Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

BOOM!

The shield that Long Chen exploded, but Long Zaiye’s attack was also halted.

Long Zaiye was left dazed by the backlash, stars spinning in his eyes. He was completely shocked. The attack containing his newly comprehended Jiuli immortal characters was actually blocked.

“You little bastard, it seems that you didn’t learn your lesson.” Long Chen was originally holding back his irritation at being unable to comprehend this barrier. Now this fellow came as well. The power of his eight stars instantly ignited. Long Chen character at Long Zaiye, swinging Evilmoon through the air.

Long Zaiye hastily blocked with his spear, only to be sent flying, blood spraying from his mouth.

Long Chen found that this fellow’s guts really were too big. He had at most covered sixty percent of his core energy, while Long Chen had recovered close to eighty percent. For him to dare to sneak attack him at this time, he was practically courting death.

“Die!”

Long Chen clenched his teeth and shot after Long Zaiye.

Long Zaiye was shocked and enraged. He hadn’t expected Long Chen’s recovery to be even faster than his own. His divine wings suddenly shook. A ray of divine light shot out.

This light wasn’t aimed at Long Chen. It shot at Long Tianrui. Long Chen was outraged.

With a flash, Long Chen appeared in front of Long Tianrui, shattering Long Zaiye’s attack.

By that time, Long Zaiye had already vanished.

Long Chen felt like he would explode. This fellow was incredibly sinister. He even used such a shameless move. He was truly a vicious character.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Just wait.”

Long Chen took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. He couldn’t chase after Long Zaiye. The space on the ninth level was completely twisted. It was impossible to tell where he was hiding.

Time was limited. He couldn’t waste that time on him. Furthermore, he wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving Long Tianrui here alone.

If he did pursue Long Zaiye and Long Zimo took that chance to cause trouble for Long Tianrui… That was entirely possible. The Long clan was filled with bad eggs.

…

In another area of the ninth level, Long Zaiye’s figure reappeared. He had coughed up a mass of blood onto his chest.

“I didn’t want to tell you where he was for your own good. Now do you believe it?” Seeing Long Zaiye’s wretched state, Long Zimo shook his head.

However, while Long Zimo’s expression was indifferent, he did feel a bit glad inside. He had also wanted to sneak attack Long Chen. Fortunately, he hadn’t.

He had chosen to distance himself a bit. Then Long Zaiye had ended up breaking through the eighth barrier and seeing him. He immediately asked if he had seen Long Chen.

Long Zimo was quite the schemer. He refused to tell him at first, saying that he wasn’t a match for Long Chen, essentially using reverse psychology to provoke Long Zaiye.

Long Zaiye had ended up directly threatening Long Zimo with the Dark Demon Spear, and then Long Zimo ‘helplessly’ ended up telling him where Long Chen was.

Now seeing Long Zaiye’s state, Long Zimo was actually quite shocked. He understood Long Zaiye well. He might seem to be a brash fool on the surface, but it was just an act. For him to make a move, he should have had a high chance of success.

“Shut your mouth!”

Long Zaiye shouted furiously before leaving. He was most likely finding a place to recover before considering the ninth barrier.

“Fool.”

Long Zimo shook his head disdainfully. He then continued searching for his chance to break through the ninth barrier.

…

Once Long Zaiye left, Long Chen calmed his emotions. He felt an immense pressure now. Long Zaiye had already grown much stronger after breaking through the first eight barriers. What would he gain if he broke through the ninth one?

“Wait, if he could gain this much power, I should be doing the same thing. I’m not inferior to him. Hold on, my Defend character…” Long Chen’s heart suddenly shook.

Just now, seeing Long Zaiye’s attack containing Jiuli characters, Long Chen had a stroke of inspiration, and also did the same thing. He managed to condense a shield that blocked Long Zaiye’s attack.

It was a simple Defend character. But it was countless times stronger than any magical art or divine ability. It was practically miraculous.

“Could it be that the way to break through the ninth barrier is related to this character?” Long Chen suddenly had a brazen thought.

Long Chen sat down in front of the barrier and formed hand seals. Countless runes flowed in his mind. The surrounding space twisted. The Jiuli characters slowly condensed a Defend character in front of him.

The barrier in front of him quivered. Countless characters flowed out and enveloped Long Chen. He found himself in a world of divine characters.

Long Chen ignored the changes occurring around him. His mind sank into that Defend character.

At this moment, he forgot about everything else. He was focused entirely on the Defend character. 

He patiently sensed this character, feeling its pulse. Long Chen felt like he was watching over an egg and waiting for it to watch.

Time slowly flowed by. An incense stick’s worth of time later, the character began to quiver lightly. 

Following that, a scene that astonished Long Chen appeared. The Defend character split in two.

The two Defend characters quivered, and a third one appeared between them.

Space quivered, and millions of Defend characters appeared all around, filling the entire space.

“This is the essence of the Dao?” Long Chen murmured to himself.

If the first character was Yang, then the second character was Yin. With just Yin, there could be no life. With just Yang, there could be no growth. It was the merger of Yin and Yang that produced all things. The third character was the energy that allowed Yin and Yang to mix.

Previously, Long Chen had always thought that Yin and Yang were opposites, just like right and wrong, good and evil. But seeing this transformation, Long Chen gained another understanding of Yin and Yang.

Yin held Yang, Yang protected Yin. They were not just opposites, they were also complimentary existences that supported each other.

Suddenly, the countless runes merged together and once more formed the Defend character. To go from simple to complex and then reduce it back to simple was truly a Grand Dao. This process contained countless profundities within it.

More runes appeared around it. They underwent countless transformations around the Defend character.

“Magical arts, divine abilities, formations, talismans…”

Long Chen’s eyes almost popped out of his head. He saw that the transformations of this single character enveloped all laws and Daos. A single Defend character could be expressed in countless ways. There were countless usages. Long Chen was stunned.

Suddenly, all of this vanished like it had never occurred. The ninth barrier was still standing in front of Long Chen.

Long Chen slowly raised his hand. The Defend character appeared on his palm. At this time, Long Chen was now capable of freely controlling this divine character’s power.

Long Chen’s hand slowly pressed against the ninth barrier. The barrier shuddered, and Long Chen vanished.