From the first level of the Divine Martial Realm to the second level of the Divine Martial Realm, Long Chen's Divine Essence had already skyrocketed to a terrifying level. Chu Tiange had never thought that Long Chen's strength would skyrocket once again, and this time, it had skyrocketed for no reason. He simply didn't know why.
He only saw in Long Chen's eyes that he was going to risk his life to survive. This kind of faith was very terrifying.
Strange blood-colored flames were burning on Long Chen's body. Chu Tiange didn't know what these blood-colored flames were, but in the flames, there were blood-colored dragon silhouettes. These dragon silhouettes didn't look like Red-horned Demonic Dragon at all, but another kind of blood-colored divine dragon that made people feel powerless.
"What … what the hell is this?"
At that moment, the blood-colored flames soared into the sky, completely engulfing Long Chen. Chu Tiange couldn't see Long Chen's appearance anymore. He could only see that there seemed to be a human silhouette in the flames, his whole body was covered with scales, and he was emitting a kind of beast-like murderous aura. The sharp edge of the blood-red sword was flashing in the flames.
Chu Tiange had underestimated Long Chen's craziness.
Lingxi was right in front of him. Long Chen realized the importance of staying alive. At that moment, he could pay any price, including the decline of his cultivation. He couldn't die here, because he was only a hair's breadth away from his goal.
"Blood sacrifice …"
After a long time, Long Chen didn't use the blood sacrifice again. He didn't know what price he would have to pay for using the blood sacrifice this time. It might even cause his cultivation to fall back to the Sky Martial Realm, but if he could live and see Lingxi again, Long Chen could bear any price. His cultivation could be restarted, but he only had one life.
As the blood-colored flames burned, the dragon blood divine energy in Long Chen's body started burning. Every time a portion of divine energy was burned, it would become ten times or even a hundred times stronger. Long Chen had just entered the second level of the Divine Martial Realm. Under this abnormal increase, his divine energy was rapidly increasing.
This time, Long Chen used the power of the second level of the blood sacrifice.
If it was the third level, his body would definitely be seriously injured again. The first level of the blood sacrifice had no obvious effect, so only the second level of the blood sacrifice was the most suitable. He had made the right choice. Right now, his body had just been consolidated by one-tenth of the Ancestral Dragon's essence blood, and he was completely able to bear the current abnormal power of Long Chen.
After absorbing another one-tenth of the essence blood and burning a large amount of dragon blood divine energy, Long Chen actually felt full of power. At that moment, Long Chen was no longer himself. The slaughtering and proud will of the Ancient Bloodline Dragon entered his body through the essence blood, fusing with the billions of particles in his body. Every tiny cell was filled with the slaughtering will of the Ancient Bloodline Dragon. For Chu Tiange, the will of the Ancient Bloodline Dragon hidden in Long Chen's body was the most shocking thing.
"Just what kind of secret is this kid hiding …" Chu Tiange found himself a little excited. He could keenly feel that the treasures on Long Chen were not as simple as the nameless battle skill and the Desolation of Blood. There must be something even more precious, which was why Long Chen had such a nature-defying performance.
"Dragon …"
When he thought of Long Chen, the image of a divine dragon appeared in Chu Tiange's mind. His heart trembled, and he had a shocking guess.
Slowly raising the Clear Sky Sword, Chu Tiange asked gravely, "Long Chen, could it be that you're a dragon warrior?"
"You've discovered it too late."
At this time, Long Chen's blood sacrifice had basically been completed. All the power in his body had been burned away, transforming into millions of surging rivers that surged madly through Long Chen's body. Blood-red scales that had already turned black covered his body. The image of a dragon flickered within them, and the dragon scales gave off an ancient aura that was unbreakable. Beneath Long Chen's feet, the golden lightning had also been dyed blood-red. It swam between Long Chen's legs, causing Long Chen's entire body to feel illusory, as if he could cross countless distances at any time.
Whether it was in terms of fleshly body or speed, Long Chen had originally been on the same level as Chu Tiange. Now that Long Chen's divine essence was replenished and he was able to ignite it, he was close to Chu Tiange's level. Although Long Chen had ignited his blood sacrifice to obtain this power, he was still a martial artist strong enough to threaten Chu Tiange.
The power of the blood sacrifice drove Long Chen into a state of madness.
The blood sacrifice was the power of the Ancient Blood Spirit Dragon's rules.
In the God Martial Arts Realm, each tier was subdivided into two tiers. But in the rules of an extremely powerful existence like the Ancient Blood Spirit Dragon, the God Martial Arts Realm was not divided into eighteen tiers, but nine. Therefore, after Long Chen had sacrificed two tiers, his spiritual energy had already reached the fourth tier of the God Martial Arts Realm. But in terms of the amount of spiritual energy Long Chen had, there was still a gap of four minor tiers. In other words, Long Chen's spiritual energy was now comparable to Chu Tiange's.
