Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6690 Senior Yifeng

A stroke of inspiration flashed through Long Chen’s head. He had a brazen idea.

He had once undergone astral branding, carving star diagrams directly into his body. The pain had been indescribable—so crazy that even he had almost given up. Only after enduring it could he summon the Star Battle Armor.

That was why Long Chen’s Star Battle Armor was practically unrivaled amongst all the other Star Battle Armors here.

The agony of that branding was something few could endure. It was the kind of pain that could drive one mad.

Now, after recalling that experience and seeing these star diagrams, Long Chen conceived a new plan: carving these diagrams onto his Supreme Bone.

He could use his Supreme Bone to control the star diagrams and add in hand seals to boost them. That way, he would only need a few crucial hand seals in combination with his Supreme Bone’s power to unleash the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell.

If that really worked, perhaps he could unleash the Star Meteor and even the copy of the heaven whale in the same way.

Without hesitation, Long Chen formed hand seals. His Supreme Bone flared with light as a sea of stars converged upon it.

Certain stars blazed with light within and without. Star diagrams started to condense on top of his Supreme Bone.

However, just as one star diagram formed, some of those stars vanished, startling Long Chen.

“It’s actually correcting the mistakes in my copy!”

After all, a copy was never the original. If Long Chen wanted to unleash its maximum power, he required the original star diagrams, not the ones he had copied. Otherwise, one mistake in one star diagram could be the crack in the foundation that caused the entire divine ability to crumble.

Long Chen had planned to verify and correct the diagrams afterward, but his Supreme Bone was already doing so on its own.

The star diagrams quickly formed on the Supreme bone, perfectly identical to those in the surrounding space. Even their astral fluctuations matched exactly.

Long Chen was delighted by this. This would save him a great deal of time and energy.

The Supreme Bone was extremely efficient. Seven hundred star diagrams were completed in quick succession.

Then, it suddenly stalled.

The diagrams trembled, unable to advance further.

Only then did Long Chen realize that his Supreme Bone’s light had dimmed. His astral energy was practically exhausted, so he stopped.

More than two hundred diagrams remained.

Counting carefully, he realized that the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell had a total of 999 star diagrams.

Long Chen stopped and left this training space.

...

Even more people had gathered when he reappeared. Silence fell at once.

Once Long Chen left, the Elder in charge muttered, “It’s been only a day... what is he doing?”

“He definitely failed,” another elder sneered. “His astral fluctuations are weak. He must’ve gone astray and drained himself, perhaps even suffered a backlash.”

A woman’s cold sneer rang out.

“Tch, and I thought Long Chen was going to be strong. To injure himself just comprehending a divine ability... seems we overestimated him.”

This woman exuded a very powerful aura. She was one of the elite disciples Li Wanci had brought back.

They had only heard of Long Chen after returning. As someone who had fought genuine battlefield wars, she was unimpressed.

The so-called Heaven Rankers meant nothing to her. In truth, one of their goals in returning had been to reshape the Heaven Rankings with their own people. However, Long Chen had done so first, which irritated them deeply.

The palace master had forbidden direct challenges. That was why none of them had done anything to Long Chen. But none of them were happy.

“I don’t think it’s that simple,” the first Elder said calmly. “Long Chen already condensed the Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell on the martial stage. Though unstable, he controlled it through sheer astral reserves, and its power was astonishing. If he’s cultivating it again, there must be a reason he’s in a weak state. Don’t underestimate him.”

The Elder warned the woman that the Heaven Rankers had once thought the same. None of them had viewed him as a threat, only to be completely swept away.

However, he could tell this woman would not accept further advice. Saying more would only offend her, and that would be pointless.

As expected, she snorted in response. “Do you think we’re the same as those wastes? Long Chen is a clown before us. It would already be impressive if he ranked within our top hundred. Just wait, when the time comes, you’ll see what true experts are. Before Senior Yifeng, Long Chen is nothing but an ant.”

The Elder did not argue with her. After all, he had no idea who Senior Yifeng was. He simply smiled slightly.

He said, “Then I look forward to it.”

Long Chen left the Starry River Treasure Pavilion and returned to the gate of the starry river. He then used up some points to enter the formation.

After he had opened the eight gates, it took only an incense stick’s time for him to recover to his peak condition. The recovery rate was astonishing.

After that, he returned to the Starry River Treasure Pavilion and spent some more points to enter the cultivation space again. He had no idea how many points this was costing him, and he didn’t care either.

There was no way he could spend them all in such a short time. If anyone dared to tell him he lacked points, it could only mean they were scamming him. In that case, he would simply slap them.

Long Chen continued copying and branding the star diagrams. He didn’t even need to plan where to put them; his Supreme Bone was doing it all automatically. It never copied the same diagram, and the order was always accurate.

Before long, all 999 star diagrams were copied and flowed across his Supreme Bone.

As Long Chen formed a series of hand seals, he slowly merged the star diagrams according to the divine ability’s principles.

A giant astral bell appeared before Long Chen.

It was smaller than the astral figure’s example, but this was Long Chen’s limit.

Long Chen shook his head. “This technique isn’t something I can truly control yet. I’ll use Li Tianbi’s simplified version.”

The bell he had formed was far weaker than the original.

By Long Chen’s estimate, it was only slightly stronger than his previous version at three rings. And even that was already his limit.

Moreover, he couldn’t ring it or compress it further. There was no way to amplify its power.

After this test, Long Chen gave up on the original and tried out the simplified version.

When Long Chen raised his hand, a tiny, elegant bell appeared before him.

Long Chen smiled.