The woman seemed surprised that Long Chen actually recognized her identity, because despite her excellent disguise, she was still recognized.
The woman's gaze grew even sharper. Clearly, she was somewhat intimidated by Long Chen's identity and feared retaliation from the Nine Star lineage.
She had made up her mind: no matter what, she could not let Long Chen leave alive, or else the Life Hunter Clan would suffer.
"Die."
At that moment, Luo Zixu, who had narrowly escaped with his life, shouted angrily. His long sword pointed toward the sky and slashed fiercely at Long Chen. This sword carried the ambition to soar to the heavens and the heart to destroy the world, gathering all of Luo Zixu's full strength.
Luo Zixu had narrowly escaped death, and he didn't dare let Long Chen get close again. For now, a single move to win or lose was the best option for him.
"Ling Tian Jueshen Slash!"
Luo Zixu roared, this strike gathering all his heart and soul, holding nothing back.
With this sword strike, the world changed color. Countless powerful figures present quickly retreated, afraid of being swept in and accidentally killed by the sword.
Facing Luo Zixu's full-force sword strike, Long Chen slowly raised his palm. A cross appeared in his palm, and then the stars of the heavens surged rapidly.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
The cross in
Long Chen's palm flashed rapidly, and the power of the stars in heaven and earth was frantically absorbed by it.
"Crack, crack, crack...
At that moment, Long Chen's bones made a strange sound, followed by a stabbing pain that spread throughout his entire palm.
"Is it that the physical body ultimately cannot carry more star power?" Sensing danger, Long Chen immediately stopped absorbing the power of the stars and struck out with his palm.
"Xingzhi Han—Cross Annihilation God."
Long Chen shouted sharply, calling out its name.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, Long Chen struck the sword aura with his palm. The sword aura shattered with a thunderous crash, along with Luo Zixu's Lingtian Ambition.
"Ah..."
Luo Zixu let out a piercing scream. The sword in his hand shattered inch by inch, scattering to the ground. At this moment, he couldn't care about it, clutching his head with both hands, his face twisted and distorted, his eyes bulging out, as if enduring immense pain.
"Tick-tock tick-tock...
Long Chen's right hand was dripping with blood, the skin on his palm almost gone, flesh exposed, and blood slowly dripping down his palm.
Long Chen was also injured, but unfortunately, his body could not withstand more star power; otherwise, he wouldn't have been hurt.
Long Chen smashed Luo Zixu's attack with a single palm, shattering his long sword and destroying his swordsmanship. Now, even if Long Chen didn't kill him, he would be a cripple.
For a sword cultivator, the will of the sword is the strongest yet also the most fragile. When the will collapses, the entire person is utterly ruined.
This sword strike contained all his swordsmanship will, but it could not shake Long Chen's martial will, and in the end, his will collapsed.
"Buzz"
However, none of the powerful figures present paid attention to Luo Zixu's condition. After a brief shock, everyone rushed toward Long Chen like lightning. The first to rush forward was the woman from the Fate-Hunting clan.
"Boom!"
Long Chen struck out with a palm, clashing head-on with the woman. To his shock, he realized his strength had greatly diminished.
It wasn't that the power of the stars had declined, but that his physical body had reached its limit. The power of the stars was endless, yet his body couldn't hold out any longer.
"Boom boom boom...
Long Chen roared and fought back madly. However, there were simply too many people besieging him—each one a prodigy from the Chaos Era. Just Luo Zixu's level alone numbered in the hundreds. Long Chen swung his fists, yet he was still left in a panic, constantly injured.
Blood quickly stained his robe, and at the same time, Long Chen's aura slowly faded.
"Go save him quickly!"
Long Chen heard Yun Feng's furious roar from afar, but he knew that Yun Feng and his group couldn't break through—they'd only die en route.
"Am I, Long Chen, really going to die here?" Long Chen was furious, unwilling to accept defeat. He looked up at the endless stars in the ninth heaven.
