. You can kowtow now!”