Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

“This is…”

Within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, Li Qi and Song Mingyuan’s hearts shook as they stared at the Heavenly Dao Fruit in Long Chen’s hand.

This Heavenly Dao Fruit had a crystalline pattern on its skin that was emitting boundless earth energy. Li Qi and Song Mingyuan instantly recognized just how precious this Heavenly Dao Fruit was.

“This is Xue Yingfeng’s Heavenly Dao Fruit. If you eat it, you’ll have the same power as him,” said Long Chen.

Li Qi and Song Mingyuan’s pupils shrank. During Long Chen and Xue Yingfeng’s battle, they had personally witnessed the terrifying strength of his crystalline power.

“There are plenty of Heavenly Dao Fruits with this power, but Xue Yingfeng’s Heavenly Dao Fruit is the only one that contains a different power. Perhaps this different power stems from his Emperor bloodline. The two of you should discuss who will take this Heavenly Dao Fruit!” said Long Chen.

“I think it should be Li Qi!” said Song Mingyuan without hesitation.

“Mingyuan, why?” asked Li Qi. In truth, it would be the same no matter who consumed it. He wanted to give this chance to Song Mingyuan.

Long Chen spoke before Song Mingyuan could. “Mingyuan is entirely correct. You are the one most suitable for this Heavenly Dao Fruit. I was originally just going to give it to you, but I also care about Mingyuan’s opinion.”

“Boss, what are you talking about?” asked Li Qi.

“Earth power. The earth is what gives birth to all things. All living beings live from the earth’s blessing. It is something that gives life. Both of you are influenced by this, giving you calmer natures. But Li Qi, your character is sharper, and your earth energy contains more of an offensive nature than Mingyuan’s earth energy. He is more suited to the earth’s softer side. This crystal energy is a kind of killing power. It is sharp and hard. It is more suited to your character, and your dragon soul is also more suited to it,” explained Long Chen.

“But I feel like I’m taking advantage!” said Li Qi, scratching his head.

“We’re all brothers. Don’t you think it’s unreasonable to feel such a thing,” said Song Mingyuan.

Long Chen smiled. “Don’t worry about it. I will transfer your original earth energy to Song Mingyuan. That can count as your compensation. But doing this will cause you to lose your heaven veins. You will need to condense your heaven veins again.”

“You can do such a thing?” The two of them were both shocked.

The three of them sat down in a private room in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. Li Qi pressed his hands on Song Mingyuan’s back. Long Chen pressed his hands on Li Qi’s back.

Long Chen’s dragon veins swirled behind him. Dragon qi gushed out of them. Li Qi’s body shuddered.

“Stripping you of your original heaven veins will be very painful. Try to endure it,” said Long Chen.

“Boss, just go ahead.” Li Qi clenched his teeth.

Suddenly, his body shuddered. His heaven veins appeared, and were then shattered by Long Chen’s nine dragon veins. Li Qi let out a pained grunt. Blood oozed out from how hard he clenched his teeth.

However, Li Qi remained firm. His heaven veins were shattered. He had to resist his instincts and not resist.

The shattered heaven veins transformed into a clump of energy that flowed through Li Qi’s hands and into Song Mingyuan’s body.

Two hours later, Long Chen’s face was a bit pale, but he sighed with relief. Everything had gone relatively smoothly.

Li Qi had now passed out. He looked like he had been sucked dry. The power of his heaven veins had been transferred to Song Mingyuan.

Song Mingyuan felt this earth energy circulating throughout him restlessly. The immense increase in power made him extremely uncomfortable.

“Li Qi, wake up.”

Long Chen shook Li Qi. Li Qi’s eyelids fluttered. It felt like they weighed thousands of tonnes. No matter how he tried to open them, he was barely able to open them a crack.

“Concentrate. Focus on absorbing the Heavenly Dao Fruit’s energy and guiding it to your Dantian.”

Long Chen opened Li Qi’s mouth and squeezed the Heavenly Dao Fruit to pulp, sending its juice into Li Qi’s mouth.

Li Qi was like a dry riverbed. When these juices entered his stomach. His eyes suddenly flew open. He immediately devoured the Heavenly Dao Fruit. His aura began to change. It grew hard and sharp. An octangular crystalline rune appeared in his eyes. 

One small piece of crystal after another appeared on his face and body until it looked like he was wearing crystalline armor.

Li Qi’s aura was completely different now. Although his heaven vein dragon qi was gone and he had returned to the basic Heaven Saint realm, his aura was no inferior to someone who had condensed a core vein.

“This is a bit frightening.” Song Mingyuan sucked in a cold gasp of air.

As a fellow earth expert, no one knew better than him just how terrifying Li Qi’s potential was. The current Li Qi was truly no longer the old Li Qi.

Suddenly, a dragon image appeared in Li Qi’s crystals. It began to swim through his crystals.

“It seems that it likes your new power,” said Long Chen with a smile.

“Boss, Mingyuan, thank you. I definitely won’t disappoint you.” Li Qi was so moved that his voice quivered. This crystal energy was practically made for him. Even his dragon soul had automatically appeared. It seemed delighted by this crystal energy, and took the initiative to pour its power throughout every crystal to help him merge with it.

Long Chen also handed the Blood Lizard Battle-Axe to him. This was the priceless treasure of the Blood Crystal Demon Lizard race. Outsiders were unable to wield it. However, after Long Chen brought it into the primal chaos space, the item-spirit’s memories were erased by the primal chaos space.

Long Chen preserved the item-spirit itself, but erased its memories. It was like a blank piece of paper. With his new crystal power, Li Qi could easily use it.

“Xue Yingfeng really was a good person. He even prepared a weapon for me.” Li Qi held the Blood Lizard Battle-Axe. Sensing its immense power, he was delighted.

He had now gained crystal energy and such a terrifying divine weapon. He was like a tiger who had gained wings. Even though he lacked a single heaven vein, he was still extremely confident.

“Alright, then you should peacefully condense new heaven veins in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. Remember, you have to start from the beginning. But with this divine weapon’s assistance, I feel like the speed at which you condense your heaven vein dragon qi will definitely be fast,” said Long Chen.

“Alright!”

Li Qi immediately sat down, placing the Blood Lizard Battle-Axe on his knees. He formed a hand seal and began newly condensing heaven vein dragon qi.

Long Chen and Song Mingyuan left. When the doors closed behind them, Song Mingyuan turned back and sighed.

“In the future, Li Qi will definitely soar like a shooting star!”