Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6266 Initial Mastery, Complete Mastery, Divine Mastery, Perfect Mastery

“This is...”

All the nine star heirs were dumbstruck.

“Complete mastery of the Star Cloud Steps?!”

“Impossible! A Mortal-tier heir can only inherit the most basic techniques. How could he possibly grasp complete mastery?!”

They were filled with disbelief. Among them, only Aogu was qualified to reach this realm, and even he had just barely succeeded.

The Star Cloud Steps were divided into four realms—initial mastery, complete mastery, divine mastery, and perfect mastery. Even among proper nine star heirs, achieving complete mastery was a near-impossible feat. Many spent their entire lives without crossing that threshold.

Many nine star heirs possessed shocking strength and were unbeatable in combat, yet not many of them could master the Star Cloud Steps.

Cultivating the Star Cloud Steps highly tested the user’s talent and patience. Its complete mastery was something countless disciples dreamed of reaching.

And yet Long Chen, a so-called Mortal-tier heir, had just displayed it. He had intercepted the female nine star heir mid-step, shocking all the nine star heirs.

The Golden Wing Heavenly Devils were gathered together, watching nervously. Even they felt immense pressure from the nine star heirs that had suddenly appeared. If it weren’t for Long Chen stalling them, these devils would have directly given up. After all, the nine star heirs viewed them as their mortal enemies.

However, this battlefield was unpredictable, so they patiently waited for their chance.

Meanwhile, Ming Yu and the Shadow Devil Bats were ecstatic. With that woman captured, Long Chen could turn the situation to their favor.

“You...!”

The woman glared venomously, struggling against his grip. But Long Chen’s astral seal left her helpless. She couldn’t escape.

Long Chen gazed at her icily.

Seeing that her expression was still one of rancor, he said, “Since you want to kill me, don’t blame me for being ruthless. I could protect you guys, but I can also kill you!”

Long Chen clenched his hand. Her body stiffened and then erupted. Starlight and blood mist burst into the air.

“Long Chen...!”

Ming Yu and the others cried out, their hearts almost leaping out of their chests. Long Chen had actually killed her.

The sight shocked even Aogu and the other nine star heirs. None of them had believed Long Chen would dare to do this in front of them.

“Long Chen!” Aogu roared furiously, his killing intent exploding. “You dare to collude with the Shadow Devil Bat race to kill your own people?! There is no redemption for you! Today, I’ll kill you to purify the nine star line!”

Starlight flowed across Aogu’s body. With a single step, star clouds quivered beneath his feet, and he appeared in front of Long Chen.

BOOM!

Their fists collided, causing astral light to erupt like fireworks. As they were both forced back, the shockwaves split the void, cracks spreading across the battlefield.

“Even a casual clash has such terrifying power?” gasped the red-haired man. “So he wasn’t even serious before...”

Long Chen swung out his fist. A dull pain rose from it, but his killing intent was overwhelming.

Long Chen’s expression was cold. “When she tried to kill me, none of you spoke. To you, I was just an ant. But the moment I killed her, you acted as though heaven had collapsed. Hypocrites. Even the nine star line breeds idiots, it seems.”

Rage burned within Long Chen. However, his voice was steady, carrying an icy resolve.

He declared, “To think you guys would forget the sacrifices of your followers, repaying loyalty with slaughter. Even animals are nobler than you. If the nine star line is filled with trash like you, then I will personally cleanse it.”

His words shook Ming Yu’s heart. They were not shouted in fury, but spoken with unshakable conviction.

“You’re nothing more than a Mortal-tier heir!” Aogu sneered. “You haven’t even stepped through the true gates of the nine star line, yet you dare speak of cleansing it? You’re trying to make me laugh to my death, aren’t you? Die!”

Using the Star Cloud Steps, he turned into a phantom that appeared right next to Long Chen. Starlight converged on his foot, and he unleashed a kick at Long Chen’s head.

However, Long Chen had vanished from his spot.

Missing its target, the kick left a crater in the void and a bottomless pit in the ground.

“So... this is the true power of nine star heirs?” Qi Ying muttered, staring at the giant footprint in shock.

Fortunately, the ones their ancestors had met back then were not this powerful. Otherwise, they would have lost the Heavenly Bat Sovereigness’s Dao-Fruit.

After dodging this attack, Long Chen stood in the air far away, his eyes icy.

“If the nine star line is full of ungrateful trash like you, I will personally destroy it!” Long Chen roared.

For countless generations, the Shadow Devil Bats had bled for the nine star line, to the point of declining to the brink of extinction. And now, the nine star heirs actually lusted for their Sovereigness’s Dao-Fruit and were willing to slaughter them for it.

This savagery completely enraged Long Chen.

Long Chen idolized the Nine Star Master. In his heart, his figure stood alongside the Five Sovereigns—a hero revered and worshipped across time. That was the only reason so many people were willing to follow him even in death.

If the Nine Star Master had descendants that sullied his name like this, Long Chen wouldn’t mind completely purging it.

For example, if Long Chen’s own descendants one day betrayed the Dragonblood warriors, he would not mind seeing them executed for the sake of justice.

“Impudence!”

Aogu’s fury erupted. He had never seen such arrogance before. With his Star Cloud Steps, he charged at Long Chen. Astral runes flowed on his fist.

At this sight, Long Chen snorted, and a star flared on his palm.

BOOM!

The clash tore the void apart, rending the battlefield with a massive crack.

“Isn’t that... the lowest-tier Battle Skill—One Star, Star Fall?” asked one nine star heir with disbelief.

“The lowest-tier art blocked senior Aogu’s high-level divine ability, Star Crushing Cloud Shredding Hand?!”

Their shock deepened. Star Fall was considered an entry-level technique, while the Star Crushing Cloud Shredding Hand was a powerful divine art. The two were not even close to being on the same level.

But in Long Chen’s hands, Star Fallunleashed earth-shaking might. The Supreme Bone transformed this crude art into a divine attack, magnifying its power countless times.

This was the source of Long Chen’s unshakable confidence.

Aogu’s face twisted, his pride finally broken. The next moment, his killing intent surged like a storm.

“Inferior brat! I’ll show you a true divine ability—one you couldn’t master even if you trained a thousand years!”

Aogu spread his arms. The next moment, heaven and earth shuddered as stars flashed around him. A wild power was rising.