Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6667 Li Luyao

A beautiful woman stepped onto the martial stage, her bearing icy and aloof. Her most striking feature was her eyes—sharp and cold, like blades drawn from their sheaths.

“Heavens, rank 997—Li Luyao!”

“Someone from the top thousand has shown up? Li Luyao clearly wants to stop Long Chen here.”

“Heh, that little fellow has been far too arrogant. He’s finally provoked a real expert. Li Luyao has personally come to put him in his place.”

Everyone in the top thousand of the Heaven Rankings possessed a certain amount of influence and quite a few worshipers.

According to the Starry River Palace’s rules, all top-thousand experts were required to hold a Dao discourse within the palace each year, sharing their insights and understanding of cultivation.

It was said that the rewards for this discourse were extraordinary. However, only those within the top thousand knew of this top secret.

Because of this, the gap between the top thousand and everyone else was immense—one that was exceedingly difficult to cross.

Thus, Li Luyao’s appearance shocked the crowd, including the Qu family’s disciples.

On the contrary, Qu Yingying simply stretched her waist and shook her head.

She said, “Li Luyao is the first to lose her patience. The others are waiting for Long Chen to reveal his true strength before deciding whether to act. But it’s fine. With her power, my little brother should finally have to take things more seriously. I was getting bored of all those monotonous slaps.”

The previous battles were indeed boring as they were always over with one casual slap. Qu Yingying was eager to see a change.

“Long Chen, is it?” Li Luyao said coldly, gripping the sword at her waist. “Your insult against the Starry River Palace’s disciples ends here. Did you really think no one here could defeat you?”

“You call this an insult? I am simply treating you guys the way you treated the disciples of the nine heavens,” replied Long Chen indifferently.

“Hmph, you riffraff aren’t worthy of respect. If the Starry River Palace hadn’t taken you in, you’d have died long ago on the road to the Star Divine Palace.”

“Then just let us die. Did we ask you to take us in?” asked Long Chen.

“You... you ungrateful wretch!” raged Li Luyao.

“Hahaha, ungrateful? What? Do I have to be grateful about you guys treating the nine heavens’ disciples like beggars and dogs?!”

Long Chen raised his head and laughed, his voice echoing through the martial stage.

“What a huge joke! The Starry River Palace intercepts nine star heirs from the nine heavens in order to strengthen their own power and stop Xiao Yin’s side from growing stronger.

“But if you truly cherished the disciples of the nine heavens, why allow them to be abused and suppressed?

“Do you even know why the Starlight Heavenly Sovereign, Li Yaochen, founded the Starry River Palace? He sacrificed his life to continue the Star Master’s will, to ensure the immortal Dao inheritance of the nine star line would go on.

“He wanted to ensure that the disciples scattered throughout the world would have a warm place to come home to. It’s a beacon for nine star heirs who were lost in darkness.

“And yet you call yourselves the masters of the Starry River Palace, while treating fellow nin -star heirs as vagrants and beggars. So what if I slap you a few times? How can that compare to the humiliation you’ve inflicted on others?”

Long Chen’s voice grew louder and angrier until it thundered like a lion’s roar and a dragon’s cry mixed together.

“Long Chen...”

Countless nine star heirs from the nine heavens clenched their fists. Long Chen’s anger resonated deeply with them.

He had risked his life to protect them from the Brahma line. Now, once again, he stood alone, shielding them against the entire Starry River Palace.

“How dare an ant speak the name of the Starlight Heavenly Sovereign?! Die!” Li Luyao shouted, her killing intent radiating out.

In the blink of an eye, her sword was unsheathed and appeared right in front of Long Chen.

“If I am an ant, then what does that make you?” Long Chen sneered, countering with a slap.

BOOM!

The Sword Qi shattered on contact, and ripples of astral energy spread across the stage.

Once more, everyone was shocked.

Long Chen hadn’t used his astral energy. With pure physical force, he had crushed the attack of a top-thousand Heaven Ranker.

Even Xu Qian—who had fled earlier after surrendering—reappeared among the crowd, clicking his tongue.

“Good thing I ran fast,” he muttered. “Otherwise, I’d be lying on the ground with the rest of them. I’m truly wise.”

After Long Chen had casually crushed Li Luyao’s attack, everyone’s expression changed. Even Li Luyao was not a match for him.

Qu Yingying cheered even more enthusiastically. The stronger Long Chen appeared, the more delighted she became. Didn’t this prove her vision surpassed everyone else’s?

“Arrogant fool!” Li Luyao shouted. “I’ll show you the gap between us! Beggars like you couldn’t reach our level even if you trained for a thousand years!”

Starlight exploded as her astral battle armor manifested. Multicolored astral energy enveloped her.

Li Luyao’s astral battle armor was different from others. It exuded an ancient yet wild aura, clearly tied to her bloodline.

As her astral energy erupted like a volcano, her aura skyrocketed. Astral runes flared along her sword, radiating terrifying sharpness.

“Li Luyao is going all-out!”

At last, the crowd felt the true pressure of a top-thousand Heaven Ranker. In her rage, she had entered her strongest state, her presence alone enough to suffocate weaker nine star heirs.

“With just this little bit of power, you dare to call yourself a genius? It seems you’ve never truly seen the world. You’re just a pitiful frog at the bottom of a well,” sneered Long Chen.

“You’re the frog at the bottom of a well!” roared Li Luyao.

Space exploded as she unleashed a devastating thrust at Long Chen. It was incredibly fast.

She had already locked Long Chen down with her Sword Qi. Combined with her speed, there was no way that Long Chen could dodge.

“Against you, a single finger is enough!”

He raised a single finger. Starlight flickered at its tip, where a tiny whirlpool formed.

The space on top of the martial stage started to twist because of this tiny whirlpool.

BOOM!

In front of countless shocked gazes, starlight exploded, and a wretched figure flew out of the explosion.

A sword fell from the sky and clattered onto the stage.

The crowd gasped in unison.