Long Chen was furious. He hadn't expected Hou Tianwu to be so foolish, even at this moment still thinking about obtaining the secret of the Nine Star Heir from him.
At Hou Tianwu's command, countless powerful warriors charged at the Hidden Dragon Legion. Long Chen's killing intent soared, his star power burning, and he slashed fiercely at Hou Tianwu.
"Looks like this woman is really important to you!"
Seeing Long Chen charging like a madman, Hou Tianwu immediately understood Long Chen's weakness. All his frustration vanished, and his face twisted into a ferocious grin.
"Buzz!"
Seeing Long Chen desperately fighting,
Hou Tianwu dared not slack off. His bloodline power erupted, and the golden staff buzzed as he smashed fiercely toward the Dragonbone Evil Moon.
However, the moment Hou Tianwu struck with his staff, he suddenly sensed something was wrong. Long Chen's strike was powerful and heavy, yet he did not feel any deadly pressure.
"You're tricking!"
Hou Tianwu was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected Long Chen, in his rage, to be so cunning and even resort to feint.
What Long Chen slashed out was nothing more than a blade shadow. Under the cover of the blade, the Dragon Bone Evil Moon thrust straight and fiercely, aiming straight for Hou Tianwu's chest.
"You're just too foolish,"
Long Chen shouted angrily.
"Clang!"
Hou Tianwu hurriedly swung his golden staff to block, but missed again. It turned out that although Long Chen's strike looked extremely fast, it was actually much slower.
Hou Tianwu hurriedly blocked the attack, not noticing this detail. As the golden staff slashed past the Dragonbone Evil Moon, it suddenly accelerated and thrust forward.
Long Chen's two strikes seemed ordinary, but in reality, they were the culmination of his lifelong experience.
You have to understand, for someone as powerful as Hou Tianwu, it's nearly impossible to trick him, but Long Chen managed to do it.
"Pfft!"
The tip of
the Dragonbone Evil Moon blade flashed with cold light, piercing through Hou Tianwu's chest in an instant.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, the power on the Evil Moon of the Dragon Bone erupted. A bloody hole was blasted open in Hou Tianwu's chest, and blood sprayed wildly backward.
"What?"
This sudden turn of events shocked everyone—Hou Tianwu was instantly severely injured by Long Chen.
After landing a successful strike, Long Chen secretly lamented his regret. This Hou Tianwu was too powerful. As soon as the Dragon Bone Evil Moon pierced his body, Hou Tianwu's bloodline power erupted with a roar, forming a sealing force.
To avoid giving Hou Tianwu a chance to seal it, Long Chen detonated the power of the Dragonbone Evil Moon without waiting for it to go deeper.
Detonating it early couldn't inflict fatal damage on Hou Tianwu, but a single blow was enough to severely injure him.
The wound on Hou Tianwu's chest was as big as a bowl, a bloody mess, and his ribs were shattered, looking extremely terrifying.
"Waning Moon Shocking Slash!"
Long Chen roared angrily, taking advantage of his illness to kill him. The waning moon soared to the sky, myriad paths roared, and with a single slash, heaven and earth trembled.
Long Chen gave Hou Tianwu no chance to catch his breath. Hou Tianwu had not yet recovered from his severe injuries when Long Chen slashed down with all his strength. Hou Tianwu's face twisted in grimace, and suddenly he spat out a mouthful of golden blood onto the long staff.
"Buzz!"
Nourished by the essence blood, the
golden staff illuminated billions of runes, rapidly expanding in an instant, stretching thousands of miles, like a beam stretching across the void.
The golden staff had grown so massive that Long Chen was like an ant before it. No one expected Hou Tianwu to have such a move.
"Boom!"
The
Dragonbone Evil Moon slashed fiercely at the massive golden staff. Amid a deafening explosion, endless runes danced, shattering the runes wrapped around the staff. The once gleaming golden staff instantly dimmed, and the staff's fierce aura faded in an instant.
