Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 813 Nine Stars Accompanying a Moon

chapter 813 nine stars accompanying a moon

translator: borntobe

long chen was like a bolt of lightning streaking past mountains. at this point, the wind had reached the level that even he couldn’t keep his eyes open.

his entire body was covered in thunderforce. he didn’t need wings right now and just directly shot forward. there were over a hundred lightning whirlpools activated that were pulling him in one direction. long chen had never experienced this kind of speed before.

he suddenly paused atop a high mountain. here, he could see everything around him.

“amazing, truly amazing.” long chen excitedly clenched his fists. he had already reached an initial control over the lightning body blink. he found that it was practically specially tailored for him.

normally, movement arts were only useful in either battle or long-distance travel. but long chen found that the lightning body blink was an exception. once all the lightning whirlpools were activated in one direction, his speed was beyond belief.

however, this was only an initial mastery as he was still gradually accustoming himself to it. but he trusted that he would be able to use it in battle soon.

“huang junmo, just wait. it’s not so easy to take my things.”

with the lightning body blink, long chen was no longer worried about huang junmo’s ghost-like movement art. when he encountered him again, he could have a real battle.

in the last battle, neither of them had truly used their full power. if they fought a life and death battle, it would be hard to say who would be the victor. but long chen didn’t feel any fear. this enmity had to be avenged. that time had truly been too stifling. he had never suffered such a loss before.

standing at the peak of the mountain, long chen looked around. he noticed a large but faint x in the ground. without intentionally looking for it from above, it was essentially impossible to notice.

this was the trial the xiao tribe had been in charge of guarding back then: demon devil cave. the name sounded extremely terrifying, but the old tribe leader said that this was one of exceedingly few trials in the immemorial path that didn’t pose any danger. even if he failed the trial, he would be able to live.

this trial had fortunately survived the destruction of the immemorial path. the xiao tribe had hidden the entrance to it. without their map as well as the large x marking, it would be impossible to find it.

after the danger on insect island, long chen had decided to first take advantage of this place to see if he could gain some opportunity to increase his strength.

although he had reached the tenth heavenstage of xiantian, there were still three levels until sea expansion. as for xue you, huang junmo, and the others, they had already reached the peak of xiantian. they could already touch the barrier, or their auras wouldn’t be so strong.

they might reach half-step sea expansion at any time. furthermore, long chen had found that those like xue you and huang junmo who were innate rank three celestials were now capable of suppressing him with their heavenly dao runes.

although it wasn’t as intense as before when he had faced yin wushang for the first time, the feeling of being suppressed was definitely present. that affected his ability to release his power in battle. in a battle between experts, the slightest difference could decide life and death. that made him feel a sense of danger.

the old tribe leader had said that this trial was extremely helpful to raise a person’s strength. so long chen had decided to come here first. but the old tribe leader had also said that there were many different difficulties, and so the rewards were also different. in any case, the majority of those rewards were all used to directly increase personal power.

“it’s right here.”

long chen walked to the marking. this place was a flat plain without anything odd. but there was a rock on the ground.

it looked extremely ordinary, like any other rock. but long chen knew that this place was the transportation site.

long chen was amazed. this carving was an imitation of the immemorial path. compared to the splendor from back then, the current immemorial path could truly be described as ruined.

relying on this imitation, he looked toward the edge where he saw the gate. that was the gate with the image that long chen had so painstakingly used the primal chaos bead to record.

but in the imitation, that image was too indistinct. he could only tell that it generally looked the same as the image he had recorded.

just what had happened for the glorious immemorial path to end up in its ruined state? long chen saw that the palaces he should have seen on the way were all gone now. they were either crumbled or had fallen into the abyss.

looking at the immemorial path in its golden days, long chen was unable to calm himself for a long time. it seemed the current cultivation world was in a truly broken age compared to back then.

the current immemorial path was in ruins. looking at the carvings, he saw that the true trials had been those castles and towers. those had been the true, main trials.

as for the trials marked on his map, those were further away from the main path. that meant that the true trials had already disappeared. to put it frankly, it was like a bowl of pork-bone soup with no more meat, bone, or noodles. all that remained was a single drop of broth.

in the current cultivation era, all the experts were going all-out fighting over that one drop of broth. just thinking of that made long chen feel sorrowful. had the world truly declined to such a point?

he wasn’t able to calm himself. just what had happened to this world? what had happened to that glorious golden age for it to become its current state?

were the legends true? in that era, had people been capable of cultivating to immortality and godhood? were there truly secrets to becoming an immortal or god within the immemorial path?

long chen took a deep breath, suppressing his chaotic thoughts. those things couldn’t help him at all. instead, they would just distract him.

he carefully looked at the carving again. he confirmed that it wasn’t as strange as the rune he had recorded with the primal chaos space and he continued onward. the entrance to the true trial was there.

the entrance was a stage covered with immortal characters. after going to the xiao tribe, long chen had learned much about the immortal era, and so he recognized more immortal characters now.

each one of these immortal characters was circular, and they were transportation formations. as long as someone stepped onto them, it would activate and send them to the trial. the different immortal characters represented different levels of the trial. he also now recognized the character representing the peak trial.

looking at it, long chen was speechless. just how had he managed to choose the peak level twice in that trial cave region? was he incredibly lucky, or incredibly unlucky?

“since there’s no danger to my life, i’ll naturally choose the peak level.” long chen smiled and directly walked over to the strongest immortal character.

there was a total of eight levels, and long chen picked the hardest one. taking out the jade plate the old tribe leader had given him, he pressed it onto the immortal character. the jade plate immediately began to merge into it, and the immortal character began to shine. long chen’s body tightened, and he found himself inside a cavern.

the cavern was sealed and square-shaped. the ground was lined with bricks. it looked just like a dueling arena, and there was a carving of a lifelike giant ape on the opposing wall.

buzz.

long chen had just entered when that wall lit up. it was like daytime in the cavern.

a heaven-shaking roar rang out, shaking long chen’s ears. he jumped in shock.