Blood Sacrifice.
Long Chen could have used the Blood Sacrifice right from the start to increase his battle prowess and have a pinnacle battle with Lin Zichen. However, he was worried that it wouldn't have the desired effect. After all, his opponent's foundation was too strong, so Long Chen could only endure it. When Lin Zichen looked down on him, he would choose to erupt at that moment.
At least for now, it seemed that he was successful. After using the Divine Fire Clone to completely block Lin Zichen's vision, Long Chen used the Blood Sacrifice to forcibly increase his body by two levels, reaching the eighth level of the Heavenly River Tier.
Blood-red flames burned fiercely on his body.
The increase in strength didn't come without a price. After the battle, Long Chen's strength would once again drop to the fourth level of the Heavenly River Tier. At that time, if he hadn't taken care of Lin Zichen, Lin Zichen would only need to casually wave her hand to kill Long Chen.
This was Long Chen's final gambit, which was why he had used such a method.
When his True Qi immediately soared to the eighth level of the Heavenly River Tier, because of the Dragon Soul Transformation, he had actually already reached the ninth level of the Heavenly River Tier. This was the first time that Long Chen had such terrifying True Qi, and he really felt like he couldn't control it. This strength was really too strong, and compared to before, he was at least ten times stronger now.
Because of the sharp increase in True Qi, the power of the Devouring Blood Realm instantly increased to the point that it could pose a threat to Lin Zichen. Now, in terms of True Qi, Long Chen was almost on par with Lin Zichen. Generally speaking, in front of cultivators of the same level, the threat caused by Long Chen's Devouring Blood Realm would require cultivators of the same level to use more than half of their True Qi to suppress their Blood Qi. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to fight normally at all.
As for the Divine Fire Doppelgangers, because the Divine Fire Doppelgangers were unleashed by the True Fire Seeds stored in their apertures, the power of the Divine Fire Doppelgangers did not increase. The effect of the Divine Fire Doppelgangers at the fifth level of the Heavenly River Tier was only a slight hindrance to Lin Zichen. Very soon, a large number of Divine Fire Doppelgangers were killed by Lin Zichen.
The moment Long Chen completed the blood sacrifice, he withdrew his Divine Flame Clone and unleashed a torrent of attacks on Lin Zichen. This was Long Chen's goal. He quickly completed the blood sacrifice and immediately launched an attack. In this way, Lin Zichen was suppressed by Long Chen, whose strength had unexpectedly skyrocketed. Lin Zichen was actually forced to retreat.
"Just what kind of domain-type combat skill is this? And Long Chen, how did your strength suddenly increase by so much?"
Lin Zichen's eyes widened in shock. He was forced to retreat by Long Chen's Blue Dragon Battle Halberd. No matter how hard he thought, he would never have guessed that Long Chen would have the two nature-defying Mystical Abilities, the Blood Sacrifice and the Devouring Blood Realm.
Long Chen could still be weak now. As his strength increased, the power of these two Mystical Abilities also increased. It was not hard to imagine that when Long Chen's strength reached its peak, he could still increase his strength by one or two levels through the blood sacrifice, or even three levels. How terrifying would that be?
"Die."
This was the only chance to reverse life and death. At this moment, Long Chen did not hold back at all. He exploded with all his strength and increased the devouring power of the Devouring Blood Realm. Then, he used the Dragon Emperor's Downfall once again with his life on the line.
The current Dragon Emperor's Downfall was much stronger than before. Long Chen's extraordinary talent and control allowed him to use the Dragon Emperor's Downfall to the level of an advanced Earth-level combat skill.
Rumble.
The explosive power of each move was stronger than the previous one.
"Blue Dragon Combat Skill, Dragon Emperor's Downfall."
Roar.
The blood-colored divine dragon turned into a small, sharp blade. The blood-colored light appeared in front of Lin Zichen at lightning speed. Seeing this blood-colored light, Lin Zichen was shocked.
Long Chen's sudden explosive power was too shocking. He finally understood that this was the true heaven-defying strength of Long Chen. He was just pretending before. Only this kind of Long Chen was worthy to be Lin Zichen's opponent.
Of course, he did not know that Long Chen's current explosive power was at the cost of two levels of strength.
If he was not careful, he would face such a dangerous moment. Moreover, the terrifying devouring power made it difficult for Lin Zichen to move. Under the explosive power of Long Chen's ultimate killing move, Lin Zichen was immediately in a precarious situation.
Long Chen's eyes were filled with bloodlust. He knew that this was his most important opportunity. If he didn't kill Lin Zichen this time, or if he couldn't leave any wounds on his body, it would be very difficult for him to attack again.
"Nine Revolutions of the Milky Way."
At this moment, dazzling starlight suddenly appeared in Lin Zichen's hands. He rotated his hands, and suddenly, a huge force acted on Long Chen's Blue Dragon Halberd. Under Lin Zichen's control, a dazzling starlight vortex appeared in front of Lin Zichen. The huge reverse force directly pulled Long Chen's Blue Dragon Halberd to the side.
