Chapter 6344 Wu Yue
The blazing flame sphere streaked through the air with ear-piercing roars.
This was the Heaven’s Spine Mountain Range—an untamed land crawling with bizarre, deadly lifeforms. Such a disturbance instantly drew their attention.
Yet, every creature that came close with the blazing sun was incinerated in an instant. Nothing could stop it.
Even so, that didn’t stop these lifeforms from trying. They were drawn over like moths to the flame.
The massive sphere of fire barreled toward Long Chen and the others. But as it neared, it slowed. Waves of divine sense spread out from within.
“There’s someone with 998 Sovereign flames!” A startled cry came from within. It seemed that Di Mengyao’s aura scared whoever was inside.
“It’s the dragon race!” “Isn’t that Long Chen?” “The Earth Cauldron is in his hands!”
The flame sphere almost came to a stop, and their voices hinted at the urge to strike.
“We have more important matters to do. Don’t waste time!” A woman’s voice rang out, silencing their clamor.
At this moment, Di Mengyao and the others finally saw the heart of this flame sphere—a golden war banner.
This golden war banner pulsed with Sovereign might. This was no ordinary treasure but a fully awakened Divine Sovereign magical item. No wonder these experts dared to storm across the Heaven’s Spine Mountain Range.
Once, such a sight would have intimidated Di Mengyao. But now, the divine banner’s aura no longer weighed on her. With her halberd and shield—two Divine Sovereign weapons—she could crush it as long as no Divine Sovereign wielded it directly.
“Lady Wu Yue, we have deep enmity with Long Chen. Why not—” one man proposed.
“Shut up! Hurry up!” the woman responded coldly.
That man swallowed his words, not daring to make another sound. The next moment, the golden war banner blazed with light and accelerated to the distance.
In the brief moment that it took to accelerate, the banner fluttered, revealing tens of thousands of experts gathering atop of it.
Each of them possessed a shocking aura. Golden Sovereign flames burned around them like miniature suns, filling the air with suffocating pressure.
Among them stood a woman with an icy expression and silver hairpins. The countless experts were arrayed around her like stars orbiting the moon.
She, too, bore 998 Sovereign flames. The moment her eyes met Di Mengyao’s, both women trembled inwardly.
What a ferocious aura!
What a terrifying core!
That woman and Di Mengyao were both shaken, but that woman was better at concealing her emotions. After a glance at Di Mengyao, she looked at Long Chen.
Long Chen, however, ignored her completely. Instead, he addressed Di Mengyao, as though the woman didn’t exist.
The woman’s gaze hardened instantly. To her, that disregard was naked disdain. She didn’t say anything, nor did she look at him any longer. But inside, her killing intent surged like a tsunami.
Long Chen, is that so? Pray you never fall into my hands.
The golden war banner tore past, trailing a blazing tail that lingered long after it vanished. The air still burned with its heat.
“In a one-on-one, I can’t say who would win,” Di Mengyao declared confidently, “but I definitely wouldn’t lose.”
Just now, when Long Chen had ignored Wu Yue, he was asking Di Mengyao that very question.
“She has a fiery temper and clearly specializes in offense. Based on what I can see, as long as you can block three of her attacks and then provoke her, she will go crazy. Then she’ll fight like a wild shrew, leaving herself open. You can easily beat her then,” replied Long Chen.
“How do I provoke her?” asked Di Mengyao curiously.
Long Chen looked around carefully before whispering the answer to Di Mengyao.
“For example: ‘Is that all you’ve got? Go back and train for another decade. Need to call your seniors? What’s wrong with your face—constipated?’”
Di Mengyao burst into laughter when she saw Long Chen’s deadpan expression, which made it even funnier. A proud heavenly genius would never stomach such mockery.
“Lord Long Chen, you’ve evil!” Di Mengyao giggled, covering her mouth.
“It’s not evil. It’s strategy. Against someone on equal footing, when time is short, you use strategy,” Long Chen corrected with a smile.
“Then... do you use such tricks yourself?”
Long Chen shook his head and gazed up at the sky.
He sighed. “An expert on the same level as me is too rare. I use my powerful opponents as stepping stones for my growth. I wouldn’t use such tricks!”
It was a wildly arrogant claim, but Di Mengyao directly accepted it.
After all this time, the Dragon Domain’s experts had long since wondered just how strong Long Chen truly was. But each time, he revealed deeper reserves, like a bottomless abyss.
Long Chen’s words further confirmed their suspicion, which was that Long Chen had yet to encounter someone who could force him to use all his trump cards.
“Lord Long Chen, who is that Wu Yue? Why were their Sovereign flames so strange?” asked Di Mengyao.
“They’re from the Golden Crow race,” Long Chen replied. “I’ve fought them again and again, killed them wave after wave. Pity—they never stop coming. Otherwise, there’d be fewer left.”
Inside the primal chaos space, Huo Linger was practically wilting. The moment the Golden Crows appeared, she had been ecstatic. She thought they would attack no matter what, giving her a chance to expand her army of Golden Crows.
But to her disappointment, they fled. Her hopes went up in smoke.
“So it’s the Golden Crow race. No wonder their Sovereign flames burn so fiercely. I’ve heard they’re children of the sun, and the Sun Flame strengthens their Sovereign flames beyond compare,” said Di Mengyao.
Then, Long Chen told Di Mengyao a bit about his past with the Golden Crow race, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses so that the dragon race experts wouldn’t be at a disadvantage against them in the future.
As they spoke, a figure suddenly appeared before them. Neither had sensed her arrival. Di Mengyao was stunned—how had Mu Qingyun approached them unnoticed?
Seeing Mu Qingyun’s excited expression, Long Chen smiled. It seemed she had refined the Sword Servant puppet, raising her level of the Sword Dao.
As Long Chen stood up, he said, “Since Qingyun has come out of seclusion, let us part ways here. I was originally planning on searching through the Heaven’s Spine Mountain Range anyway. But seeing Wu Yue rush like that... it means a treasure has appeared. Qingyun and I will investigate it.”
“Yes!”
Di Mengyao hastily rose and bowed. She had her mission now: once everyone finished seclusion, she would gather the dragon race to hunt down the outsider devils.
Long Chen nodded and headed off into the depths of the Heaven’s Spine Mountain Range with Mu Qingyun.