Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

When that drop of blood from Long Can fell on the Jiuli Tower, the entire tower shuddered violently, and as the elders infused power into it, the tremors only intensified.

“Dad, what’s going on?” asked Long Chen.

Long Zhantian’s voice rang out in Long Chen’s mind. “Those elders have been blessed with the Jiuli Tower’s core energy. Now they are using that bit of energy as a key to seize control of the Jiuli Tower. As for that drop of blood from Long Can, it also possesses some of the source energy of the Jiuli Tower. This stems from the primal chaos era. Most likely when the Jiuli Tower was destroyed in the primal chaos war, some of its lost source energy was seized by Lord Brahma. Now Long Can is using it to try and take control over the Jiuli Tower, and these elders are supporting her.”

Long Chen couldn’t help finding it laughable. Jiang Li had been trying to borrow Brahma’s blade to kill him, but as it turned out, the borrowed blade was first pointed at Jiang Li himself! Although Long Can was stupid, she was not that stupid. She hated Long Chen, but she also knew what her duty was. More importantly, fulfilling her duty would also let her fulfill her revenge.

The entire Jiuli Divine Realm was locked down by the Brahma line’s experts. The grand formation was complete. Unless they could break this formation, no one could escape. Thus, Long Can’s first priority was seizing the Jiuli Tower. She knew that taking control of the Jiuli Tower would give her complete control of everything here. Long Chen would be a bird caught in a cage; she could deal with him as she pleased.

The Jiuli Tower flashed chaotically. The top portion was not reacting at all, but the other pieces were shaking. Two opposing forces raged within them.

The Jiuli race’s experts were completely dumbfounded. Was this part of the plan? It doesn’t seem like it...

According to what they knew, they were supposed to have some cannon fodder try to stop them. But now it was a clash of the peak experts. How were they supposed to use cannon fodder? Even the core elders of the Jiuli race had just betrayed them, and their subordinates even suspected that this was part of Jiang Li’s plan. Or was it someone else’s plan?

“Damn, kill these traitors!” roared Jiang Li. He slammed his hand together. Divine light erupted out of him, and a projection of the Jiuli Tower appeared behind him.

He was unleashing all his power to fight back and regain control over the Jiuli Tower. By this point, anything else had become utterly irrelevant; he knew that he could not allow Long Can to go through with her plan.

“Fool, it’s far too late!” Long Can sneered and formed a one-handed seal. A projection of the Jiuli Tower appeared behind her as well.

The Jiuli Tower was practically being pulled apart, like a cart with two oxen pulling in opposite directions. Not even a primal chaos item could handle two masters; as two wills wrestled for dominance within it, the Jiuli Tower trembled, seemingly close to snapping at the seams. The Jiuli Divine Realm’s karmic luck gushed out wildly, and the laws of the world grew unstable.

Suddenly, a ray of Sword Qi struck those traitorous Elders, only to be shattered by some unmatched power.

“They are being protected by the laws of the Jiuli Tower!” Long Yan’s and the others’ expressions completely changed. Clearly, the other side had come prepared. If things continued like this, nothing good awaited them.

“Sacrifice your bloodline power to help the realm lord control the Jiuli Tower!” shouted Long Yan.

All the elders that had been blessed by the Jiuli Tower immediately began offering up their power. With their addition, the scales that had been tilting towards Long Can once more tilted towards Jiang Li.

Just then, Long Can’s icy voice rang out, causing the Jilui race’s experts’ expressions to turn ugly. “Ye Boran, I must obtain the Jiuli Tower. You pick whether you’re going to be a side show or a main character!”

Ye Boran had once been in control of a portion of the Jiuli Tower. Although that authority had been taken by Jiang Li, he naturally had much greater affinity with the Jiuli Tower compared to an average Elder. If he were to switch sides at this time, it would definitely shatter the balance between the two sides.

Jiang Li roared, “Ye Boran, you dare to betray the Jiuli race?!”

Ye Boran was silent. A war was raging inside him, and for good reason. Neither Long Can nor Jiang Li were good people—not only were their characters trash as a whole, but they were both as stubborn as mules. And right now, he was stuck between them. If he picked the wrong side, his ending would definitely be miserable.

Sadly, not taking any side was not an option. He had to choose, and he had to choose now.

“Ugh, fine!”

Ye Boran sighed and flicked his finger. A drop of blood flew out and ultimately fell on Long Can’s side.

“Damn you, Ye Boran!”

Seeing that Ye Boran had chosen to betray them, Jiang Li, Long Yan, and the others cursed him furiously. As for Long Can, she seemed to take this in stride, as if everything was within her expectations. With Ye Boran’s addition, the scales of victory once more tilted towards her.

But just as she was feeling good about her chances, two more drops of essence blood flew onto the Jiuli Tower. The Jiuli Tower shuddered, and it suddenly stopped siding towards Long Can.

Jiang Li was delighted at the sight, only to realized the two drops of blood had come from Jiang Yue’e and Feng Fei. The two of them had advanced with Long Chen and had absorbed a great deal of the Jiuli Tower’s core energy, so even though they were not elders, they were definitely qualified to join in this battle.

That immediately made Jiang Li think of Long Chen. But the moment he turned around, intending to ask Long Chen for aid, he almost spat out blood. At some point, Long Chen had taken out a rocking seat and was leaning back like a grandpa on vacation!

You little bastard, why the hell are you sitting there like you’re watching a good show?!

“Long Chen, you are a disciple of the Jiuli race! You’ve absorbed so much of the Jiuli Tower’s core energy! If you don’t plan on standing up for the Jiuli race now, what are you waiting for?!” roared Jiang Li.

Long Chen rocked back and forth. He closed his eyes and relaxed, not even looking at Jiang Li.

There was no need for Long Chen to say anything. Long Can said, “Do you take Long Chen for a fool? You want to force him to act out of the goodness of his heart? If he could really be baited like that, he wouldn’t be Long Chen. And you wanted to use me to kill him and take over the divine capital? Please! Don’t you know he’s vicious and ruthless even to his own kin? Forget about help, you should be grateful that he doesn’t kick you when you’re down!”

After all their encounters, it seemed that Long Can had truly come to understand Long Chen’s character.

Jiang Li roared, “Long Chen, even if it isn’t for the Jiuli race, what about your own life?! The Jiuli Divine Realm is locked down and you can’t escape! Once Long Can takes over the Jiuli Tower, the first one she will kill is you!”

Long Chen didn’t raise his head. He didn’t even open an eye, in fact, and just continued relaxing. “See, that’s where you’re wrong. The first person she will kill is you. I’m second on the list.”

“You little...”

First, second, what the fuck is the difference?!

Long Can casually interjected, “Actually, you’re also wrong. I am not the one who will kill you!”

As if on cue, space twisted. An army of black figures appeared in the sky, and the sound of a zither made the world rumble. A sinister voice pierced people’s ears like a needle.

“Long Chen, I bet you didn’t think that we’d meet again!”