Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 5373 The Wind’s Softness

“What are you doing?! Did you forget everything I taught you? Use the wind’s softness!” shouted Long Chen.

Wind inheritances contained countless transformations. Most wind element experts, however, focused on the wind’s ferocity, intensity, and violence in their pursuit of maximum destructive power.

But wind energy also had a soft side, much like water. This gentler form of wind energy was often overlooked as elementary, and many people looked down on it. Hence, most wind cultivators abandoned it altogether, never considering its potential.

When Long Chen established the basic formations for the Hidden Dragon Legion, he noticed their greatest weakness: they relied solely on the hard, aggressive force of wind.

In battle, using hardness against hardness often resulted in injuries on both sides. Against an immense force, such rigidity would lead to mutual destruction. Even with Long Chen’s basic understanding of formations, he knew this was a fatal flaw.

So, Long Chen devised a training regimen centered on the wind’s softness. At first, many were confused and reluctant to embrace it, but Long Chen was adamant—they had to master this technique or face expulsion from the Hidden Dragon Legion. Even Tang Wan-er didn’t fully understand why he would make everyone focus so much time and effort on this elementary energy, but she believed Long Chen had his reasons.

Now, as a crisis loomed, brute force would be futile against the full might of an eight-vein Emperor. Tang Wan-er had lost the initiative and couldn’t possibly interrupt this attack, so the only one who could save the warriors was themselves.

Hearing Long Chen’s shout, everyone gritted their teeth. As the eight retainers formed a series of hand seals, their violent wind energy softened instantly. After that, each warrior placed a hand on the back of the one before them. Their power merged as one, forming a gentle, unified flow.

They didn’t dare to believe that this soft energy could block the overwhelmingly destructive earth energy, but other than trusting Long Chen, they had no other choice.

A gentle wind wrapped around them, causing them to feel as light as a feather floating in the breeze. When the apocalyptic wave of earth reached them, they were lifted, floating as the destructive wave crashed below. The wave crushed countless mountains, its powerful rumbling nearly deafening them.

Astonished, they realized they had escaped unscathed. Even Tang Wan-er was struck by the effectiveness of their technique.

The warriors were floating in the air as light as a feather. Just as a feather might float around a striking staff without damage, they had avoided the devastating attack of the eight-vein Emperor.

However, Tang Wan-er was not so fortunate. She swung her sword against the earthen wave, severing part of it, but the impact forced her back, nearly making her cough up blood. Although the attack was spread over a wide area, its power still overwhelmed her in direct confrontation.

“This is our chance!” shouted one of the retainers.

After unleashing this attack, the eight-vein Emperor had to take a breather to recover. This was the best time to attack it. Without hesitation, the eight retainers shot forward like bolts of lightning, transforming the gentle wind around them instantly.

They left behind countless afterimages as they flew through the air. Their swords streaked toward the enormous devil creature, slicing through its vital points.

The devil creature roared in pain, and its body began to radiate with a wild qi wave. The eight retainers quickly retreated, maintaining their positions as they rode out the turbulent wave. Though they appeared vulnerable, they remained steady, enduring the wave without faltering.

After the violent qi wave, the eight retainers attacked again. This time, all the Hidden Dragon Warriors charged in as well, sending their Sword Qi toward the giant devil creature, whose defenses started to crumble under the storm of attacks.

Long Chen nodded slightly. The Hidden Dragon warriors’ wind energy was refined, capable of penetrating the defenses of an eight-vein Emperor.

They had come a long way from ordinary disciples to reach this level. This was all thanks to Long Chen’s medicinal pills, wind spirit stones, the Seven Treasure space, and everyone’s hard work. They were like great hawks spreading their wings and soaring toward the heavens.

With the creature weakened and covered in wounds, Xiao Yue struck a particularly effective blow, nearly cleaving its head in two. It went without saying that the cooperation of the eight retainers had improved immensely during this time. Xiao Yue’s attacks were the sharpest, and the others drew the devil creature’s attention to give her chances to attack.

Despite her efforts, Xiao Yue’s strongest attack only managed to slice through part of the devil creature’s skull; her power had reached its peak, but it wasn’t enough to finish it.

The enraged devil creature let out a ferocious roar as its Blood Qi started to surge, signaling its berserk state. Everyone fell back, aware of the danger.

Just then, a black saber pierced through its head, exiting from the back. The creature quivered, then fell limp as life drained from its body.

Evilmoon returned to Long Chen’s hand, and Long Chen stared at it speechlessly. Evilmoon could have simply gone through the wound left by Xiao Yue’s attack, but it stubbornly chose to hit the devil creature in its toughest spot—right around its devil core. Evilmoon intentionally did this to show off its strength.

As expected, the Hidden Dragon warriors stared at Evilmoon in shock, unable to believe what they had just witnessed. What weapon could slice through an eight-vein Emperor’s toughest bone like it was tofu?

“Everyone, keep going!” commanded Long Chen as he cleaned up the battlefield and led the group to a new location.

Long Chen’s intervention wasn’t meant to display his power, but rather to preserve the giant devil creature’s essence blood. Its essence blood contained its vast life energy, which was precisely what the primal chaos space needed right now.

After that, Long Chen tossed the corpse into the primal chaos space. As expected, a huge amount of life energy was instantly released. The black soil had finally found a piece of fat meat and greedily devoured it, leaving nothing behind in a matter of seconds.

As the dense life qi mist filled the primal chaos space, Long Chen noticed a subtle quiver within it. Hurrying to check on the space’s growth, he looked inside the primal chaos space. A new sprout had finally emerged from the vine, but Long Chen was shocked to see it.