Nine Star Hegemon Body Art - Chapter 5820

“It’s the Shadow Evil Spirit race. Everyone, be careful!” Huai Yushan warned, her expression darkening as shadowy figures flickered into view.

The Shadow Evil Spirit race was notorious for their cruelty, possessing innate dark energy that made them natural-born assassins. Encountering such a thorny opponent the moment they left the Undying Dragon Tree race’s territory was completely unexpected.

“The chance has finally come. End the battle quickly!”

A sinister voice rang out as an elder emerged from the void. He was clutching a blood-red orb that pulsed ominously. The moment it activated, a dome of crimson light enveloped the battlefield, sealing off the surrounding space.

This elder was a late-stage Spirit Emperor, and from the smug glint in his eyes, it was clear he had been waiting for this moment.

The tree-hearts of the Undying Dragon Tree race were priceless treasures, but to the Shadow Evil Spirit race, they were particularly precious. Their pure life essence was invaluable for cultivating forbidden arts.

So despite knowing the danger, the Shadow Evil Spirits had been lurking around in this region for a month, lying in wait.

In truth, quite a few groups of Undying Dragon Trees had passed by them, but they hadn’t made a move due to how large those groups had been.

However, instead of a weak returning group, they had stumbled upon a young, promising squad leaving home. The youngsters’ strength wasn’t high, but their life force was exceptionally pure. This made them a far greater prize than expected.

The moment the barrier formed, hundreds of thousands of Shadow Evil Spirit experts appeared. Upon seeing them, Long Chen understood.

A single late-stage Spirit Emperor was leading dozens of mid-stage Spirit Emperors. Their overall power wasn’t particularly high, which explained why they hadn’t dared to attack before.

When Long Chen and Huai Minjun had passed through here, he had sensed a peculiar fluctuation, as if someone was watching them. At the time, Huai Minjun didn’t react, so Long Chen didn’t say anything.

Thinking back, it was most likely these people. Their collective strength wasn’t enough to act recklessly, so they had been waiting for the right opportunity.

“This battle must end within three breaths! It doesn’t matter what your gains are, at that time, everyone must retreat!” commanded the elder.

Hovering in the air, he poured his power into the orb, maintaining the barrier and preventing the rest of the Undying Dragon Tree race from sensing anything.

However, while these young Undying Dragon Tree experts were young, their life force was incredibly strong. He knew they weren’t ordinary disciples.

Although he had blocked off this area, the deaths of these individuals would certainly alert the Undying Dragon Tree race. That was why they had only three breaths’ time to act.

Once the Undying Dragon Tree race was alarmed, they would send reinforcements, and the Shadow Evil Spirit race’s small force wouldn’t even qualify as a snack for them.

However, sneak attacks were the Shadow Evil Spirit race’s specialty. Three breaths’ time was all they needed.

The Shadow Evil Spirit experts transformed into streaks of darkness, charging at Huai Yushan and the others. But then they suddenly vanished.

In the next instant, humanoid figures filled the sky, dazzling the battlefield with their presence. Razor-sharp blades sliced through the void in a chaotic storm of slashes.

Seeing this, Huai Yushan extended a finger. A rain of blood exploded as a Shadow Evil Spirit that had attempted to sneak attack her fell lifelessly, a hole in his head.

A strange pattern appeared in Huai Yushan’s eyes, resembling the veins of a leaf. A powerful Spiritual Strength radiated from her.

“That’s…!” Long Chen was shocked. Huai Yushan was actually reading the memories of her fallen foe.

Ancient races typically sealed their memories. Anyone attempting to read them would trigger a backlash that could annihilate the intruder’s soul. Long Chen himself wasn’t afraid of the backlash, but whenever he tried, he only managed to extract a few blurry fragments.

However, Huai Yushan could read the memories with no backlash at all. In other words, she possessed a natural talent that negated this defense entirely.

Suddenly, divine light flowed around all of the Undying Dragon Tree race’s experts, and the same kind of pattern appeared in their eyes.

“Spiritual resonance?!” exclaimed Long Chen, even more astounded now.

Huai Yushan instantly shared everything she had learned from the enemy’s memories with her allies.

This ability was astonishing. Just like that, the Shadow Evil Spirit race’s origins, strategy, goals, skills, weaknesses, and strengths were fully exposed.

“Hmph, Shadow Evil Spirit race, you inferior subordinate of the Shadow race, who gave you the courage to provoke the great Undying Dragon Tree race?!” shouted Huai Yushan.

In an instant, a fiery-red wooden sword materialized in Huai Yushan’s hand. With a single step, she swung it through the air.

An Evil Spirit expert was cleaved in two, their weapon shattering. Despite its wooden nature, Huai Yushan’s sword cut through metal like it was mere mud.

“Fools, die!”

The eight hundred Undying Dragon Tree experts roared and attacked. They used swords, bows, hammers, and whips—all made of wood. However, these wooden weapons were tougher than steel, cutting down the Shadow Evil Spirits with ease.

Despite having estimated their foes’ strength beforehand, the Shadow Evil Spirits were horrified to realize that they were completely outmatched.

The mid-stage Spirit Emperors had been helping their leader maintain the formation, but seeing the carnage, they hastily joined the fray.

Seeing this, Huai Yushan snorted and started chanting in an incomprehensible tongue. Flames erupted around her. When she swung her wooden sword, the sky rumbled with thunder. One by one, the mid-stage Spirit Emperors fell, cut down without resistance.

Long Chen’s eyes widened in disbelief. When Huai Yushan’s sword clashed with her enemies, he could sense a strange energy flow from her opponents’ weapons into their bodies.

The moment this energy invaded them, their Blood Qi became unbalanced, leaving them vulnerable to instant death.

“Damn, she’s directly targeting their fatal weaknesses,” Long Chen murmured, amazed.

Huai Yushan had identified their weak points from their memories and was exploiting them flawlessly.

As the mid-stage Spirit Emperors perished, their leader’s face twisted in horror. He took back his orb and actually turned to flee, abandoning his subordinates.

“Did I say that you could leave?”

Huai Yushan snorted and started forming one-handed seals—but she wasn’t fast enough.

An explosive sound rang out.

A brick viciously struck the back of the elder’s head.