Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

The runes on the Ice Flame Demon Spear blazed fiercely. Each was a Grand Dao rune, carrying power sufficient to annihilate an entire world.

BOOM!

At the critical moment, Long Chen’s Heaven and Earth shields completed their fusion. The Taiji diagram manifested fully.

The shield trembled violently as the spear pressed down upon it, forcing it backward.

Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength gushed out as he maintained the balance of this shield. As it retreated inch by inch, a shocking scene unfolded—countless chains erupted from the shield, anchoring it to both heaven and earth.

As the shield was driven back, the sky and land themselves were torn apart. The chains groaned under the strain, as if stretched to their absolute limit.

These were chains formed from the laws of the world itself.

They were stretched thin as the shield was forced back, yet they did not break.

At last, the Ice Flame Demon Spear reached the limit of its power.

Terrifying cracks spread throughout heaven and earth. The laws of the world crumbled to such an extent that flight became impossible. Everyone could only flee on foot.

“Die!”

A furious roar erupted.

Sensing Yan Wuxin’s aura rapidly fading, the Rock Crystal race’s patriarch charged onto the battlefield.

BOOM!

The patriarch’s heaven-earth law manifestation was a giant covered in crystals. That giant grabbed the Ice Flame Demon Spear and pushed it forward with the full might of a Divine Sovereign.

“Block!” Long Chen shouted.

As Long Chen formed hand seals, the essence runes in his palms flashed.

The Taiji diagram on his shield slowly spun, shaking heaven and earth.

The patriarch’s expression changed in shock. As the Taiji diagram spun, his power was being continuously dispersed into heaven and earth. It felt as though millions of invisible threads were siphoning his strength away.

He roared in fury and tried to pull back the Ice Flame Demon Spear—

Only to discover that the spear had already pierced into the shield and was locked firmly in place.

This fusion of Heaven and Earth multiplies their individual power. To think I never properly studied it... I am truly lucky this time.

This was a surprising gain.

The merger of Heaven and Earth required no technique at all. Long Chen could clearly feel that the power of heaven and earth now moved in accordance with his will.

The patriarch pulled harder, but the shield was rooted into heaven and earth. Unless he could destroy this world, he could not pull the spear out.

At that moment—

A lightning spear appeared silently behind him and pierced straight through his back.

“What?!”

A collective cry of shock rang out across the battlefield.

A graceful young maiden wrapped in lightning slowly emerged, a lightning spear in her grasp.

The patriarch stared blankly at the spear protruding from his chest. The light in his eyes rapidly faded.

He could not comprehend it.

His domain enveloped the entire battlefield. How could someone actually sneak up on him without him being the slightest bit aware?

Lei Linger gave him no time to reflect.

The lightning spear numbed his entire body. Then, with a casual flick of her finger, a lightning arrow pierced the back of his head.

The giant heaven-earth law manifestation crumbled. In its place fell the corpse of a white-haired elder with a ghastly hole in his skull.

This patriarch’s heaven-earth law manifestation was different from others.

For the majority of Divine Sovereigns, the manifestation was merely an external giant form. Their true body resided within, controlling it like a puppet. This method was the most common.

Then, there was Yan Wuxin, who used the manifestation to empower himself, merging with heaven and earth to control the laws of the Great Dao.

But the Rock Crystal race’s patriarch had gone further.

He had used the karmic luck of his race to merge his body with his heaven-earth law manifestation. His body was reinforced by both faith energy and law power, granting him a clear advantage over others of the same realm.

Unfortunately, the one he faced was Long Chen.

Long Chen had miscalculated and used two shields that merged suddenly and unleashed unprecedented power—power that even Long Chen had not expected.

This old fellow was truly unlucky. All the battles had drained his power, and in his rage, he failed to notice the thunderforce permeating the battlefield.

This was a trap laid down during Long Chen and Yan Wuxin’s fight. However, Yan Wuxin’s future self had been so underwhelming that Lei Linger never had the chance to strike.

Instead, the patriarch had walked straight into it.

All his attention had been drawn to Long Chen. He never sensed Lei Linger appearing behind him.

Lei Linger vanished once more. That strike had been delivered by her true body, not a heaven-earth manifestation.

She was unaccustomed to using such enormous forms. If Long Chen had not instructed her to maintain a humanoid shape whenever possible, she would have attacked as a lightning dragon.

The patriarch’s crystalline body crashed to the ground. He still had an expression of disbelief on his face. Even in death, he couldn’t understand how he had died.

The patriarch had died, yet the Ice Flame Demon Spear still struggled violently.

Long Chen snorted. “Get in here!”

Long Chen’s shield suddenly transformed into a giant hand that clutched the Ice Flame Demon Spear. The hand then dragged it into the primal chaos space.

Without the support of the patriarch, the spear could not resist. It had already used up its energy in the previous battle.

Long Chen was smiling. If it had not exhausted itself, beating it would have definitely required a price.

The surviving members of the Rock Crystal race fell into despair.

Their patriarch was dead. Their Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon was gone. All eight of their divine sons had been wiped out. There was no longer any hope for their race.

“Hmph. Golden Horn race, do you want to live?” Long Chen called out, cupping his hands toward the distant battlefield. “If so, send whoever’s in charge over. Let’s have a talk.”