Chapter 6649 Meeting Qing Yi Again

“It's the other nine star heirs!” Xue Ying exclaimed, shock flashing through her eyes.

Ahead of them, hundreds of thousands of nine star heirs were locked in battle with the devil race. The sight was entirely unexpected.

Their cultivation levels were mixed. There were Sovereign Lords, Divine Emperors, Human Emperors, and even weaker cultivators among them.

Among them, tens of thousands had reached the Sovereign Lord realm. Even within that group, their strengths varied widely, with some being new Sovereign Lords and some at the peak of that realm.

Their astral energy differed as well—some burned fiercely, others faintly.

Their combat styles were rather confusing. They were basically fighting for themselves, rarely coordinating.

“These are nine star heirs from the nine heavens—those from the lowest Mortal tiers,” Xue Ying said at once, recognizing their origins.

However, amongst these nine star heirs was one incredibly powerful existence.

A single figure was holding off six Divine Sovereigns alone. The heavens around them twisted violently, half the sky collapsing under the pressure of their clash.

Within that distorted space, Long Chen caught sight of a familiar silhouette. His heart jolted.

“Big Sister Qing!”

The one fighting alone was Qing Yi, the nine star heir who had battled the Six-Horn Fiend Fly for countless years in the Heaven Vein Mystic Realm. Back then, Long Chen had broken the stalemate and saved her life.

Now, Qing Yi was no longer in the Divine Emperor realm. She had reached the peak of the Sovereign Lord realm. Clad in astral battle armor and wielding a starry sword, she firmly tied down six Divine Sovereigns.

But her condition was dire.

Her astral armor already shattered, half of it drenched in blood. Even so, she refused to fall back, stubbornly holding her ground.

The battlefield below was littered with corpses. The absolute majority belonged to the devil race, but tens of thousands of dead nine star heirs lay among them.

Devil blood soaked the land, dried and blackened in many places. This battle had been going on for a long time, but both sides were persevering. Now, it had become a contest of endurance.

“Xue Ying, put on a mask. Don’t expose your identity and go help the other nine star heirs. Leave the Divine Sovereigns to me!” Long Chen instructed before rushing off.

“Yes!”

Xue Ying immediately took the mask Long Chen handed her. The moment she put it on, her aura shifted completely. Without hesitation, she charged straight into the battlefield.

At that instant, a deafening explosion rang out.

Qing Yi’s battle armor burst apart, while her sword was knocked from her grasp and sent flying. Cries rang out from the nine star heirs as they tried to rush to her aid, but they were too far away.

“Die!”

A cold shout rang out.

A serrated devil sword sliced through the sky like a venomous fang.

At this sight, Qing Yi let out a gentle sigh. She had already done everything she could.

Just then, countless runes converged before her, forming a violet shield. The devil sword slammed into it and came to an explosive stop. Meanwhile, the Divine Sovereign wielding it grunted and was hurled backward by the impact.

Qing Yi had closed her eyes, waiting for death. When she opened them, she saw a black-robed man standing in front of her, with a single hand raised to summon a shield that had blocked a Divine Sovereign’s blow.

“Long Chen...!”

She saw only his back, yet she recognized him instantly. However, she could hardly believe her eyes.

“Big Sister Qing, rest for now,” Long Chen said, turning his head slightly and flashing her a grin. “Leave this place to me.”

When he turned back toward the Divine Sovereign who had tried to kill Qing Yi, his expression darkened.

“You old fogey. You’re the one who ambushed me last time. I’ve remembered your spiritual fluctuations ever since,” Long Chen said.

When that elder struck, his aura erupted for an instant. Long Chen had never forgotten it. This fellow was the one who had injured his soul at the spatial gate.

This Divine Sovereign was shocked and enraged. He hadn’t expected such an expert to appear out of nowhere.

He roared, “I don’t know who you are, but you’re nothing more than a newly advanced early Sovereign Lord! If you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish!”

The essence rune on his forehead ignited as he swung his sword again.

However, he had fought for far too long. The flame of his essence rune flickered weakly, like a candle on the verge of going out. His law power was equally depleted.

“Violet blood Infinity-One—God Slaying Cross!”

Long Chen thrust out a palm. Violet flames erupted and engulfed the incoming devil sword.

BOOM!

The sword itself remained intact, but the Divine Sovereign holding it exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

After his enlightenment under the Heavenly Constellation Ancestor, Long Chen had gained a clear understanding of the levels among Divine Sovereigns.

Their foundation lay in law power, which could be divided into innate and acquired forms.

In the cultivation world, “innate” was usually considered superior. But within the Divine Sovereign realm, the opposite was true. Law power comprehended and refined through one’s own efforts far surpassed inherited law power from their bloodline. After all, “acquired” law power was closest to one’s personal Dao.

Every Divine Sovereign Long Chen had encountered, aside from the Heavenly Constellation Ancestor, had relied on their innate runes. However, the sweeping elder was an exception; he had never revealed his essence rune in front of Long Chen, making his true level impossible to judge.

Furthermore, amongst innate Divine Sovereigns, these particular devil lifeforms would be the bottom of the barrel—far inferior even to those who had attacked Heavenly Maple Valley.

“What?”

Long Chen had slain a Divine Sovereign with a single strike. The remaining five were horrified.

Long Chen grabbed the devil sword, which immediately emitted devil runes to resist. However, his violet flames instantly covered the sword, and a powerful will crushed its struggle.

Just like that, Long Chen had subdued the devil sword with brute force.

As his violet blood surged, he swung the sword.

“Violet Flame Heaven Splitter!”

A violet crescent moon sliced through the battlefield, locking down all the five Divine Sovereigns.

BOOM!

With a collective roar, five of them joined forces to block it.

Almost instantly, all five were blown apart into blood mist. Before Long Chen, they were no different from ants. They couldn’t even resist.

Part of the reason was their exhaustion, but the greater reason was simple: they were simply that weak.

Six Divine Sovereigns fell in the blink of an eye.

Qing Yi stood frozen. When Long Chen appeared, she felt reassured because she knew he possessed the Earth Cauldron. But he hadn’t used it at all.

He had killed all six with his own strength. That was absolutely terrifying.

On the other side, Xue Ying rushed through the devil race’s army, killing dozens of their strongest members in an instant.

“Run!”

Panic seized the devil race.

But the moment they tried to retreat, vines burst from the ground and the sky alike. In moments, the massive army was wiped out.

Vines flew about, blood spraying everywhere. In a bit, the devil corpses vanished from the ground, and even the blood mist in the sky was devoured by the vines.

If not for the bodies of the nine star heirs still lying on the battlefield, it would have seemed like a dream.

“Lord Long Chen, is it really you?”

With the battle over, the surviving nine star heirs rushed forward, surrounding Long Chen with excitement and disbelief.

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