Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6421 Sword Breaks Ancient City

Mo Zhan declared, “Long Chen, you really are a fool. It seems you’re a victim of your own smarts. Before I came out, they truly couldn’t do anything to you. But now that I, the master, have appeared, the Heaven Capturing Stronghold’s full might is concentrated on me. I am one with this fortress. Here, I am invincible!”

Mo Zhan’s sword slashed down as he spoke arrogantly, his voice echoing through the city. Everyone could clearly sense the Heaven Capturing Stronghold’s power pouring into him, bolstering every swing of his blade.

“How did the Heaven Swallowing race produce such a stupid branch? Instead of properly cultivating the divine arts left by your ancestors, you imitate human sword techniques and even try to control our divine weapons. What a fool.” Long Chen snorted.

Violet Sovereign flames surged around Long Chen’s fist.

BOOM!

When his fist met Mo Zhan’s sword, the entire city quaked violently. The experts of the Black Rock Heaven Swallowing Python race all coughed up blood, as if a giant hammer had struck them.

“Impossible! What kind of power is this?!” Mo Zhan’s expression twisted in disbelief.

Long Chen was barehanded. He hadn’t even fully summoned his Sovereign flames, yet that single strike had numbed Mo Zhan’s wrist and nearly torn the sword from his grasp.

“That sword’s decent, but it might as well be a stick of firewood in your hands. The fortress’s item-spirit is already dead, and you’ve forcibly placed your ancestor’s remnant soul inside to control it. But ultimately, this is still a divine weapon of the human race—it won’t truly submit to you. You can use it to bluff others, but its killing power is pathetic,” Long Chen said.

“You sure can talk big, but you’ll still die here!” roared Mo Zhan.

BOOM!

A pitch-black python manifested behind Mo Zhan, its immense body coiling around him. Its head lifted toward the heavens as if to devour the sky itself. Then, the python drew the world’s spiritual energy rapidly, causing Xi Yuanqing and the others to turn pale.

“The Heaven Swallowing race... people say their divine ability can devour all things under heaven, absorbing the world’s energy for their own use,” Xi Yuanqing murmured with both awe and envy. “With this manifestation, Mo Zhan’s power is virtually limitless.”

The sword in Mo Zhan’s hands trembled violently as endless Sword Qi slashed through the air.

Looking at the sword, Long Chen said, “The sword is nice, but it’s not yours. You’re trying to suppress it with brute force, yet it refuses to submit. What a waste.”

Mo Zhan seethed with fury. Everything Long Chen said struck straight where it hurt. The fortress and the sword were exactly as Long Chen described—neither belonged to his race.

Mo Zhan had obtained them by slaughtering others. Since the fortress’s original spirit had long since perished, the Heaven Swallowing race put one of their ancestors’ souls within it to control it. However, the synchronization was flawed.

But at the very least, he could use a portion of the fortress’s power.

As for the sword, it was incredibly powerful, but its Sword Dao will was exceptionally violent. Mo Zhan was wary of the backlash.

Even so, the sword’s might was undeniable.

Mo Zhan’s own talent in the Sword Dao was quite exceptional. By relying on his strength, he had been forcibly suppressing the sword, hoping that one day it would yield to him completely.

However, Long Chen had seen through all of this instantly. That piercing insight sent a flicker of fear through Mo Zhan’s heart.

“Die!”

Berserk killing intent surged out of Mo Zhan. He roared and swung his sword toward Long Chen, even before his attack reached its full power.

In response, a finger covered in violet qi blocked the sharp sword, and a violet qi wave spread through the fortress.

The entire city trembled as buildings collapsed one after another. The experts of the Black Rock Heaven Swallowing Python race spat blood and fled in terror. If they stayed in this fortress, they would be crushed to dust by the aftershock.

The fortress’s power had concentrated on Mo Zhan, leaving it unable to shield anyone else.

Just as they escaped through the gates, the rhino dragon race’s experts were waiting outside. Without mercy, they charged in, turning the fleeing pythons into slaughtered prey.

The rhino dragons fully unleashed their power. Every swing... every strike... carried terrifying killing intent. They were swift, efficient, and fatal. Their battle style bore an uncanny resemblance to that of the Dragonblood warriors.

While the rhino dragons lacked the Dragonblood warriors’ vast combat experience, they possessed astonishingly sharp instincts. They could instantly spot weaknesses and predict their enemies’ movements with eerie precision.

This was why Long Chen had such high hopes for them. Now, they finally showed some of their terrifying potential.

Within the fortress, Long Chen solidly blocked Mo Zhan’s sword strike. At this moment, his 999 Sovereign flames finally appeared.

“Impossible! You haven’t even reached the One Merger realm! How can your Sovereign flame energy be so strong?!” Mo Zhan roared, refusing to believe his eyes.

When he first entered the One Merger realm, he discovered that it was on a completely different level than that of 999 Sovereign flames. It was a qualitative transformation and had nothing to do with their numbers. The gap between the two was like a heavenly chasm.

By his reckoning, someone who merely possessed 999 Sovereign flames was just an ant before him.

But today, with his 999 Sovereign flames, Long Chen could block Mo Zhan’s full-power attack with a finger. How could Mo Zhan not be shocked?

His brash confidence shattered under that tiny motion. A single finger had toppled his entire understanding of cultivation realms.

Long Chen said, “If you hadn’t shackled yourself to that sword, you could have forced me to use a whole hand. But instead of cultivating your own innate potential, you fetishized the human Sword Dao. You crippled yourself long ago. Compared to other One Merger experts, you’re remarkably weak. You are unfit to wield the human race’s treasures.”

Long Chen raised another finger and tapped the sword. The next moment, the runes along the sword flared and changed into a beautiful violet color.

The hilt trembled. With an explosive crack, Mo Zhan’s palm was blown apart; he was thrown backward like a ragdoll.

Long Chen caught the sword between his fingers. Then, he turned it around and grabbed the hilt.

Looking at the beautiful blade, he said, “How could the divine weapon of the human race be tainted by you? Since you like the Sword Dao so much, I will show you the faintest power of the Sword Dao.”𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Long Chen raised the sword toward the heavens. Sovereign flames erupted around him, and violet qi surged skyward like a divine tide.

The blade quivered three times. With every pulse, the Sword Qi intensified, condensing into a colossal violet heavenly blade.

Then... Long Chen swung.

Violet light cleaved through the heavens and the earth alike, slicing the fortress clean down the middle.

Before Xi Yuanqing and the others’ astonished eyes, the impregnable fortress shuddered violently and then split apart, collapsing into two crumbling halves as violet Sword Qi raged through the air like a divine judgment.

“Damn human, you won’t have a good death!”

As the city fell apart, a voice echoed throughout heaven and earth like a devil’s curse.