Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 5828: Arriving

“As expected.”

Seeing this scene, Long Chen simply nodded. Although this Ye Fenghan was strong, his combat experience was clearly lacking.

Huai Yushan had indeed used her true body to withstand Ye Fenghan’s attack, and the damage she sustained was real—half of her body was obliterated. However, by the time Ye Fenghan’s second strike landed, she had already swapped places with a clone.

Though Long Chen hadn’t seen the precise moment of the switch, he had sensed her life energy rapidly dissipating just before the exchange occurred.

As for this fool Ye Fenghan, he assumed his attack had fatally wounded her and launched a follow-up strike, completely falling into her trap.

All tree demons possessed an inherent talent in swapping places with their clones. The Undying race in particular was skilled in this regard, but Ye Fenghan didn’t know this.

Huai Yushan’s counterattack was brutal. Her wooden spear pierced through Ye Fenghan’s body, effortlessly tearing through his golden battle armor.

BOOM!

Suddenly, Ye Fenghan’s golden battle armor exploded. Within the explosion of golden divine light, Ye Fenghan vanished.

Huai Yushan’s eyes narrowed in surprise. Despite her spear penetrating his armor, it still managed to unleash a powerful divine ability.

As Huai Yushan attempted to track Ye Fenghan’s position using the blood left on her spear, her expression changed drastically.

“Long Chen, be careful!” she warned.

Suddenly, the space in front of Long Chen twisted, and a bloodied Ye Fenghan appeared, looking like an injured wild beast.

“If I can’t kill her, then I’ll kill you first!” exclaimed the frenzied Ye Fenghan.

However, before he could pull out his weapon—

PAK!

Long Chen’s right hand had arced through the air and slapped him in the face.

The force sent Ye Fenghan spinning through the air like a pinwheel, whirling thousands of times before he finally stopped. The world around him reeled, and his stomach churned violently.

Unable to control himself, he vomited midair.

Huai Yushan had started forming hand seals and ignited her flame of life to save Long Chen. But then, she saw this scene.

After stabilizing himself, Ye Fenghan slowly got up.

“Damn human, how dare you humiliate me like this?!” Ye Fenghan roared, pointing his halberd at Long Chen.

With a sudden motion, his halberd transformed into a lightning bolt and shot toward Long Chen like an arrow from a bow. The technique was unexpected—Ye Fenghan had used his own body as the bowstring, launching the halberd with tremendous force.

Just as Huai Yushan relaxed, thinking the battle was over, Ye Fenghan executed this desperate move. If he had any sense, he would have fled instead. But his wounded pride refused to let go of his humiliation. Pouring his devil blood into the halberd, he activated its full power, not even allowing Huai Yushan a chance to intervene.

Most terrifyingly, the halberd’s runes blazed with suicidal intensity—it was a self-destructive attack.

“Hahaha, you inferior human, this is the price of humiliating the great—”

Ye Fenghan’s laughter suddenly came to a stop. Within the explosion of divine light, he saw Long Chen and the others standing there, completely unharmed. Long Chen was looking at him like he was an idiot.

A barrier of golden light surrounded everyone, completely blocking his attack.

“Divine Golden Bell?! How?!” Ye Fenghan was in disbelief.

This technique was the golden carriage’s strongest defensive technique, and only Ye Fenghan could unleash this technique by sacrificing his core essence blood. However, because the technique placed an immense burden on the golden carriage, it was a last resort.

Yet, Long Chen had triggered it effortlessly, without any blood sacrifice or being a member of the night devil race. Ye Fenghan’s mind reeled with disbelief. He almost went nuts.

“Damn fool,” Long Chen said.

Seeing Long Chen capable of blocking this attack, Huai Yushan sighed in relief and canceled her hand seals.

BOOM!

The earth erupted, and countless wooden stakes shot into the sky, sealing off the battlefield. Huai Yushan’s patience had run dry.

Actually, she had no intention of killing Ye Fenghan here because his death could tarnish the reputation of the Undying Dragon Tree race.

Although Ye Fenghan couldn’t blame anyone else for his death, this matter did relate to the Undying Dragon Tree race’s reputation, so Huai Yufeng had tried to play it safe.

But this caution had almost cost them their lives. If not for Long Chen’s intervention, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

With heaven and earth locked down, the ten thousand Daos rumbled. Yet, Ye Fenghan didn’t look panicked at all.

Spitting blood, he sneered, “Damn you, Undying Dragon Tree race and you little human. Just you wait! Next time, I’ll make you beg for death.”

“There’s no need to wait for next time. I’ll kill you right here and now!” shouted Huai Yushan.

“You’re dreaming! If it weren’t for that bastard Long Chen wounding me, do you think I’d fear you? Next time, I’ll show you the true power of the night devil race!”

After Ye Fenghan had said that, a golden halo appeared on top of his head. Its golden light enveloped him, and he started to grow transparent.

Countless wooden stakes pierced through him but couldn’t harm him.

“Just you wait!” His taunting voice echoed as he completely disappeared. Despite Huai Yushan’s lockdown, he had still managed to escape.

Long Chen sighed. What an irritating brat. If I wasn’t trying to keep my power hidden, I’d have smashed him to bits.

Just now, he had almost called out the Earth Cauldron and smashed apart that divine light. Then, Ye Fenghan wouldn’t have been able to run away. But exposing his true strength for a mere fool wasn’t worth it. So, Long Chen simply watched him flee with arrogance.

Huai Yushan gloomily walked over to everyone. Clearly, she had miscalculated, so she was extremely displeased inside. Although no tragedy had unfolded, she still bore the weight of responsibility.

“It’s thanks to you. Thank you,” she said, looking at Long Chen apologetically.

“No, no. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have gone ahead of schedule and encountered them. It’s all because of me. If you say that, I’ll feel too ashamed to face you,” Long Chen replied.

In truth, Long Chen was cursing his bad luck. How did he always run into these kinds of things?

Hearing that, Huai Yushan felt much better inside. After all, her mission was to escort Long Chen to the Undying Demon Forest. If anything happened to him, she wouldn’t be able to answer to her race’s leader.

With Ye Fenghan gone, they returned to the golden carriage. Without hesitation, Long Chen had it move at full speed.

I can’t keep getting entangled with this bad luck. I have to get to the Undying Demon Forest faster.

The golden carriage roared through the sky, ignoring the countless experts they passed. It charged forward in the most domineering fashion, drawing the attention of many, but none dared to provoke them.

For half a month, they pressed on relentlessly.

Then, Huai Yushan’s voice rang out sharply. “Slow down! The Undying Demon Forest is just ahead!”