"Pfft."
Hou Tianwu hid behind the golden long staff, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. Using his essence blood power, he forcibly awakened the staff's power, but Long Chen's strike dealt heavy blows to both the staff and himself.
The golden staff rapidly shrank and fell from the sky. It was a terrifying divine weapon, but now it seemed to have turned into scrap metal.
The power of Long Chen's strike was completely blocked by the golden staff, but Hou Tianwu's mind, bloodline, and divine weapon were also severely wounded, his aura instantly weakening considerably.
"Whoosh."
Long Chen followed the blade, stepping forward and appearing in front of Hou Tianwu. At this moment, Hou Tianwu was extremely stifled. His strength was overwhelming, but Long Chen had caught a single weakness, and he fell into a point of no return. He possessed earth-shattering divine powers but could not use them.
Watching Long Chen strike down with his blade, the arc of the Dragonbone Evil Moon as it sliced through the void was like the corner of a demon's mouth, filled with endless mockery and cold sharpness.
"Boom!"
Just as Long Chen thought he could finish Hou Tianwu with a single stroke, a tortoise shell radiating myriad divine radiance appeared before him.
Long Chen's blade struck the tortoise shell with a thunderous explosion. A burly, bald man appeared, and it was precisely his timely arrival that saved Hou Tianwu's life.
This was a powerful member of the Divine Turtle clan, with divine blood flowing within him. He was also a powerful being sealed in the Chaos Era. Five life-bound dragon veins flowed behind him, and his aura was not much weaker than Hou Tianwu's.
The Divine Turtle clan has always been renowned for their powerful bloodline and despairing defensive capabilities.
"Pfft."
Yet he blocked with all his might, his whole body trembling violently, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out. Even the strongest defensive race could not withstand such force.
Even though he was injured, he managed to buy Hou Tianwu a chance to catch his breath, and Long Chen was shaken by the terrifying recoil, causing his blood to surge.
"Whoosh."
Long Chen had no time to be angry. He stepped diagonally to the left, then spun around. A phantom appeared in the void, and like a ghost, he circled past the Divine Turtle clan's powerhouse.
If he attacked that Divine Turtle clan expert now, there was a ninety percent chance of killing him.
But the powerful member of the Divine Turtle Clan was not Long Chen's target; his target was Hou Tianwu.
The main reason Long Chen wanted to kill Hou Tianwu was because he was the leader of the Heavenly Demon Alliance. Eliminating him would leave the Heavenly Demon Alliance leaderless, and only then could the crisis before him be resolved.
"Rumble rumble...
At this moment, the powerful members of the Heavenly Demon Golden Monkey clan had already led the other experts of the Heavenly Demon Alliance to attack Tang Wan'er and the others.
This time, Tang Wan'er did not take the initiative. She formed hand seals with her jade-like hands, and the Heavenly Vein Dragon Qi circulated, forming a barrier that protected everyone and the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest within.
At the same time, the thirty million disciples of the Wind God Sea Pavilion formed hand seals and chanted scriptures. The energy around them surged, continuously pouring into the barrier.
With Tang Wan'er's support, the energies of thirty million powerhouses converged into a single rope. Countless attacks landed on the barrier, but were all deflected and couldn't even stir up ripples.
The attacks from the top experts of the Heavenly Demon Golden Monkey clan only caused the barrier to tremble, making it impossible to break through.
"Don't stop. We have numbers, and we can wear them down to death." Seeing that the Heavenly Demon Golden Monkey clan leader couldn't break through, he shouted loudly, planning to use a war of attrition.
"Boom boom boom...
Countless Tianyao clan experts frantically attacked the barrier. They were extremely anxious because they realized Long Chen was even harder to deal with than they had imagined. If they couldn't quickly capture Tang Wan'er and the others, they would likely have to endure Hou Tianwu's endless wrath afterward.