The stars twinkled, their radiance so gentle. They wanted to help Long Chen, but couldn't.
"And that move."
Long Chen gazed at the endless stars, then suddenly let out a long, sky-high howl. The power of the stars surged wildly, and the violent force pushed the surrounding experts aside.
Seizing this chance to catch his breath, Long Chen spread his large hand, gritting his teeth: "Whether I survive depends on this strike."
"Buzz!"
Purple flames rose from Long Chen's large hand, and within the flames, endless stars appeared, swirling and forming a star lotus.
"Buzz buzz buzz...
As soon as the
Star Lotus appeared, the power of the stars in heaven and earth surged wildly into it, and the star lotus instantly spread, swallowing the space within tens of thousands of miles in an instant.
"Star Lotus Ultimate Strike!"
Long Chen roared angrily. He didn't know why he had read that name, but the massive Star Lotus exploded with a thunderous roar.
"Puff puff puff...
Top experts
including Luo Zixu and the Fate-Hunting Clan women were all shredded to dust by the power of the stars, turning tens of thousands of miles around into a land of death.
This was a true world-destroying strike. All the starry power in heaven and earth was detonated by Long Chen, yet he remained completely unharmed.
But after that strike, Long Chen felt his whole body being drained, the world spinning wildly, his body numb and numb, and slowly collapsed.
"Little brother..."
Long Chen vaguely sensed a pair of arms wrapping around him, then heard a distant voice calling him.
Long Chen recognized the voice—it was Yun Feng. However, he only felt a surge of heat on his face, as hot liquid splashed onto his face. After that, Long Chen never heard Yun Feng's voice again.
Immediately after, Long Chen felt his body being pulled back and forth. He heard someone roaring in anger, someone shouting loudly, and even felt a sharp blade pierce his body. However, he didn't feel much pain—his body was no longer obeying him.
"Great Nine Star Successor, hold on! You won't die, you absolutely won't die... A
woman's call sounded in
Long Chen's ear, but her call was cut off by a sharp blade. At that moment, Long Chen finally regained a trace of consciousness—he saw aA woman used her body to shield him from a sharp sword.
However, the person who made the move was also human. The face of that human was filled with fanaticism and excitement. In his eyes, Long Chen seemed like an endless treasure.
"Pfft."
The man had just killed the woman when a broad sword slashed his head. Following his gaze, Long Chen saw a burly man, lifted him up, and dashed toward the distant spatial vortex.
Long Chen was carried in his shoulders. He saw countless human warriors risking their lives to buy time for that person, using their bodies to block the blades. Their lower bodies had already disappeared, but their upper bodies still clung tightly to the enemy's thigh, biting into the opponent's thigh with their teeth and forcibly tearing off a chunk of flesh.
"We are strangers. Why are you risking your lives for me?"
Seeing this scene, Long Chen's nose tingled. His heart ached as if pricked by needles, as if his hands had been forcibly torn apart.
"Pfft"
Long Chen fell to the ground. The man carrying him was killed by a demon clan expert, who sneered and reached out to grab Long Chen.
"Boom!"
The four of them lunged at it simultaneously, pushing it far away.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
The
four self-destructed simultaneously. The demon clan expert roared in fury. Although not dead, he was blown to a mess of flesh and blood.
Someone picked up Long Chen again. This time, Long Chen saw a woman. She had a delicate face and looked small, but her eyes were filled with determination.
Soon, she died too—at the hands of a vampire woman. But before she could celebrate, a human man cut her in half with a single stroke.
Countless people came to kill Long Chen, countless wanted to protect him. Thus, they used their lives in relay to escort Long Chen to that spatial vortex.
Finally, a smile appeared on one man's face as he pushed Long Chen forward. The man's figure grew farther and farther away. Long Chen saw the man being swallowed by countless powerful beings, yet a smile remained on his face.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen felt the spatial power tremble, then his vision went black and he lost all consciousness.