Chapter 1070

That was a thirty-meter devil beast with an ox head and rodent body . It was covered in fine veined patterns, and there was a long tail growing out of its back .

Its roar caused the sky to shake, and a terrifying pressure crashed down upon them, making everyone’s hair stand on end .

“Ninth rank devil beast, it’s definitely a ninth rank devil beast . Didn’t they say no ninth rank devil beasts would appear?!” Everyone turned pale with fright . That was an existence on par with a King .

As the ninth rank devil beast charged over, it knocked aside any seventh and eighth rank devil beasts in its path . The ground trembled as it moved .

Long Chen’s expression was serious . He flew to the front of the Dragonblood Legion . At the same time, Hua Shiyu, Wang Zhen, Hu Guishan, Fan Song, and Que Xinyan also appeared at the front of their factions, their guards raised .

There was only one ninth rank devil beast, but there were six channels . Therefore, there was a one in six chance of it coming toward them . It would be up to luck .

Each channel was equally big, and was thinner at the entrance before widening . The ninth rank devil beast would only be able to go down one of them at a time .

Everyone was nervous . That was a ninth rank devil beast . If it charged into any faction, there would definitely be immense casualties .

It rapidly advanced, crossing hundreds of miles in practically an instant . As it rushed over, Tang Wan-er and the others’ expressions changed . That ninth rank devil beast was charging directly for the Dragonblood Legion’s channel .

Once they saw which direction it was going, the other factions sighed with relief . The Divine Beast Mansion, Hegemon Hall, and Flame Gate’s people had smiles on their faces, rejoicing in their misfortune .

“Long Chen, let me handle it . ” Tang Wan-er’s aura began to rise as wind blades revolved around her .

“With your power, handling it should be no problem . But you’d need some time . Let me do it . It’ll be good to raise morale,” said Long Chen .

“Do you need help?”

Just as Long Chen was about to attack, unexpectedly, the neighboring Hua Shiyu offered her assistance .

“Thank you . When I can’t handle things, I’ll definitely ask for your help . ” Long Chen smiled and declined . The wings behind him flapped, and he shot out like a bolt of lightning at the ninth rank devil beast .

All the Dragonblood Legion’s members’ hearts clenched . That was a terrifying ninth rank devil beast . Despite knowing that Long Chen was incredibly powerful, they were still worried .

Buzz!

The rushing ninth rank devil beast saw Long Chen, and countless black lines lit up on its body . It opened its mouth, shooting out a black beam at Long Chen .

Thunder rang out around Long Chen, and he suddenly shot to the side, dodging the black beam .

The beam ended up striking against the wall of the channel, and the world trembled intensely . Quite a few people were thrown into the air by its power .

However, the wall was fine . Instead, it was the nearby devil beasts that were blown apart by that attack . It caused everyone’s scalps to turn numb . It was truly worthy of being a ninth rank devil beast on par with a King . This attack was enough to instantly kill any of them .

Long Chen continued to dodge as he advanced, not giving the ninth rank devil beast any chance to aim at him .

As he pushed the Lightning Body Blink to its peak, in just a few flashes, he appeared in front of it . The ninth rank devil beast sent out a huge claw .

As Long Chen dodged it, a long tail suddenly whipped toward him . Long Chen leaped into the air, just narrowly avoiding it . Lightly stomping on the tail, he flipped over to its back .

His little hops were done very cleanly and efficiently, amazing people . The terrifying ninth rank devil beast’s attacks were only dodged by a hair’s breadth by Long Chen . It was incredibly dangerous .

But Long Chen’s expression was still indifferent despite that danger . It was like he was intentionally cooperating with the ninth rank devil beast to put on a thrilling show .

Once he jumped onto its back, a blood-colored saber appeared in Long Chen’s hands .

“Split the Heavens 2!”

A blood-colored saber-image slashed down, dazzling people’s eyes . The ninth rank devil beast’s head flew high into the air, its black blood spurting all over .

Even once it was beheaded, it didn’t stop . Its headless body’s momentum carried it forward for dozens of miles . It practically reached the Dragonblood Legion before it finally came to a stop .

Long Chen arrived on top of it . Standing on it, he took on a victory pose for the Dragonblood Legion .

Just at this moment, a large head fell from the sky and landed right in front of the corpse as if it had been trying to land there on purpose . It was right in front of the ninth rank devil beast’s neck .

“Boss is mighty!”

Following a moment of deathly silence, the Dragonblood Legion burst into thunderous cheering .

A ninth rank devil beast had been killed with a single blow from someone at the Sea Expansion realm . Who else was capable of such a thing?

If Long Chen had used his full power to kill it, that would be one thing . But Long Chen hadn’t even released his aura . It had just been a single, easy slash of his saber . It was like he hadn’t killed a terrifying ninth rank devil beast, but a rabbit . It had been so simple, so easy .

