Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 742 The Great Earth’s Protection

chapter 742 the great earth’s protection

translator: borntobe

long chen’s fist didn’t just contain his own power. when yue qianshan had attacked him, he had also stealthily absorbed a small part of his sword’s power.

unlike some magical arts, he couldn’t absorb fifty percent or more of his opponent’s power. he was only capable of absorbing a trace of it. but just that trace was enough. long chen was just borrowing that trace of energy to release a long-range attack similar to sword qi.

however, this attack wasn’t perfect. the heaven trapping water prison had blocked seventy percent of its power, so shui guanzhi had only been struck by thirty percent.

but if shui guanzhi hadn’t summoned the heaven trapping water prison, then in his careless state, even if he wasn’t instantly defeated, he would still be heavily injured.

the spectators were stunned to see shui guanzhi be injured and vomit blood. “why... why can’t i understand any of it?” muttered one disciple. most of them were unable to tell what had just happened.

at the start, everyone had assumed long chen was fated to have a miserable ending from being attacked by all of the four heavenly geniuses. there had even been quite a few people who had felt pity for him, outraged by the injustice.

but as soon as they exchanged blows, that thought became nonexistent. it wasn’t long chen being miserably suppressed, but the four of them.

“how is this happening? just how terrifying is long chen?” one of the monastery heads couldn’t help but open his mouth to express his shock.

the most shocked ones were shui yuncong and the other family heads. it had to be known that the four heavenly geniuses were the four families’ strongest junior generation disciples. the fact that they would be suppressed by long chen was unacceptable to them.

long chen should have technically counted as an expert on the side of the shui family, but it seemed that up until now, shui wuhen had no intention of pulling him into the shui family.

ever since her falling out with her family, shui wuhen had already become completely disappointed in them. what had happened in the xuantian sea had made their relationship even worse.

once shui guanzhi had taken the lead to kick long chen out, their relationship became even worse. the disharmony was gradually escalating. although shui wuhen hadn’t said anything, everyone could already see that she would no longer stand on the side of the shui family.

the current shui wuhen no longer possessed any loyalty to them. with a talented disciple like long chen and the favor of the vice sect master, shui wuhen could not be touched by the shui family.

now shui yuncong was slightly regretting having shui guanzhi suppress long chen to force shui wuhen to lower her head to him. if he had known long chen was so powerful, he would have formed a better relationship with shui wuhen and pull long chen to his side.

at that time, his shui family would have had two peerless geniuses. amongst the four families, who would be able to contend with them then?

but now that was too late. both shui guanzhi and long chen viewed the other as an enemy. although it hadn’t reached the point of either you die or i die, it seemed it wasn’t that far off either.

“the great earth’s protection!”

a set of yellow armor appeared on his body. long chen’s heart shook. he sensed endless energy surging into zhao wuji from the ground.

“die!” zhao wuji charged. the ground shook with each step he took. long chen was startled to find that he had been locked in place by the earth. he was unable to dodge this attack.

boom!

long chen blocked with his full strength, but he still felt like a wild bull had rammed into him. he vomited blood and tumbled back, landing hundreds of meters away. pain radiated from his arms. they had actually broken.

he was shocked. zhao wuji was actually this powerful.

“hahaha, zhao wuji has finally released his full strength. hmph, who does long chen think he is? the four of them were just playing with him before. now that they’re serious, long chen will be completely suppressed.” one disciple laughed. that was the disciple whose nose had been broken.

he had already recovered now, and he had also grown smarter. he said his words while hiding in the crowd, not letting the dragonblood warriors get close.

“how stupid. boss’s strength isn’t something you ants can comprehend,” sneered guo ran.

currently, guo ran was a rank two celestial. he could also count as a heavenly genius. however, he didn’t have any awareness of that status and started cursing that lowly disciple.

long chen slowly stood back up. he wiped some blood from his mouth. looking at zhao wuji, he said, “looks like you’re the stupidest one here. the others are all holding back to fight for the final treasure, but you’ve already revealed your full strength. when the true fight starts, you’ll still lose the final reward. the reason the others haven’t done the same as you is because they were waiting for you. and as expected, you really didn’t let them down!”

long chen’s voice was full of ridicule. he had long since guessed what the four of them were thinking. they wanted to maintain their peak condition for the fight amongst themselves. that was the only reason he had suppressed them.

one reason was truly because of his profound battle experience, while the other reason was that they were intentionally maintaining this kind of situation. although he didn’t know if this was what they had been thinking of at the beginning, after he had released his strength, he knew that they had begun to think this.

long chen’s words caused the spectators to be greatly disappointed. if this was true, then these heavenly geniuses were truly embarrassing.

“what nonsense. don’t try to drive a wedge between us. you sinister wretch, just shut your mouth!” sneered shui guanzhi. to the other three, he said, “everyone, let’s all not hold back. the warmup is over. let’s immediately kick long chen out and then have a fair fight for the final treasure.”

warmup? the spectators couldn’t help being stunned. this kind of terrifying fight was just a warmup?

“you’re right, the warmup should end. let’s start the real fight.” long chen smiled and then disappeared.