Chapter 942 – Purple Phoenix Body

Long Chen had not expected such a coincidence. He had run into Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan was coincidentally in danger. Ye Xuan was a Divine Martial Realm expert, but his opponent was at the Second Divine Martial Stage, also known as the Divine Intuition Realm. He was much stronger. Despite that, Long Chen did not hesitate and ran at maximum speed toward Ye Xuan.

“Despite having only just reached the First Divine Martial Stage recently, Ye Xuan has already cultivated the Star Cluster Realm to the Perfect stage. The average First Divine Martial Stage cultivator, like Song Yang, is no match for him. However, no matter how strong he is, he cannot defeat a Second Divine Martial Stage opponent,” said Little Cat while Long Chen ran.

Long Chen fed the Golden Thunder Beast his Divine Crystals once more. He knew the Golden Thunder Beast would be needed.

It was likely that Ye Xuan had only just encountered the assassin. However, the assassin was just too strong and had the complete upper hand. When Long Chen arrived, he saw the Second Divine Martial Stage expert throw a punch, and Ye Xuan was sent flying. There was an ink-green palm seal left on Ye Xuan’s chest!

“That combat technique belongs to the Underworld Army ...” Long Chen had been in the Underworld Army for quite some time, so he could recognize the technique. Furthermore, only Underworld Soldiers could enter the Underworld Battlefield.

Who in the Underworld Army would want to kill Ye Xuan?

Long Chen had a rough answer.

He was slightly late, and Ye Xuan was already injured. If Long Chen had not been here, the assassin could have easily killed him with his next move. Even without the next move, Ye Xuan likely wouldn’t live for long due to his severe injuries.

To Long Chen’s surprise, Ye Xuan was also a Sword Warrior. From far away, Long Chen saw him fight with a weapon that was made of blood-colored crystal. It radiated an ice-cold aura, and despite being so far, Long Chen could sense that it was an excellent divine weapon.

Considering Ye Xuan’s background, his weapons were surely no ordinary tools.

Furthermore, Ye Xuan was the first person Long Chen had met in the True Martial Territory who had comprehended the second stage of the Sword Path. This boosted his attacks by five times!

“Stop!”

This was a tactic that Long Chen employed. When the assassin was about to take Ye Xuan’s life, Long Chen suddenly shouted. As expected, the assassin’s movements slowed down slightly after he heard the shout and peered cautiously in Long Chen’s direction.

A bolt of golden lightning rushed in front of the assassin and stopped in front of Ye Xuan.

Long Chen did not use the Dragon Soul Transformation, so the assassin recognized him immediately. This was the guy who had rescued Ye Xuan last time. Because of Long Chen, he had endured a harsh scolding.

Long Chen’s domain wrapped around Ye Xuan, then he carried Ye Xuan and exited the Second Divine Martial Stage cultivator’s range of attack. Although Ye Xuan was still conscious, his face had turned completely ink-green and his breathing had become very shallow. He radiated a worrying chill, and when Long Chen gently touched him, half his body felt extremely cold.

“Brother Chen, is that you? ...” Ye Xuan’s eyes cracked open, and he was shocked when he saw Long Chen’s face.

“You managed to escape me the first time, but can you do it again?”

The Second Divine Martial Stage cultivator was much faster than Long Chen. In just a moment, the assassin had turned into an ink-green line and instantly arrived in front of Long Chen.

“Northern Underworld Palm!”

Although Long Chen looked like a brat who had not even reached the Divine Martial Realm, he had been able to escape the previous time precisely because he had been underestimated. The assassin would not make the same mistake again, so he unleashed his most powerful attack the moment they met.

The Northern Underworld Palm was a Rank Two Divine-tier technique. Only people who were at the Ten Thousand-Sergeant Rank and above could cultivate this technique, which was much stronger than the Killing God Sutra.

Long Chen felt his whole world turn icy. An extremely cold Yin current rushed at him, which also contained the divine essence of the assassin!

Long Chen was suddenly in mortal danger.

This was not Underworld City, where the assassin would not dare pursue Long Chen in broad daylight. In the Underworld Battlefield, even if Long Chen used Blood Warp, he was not sure if he could shake this powerful assassin off.

“Long Chen, leave!” When Ye Xuan saw the Northern Underworld Palm, Ye Xuan’s heart clenched and his eyes filled with despair.

But Long Chen was surprisingly calm.

When the Northern Underworld Palm landed, Long Chen quickly raised his left hand. Fierce golden lightning wrapped around his left arm, and the image on his palm suddenly split open. A gigantic Golden Thunder Beast made completely of lightning shot out!

