Dragon-Blooded War God

Huang Qiong was terrified, but he had another thought. The mystery would be solved after he killed Long Chen. This brat had many secrets, and it was likely that he would become much more powerful after he killed him.

An opportunity was right before his eyes.

This time, Huang Qiong went all-out and unleashed the Killing God Sutra once again. The whole underground room trembled. Without Huang Qiong’s Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage domain, the people outside would have long noticed the commotion here.

Huang Qiong moved quickly and arrived in front of Long Chen instantly.

“Let’s see how you’re going to survive this!”

He was going to chop Long Chen to pieces. He refused to believe that Long Chen could survive that!

The fatal punch arrived right in front of Long Chen’s eyes.

“It’s up to you, baby.” To Huang Qiong’s horror, not only was Long Chen not afraid at all, but he even gave an evil smile.

The golden lightning extended across his whole arm like weaving dragons.

Huang Qiong finally recalled that something strange was happening on Long Chen’s mysterious left hand.

“You’re just trying to scare me! I’m going to kill you!” Huang Qiong erupted with maximum power, unleashing the full might of the Killing God Sutra.

Suddenly, the golden image on Long Chen’s left palm split open. Countless streaks of golden lightning shot out and a deafening beast roar sounded. The golden, shining energy lit up the whole underground room. A ferocious, gigantic beast made completely of golden lightning sprang out of Long Chen’s palm and instantly became unimaginably huge. It pounced at Huang Qiong, roaring. Then it opened its gaping jaws and completely swallowed Huang Qiong!

“Ahhh!”

In the end, Huang Qiong screamed in panic. In that short moment, his body was reduced to ashes by the golden lightning.

Long Chen had released his Fifth Heavenly Martial Stage domain, so the commotion was contained in the room.

“Come back, baby.”

Under Long Chen’s command, the gigantic Golden Thunder Beast turned back into its tiny form. It had likely spent most of its energy, because it looked as withered as it used to be. However, it looked very happy after killing Huang Qiong, as if it had vented its hatred. It walked casually back into the meridian point in Long Chen’s left palm.

The underground room was plunged into darkness once more.

Everything fell back into silence.

“Woo-woo … Woo-woo …”

In the meridian point, the golden beast was so impatient it started tumbling around. It was very weak, just like before. It started to beg Long Chen, trying to get more Emperor Crystals.

“That one move cost me thirty thousand crystals?”

Long Chen had the urge to thump his chest. This little bastard was burning through his money. Thankfully, only Huang Qiong’s body had been burnt to ash—his storage ring was preserved.

“The storage ring is made out of asteroids that came from beyond the heavens. Although it is tiny, it is extremely tough. Even now, I’m not strong enough to break one. But that’s good because his belongings are still inside.”

After taking all of Huang Qiong’s things, Long Chen’s inventory expanded.

This fight was actually quite worth it.

First, he still had to destroy the body and any evidence of the fight so that his underground room returned to its original state. The unlucky Huang Qiong was cleaned up. To be honest, his death could only be blamed on his greed.

The Hundred-Sergeant at the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage was a rich man. He had more than a hundred thousand Emperor Crystals, which was enough to last Long Chen a long time. However, taking the Golden Thunder Beast’s appetite into account, they would not last long.

After covering up his tracks, Long Chen continued to cultivate as if Huang Qiong never came.

This time, he had to feed the Golden Thunder Beast seventy thousand Emperor Crystals before it was finally satiated. Crackles of lightning shot out of the little beast, which gently conditioned Long Chen’s body. The Hell Soul Lightning’s qualities were gradually transferred to Long Chen.

He had greatly benefitted from today’s events. First, he had reached the Fifth Heavenly Martial Stage, meaning his cultivation had progressed by one level, and he was one step closer to the Divine Martial Realm. On top of that, he had obtained the Golden Thunder Beast, which both boosted his attack and his body’s toughness. Thus, he was much stronger than before.

With the Golden Thunder Beast at his side, Long Chen also had an additional layer of protection for the Underworld Battlefield.

The only troubling thing was that the little beast ate too much.

Long Chen’s essence reached the Fifth Heavenly Martial Stage after just one day. He quickly returned to the Underworld Plaza. According to military rules, killing a superior was a major crime. Long Chen did not want people to suspect him, so he returned to where he was for the past ten days.

The only person who knew that Long Chen had left last night was Ye Xuan.

When Ye Xuan saw Long Chen return, he smiled and said, “It looks like your cultivation level improved.”

Long Chen nodded and said, “I had some revelations last night, so I left to cultivate. Right, how is the progress of your Underworld Qi cultivation?”

“It’s going fine. I am confident I will finish in three months to break Su Mo’s record,” said Ye Xuan, who was feeling a little proud of himself.

