Chapter 6430 Piece of Cake
When Long Chen arrived before the broken-down structure, he almost couldn’t believe his eyes.
“This is our ancestral altar,” explained Yue Xiaoqian softly. “It has been broken and damaged countless times, but our ancestors’ heroic spirits have never dispersed. They still protect our original devil race’s karmic luck. Since no true Divine Sovereigns can exist within the heaven region’s battlefield, their heroic spirits have managed to persevere. However, the damage to the altar has forced them into a deep slumber. To awaken them, we must use powerful Sovereign flame energy to nourish the broken formation below and reconnect it to the altar.
“We tried before, and even when everyone combined our power, we fell just short. I planned to attempt it again once we’d recovered.”
Long Chen squatted down and pressed a hand against the earth. As his Spiritual Strength spread, he soon found the damaged runes hidden below.
Those runes were quite marvelous. No matter how badly broken they were, as long as their essence wasn’t erased, they could be reconnected. Unless a Divine Sovereign personally destroyed them, they could never be completely annihilated.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Long Chen. Originally, they had thought that once they’d rested and recovered, with his help, they would have a high chance of success. But Long Chen had no intention of waiting.
Although he had annihilated all their enemies here, the factions behind them would soon realize something had gone wrong. Reinforcements would not take long to arrive.
“I’ve checked,” said Long Chen as he rose to his feet. “Reconnecting these runes requires both Sovereign flame energy and the blood soul energy unique to the original devil race. I’ll cover the Sovereign flame energy required. As for the blood soul energy, I’ll need everyone’s help.”
“Long Chen, will you really be alright?” asked Fei Shuang, staring at him in shock.
Back then, even after gathering all their Sovereign flame energy, they had failed to activate the altar. How could Long Chen do it alone?
“We can try it,” Long Chen said with a light smile, not bothering to explain further.
He placed a hand on Yue Xiaoqian’s back, and violet Sovereign flames started to flow from him, painting the world in a sacred radiance.
Yue Xiaoqian nodded to everyone and formed a series of hand seals. The next moment, the divine rune on her forehead slowly appeared. At her signal, everyone else followed suit. The “Devil” character manifested on each of their foreheads, and their weakened blood soul energy started to converge toward her.
In theory, repairing the altar required equal parts Sovereign flame energy and blood soul energy. However, either could substitute for the other to a degree.
Last time, they had exhausted the Sovereign flame energy, and even when they tried to make up for it with their blood soul energy, the total still fell short. Now, after their exhausting battle, their blood soul energy was even weaker.
Since Long Chen had to provide all the Sovereign flame energy himself, everyone doubted their chances of success.
If the total energy required to repair the formation runes was twenty—half Sovereign flame energy and half blood soul energy—then according to their calculations, their blood soul energy had been around ten at their peak, and their Sovereign flame energy had been at six, perhaps seven at best.
That left a large gap. Now that their blood soul energy was down to two, it meant that the remaining eighty percent of the energy would have to be made up with Long Chen’s Sovereign flame energy.
Everyone was prepared for failure. In their minds, even if Long Chen exhausted every last bit of his Sovereign flame energy, how could he possibly make up for their missing blood soul energy?
The earth trembled as broken runes slowly rose out of the ground. They were like stars floating above their heads.
All the experts of the original devil race tensed. They had seen this before, and the memory of that terrifying energy consumption made them shudder.
As more and more broken runes appeared, Long Chen’s Sovereign flame energy covered them.
“Oh, they automatically absorb it? That will make it simpler,” Long Chen said, pleasantly surprised.
If the runes were drawing in his energy on their own, it would save him tremendous effort. If he had to manually inject it into them, the energy loss would be far greater.
“Long Chen, I’m going to start!” said Yue Xiaoqian, looking at him worriedly.
She knew that once the activation began, the runes would consume energy at an insane rate. Last time, they had nearly been drained dry.
“Don’t worry about it,” Long Chen replied, smiling slightly.
Before knowing this, he had been eighty percent certain of success. Now, he was absolutely confident.
Yue Xiaoqian couldn’t help but sigh emotionally when she heard the confident tone. Having Long Chen by her side truly gave her courage. Seeing his calm, unwavering confidence, she placed all her trust in him.
Yue Xiaoqian’s Spiritual Strength erupted, igniting the broken runes.
As they flared to life, Long Chen’s Sovereign flame energy poured out like a flood, dyeing the sky a deep violet.
“What pure and thick Sovereign flame energy!”
The experts of the original devil race were stunned. The intensity of these flames was ten times greater than before.
“Long Chen, you have to endure! This is just the start!” Fei Shuang exclaimed, her hands quivering at the sight.
The ancestral altar was of utmost importance to their race. It had to be restored. With enemies lurking everywhere, this was their last hope, and Long Chen was the key to this.
The runes continued to burn, greedily absorbing the Sovereign flame energy. They glowed red-hot, and after the time it took for an incense stick to burn, all the runes started to shudder.
Then, one by one, they linked together, repairing themselves in an intricate pattern.
“Heavens, it took us six hours back then to reach this step!” someone exclaimed. The speed was astonishing.
But the joy didn’t last long. They soon realized that this rapid progress meant Long Chen’s energy expenditure had to be enormous.
No one knew if he could hold out until the end.
As more runes converged, the air rumbled. Flames gathered into clusters, and the broken runes started orbiting one another in a mysterious trajectory.
Everyone from the original devil race tensed. The real terror started now.
BOOM!
As expected, the Sovereign flames coming from Long Chen suddenly grew into a massive flame pillar pouring toward those broken runes.
“Long Chen!” Yue Xiaoqian cried out.
If Long Chen could not endure, she would immediately stop—to preserve his energy in case of danger. If he was completely drained and their enemies attacked then, it would be their end.
“Don’t worry, this is a piece of cake,” Long Chen replied with a slight smile.