The tiny Golden Thunder Beast had consumed dozens of Divine Crystals and countless Emperor Crystals. In the face of the Northern Underworld Palm, it released all the power it had. This was an extremely destructive force. Golden lightning seemed to spread across the whole world, and the surrounding ground was slashed with deep troughs. The Golden Thunder Beast seemed to cover the skies as it roared again and again, colliding with the Northern Underworld Palm.

The golden lightning was violent and hot, while the Northern Underworld Palm was cold and Yin. Admittedly, an opponent at the Second Divine Martial Stage was not someone Long Chen could deal with, but after absorbing countless Emperor Crystals, the Golden Thunder Beast had accumulated a great amount of power.

The Golden Thunder Beast roared and ran. Dense electricity completely engulfed the cold Qi from the Northern Underworld Palm.

“What the hell is that? How is that possible?” The assassin was utterly shocked. Not only had the golden lightning destroyed his Rank Two Divine-tier technique, it also attacked him and sent him flying. The golden lightning was damaging his Divine Martial Body recklessly, and there was even the smell of burnt flesh.

A large swathe of his tan skin was burnt black, and blood sprayed out of his mouth. He stumbled many steps back.

“Goldie, come back!”

A substantial portion of the Golden Thunder Beast’s energy had been spent. It now stopped at Long Chen’s left palm. It was violent and ferocious towards the assassin, but to Long Chen, it was very tame. It was even licking his palm with its tongue made of lightning.

“Woo... Woo ...”

The Golden Thunder Beast seemed to be demanding praise from Long Chen. To Long Chen’s dismay, three-quarters of the Golden Thunder Beast’s energy had been spent on just one attack despite all the crystals it had consumed. This showed how much energy was needed just to fight a Second Divine Martial Stage opponent.

Long Chen’s sudden attack had not only stunned Ye Xuan, but also the assassin. After he was injured, he quickly stood up. Severely injured, he glared coldly at Long Chen, then he turned around.

“Ye Xuan, you got lucky. You won’t be next time.”

Then he quickly disappeared from Long Chen’s sight. He did not know what the Golden Thunder Beast on Long Chen’s left hand was, but he was afraid of it.

“We must leave this place as soon as possible.” Long Chen was prepared to allow Ye Xuan into the Primordial Realm, seeing as they had caused a huge commotion here. It would be bad if other experts came.

The Underworld Battlefield was a place of massacre.

Long Chen would not be able to handle another Second Divine Martial Stage opponent.

Ye Xuan nodded, enduring the pain. After putting him in the Primordial Realm, Long Chen sighed in relief and dove into the Underworld Blood River. It would be more difficult for people to find him there.

This was not Ye Xuan’s first time coming to this place. Long Chen had always been a mysterious person. Even that golden lightning had been mysterious.

“How are you feeling now?” Long Chen was most concerned about Ye Xuan’s injury, and there was no time to deal with other matters.

Ye Xuan gave a tired smile and replied sadly, “I didn’t think I would be pursued here too. I’m finished.”

“Why do you say that?” Long Chen inspected him for a short while and found that an extremely cold energy was destroying Ye Xuan’s body. It wouldn’t be long until it killed him. The Northern Underworld Palm was a terrifying attack, and it was difficult for victims to survive a hit. This was also why the assassin had decided to leave in the end.

Even though he had left, Ye Xuan was likely to die.

“This is the Underworld Army’s Northern Underworld Palm. The Northern Underworld Qi has already seeped into my body. If we do not remove it, I won’t live more than a month,” Ye Xuan said solemnly.

“Are there any solutions?” This sudden event had messed up Long Chen’s plans. However, Ye Xuan was a good friend and treated him well. That Shield Talisman was surely a very valuable item, yet he had gifted it so casually to Long Chen. This meant that he also genuinely saw Long Chen as a friend.

Plus, Long Chen had saved his life twice.

This was a great act of kindness, and Ye Xuan was a person who showed gratitude. He would never forget this for the rest of his life.

“There is a way, but I will need to trouble you for it,” said Ye Xuan after some thought.

“Tell me.”

“Take me back to Underworld City. I know that Su Mo’s family is a family of alchemists. They have a very powerful Natural Body called the Purple Phoenix Body. Family members who inherit the Purple Phoenix Body can usually enter the Divine Martial Realm very easily. Su Mo also has it and is an outstanding alchemist. I am sure he has a Nine Suns Phoenix Pill, which is an extremely Yang item.”