Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 5446 Chi Yunxiao

A figure clad in scarlet robes stepped into view. His fiery hair shimmered like molten flame, and his imposing, muscular frame seemed to radiate heat. A flame-shaped rune burned brightly on his forehead, marking his identity.

Countless disciples of the dragon race cheered upon seeing him.

“Chi Yunxiao has come! Now let’s see if this fellow can still keep acting arrogant!”

Chi Yunxiao was a peak expert of the scarlet dragon race, a noble lineage within the dragon race. Their bloodline brimmed with a terrifying flame energy.

In human myths, there were flame dragons and scarlet dragons, and within the dragon race, “scarlet” also represented a crucial stage in their evolution. As their power grew, dragons progressed through colors—green, azure, golden, and finally scarlet.

For a Heaven Saint expert of the scarlet dragon race, the deep red of their scales symbolized their noble status.

When Chi Yunxiao appeared, all the dragon experts were enlivened, their guts growing once more.

“Human race brat—AH!”

One of them suddenly got arrogant and started to jeer, but he suddenly screamed. Long Chen had kicked a fist-sized stone directly into his mouth, shattering his jaw.

“When did the dragon race start spewing crap from their mouths?” Long Chen said coldly, his voice sharp as a blade. “The next fool to do so will lose their head.”

The gathered dragon experts froze in terror, their newfound confidence dissolving like mist under the sun. To avoid a calamity, until Chi Yunxiao defeated this black-robed black-robed fellow, they would shut their mouths.

“Report your name! I, Chi Yunxiao, do not kill nameless soldiers,” said Chi Yunxiao coldly.

“I am Long Chen.”

“Long Chen?! You are the Long Chen they’ve been talking about?”

Chi Yunxiao’s pupils shrunk as recognition struck him. Though he had never encountered Long Chen before, the name was all too familiar. After all, the arrival of the Dragonblood Legion had thrown the Dragon Domain into chaos, and countless dragon disciples had sought to challenge them.

The Dragonblood warriors spoke frequently of Long Chen, their leader, whose battle prowess and command of the dragon race’s essence blood were unmatched. The white dragon race had also made his name known far and wide, defending him as the leader of the Dragonblood Legion and the one with the purest dragon blood.

By offering the Dragonblood Legion asylum, the white dragon race had earned the wrath of the entire dragon race, so they were clinging bitterly until Long Chen’s eventual arrival. That knowledge fueled a burning desire in Chi Yunxiao’s eyes—a desire to test himself against the man who had turned the Dragon Domain upside down.

“So you are Long Chen. Good! Aren’t you the boss of the Dragonblood Legion?” Chi Yunxiao sneered, stepping forward. “You seem quite arrogant for a human. Let’s see how much power a lowly creature like you can draw from the dragon race’s essence blood.”

Each step he took left a blood-red footprint in the void, the heat from his flames igniting the air and burning through space itself.

The heat rising from Chi Yunxiao’s body forced the surrounding experts to scatter in all directions. They knew all too well how terrifying Chi Yunxiao was—when his flames erupted, anything within reach would be reduced to ash.

As Chi Yunxiao advanced, flame runes swirled around him like fiery serpents, radiating wild energy capable of devouring the heavens. Behind him, his Heavenly Fate Disk emerged, within which a flame dragon roared ferociously.

This was the Scarlet Dragon Flame, one of the strongest demonic beast flames in existence. Legends claimed that when cultivated to its peak, it could rival a rank-thirteen Heaven Flame in power.

The scorching flames engulfed the battlefield, encasing Long Chen in a sea of fire. However, as the flames danced around him, Long Chen felt nothing. He let the fire rage around him as if it were nothing more than a warm breeze.

“Bring out your manifestation,” Chi Yunxiao demanded. “I want to face you at full power. If you’re truly strong, I’ll consider sparing your life.”

Chi Yunxiao didn’t immediately attack, thinking that Long Chen was too stunned by his flame energy and had lost his courage. Hence, Chi Yunxiao restrained his flames slightly, allowing Long Chen the time to prepare.

Long Chen glanced at him and spoke lightly, “You aren’t evil, but your head... it’s a bit dull.”

The calm insult struck Chi Yunxiao like a slap. His expression darkened as he roared, “Long Chen, have you given up?! Do you lack the courage to fight me?!”

Ignoring the outburst, Long Chen responded with a question of his own, “Tell me, what rank did you hold in the Heaven Essence Dragon Domain?”

Chi Yunxiao blinked, momentarily caught off guard by the inquiry. “Three years ago, in the dragon power rankings, I was ranked ninety-seventh. Since then, the Dragon Domain has descended into chaos, and the rankings were discarded. No one bothers with the dragon power stone anymore. But my cultivation and strength have grown significantly since then. I’m confident I could break into the top fifty now. What of it?”

The dragon power stone was a special artifact used to measure a dragon’s bloodline purity and innate potential. However, it only gauged the bloodline’s latent strength, not a person’s actual combat ability. Not everyone blessed with a strong bloodline was destined for greatness, just as not everyone with a weaker bloodline was doomed to mediocrity.

Some geniuses, despite inheriting the finest bloodline, squandered their potential through laziness, arrogance, or sheer stupidity. In the end, they would be trash until the day they died. Conversely, some might not be blessed with particularly good talent, but they pushed their potential past their limits in pursuit of greater power.

Long Chen’s gaze rested on Chi Yunxiao. Shaking his head, he said, “Your talent isn’t bad, but you’re hopelessly naive. In a life-and-death battle, breaking into the top five hundred would already be an achievement for you. The top fifty? You’re dreaming.”

“You...!” Chi Yunxiao’s face twisted in fury. “What would a human like you know?! What gives you the right to judge me? You know nothing of the dragon race! Don’t blame me for not giving you a chance to unleash your full power!”

Seeing Long Chen still refusing to unleash his aura, Chi Yunxiao snarled and waved his hand. Flame runes condensed into a massive flaming spear that materialized in the air.

With a deafening roar, the spear tore through space, streaking toward Long Chen like a fiery meteor.

However, Long Chen merely lifted his hand and waved it casually, crushing the spear. The sheer ease of this act left the onlookers stunned, their shock mirrored on Chi Yunxiao’s face.

“You couldn’t even break into the top five hundred,” Long Chen said indifferently. “You’re not qualified to fight me. Step aside, or you will get a beating.”

Ignoring Chi Yunxiao’s boiling rage, Long Chen calmly advanced, walking through the blazing inferno as though it didn’t exist.

“You are too arrogant!” Chi Yunxiao roared in fury, his shock giving way to blind rage.

With flames blazing around him, he lunged at Long Chen like a bolt of lightning and launched a fist at him.

But just as his attack was about to connect, Long Chen vanished.

Chi Yunxiao’s pupils shrank in disbelief. Where had he gone?

Before he could react, Long Chen reappeared directly in front of him. His movement was so fast it was as if he had never disappeared at all.

To everyone’s astonishment, Long Chen extended his right hand and flicked Chi Yunxiao on the forehead with his middle finger.

BOOM!

An explosive sound reverberated through the battlefield, and Chi Yunxiao was sent hurtling through the air, his body smashing through the ground and leaving a trail of massive holes.

The crowd fell into a deathly silence. No one could believe what they had just witnessed.