Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1217 Attacking the Fifth Heavenstage of Foundation Forging

chapter 1217 attacking the fifth heavenstage of foundation forging

translator: borntobe

long chen had no choice but to consume this poison pill after seeing the power of the bloodkill hall’s assassins and ancient race experts that had been sent after him.

although long chen had killed dan chu, he had no choice but to admit that luck had played a part in it. but that luck had been created with his own power and scheming.

as for the twin assassins, he had relied on the arm guard and boots to launch a sudden counterattack to reverse the tide.

but that kind of thing would only happen once. the second time, it would be ineffective. furthermore, he was sure those twin assassins had more trump cards that they hadn’t used yet.

he hadn’t seen the three ancient race experts, but he could sense a feeling of grave danger from each of them. each one of them had the power to fight him to the brink of death.

it was unknown whether it was long chen who was lucky or dan chu who was unlucky, but he had allowed long chen to steal so much of his spiritual yuan and flame energy, causing him to go from an easy win to losing his life.

if long chen had been in his peak state when he fought dan chu, perhaps there would have been another conclusion. dan chu would have been fighting him all-out from the start, not giving long chen any chance at all. the soul devouring violet flame was too powerful, and if they had started fighting all-out from the start, long chen would have been at a huge disadvantage since their flames were not even close to the same level.

the reason he had managed to con dan chu step by step and kill him was because long chen had profited from his previous misfortune. but of course, such a thing could only happen with dan chu’s cooperation. not everyone had such arrogance and idiocy.

if he had been in his peak state, at best he would have tied with dan chu. to defeat him would have been very difficult, and killing him would have been basically impossible.

dan chu was dead, but there were still those twin assassins and three terrifying ancient race experts, each of them just as strong as dan chu.

one problem was that long chen’s cultivation base was too low. they were all experts at the ninth heavenstage of foundation forging, while he was still at the fourth heavenstage.

but the thing that pained long chen the most was that his body couldn’t cope with his cultivation base. he wasn’t able to unleash his full power. and if he increased his cultivation base again, which he could right now, his movements would be even more restricted. his actual combat power would probably drop.

if he didn’t resolve this problem, he might not be able to fight anyone once he reached the ninth heavenstage. just trying to use his power would cause his body to explode. this was too stifling.

so despite seeing how fierce and sinister this mandara body tempering pill was, long chen had no choice but to steel his heart and swallow it.

boom!

long chen had only just consumed it when he felt like a volcano had exploded within him. boundless medicinal energy was pouring throughout his body.

it was like a scorpion hive had exploded, and millions of scorpions were rampaging in his body.

long chen coughed up a mouthful of blood. it was black as ink and released a strong fishy smell.

“how toxic!” long chen cursed inside. his whole body became black, and pain wracked his entire body.

the blazing dragon cauldron unleashed a ray of light that was about to envelop him, but long chen stopped it. “don’t. i can endure it.”

“whether or not i can advance to the fifth heavenstage will be up to you three.” long chen took out the three drops of yuan spirit divine elixir. he swallowed them into his stomach.

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time passed day by day. the four nations ancient remnant was in chaos as the grand xia, grand zhou, and grand chu’s experts were slaughtered.

at first, they had all been suspicious of each other. but in the end, one of the experts of the grand xia managed to slaughter his way out of the encirclement of his enemies, spreading the news that the grand han was slaughtering the other nations’ experts, infuriating and shocking them. they all used secret communication methods to gather together.

by the time the three nations’ experts gathered, they found that over half of them had already been killed.

the grand xia’s crown prince, xia yunfeng, immediately felt like something was wrong. he brought the remaining elites of the grand xia toward the transportation point.

“you guys go first. i need to search for youluo.” xia yunchong cared too much about his little sister. he refused to leave the secret gathering point before seeing her.

not only was xia youluo missing, even long chen hadn’t sent any word. long chen was also carrying one of the grand xia’s jade plates, and as long as he was alive, he should have received word to gather.

but in truth, long chen was within the inheritance palace, and he was isolated from all news. the jade plate didn’t sense anything.

“don’t cause trouble. the signal was already released, so if they were still alive, they’d have definitely gathered with us. and if they’re dead, what’s the point of staying behind?” shouted xia yunfeng gravely. “this is no small matter! since the grand han dares to attack us, the grand chu, and grand zhou at the same time, they clearly started preparing a long time ago! the four nations ancient remnant is just a trap. what we need to do is leave alive. sacrificing ourselves will only make things worse. right now, we’re surrounded by enemies, and it’s very unfavorable for us. it’s almost time for the exit to open, so we have to test our luck and see if we can escape before our enemies seal us off. otherwise, we’ll all die.”

xia yunchong shook his head. “i am different from you. you are the crown prince, while i’m not. imperial brother, i respect you, but sorry, i can’t listen to you. i must find youluo and long chen. if they’re alive, i want to see them alive, and if they’re dead, i want to see their corpses.”

xia yunfeng coldly ordered, “don’t be so willful! right now, i’m using my status as crown prince to order you to leave.”

xia yunfeng and xia yunchong were different. the former relied more on his intelligence than his martial might. as soon as he had learned that the grand han’s experts were openly slaughtering the other three nations’ experts, his sharp intuition had told him something was wrong.

since long chen and xia youluo hadn’t returned, that only meant that they were dead. if even experts on the level of long chen and xia youluo hadn’t managed to release a distress signal before dying, then their enemies had to be truly terrifying.

either they hadn’t had time to release the distress call or they had felt like releasing the distress call would only cause more people to die with them.

either way, it didn’t bode well. xia yunfeng was ashen as he furiously scolded xia yunchong.

right now, xia yunchong’s actions were foolish in his eyes. not only were his actions useless, but they would also cause him to forfeit his life. he would then lose any chance of getting revenge for long chen and xia youluo.

“hahaha, truly worthy of being the grand xia’s wise crown prince. unfortunately, even if you were smarter, you still wouldn’t be able to escape my palm.”

suddenly, a cold cry rang out. han wenjun appeared in the distance along with a group of grand han’s experts. they numbered twenty-eight hundred, while the grand xia’s side had less than a thousand people now.

“bastard, release youluo!”

when xia yunchong saw han wenjun holding a maiden in his hand, his eyes almost tore out of their sockets.