Dream

Long Chen's words shocked everyone. Chu Yao was particularly pale, but only Chu Feng remained unmoved, watching Long Chen calmly.

Xia Baichi could not believe her ears: "You actually want me to kill…"

"Pfft." A long sword pierced her body, and blood slowly flowed out. Xia Baichi could not continue; she looked down at the sword protruding from her chest in disbelief, her expression dazed.

"This… why?"

Thud! Xia Baichi fell to the ground. Until her death, she never understood why he would kill her.

Zhou Yaoyang stared blankly ahead, the long sword in his hand still stuck in Xia Baichi's corpse.

Long Chen smiled slightly. It seemed he had some foresight. Back then, Long Chen had done something to Zhou Yaoyang, making him unable to sleep at night, tormented until he wished he were dead.

Eventually, Zhou Yaoyang gave in, knelt to Long Chen, and begged for forgiveness. Long Chen had truly wanted to let him go, but the resentment deep in the guy's eyes was detected by Long Chen, so he gave him a Medicinal Pill that had been 'doctored'.

His father's Medicinal Pill was the same, also doctored by Long Chen, which was why it attracted countless Heart-Devouring Ants, biting Zhou Weiqing to death.

As for Zhou Yaoyang's Medicinal Pill, Long Chen had added Soul-Bewitching Grass. It usually lay dormant in his body, but with a thread of Long Chen's Soul force guiding it, he immediately became a Puppet that only knew how to obey orders.

"Finish yourself," Long Chen said indifferently.

"Pfft." Without hesitation, Zhou Yaoyang directly slashed his neck with the long sword in his hand; blood sprayed, and he died immediately.

Everyone present felt a chill in their bones. It was too bizarre and terrifying. A single sentence could make someone die without hesitation; this was simply a Demonic Technique.

Ignoring the fear in the soldiers' eyes, Long Chen had a general immediately make two stretchers to carry Xiao Xue and A Man back to the Marquis's estate.

Xiao Xue's injuries were extremely severe, with multiple internal organ ruptures. However, as long as it was alive, that did not stump Long Chen. Besides, Xiao Xue was a Demonic Beast, so its recovery ability was naturally astonishing. After giving Xiao Xue medicine, he checked A Man's body again.

He discovered that the cells inside A Man's body were still in a state of suspended animation. It seemed the Bone-Eroding Nail had caused too much damage to A Man's body. Even with a large amount of vitality to nourish it, it needed to be awakened piece by piece, which would take some time.

Shi Feng and the others had many wounds, but fortunately, none were too serious. The only person with the most severe injuries had also managed to keep his life.

After arranging everything, Long Chen could no longer hold on and collapsed, falling into a deep sleep.

This battle was the most intense battle of his life. If not for his powerful will supporting him, he would have long since passed out.

Now that everything was over, his mind relaxed, and he fell into a deep sleep, as if unconscious.

In his dream, Long Chen felt his body floating upward. He did not know how long he had been floating when Long Chen suddenly opened his eyes. He saw the endless Void Realm, with billions of stars twinkling.

"Boom!" With a loud explosion, the Void Realm shattered. A fist filled the entire world, crumbling the Void Realm.

The world shattered like a mirror. Long Chen was shocked. Following that fist, Long Chen saw a figure.

Seeing that figure, Long Chen almost screamed, because that person also had a Divine Ring behind them, exactly the same as his own.

However, that Divine Ring was much, much larger than Long Chen's. Long Chen's Divine Ring was a hundred zhang in diameter, while the Divine Ring behind this person was boundless, covering the entire firmament.

"Roar!" Suddenly, a roar came, shaking the stars. A beast taller than a mountain appeared.

A three-headed, nine-tailed monster with black fur radiated pressure that made the heavens tremble, making Long Chen feel like he was about to be crushed.

The beast opened its mouth and shot out a black light. All the stars blocking its path shattered into dust, causing endless terror as it headed straight for that person.

The Divine Ring behind that person shook, and he reached out to slap the black light. Long Chen only saw ripples in the Void Realm.

As the ripples spread, the Void Realm shook, and countless stars shattered, turning into dust, blooming like fireworks in the Void Realm. The scene was like the end of the world.

Long Chen stared blankly ahead. The man with the Divine Ring on his back was fighting the beast. The Void Realm was shattering. That Aura was simply going to destroy the whole world.

Long Chen was terrified by such a battle. Waving his hand to destroy stars and shatter the world—what kind of person was fighting?

Suddenly, through a crack in space, Long Chen saw a figure behind the man, but he could not see it clearly.

Unfortunately, Long Chen's perspective was fixed; he could not move at all. He could not see who the figure was, nor did he know if it was a man or a woman. He only felt that the figure made him feel a bit close and familiar. Long Chen tried his best to look, wanting to see the figure clearly.