This shocked everyone . Tang Wan-er looked at Long Chen worshipfully . She liked it the most when Long Chen displayed his domineering side .

Even Hua Shiyu’s eyes shone . Long Chen’s attack had just been that stunning .

He had just displayed the true essence of battle tactics, using the smallest price to get the biggest return .

In truth, as soon as Long Chen had seen the ninth rank devil beast, he had determined from its body build that it was a power-type existence . Its agility was very weak .

So while he had been rushing toward it, he had been accumulating power the entire time, all to create an opportunity to kill it in one blow . If it was effective enough, just one attack was enough .

This attack had seemed simple, but in reality, it was a display of Long Chen’s true combat powers . It required sharp vision, accurate judgment, great control over power, and most importantly, absolute confidence . If this attack hadn’t managed to kill it, the ninth rank devil beast would have charged through the Dragonblood Legion .

That was also why this one flawless attack made people feel even more excited and passionate .

“Ninth rank devil beasts aren’t as frightening as you think . During a battle, the most important thing is your observation skills . As long as you can grasp your opponent’s fatal weakness, they are like cabbage waiting for you to harvest . Everyone, continue killing,” said Long Chen, jumping off the corpse .

The Dragonblood Legion’s warriors roared and attacked all-out . Long Chen’s attack had raised their morale to an unprecedented height . They felt like their bodies were full of energy, so much so that if they didn’t go all-out attacking, their energy would cause their bodies to explode .

“What a handsome attack! An amazing saber, and an even more amazing man!” It was unknown how many maidens in the Heaven Female Alliance were starstruck by this attack . To a woman, such a domineering display possessed a fatal attraction .

To the cultivation world’s women, the more domineering the man, the more moving they would be . And Long Chen’s domineering side was different from other people’s . He never displayed it intentionally . It would just spontaneously reveal itself . It was normally hidden in his bones, or even in his soul .

“Don’t get distracted on the battlefield like love-struck fools,” chided Hua Shiyu .

“But that attack really was handsome!” Even Zhao Ziyan couldn’t help but sigh emotionally .

“You…!” Hua Shiyu glared at her . Zhao Ziyan stuck out her tongue and didn’t say any more .

While Long Chen’s attack had stunned everyone, some people were also envious and uneasy .

After killing the ninth rank devil beast, Long Chen extracted a crystal core from its chest . He sensed vast yuan spiritual energy .

The yuan spiritual energy inside this core was hundreds of times stronger than the one from the eighth rank devil beast . It was almost equivalent to gaining a yuan spirit stone .

But just like the last core, the yuan spiritual energy only took up a tenth of its total energy . The rest was useless energy that was completely entangled with it . It would be very difficult to extract .

Thinking of yuan spirit stones, Long Chen smiled . Those were priceless treasures to Foundation Forging disciples . And he had over a billion of them .

Originally, Long Chen had been thinking of selling a few to Zheng Wenlong for some resources, but before he had gone through with that plan, the Dragonblood Legion’s wealth had soared . It was best to use the yuan spirit stones for himself .

As time passed, the devil beasts’ numbers increased, and now a tenth of them were at the eighth rank . The proportion was only growing, and all the factions were starting to find it taxing .

Some factions had already started to have casualties . Despite the elites of the factions doing their best to slaughter the devil beasts, there were just too many of them . There was no way to protect everyone, and quite a few comparatively weaker disciples ended up dying .

The Flame Gate had the highest number of casualties . From the start of the battle until now, over seven hundred of their disciples had died .

One reason was because they only had one rank five Celestial, and the other reason was that their leader, Que Xinyan, had no leadership abilities . Their formations were stiff and rigid .

Casualties had also appeared in the Heaven Female Alliance . However, there weren’t that many . Hua Shiyu’s flower petals covered a shockingly large area, and on her own, she blocked over half the attacks of the devil beasts . But one person’s strength didn’t represent that their collective strength was great . There were still areas she couldn’t look after .

The only ones that had maintained a zero casualty count were the Dragonblood Legion and the Ten Thousand Insect Guild . But although no humans had died in the Ten Thousand Insect Guild, casualties had appeared in Wang Zhen’s insect army . He was also starting to find it difficult .

Long Chen constantly paid attention to the Dragonblood Legion, and everything was still well under control . Guo Ran was directing them from the air . Thus, for now, there was no danger .

However, the pressure on them was extremely great now . But at the same time, what Long Chen wanted was that pressure . The new Dragonmark warriors still needed to experience this kind of life and death battle to temper their sharp points .

“Hm, the number of devil beasts is dropping? Is this the end?” Long Chen saw that the devil beasts’ numbers were truly starting to drop .

Suddenly, the ground trembled and huge figures rushed over . Seeing that, even Long Chen’s expression changed .