Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

When the mutated dragon lizard looked at Long Chen, a burst of divine will exploded in the air.

“Long Chen!”

Long Chen was taken aback. Had this dragon lizard gained intelligence? Did it actually recognize him?

Suddenly, Long Chen remembered the blood sphere the creature had been refining and asked, “So, you devoured their flesh, souls, and memories. I’m guessing you refined their blood to gain their divine abilities, right?

“You think you’re powerful? I don’t buy it!” Long Chen exclaimed.

The mutated dragon lizard watched Long Chen closely. Its body tensed, and its tail twitched, making the air around them ripple.

A powerful pressure exploded from the creature, instantly filling the area.

It could communicate through divine will, but only in simple ideas. Real conversation was beyond it.

The dragon lizard attacked without warning. Its scales glowed as strange runes lit up. Its true strength was revealed: it was at the peak of the Divine Emperor level.

It had nearly reached the great circle of the Divine Emperor realm and was starting to form an essence rune. Moreover, its law power was condensed to a terrifying degree, and it had already created its own domain.

BOOM!

It opened its mouth, forming a blood-red sword that shot straight at Long Chen.

A ☷ essence rune appeared on Long Chen’s forehead. He raised his hand and summoned the Heaven Blocking Shield, but the sword pierced through it right away.

The dragon lizard didn’t just have strong law power. It had stolen this technique from humans. By combining its law power with human divine abilities, it created an attack that was incredibly sharp.

Luckily, Long Chen hadn’t expected the Heaven Blocking Shield to stop the attack. He twisted his body and, using the shield as cover, dodged easily.

The fierce attack made Long Chen’s blood boil.

Long Chen shouted, “Let’s see how strong you really are!”

Long Chen was surprised that even the lizard’s first attack made him feel real danger. Facing such a strong opponent was a rare chance.

Since they were far from the Flame God Sect, Long Chen didn’t have to worry about causing damage nearby. He could fight without holding back.

In a flash, Long Chen landed on the dragon lizard’s head. But its tail lashed out at him immediately, showing just how fast it could react.

BOOM!

The spot where Long Chen had stood exploded, but he had already dodged to the left and struck at its throat with his palm.

“Violet blood Infinity-One—God Slaying Cross!”

The dragon lizard shuddered from the blow, and Long Chen was knocked backward.

“Interesting. Its scales have runes that redirect 30% of my power and absorb another 30%. The rest couldn’t even get through its defenses,” Long Chen muttered, his eyes lit up.

This dragon was unbelievably strong. Long Chen hadn’t aimed for a weak spot because he didn’t want to end the fight too soon, but now he realized he didn’t need to worry too much.

“Human race... ant...”

This attack had successfully provoked the mutated dragon lizard. As it roared, all its scales suddenly lit up.

Runes gathered on its scales, forming a sharp sword that shot at Long Chen.

Long Chen used the Star Cloud Steps to dodge. After seven quick steps, the sword tore apart everything in his path, but it still couldn’t touch him.

The dragon lizard roared in anger and slammed its claws into the ground. The earth exploded, sending four pillars of light into the sky.

“It knows how to use formations?” Long Chen asked, surprised.

Still, he e quickly moved to one of the pillars and struck it with his palm.

The pillar of light shattered, and the other three pillars collapsed simultaneously.

This was another divine ability the lizard had stolen from humans. But since it lacked a human body, hand seals, or mantras, it couldn’t use the ability as effectively.

It was a little slower than a human using the same ability, and even a small delay could be deadly. That was why demon experts preferred their own abilities, unless they changed into human form to use human techniques.

Even though taking human form limited their demon bloodline power, it let them use divine abilities faster and more smoothly.

On the other hand, in demonic beast form, they could use more power, but the longer casting time made it easy for others to interrupt or even kill them.

So, even though many demonic beasts cursed about the Star Master creating the Human Emperor realm, deep down, they had to admit it was great to use divine abilities faster and with more variety.

BOOM!

Long Chen kicked the lizard in the stomach. It didn’t break through its defenses, but the lizard howled in pain.

A blood-red moon blade sliced through the air. Long Chen quickly dodged to the side, and the attack barely missed him.

The blade disappeared into the darkness, destroying countless mountains along the way.

“You really are tricky. You used human divine abilities to make me think you were slow, but you also have innate divine abilities you can use instantly. If I hadn’t reacted fast enough, I’d be dead,” Long Chen said with a blank face.

In fact, Long Chen had been on guard for such a thing. After all, the mutated lizard was created from two sets of laws. Without its own divine abilities, it would have died to those laws or been eaten by other mutated beasts.

Long Chen fought the dragon lizard for hours using his violet blood. When that power ran out, he switched to his Supreme Blood.

His Supreme Blood lasted a few more hours before it was used up. Then he switched to his dragon blood.

When Long Chen used the Sovereign King Dragon Blood, the dragon lizard finally showed fear. He could feel that it was being suppressed.

Now, the lizard sensed danger to its life. When Long Chen’s violet blood ran out, the lizard still had 70% of its energy left. Just as it thought it could win, Long Chen switched to his Supreme Blood.

It quickly forced Long Chen to use up his Supreme Blood, but it ended up with less than 40% of its own energy left. Even with its huge reserves, it was starting to feel threatened.

Still, it kept fighting, hoping to kill Long Chen. But as soon as Long Chen’s Supreme Blood ran out and he used his dragon blood, the lizard wanted to escape.

However, Long Chen wasn’t about to let it escape now. The lizard was slower than him and running out of energy. With the Sovereign King Dragon Crown suppressing all lifeforms related to the dragon race, the fight ended in just an incense stick’s time.

“Mutated lifeforms have huge energy reserves, more than a hundred times what others in the same realm have. With their strong bodies and natural law runes, they’re almost unbeatable. What a headache!” Long Chen sighed.

If Long Chen had been willing to go all out, he could have killed it in a few moves. But he wanted to test its strength first.

These mutated lifeforms did have weaknesses. Their energy was impure, their abilities had flaws, their control was weak, and they weren’t very smart. But over time, these problems would disappear, and then they’d be truly terrifying.

Long Chen also believed that in this harsh world where the strong preyed on the weak, some heaven-defying mutants would eventually rise to the very top.

The dragon lizard lay unconscious on the ground when a bolt of black light shot into its stomach.

All of a sudden, a sinister laugh echoed like thunder, shaking the world. The already dark land seemed to grow even darker.

“Hahaha! I, Evilmoon, am finally out of seclusion!”

The dragon lizard was lying on the ground, unconscious, when a bolt of black light pierced its stomach.

“Hahaha! I, Evilmoon, am finally out of seclusion!”

An insidious laughter rang out like thunder, shaking all of heaven and earth. This pitch-black world suddenly seemed to become even darker.