Chapter 6727 Exhaustion
“Still not done yet?” Long Chen asked.
Long Chen glanced back at Cang Lu, who was hidden by the flames. His expression twitched.
These three attacks had exhausted all of his astral energy. As an initial Sovereign Lord, his core energy was still very limited.
If not for Qu Yingying’s support, there was no chance he could have unleashed the third strike. Without it, he wouldn’t be able to face this many acquired Divine Sovereigns.
A giant dragon phantom rose behind Long Chen, accompanied by a sacred dragon’s roar. The Dragon Blood Battle Armor and the golden Sovereign King Dragon Crown manifested at once.
But the moment they appeared, a sharp pain stabbed into Long Chen’s soul.
He cursed silently.
Those three consecutive attacks had not only exhausted his astral energy. Because the Radiant Starlight World had allowed him to push far beyond his limits, his Spiritual Strength had been drained as well. Its flow was now uneven and sluggish.
This could easily be lethal.
Without the soul’s control, power was like a stampede of wild horses—difficult to wield. In this case, even if one could condense an attack, its might would be drastically reduced.
“Evilmoon!” shouted Long Chen.
“Come!” Evilmoon replied calmly.
Although Evilmoon did not specialize in Spiritual Strength, after accompanying Long Chen for so long, it was intimately familiar with his energies. It could temporarily replace his Spiritual Strength in controlling power. It wasn’t a big problem.
Countless dragon runes lit up on Evilmoon’s blade, looking like millions of flying wild dragons. The dragon phantom behind Long Chen was drawn directly into Evilmoon.
“Dragon Blood Heaven Shaking Slash!”
Long Chen and Evilmoon roared in unison.
Man and weapon merged, their dragon cry shaking the heavens.
“Again?!”
The Golden Wing Heaven Devils were both furious and alarmed. They could clearly sense that Long Chen’s astral energy was depleted, yet he was still capable of unleashing such a terrifying strike.
Furthermore, they had already spread out to surround Long Chen and give him no chance to flee.
As a result, when Long Chen’s saber fell, they were too far to join forces and defend.
The saber containing all of Long Chen’s dragon blood energy decimated over ten of the Golden Wing Heaven Devils.
Some of them hacked up blood, and their bodies cracked as if they were about to burst apart. They collapsed violently to the ground.
Before they could get back on their feet, lightning arrows whistled over and pierced their heads, killing them.
Lei Linger had taken this chance to strike, and it was truly effective.
At this moment, Lei Linger and Huo Linger were under a lot of pressure. Huo Linger’s heaven-earth law manifestation had been battered by the shockwaves of Long Chen’s earlier attacks, suffering severe damage. At the same time, they still had to fend off endless outsider devils.
Ironically, her heaven-earth law manifestation had become a safe place for those outsider devils. By hiding within it, they avoided the shockwaves of Long Chen’s three ultimate attacks.
But those three attacks had exhausted Huo Linger’s power.
Inside the heaven-earth law manifestation, Cang Lu was covered in burning black qi. Only vague outlines of countless writhing black pythons could be seen within. He had reached his limit and could no longer absorb additional energy.
Right now, he was forcefully compressing what he had already absorbed, storing it for future refinement. Every bit of energy would make his next breakthrough slightly easier.
Cang Lu’s aura was violent and chaotic, his realm impossible to discern.
That massive “heart” had withered completely, and the Golden Wing Heaven Devils sealed within had become nothing but desiccated corpses. But deep within its core, powerful fluctuations still pulsed—an enormous reserve of energy that Cang Lu was desperately trying to absorb.
After that slash, Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed, vision blurring.
“Lord Long Chen!”
The Starry River warriors cried out and surged forward, only to recoil when Long Chen roared back, “I can still fight!”
Just then, one of the Golden Wing Heaven Devils slipped in behind Long Chen, thrusting his sword toward Long Chen’s back.
Blood flew through the air.
His golden sword stabbed Long Chen’s back, but Evilmoon cut off his head.
The Golden Wing Heaven Devil had struck first. In theory, the blow should have been fatal. But at the last moment, fear crept in. Though he dared attempt the ambush, his mind was already planning retreat.
That hesitation cost him everything.
His sword failed to deliver a lethal wound, and Long Chen’s saber took his head.
“He’s already exhausted! Some of us have to kill that fellow in the flames! He’s absorbing the Dark Source!” shouted one of the Golden Wing Heaven Devils.
The one shouting was most likely their leader. With this command, over thirty Golden Wing Heaven Devils switched targets to Cang Lu.
“Seven Peak Sword Rain!” Long Chen roared.
The Heaven Dao essence rune ignited on his forehead as his seven-color Supreme Blood surged without restraint. Millions of swords formed a torrential flood that tore through the sky.
The sword rain forced the Golden Wing Heaven Devils back like rampaging dragons, completely cutting them off from Cang Lu.
Long Chen was already exhausted, but to buy Cang Lu even a little more time, he pushed himself to the brink.
He had long sensed the sinister energy at the heart’s core. To reach it, all surrounding energy had to be absorbed first.
Although Long Chen didn’t know what the sinister energy was, he knew it was a priceless treasure to these outsider Heaven Devils, as well as to Cang Lu. He had to let Cang Lu absorb as much as he could.
“Damn, how can he still have power left?!”
All of those Golden Wing Heaven Devils were shocked. Under normal circumstances, the seven-color swords would not threaten them. But after suffering repeated heavy injuries, even this assault was deadly.
“Kill that brat, quickly!” roared the devil elder.
“Violet Blood Heaven Blocking Shield!”
Long Chen formed a seal with one hand, and the Heaven Dao rune transformed into the Earth Dao rune. His ferocity softened as violet blood power erupted outward.
Countless attacks struck the Violet Blood Heaven Blocking Shield. Long Chen’s face turned deathly pale.
Seven-color swords continued raging outward, while the violet shield enveloped Long Chen. He gritted his teeth, his body trembling as though it would collapse at any moment.
BOOM!
In barely a breath, the violet shield shattered under the relentless barrage.
Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh. If he had reached even the first Heavenstage of the Sovereign Lord realm—rather than remaining at the most basic initial stage—he would never have been pushed into such a miserable state.
“Die!”
Just then, the Golden Wing Heaven Devils’ attacks rained down on him.
“Lord Long Chen!” Xue Ying cried out.
Just then, black qi surged around Long Chen. A halberd slammed down, splitting into dozens of afterimages that swept outward.
Blood flew through the air.
Every Golden Wing Heaven Devil attacking Long Chen was instantly torn apart by the halberd’s strike.