Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6278 Sovereign Flame Dragon Crystal

The evil dragon leader unleashed a devastating punch, his eight hundred Sovereign flames blazing in unison.

Everyone could see evil dragons writhe faintly around his fist, their roars shaking the air. This was his full might.

As a top expert, the evil dragon leader instantly realized how terrifying Long Chen was. He knew he had only one chance. If this strike failed, he would have to retreat without hesitation. Thus, he poured everything into this single blow.

BOOM!

Just before his fist reached Long Chen, a coffin materialized in front of him.

The punch landed squarely on the coffin, but it didn’t even tremble. Then, its formation runes pulsed, and a violent backlash sent the evil dragon expert staggering, his qi and blood roiling.

At that exact moment, a palm bearing a cross sigil slammed into the back of his head.

The evil dragon leader had exhausted his full power in that one strike, leaving him completely unguarded. As a result, his head exploded beneath Long Chen’s palm.

Everything proceeded exactly as Long Chen had anticipated. His coordination with Mo Nian was flawless, no less seamless than with a Dragonblood warrior. Together, they instantly annihilated this strong foe.

The moment the evil dragon leader fell, his Sovereign flames dimmed. Long Chen’s Supreme Bone glowed, and the dragon blood whirlpool reappeared, devouring them.

After that, his violet blood and Supreme Blood surged like starving wolves, rushing in to claim their portion.

After the Supreme Bone had compressed the Sovereign flames, to Long Chen’s surprise, each of his bloodlines had condensed 101 flames.

What? Seven hundred flames only gave me fifty-six, but now eight hundred resulted in even fewer? So... the higher the level, the more energy it takes to condense Sovereign flames?

It felt as though he had uncovered a crucial truth.

When the other evil dragons saw their leader fall before Long Chen, terror spread through them, and they immediately turned to flee.

“Leave them to me!” Long Chen roared, stopping everyone else from pursuing.

With a simple raise of a finger, Long Chen sent an astral sword piercing through the ranks of the evil dragon race, killing hundreds of them instantly.

This time, his Supreme Bone remained silent—it did not react when he used astral energy.

“Divine Dragon Tail Pendulum!”

As Long Chen unleashed a kick, his dragon blood erupted, manifesting a colossal tail that lashed through the battlefield.

The fleeing evil dragons couldn’t block this terrifying attack. In the end, only two seven-hundred-flame divine sprouts managed to survive, and even they were gravely wounded.

Then, Long Chen’s Supreme Bone pulsed again, absorbing the Sovereign flames. Long Chen immediately realized the condition—he had to use dragon blood energy to trigger the devouring. Moreover, it only worked on the dragon race. Killing other races produced no such effect.

“Divine Dragon Scout Claw.”

With a wave of the hand, Long Chen summoned a giant dragon claw in the air, and it grabbed the last two survivors. They struggled madly, but the sacred dragon energy suppressed them completely. Despair filled their eyes.

At this moment, the Supreme Bone had compressed the Sovereign flame energy. However, Long Chen was disappointed to find that this many Sovereign flames only produced very little energy.

In the end, he only got five extra Sovereign flames for each of his bloodlines.

“So it’s quality over quantity...” Long Chen muttered.

Five-hundred-flame divine sprouts and below produced so little energy that they were practically negligible for Long Chen.

The next moment, the dragon claw clenched, crushing the last two evil dragon experts.

From the outside, it appeared that their Sovereign flames had simply dispersed into the world, as was natural. No one could tell they had been devoured.

Normally, Sovereign flames would return to heaven and earth, or form Heavenly Dao Fruits. But now, the Supreme Bone seized everything, leaving even the Heavenly Dao Tree powerless before it.

His three bloodlines surged once more—each now burning with one hundred and eighteen Sovereign flames. Long Chen had officially stepped into the ranks of the hundred-flame divine sprouts.

“Lord Long Chen!” Hai Mingkong exclaimed.

Hai Mingkong led his fellow disciples over and respectfully bowed toward Long Chen.

Long Chen praised, “Not bad. You managed to hold off an eight-hundred-flame divine sprout with only seven hundred flames. If not for protecting everyone else, he wouldn’t have been able to stop you.”

Hai Mingkong was truly formidable. His combat experience was immense, while his mind was calm and precise. Long Chen had seen almost no flaws in his techniques.

“Many thanks for your praise, Lord Long Chen. But unfortunately, I could not prevent the sacrifice of two brothers.”

Hai Mingkong shook his head, guilt flickering in his eyes.

When Hai Mingkong first entered the heaven region’s battlefield, he immediately started slaughtering the other-world experts. Along the way, he encountered fellow experts of the Dragon Domain, but they soon crossed paths with the evil dragon race and were mercilessly hunted.

This evil dragon race was not from the nine heavens, but from the other world. They possessed more Sovereign flames, their power overwhelming.

Outmatched, Hai Mingkong and the others fled to a land of flames. The other side seemed afraid of fire and had no choice but to give up.

What Hai Mingkong hadn’t expected was that this flame region was the resting place of a flame dragon ancestor. Whether it was fate’s design or their ancestor’s blessing, they discovered the Sovereign Flame Dragon Crystal of that ancestor.

Sadly, the heroic spirit of that ancestor had long since dissipated. It was only the dragon crystal’s lingering energy that maintained the flame region and kept the outside experts at bay. Within the crystal lay the ancestor’s life-long legacy, and it was a priceless treasure to any flame dragon.

After seizing it, Hai Mingkong directly retreated.

With the crystal removed, the flame region’s protective energy quickly faded, and the evil dragons swarmed after them like starving wolves.

They had long since set their sights on this dragon crystal. However, its power was too great.

All they could do was slowly erode its strength, waiting for it to weaken. In this opening of the heaven region’s battlefield, they had planned to seize it in full force after their opponents were expelled.

Yet, due to their strategy, most of them were scattered, busy hunting the experts of the nine heavens. Only one powerful squad, led by a top expert, had given chase to Hai Mingkong and his group.

“Lord Long Chen, this Sovereign Flame Dragon Crystal is a priceless treasure. It contains that senior’s Sovereign flame seeds—over eight hundred in total. Since you cannot condense Sovereign flames on your own, it is absolutely perfect for you.”

Hai Mingkong took out a dark-red gem and handed it to Long Chen reverently.