Chapter 339 - Imperial Sword Qi

Blood Sacrifice.

Long Chen could have used Blood Sacrifice from the beginning to increase his strength and fight with maximum power. However, he was worried that it would lead to an unexpected outcome, seeing as Lin Zichen came from a powerful background. That was why Long Chen had to hold on and only show his strength when Lin Zichen thought he was at his lowest.

At least for now, he had succeeded. After completely blocking Lin Zichen’s vision with the clones, he used Blood Sacrifice to force his cultivation level up two stages, thus reaching the Eighth River Stage.

Blood-red flames rose from his body.

This increase in strength was not without a price, because it meant that he would return to the Fourth River Stage after this battle. And if Lin Zichen was not dead then, he could kill Long Chen with a casual wave of his hand.

This was the last gamble!

When his Qi rose to the Eighth River Stage, the Dragon Soul Transformation put him on equal footing with someone at the Ninth River Stage. Long Chen felt like his Qi was going out of control, as it was his first time controlling such high-level Qi. He was just too powerful, tens of times more powerful than before!

Due to the sudden rise in Qi, the Blood Devouring Domain suddenly reached a level that was strong enough to threaten Lin Zichen. Previously, Long Chen’s Qi was almost on the same level as Lin Zichen. Usually, if they were at the same stage, Long Chen’s opponent would need to use more than half of their Qi to suppress their blood in order to fight normally!

The Divine Fire Clones were created through the True Fire Seeds that he had stored in his meridian points, so their strength had not increased. The Fifth River Stage clones merely acted as temporary obstacles to Lin Zichen, so most of them had been dispatched with ease.

Long Chen retracted his clones when he completed Blood Sacrifice, and a storm of attacks landed on Lin Zichen. Long Chen’s objective was to quickly complete Blood Sacrifice and attack immediately. Lin Zichen was forced many steps back due to Long Chen’s surprising strength!

“What type of technique is that? Long Chen, why did you suddenly get so much stronger?” Lin Zichen’s eyes widened when he was forced back by Long Chen’s Azure Dragon Halberd. No matter how hard he thought, he would never be able to guess that Long Chen possessed incredible divine techniques like Blood Sacrifice and the Blood Devouring Domain.

When Long Chen’s strength increased, his techniques became more powerful too. It was possible that if Long Chen’s cultivation level reached the top of the world, he could still use Blood Sacrifice to strengthen himself by one, two, and even three tiers! That would be terrifying!

“Die!”

This was his only chance to turn his fate. Long Chen did not hold back—he attacked with all he had. While maintaining the powerful Blood Devouring Domain, he used Dragon King Burial again and again, fighting for his life!

Dragon King Burial was much more powerful than before due to his power-up. With his talent and mastery of the skill, Dragon King Burial was almost stronger than an advanced Earth-tier technique!

Boom! Boom!

Several explosions ensued. Every strike was more vicious than the previous!

“Azure Dragon Combat Technique, Dragon King Burial!”

Roar!

The line of blood-colored light flew right in front of Lin Zichen’s eyes at lightning speed. He gasped when he saw it!

He had been caught off guard by Long Chen’s sudden explosion in strength, and now he understood that this was Long Chen’s true strength. He had merely been pretending. Long Chen now had the right to be Lin Zichen’s opponent!

Of course, he did not know that Long Chen had to pay the price of two cultivation levels for this!

His moment of carelessness led to great danger. That terrifying sucking force made it hard for Lin Zichen to move! When Long Chen exploded with his final killing strike, Lin Zichen was immediately in mortal danger!

Long Chen’s gaze was filled with violence. He knew that this was his most important moment. If he could not kill Lin Zichen with this strike, or injure him, it would be difficult to get another chance!

“Star River Spiral!”

Bright starlight emanated from Lin Zichen’s hands. He spun both hands, and a powerful force opposed Long Chen’s Azure Dragon Halberd! Under Lin Zichen’s control, the shining spiral protected him and pushed Long Chen aside!

“Think you can change your fate? Think again!”

