HPDBC Chapter 2496 Heaven Shrouding Mirror
Chapter 2496 Heaven Shrouding Mirror
chapter 2496 heaven shrouding mirror
long chen had never encountered an attack while actually being on the staircase path. the bone blade came out of nowhere and was deathly silent before suddenly erupting right as it was about to strike them. a berserk and violent aura exploded. it was vaguely possible to see runes interweaving atop the blade.
long chen’s heart turned cold. due to being with sovereign yun shang, his guard had dropped quite a bit. he didn’t even have his divine ring or battle armor summoned. he gripped evilmoon tightly.
however, before he could attack, sovereign yun shang extended a hand. the bone blade suddenly stopped in the air, caught by his hand.
long chen jumped in shock. that terrifying blade was easily caught by sovereign yun shang’s bare hand, and long chen didn’t even sense his aura fluctuating, meaning that doing this had not taken any effort.
sovereign yun shang pressed with his thumb. long chen saw a flash of light appear on it.
the blade snapped. with another wave of his hand, the void was torn open, and a figure was shattered by the broken blade.
another bone blade suddenly appeared. the shattered blade in sovereign yun shang’s hand disintegrated, and he grabbed the new bone blade with his bare hand once more.
“long chen, look closely at his movements,” whispered evilmoon.
he didn’t need evilmoon’s reminder. he was already staring at sovereign yun shang’s technique with rapt attention.
the second bone blade was caught and broken in the same manner as the first. he then turned the broken blade back onto its wielder.
this time, long chen saw the attacker. it was a strange lifeform with no flesh or blood. it was a skeleton that looked a bit like a hunchback. there was a long tail bone on its back.
this strange lifeform had its broken blade slice into its head. he saw a red light flicker when they touched.
boom!
the lifeform shattered, turning to dust. long chen was awed. this strange lifeform was actually very powerful, and if it was him, he would need to use his full power to block it. but sovereign yun shang killed them with a wave of his hand.
“did you see it?” asked evilmoon.
“no. i saw five different auras on his fingers in that one instant, but it was too quick for me to grasp. his five fingers represent metal, wood, water, fire, and earth energies. it was originally his pinkie finger that had the metal energy on it, but when he pressed with his thumb, the metal energy transferred to his thumb. the other energies also shifted in that moment, but i couldn’t see how,” said long chen, his heart pounding.
this technique was far too abstruse. with his vision, he was only able to see the surface. the actual technicalities of the technique completely escaped him.
even if he did grasp it though, it would be useless. who in this world was capable of controlling metal, wood, water, fire, and earth energy? at the very least, long chen had never encountered such a person.
amongst all the people he had encountered, the maximum he had seen was someone who could control three kinds of energy, but that person ended up being very ordinary in terms of talent, because amongst those three kinds of energy, there was a conflict between two, resulting in countless barricades to his cultivation.
that was why the majority of cultivators only controlled one kind of energy. specialization was most important. rather than being proficient in ten types, being a master of one was better. this truth had not changed from ancient times to now.
when they walked in, long chen found himself in a transparent space. stars flickered around them as if they were standing in the middle of the cosmos.
there was a platform beneath their feet floating within this cosmos. standing within this place made long chen feel incredibly miniscule.
“it’s actually the heaven shrouding mirror. no wonder so many people would die for it.” sovereign yun shang nodded.
he reached out toward the air. the air fluctuated violently, and then a giant circular mirror appeared.
the mirror’s outer ring spun while the interior didn’t change. it reflected long chen, but long chen was surprised to see that there was no yun shang within its reflection.
“i’m already dead. the heaven shrouding mirror can only reflect the past and future of the living,” said sovereign yun shang. “the heaven shrouding mirror is a heaven-defying divine item. it is outside the scope of the laws of heaven and earth. here, you can divine your past and future. but as a cultivator, it is taboo to see your future, so instead you can try to divine your techniques with the most potential to see how you can develop them. it’s too bad i didn’t have this chance, or my nine heaven ten earth severing celestial art might have reached true perfection.”
a trace of sorrow and regret appeared within sovereign yun shang’s eyes as if he was a bit envious of long chen.
“it can allow me to see how a magical art can be developed?” asked long chen.
“yes, because it is not limited by the laws of heaven and earth. it is something that shuttles through the past and the future. it has its own miraculous abilities. think hard about what your strongest technique is. you’ll only have one chance,” warned sovereign yun shang.
“how do i do it?”
“walk into the mirror and display your technique.”
long chen excitedly stepped forward. in front of the mirror, he felt like he was in a spacetime tunnel. divine light streaked around him as if he was moving.
“five star battle armor!”
spacetime streaked around him. light grew stronger and stronger, and a divine ring appeared. five stars lit up within the divine ring.
long chen’s heart pounded. if he could uncover the secrets of the nine stars, that truly would be an immense surprise. the nine star hegemon body art was not something to be cultivated normally. he was still unsure if he was cultivating it correctly.
if he could understand the entirety of the nine star hegemon body art, he wouldn’t need to grope around in the dark. he might even be able to quicken the speed at which he unlocked the nine stars.
a sixth star slowly appeared within the divine ring. long chen was delighted. it seemed that the heaven shrouding mirror really could develop the nine star hegemon body art.
however, the void suddenly shuddered. a terrifying sensation of death filled long chen from head to toe. he instinctively retreated.
although he had retreated from the heaven shrouding mirror, the divine ring inside of it exploded, and a torrential deluge of majestic power crashed down on long chen. even before it touched him, the pressure caused his body to crack.
“not good!” long chen was horrified. he didn’t know what kind of power this was, but he knew that if it touched him, not even ten thousand lives would be enough. most terrifying of all, this power had locked onto him.
just at this moment, sovereign yun shang’s hand slammed into the torrent. millions of swords of light shot out, slicing through the restrictions of space and time, stabbing through the surrounding stars.