Chapter 6439 Star Eye Bing Yi
The black halberd pierced straight through Xiao Li’s chest, and Cang Lu’s figure emerged from the shadows like a phantom.
“This is dark energy...” Xiao Li muttered. Terror flickered in his eyes as he hastily formed hand seals.
However, Cang Lu gave him no chance. The Bloodfiend Halberd quivered, and Xiao Li’s body rapidly withered. Even the law power swirling around him was devoured by the halberd.
Xiao Li’s sharp scream rang out. A moment later, his corpse collapsed to the ground, shriveled and lifeless.
With a swing of the halberd, Cang Lu sent the body flying. Xiao Li’s energy had been completely consumed, so his body was of no further use. Long Chen didn’t even bother pulling it into the primal chaos space.
“Long Chen!”
At this moment, Yue Xiaoqian and the others rushed over. Seeing Long Chen’s pale face and bloody hands, they couldn’t help but feel worried.
“I’m fine,” he said, but his body swayed. Yue Xiaoqian caught him before he could fall.
Seeing her anxious expression, he smiled faintly. “I just overused my power and suffered a bit of backlash. I’ll be fine after resting.”
This was the difference between using his seven-colored Sovereign flames and violet blood Sovereign flames. The latter was gentle and never gave him much trouble, while the former was fierce and hard to control.
Like wielding a heavy hammer in battle, it was easy to injure oneself with each strike. That was why craftsmen used flexible-handled hammers when striking stone.
Part of the backlash came from Long Chen’s imperfect control, while the root cause was that the “stone” he struck had simply been too hard.
“That Xiao Li was terrifying. His aura was enough to make me despair. Long Chen, you’re incredible. I can’t believe you killed him,” said one of the original devil race’s experts.
After Xiao Li had unleashed his terrifying law power, they all thought Long Chen was going to be crushed.
Long Chen smiled reassuringly at Yue Xiaoqian. “He was powerful, but in a one-on-one fight, he never stood a chance. Even if I gave him a hundred chances, he wouldn’t be able to kill me. His law power was strong, yes—but his fighting style had many flaws. He excelled only within his Shadow Domain. Without it, he was a fangless tiger. I dragged the fight out because I wanted to test the true strength of that law power. I have to admit... it was far greater than I expected.”
Long Chen looked at his wounds that had yet to heal, and his expression grew serious.
In that final clash, Xiao Li had used his ancestors’ power to increase his law power, and it almost destroyed Long Chen’s fist.
“Long Chen, don’t worry, I’m going to condense my own essence divine rune soon. Then, I’ll be able to control law power as well!” said Yue Xiaoqian excitedly.
Long Chen was startled. “So soon?”
Yue Xiaoqian had barely entered the One Merger realm, and her Sovereign flames had yet to fully merge. But now that Long Chen took a second look at her aura, he found that her Sovereign flame energy had become one solid block. The previous stagnation was nowhere to be seen.
Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh. The original devil race’s inheritance method was truly stunning.
Yet, a faint sorrow stirred in Long Chen’s chest as he sensed a trace of Niya’s aura within Yue Xiaoqian. This kind of inheritance was built upon sacrifice—the fall of countless predecessors who had given their all. Their ancestors had planted the trees whose shade they now enjoyed, leaving behind the last spark of their power and will to protect their descendants.
Long Chen turned his gaze to the original devil race’s experts. Tens of thousands of them had reached the peak of the Human Emperor realm, each possessing 999 Sovereign flames. Nearly a thousand were already attempting to merge the flames. Among them, Fei Shuang stood out, her aura sharper and denser than the rest.
Clearly, Fei Shuang was a genius amongst geniuses. With one arm gone, it would be a thousand times harder for her to merge her Sovereign flames, even with her ancestors’ blessing.
Long Chen could tell that her energy fluctuation was unstable, which showed that she still had a long path ahead of her. Furthermore, it would be incredibly dangerous. One misstep and she would lose everything.
Sensing Long Chen’s gaze, Fei Shuang sent a message to him spiritually.
“Long Chen, don’t feel bad for me. Now that there is an expert like you protecting the sacred daughter, I have no regrets. If I can die on the battlefield like my ancestors, I’ll die smiling.”
Fei Shuang quickly understood what Long Chen’s gaze meant. However, she didn’t want his pity. She was proud—too proud to be seen as weak.
Fei Shuang’s hostility toward Long Chen had come from prejudice against his nine star heir status. But after fighting beside him and hearing him declare that he’d oppose the entire world for their sake, she knew his true character.
Though the power of her ancestors had helped her merge her Sovereign flames, she knew this was already her limit. She could never condense an essence divine rune. Her unstable Sovereign flame could explode at any time, but with her character, she’d rather die taking enemies with her than hide in the rear.
She only hoped to kill more enemies so that she could have an honorable death.
Looking at her, Long Chen promised, “In a bit, I will refine a special kind of medicinal pill, which will settle the imbalance of your body. Your Sovereign flame will stabilize, and you will still have a chance to condense an essence divine rune. Trust me.”
Fei Shuang opened her mouth to respond, but Long Chen’s expression abruptly changed.
“Evilmoon, take us away! More experts are coming!”
The petal barrier rippled. The next moment, the surrounding space twisted, and they all vanished.
Moments later, hundreds of figures tore through the void to arrive in this place.
The newcomers were cloaked in starlight, and their Blood Qi was as powerful as a dragon’s. The entire world shuddered uneasily due to their presence. These were existences who had once shaken the nine heavens and ten lands—the nine star heirs.
Their leader was a woman with an exceptionally terrifying aura. Stars filled her eyes, making them appear unfathomably deep and strange.
“It seems they’ve just left,” said one of the nine star heirs. “Could they have sensed us? But that’s impossible... With Mistress Bing Yi here, no one should be able to detect us. Unless someone among the original devil race surpasses her in power, but that’s absurd.”
The Mistress Bing Yi he referred to was this starry-eyed woman.
“There’s the aura of a nine star heir lingering here. But their astral energy fluctuations feel... different from ours,” Bing Yi said, her starry eyes narrowing.
“A fellow nine-star heir, but with a different astral fluctuation? Could it be—?”
“They haven’t gone far,” Bing Yi interrupted coldly. “We will pursue them.”
Starlight flared around her, enveloping the group. They instantly vanished.
Once they were gone, a faint blood-colored petal hidden in the mud quietly disintegrated.