Long Chen thought for a moment, then he whispered into Ye Xuan’s ear, “Last night, when I returned to Camp Wolf, a Hundred-Sergeant tried to kill me in secret because he was eyeing something of mine. I killed him. If someone comes looking for me …”

Ye Xuan was a little shocked, but before Long Chen finished, he said, “That’s not a problem. As far as I’m concerned, you’ve been cultivating by my side all along.”

Long Chen felt more assured. He trusted Ye Xuan, or he would not have told him what happened.

“You were even able to kill a Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator. What exactly is your cultivation level?” Ye Xuan looked at Long Chen curiously.

“Guess?”

“I am guessing that you’ve reached the peak of the Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage. Your body hasn’t transformed yet, and you clearly haven’t experienced the Heavenly Empowerment process,” Ye Xuan answered decisively.

This piqued Long Chen’s interest. He asked, “What’s the difference between the Divine and Heavenly Martial Realms?”

Ye Xuan looked at Long Chen strangely. Long Chen, being at his current level, should’ve known everything.

“The gap between the Divine Martial Realm and the Heavenly Martial Realm is as wide as heaven and earth. The Earthly and Heavenly Martial Realms are the basic foundations for the Martial Realm, whereas the Divine Martial Realm is the true Martial Realm. This is where the real metamorphosis happens. When you progress from the Heavenly Martial Realm to the Divine Martial Realm, the Divine Soul and the Martial Soul merge. The Divine Soul is planted in the Martial Soul, forming the Divine Martial Soul, which does not disappear even after ten thousand years. The Divine Martial Soul will trigger the Heavenly Empowerment process, and the body will transform. 9,999 meridian points will form, and they are as dense as a cluster of stars. A hundred thousand meridian veins form in the body, thus forming the Divine Martial Body. You will be able to fly in the sky, and there will be nothing you cannot do. That is the Divine Martial Realm. The Earthly and Heavenly Martial Realms are merely to prepare for the Divine Martial Realm and gain the ability to wield the energy of heaven and earth on a surface level.”

Long Chen was stunned by what he heard. He had been busy cultivating the Heavenly Martial Realm, so he knew nothing about the Divine Martial Realm.

Based on what Ye Xuan had said, the Divine Martial Realm seemed to be very complicated. And powerful.

“The Divine and Heavenly Martial Realms are different. To be honest, I feel as if the three Martial Realms only have eleven levels. The first two levels are the Earthly and Heavenly Martial Realms, while the next nine levels are all in the Divine Martial Realm. The gap between each Divine Martial Stage is insanely huge. It took me twenty-nine years to reach the Divine Martial Realm, and I spent nine of them attempting to achieve a breakthrough to the First Divine Martial Stage, also known as the Star Cluster Realm. The ‘star cluster’ is referring to the 9,999 meridian points in the body, which resemble a star cluster. With my abilities, it will take me over ten years to reach the Second Divine Martial Stage. After you reach the Divine Martial Realm, your lifespan becomes more than five thousand years. However, many people are still unable to reach the Second Divine Martial Stage even after that whole time is used up.”

Ye Xuan sounded wistful when he said that.

“The path of cultivation is full of obstacles. When you have reached the Divine Martial Realm, you have embarked on a path to become a god. No one can succeed easily. This is a god’s martial path.”

Long Chen was silent. Although he did not know what the Divine Martial Realm would be like, he knew that Ye Xuan would not lie to him, especially when Ye Xuan described the three Martial Realms as eleven levels.

“My older sister is the ultimate prodigy. It took her just over a thousand years to finally reach the Fifth Divine Martial Stage. She is considered a peak-level prodigy in the whole Underworld Estate. It sounds quite funny too; she is indeed my older sister, but she’s a thousand years older than I am. When you’re cultivating, time passes very quickly. A thousand years can pass in the snap of a finger.”

This was the real world of cultivation.

In the Ten Thousand Nations Territory, where the average lifespan was just over a hundred years, the people there could never comprehend this level of cultivation.

Long Chen had sworn that he would meet Ling Xi in ten years, but that sounded like a joke to the people of the Royal Territory. Every person who reached the peak of the Divine Martial Realm took more than a thousand, or even thousands of years, to get there. That was the case in the Swordsoul Palace too. What he had said was a gigantic joke to them.

It doesn’t matter. I have ancestral dragon blood in me, and I have the True Martial Soul. I have seven years left! I refuse to believe that I cannot do it!

The determination of a youth could not be underestimated.

He would never give up on the promise he made years ago.

This was Long Chen’s personality.

He had a nagging feeling that he was very close to Ling Xi, as if he would meet her at any moment.

He wondered if it was just his imagination.

He sat down and digested what he had learned from the True Martial Soul.

After a few days, there was a huge commotion, and Song Yang appeared behind Long Chen.