"Hoo"
Long Chen no longer cared about saving teleportation talismans. After teleporting seventeen or eighteen times in a row and completely leaving the Heavenly River Blood Sea, he finally sprinted with Jiang Lei all the way.
Fortunately, after advancing to the Immortal King Realm, Long Chen's spiritual senses were stronger than before. He sensed a loophole in the encirclement of the beast clan experts and teleported out through their sealed dead spot.
If it weren't for this, being entangled by the nearby Divine Venerable experts would put them in danger.
However, this promotion to Immortal King left Long Chen extremely disappointed. Apart from a significant improvement in spiritual sense, he didn't feel much stronger in other aspects.
"Senior, are you there? What on earth is going on? "Long Chen really couldn't hold back anymore and called for a dragon clan expert. This heavenly tribulation is truly terrible."
"No need to rush. Everything was predictable. There are plenty of places in the Three Thousand Worlds where you can undergo tribulation. The reason I sent you here is to pave the way for your future." The dragon clan expert finally responded.
"Paving the road?"
Long Chen was taken aback.
"Previously, when I asked you to absorb the essence blood of those demon beasts, I used their power to broaden your meridians.
Now, you have strayed from the path of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique and forged your own path. Moreover, the technique you obtained is only a basic technique, without corresponding combat skills. So, compared to these ancient inheritors of the Nine Stars, you are much weaker. The dragon clan expert said.
"Senior, ... Do you know the secret of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique? "Long Chen never expected that dragon clan experts seem to know everything."
"Of course I know, but don't ask questions you shouldn't. Even if you do, I won't tell you."
You changed your fate because of the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique, but whether this change was good or bad, no one dared to definitively say.
But no matter what, you have no way out now. Since you've chosen to change, you can only keep changing.
I paved a path for you, but I can't see the end of this stretch. You need to be mentally prepared. The dragon clan expert said.
"Rest assured, senior. You saved my life. Even if I die on the road of war, I will never complain a word against you." Long Chen said sincerely.
"I only paved a small path for you, using the essence blood of one billion demon beasts to expand your meridians.
The Nine Star successors used the power of the heavenly tribulation to cleanse all the vital blood again. That's why your blood energy now seems so weak.
In fact, your dragon blood power hasn't decreased; it's just that your meridians have widened more than tenfold, so you feel severely lacking in qi and blood. "The dragon clan expert explained.
After hearing the dragon clan expert's explanation, Long Chen realized that it wasn't that his qi and blood had decreased, but that his meridians had become too wide. When his qi and blood circulated, it felt empty and weak.
It turned out that the Ten Thousand Beast Essence Blood was completely used and was directly erased by the Nine-Star Heir. At the same time, his meridians were further expanded by the power of thunder, making him incredibly tough and capable of holding endless strength.
"Senior, are you trying to pave the way for me to absorb your essence blood?" Long Chen suddenly understood.
"That's right. Without a powerful meridian, you simply can't fuse my essence blood. Even with your physical body, your success rate is less than ten percent. Besides, I know you're proud and won't allow failure. If you fail, you might lose your life."
Also, expanding your meridians isn't just to fuse my essence blood. Your star power and purple energy require powerful meridians to master.
If you want to summon the Seven-Star Battle Body, if your meridians aren't strong enough and the power of the stars floods in, you'll be killed by the shock yourself—how can you talk about fighting an enemy? The dragon clan expert said.
Hearing the dragon clan expert's words, Long Chen wished he could smack himself. How could he be so foolish? He hadn't expected this step.
For safety, Long Chen fled directly to the Spirit Clan's forbidden land. As soon as he entered, the clan leader personally came to pick him up. Long Chen said he needed to find a place to go into seclusion.
The Spirit Clan chief directly teleported him to a secluded spot deep within the Spirit Clan. Long Chen had Jiang Lei devour the pill to quickly consolidate his realm, while also letting him absorb the power of heaven and earth, channeling the power of thunder as blood energy through his meridians. By replacing blood and energy with thunder, he would eventually become a postnatal Heavenly Thunder body.
After Long Chen's reminder, Jiang Lei was both surprised and delighted. He had relied too much on bloodline power before, and couldn't get through it all at once. Now that he understood, he immediately began his closed-door cultivation.
Like Jiang Lei, Long Chen didn't turn around this way. Seeing Jiang Lei looking at him with admiration, Long Chen wanted to find a way to crawl into the ground.
"In the past, forming battle bodies was always done by force. Now, I can draw the purple energy from the star sea into my meridians. This should make running the Seven-Star Battle Body much easier."
Long Chen formed hand seals and began to slowly channel purple energy among the 108,000 stars. As the purple energy surged into his meridians, his whole body trembled, feeling endless power surging within him.
"This purple energy is stronger than my blood energy." Long Chen looked delighted. As the purple energy surged through his meridians, he felt an inexhaustible power within him.
"Damn it, if I had thought of this move back then, why would I have run away? He could just turn them upside down. Long Chen felt the power of the purple energy in his meridians and couldn't help but regret it. How could he not have thought of this back then?
Long Chen hadn't expected purple energy to be used in this way. Now, his body was filled with purple energy, and purple mist began to appear around him. With every movement and gesture, the world trembled, as if all the laws were under his control.
"Don't celebrate too soon. Even if your meridians have been expanded, your resilience is still insufficient, and there's still a risk of being burst by my essence blood.
In the past, your chance of success was only 10%, but now it's at most 50%. To put it bluntly, success and failure are split evenly. The Dragon Clan expert poured cold water on Long Chen.
"Is your essence blood really that terrifying?" Long Chen gasped.
The Dragon King is the human Immortal King, and the two are at the same level in realm. If things are really as the Dragon Clan powerhouse claims, then just what kind of terrifying existence is this one?
"When I ascended to Dragon King, it was in the Chaos Era, when the laws of heaven and earth were complete and spiritual energy abundant. But your generation, the times are different.
Moreover, when I became the Dragon King, I fought in all directions, invincible wherever I went, at the height of my sharpness and arrogance. Within those dragon scales was my arrogant will at that time.
When the reverse scale falls off, it develops its own consciousness. Even I can't force it to bow its head.
So, to subdue it, you need both strong willpower and powerful meridians to withstand the impact of your essence blood.
As for willpower, I'm not worried about that, but your meridians are probably still quite lacking compared to when I was back then. I'm worried you'll explode and die."
So, for now, use the Purple Qi and Star Power to expand your meridians before they fully form.
Once expanded to the limit, condense the Seven-Star Battle Body and expand again. If it achieves the effect I expected, subduing my reverse scale should have a ninety percent chance of success. The dragon clan expert said.
Long Chen was dumbfounded. He had always been extremely confident, but his confidence was shattered by the dragon clan powerhouse.
Long Chen gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and began to beginWith all his strength in expanding his meridians, Long Chen knew that in this time in the Three Thousand Worlds, he was truly transformed.
No wonder the dragon clan expert didn't remind him to use purple energy to expand his meridians. It was meant for Long Chen to absorb his essence and flesh and use his physical strength to kick Kun Tu to death.
"Kuntu, just you wait." Just thinking of Kuntu's lofty and condescending attitude over all living beings made Long Chen furious.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen formed hand seals, the sea of stars trembled, and endless star power surged into his meridians.