Dragon War God

Chapter 940 - Shattered Void

Chapter 940 - Shattered Void

Long Chen could fight against more opponents simultaneously as he got stronger. He had defeated many foes at the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage and earned the nickname of being the strongest beneath the Divine Martial Realm. But he had never once taken the life of another.

The largest number of people he had fought against was an instance where he faced a hastily made group of twenty people. But now he had to fight seventy-five cultivators at the same time. While none of them were at the Divine Martial Realm, many were very close to it. Many of them also had their own strange techniques and professions like Scribes and Mech Priests. Scribes could use powerful runes while Mech Priests had powerful mechs inscribed with runes. Long Chen had fought against a powerful mech once called the Purple Lightning Giant.

There were also Alchemists who could provide pills for others to recover their essence.

Long Chen’s biggest advantage was his speed. Thanks to the Golden Thunder Beast, he was now as fast as a Divine Martial Realm cultivator.

His other advantage was that he had killed hundreds of Underworld Beasts along the way and took their blood essence. He stored it all in his Primordial Realm and could use it as a battery to replenish his essence.

Underworld Beasts spawned continuously in the Underworld Battlefield. They were constantly being born in the river, so Long Chen didn’t mind hunting them down the moment he saw them.

The Bloody Underworld Group surrounded Long Chen and slowly closed in. Long Chen’s unique battle style had long been spread throughout the Underworld Battlefield. Those below the Hundred-Sergeant rank would flee when they met him.

Long Chen never chased after them. However, he used the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage soldiers as sparring partners. Those at the Divine Martial Realm were still too strong for him since he was only at the Sixth Heavenly Martial Stage.

But seventy-five cultivators at the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage were more than enough for him to advance.

The True Martial Overlord Soul was an overpowered object.

The battle soon started. They knew how fast Long Chen was, so they didn’t want him to charge into their group. Instead, they sent out twenty people to restrain him. Several of them were even Mech Priests, and they unleashed their mechs onto Long Chen.

Many of the mechs looked similar to the Underworld Beasts and even had their powers. Long Chen deduced that the Mech Priests used the materials of the Underworld Beasts to build the mechs.

The mechs and the cultivators all charged towards Long Chen.

Long Chen transformed into his strongest form.

His blood-red appearance made them hesitate because they suddenly realized that Long Chen wasn’t weak at all.

Golden lightning crackled along Long Chen’s body.

Whoosh!

He disappeared from their vision and broke past their formation.

“He’s too fast!”

“Impossible! He’s only at the Heavenly Martial Realm. How could he be that fast?”

Everyone was stunned.

“Don’t just stand there. Everyone, attack!”

The leaders of the Bloody Underworld Group roared, and everyone charged at Long Chen at the same time.

“You can’t win against me with just numbers, but I do think that I will be able to spar against all of you for a very long time. I’m just a step away from entering the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage. As long as I get there ...”

Long Chen could only use the True Martial Overlord Soul for four hours a day before he grew tired. Every time he met an enemy, he would always spar against them for four hours and pull punches during the fight. But now he could go completely wild due to the sheer number of opponents.

He equipped the Emperor’s Vanquishers and punched repeatedly. Every time he did, a hole appeared in the formation as numerous cultivators were blown away. Most of them lost to Long Chen in just two blows. They flew backwards from the impact and crashed onto the ground. It would take some time for them to recover.

Soon, the number of cultivators lessened greatly.

“He’s too strong! The eight leaders should fight him at the same time!”

One of the deputy leaders had suggested that.

The leader growled, “Kill him! Use the Bloody Underworld Formation and exhaust him to death!”

While Long Chen was busy fighting against the fodder, the eight leaders slowly encroached on him.

Long Chen had obviously noticed them, but he didn’t care—he continued to focus on whoever was in front of him. He wasn’t here to defeat them but to learn from them. He needed to spar and increase his understanding of the Heavenly Martial Realm.

Soon, Long Chen was lost in a trance.

Everything around him disappeared. All that was left were the Underworld Soldiers guiding him. Their movements revealed their own view of the Heavenly Martial Realm. Long Chen learned from them and replicated them. His method of progressing on the path of cultivation far exceeded the others.

Long Chen defeated all of them in no time, save for the eight leaders.

He had only taken an hour to defeat roughly sixty cultivators. When he defeated the final fodder, his heart shook. Then a strange feeling phased through the True Martial Overlord Soul and entered his sea of consciousness. He felt his Martial Soul becoming stronger and the blood-red color becoming more solid. His Martial Soul resembled the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon even more after reaching the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage.

After the intense battle and using up the blood essence of many Underworld Beasts, Long Chen finally advanced into the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage thanks to the True Martial Overlord Soul.

“Bloody Underworld Formation! Kill him!” The leaders were shocked that Long Chen had actually managed to defeat their underlings alone. They glared at him like he was a monster and charged.

“Why are you in a rush?” Long Chen laughed and took out a large glob of blood essence from the Primordial Realm. It was hundreds of meters tall and spun rapidly.

The eight leaders were stunned at the scene.

“What is that?”

“That's the blood of Underworld Beasts!”

“What is he? How can he control blood like that?”

“Wait, it’s getting smaller!”

Everyone was shocked to see the ball of blood growing smaller. Those who were injured but still conscious retreated because they were afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.

Long Chen was using Blood Transmutation to turn the blood essence into his own essence. A large amount of blood essence was needed, but thankfully, Long Chen had a lot of it. In just a few moments, the giant ball of blood was absorbed.

Boom!

A massive aura and pillar of bloodlist shot upwards into the air. Strong wind swept past the area and black sand flew everywhere. Those injured by Long Chen were blown away by the wind.

“He became even stronger!”

The leaders of the Bloody Underworld Group could sense that Long Chen had grown stronger.

He was now at the Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage!

This meant that he was one step closer to his goal.

Long Chen had advanced two stages in just half a year. If his estimation was correct, he would be able to reach the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage within a year.

Then he could use the Divine Martial Condensation Pill to advance into the Divine Martial Realm by forming the legendary 9,999 meridians. He would finally reach the Star Cluster Realm.

Without the Five Emperors’ Palm, I would still lose to someone at the Divine Martial Realm even if I used my Divine Weapons. I need to reach the Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage to stand on equal footing with them. Still, thanks to Goldie, my speed is comparable to someone at the First Divine Martial Stage.

Long Chen checked his body and understood how strong he was.

He hadn’t grown extremely strong, but it was enough. As long as he continued to spar in the Underworld Battlefield, he would reach the Divine Martial Realm one day. No one would be able to stop him at that point.

“Don’t let him escape! Use the Bloody Underworld Formation!” the leader shouted.

Everyone surrounded Long Chen. They stood in a certain formation and used the same martial technique. A blood-red array expanded with Long Chen in the center. Long Chen could tell that the domains of the eight leaders had been combined, leading to the feeling of being suppressed by the domains of hundreds of cultivators at the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage.

He felt like his body was cracking under the weight of a mountain.

This was the strongest domain he had ever felt. Due to his lack of understanding, the domains of those at the Heavenly Martial Realm had always been an issue for him.

“Is this the limit of your strength?”

The leaders of the Bloody Underworld Group were dismayed when they saw Long Chen slowly straightening his back. A blood-red glow appeared in his eyes and the dragon scales covering his body started to shimmer.

Long Chen’s Emperor’s Vanquishers were shining bright with gold and black lights.

“Emperor’s Manual, Shattered Void!”