Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 229 Helping Increase Strength

chapter 229 helping increase strength

translator: borntobe

following the announcement of that news, the entire monastery’s atmosphere became extremely heavy. all the disciples felt pressure from the imminent future.

at this time, long chen had gathered all five of the heaven earth alliance’s core disciples together.

for the core disciples, just thinking about such a fight would make their blood boil.

but not all people had such confidence.

although most people were eagerly getting ready, there were some who were filled with fear. that shadow left in their hearts from the final part of the disciple trial had yet to fade even now. the miserable scene of those who had failed still replayed over and over in their minds.

“long chen, what should we be doing now?” asked song mingyuan.

although long chen wasn’t a core disciple, they would follow him, supporting whatever long chen decided.

“currently the monastery is providing so many benefits to increase everyone’s strength.

“the monastery plans to send all us disciples to the border of the corrupt path’s territory three months from now. then we are to hunt the corrupt path disciples, exchanging their heads for large amounts of points.

“this trial is a true life and death trial. it is no longer a game. there are no rules. the one thing you must do is keep yourself alive.

“that’s because the corrupt path’s experts are vicious and sinister, with an unending number of tricks. to them, killing others is nothing out of the ordinary.

“compared to them, the disciples from the monastery are just greenhouse flowers and will definitely end up suffering a disadvantage!” long chen was slightly worried.

back when he had tricked gui sha into teaching him some of his techniques, he had learned that the majority of the corrupt path’s battle skills were cruel and insidious to a terrifying point.

almost all their battle skills required them to kill others in order to gain a higher level of mastery. they would need to take other people’s lives in order to establish their own foundation. that was truly chilling.

in comparison, the monastery’s disciples were more proficient in making tiny little schemes and scuffles.

once they encountered the corrupt path’s disciples and their insidious means, long chen estimated that quite a few people would end up wetting their pants in fear.

that wasn’t the disciples’ fault. they were like that simply because their families’ grooming had raised them like that. these were the so-called ‘geniuses’ from their family.

but putting it bluntly, they might be able to get full marks on theory and little competitions, but in a life and death fight, they would be doomed.

so it could be said that talent was both useful and useless. that was also why cang ming scolded ling yun-zi, saying that the monastery’s disciples were just whetstones to hone the corrupt path’s disciples.

although it wasn’t pleasant to hear, it was simply the truth. otherwise, the righteous path would not have been suppressed by the corrupt path for so many years. the instigator of all the righteous and corrupt battles were always them, while they only passively defended.

this time it seemed cang ming had struck a chord in ling yun-zi’s heart, and he was preparing to completely change this conservative strategy.

“that’s just a fact. quite a few people’s expressions sunk when they heard this news. they still haven’t recovered from the impact of the disciple trial,” nodded ye zhiqiu.

back when people had first heard this news, there had been quite a few people who had mocked those people for being cowards. ye zhiqiu had harshly berated them. although she knew those people were joking, this kind of joke wasn’t appropriate.

sweat dripped down their neck and their hair stood on end. this current long chen was practically a demon king.

they could tell long chen was being serious. if they couldn’t stop him, they would die.

“let’s go.”

long chen got up. the five of them didn’t say a word as they followed behind him. they left the monastery and arrived at a valley. long chen faced off against song mingyuan, li qi, and luo cang.

“think about this for a moment. the people beside you could be your family, your parents, your lover. they could be the most precious existence to you. but treat me as a cruel killer of the corrupt path. if someone goes to mercilessly cut down those closest to you, how will you feel? okay, let’s begin!”

long chen directly sent his bone blade stabbing towards the still stupefied song mingyuan. he was like a bolt of lightning, going directly for song mingyuan’s throat. at the very start, he already aimed for the vitals.

song mingyuan was horrified. by the time he realized what was going on, long chen’s bone blade had already reached his throat, and it was already too late to dodge.

long chen’s bone blade possessed a mountain-splitting, ocean-overturning strength. song mingyuan could practically already see the scene of his throat being pierced.

boom!

the instant that bone blade was the about to pierce through song mingyuan’s throat, luo cang’s staff struck out, smashing aside long chen’s bone blade.

although the bone blade was missed, that earth-shattering power still exploded out, sending the two of them flying.

tang wan-er and ye zhiqiu almost both cried out. long chen didn’t have any misgivings. if it weren’t for luo cang, song mingyuan would already have become a dead man!

“long chen’s really planning on killing them?”

“for the first attack, i purposely kept it a bit slower. next time i won’t. maybe if i change faces you’ll realize this is no game.”

long chen put on a sinister mask. it looked like a malicious devil, and with that on his face, he once more charged forward with his bone blade, this time at li qi.

li qi roared and slashed his saber onto long chen’s bone blade. but long chen’s strength was too terrifying, and he directly vomited blood and was sent flying.

but as he shot through the air, long chen followed with him. his bone blade slashed down on his throat.

“li qi!”

luo cang and song mingyuan roared. li qi was powerless to resist this next attack. if that bone blade reached him, he would definitely die.

the two of them ignored their own injuries. it was already too late for them to reach li qi at that point. the two of them stabbed their weapons straight towards long chen.

long chen coldly snorted and waved his bone blade, knocking away their two weapons. the two of them received a heavy impact and once more vomited blood.

long chen’s bone blade was like the grim reaper’s sickle, slashing down on the two of their necks. his speed was so fast that neither of them could dodge.

“go to hell!” li qi roared and charged at long chen. he was actually weaponless still, and grabbing onto long chen’s arm, he bit down hard.

long chen didn’t continue attacking. taking off his mask, he looked at the crazy li qi who was still biting on his arm and smiled.

“congratulations on awakening your ancestral marks.”