Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

“Grandpa!”

Long Chen couldn’t help but feel deeply moved. His grandfather had always been a stubborn and traditional man, someone who upheld the strictest hierarchy of seniority. To him, even talking back against his elders was disgraceful, let alone raising a hand against them.

Yet now, Luo Zichuan was standing against his seniors of the violet blood race—for Long Chen, his grandson.

Back then, Luo Zichuan had risked everything to save the Luo family’s ancestors, dedicating his entire life to that cause. And now, he was willing to turn against them. The irony of it all was staggering.

But what was most shocking was that despite only being an early-stage Divine Emperor, Luo Zichuan could resist the pressure of a late-stage Divine Emperor, the Shadow Guard.

The Shadow Guard raged, “You call me unjust? Tyrannical?! Then tell me—why did Long Chen bring an army to destroy the Bi family? Why did he make rivers of violet blood flow here?!”

Luo Zichuan responded, “Although I don’t know the full details, I trust Long Chen. He definitely had his reasons. If he is wrong, I am willing to die to atone for his sins. But dare I ask, great Shadow Guard—if you are the one who is wrong, would you dare to do the same?”

“You…!” The Shadow Guard almost got a stroke because of this grandfather-grandson duo, but he couldn’t counter Luo Zichuan’s response.

In truth, the Shadow Guard hadn’t intended to kill Long Chen. He knew there had to be some reason behind this battle. But for him, no matter the cause, violet blood should never be shed by violet blood. Using violence to sort out internal problems was wrong.

Even the race leader had intervened, yet Long Chen still dared to kill people. That was a direct slap to both their faces.

Long Chen’s eyes reddened at his grandfather’s words.

That kind of absolute trust… It was rare, precious.

Luo Zichuan was a hero who feared nothing, a man who had lived his life without the slightest corruption. For him to raise his blade against the very leaders of the violet blood race—just how much trust did Luo Zichuan place in his grandson?

After wiping his eyes, Long Chen coldly said. “Didn’t that old fogey from the Bi family just say it? That no matter what crime someone commits, people must report it to the race leader and let the parliament decide their punishment? You, a late-stage Divine Emperor, someone who has lived for countless years—do you not even understand this basic principle?”

“What nonsense! You—” the Shadow Guard scowled, but Long Chen interrupted him.

“You know very well it’s nonsense,” Long Chen said icily. “I killed that old bastard to prove a point. If even you, the Shadow Guard, couldn’t remain calm and attacked me without first reporting it to the race leader or the parliament, how can you expect me to do what you wouldn’t?

“The Bi family mobilized their forces to slaughter us all. You only saw us killing them, but you didn’t see how many warriors of our Luo family died by their hands.”

Long Chen’s voice grew louder as righteous fury burned in his eyes. Each of his words was like a blade, slicing straight into the Shadow Guard’s pride.

Bi Yingxiong was sealed and unable to speak, but another Elder of the Bi family bellowed in rage.

“Bullshit! Just how few of your people died?! How many of us did you just massacre?!”

“That’s right! Barely a thousand of your people died!” another Bi family elder shouted. “Yet we lost over forty thousand disciples on the battlefield! And here, we—”

This elder abruptly shut his mouth, realizing mid-sentence that he had just admitted the Bi family’s sneak attack.

A heavy silence fell over the battlefield.

Although everyone knew the truth, the Bi family had always been experts at exploiting loopholes and manipulating the rules. Without concrete proof, they could simply deny everything. At most, they would sacrifice a few scapegoats for this.

That was how they had grown so dangerous, so brazen. Even after Bi Wanan’s death, rather than withdrawing, they acted with even greater madness.

“What do you mean, only a thousand died?!” Luo Ying suddenly shouted, her voice shaking with grief and fury.

“We never provoked you! We just wanted to cultivate in peace, to grow stronger so we could see the outside world! But one by one, our brothers and sisters were slaughtered.

“Before he died, one of our brothers grabbed my hand. Do you know what he said to me?

“He said, ‘You have to live… and see the outside world for me…’”

Luo Ying burst into tears. Thinking of their fallen brothers and sisters, the others also felt a wave of grief wash over them.

“You bastards, so what if more of you died?! How can your dirty lives compare to our fallen brothers and sisters?!” roared Luo Jiang.

“Race leader, we demand justice! Let us fight the Bi family to the death!” Luo Yanfeng’s voice shook the heavens.

“The Luo family will fight to the last!”

“The Luo family will fight to the last!”

The battlefield trembled as countless voices joined in unison.

Most of them didn’t even know all the details, but they knew one thing—the Bi family was their mortal enemy. This was a battle to the death. They didn’t need any more reasons.

The race leader let out a long sigh.

There was no turning back now. The grudge between the Luo and Bi families had reached an irreconcilable point.

He turned to Long Chen.

“Speak,” said the race leader.

Although Luo Zichuan was the strongest in the Luo family’s camp, and he even possessed the power to challenge a late-stage Divine Emperor, the race leader knew that the only one capable of settling the impending calamity was Long Chen.

The race leader had been wanting to curse the Shadow Guard for being a fool. Even now, he was making things worse instead of de-escalating. His actions had almost made the race leader pass out. If Long Chen lost his patience and detonated the dagger’s energy, the entire violet blood race would be doomed.

Even the Battle God Drum wouldn’t be able to suppress such a catastrophe. Every single person on this battlefield would be annihilated.

The Shadow Guard was still lost in his old glory, even trying to suppress Long Chen. The main thing was, just who was Long Chen? Why would he let the Shadow Guard suppress him?

In this situation, acting humble and speaking softly was the only option. Acting tough and arrogant would only throw more oil into the fire.

Just now, when the dagger quivered in Long Chen’s grip, the race leader’s heart nearly stopped.

If not for the Shadow Guard’s equal status, the race leader would have cursed him out loud. They had already agreed that the race leader was in charge, but this fool just had to intervene and make everything worse.

Now, as he faced off against Luo Zichuan, the situation had become even more tense.

Now, all eyes turned to Long Chen, and their breaths caught in their throats. This youngster’s words would decide the fate of these two families.

Long Chen’s expression was grim as he turned his gaze to Bi Yingxiong. With an ice-cold voice, he said, “If you want this battle to stop, that’s not a problem. I only have one condition.”

The race leader felt a sinking sense of dread but forced himself to ask, “Tell me.”

Long Chen’s eyes burned with killing intent.

“Every single person in the Bi family—young or old—who participated in the sneak attack on my Luo family’s disciples, whether they directly took part or simply plotted behind the scenes…

“Must. Be. Executed.”