Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

BOOM!

Long Chen’s fist struck the giant copper mirror head-on. The mirror trembled, then shattered into countless shards.

The Sovereign Lords in charge of protecting the mirror almost exploded with rage. When they saw who the attacker was, their fury seethed even further.

“It’s him! Capture him!”

They launched their attacks without hesitation, each blow imbued with the power of a Sovereign Lord.

“You think you can capture me alive?” Long Chen snorted.

Seeing their attacks, Long Chen realized they didn’t know what had happened in his tribulation. If they had, they wouldn’t have dreamed of trying to take Long Chen alive.

Although Long Chen had advanced to the Human Emperor realm, his Emperor power wasn’t stable yet. His astral energy still needed time to adjust to its transformation. Thus, he didn’t plan to fight personally. Just as he was about to summon Lei Linger, a bunch of black dragon scales appeared around him.

These fingernail-sized dragon scales sliced through the void, shooting out in every direction. Sovereign blood instantly filled the sky.

First Heavenstage Sovereign Lords were torn apart, their bodies turned into bloody sieves. Their divine light defenses were as fragile as paper before these razor-sharp scales.

In an instant, all the ordinary Sovereign Lords were dead. If they had gone all-out from the start, they could have survived, albeit with serious injuries. But their desire to capture Long Chen alive had made them hold back and they paid the price for that mistake with their lives.

The five double-body Sovereign Lords fared better. Their senses were sharper, and the moment danger descended, they instinctively ignited their Sovereign qi to defend themselves. Even so, their bodies were soon covered in cuts, their faces pale with cold sweat.

“There’s no need for you to do anything against some small fry!” Evilmoon shouted.

Millions of black dragon scales continuously sliced through the air around them.

The five Sovereign Lords summoned divine weapons and conjured divine furnaces above their heads, struggling to resist. However, Evilmoon’s onslaught was overwhelming.

The dragon scales were like a plague of locusts, endlessly ravaging their targets. They struck from every angle, weaving through divine defenses with terrifying precision. Even Long Chen was taken aback. After withstanding Long Chen’s tribulation, Evilmoon had undergone a complete transformation. The power imbued within each scale now rivaled that of a Sovereign weapon.

Though they were still slightly inferior to a true Sovereign weapon, their overwhelming numbers more than compensated for that gap.

In just a few breaths, the defenses of the double-body Sovereign Lords were torn open. One after another, the dragon scales shredded through their protective light, slowly reducing their bodies to blood-soaked sieves.

Then, Long Chen’s eyes narrowed—he had spotted something new. Tiny drops of blood were forming on the surface of the scales, containing some lightning runes.

“It’s absorbing their blood?” Long Chen wondered.

Evilmoon was engraving the essence blood of the Sovereign Lords into its seals.

“It is absorbing the evil energy in their bodies. Bring those corpses in—what it doesn’t want is exactly what I do,” said the Earth Cauldron.

Long Chen quickly collected the corpses, which were no longer intact after going through the baptism of Evilmoon. The bodies looked pale after being drained by Evilmoon, but they still contained immense faith energy within them.

As they were absorbed into the black soil, just as the Earth Cauldron predicted, all that remained was a pure, sacred energy. However, the Earth Cauldron couldn’t directly absorb it—it had to go through the black soil first.

“You bastard, the Divine Venerate will definitely avenge us!” The Sovereign Lords shouted in fury and despair, but Evilmoon showed no mercy.

Every time they tried to flee, they were cut off and forced back into its deadly web.

Then, it ended.

One of Evilmoon’s scales transformed into a large javelin. With a single strike, it pierced through all five Sovereign Lords, stringing them together. After sucking them dry, the javelin reverted to Evilmoon’s usual form and returned to Long Chen’s back.

Evilmoon still looked the same, but its color was different.

Now, multicolored divine lightning crackled around it. The dragon marks along the blade had taken on a faint blood-red hue. However, it was very faint. Without looking closely, it wasn’t possible to tell.

“Slaughter them! Once the entire blade is blood-red, I’ll reach the peak of this form! Once all 10,8 billion of my split bodies are in their strongest state, I’ll show you what I am made of, hahahaha!” Evilmoon laughed maliciously.

Long Chen’s jaw dropped. Holding Evilmoon, he could sense an incredible power flowing through it. He was sure that it was several times stronger than before.

Furthermore, this was only the start. According to Evilmoon itself, it would be in its strongest state after the entire blade turned blood-red.

However, absorbing the blood souls of five double-body Sovereign Lords had only dyed the blade the faintest red. Just how many more would he have to kill to reach its peak?

But that wasn’t even the most terrifying part. 10,8 billion split bodies? And only one had absorbed the energy of those Sovereign Lords?

Long Chen gulped.

“Don’t just stand there gawking! Get to work!” urged the Earth Cauldron.

“Aiya!”

Only then did Long Chen remember why he was here.

He placed Evilmoon on his back. Having such a powerful divine weapon on his back made him feel much more confident. With multicolored lightning flashing around it, Evilmoon looked very flashy. Long Chen liked that feeling.

He strode toward Lord Brahma’s statue.

Previously, it had stood at the heart of the island. But now, due to the activation of the Heaven Peering Divine Mirror, it had been moved.

BOOM!

Long Chen’s fist knocked off Lord Brahma’s jaw, and massive faith energy gushed out.

The Earth Cauldron immediately appeared and devoured the energy. However, it grumbled irritably.

“Next time, hit it somewhere else. This is disgusting.”

Only then did Long Chen realize the flow of faith energy looked like Lord Brahma was spitting into the Earth Cauldron. It was indeed a strange and unsettling image.

From Evilmoon came a sinister chuckle.

“You’re right. Next time hit Lord Brahma in the crotch—or the ass!”

“That’s enough!” Long Chen was speechless. Evilmoon was truly evil.

Still, the statue contained the purest, most sacred faith energy. After fully devouring it, the Earth Cauldron radiated dazzling light. This was the kind of energy it urgently needed.

No wonder it was so proactive in this matter.

After that, Long Chen looked at his palm. The eye-shaped mark had changed—one of the mirrors had vanished.

“Let’s go to the next one! Quickly!” exclaimed the Earth Cauldron.

Divine light flowed out of the Earth Cauldron and enveloped Long Chen. Together, they vanished once more.