Nine Star Hegemon Body Art

Chapter 5901: Devil Lily Heaven Vein

Long Chen stood motionless there. He didn’t release any aura and seemed completely tranquil. Yet, he gave off a sense of boundless pressure.

Even after enduring that storm of attacks, he remained exactly where he had been, unmoved like a boulder.

“My ultimate form? Do you think you’re worthy?” Yuanshan sneered, a wild expression appearing in his eyes.

“This guy is terrifying. He just unleashed thousands of attacks, yet he’s not even out of breath. His aura’s only growing stronger,” said Liu Qingyu solemnly.

Liu Minghao nodded. Indeed… Yuanshan was powerful. However, it didn’t seem as if he had the upper hand against Long Chen.

From the beginning until now, Long Chen used a simple principle: redirect his opponent’s strength to his own benefit. His energy consumption was minimal. If Yuanshan’s exhaustion rate was ten, Long Chen’s would barely register as one or two.

Though human, Long Chen possessed a staggering amount of core energy. If this became a battle of endurance, Yuanshan would need ten times Long Chen’s reserves to claim victory.

That said, the Devil Eye Water Lily race wasn’t what it once was. Qifeng was a prime example. Who knew whether Yuanshan also possessed a demonic beast?

“It seems you finally understand the weight of your situation,” said Long Chen, his voice calm. “Very well. Today, I’ll use you as a lesson for my brothers and sisters of the Undying race.”

Long Chen slowly raised his arms. Just when everyone thought he was about to unleash some grand technique… he simply stretched. He extended his arms overhead, twisted his waist, rolled his shoulders, and cracked his neck and ankles.

Yuanshan’s expression sank. He was already in his combat state and wanted to test out Long Chen’s attacks, but Long Chen only toyed with him.

They’d been fighting for a while, yet Long Chen was only warming up now. It was an open insult. Long Chen was saying the previous exchange wasn’t even a warm-up.

“Damn you!” Yuanshan finally snapped. With a roar, thirteen heaven veins burst into existence behind him. He had summoned his manifestation.

His heaven veins were thirteen black dragons, each coiled with a dark lily. As his Blood Qi ignited, his aura surged to an entirely new level.

“His heaven veins…!” Liu Minghao was shocked.

“Correct. Those are the Devil Eye Water Lily race’s legendary devil lily heaven veins,” an elder explained. “They only appear once every countless eons, but most born with them die young. It's said that those born with these veins were cursed by the Six Dao Heavenly Eye race, making survival nearly impossible. This Yuanshan must’ve been born in the divine pool, where the curse couldn’t reach.”

But Liu Xihua shook her head. “If you sense carefully, you’ll feel a faint trace of curse energy on him. Either he was struck by it and it weakened over time, or… the Devil Eye Water Lily race has found a method to suppress it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to walk beneath the nine heavens so openly.”

“Are the devil lily heaven veins very strong?” asked Liu Ruyan.

“Very. Second only to our Undying Willow race’s heavenly fusion heaven veins,” Liu Xihua answered.

That shocked Liu Ruyan and the others. The heavenly fusion heaven veins were a myth now—the strongest heaven veins the Undying race ever produced. But ever since the end of the primal chaos era, no one had awakened them again.

To think the Undying race’s peak heaven veins had vanished, while the Devil Eye Water Lily race still had their legendary veins—it was hard not to feel bitter.

“Don’t lose hope,” Liu Xihua reassured them. “We still have a chance to produce the heavenly fusion heaven veins. The Sovereign Blood Divine Pool of our Undying race still retains its primordial divinity. Through its baptism, you guys might awaken the heavenly fusion heaven veins. But… the energy within it is limited, so you’ll only get one shot. That’s why the Sovereign Lord has been waiting for the perfect moment for the baptism. Whether or not you can awaken them depends on yourselves.”

It sounded as if this Sovereign Blood Divine Pool was their final hope. Once it was used, its energy would be exhausted. If none of them awakened the veins, the Undying race’s supreme inheritance would truly vanish.

Liu Changtian hadn’t rushed them into the baptism because he wanted to excavate every last ounce of potential beforehand.

Only those who had fully unlocked their latent power stood even a chance of success. And if one person awakened the heavenly fusion heaven veins, it could serve as a spark to ignite others’ potential. They could help the others awaken it.

But if no one succeeded… the legacy would die forever.

Even Liu Changtian was tormented by this gamble. He had originally planned to let them advance to the Human Emperor realm, shed their human forms, and then undergo the baptism.

However, that would be missing out on the best blessing period, which was in the Heaven Saint realm.

Yet doing the baptism too early, while still bound to their human forms, would drastically reduce their odds of success. This dilemma constantly plagued Liu Changtian and was part of the reason he cursed the human race so often. Without the restriction of the Human Emperor realm, the Undying race’s odds of awakening their ultimate heaven veins would be higher.

According to his plan, they would advance to the Human Emperor realm, then enter the Sovereign Blood Divine Pool, and only afterward challenge the Devil Eye Water Lily race. But Long Chen’s arrival changed everything.

Liu Xihua looked at Long Chen. She had a feeling that the moment Liu Changtian let Long Chen lead this expedition, he had entrusted the very fate of the Undying race to him.

Long Chen’s victory or defeat would decide their future. Of all present, only she knew the full weight of this burden, and she was suffocating beneath it.

Long Chen, my son-in-law, you cannot fail here!

Liu Xihua silently prayed, her eyes filled with faith as she watched that fearless figure.

BOOM!

Just then, Yuanshan’s thirteen heaven veins transformed into a raging flame, and he charged at Long Chen. Everyone’s hearts clenched.