Lin Zichen was strong, but Long Chen’s Blood Devouring Domain and Blood Sacrifice were strong too. Lin Zichen’s Star River Spiral was powerful, but the Azure Dragon Halberd was also powerful!

The Azure Dragon Halberd pierced through Lin Zichen’s shoulder, bringing with it a chunk of flesh. Lin Zichen shrieked!

Even using an advanced Earth-tier defense technique, Lin Zichen could not completely stop Long Chen when he was under the influence of the Blood Devouring Domain and Blood Sacrifice!

The wound on his shoulder was not serious, and only five hundred grams of blood and flesh had been sliced off. However, the extraordinarily talented Lin Zichen had never been beaten in battle, nor had he ever been injured before! Long Chen was the first to ever hurt him!

How dare a person with such a poor upbringing, who started off only at the Sixth River Stage, injure him? Lin Zichen raged!

Initially, he wanted to toy with Long Chen, but he felt humiliated knowing that Long Chen had kept his strength hidden for so long, leading to this surprise attack!

“You’re looking for death! Death!”

Lin Zichen stumbled backwards and used one hand to press on the hole in his shoulder. Despite his efforts, blood still flowed!

His face turned red, then a steely green.

“Long Chen, you are the first to hurt me. I’ve decided. You must die! You must die!”

A look of insanity appeared on his face. He had always held a lofty position. It was the first time he’d been insulted like this. His heart clenched in pain as he felt the burning pain in his shoulder!

Whoosh!

A long, golden sword appeared in his hand. Long Chen could feel a regal energy pressing on himself. The Imperial Sword lived up to its reputation as the sword of kings; even just looking at it made Long Chen nervous.

What can I do against such a powerful weapon?

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

That move from just now was meant to be Long Chen’s fatal strike, but it had only resulted in a minor injury. The fatal strike was not fatal, but the wound did make things easier for Long Chen. However, Long Chen was still not confident because of the Imperial Sword.

“Imperial Sword Qi!”

Lin Zichen made one simple slash with his sword, and a golden ray of light shot out of it. It whistled as it shot at Long Chen, bringing with it terrifying speed and fatal force. If Long Chen was slightly slow to react, he would be cut in half!

The Imperial Sword is powerful!

Long Chen was privately startled. It was clearly only the most basic move, yet it far surpassed Long Chen’s most powerful attack.

“Brother Chen!” When Lin Zichen unleashed the Imperial Sword Qi, Ling Xi panicked like ants on a hot wok. Since she was an expert in swordsmanship, it took only one glance at the technique for her to know that Long Chen would not be able to withstand it.

Long Chen heard Ling Xi’s reminder. Even if he used his body combat technique to dodge it, it would not be enough. But he had other ways!

“Blood Warp!” Although this technique was not as powerful as Blood Sacrifice, he moved infinitely faster! Traveling at superspeed, Long Chen could not control his direction. He turned into a blood-colored ray and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was a hundred meters away!

If Ling Xi and Xiaolang were not there, Lin Zichen would not have been able to catch Long Chen.

Although Long Chen had tried his best to control himself, he still landed quite a distance away. This was the shortest distance he could go. Ling Xi was still there, so he had no choice but to rush back.

A Ninth River Stage cultivator could cover a hundred meters in a breath’s time.

But a breath’s time was enough for Lin Zichen to kill Ling Xi. That was why Long Chen knew he could not use Blood Warp again. This time, Lin Zichen was taken by surprise and did not react in time. He wasn’t sure what would happen next time.

Indeed, Lin Zichen was stunned for a moment when Long Chen fled using Blood Warp, causing his Imperial Sword Qi to miss its mark. While he was still stunned, Long Chen returned. He was worried about Ling Xi, so he returned to a spot in front of her.

“I’ll admit, Long Chen, that you have many tricks up your sleeve that make me both shocked and jealous.” Suddenly, Lin Zichen smirked maliciously. He then squinted and said, “The method you used to escape just now was very impressive. It looks like it will be difficult for my Imperial Sword Qi to hit you. But I wonder, will you be able to run if I use it this way?”

Long Chen had a bad feeling.

Indeed, Lin Zichen shot a ray of Imperial Sword Qi at Ling Xi!