Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

“High Deacon!”

The Wine God Palace’s disciples cried out in grief.

Chi Yutong, Xin Yu, and Yan Li watched in confusion. Zi Nuo was stronger than ever, so they didn’t understand why everyone looked so upset.

One of the disciples said through tears, “The High Deacon... he has activated the double sword divine rune in exchange for supreme divine power. In this one life, he only gets one chance to use it and understand the Wine God’s sword-intent. This means more to us than our own lives...”

Every disciple in the Wine God Palace who trained in the Sword Dao would awaken the double sword divine rune. This was considered the Wine God’s blessing.

The double sword divine rune held a bit of the Wine God’s sword-intent. When activated, this sword-intent would help them.

The rune was their last resort. They would only use it if they had no other choice. That was because it was their only chance to break through after reaching the peak of their Sword Dao.

It was like a Barrier Breaking Pill, but they only got one chance to use it.

It was supposed to be used for comprehension, not battle. By comprehending the Wine God’s sword-intent, they could reach a higher realm.

Losing this chance meant losing their future. For cultivators, it was like a death sentence.

Zi Nuo was the Wine God Palace’s greatest genius and the future High Priest. By using the Wine God’s sword-intent, he had given up his future.

That was why many of his followers were crying. They couldn’t accept that their High Deacon could be stuck at a bottleneck forever.

“How can the heir of the Wine God hide behind someone else? Though I am not talented, I will not lose the dignity of the Wine God. Today, even if I must lose my life, I will cut down this evil dragon!” Zi Nuo shouted, his hair flying into his face.

“Is being a descendant of the Wine God really that great? Back then, I don’t even know how many experts from your Wine God line I killed! I’ll send you to meet them today!”

BOOM!

With an explosive sound, silver wings slammed into the Sword Qi, and the silver dragon was sent tumbling back.

Imbued with the Wine God’s sword-intent, Zi Nuo’s blow contained incredibly profound Sword Dao laws. Even an existence as powerful as the silver dragon dared not look down on him.

Zi Nuo’s sword moved like lightning. He struck over ten times in a row, pushing the silver dragon back.

In response, the dragon used its wings, claws, and tail to block his attacks. Even though it was huge, the dragon wasn’t clumsy at all. It was fast and agile.

“Ah, even after using the Wine God’s sword-intent, the High Deacon still can’t suppress it!” one of the Wine God Palace’s disciples shouted.

They knew that this battle was continuously depleting the Wine God’s sword-intent. It would be used up quickly. If he couldn’t kill the silver dragon before that, all of them would be doomed!

Just as the silver dragon and Zi Nuo were exchanging blows, Long Chen appeared above the silver dragon’s head and stamped his foot down.

BOOM!

Since the silver dragon didn’t dare to be distracted by Zi Nuo, Long Chen’s intervention immediately put it at a disadvantage.

Long Chen instructed, “Brother, don’t use the Wine God’s sword-intent that way. Let go of life and death, victory and defeat, and everything else. Feel the subtle blessing with each slash of your sword. Concentrate on attacking, and I will support you. Trust your life to me!”

“Alright!” Zi Nuo replied.

As he thought back to what the High Priest had told him before leaving, he took a deep breath. Blood-colored runes spun wildly in his eyes.

With a furious shout, Zi Nuo finally got close to the silver dragon. He gripped his sword in both hands and swung it down.

As Zi Nuo focused solely on attacking, each strike caused a faint ripple to appear along the edge of the blade. This sword was unstoppable, shattering the silver dragon’s scales. Its blood sprayed down.

Only now did Zi Nuo realize that the Wine God’s sword-intent was about finding life in the face of death. He had to let go of fear and doubt. He could only understand it by not caring about life or death.

Before this, the silver dragon’s presence had scared him, making him switch between attacking and defending. He had strayed from the Wine God’s Sword Dao.

Now that he trusted Long Chen and focused only on attacking, he finally understood the Wine God’s sword-intent.

Long Chen didn’t slack off. He stayed behind Zi Nuo, blocking all the counterattacks from the silver dragon.

With both of them working together, the silver dragon was pushed back. But even after a while, they still couldn’t defeat it. Its strength didn’t seem to fade at all.

Everyone’s hearts sank. They could see Long Chen and Zi Nuo’s aura starting to flag.

“Brother, you’ve only scratched the surface of the Wine God’s sword-intent! Hurry and understand it!” Long Chen shouted.

Long Chen was getting anxious too. He could feel Zi Nuo’s sword-intent fading.

“Brother Long, please give me some advice!” Zi Nuo replied, having discovered this problem as well.

He could sense a higher level of this sword-intent, but it was too fleeting for him to grasp. He knew that this sword-intent was about to fade away. If he couldn’t understand it now, he probably wouldn’t get another chance in this lifetime.

Long Chen shouted, “You wield two swords! One long, one short; one at the front, one at the back. One sword symbolizes the past, and the other the future. The double swords can cut through the bindings of heaven and earth. They can break the limitations of both the past and the future. Wine is about being in the present, so be unrivaled in the present!”

As Long Chen’s words echoed in Zi Nuo’s mind, the double sword divine rune continuously flashed on his forehead.

Zi Nuo suddenly released a powerful slash that tore through the sky and ground. Blood burst out as one of the silver dragon’s wings was severed.

The silver dragon roared in anger and retreated.

Seeing it cower, Long Chen immediately grabbed the wing and pulled it into the primal chaos space.

Zi Nuo was delighted and shouted, “I did it, I finally comprehended—”

But then, his expression changed. The double sword divine rune slowly faded, and his aura plummeted. He had already hit his limit.

“You’ve comprehended it? Then you can die!” the silver dragon roared, swinging its wing at the two of them like a heavenly blade.

Long Chen pushed Zi Nuo, knocking him away, while he used the rebound force to fly off himself. The dragon wing passed right between them.

Zi Nuo couldn’t fight anymore, and Long Chen’s strength was fading too. Suddenly, the situation turned against them.

Chi Yutong and the others gritted their teeth. Even though they knew they couldn’t beat the silver dragon, they still prepared to join the fight.

“Big Brother Long Chen, let us in...” Huo Linger’s voice rang out.

In truth, Huo Linger, Lei Linger, Jing Jing, and Zhi Zhi were all ready to join the fray. Even Cang Lu was holding the Bloodfiend Halberd.

Long Chen sighed.

The silver dragon was just too strong. He couldn’t beat it alone, so he would have to rely on numbers.

Suddenly, he noticed the green parrot on his shoulder pretending to be dead. Why hadn’t it reacted to the whole battle?

At first, Long Chen thought it was refusing to help on purpose, trying to make him ask for help and owe it a favor.

But all of a sudden, his expression changed.

“No, this damn bird...!”

He was stunned to see that in one corner of the primal chaos space, a small black-and-white stone was slowly floating.

Long Chen realized Green Old Sixth was using this chance to commune with the stone, trying to steal it with some secret art. He had no idea how it could do that. Could its power really reach into the primal chaos space?

Just then, the silver dragon’s tail whipped toward Long Chen.

When Long Chen’s fury seethed, a wicked idea was born in his mind. As the attack came, he moved just enough for the tail to miss his neck and hit the green parrot on his shoulder instead.

BOOM!

Dozens of green feathers went flying.

Green Old Sixth cried out wretchedly and went flying.