Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6240 Meeting Lei Yuner Again

Pow!

Long Chen’s slap cracked through the air, sending the three-hundred–flames divine sprout like a ragdoll.

Long Chen’s appearance startled all the other-world experts. They hadn’t expected this terrifying “devil king” to show up. A couple of days ago, they’d seen him charging toward the scales, and now, he appeared out of nowhere. They instantly quivered with terror.

“Long Chen? You bastard! So what if you reached the scales? You’ll still die today!” the slapped expert roared.

He charged back. Over three hundred Sovereign flames ignited behind him, and devil runes crawled across his skin. His devil qi fused with those flames, expanding into an oppressive domain that swallowed the battlefield.

In his fury, he directly ignited his essence blood and Sovereign flames. The terrifying pressure was so great that the silver-haired woman and the others were unable to move. This was the difference between a three-hundred-flame divine sprout and a two-hundred-flame divine sprout.

The silver-haired woman was stunned and looked at Long Chen nervously, worried that he wouldn’t be able to beat the enraged expert.

“Who do you think you’re speaking to?” Long Chen asked.

Long Chen stepped forward, completely ignoring the domain. In a blur, he appeared before his foe and slapped him again.

Pow!

The man had been mid–hand seal, preparing a killing move under the safety of his domain. Thus, Long Chen’s appearance shocked him. He even forgot to undo his hand seals and was slapped without any resistance.

Long Chen didn’t slap him that hard. So, he went tumbling back but wasn’t injured.

This slap stunned everyone. Long Chen was actually capable of completely ignoring a three-hundred-flame divine sprout’s domain!

“I’ll kill you!”

After being slapped twice, that expert went crazy. He finally saw the gap between them. The next moment, he summoned a devil-qi–wreathed longsword.

But before he could swing it, a hand brushed the air, and the sword vanished from his hand.

Long Chen now held it, turning it over in his hand with idle interest. “Not bad. For offering me such a decent weapon, I’ll spare your dog life.”

With a flick, the sword disappeared into the primal chaos space. The next moment, the man coughed up blood as his spiritual seal shattered.

With his strongest weapon gone, he lost the will to fight and turned around to flee.

Just then, a vine lashed out, coiling around him. He screamed as he was bound tight.

Zhi Zhi had him.

Seeing this, the other experts on his side turned and fled.

The remaining other-world experts tried to scatter, but black thorns erupted, skewering them where they stood.

In the end, they vanished into the primal chaos space, though Zhi Zhi seemed uninterested in them—even the three-hundred-flame captive held no value to it. Clearly, existences on this level couldn’t bring it any benefits.

Seeing Long Chen instantly kill so many powerful experts, that silver-haired woman finally called out emotionally.

“Long Chen...”

Only then did Long Chen turn toward this woman. After that, his eyes widened.

“You’re... Lei Yuner[1]?”

Long Chen had never expected to encounter an acquaintance here. Back then, after Long Chen had accidentally entered the Netherworld, Wu Tian tore through the wall between worlds to send him back to the immortal world.

Then, he ended up in the demonic beast race’s territory—the Allheaven star-field. There, he’d met the Lightning Falcon princess, Lei Yuner. He’d never expected to see her again here.

Her short hair had grown long, but her petite frame hadn’t changed. Still, the time’s weight lingered in her eyes.

“Thank you for remembering me,” said Lei Yuner sincerely.

All the experts by her side were shocked. They had never thought Lei Yuner had a relationship with Long Chen.

Just then, the captured three-hundred-flame divine sprout shouted, “You better let me go, otherwise—”

Long Chen casually slapped him unconscious.

“Princess Yuner, it’s been a long time. You’ve grown even more beautiful,” greeted Long Chen.

Lei Yuner’s eyes reddened slightly. Back when they first met, she had a feeling that Long Chen was a dragon amongst men and would definitely soar in the future.

She’d even half-jested that if he became strong enough, she’d bear his children so they’d have the strongest bloodlines. Now, he’d risen beyond her sight, yet the years between felt like a lifetime.

She was no longer the pure, simple-minded girl he remembered. To Lei Yuner, Long Chen now felt both like a stranger and someone deeply familiar—an odd mixture that brought her joy and sorrow at the same time.

“Grown up?”

Lei Yuner looked at him, her eyes rimmed red. Tears rolled down her cheeks. “Yes, I’ve grown up. After my branch was completely destroyed, I had no choice.”

Long Chen was startled. Only after questioning her did he learn that her branch had been annihilated in the chaos of the nine heavens.

Back then, she had been her branch’s strongest young expert, yet she survived only because she had been cultivating in their ancestral lands when disaster struck.

After experiencing the emotional upheaval of losing everything, Lei Yuner managed to awaken her innate talent and divine abilities. Then, she proceeded to condense over two hundred Sovereign flames and become the Lightning Falcon race’s strongest expert.

Originally, she had planned to seek vengeance once she left the Heaven Region’s battlefield. But after entering this place, she was forced to face a cruel truth—the talent she had once been so proud of meant little here.

Hundred-flame divine sprouts were as common as dogs, and she had crossed paths with countless experts on par with herself. The blow to her confidence had been heavy.

Seeing her pain, Long Chen felt a wave of powerlessness. This was something unavoidable. Even someone as powerful as him couldn’t help Lei Yuner. In this world, the only way to defy destiny was to become stronger than destiny itself.

“That’s right,” Long Chen asked, “why were they chasing you?”

“We stumbled across one of their treasure lands,” Lei Yuner replied, brushing away her tears and gritting her teeth.

“A treasure land?” Long Chen’s ears instantly perked up.

“We barely got close before the guards noticed us and attacked. We didn’t even get a look inside, but with how fiercely they defended it, it must be something valuable. You might as well ask him,” Lei Yuner replied, pointing to the unconscious man.

Long Chen walked over and gave him a slap. “Stop sleeping! Boss San has some questions for you!”

1. From chapter 3400 ☜