At that moment, the entire arena fell into dead silence. The sound of Sha Tiantong's teeth tearing echoed throughout the world. Watching the scattered fragments of teeth in the world, Su Yu and the others felt their scalps tingle.
They looked at Long Chen. At this moment, his divine ring trembled behind him, the sea of stars flickered, and the star dragon veins surged back and forth behind him.
Stars illuminating the universe, dragons swimming across the sea—such a phenomenon had never been seen before. Besides its strange rhythms, it was also contracting and expanding in a regular pattern, as if its aura was changing with Long Chen's breathing.
Starlight was endless, vast and boundless. At that moment, wherever the starlight reached, all laws and paths were ruled by Long Chen. With every breath, the life and death of all beings depended on his thought.
As the star vein dragon energy circulated, Long Chen felt an unprecedented strength. After a brief trial, he felt the unobstructed flow of star power within his body.
Now he finally understood that only by condensing the Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi could he truly master the power of the stars. Previously, what he had encountered was only the surface of the star's power.
"I see. The star vein dragon energy is the bridge and medium connecting my dantian star sea with the stars of the Nine Heavens." Long Chen thought to himself, he had finally unraveled the secret of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique.
"That's right. Right now, you are the true successor of the Nine Stars, because your modifications to the Nine Star Overlord Body Technique have caused it to mutate.
But for now, this mutation will only make you stronger. But with that same strength, it also means a more difficult advancement. You need to be mentally prepared." Qiankun Cauldron said.
It was connected to Long Chen's soul, so it naturally knew what Long Chen was thinking. To prevent Long Chen from being swept away by surprise, it poured cold water on him first.
"Heh heh, drink while you have the wine. Who cares about it? At least I know that right now, I can be arrogant and unrestrained." Long Chen chuckled.
The completion of a single Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi brought about a dramatic transformation in his power. The Eight-Vein Heavenly Saint was no longer worth his attention, and this half-baked Nine-Meridian Heavenly Saint before him was nothing more than this.
"Today, I'll test you just how strong my Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi really is."
Long Chen looked at the furious Sha Tiantong in the distance. With a flicker, he charged forward like a bolt of lightning.
"Demonic Flame Slash"
Seeing Long Chen charging forward,
Sha Tiantong roared in fury and immediately unleashed his demonic blade. The blade in his hand was a peerless demonic weapon, ancient and with an astonishing origin. Now, under the burning of his Heavenly Vein dragon energy, it was as if an ancient demon had awakened. With one slash, the sky was torn open, and the piercing sound of tearing through the air felt as if it were tearing one's soul.
"Boom!"
Facing Sha Tiantong's slash, Long Chen neither retreated nor evaded. On his fist, stars lit up, a dragon shadow pattern swirled, and he slammed hard onto the demon blade. With a loud explosion, the void was shattered. Both Long Chen and Sha Tiantong both staggered back several steps.
"Catch the demon soldier bare-handed?"
Su Yu and the others were shocked. Everything happened so fast, they saw Long Chen's figure disappear, followed by a clash of blades and fists.
Long Chen actually fought against the peerless demon weapon of Sha Tiantong barehanded, and in fact, he fought evenly.
You have to know, at this moment, Sha Tiantong's aura was several times greater than before. With his full support, the demon weapon's power was even more astonishing—Long Chen actually caught it barehanded.
"Is Long Chen a monster? He clearly has a broadsword behind his back, yet he fights barehanded. This is clearly looking down on Sha Tiantong!" One of the captains couldn't help but say.
Even someone as powerful as Sha Tiantong seemed not even qualified to let Long Chen wield weapons. How arrogant and domineering was that.
"Boom boom boom...
Just as everyone was in shock, Sha Tiantong roared in fury, his demonic blade flying like a windmill, slashing wildly and fiercely.
Long Chen swung his fists, bold, and forceful, braving the endless blade shadows and fighting head-on without retreating in the slightest.
"Ss..."
The terrifying aftershocks of the blade energy tore through the void, slashing open into countless cracks. One of the blade auras slashed toward Su Yu and the others, who were shocked and fought with all her might.
With a loud bang, her blood surged violently, and she nearly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Sister Su Yu... everyone was shocked.
"I'm fine... Su
Yu hurriedly waved her hand, her heart shocked. This blade energy was merely the aftershock of Long Chen's shattered force, and at such a great distance, it still possessed such terrifying power.
So just how violent must the power of the two of them be at this moment? Su Yu felt a chill run down her spine; the strength of the two had already surpassed her comprehension.
"Boom!"
Another explosion rang out as Long Chen smashed his fist onto Sha Tiantong's demonic blade. The two were sent flying backward a hundred li at the same time, locked in a gaze across the air.
A fierce battle lasted only a few blinks, yet the two exchanged hundreds of moves. Long Chen stood in midair, hands behind his back, stars swirling behind him, like a war god overlooking eternity.
Compared to Long Chen's calm composure, Sha Tiantong was already out of breath. His eyes were filled with fury and terror. He couldn't imagine how a One-Lineage Heavenly Saint could be so powerful.
"I don't believe ..."
Sha Tiantong roared toward the sky. Suddenly, blood gushed from his entire body. Demonic blood on his body gradually gathered into various patterns. As those patterns appeared, the stench of blood instantly spread out.
When they smelled the stench of blood, Su Yu and the others shuddered in their souls, their hair standing on end, and a fierce threat of death filled their hearts.
"This is a curse... a captain exclaimed.
"No, this isn't a curse, it's ... Sacrifice!" Su Yu also said in shock.
"Sacrifice?" Is killing Tiantong a sign of reckless death? Using your own blood soul as a sacrifice?" Everyone was shocked.
Su Yu wasn't sure what kind of move this was, but she knew that Sha Tiantong was about to unleash a terrifying ultimate move. Once it succeeded, his power might reach an unprecedented height.
Su Yu was extremely nervous. She wanted Long Chen to quickly interrupt his sacrifice, but at this moment, Long Chen quietly watched Sha Tiantong, showing no sign of nervousness or panic. On the contrary, his eyes seemed to hold a certain anticipation.
Seeing this, Su Yu was about to say something but swallowed them back. She turned to the crowd and said,
"This is a rare and extraordinary battle in this world. Many people never get the chance to encounter it in their lifetime. Everyone, focus your mind and carefully comprehend the opportunity under the endless suppression of death. If we can leave alive, breaking through this bottleneck will become much easier in the future."
"Yes."
Hearing Su Yu's words, everyone's hearts tightened. Earlier, they had been focused on fear, but never expected to gain experience in this battle and use the will of peerless powerhouses to stimulate and unlock their own potential. It was utterly foolish.
With Su Yu's reminder, everyone immediately set aside life and death, focused their hearts on the changes in the Heavenly Dao, listened to the voices of myriad Daos, and comprehended the will of the strongest.
"Demon Ancestor's blessing, ten thousandDemonic phenomenon!"
Suddenly, Sha Tiantong let out a furious roar. Abruptly, endless demonic shadows appeared in the vision behind him. At that moment, his aura surged more than tenfold in an instant, and the violent aura shattered the void.
"Die!"
Sha Tiantong roared in anger and suddenly slashed down with his blade. People saw his long blade raise, and a blade shadow had already slashed in front of Long Chen. Everything happened so fast that Long Chen didn't even have time to react before he was struck by the blade.
"Long Chen..."
Everything happened so suddenly that Su Yu and the others cried out in shock. At this moment, the spot where Long Chen stood had already exploded, endless Dao runes swirling and forming an endless chasm.