Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Seeing Gu Chen act so recklessly, daring to strike without hesitation, Xiahou Yuan and a group of Xiahou family warriors were immediately unable to contain their anger.

"Cold Wave Icy Cloud!"

The patriarch of the Xiahou family, Xiahou Yuan, bellowed in anger as he thrust forward with both palms. In an instant, the heaven and earth buzzed, and a bluish ice cloud-shaped palm force shot out from his palms. A wave of extremely cold air invaded, and everyone felt as if they had plunged into an ice cave.

The Cold Wave Icy Cloud, a renowned Earthly Martial Skill of the Xiahou family, was so powerful at its peak that it could freeze everything in its path. It was derived from the observations of the ancient frost by the Xiahou family's forefathers.

At this moment, the commanders from Youzhou's Jing Tian Department, even those who had reached the Hundred Orifices Stage in martial arts mastery, shivered uncontrollably, trembling all over, unbearably cold.

Boom!

But in the next instant, Gu Chen, standing still, quivered slightly, and a wave of intense heat surged from within his body, erupting like a volcano. He seemed like a furnace, dispelling the chill around him.

Bang!

Gu Chen struck with a casual palm, and under the horrified gaze of Xiahou Jie, whom he was holding with his other hand, the "Cold Wave Icy Cloud" his father had unleashed burst with a sound, turning into strands of bluish energy that dissipated in all directions.

Xiahou Yuan himself was taken aback and somewhat shocked when he witnessed this scene.

Although he had long heard of Gu Chen's extraordinary strength, to the extent that even innate realm elders from the six major holy lands could not match him, hearing was one thing, and seeing was another. They were quite different indeed.

Even if Gu Chen's strength was formidable, the millennium-old reputation of the Xiahou family could not be tarnished. As the patriarch, Xiahou Yuan had both the obligation and the responsibility to protect the Xiahou family and his own legitimate son.

With a whoosh, Xiahou Yuan charged at Gu Chen himself.

"Why bother, Patriarch Xiahou, you are no match for me," Gu Chen said softly.

Such words caused Xiahou Yuan's face to flush red with anger. As a renowned innate realm grandmaster who had long made his name, he was both angry and resentful to be spoken to in such a manner by a young man barely over twenty.

Boom!

Up close, a chilling wind surged forth, as Xiahou Yuan repeated his earlier move, but this time the bluish palm force stayed hidden beneath his palms without revealing itself and aimed directly for Gu Chen's head.

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Furthermore, the other two innate realm martial grandmasters of the Xiahou family, wielding divine weapons, also attacked Gu Chen at the same time.

All three innate realm martial grandmasters joined forces, and Xiahou Yuan refused to believe they couldn't take back Xiahou Jie.

Indeed, their intent was not to defeat Gu Chen but merely to retrieve Xiahou Jie from his grasp. Overcoming Gu Chen, Xiahou Yuan knew, was unrealistic.

At least within the entire Xiahou family, only that former martial transcendentalist—the old patriarch, Xiahou Yuan's father, and Xiahou Jie's grandfather—could possibly take action himself.

Gu Chen stood firm, tall and muscular, full of vigor, his black hair cascading down. Facing the three innate realm martial grandmasters, he remained motionless, not even lifting a finger to fight back.

Boom!

A massive force exploded around Gu Chen, instantly sending Xiahou Yuan and the other two assailants flying through the air.

Seeing his father completely overmatched by Gu Chen, Xiahou Jie, who was being held by Gu Chen, suddenly felt a deep fear surge within him.

He was frightened, afraid Gu Chen would kill him in a fit of rage. At this moment, he remembered Gu Chen's nickname, "The Butcher."

Just as Xiahou Yuan was turning livid and contemplating another move, a voice reached his ears.

"It's alright, let him search if he must; there's no point in fighting him any further," the voice said.

Upon hearing the voice, Xiahou Yuan's expression changed dramatically—it was indeed the voice of his father, the old patriarch of the Xiahou family, a once-divine martial artist.

Xiahou Yuan naturally would not defy his father's order and immediately signaled everyone to cease, his gaze still icy as he said, "Lord Gu, release my legitimate son, Xiahou Jie, and the Xiahou world will be open for you to search."

"What?!"

"Patriarch, this cannot be!"

"We'll fight them!"

Upon Xiahou Yuan's announcement, the Xiahou family erupted, the crowd seething with indignation against Gu Chen; at this moment, Gu Chen seemed to have become a villainous big boss.

"Silence! This is the old patriarch's command!" Xiahou Yuan snapped, his expression icy, and immediately, there was utter quiet.

The deterrent force of the old patriarch of the Xiahou family was unmistakably evident.

On the other hand, the commanders of the Jing Tian Department from Youzhou were also somewhat anxious. They feared that Gu Chen's strong stance against the Xiahou family might give the old patriarch a reason to step in.

