Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1720 Spirit Immortal Formation Sect and Gambling Heavenly Dao

chapter 1720 spirit immortal formation sect and gambling heavenly dao

translator: borntobe

dong mingyu was actually able to kill netherpassage experts. even long chen felt incomparably shocked.

even now, although he was strong enough to slap di long in the face repeatedly, that was when di long was caught off guard and had no defense up.

if a netherpassage expert were to use their full strength, then long chen would be sending himself to his death if he fought them. even his chances of getting away alive would be very low. hence, it was absolutely shocking to him that dong mingyu could kill a netherpassage expert.

“you don’t need to be too shocked. dong mingyu can assassinate a netherpassage expert, not kill one. there’s still a difference between them,” said qu jianying.

assassination relied on opportunity, while killing relied on power. however, even in that case, managing to sneak attack a netherpassage expert in control of life and death energy definitely couldn’t be done entirely by luck.

let alone assassinating a netherpassage expert, just holding the slightest hostility toward them as you approached would be instantly sensed by them. assassinating one of them was essentially impossible. however, dong mingyu had done it.

“rumor is that dong mingyu has awakened the killing god’s blood mark, and her assassination arts are unmatched. she is the strongest killer in the history of the bloodkill hall. as you are already classified as a target that she must kill, you absolutely must be careful. an assassin is the most troublesome existence,” warned qu jianying.

long chen nodded but he wasn’t afraid. having fought against the bloodkill hall so much, the nine star hegemon body art had practically memorized their aura. he wasn’t afraid of their assassinations.

however, he definitely had to be careful of this dong mingyu. she was an assassin who did not specialize in group fighting, nor did she specialize in power, yet she still obtained third place. that meant that her one-on-one killing power had to be on an extreme level. otherwise, there was no way she could assassinate a netherpassage expert.

“speaking of which, who did dong mingyu assassinate?” asked long chen curiously.

qu jianying’s expression became odd. “her own master.”

“her master?”

long chen nodded. “i know, not everyone powerful is skilled in group fighting, and not everyone likes standing out. if i had a choice, i also wouldn’t want to take first place.”

from the start, he hadn’t been planning on taking first place. his goal had been for guo ran to have it. however, his plans had been forced to change.

many people were definitely thinking like him, so the devil slaughter rankings could not be used to say that those were the strongest geniuses of this world. at most, it could be used as a rough reference.

“ah, i almost forgot, you should also take note of that hu feng and xia chen. i’ve investigated xia chen, and he should be the heir to the spirit immortal formation sect from ancient times. this sect had essentially vanished for tens of thousands of years, but now it has reappeared. rumor is that the spirit immortal formation sect has no actual combat power, so they don’t like to reveal themselves. however, once they establish a formation, it is capable of overturning the land and sea. even peak experts, no matter how high their cultivation base or combat power, will end up dying if they fall into their formation.

“as for hu feng, he’s also a marvel. he should be the one to inherit the legendary gambling heavenly dao. the heirs of the gambling heavenly dao all have a strange nickname, the ‘fifty-fifties’.”

“the fifty-fifties?” long chen didn’t understand what that meant.

li tianxuan was the one who explained, “it seems the great era has truly started to descend if even the gambling heavenly dao’s heir has appeared. the gambling heavenly dao’s heirs live off gambling. it’s a very strange sect. it is said that they do not cultivate magical arts or spiritual yuan. instead, they cultivate luck. it’s an ancient sect, one that was mysterious even in the ancient era. there are very few recordings of them. in each generation, there will only be one heir, and there is no need for a master and apprentice to pass down the inheritance. sometimes, a new heir will appear after a few hundred years, and sometimes there might be no news of them even after thousands of years. however, one thing is certain. that is that all the gambling heavenly dao’s heirs have heaven-defying luck, and it is very difficult for them to be killed by someone. when they encounter an opponent, no matter how high that opponent’s cultivation base, no matter how strong they are, they will always have a fifty percent chance of winning.”

“but... why does that sound so completely unreliable?” long chen couldn’t believe it. “if this hu feng encountered a netherpassage expert at the sea expansion realm, he would still have a fifty percent chance of winning?”

“yes. this is the power of the gambling heavenly dao. even if hu feng was just at the xiantian realm, he would still have a fifty percent chance of winning. however, due to their heaven-defying luck, it’s almost impossible for them to encounter enemies that are stronger than them. that’s the only reason this strange nickname of fifty-fifties appeared. even in the entire cultivation world, only the gambling heavenly dao’s heirs have such heaven-defying abilities. long chen, there are all kinds of marvels in this world. with the great era silently descending, sects that belonged only in legends have started to awaken. all kinds of monsters are being born. you cannot be overconfident.”

“that’s correct. even the heirs of the spirit immortal formation sect and gambling heavenly dao have appeared. more monsters like them will appear. this is an era of marvels, as well as an era of blood. no one knows who will be the one to walk to the peak of the martial path and dominate this era,” added qu jianying.

“i understand.”

for some reason, long chen didn’t feel any pressure. instead, he felt a grand feeling. this era was growing more and more interesting.

qu jianying said a few more words before leaving. she had too many things to handle, and that made long chen sigh. if she was so busy, how did she have time to cultivate?

“reporting to the xuan master, a man calling himself xia chen had come asking to see senior apprentice-brother long chen.”