"You want to reverse? Dream on."
Lin Zichen's strength was not weak, but the power formed by Long Chen's Devouring Blood Realm and Blood Sacrifice was not weak either. Although Lin Zichen's Nine Revolutions of the Milky Way was strong, Long Chen's Blue Dragon Halberd was not weak either.
Pfft.
The Blue Dragon Halberd pierced through Lin Zichen's shoulder, tearing off a large piece of flesh. Of course, Lin Zichen screamed in pain.
Even with the Nine Revolutions of the Milky Way, a high-level Earth-rank defensive battle technique, Lin Zichen could not completely block Long Chen in the face of the double power of the Devouring Blood Realm and Blood Sacrifice.
The injury on Lin Zichen's shoulder was actually not serious. The flesh that was sliced off was only half a kilogram. However, the problem was that Lin Zichen's talent had always been extraordinary ever since he was born. He had never been defeated, let alone injured. Long Chen was the first person who had ever injured him.
A person from a small place, whose strength was only at the sixth level of the Heavenly River Tier, actually managed to injure him in the end. This immediately made Lin Zichen explode with great anger.
Originally, he only wanted to play around with Long Chen. Long Chen actually hid for so long and came up with such a killing move. This made Lin Zichen feel humiliated.
"You're courting death. You're courting death."
Lin Zichen suddenly retreated and stretched out his hand to cover the piece of flesh that was missing from his shoulder. Even so, blood still flowed out.
His face was instantly filled with blood and turned steely green.
"Long Chen, you're the first person to injure me. I've decided that you must die. You must die."
Lin Zichen's face gradually revealed a crazed expression. He had always been high and mighty, and this was the first time someone had profaned him like this. When he felt the burning pain on his shoulder, his heart twitched.
With a swoosh, a golden sword appeared in Lin Zichen's hand. Instantly, a majestic pressure acted on Long Chen's body. This Emperor's Sword was indeed the legendary emperor's sword. Just a few glances at it made Long Chen's heart palpitate.
"With such a divine sword, I still have a chance."
The move just now could be considered as Long Chen's killing move. However, it only slightly injured Lin Zichen. The killing move did not kill Lin Zichen, but it left a wound on him. It would be easier to deal with later. However, Long Chen was really not confident about Lin Zichen's Emperor's Sword.
"Emperor's Sword Qi."
At this moment, Lin Zichen simply waved his sword. Suddenly, a golden blade of light shot out from the Emperor's Sword, whistling towards Long Chen. That terrifying speed and that fatal power. If Long Chen's reaction was a little faster, he would definitely be split in half.
"What a powerful Emperor's Sword."
Long Chen was shocked. This was obviously only the most basic power of the Emperor's Sword. Even so, it was far beyond Long Chen's most powerful killing move.
"Chen."
When the Emperor's Sword Qi appeared, Lingxi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Lingxi was an expert in using the sword. With one look, she knew that Long Chen would definitely not be able to withstand the power of the Emperor's Sword Qi.
Long Chen heard Lingxi's reminder. Now, even if he forcefully used his movement technique to dodge, he might not be able to dodge it. However, it was not that Long Chen did not have a solution.
"Blood Escape."
Although this move was not as terrifying as the Blood Sacrifice, when used, it allowed Long Chen's speed to soar immensely.
The extreme speed made it impossible for Long Chen to control his direction. He instantly accelerated, turned into a bloody shadow, and disappeared on the spot. When he appeared again, he was at least 100 meters away.
If not for Lingxi and Xiao Lang, with the Blood Escape, Lin Zichen would not be able to catch Long Chen at all.
Using the Blood Escape, although Long Chen tried his best to control it, he had already flown 100 meters away. This was already the shortest distance. Lingxi was still at the original place, so Long Chen had no choice but to rush back immediately. For the True Energy of the ninth level of the Heavenly River Tier, a breath's time was enough to cover a distance of 100 meters.
However, even a breath's time was enough for Lin Zichen to kill Lingxi, so Long Chen knew that he could not use the Blood Escape again. This time, Lin Zichen had not reacted, and he did not know what would happen the next time.
Indeed, Long Chen used the Blood Escape to escape, causing the Emperor's Sword Qi to hit thin air. Lin Zichen was indeed stunned for a while, and while he was in a daze, Long Chen had already returned. He was worried about Lingxi, so he stood in front of Lingxi.
"I have to say, Long Chen, you have a lot of amazing and enviable techniques …" Lin Zichen narrowed his eyes and looked at Long Chen. Suddenly, the corners of his lips curled up into a sinister smile.
"The technique you used to escape just now was very powerful. It seemed like even my Emperor's Sword Qi could not hit you. However, I really want to know, if you used it like this, would you be able to dodge it?"
Lin Zichen's words gave Long Chen a bad premonition.
As expected, at this moment, Lin Zichen's Emperor's Sword Qi struck towards Lingxi.