It was a terrifying divine weapon, imbued with endless destiny power. As soon as he made a move, the terrifying aura locked onto Long Chen.
The owner of the blood-red spear was a long-haired man whose entire body radiated demonic energy. Behind him, within the celestial phenomena, five rays of starlight faintly appeared.
When he saw those five starlights, Long Chen immediately thought of the starlight on the Destiny Fruit. It seemed that the level of a Destiny Holder would also manifest once they reached a certain level.
This demon clan expert before him was on the same level as the Fate-Hunting clan powerhouse, both possessing five starlight and destiny holders.
However, when Long Chen killed that Fate Hunter clan powerhouse, the starlight of the fate clan expert had not yet appeared in the Destiny Phenomenon. Clearly, this demon clan expert was even stronger than the Fate Hunter clan experts back then.
"You want to enter the Nine Heavens Passage too?" Stop dreaming. Rather than dying in the Nine Heavens Passage, you'd rather die at my hands! The demon clan expert wielding a blood-red spear shouted sharply, the spear infused with the power of shattering heaven, thrusting fiercely at Long Chen.
"A bunch of demon brats—I've killed countless people in my life. Do you really think you have the right to speak so brazenly in front of me?"
"Smack!"
Long Chen sneered. Under the shocked gazes of countless people, he reached out his large hand and actually grabbed the blood-red spear.
"Buzz!"
The moment Long Chen grabbed the blood-red spear, stars swirled on his large hand, and his entire arm had transformed into stars. At the same time, within the divine ring behind him, the sea of stars lit up, endless starlight descending, illuminating Long Chen like a war god in the starry sky.
In the past, Long Chen would never have dared to take a sacred weapon barehanded, let alone a destined one with five starlight beams.
However, Long Chen had now advanced to the peak of the Twelfth Heaven of the Realm King, undergoing two transformations. His power was so strong that even he didn't know how strong it was.
"Courting death!"
The demon clan expert was furious. The moment Long Chen grabbed the spear, the fate phenomenon behind him trembled, and the spear in his hand lit up rapidly. The vast power of fate erupted like a volcano.
With a loud explosion, the spear trembled. Long Chen and the demon warrior's massive hands shook violently, and neither could hold onto the spear, releasing it at the same time.
The demon clan powerhouse unleashed his full power, the immense force shaking Long Chen's hand away, but he himself couldn't hold onto it. The moment the spear slipped from their hands, Long Chen seemed to have anticipated this scene all along.
Whoosh!
Long Chen reached out with his left hand, grabbed the spear immediately, and thrust fiercely at the demon clan expert.
The demon clan expert was both shocked and furious. The spear had just been struck and was snatched away—this was an utter humiliation.
But he knew well how terrifying that spear was. He was not yet a Saint and could not truly control this sacred weapon, nor could he control it with his soul.
Unless he burned his primordial power and could temporarily control the spear, then he would pay a terrible price.
When he first made his move, he didn't take Long Chen seriously at all, thinking he could defeat him in just a few moves. It was impossible for him to burn his source power right away, let alone save strength to deal with other enemies entering the Nine Heavens Passage.
But in a careless moment, the divine weapon fell into Long Chen's hands. Seeing the spear thrusting toward him, he roared in anger.
"Buzz!"
A massive blood-red shield appeared in his hand, and the aura of that shield was exactly the same as the blood-red spear. It looked like a pair of divine weapons.
As soon as the blood-red shield appeared, Long Chen snorted coldly: "Use your own spear against your own shield. Let me see which is stronger: your spear or your shield." Behind
Long Chen, seven stars swirled, the sea of stars trembled, and the violent power of the stars forcibly poured into the blood-red spear.
The blood-red spear roared and exploded, its entire spear trembling. It seemed to resist Long Chen's power, but in the face of Long Chen's terrifying star power, its resistance was utterly powerless.
Long Chen channeled all his power into the spear by performing the Heaven-Expanding Technique, ignoring the spear's resistance. He forced himself onto the bow and thrust his spear fiercely.
At this moment, the demon clan expert's shield surged with demonic energy, the Destiny Starlight flowed behind him, and all his strength was concentrated on the shield.
