Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1758 Central Plains Ancient City

chapter 1758 central plains ancient city

translator: borntobe

“this is the central xuan region?”

long chen looked around at the ancient city surrounding him. some of the bricks were already covered in cracks and looked like they might shatter at any moment. it was very worn down.

“this is truly the central xuan region. this city is the martial heaven alliance’s headquarters. it’s just a small part of the central xuan region,” said qu jianying. “don’t get tricked by its worn-down air. this is actually the air of time. it contains vestiges of all the time this city has existed. just being here will make it easier for someone to comprehend the laws of time.”

the headquarters of the martial heaven alliance was an extremely ancient city. although it looked worn down, it had managed to survive the passing of countless years.

it was illegal to repair the broken-down areas, and it was also illegal to damage its current appearance. this could be said to be the most ancient human city on the entire martial heaven continent.

“the history of this city stretches back to the dark era. i’ve always thought that this city possessed its own fate and life. it has recorded the passing of time and manages to exist within the endless flow of time. this is its destiny. however, only some people are able to sense it,” explained qu jianying.

“greetings, alliance head!”

as qu jianying and long chen walked off the transportation formation, the surrounding experts immediately bowed toward qu jianying.

these were the young disciples of the martial heaven alliance. their cultivation bases were all at the soul transformation realm. each of their gazes was sharp, and they possessed powerful auras. they were true experts.

after bowing toward qu jianying, they looked oddly at long chen. they clearly recognized him.

“hello.” long chen gave a faint smile and greeting.

“senior apprentice-brother long chen, i’ve long since heard of your name. your reputation precedes you.” one of the disciples cupped his fists toward him. these disciples were all a bit excited.

although long chen had plenty of enemies in the rest of the world, he was still a disciple of the martial heaven alliance. his accomplishments were something they were proud of.

they were especially proud of the miracle he had made, growing from a small secular empire in the eastern wasteland to his current level. this legend made him an idol for countless cultivators.

even in the central xuan region, a place filled with heavenly geniuses and supreme monsters, long chen’s name was still very resounding.

normally, they were only able to glimpse him in photographic jades. now they got to see him in person.

“how are the disciples of my headquarters?” qu jianying smiled.

“they’re all elites amongst elites, experts amongst experts. they are true warriors.” long chen nodded. he heard qu jianying’s pride.

clearly, these disciples were all people that qu jianying viewed with favor. they were truly powerful. just by looking into his eyes, long chen could see that they were warriors unafraid of death. such warriors were very rare.

“you youngsters can chat. i have some business to handle. take care of long chen.” qu jianying actually tossed long chen here and left alone.

“we wouldn’t dare to take senior apprentice-brother long chen’s praise. disciple xin li greets senior apprentice-brother long chen.” a man with a sword on his back cupped his fists toward long chen. this person was the leader of this group.

those balls of light each had a martial arena within them. there were disciples fighting within the martial arenas.

the surprising thing was that the opponents of these disciples were not human, but a strange kind of lifeform.

it was around the same size and form as humans, but it only had one eye and had a black horn on its forehead.

it was covered in black scales. the points of its fingernails were as sharp as blades. each time it attacked, it unleashed a whistling sound as space was cut through.

although he didn’t know what lifeform this was, sensing its berserk devil qi, he knew they were the devil race. furthermore, based on human cultivation terms, their auras were on the life star level.

there were four disciples atop the four martial arenas. each of them wielded a sword. their manifestations were activated around them, and rays of sword qi repeatedly clashed against the devil creatures.

when those disciples’ swords landed on the devil creatures, sparks flew from their scales. their defensive power was immense.

suddenly, the sword of one of the disciples shattered upon contact with his opponent’s sharp claws.

that disciple was startled. he hastily retreated, but the devil creature was quick, and its other claw slammed into his chest. its sharp claws instantly pierced through his body.

the disciple became paralyzed with the claw through his chest. he couldn’t move. the other claw pierced toward his head.

a ray of sword-light fell, cutting off the devil creature’s arms and causing its black blood to spurt out.

“it’s senior apprentice-brother xin li!”

other disciples had just started charging over to help when xin li appeared on the martial arena.

after slicing off its arms with one attack, he kicked it away, causing it to smash into the light barrier. it let out a mournful wail as it transformed into smoke and vanished.

this light was actually a killing formation that was ineffective against humans but would instantly slaughter devil creatures.

xin li helped that disciple up. due to being pierced in the chest by that devil creature, his body was still paralyzed.

“many thanks... senior apprentice-brother xin li,” said that disciple.

xin li brought him out of the martial arena. immediately a few disciples rushed over to help, using a special kind of medicinal extract to heal his injuries.

those devil creatures’ attacks were very terrifying. anyone struck would be poisoned and feel their whole body go numb. that was a very dangerous scenario, and even heavenly dao energy was unable to suppress this poison.

there were lots of disciples here. many of them were enthusiastically coming to help, while some had faint mocking smiles.

“how foolish. he just advanced to soul transformation, but he challenged an eleventh rank horned devil. how was that any different than courting death?” a mocking voice rang out from the crowd.

the injured disciple’s expression was extremely unsightly. xin li was about to speak when long chen spoke first.

“if a person doesn’t even have the courage to brave danger, then there’s no need for them to cultivate. junior brother, you’re not bad.”