Chapter 6677 Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell
Startled cries rang out as Long Chen’s eight stars turned dark. His battle armor lost its light.
“Isn’t this the same ability as the Zenith Star Covering Art?” Long Chen murmured in surprise.
Seeing Long Chen’s astral energy slowly fading, the higher-ups of the Starry River Palace looked happy. Qu Yingying had used a forbidden art, but it managed to pull the rug from under Long Chen. To them, he would definitely lose.
Only Qu Liushang didn’t look happy. Instead, his expression darkened.
This was a forbidden art exclusive for the Primal Chaos Astral Body—a move designed specially to kill nine star heirs. Against outsiders, it was nearly useless.
Qu Yingying had clearly grasped Qu Liushang’s thoughts and chosen this move deliberately.
Using this technique against someone on their own side was not against the martial stage’s rules, but it was considered contemptible, even shameless.
After all, the martial stage existed to allow fair competition. Using such a technique was contrary to the Starlight Heavenly Sovereign Yaochen’s intentions.
Yet, the petty disciples and elders were openly rejoicing.
Watching them, Qu Liushang felt a wave of sorrow. Not a single one of them realized they had already strayed from the right path. Even the higher-ups failed to see it.
BOOM!
The first to seize the opening was Li Ziwei. He charged forward, only to smash back into the martial stage.
Blood sprayed from his mouth as his body went limp. His bones shattered audibly. He had lost consciousness.
Before anyone could react, his body vanished. The martial stage had judged him incapable of continuing and expelled him.
“What?!”
Everyone was shocked.
Long Chen’s battle armor suddenly blazed brighter than before. It was as if a spring had erupted beneath his chestplate. Astral energy surged out in a torrent, even more violent than before.
“Impossible?! The Astral Restriction failed?!”
“The vortex is still there! It’s still active!”
The black vortex was still present above Long Chen’s head, but he somehow only got stronger.
Li Tianbi roared, “We have to go all-out!”
As Li Tianbi formed hand seals, stars flowed around him, converging into a giant astral bell in front of him.
“It’s Li Tianbi’s greatest divine ability, the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell!”
The bell rang twice.
Li Tianbi’s Star Battle Armor instantly vanished. Now, his Eight Star Battle Armor flickered, on the verge of collapse. The bell had devoured most of his energy.
This was an exceedingly powerful divine ability. Thanks to Li Tianbi’s exceptional talent, he had managed to condense it very early on. He had used this technique to sweep through all his competitors.
However, upon becoming a Sovereign Lord, he found that his Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell had grown out of control. That was because, at this level, condensing it required an enormous amount of law power.
If Li Tianbi could not provide enough law power, the technique would consume a crazy amount of astral energy to make up for it, using quantity to make up for quality.
The astral bell’s rings were significant. Every ring unleashed a wild sound wave that could be heard through every corner of the Starry River Palace.
Each ring boosted its power by a level and devoured energy at an insane rate.
With the first ring, Li Tianbi’s Star Battle Armor disappeared. With the second ring, Li Tianbi’s Eight Star Battle Armor was on the verge of crumbling.
If the battle armor disappeared, then the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell would lose balance and explode. He could very well blow himself apart.
“What a fool!” Qu Liushang cursed aloud, feeling like he was about to blow up from rage.
Without the necessary power, Li Tianbi forced himself to use the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell. As long as Long Chen disrupted the balance with a single finger, the divine ability would spiral out of control, critically injuring Li Tianbi.
Qu Liushang couldn’t comprehend what was inside the heads of these foolish disciples. But he knew it could not be brains.
Meanwhile, Long Chen did not try to stop Li Tianbi. In fact, he clasped his hands behind his back and simply watched.
At this sight, Li Tianbi and the others rejoiced. The others rushed over to Li Tianbi and sent their astral energy pouring toward him.
The bell rang out once more and grew from three meters to thirty meters tall.
“Three rings! Long Chen is definitely dead!” a disciple shouted excitedly.
He knew that every ring boosted the power of the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell, and the power of three rings was something no one had ever blocked.
“Stop! You’re going to kill Long Chen!” Qu Yingying shouted.
She switched her hand seals, and a black vortex slowly grew above their heads.
“You are crazy! Stop it!” Li Tianbi and the others shouted back.
Their faces turned green as Qu Yingying directed her Astral Restriction on them.
“Big Sister, let them continue. Even Lord Brahma couldn’t kill me. You overestimate them far too much,” said Long Chen.
Though the black vortex severed his connection to the astral sea above, Long Chen remained calm. He still had access to the astral energy in his Dantian.
From his Dantian, his astral energy would surge through his Supreme Bone and be amplified by it. It was enough to fight for a while. Although this state was not suited for prolonged battles, it was enough to deal with what stood before him.
The reason Long Chen didn’t stop them was simple—he was studying this divine ability.
It was terrifying.
Unfortunately, it was being wielded by a group of trash. It was like trying to paint a tiger and ending up with an ugly dog.
Hearing Long Chen’s words, Qu Yingying hesitated and then stopped interfering. She didn’t know what to do.
At this sight, Li Tianbi and the others gritted their teeth and poured in all their astral energy into the bell.
Another ring echoed, and a terrifying aura pierced through the martial stage’s barrier.
Countless spectators spat blood and fell from the sky, fainting on the spot.
“Four rings! Its power is incalculable!”
Even the elders’ expressions changed as they stared at the three-hundred-meter-tall bell.
These disciples really had big guts to do this. Once that bell exploded, not even the martial stage could protect them.
“Suppress!” Li Tianbi roared.
With that, the giant astral bell crashed toward Long Chen with apocalyptic power.
Originally, this divine ability was meant to trap and crush its target from within. Simply hurling it forward drastically reduced its effectiveness and power.
However, the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell was not something the likes of these fools could control. Just summoning it had used up all their energy.
In truth, the fact that they could even send it flying was mostly luck.
The Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell rumbled toward Long Chen.
No one dared to breathe as they watched.
They saw Long Chen slowly raise his hand. The astral energy surging out of him instantly calmed, and an astral cross appeared on his palm.
At the same time, the starry sea in his Dantian ignited. His Supreme Bone trembled violently as it compressed that astral energy to its absolute limit.
“Starry Ocean Infinity-One—God Slaying Cross!”
Before countless stunned gazes, Long Chen slammed his palm directly into the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell.