Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

An uproar erupted. Feng Xinglie was practically a pile of sludge right now. His aura was in chaos. The backlash of the Grand Dao power was making him convulse uncontrollably. A casual blow from Long Chen would instantly kill him. But Long Chen’s final and tenth move... was to spit on him.

For some reason, Long Chen didn’t want to kill Feng Xinglie. Perhaps it was that he completely disdained killing someone like him. The humiliation, however...

Spit dripped down Feng Xinglie’s face. He was raging inside, and his body was shaking violently, but he couldn’t even stand in his current state. Due to how badly he had gone over his limits, he wasn’t even able to control his body any longer.

“Long Chen...”

Feng Xinglie gnashed his teeth. He had never suffered such humiliation before.

“You get what you give. When you came to the academy under the banner of justice for the Immortal Ascension Gate and injured my wife, you should have expected this result.” Long Chen looked down at Feng Xinglie from the sky, his eight gates and stars blazing with light. “Today’s battle severs the karma from the last battle. Our grudge is settled. Of course, if you don’t like how it ended, you can challenge me again. Well, if you do that, then you’ll have to bear the karma!”

Long Chen looked around. The Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect’s elite disciples were clenching their fists, but not one of them dared to say a word. Their strongest genius had just been slapped into an amorphous mass of flesh. They didn’t want to accept this result, but they had no choice in the matter.

Long Chen’s gaze paused at a few places as he looked around. He smiled mockingly. Starlight flashed, and he returned to the battleship. The battleship rumbled and then tore through space, vanishing without a trace.

Everyone left stared at each other. The battle had ended, just like this? Yes, it had definitely been a marvelous display of power, worthy of being called a battle of the peak. However, they couldn’t help feeling like it was odd. Feng Xinglie had been defeated, and he could have just as well been killed. Why was it that none of the higher-ups of the Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect had made an appearance? In fact, Feng Xinglie’s master also hadn’t said a word. What was going on? Were they just going to let Long Chen leave like this? What about the face of the sect?

That said, considering that the palace master was backing Long Chen, in addition to the sweeping elder, what could Qi Yunao do even if he made an appearance? If he did show up and chose to take action against Long Chen personally, he would only lose more face.

Long Chen’s departure left a ravaged battlefield. The Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect’s disciples carried the injured Feng Xinglie back inside, and the spectators wisely chose to leave as well. They knew that every single member of the Heaven’s Peer Dao Sect had to be outraged. It was not wise to stay here any longer.

Due to how many people had been present this time, news of the battle spread incredibly fast. Long Chen’s name once more resounded throughout the world, and the title of the number one genius of the human race grew even louder. With every challenge he faced, his reputation consolidated even more. As a result, Long Chen became an idol amongst countless heavenly geniuses of the human race.

However, not all challenges were honorable...

...

The battleship tore through space, and somewhere inside, an interesting conversation was taking place.

“You didn’t kill him? That’s not your style. Or does this mean that you’ve matured and you know how to control yourself now? That’d really shock me,” commented Zi Yan casually.

Long Chen, Zi Yan, and Miao Yin were sitting in a room, drinking tea. Zi Yan was feeling curious. She knew Long Chen all too well, and she knew there was no way he would just let someone like Feng Xinglie off. At the very least, some crippling had been in order, yet Long Chen had refrained from that as well. It was entirely unlike him.

Long Chen smiled. “WelI, I was planning on killing him. After all, this fellow will definitely cause trouble as long as he’s alive. But on the ninth move, I discovered something!”

“Oh? What is it?” Zi Yan and Miao Yin’s curiosity was piqued.

Long Chen’s expression grew serious. “Well, for one, I did say that Feng Xinglie’s Grand Dao seed is not properly condensed and he seems to be a failed experiment, right?”

“You mean that Qi Yunao wanted to use you to get rid of a failure?” asked Miao Yin.

Long Chen nodded. “Yes, but that’s only what I saw on the surface. What I felt when I struck him was something else, a strange power within Feng Xinglie’s Dantian. Even though I probed pretty deeply, I couldn’t figure out what it was. But I suspect that if I’d killed Feng Xinglie, it would have invoked some kind of strange karma. It didn’t seem to be fatal, or at least I didn’t get that kind of feeling, but whatever it is must be troublesome to deal with. If I’d killed Feng Xinglie, I would have fallen for Qi Yunao’s trap.”

This analysis left Miao Yin at a loss for words. Qi Yunao was truly a wily old fox. His schemes came one after another!

Zi Yan sank into thought. “We are experts of the new era, so we have a natural advantage in this regard. When we reach the late stage of the Sovereign Lord realm, we are able to start sensing the Grand Dao and start using its power. But Feng Xinglie’s Grand Dao power seemed to be slightly off. I didn’t notice at first, but it actually doesn’t match the world’s laws. That’s the real reason he couldn’t control it properly.”

Zi Yan, Long Chen, and Miao Yin had all failed to condense that legendary Grand Dao seed after reaching the late stage. So it was actually rather strange that someone like Feng Xinglie had one. At the same time, there seemed to be a slight rejection between it and the Grand Dao. It was hard to explain. But now, Zi Yan understood. This rejection was because Feng Xinglie was a failed product.

Long Chen said, “Feng Xinglie’s Grand Dao seed must have been condensed through some really unusual means. Even now, I do not understand how he did it. That’s why when I used the Star Cloud Hand, I shook his Dantian and secretly sent in a bit of my violet blood.”

Zi Yan and Miao Yin were startled. They stared at him in disbelief.

Long Chen explained, “I think that this bit of my violet blood energy can help him go from a failed experiment to a successful one, and I, on my part, wish him the best of luck! If he does succeed, I will be able to see exactly what Qi Yunao did! And since you asked, that is why I spared his life. I’m really curious to see if Qi Yunao is able to tell what I did.”

Miao Yin looked at Long Chen and sighed inside. Long Chen or Qi Yunao were both absolutely terrifying. When she compared herself to him, she felt like an inexperienced teenager.

...

“Oh? He actually profited from this defeat and took the chance to mutate!”

Qi Yunao stared at the unconscious Feng Xinglie with some surprise.

“Well, now what? The Samsara Curse planted in Feng Xinglie’s Dao-seed has already awakened thanks to the Heaven’s Peer Dao Scripture!”

A figure appeared behind Qi Yunao, the same one that had appeared before. The voice was clearly that of a young man, and this young man didn’t sound as if he had much respect for Feng Xinglie.

“First, the Samsara Curse must be sealed. I want to see if his Dao seed can be reborn!” said Qi Yunao after a moment.

“But even if he does awaken his Dao seed, he won’t live for long. Don’t you think throwing away a pawn like this is a bit regretful?” asked the newcomer.

“There’s nothing to regret. As long as he awakens it, he’ll have a chance to plant the Samsara Curse on Long Chen. That is his mission, and his fate!”

Qi Yunao stared at Feng Xinglie without the slightest emotion in his eyes. He didn’t seem at all like the caring master he’d made himself to be.

“But if he wakes up, he’ll be a mutated seed...”

Qi Yunao’s gaze darkened. “Take note of your status. You are not allowed to question my decisions. My position will not necessarily be passed down to you!”

The newcomer shivered and hastily bowed.

“Understood, Father!”

He grabbed the unconscious Feng Xinglie and carried him out of the room.