Suddenly, the man in the middle of the battle turned his head. Long Chen did not see anything clearly, only remembering a pair of eyes.

They were a pair of extremely deep eyes. In the pupils, nine stars twinkled, revealing endless vicissitudes.

Seeing those eyes, Long Chen's heart shook violently. Divine Ring, stars—weren't these formed only by Cultivating the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art?

"Time is running out."

A Divine Thought rang in Long Chen's mind. Suddenly, the space closed, and everything before him disappeared.

"Hoo!" Long Chen sat up suddenly, drenched in sweat, breathing frantically.

He remembered that scene in his dream clearly. Even every detail could be clearly displayed in his mind. That was definitely not an ordinary dream.

'Time is running out'? What does that mean? Is his time running out, or is my time running out?

Who exactly is that person? Bare-handed, he pierced through the Void Realm and tore apart stars. What kind of Realm had he reached?

And what was that strange beast? The Aura on its body was so bizarre, as if it carried endless Death Qi, yet it was clearly alive.

And who was the figure behind the man? Why did I feel familiar and close to it? What is going on?

Long Chen's thoughts surged. Before, when he was saved by Xiao Hua, while unconscious, he had clearly heard a voice.

"You should be Awakening. You have too many missions waiting for you to complete."

"You should become stronger. You have too many enemies waiting for you to slaughter."

"Your destiny is to overturn these heavens and earth. Heavenly Gods and demons are only fit to crawl at your feet. Long Chen, wake up quickly."

These three sentences echoed back and forth in Long Chen's mind. Thinking of the scene in his dream today, the two seemed to have a great connection.

But this was clearly a broken puzzle; the front and back did not match at all, and it was impossible to clear up his thoughts.

Long Chen shook his head, feeling like his head was about to split, but he still had no clue, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

However, one thing he could be sure of was that the memories that appeared in his mind for no reason were definitely not accidental.

His Spiritual Root was stolen, and his Dantian became a waste dump, but the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art did not need a Dantian to operate at all.

When Long Chen condensed the tenth Qi vortex in his Dantian, he had suspected that the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art was tailor-made for him.

Because at that time, Long Chen discovered that when the tenth Qi vortex was condensed, the ten Qi vortices surrounded the Dantian, and the Spiritual Qi surged back and forth.

If he originally had a Spiritual Root in his Dantian, it would inevitably act like a fuse, detonating all ten Qi vortices, and he would be blown to pieces.

Long Chen did not believe much in coincidences, nor did he believe much in luck, because from childhood to adulthood, his luck had not been very good. He often had to put in several times more effort than others to achieve his goal.

And the two voices in his mind, before and after, told him even more that this was not a coincidence; it seemed to be a deliberate arrangement.

Awakening, completing a mission? Becoming stronger, slaughtering enemies? Destiny, overturning the heavens and earth? This was really unimaginable.

As Long Chen thought about it, he suddenly gave a bitter smile. This goal did not seem to have much to do with a rookie like him in the Blood Condensation Realm.

However, thinking of that man, Long Chen could not help but have his heart jump wildly. Divine Ring, stars, Nine Star Hegemon Body Art—that person seemed to be using the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art as well. Could it be that one day in the future, I can be like him?

Long Chen finally thought of the key point. He felt his heart beating wildly uncontrollably.

"Regardless, the road still has to be walked. Maybe one day, I can really reach that height."

Long Chen gritted his teeth and comforted himself. Although he felt it was a bit self-deceiving, he still had to have a goal. What if it came true?

Now he finally had the opportunity to sense the Fengfu Star under his feet. At this moment, the Fengfu Star had completely changed. It was like a real star, as if it had its own life, emitting endless energy.

Long Chen recalled that when he was fighting the man in white, he had used the power of the Fengfu Star to summon the terrifying Fengfu Battle Body.

"So that's what the Nine Transformations of the Star Transformation means. After nine changes, it finally becomes a real star to reach Perfection."

Long Chen finally realized that this was the Nine Transformations of the Star Transformation. His previous Fengfu Star had only gone through eight changes and was slow to reach the ninth.

That day, Long Chen was filled with rage, and under the explosion of killing intent, he coincidentally opened the last change, allowing the Fengfu Star to reach Perfection.

At the same time, he also understood that the Fengfu Star could usually serve as an energy source and was the foundation for summoning the Fengfu Battle Body.

It seemed that his current Fengfu Battle Body could not last long, just a few breaths of time.

However, Long Chen was still full of joy. He had figured out some secrets of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, which would be of great help to his future.

The power of the Fengfu Battle Body was simply invincible. What did it matter if the duration was short? As long as he could kill the opponent within the effective time, that was enough.

Suddenly, Long Chen remembered one thing. After the mysterious scene disappeared, a piece of information appeared in his mind.

Long Chen closed his eyes and tried hard to recall that information. After a while, Long Chen slowly opened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

"It actually is…"