Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1250 Fighting For Justice, Beating Bao Buping

chapter 1250 fighting for justice, beating bao buping

translator: borntobe

long chen was sitting in the heaven splitting battle sect’s plaza. the early sun’s warm rays illuminated his bruised and swelling face.

this was his first time feeling that the sunlight could be so warm, his first time feeling that even breathing was such a blessed thing, his first time feeling just how fortunate he was just to be living.

in the past seven days, he had experienced what others called hell on earth. seven devil gods had been passionately torturing him. even with his willpower, he almost went insane.

each hour, even each breath, had felt so long. during his intense fight with them- no, it should be called during his intense beating.

although long chen had given it his all, he hadn’t been able to cause them any real injuries. and relying on their cultivation bases, they didn’t feel any shame or have any misgivings about beating him.

these seven days had made him almost start doubting what he was doing with his life. they had really been shameless, and no matter how many times he had provoked them, they wouldn’t fall for it, refusing to fight him with a foundation forging cultivation base.

as he was beaten almost to death, he had tried to think of anything that could save him, but nothing had managed to stop him from being beaten into a dead dog.

perhaps this was just what the old man had meant when he said intelligence was useless in front of absolute power. in fact, long chen suspected this was a deliberate lesson arranged by the old man.

but after seven days of hellish torture, he clearly sensed that his physical body had grown stronger once more.

the pure energy he had absorbed from the heaven earth divine pool seemed like it had been fermenting in his body, and this beating had stimulated it. it was like a sleeping beast had woken and started to bare its fangs.

their cruel beating was like the sharpening of a treasured blade. long chen’s aura had steadied, and shockingly he was able to get a few blows of his own back on them. but after those blows, he always had to pay a terrifying price.

what long chen didn’t know was that although the seven bosses had acted indifferent and natural, they had been incomparably shocked inside.

they had been constantly stimulating his potential, making his combat power rise without him even being able to sense it. that innate domineering pressure of his caused even them to feel intimidated. this kind of domineering will had nothing to do with cultivation base. it was a belief in himself, a belief that he could not be defeated, a belief forged through winning countless victories against impossible odds.

right now, he was facing seven terrifying experts, and he didn’t have the slightest hope of victory, but his dao-heart didn’t break. it didn’t even quiver.

it was precisely due to his firm dao-heart that long chen suffered more than other disciples. when the other disciples’ dao-hearts received an impact, the bosses would give them time to breathe and adjust themselves.

but long chen’s dao-heart was so firm that no matter how they beat him, he would still fight on. sometimes, when they were too careless, he would make them suffer a bit too.

others would usually be ‘taken care of’ for less than a day and then get a few days’ rests. but long chen had continued with his torment for seven consecutive days. after seven days of beatings, he was covered in injuries, but by the seventh day, his fighting style had become stronger and more courageous, with his battle intent also growing. he was practically a monster.

long chen was also like a devil that had killed his way out of hell to step into the mortal world just like the bosses now. his gaze was so sharp that others didn’t dare to look directly at him. his aura continued to surge right at his fingertips, ready to explode at any moment. that was the instinctual reaction the seven bosses had beaten into him.

after seven days of training, long chen had fully adapted to his new cultivation base and power. compared to when he first arrived at the heaven splitting battle sect, he was like a completely different person.

despite his bruised face, no one laughed at him. in fact, there were quite a few people who consoled him.

“those seven ghosts are all evil. that one from my family is especially vicious. i don’t even know how many times i’ve been beaten by him. but once i achieve my dao, i’ll definitely return all the beatings he owes me.” bao buping clenched his teeth. he had clearly also gone through an extremely miserable experience.

“your family? are you talking about boss bao?” asked long chen, suddenly recalling that they had the same surnames.

“who else?” said bao buping hatefully.

long chen was speechless. it seemed boss bao treated his own family’s children even more ruthlessly. but then thinking about it, of course he was ruthless. people who weren’t ruthless were unable to reach such heights. experts were all ruthless people, ruthless with others and ruthless with themselves.

“in the heaven splitting battle sect, only chang hao and i are rank eight celestials. we each have to receive the other disciples’ challenges, so we switch off every month. last month, it was up to chang hao to receive their challenges, and this month it’s my turn. it’s going to be a bitter battle. but i won’t let them have it too easy,” said bao buping. the two of them arrived at the valley.

this valley was covered in rocks that were dyed red. that was the color of blood.

the blood of experts was an excellent dye that wouldn’t fade for a long time. it was a mark of what had passed.

when long chen saw these red rocks, he had a sense of déjà vu. it reminded him of the marks he had left behind in the training room.

the two of them had only just arrived when the many disciples that had gathered immediately roared, “brothers, charge! beat bao buping!”

thousands of elite disciples charged over in an instant.

“hmph, i’ll beat you all today!” bao buping shot forward as well, charging at them.

bang

“aiya!”

“fuck!”

the sound of fists striking flesh rang out along with miserable screams and curses. the entire scene became chaotic.

what shocked long chen was that bao buping was truly powerful. those rank seven celestials were all knocked away by a single punch, and rank six celestials were knocked back in waves.

and yet, there were too many of them, and they were competing only with physical bodies. this was a barbaric battle with no technique. very quickly, bao buping was submerged by the crowd. in just a bit, long chen saw bao buping leave his own mark here.

“hey, wait a moment! i only came to watch!” long chen suddenly cried out when he saw some people look at him.

“brother, help! there’s another one over here! ah!” one of the rank six celestials had only just started shouting when long chen knocked him out with a punch.

but he had still managed to attract quite a bit of attention. long chen’s fist had established enmity.

because there were too many people, many of them were unable to reach bao buping. after failing to reach him several times, they saw long chen and charged over.

[1] the title, and what these people keep calling out to long chen, is 打抱不平 which is an expression meaning to fight for justice. the last three characters are bao buping, and here, that is that person’s name, which turns the expression into fight/beat bao buping. so 打抱不平 means both fight for justice and beat bao buping.