When Zhao Qingyun made her move, Long Chen was actually very at ease. So, even when he quickly smashed towards the black stone, he did not resist. As expected, when he touched the black stone, it was as if he had jumped into a lake. He easily sank into it. In an instant, the stars changed and the sky turned dark. When he suddenly regained consciousness, he found himself in an empty black room.
"It is indeed a Small Universe World. It is similar to the Heaven Martial Arts Realm and the Ni Yang Celestial Realm. But it is really small."
Long Chen opened his eyes wide and carefully looked around. This room was a regular square, with a side length of about 50 meters. If it was considered a Small Universe World, it was naturally very small. But if it was considered a room, it was very big.
This black room was empty. There was nothing in it. When Long Chen moved his feet lightly, there would be echoes of emptiness.
"Murong Yu is not here."
After Long Chen looked around, he found that Murong Yu was not here. However, Long Chen could be sure that Murong Yu should be in another room. Her situation was basically similar to his.
"It seems that the first mysterious enemy that Master spoke of will appear here …" Even Zhao Qingyun thought that it was a mysterious enemy. It was naturally not simple. Basically, if he defeated him, Long Chen would have the right to control the Demon Emperor Sword. As for the final battle, it would be between him and Murong Yu. It had nothing to do with the Demon Emperor Sword. In other words, this mysterious person was a method that the Demon Emperor Sword used to select its successor.
He could not be underestimated.
Long Chen was on guard. He knew that the mysterious person would definitely appear in an instant. As for whether it was a sneak attack or an honorable appearance, he did not know. He only knew that he had to be careful.
Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps in front of him. Long Chen looked up and saw a person "floating" out of the black wall. Then, he stood in front of Long Chen, a faint smile on his face.
This man wore a clean and bright black brocade robe. It was loose on the inside and tight on the outside. His hair was tied up with a good, flawless jade crown. His eyes were very beautiful, deep and blue like the sea in the night, and cold like the sea in the night.
"Why does this person look so familiar?"
Long Chen's first feeling was a little puzzled. At this time, Lingxi's voice suddenly sounded, "Long Chen, isn't this you?"
Long Chen jumped in fright. After taking a closer look, he discovered that the man in front of him was of a similar age and appearance to him. He was simply exactly the same as him. He was taken aback. He rubbed his eyes and looked a few more times. Sure enough, he discovered that the man was exactly the same as him.
This was really strange.
"There's no need to guess. I am you. You are Long Chen, and I am also Long Chen." The man looked at Long Chen impatiently and said.
Long Chen was forced to accept this fact. This mysterious opponent that had appeared was actually the same as him. He had been guessing before, but he never would have thought that this mysterious disciple would be like this. At this time, Long Chen suddenly remembered something that Zhao Qingyun had said to him. That was, to obtain the Demon Emperor Sword, the first thing he needed to do was to defeat himself.
And this mysterious opponent in front of him should be him.
An ominous thought suddenly appeared in Long Chen's mind. He asked tentatively, "You know all the battle techniques that I know, as well as my realm."
The man nodded and said, "Of course. I already said that I am you, and you are me. I know all the techniques that you have successfully cultivated, the Divine Flame Clone, the Traceless Specter, the Shadow Sword, and the Great Magic of Dao and Heart Demonic Seed. Moreover, whether it is in terms of qi or battle techniques, they are all ten percent stronger than your current foundation. You are unlucky. Because you have learned two levels of the Great Magic of Dao and Heart Demonic Seed, when your qi expands to four times its original size, my qi will expand to four and a half times its original size."
Long Chen was really frightened. Everything that he knew, the other party also knew, and the other party was even stronger than him. Wasn't this just looking for a beating? What was the point?
"From the looks of it, you're afraid. You're retreating, aren't you? What a useless coward," said the man mockingly.
Long Chen was silent for a moment, then he looked up and smiled. "You don't understand me. Not only will this not make me afraid or angry, it will only make me more excited. Defeating someone who is stronger than me will help me understand myself better, and I'll be able to improve even more. Isn't that a good thing?"
"If that's the case, then accept the baptism of your own attacks."
There was a cold gleam in the man's eyes, and then his body suddenly burst into flames. The flames burned fiercely, then burst into a hundred and twenty-five blazing Divine Flame clones.
"I'll let you have a taste of Divine Flame Doppelgangers." With a command, 125 Divine Flame Doppelgangers attacked Long Chen from all directions.
This was the first time that Long Chen had been surrounded like this. He felt like he had no room to retreat at all, and the only measure he could take was to clash head-on with the Divine Flame clones.
