Chapter 417 - Battling Lin Zichen

Chapter 417 - Battling Lin Zichen

This was the first time the people of Ginger City had heard Long Chen’s name. News of what he had done had not reached them because they were too far from Biyang Imperial Capital. However, he would be forever in their memories from this day onwards, along with the three thousand Ghost Riders and Eight Generals that had stunned them speechless.

The Imperial Capital’s Pretorial Guards and Royal Guards were competing factions, but when the six commanders of the Royal Guard died, the Pretorial Guards grieved for their deaths like the fox grieving the rabbit’s death[1]. Not only had the legendary Long Chen returned, he had done so in a terrifying style by first sneaking into the Counter Essence Realm, killing the Sword Demon, and stealing Heaven-tier spiritual herbs. Afterwards, he had slipped into the palace and lured Lin Zichen here. How many people in the world would dare to do the same?

The Eight Generals were especially shocked. They all looked at each other.

“Big Brother, what should we do?” one of them asked.

“If Long Chen can kill Lord Sword Demon, then he must be at least as strong as the Fourth Prince. Let’s hurry over to the First Prince’s side and protect him for now. Initially, I thought the First Prince was going to lose his footing forever, but it looks like there’s still hope for him!” said Qian Jiang, the Eighth River Stage general, solemnly.

“How is that possible? The Fourth Prince killed a Category Nine Earth-tier demonic beast so easily just now! Not even ten Long Chens would be his match!” someone said the moment Qian Jiang finished.

“I don’t believe he can win either. The Fourth Prince is a legend! My father says that he’ll reach the Sword Emperor’s level in less than five years!”

“Now is not the time to argue. Let’s go back first, seeing as they haven’t fought yet!” said Qian Jiang hurriedly. There was no time to dawdle.

After the Ghost Riders returned to Ginger City, only Long Chen and Lin Zichen remained on the vast battlefield. Everyone stood on the city wall to watch the fight between the two most talented youths of the Cangyang Kingdom.

This was a duel of the highest level, and Long Chen was facing his most powerful enemy to date. Lin Zichen knew Heaven-tier body combat techniques, wielded the Imperial Sword, and was familiar with the Imperial Sword Combat Technique. This meant his strength was similar to Long Chen’s!

Everyone watched from the edge of their seats!

Their auras intensified quickly. Long Chen was currently at the Eighth River Stage, so his aura was weaker than Lin Zichen’s for now.

“Eighth River Stage... You don’t know how weak you are,” Lin Zichen sneered. The Qi of a Ninth River Stage cultivator erupted from his body, and a blast of energy shot out towards Long Chen. All the soil and dried blood on the ground were blasted away.

Long Chen did not speak. He activated his Dragon Soul Transformation, and the blood-red dragon scales and sharp bony spikes that covered his body made him look like a humanoid combat machine. His aura strengthened continuously, and the surrounding soil exploded. The energy that shot up into the sky was as strong as Lin Zichen’s!

“So much Qi! Have you reached the Ninth River Stage?” Lin Zichen furrowed his brows when he sensed the immense aura coming from Long Chen. However, this did not startle him, because Long Chen’s cultivation level had always been hard to pinpoint, sometimes high and sometimes low. When they previously met in front of Demon Emperor Mountain, Long Chen had displayed strength sufficient to fight Lin Zichen.

“Even though you have as much Qi as me, as a Sword Warrior, I can triple my Qi! Long Chen, your Qi reserve is nothing compared to mine!” Lin Zichen exclaimed, his laughter reaching everyone’s ears.

That’s impressive! That must be the Heavenly Demon Palace’s legendary Demon Emperor Sword in his hand! If I’m right, he’s the heir to the Heavenly Demon Palace. This is a duel between the two strongest youths of the Cangyang Kingdom’s two strongest factions!

Lin Batian was filled with emotion.

Long Chen had waited a long time for this moment!

In fact, he had entered the Heavenly Demon Palace and cultivated fervently all for this moment! The moment to kill Lin Zichen!

Rumble!

The whole battlefield trembled even though they had just started the fight. Yellow sand flew in the air. The corpses of demonic beasts and cultivators were thrown back in all directions by the strong gust of wind, which howled and whistled through the battlefield.

Clang!

The deafening sound of a collision rang out. After so many years, the two strongest weapons of Cangyang Kingdom clashed for the first time. There was a blinding ray of light, and both Lin Zichen and Long Chen moved backwards. In the next breath, both of them moved in a flash and began utilizing their powerful attacks!

At first, no one could see much, as they could not tell the fighters apart when they looked at the flickering silhouettes moving at high speed. All they could see was a black sword and a golden sword flying across the battlefield!

“Imperial Sword Qi!”

There was a strong whoosh, and the attack that Lin Zichen had used against the Dark Moon Tiger shot directly at Long Chen. The Imperial Sword Qi cut a deep ditch through the ground. Everyone’s hearts were in their throats when they saw the fierce attack, because Long Chen was exposed and directly in its path.

“Traceless Demon Shadow!”

Long Chen, who was already a blurry silhouette, turned into an invisible shadow. The Imperial Sword Qi did not strike him at all, charging ahead until it dispersed far away. Everyone saw a blurry shadow spinning and charging towards Lin Zichen, and blades of Sword Qi appeared out of thin air. They were as strong as his Imperial Sword Qi, and their target was Lin Zichen!

“Heaven-tier body combat technique, Traceless Demon Shadow?” Lin Zichen was shocked once more. He had a feeling that Long Chen could use Traceless Demon Shadow too, but now he actually had. Plus, when he used it, he seemed as familiar as Lin Zichen was with the Divine Nine Palace Step!

Long Chen had already mastered two of the Heavenly Demon Palace’s Three Great Secret Scriptures. Did he also know the third one?

Lin Zichen’s expression was as dark as it could be!

1. TL Note: Fox grieving for the rabbit’s death (idiom): the fox and the rabbit are comrades in this context because their enemy is the hunter. When the hunter kills the rabbit, the fox grieves. Used to describe alliance members grieving when tragedy strikes one of them ☜