Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1749 Crisis of the Devil Slaughter Rankings

chapter 1749 crisis of the devil slaughter rankings

translator: borntobe

when long chen returned to the xuantian dao sect, he saw that the sect had been rebuilt. all the damage done by the corrupt path’s sneak attack had been repaired.

furthermore, the current xuantian dao sect gave long chen a strange feeling. it was like it was a slumbering beast that could unleash terrifying power if awakened.

“senior apprentice-brother long chen!”

as soon as long chen arrived, the disciples guarding the gates bowed reverently.

long chen greeted those disciples and was just about to go to crouching dragon mountain when li tianxuan’s voice rang out in his head. he wanted long chen to first go see him.

“you little fellow, how did you do this?” li tianxuan immediately pelted long chen with questions when he arrived.

“what are you talking about?” asked long chen.

“don’t act dumb, when i went to the ancient races to save you, everything was already over. what i want to know is, how were you able to heavily injure a netherpassage expert?” demanded li tianxuan. even with his intelligence, he was unable to comprehend how long chen had been able to half destroy the ancient races in the face of a netherpassage expert.

the news that long chen had slain xiang yunfei’s clone in the eastern xuan city and was being hunted down by a netherpassage expert had quickly reached li tianxuan. at that time, he had been extremely worried for long chen.

although li tianxuan knew that long chen was a heaven-defier and wouldn’t die at the hands of another person, there were no absolutes in this world. who could guarantee that the heavenly daos wouldn’t use the hands of others to kill him?

by the time he received this news, long chen had already been being chased for a while. to catch up to them was not possible. so after thinking about it, li tianxuan had decided to bring the xuantian tower directly to the ancient races.

when the patriarch asked him why he was confident in going to the ancient races, li tianxuan explanation was the following: long chen could not defeat a netherpassage expert, so he had only two options. one was to return to the xuantian dao sect, leaving that expert unable to do anything to him.

the more brazen option was to go to the ancient races’ home and make it so the netherpassage expert had to be worried about hitting his own people. then, it would be easier for long chen to survive and cause trouble there.

the first option was the safest, but li tianxuan was profoundly aware of long chen’s character. with his temper, he would definitely make sure to launch a vicious counterattack on whoever was hunting him.

so li tianxuan had been confident that long chen would go to the territory of the ancient races and make a huge ruckus. that netherpassage expert would be forced to hold back, giving them time to go save him.

li tianxuan’s intelligence had accurately predicted long chen’s thoughts and actions. the only area his prediction had failed was the conclusion of the events. that was because the conclusion was absolutely outrageous.

“no. the devil slaughter divine tablet was created by a sovereign and is connected to the heavenly daos. it can overlook this entire world. even how many devil creatures you killed in the devil abyss was accurately kept tracked by it. who could possibly trick it? the reason they’re making so much fuss is to control public opinion. according to legends, when over half the people, or more accurately, when over half of the experts qualified to fight for the devil slaughter rankings disagree with your rankings, your name will be removed from the devil slaughter rankings,” said li tianxuan somewhat solemnly.

“what the fuck, there’s such a thing? then aren’t i definitely doomed?” long chen was speechless. what kind of crap was that? wasn’t that the real cheating?

pill valley, the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the xuan beasts, they all hated him. besides, who knew how many people in the righteous path wanted him dead. let alone half, probably over eighty percent of the experts on the continent hated him.

these experts had to have reached the level of power allowing them to compete for the devil slaughter rankings. in other words, they had to have reached the soul transformation realm.

it had to be known that such elite experts were all under the control of the various large powers. what made long chen most speechless was that the devil slaughter divine tablet counted the votes of all the intelligent lifeforms on the continent. in other words, even the corrupt path’s voice was counted. would the corrupt path support him? long chen almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“don’t be so dejected. perhaps things will take a turn for the better when the time comes. furthermore, no matter what, you’ve at least made your name famous,” comforted li tianxuan.

this attempt at comfort was weak and feeble. however, it was the result of helplessness. long chen had too many enemies. at this time, they would definitely be against him.

“whatever, i’m already used to my bad luck. however, that little fellow guo ran will probably cry. he was looking forward to the reward. he was planning on relying on that to reach the pinnacle of his life,” said long chen helplessly. most likely, this would be quite a blow to guo ran.

his will was too weak. he probably wouldn’t be able to endure such a blow.

“whatever, he can handle it. as for me, i can’t live off luck. its power is the most unreliable. according to what you said, there’s another reward other than karmic luck...? actually, i don't want to know, in any case, it has nothing to do with me,” said long chen irritably.

although long chen said that he didn’t care, he couldn’t possibly not care. he had clearly won his ranking through his power, but others could make it not count with just a word. he really had an urge to kill.

“don’t be too dejected. the alliance head has been constantly on the move during this time. she has a great deal of influence amongst the senior generation, so she’ll help you think of something,” said li tianxuan.

“you can tell the alliance head that she doesn’t have to waste the effort. my bad luck is heaven-defying, so there’s no point,” sighed long chen.

long chen was very grateful to this fiery-tempered senior who treated him so incredibly well. that was why he didn’t want her to spend so much effort for him. it would be a blow to her when things inevitably failed.

“man proposes, but god disposes. sometimes you still have to make an effort, even if you think it’s useless. every little bit of effort is an increase in the odds of success. what if the one-in-ten-thousand chance actually happens?”

“hahaha, this one-in-ten-thousand chance was well said,” laughed long chen. that was exactly what he was thinking. his chances were really far below one percent.

saying goodbye to li tianxuan and the patriarch, long chen returned to crouching dragon mountain. luck was the least dependable thing. raising power was more important. that was what was worth depending on.