Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Clearly, this fortress and the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest were not even on the same level. The former couldn’t withstand the impact.

The Ten Thousand Dragon Nest remained completely unharmed, but the fortress was obliterated. Countless devil experts were reduced to dust in the explosion, leaving only a small number of survivors.

Originally built by the human race, the fortress had later been seized by the devil race. Though the devils had learned to operate it, their control over its mechanisms was crude at best. Under normal circumstances, they managed well enough, but in this distorted space, their inability to wield it properly led to its destruction.

With the fortress gone, tens of thousands of devil experts remained. They were massive, with white horns protruding from their heads and bat-like wings on their backs. Their vicious fangs gleamed menacingly.

What caught Long Chen’s attention was the presence of three nine-vein Heaven Saints among them. The nine veins represented their core veins. Hundreds more possessed eight core veins, while the rest were seven-vein Heaven Saints. Any weaker devils had already perished in the blast.

Long Chen stepped out of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and extended his hand. A vast net of thunderforce swept over the battlefield.

The ground was littered with corpses. With a mere thought, he drew them into the primal chaos space.

The devil experts were still dazed from losing their fortress. So, when they saw Long Chen brazenly harvesting their fallen comrades, fury erupted within them.

Their leader roared, his nine heaven veins flaring to life. A blood-red trident materialized in his grasp as he launched a devastating attack.

Yet, Long Chen didn’t even glance at him. He simply continued gathering the corpses.

The trident hurtled toward Long Chen—only to be intercepted mid-flight. A steady hand gripped the weapon, and Song Mingyuan’s figure emerged.

"What?!"

The devil expert’s eyes widened in disbelief. He had unleashed his full might, yet the moment Song Mingyuan caught the trident, all its power vanished as if sinking into an endless sea.

BOOM!

Suddenly, his nine core veins ignited, unleashing a surge of destructive flames. The trident trembled violently as its immense force crashed toward Song Mingyuan.

However, Song Mingyuan’s grip remained unshaken. A faint tremor ran through his arm, and beneath his feet, ripples spread across the ground. These ripples were composed of countless runes, resembling gentle waves washing over the battlefield.

“He doesn’t even need direct contact with the earth to redirect his opponent’s power… He’s completely mastered the essence of earth’s energy,” Long Chen muttered, nodding in approval.

Indeed, after merging with his dragon soul, Song Mingyuan abandoned his aggressive edge in favor of true mastery over earth’s power.

While Heavenly Doyen energy was rigid and unyielding, earth energy embodied softness—absorbing and dissipating force rather than clashing head-on. This was a perfect example of using softness to counter hardness. Song Mingyuan didn’t even need to use his core energy; he was simply draining his opponent’s strength away.

Song Mingyuan had completely transformed. He had given up his murderous aura and gained new stability and gentleness.

No matter how the devil expert struggled, his weapon remained trapped in Song Mingyuan’s grip. It was as if he were trying to uproot an immovable mountain.

With this one casual move, Long Chen could tell that these people were a far cry from being able to match Song Mingyuan.

The other two nine-vein Heaven Saints suddenly attacked Song Mingyuan, one from the left and one from the right, with tridents in their hands as well.

Seeing this scene, Song Mingyuan held onto the first trident with his right hand while calmly forming seals with his left. Two dark yellow shields materialized on either side of him, formed from dense earth runes. They were only three feet wide and half a foot thick. ɽ𝔞NΟꞖƐ𝒮

Both tridents slammed into the shields at the same time, their tips piercing precisely half a foot in. And that was it. Their attacks were completely nullified.

Although they managed to pierce the shields, they couldn’t harm Song Mingyuan.

Long Chen’s heart pounded. Song Mingyuan’s transformation was beyond anything he had anticipated. The shield consisted only of basic earth energy, yet it effortlessly withstood the full power of two nine-vein Heaven Saints. If Song Mingyuan fully unleashed his dragon soul’s might, his defenses would be unimaginable.

The three devil experts froze, their expressions shifting from rage to terror. Only now did they realize what kind of terrifying existence they had provoked.

Without hesitation, they yanked at their tridents, trying to retreat. But their weapons were rooted to the ground, refusing to budge no matter how desperately they pulled.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Three golden arrows tore through the air, and blood splattered across the battlefield as all three devil experts dropped lifelessly to the ground.

Long Chen was stunned. He turned to see Guo Ran standing atop the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, wielding a massive golden crossbow. His grin stretched ear to ear.

Suddenly, Guo Ran unleashed a clump of arrows all at once. These arrows were like a flood raining down on the devil experts.

“Thousand Arrow!” With a triumphant shout, Guo Ran unleashed devastation.

Explosions erupted across the battlefield, engulfing the enemy ranks in an area of absolute destruction. Every single devil expert was wiped out in an instant.

Long Chen’s jaw nearly dropped. “What a terrifying move!”

Long Chen couldn’t help jumping in shock. He had never seen this particular move.

Beyond its devastating killing power, what truly shocked him was that Guo Ran hadn’t even needed to activate his heaven veins. He had relied entirely on the crossbow and the arrows’ sheer might to annihilate their enemies.

“Hahaha! Didn’t I say I’d show Boss something stunning?” laughed Guo Ran.

Guo Ran was overjoyed at Long Chen’s reaction, his excitement bubbling over.

“This is something I painstakingly developed in the Dragon Domain. With Xia Chen’s help, I finally perfected it. And after today’s test run, hehe, it’s even better than I expected,” Guo Ran explained, patting his crossbow proudly.

“Incredible. Even eight-vein Heaven Saints were wiped out instantly. This technique is practically heaven-defying,” said Long Chen.

Although Long Chen didn’t particularly like Guo Ran’s smug expression, he couldn’t deny the results. He almost found it hard to believe—just how could it be so overwhelmingly powerful?

“Half a month’s effort, gone in an instant.”

Just then, Xia Chen appeared, his tone laced with both pride and exasperation.