Chapter 6293 Combined Attack
Blood-colored petals drifted through the air around Long Chen as he slowly opened his eyes and locked onto the Dark race expert.
However, he was no longer the same person. His body had already been sacrificed, possessed by another existence.
The soul within exuded a chilling, bloodthirsty aura, like a killing machine.
“Evilmoon, will you be alright?” asked Long Chen.
This fellow was unprecedentedly powerful. Worse, Evilmoon still had half its power tied up in suppressing the black spider. It didn’t dare to loosen its grip, for fear that the creature might escape.
“Trust me. The dark energy I’ve absorbed isn’t inferior to it in terms of quantity. If we work together, we should be able to crush it. And don’t forget—you still have another helper. There’s nothing to worry about,” Evilmoon said with confidence.
Long Chen’s heart steadied at those words. Without hesitation, he pressed his palms together. Astral energy roared out as six gates opened behind him, starlight flooding his body. In the blink of an eye, he vanished with the Star Cloud Steps and appeared directly before his foe.
“The nine star line... will be eradicated!”
The possessed Dark race expert snarled upon seeing Long Chen clad in Astral Battle Armor. His voice grated like broken steel, filled with agony and malice. With a flick of his hand, black qi condensed into a spear identical to the one he had once wielded—only now, its aura was far more terrifying.
The weapon shot forward silently, like death itself piercing the void.
In response, countless blood petals surged together, condensing into a dragon-scale shield before Long Chen.
Mo Nian’s heart clenched. This was no longer the same opponent. That seemingly simple thrust brimmed with world-destroying might.
BOOM!
The spear struck the shield, halting for an instant before detonating. Then, the dragon-scale shield shattered into a storm of petals.
“Starry River God Extinguishing Spear!”
Long Chen’s roar shook the air. From within the swirling petals, his arm blazed with starlight. Behind him, a colossal astral spear condensed and shot forth.
The Dark race expert had just finished breaking through Long Chen’s defense, leaving him wide open. The astral spear struck straight through his chest.
BOOM!
Blood erupted in a shower. His body was blasted apart in an instant.
“Nice!” Mo Nian cheered.
That shield had been nothing but bait, concealing Long Chen’s killing blow. With one strike, the possessed Dark race expert had been crushed.
But before Long Chen could even exhale in relief, the blood petals swirling around him suddenly converged, condensing into a thick layer of armor across his back.
BOOM!
A pitch-black hand slammed into Long Chen’s back. Even with Evilmoon’s protection, it felt as if a giant hammer had crushed him. Blood spurted from his mouth as he was flung upward.
Mo Nian’s eyes widened in shock. The Dark race expert’s body had already been blasted apart—yet that severed hand still floated in the air and struck?
Not only could it attack, but its power was utterly terrifying. If Evilmoon hadn’t sensed danger and reacted in time, Long Chen would have been blown to pieces.
Long Chen turned his head and froze. Within the drifting blood mist, that black hand was knitting together a new body.
His shattered form was healing within the dark qi.
Even Long Chen and Mo Nian had never witnessed something so grotesque: a full body reconstructed from nothing but a single hand.
“Evilmoon, what’s going on?!” asked Long Chen.
“This fellow is a spiritual body,” Evilmoon growled. “I don’t know how it was summoned, but it seems to be able to control the spider’s dark energy. As long as it remains near the spider, it's basically unkillable. I can’t tell if this is true regeneration or some kind of time inversion. Either way, it doesn’t matter. If I unleash my full power, I refuse to believe I can’t hack it apart once and for all.”
“No! If you use your full power, I’m afraid it will take control of the spider. In that case, we’ll be stuck in an even worse position!” said Long Chen hastily.
This lifeform was incredibly bizarre. If it could obtain the spider’s power, they would be in real trouble.
“Then what? With only half my strength, I can’t block its attacks for you!” snarled Evilmoon.
In their first clash, Evilmoon had defended while Long Chen struck back, barely pulling it off. But against this heaven-defying existence, that balance would not hold.
“We’ll have to kill it together,” said Long Chen to Mo Nian.
Just then, the Dark race expert shot at Long Chen again.
Long Chen used the Star Cloud Steps to retreat. Shooting back, he extended his hands and summoned four astral pillars.
“Four Stars—Devil Prison!”
Long Chen shouted, and four astral pillars descended, trapping the Dark race expert within. Countless petals wove into the pillars, their glow reinforcing the astral cage.
The Dark race expert bellowed furiously, its body thrashing as astral energy and Evilmoon’s power crushed down on it.
The pillars trembled, fractures crawling across their surface. Even with Evilmoon’s aid, this prison wouldn’t hold for long.
“Mo Nian, how much power can your bow endure?!” shouted Long Chen.
“This is my Limitless line’s legacy divine weapon. It can even contain the full power of a Divine Emperor!” responded Mo Nian hastily.
“Then let’s pour our energy into it to kill him!”
With a single step, Long Chen appeared beside Mo Nian.
Mo Nian focused, summoning his manifestation once more. This time, it wasn’t just the azure pine—it was accompanied by a magnificent immortal palace.
The two stood face to face, one gripping the bow, the other drawing the string. Together, they roared as they poured every ounce of power into it.
Stars flared across the bow, and its runes blazed to life. Long Chen unleashed his astral energy without reservation, while Mo Nian burned his own essence in kind.
This attack would decide whether they lived or died, so they didn’t dare to hold back. When both of their manifestations disappeared, an arrow appeared on the bow.
All of heaven and earth shuddered when this arrow appeared. Grand Dao runes spiraled wildly, and fragments of spacetime shattered around them.
Then, with a unified shout, they released the arrow.
The arrow tore through the world itself, carrying the combined might of Long Chen and Mo Nian as it shot straight toward the Dark race expert.