With a whoosh, Long Chen took out the Star Sword. He didn't plan to use the Divine Flame clones to fight against the other party, because Long Chen could feel that the Divine Flame clones he unleashed were slightly stronger than Long Chen's. The Divine Flame clones were still very useful in battle, and Long Chen didn't want to waste the primordial fire seeds in this place.
After all, it would take some time to condense the hundred and twenty-five primordial fire seeds.
Traceless Specter, activate.
With the Star Sword in hand, Long Chen instantly activated Traceless Specter. His entire body turned into a series of illusions, shuttling between the Divine Flame clones that surrounded him. From time to time, he would swing his sword and split the Divine Flame clones in front of him in half.
However, there were still a hundred and twenty-five Divine Flame clones. If he had to split them one by one, he didn't know how long it would take. When the time came, his Spiritual Qi would be lagging behind, and he wouldn't be a match for his other self.
"Traceless Specter, huh … I think I can do it too …" At this moment, a phantom suddenly flashed behind one of the Divine Flame clones, followed by a hard blue sword that suddenly chopped down at Long Chen's head.
In a moment of panic, Long Chen raised the Star Sword to block. Instantly, a sharp sound of metal rubbing against metal exploded. That huge force directly caused Long Chen's legs to bend, and he almost knelt on the ground.
At the last moment, Long Chen gritted his teeth, and only then did he not kneel. He roared, and used all the power in his body to shake the other party away. Only then was he able to retreat. However, at this moment, those densely packed Divine Flame clones once again surrounded him, fists that were filled with flames raining down on Long Chen. Long Chen could only wave the Star Sword in a somewhat disheveled manner to defend himself.
However, at this moment, Long Chen didn't panic. Instead, he was very happy. That was because the other party's move just now had made him realize something very important.
'That's right. He used the Traceless Specter just now and used all his strength to strike. It's indeed very strong, much stronger than an ordinary cultivator at the eighth level of the Heavenly River Tier. It can be said that he isn't the real me.'
Just now, when Long Chen blocked the sword, he actually only used a quarter of his current strength. When he had absorbed the inherited blood essence of the Ancient Blood Spiritual Dragon, even if he didn't use the Dragon Soul Transformation state, the nature of the light red True Qi on his body was about four times that of ordinary True Qi. This four times was not simple, and was practically something that could only be achieved by using the Daoist Heart Demonic Seed to the peak.
Just now, he had used a quarter of his True Qi, but still blocked the other party's sword. What did this mean?
'In other words, this mysterious opponent before me can only imitate my cultivation level, my Divine Fire Clone, my Traceless Specter, and the Daoist Heart Demonic Seed. He even has my Star Sword. However, it's a pity that the Demon Emperor Sword is only a Heaven-level God Weapon, and my Ancestral Dragon's inherited blood essence, as well as the Mystical Powers contained within, such as the Devouring Blood Realm, the Dragon Soul Transformation, and so on. The Demon Emperor Sword can't imitate them at all.'
Long Chen was still a little worried. If the other party could even Devouring Blood Realm, he might really not be able to pass this time. Thus, he was lucky. Long Chen could use any one of the Mystical Powers of the Ancient Blood Spiritual Dragon to defeat him.
Just now, he had suppressed his True Qi to about a quarter of his usual level, just to test it out. After all, Long Chen himself knew that the Demon Emperor Sword could not imitate those Mystical Powers of the Dragon Soul Transformation.
As such, Long Chen laughed coldly. His speed suddenly increased by four times, and he flew towards his opponent, then slashed out with his sword. The guy had not expected Long Chen to suddenly be so fast. He used the Traceless Specter and quickly changed his position to block the sword. Then he looked at Long Chen with some surprise and said, "You used the Daoist Heart Demonic Seed so quickly and increased your strength by four times. I can do that too."
In fact, he had guessed wrong. Long Chen was simply using his ordinary fighting strength.
Waves of black smoke rose from his opponent's body, and soon, the black smoke covered the man's eyes. Long Chen could feel that his aura was rapidly increasing, and very soon, it reached the same level as his current cultivation level. In fact, it even surpassed it. This was the second level of the Great Demonic Seed Technique of Dao and Heart.
"How is it? Can you feel it now? No matter what battle technique I use, I will be slightly stronger than you." The man who looked exactly like Long Chen laughed arrogantly.
"Idiot."
Long Chen cursed indifferently. At this moment, black smoke also began to spread from his body. When all the black smoke covered his eyes, Long Chen's True Qi had increased by four times, which was 16 times. Now, the standard of his True Qi had reached the ninth level of the Heavenly River Tier, and it was definitely enough to deal with the guy in front of him.