Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 488 Narrowly Surviving

chapter 488 narrowly surviving

translator: borntobe

rumble!

as soon as the two lightning pythons emerged from the tribulation clouds, heaven and earth began to rumble. most terrifying of all, the two lightning pythons suddenly intertwined together, and an even stronger pressure descended, causing long chen’s hair to stand on end.

as those huge pythons twisted around each other, a destructive aura attacked long chen.

his expression completely changed. this attack was practically world-shaking, capable of exterminating all life. with a furious roar, two stars appeared in his eyes, his divine ring shining behind him. a three-hundred-meter lightning blade appeared in his hands.

at this time, he had condensed all his thunderforce and energy into this blade. he no longer had the luxury to hold back. this lightning tribulation was trying to annihilate him.

“split the heavens!”

brilliant light exploded from his lightning blade. it ferociously hacked into the two intertwining lightning pythons.

boom!

heaven and earth shook. light lit up the entire sky. every mountain within thousands of miles was turned to dust.

the tribulation clouds in the sky faded. the ground was a complete mess, and a remnant destructive aura was still present.

the soil bulged, and a charred-black hand broke out of the ground.

long chen vomited a mouthful of blood as well as some broken bits of his organs. that final attack had almost killed him.

now, he was a few breaths off from death. his entire body was charred black, as that final attack had been too terrifying. it had instantly broken through his defenses, almost destroying his body.

his insides had already been destroyed, and his body was like a cracked porcelain jar. pieces of his skin were constantly falling to the ground, revealing his flesh.

“my injuries are too heavy.” long chen looked inside himself. that final attack had been too vicious. even his bones were all covered with cracks. he might completely collapse at any moment. “but the first thing i need to do is get away from here.”

clenching his teeth, all the medicinal ingredients in his primal chaos space withered, and a dense life energy poured into his body.

although that wasn’t as much life energy as had been in the trees, it was enough to make sure he wouldn’t immediately die.

clenching his teeth, he began to run into the distance with his broken body. he had to leave as soon as possible so others wouldn’t notice him.

not an hour after he had left, a large number of people appeared where the wind spirit pavilion had been. those were the experts from the neighboring sects.

but what they saw was that a charred land had replaced the wind spirit pavilion. they were all stunned.

“did the heavens bring down divine punishment on them?”

they never would have imagined that this was just the result from a cultivator’s tribulation and just the tribulation of a tendon transformation rookie.

back then, long chen had underestimated the lightning tribulation, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say he had underestimated the lightning tribulation’s destructive aura. if this continued, then it wouldn’t be long before he died to it. such an energy had surpassed long chen’s limits.

that was why long chen had rushed to the first monastery when he had realized this problem. he knew ling yun-zi had the ability to save him.

with ling yun-zi’s xiantian power and his sword dao will, he should be able to expel the remnant destructive aura within his body.

however, ling yun-zi was now hesitating. he didn’t act according to how long chen had anticipated. instead, he extended a hand, touching the destructive aura with his xiantian power and will.

that destructive aura only had a desire to destroy. ling yun-zi’s sword dao will was essentially provoking it. it suddenly ferociously attacked him.

almost instinctively, his sword dao will raised a powerful defense to block the encroachment of the destructive aura.

ling yun-zi had a complicated expression as he pondered a difficult problem. in the end, he clenched his teeth and released his defenses, allowing that destructive will to attack his mind.

he collapsed on the ground, unconscious. now that ling yun-zi had absorbed the destructive aura attacking long chen, long chen’s body’s instinctive healing abilities activated.

after some unknown time, ling yun-zi opened his eyes. “i’m still alive... looks like i won the gamble.”

he smiled slightly and stood up. he looked over long chen and saw a portion of his black skin had already fallen off to reveal the new skin beneath.

shockingly, long chen’s body possessed a vast vitality, one that was even more terrifying than a magical beast’s.

“what a terrifying physical body. this physical body is already on the level of a xiantian expert.” ling yun-zi couldn’t help being shocked as he appraised one of long chen’s arms.

according to the legends, divergents would encounter annihilation lightning tribulations and would always eventually die to one.

but once they passed the lightning tribulation, their benefits were also dozens of times greater than other people. long chen’s current terrifying physical body was the best proof of that.

by the time ling yun-zi left the room, tang wan-er, meng qi, and the others were all anxiously waiting.

he smiled slightly, reassuring them and saying they could enter. they delightedly charged in to take a look, seeing long chen sleeping peacefully. he was snoring, his heart beating powerfully, a stark contrast from his previous self that seemed like he would breathe his last breath at any moment.

however, ling yun-zi told them not to disturb him right now. long chen had suffered a spiritual blow, and his soul was slightly damaged. they should let him sleep until he naturally awoke on his own.

they carefully left his room, all feeling much more relieved.

tang wan-er still had meng qi to take care of. as for guo ran, gu yang, and the others, they took turns guarding long chen’s door, not letting anyone disturb him.

they had asked how long chen had ended up injured, but ling yun-zi harshly warned them not to ask again. that was for their own benefit.

that reason was odd, but if ling yun-zi refused to say, they could only drop it. they would never have imagined that long chen’s injuries weren’t from a person, but from the heavens.

what would they do even if ling yun-zi told them? would they go demand justice from the heavens? furthermore, for them to learn long chen was a divergent was not a good thing. it was best to conceal this matter.

the day after long chen returned to the monastery, a piece of news spread that shook all of su prefecture: the wind spirit pavilion had disappeared.