However, the experts of the Heavenly Demon Alliance were anxious, and Tang Wan'er inside the barrier was even more anxious. Seeing the Alliance's number of experts growing, Long Chen facing the top-tier warriors alone was extremely dangerous.
She had to protect the experts of the Wind God Sea Pavilion and the Dragon Blood Warriors inside the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest from interference. She could only watch helplessly as Long Chen fell into a bitter battle. Anxious, she clenched her silver teeth but was helpless.
"Buzz"
At that moment, Long Chen dodged past the Divine Turtle clan's powerful warriors and charged at Hou Tianwu from a strange angle, giving him no chance to adjust.
"Sss!"
Just as Long Chen was about to strike, golden claws tore through the void and lunged fiercely at him. The claws tore through the air, shattering all the laws of the Dao Dao — it was a golden-winged roc charging forward.
This Golden-Winged Roc, with golden wings and golden claws, also manifested five life-bound heavenly veins and revealed its true form, concentrating all its power on the golden claws.
Long Chen was both shocked and furious. It looked like he could take down Hou Tianwu. So many people were coming to cause trouble, and each one was such a terrifying existence. They hadn't been seen just moments ago, but now they were all popping up one by one.
Facing a powerhouse of this level, Long Chen could only give up pursuing Hou Tianwu. With both hands gripping his blade, he shouted sharply, and divine light blossomed from the Evil Moon of Dragon Bone, slashing toward the golden claw.
With a loud explosion, the golden claw was shattered by Long Chen's blade, golden juice splattering everywhere—it was the blood of the Golden-Winged Roc.
Although the Golden-Winged Roc was at the same level as the Divine Turtle clan's powerhouse, it was unclear whether it lacked weapons or was simply too confident in its claws, and as a result, Long Chen shattered its claws with a single strike.
The Golden-Winged Roc let out a miserable scream and was sent flying. Long Chen ignored his anger; starlight swirled beneath his feet, shooting toward Hou Tianwu like a meteor.
At this moment, the golden staff had returned to Hou Tianwu's hand, and the large hole in his chest had been repaired. At that moment, Long Chen's heart sank.
The once dull golden staff suddenly regained its brilliance. No one knew what secret technique Hou Tianwu had just used, but it instantly repaired the golden staff.
But no matter what, Long Chen had no way out. He had to take out Hou Tianwu, and do so as quickly as possible.
"Want to kill me? Dream on! Watch my bloodline ignite, the Demon Ancestor will descend!"
Hou Tianwu shouted, tossing the golden staff above his head, pressing his palms together. His bloodline ignited, converging into a beam of light that charged toward the golden staff.
The golden staff trembled violently, spinning rapidly in the void. Immediately, a vortex was stirred into the void, spinning faster and faster. Immediately, a vast, desolate aura emerged, as if opening a gate of time and space. Violent, bloody waves rippled, as if a being from the Chaos Era was about to arrive.
Long Chen's heart tightened, but the golden staff spun slower and smaller, the vortex shrinking. At that moment, Hou Tianwu's expression turned extremely grim.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, the Dragonbone Evil Moon had already slashed right in front of him. Hou Tianwu had to interrupt the summons, drawing the golden staff into his hand to block Long Chen's strike head-on.
Clearly, this move had failed. He had been injured repeatedly before, lost precious essence blood, and lacked the strength to complete it.
"Boom!"
Long Chen slashed down with his blade, shattering Hou Tianwu's hands. The golden staff slipped from his grip and struck his mouth.
Hou Tianwu was stubborn, but at this moment, it was useless. The golden staff smashed his jaw open, and Hou Tianwu groaned in pain as he was blasted away by his weapon.
"Hahaha..."
At that moment, laughter thundered like wild thunder, echoing through the heavens and earth. Immediately, a strange figure covered in crystals appeared before Long Chen.
When Long Chen saw the crystal monster, his pupils suddenly contracted.