"Boom!"
The blood-red spear struck the blood-red shield with a deafening explosion. The void shattered, endless Dao runes shattered, and to everyone's shock, the blood-red shield and spear shattered simultaneously.
Long Chen let out a muffled groan and staggered back several steps. His internal organs were shaken and shifted, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood. The sacred weapon shattered, its power terrifying.
"Puff puff puff..."
The demon clan expert spat out several mouthfuls of blood, his shield-wielding arm shattered by the blow. This direct fight had dealt him a heavy blow.
A spear and a shield, sharing the same origin, yet when they collided, they were destroyed simultaneously. That was their clan's treasure, only because he had to enter the Nine Heavens Passage to receive it temporarily, and it had to be returned afterward.
Now, with one spear and one shield, one offensive and one defensive, two precious sacred weapons destroyed in an instant, the demon clan powerhouse was furious.
"Pfft"
Just as he hesitated between commanding his clan to continue the attack or fleeing immediately, behind him, a delicate figure appeared at some point—a purple longsword piercing the back of his head.
It was Lei Ling'er who made her move. Now, she appeared like a ghost, appearing silently without a single warning.
In the past, whenever Lei Ling'er made a move, she would inevitably unleash a heavenly tribulation aura. But now it was different. Lei Ling'er's control had become even more terrifying, her aura condensed and undispersed. Suddenly appearing on the battlefield, the demon clan expert didn't notice anything unusual at all and was instantly annihilated.
"Kill them all, especially those Destiny Ones. Kill as many as you can." Long Chen shouted.
As he spoke, he wielded his seven-colored sword and immediately charged at the demon clan warriors. Those demon warriors, originally led by the prodigy wielding the blood-red spear, were preparing to launch a siege against the Dragonblood Legion.
However, the prodigy wielding the blood-red spear died too quickly, almost killed by Long Chen after a brief encounter. The demon clan experts had just charged in when the leader died. With no leader among the dragons, they were left stunned.
At that moment, Long Chen wielded his sharp sword and slashed down. Demon clan experts fell in waves, while the Dragon Blood Legion began to encircle them, their blades drawn to target those destined beings.
"Puff puff puff...
Without the leader's command, the demon clan powerhouses were instantly thrown into chaos. Yue Zifeng and the others attacked wildly, and disciples from the academy and the War God Hall also joined the fray.
However, there were simply too many demon clan warriors. With these millions of strong warriors, the Dragonblood Legion couldn't encircle them all at once, only managing to encircle a portion; most of the demon clan experts escaped.
But in just a short while, hundreds of thousands of elite demon warriors were slaughtered, and tens of thousands of Destiny Warriors died on the spot.
Long Chen was fiercely fighting the demons. Although the other clans' strong warriors saw it, no one paid attention. Even the other demon warriors didn't come to help. They all desperately rushed toward the vortex. Clearly, for them, entering the vortex first was more important than anything else.
"You really know how to pick the right timing."
Long Chen and the others did not chase after the demon clan experts. Long Chen took out a spatial ring and tossed it to Guo Ran. Guo Ran glanced at it and immediately understood.
Inside the ring were all Heavenly Dao Fruits. Long Chen wanted Guo Ran to secretly distribute these Heavenly Dao Fruits to the Dragon Blood Warriors.
In this way, once the Dragonblood warriors enter the Nine Heavens Passage, they can immediately take it and become Destiny Holders. This greatly boosts their strength and prevents much commotion.
Guo Ran quietly distributed all the Heavenly Dao Fruits, and by now they were gradually approaching the vortex.
The closer they got to the vortex, the more powerful beings surrounded them. After getting close enough to the vortex, their bodies instantly vanished, likely drawn in by the power of space.
Just as Long Chen and the others were about to approach the vortex, a sudden sense of danger arose. A flaming lotus surged forward, and he shouted to Guo Ran and the others:
"You go in first!"
"Boom!"
At that moment, the lotus exploded, and the void collapsed. A semi-transparent figure flashed and vanished. When they saw that translucent figure, a chill rose in everyone's hearts.