Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6674 Radiant Starlight World

Li Ziwei’s words instantly darkened Qu Liushang’s expression.

He had already reviewed the Qu family’s reports regarding recent events in the Starry River Palace. It seemed they had been too conservative in their reports. The situation was far more chaotic than described.

Seeing the expression of their patriarch, the Qu family’s higher-ups lowered their heads in embarrassment. With the palace’s situation so tangled, they had not dared submit reckless reports.

“The Starry River Sovereign Palace?” Long Chen said.

Long Chen eyed Li Ziwei and couldn’t help but shake his head. “I see. So you’ve decided that the Starry River Palace is the personal property of your Li family. Does your Li family consider itself a king here?”

Li Ziwei sneered, “So what? Our Li family—”

“Ziwei, shut your mouth!” Li Tianbi shouted.

As the number one Heaven Ranker, Li Tianbi’s presence was not merely powerful—it was heavy. His aura pressed down like a mountain, and his gaze was sharp enough to pierce the soul.

When he appeared, he immediately sensed that something was wrong. To his shock, he couldn’t sense Long Chen’s core energy fluctuations.

This was his first time encountering such a situation.

Core energy fluctuations were the most reliable indicator of strength. Many cultivators concealed them through techniques or treasures, but Li Tianbi possessed a special method to see through all such disguises.

Starlight flickered in his eyes, forming something like a starry mirror reflecting the universe. However, he still couldn’t see through Long Chen.

Seeing his own family’s disciple spouting such arrogant words, Li Tianbi felt a chill and immediately stopped him.

Li Tianbi turned to Long Chen and coldly said, “The Starlight Heavenly Sovereign’s inheritance is something any disciple of the nine star line is qualified to obtain. The only question is whether you possess the strength to claim it.”

Long Chen looked at Li Tianbi and sneered, “You two brothers really are a pair. One openly vile, the other pretending to be noble. For the great Starlight Heavenly Sovereign to have vile descendants like you—what a tragedy.”

“Courting death!”

Li Ziwei instantly lost control. Astral energy erupted as his battle armor manifested. He charged straight at Long Chen.

“Ziwei, be careful!” Li Tianbi shouted in alarm.

Li Ziwei, however, only saw that Long Chen had activated his Star Battle Armor and did the same. Unlike Li Tianbi, he lacked starry eyes and could only judge strength through experience.

BOOM!

With a flash, Li Ziwei flew back like a shooting star.

Li Tianbi raised his hand, summoning a starry screen that caught Li Ziwei like a net.

When everyone looked at Li Ziwei, they cried out in shock. There was a large handprint on his face, and his battle armor had crumpled at that spot.

It was a good thing that Li Ziwei had summoned his battle armor, or this slap would have blown his head apart.

“Heavens, they have no idea how vicious Long Chen is! He only summoned the Star Battle Armor!”

The spectators were in an uproar.

After all, they had just seen Zhong Yun’s full-power attack fail to breach Long Chen’s defenses. Thus, Li Ziwei’s charge had been nothing short of suicidal.

If Li Ziwei had seen that, he would never have attacked so rashly. Unfortunately, the voices of the crowd could not reach the martial stage.

“Is Miss Yingying going to warn them about Long Chen’s strength?”

“Who knows? She keeps calling him her little brother. Maybe she’ll side with him...”

“Eh? Miss Yingying’s going to defect? This is a battle for all our points, and the dignity of everyone in the Starry River Palace!”

“Although Miss Yingying is exceptionally talented, her head isn’t too sharp. She only does what she finds interesting. I don’t think she understands priorities...”

Everyone in the Starry River Palace was panicking like ants on a hot plate, sweating nervously.

Qu Yingying was actually recognized as the cultivation genius with the greatest talent in the Starry River Palace’s history.

However, she could barely squeeze into the top eight. That was because she was always too distracted and refused to cultivate properly.

The Qu family had been driven nearly insane watching such talent go to waste, yet they were powerless to change her.

Now, everyone saw Qu Yingying standing there blankly and looking dumbfounded. They guessed that her head had gone blank.

Just then, the space behind Long Chen shuddered. A saber appeared out of nothingness, followed by a figure with eight stars blazing behind him.

“It’s Cui Changqing!”

The attacker was the rank ten Cui Changqing. This person was infamous for his cruelty and treachery.

He had silently snuck up to Long Chen, revealing his Eight Star Battle Armor only when his saber was already behind Long Chen. It was a textbook assassin’s strike.

Furthermore, his timing was perfect. By the time anyone could react, his saber was already at Long Chen’s neck. This was a ruthless attack clearly aiming to take Long Chen’s life.

Clang.

A metallic ring echoed.

The saber stopped less than half an inch from Long Chen’s throat, blocked by a single astral finger.

Cui Changqing’s pupils shrank. A sense of mortal danger surged through him.

Just as he was about to move, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.

BOOM!

Blood burst outward as Long Chen’s kick tore through him. Cui Changqing’s body was split cleanly in two, and everything between his chest and waist was destroyed.

The two halves of Cui Changqing’s body smashed into the martial stage’s barrier and tumbled to the ground, not moving anymore.

The martial stage quivered. It had judged Cui Changqing to have lost the ability to fight and removed him.

Seeing how ruthless Long Chen was, the other nine star heirs were shocked and enraged.

Li Tianbi roared, “Kill him!”

Other than Qu Yingying, they all summoned their battle armor and weapons. At this moment, the martial stage seemed to have turned into a life-and-death stage. This was no longer a competition.

“Die!”

Li Ziwei let out a furious roar as he struck like lightning. A spear containing his full wrath pierced toward Long Chen.

Long Chen met it with his fist.

BOOM!

Li Ziwei felt as if he had struck an iron wall. He was blasted backward—fastest in, fastest out.

Li Ziwei gnashed his teeth. His organs churned violently, and blood surged into his throat. But he swallowed it back by force.

Just then, the others attacked at the same time. Blades, sabers, and divine weapons filled the air, sealing off every angle.

With his bare hands, Long Chen shattered their weapons one after another. His figure weaved through the storm, evading what he did not break.

“Heavens, he’s fighting the top seven of the Heaven Rankings on his own?!”

Seeing that dazzling figure fighting, everyone was shocked. They had never seen a battle on this level before.

Just then, Li Ziwei let out a furious roar.

“Qu Yingying, what are you standing there blankly for?! Give us your Radiant Starlight World!"