He was strong, but the price was also huge. This meant that after the power of the blood sacrifice was used up, Long Chen's cultivation would return to the ninth tier of the Heaven Martial Arts Realm.
For Long Chen, this was an extremely heavy price to pay, but in order to survive, it was worth it.
In terms of spiritual energy, the two were about the same. In terms of physical strength, Long Chen was definitely stronger. In terms of speed, Long Chen had the foundation of spiritual energy and the speed of his physical body, which was also stronger. In terms of weapons, the Blood Desolation Sword was no worse than the Clear Sky Sword. In terms of comprehension of swordsmanship, Long Chen's attack bonus was even greater than his opponent's. The only thing he lost to his opponent was his battle skills.
Of course, there was also the cultivation of high-level experts.
Chu Tiange was an expert cultivated by high-level experts, while Long Chen was a warrior who fought in bloody battles at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Chu Tiange frowned. Right now, Long Chen was hidden in the blood-red flames, and his every move made him feel a sense of dread.
"It's absolutely impossible. He has just reached the second level of the Divine Martial Realm. Even if he is a Dragon Warrior, it is impossible for him to have such a bonus. I am a warrior who can fight with a warrior who has just entered the seventh level of the Divine Martial Realm …"
His firm heart was loosened by the raging blood-red flames.
The Taibai Sword Prison rolled, trapping Long Chen's escape route. He had already used the blood sacrifice, so Long Chen had no intention of ripping apart the Taibai Sword Prison and escaping. Such a powerful force should be used where it should be used.
"This is the power you forced me to use, so you have to swallow it for me."
The blood-red flames vanished. The power in Long Chen's body had reached a stable level, and the power of the blood sacrifice could not be maintained for long. So at this time, Long Chen opened his eyes, and two beams of blood-red light stabbed into Chu Tiange's body.
Chu Tiange found that the entire world was a blur. In front of him, there was only a giant primordial beast staring at him with savage eyes. He suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
"What a joke. A little baby can scare you like this. Chu Tiange, the more you live, the more you regress."
Calming himself down, Chu Tiange pointed the Clear Sky Sword at Long Chen. "Don't try to be mysterious. I know what you're capable of. Right now, your power is pretty good, but how long can you use it?"
Long Chen said nothing.
Long Chen's eyes were filled with madness and bloodlust. He seemed to have lost all sense of reason. Chu Tiange had already become food. A long, blood-colored tongue lapped out, and Long Chen's scaly face broke into a bizarre smile.
"Power that does not belong to me is not the way of the king."
Chu Tiange had seen where Long Chen's weakness was. He was still very confident. He could not see how strong Long Chen's power was, but it was very unstable. He needed to vent, to vent his power.
"Then I'll play with you."
It had been a long time since Chu Tiange had encountered such a feeling of meeting his match. Even against other warriors on the Heaven's Ranking, Chu Tiange would not easily fight.
"Ultimate Sword Dao, Primal Chaos Genesis."
The Haotian Sword slashed down, and a gray beam of sword qi, filled with boundless killing intent, slashed towards Long Chen. The power of this sword had once completely drained the Golden Thunder Dungeon Dragon, and now Chu Tiange was using it to deal with Long Chen. It was clear how much importance he placed on Long Chen.
"Mm."
When he used Primal Chaos Genesis, he slashed down, but by the time he finished, Long Chen had already disappeared, and the Primal Chaos Genesis hit nothing but air.
"So fast."
Chu Tiange was used to using his divine sense to search for his opponents, but he suddenly realized that his divine sense could not find Long Chen at all.
"You're too slow."
A scalp-numbing voice rang out from behind him, causing Chu Tiange to break out in a cold sweat. The Haotian Sword in his hand hurriedly formed a miniature Vastwhite Sword Prison, completely blocking his body. Within the vast Vastwhite Sword Prison, a blood-red sword stabbed through.
If it weren't for the Vastwhite Sword Prison, Long Chen's sword would probably have pierced right through Chu Tiange.
Only now did Chu Tiange truly realize just how terrifying Long Chen was.
"This speed, how can it be so freakish?"
The Haotian Sword slashed out, slamming into Blood-Blooded Desolation. Instantly, a massive wave of power surged out, and both of them were sent flying. Chu Tiange looked up in shock to see Long Chen in mid-air, his body covered in blood-red scales, his blood-red sword held horizontally by his side. The sharp tip of the sword was like a claw, and his blood-red eyes brimmed with killing intent, and Chu Tiange didn't even dare to look him in the eye.
Chu Tiange, who had dealt with many experts before, finally forced himself to take Long Chen seriously.
"Very strong."
Chu Tiange steadied himself, then moved, transforming into a beam of white sword light that shot toward Long Chen. A vast, righteous aura surged through heaven and earth, causing them to tremble.
"Paramount Sword Dao, Single Sword of the Grand-Orient!"