After all, he was once a martial deity. Even if his realm had fallen, he had still cultivated a divine consciousness and was beyond the challenge of any innate realm martial grandmaster.

But Gu Chen remained calm and composed. Upon hearing the words, he didn't immediately let Xiahou Jie go, but instead continued to hold him up like a little chick, saying, "Since the head of the Xiahou family has agreed, then please lead the way."

Xiahou Yuan could tell Gu Chen wasn't about to let Xiahou Jie off the hook so easily. Bound by his father's order and Gu Chen's strength, he had no choice but to lead Gu Chen towards the Xiahou clan estate with a face as dark as iron.

During this time, Xiahou Jie cried out for help multiple times, but Gu Chen, finding him annoying, simply sealed his voice with his Qi.

At this moment, Xiahou Jie, like an object, was held in Gu Chen's hand, unable to utter a word, his face flushed red.

Seeing this scene, the people of the Xiahou family were furious beyond measure, expressing their anger with their eyes, for if they could, they would have liked nothing better than to flay Gu Chen alive.

After Xiahou Yuan led Gu Chen and his party into the estate, a flicker of understanding appeared in Gu Chen's eyes, and the Earth Grade commanders from the Jing Tian Department of Youzhou immediately understood, conducting a thorough search of the Xiahou clan estate.

In fact, the moment Xiahou Yuan agreed, Gu Chen knew the enforcer elder from the Six Union God Sect must have already left. Otherwise, the Xiahou family would never have allowed them to enter and search.

Indeed, the air still held a faint, cold presence, not intense, indicating the person had been gone for a while.

But Gu Chen had come here to confirm another matter.

"I wonder where the senior head of the Xiahou family is, and why he has not come to meet us?" Gu Chen looked at Xiahou Yuan.

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Yuan took a deep breath and said in a heavy voice, "My father has sustained injuries and is not in a position to meet with anyone."

As soon as this topic was brought up, Xiahou Yuan's expression turned sour, for his father, Xiahou Long Yuan, had been wounded by the head of the Mingjing Department of Da Xia.

Because of this, Xiahou Long Yuan, though he had narrowly escaped death, had fallen from his cultivation level, his martial foundation damaged, foreclosing any further progress in his martial path.

Gu Chen wanted to see Xiahou Long Yuan, naturally to learn about his current condition.

After all, this was a former divine warrior of the Hundred Orifices Stage, who, if he successfully merged with an Earth Grade demon ghost, with its terrifying healing abilities, Xiahou Long Yuan's injuries could heal, allowing him to return to the Hundred Orifices Stage and become one of the top grandmasters in the nine provinces once again.

The strength of the demon cult would also inevitably grow much stronger.

Therefore, Gu Chen said, "Since we are searching, we must search thoroughly. I ask that the senior head of the Xiahou family come out to meet us."

When Xiahou Yuan heard that Gu Chen actually wanted his father, who had been in seclusion for years, to come out because of this, his expression turned icy, and he said sternly, "Lord Gu, don't go too far! Allowing you to search our Xiahou family's estate is already a great courtesy."

At that moment, another grandmaster of martial arts from the Xiahou family, who was also at the Earth Grade, berated, "Gu Chen, don't be ungrateful. The senior lord's status and identity are not such that you can just meet him whenever you wish. If you anger the senior lord, no matter who you are, you will regret it!"

"Nonsense!"

With a flash in his eyes and a stir of his Qi, Gu Chen caused the Xiahou family grandmaster who had spoken to quiver, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood with a bang.

"Gu Chen!"

Seeing such a domineering and irreverent strength from Gu Chen, not giving a care for the Xiahou family at all, Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth and glared at him furiously.

"What's my status, you ask? And you think you're worthy to stand here and speak to me?" Gu Chen was no longer holding back, furiously pointing at the nose of the grandmaster from the Xiahou family as he rebuked him.

Wearing a light of indifference, Gu Chen said, "Even the senior head of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Tianshi Sect wouldn't dare speak such words. You think you can make me regret it? Is the Xiahou family somehow stronger than the Dragon Tiger Mountain Tianshi Sect, or is your senior head more powerful than that of the Tianshi Sect?"

Gu Chen's successive questions thoroughly stupefied Xiahou Yuan and his companions, leaving them speechless.

After all, the strength of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Tianshi Sect was well-known, and only a few top forces in the world could compare with it.

Even though the Xiahou family was known as the world's foremost family, they could not compare with the Tianshi Sect.

Though the Xiahou family had once unified the world, too much time had passed, and the glory of their ancestors was long gone. If it had been the past, the Xiahou family certainly would not have feared the Dragon Tiger Mountain Tianshi Sect, but now they could not compare.

Moreover, the strength of the senior Tianshi, unmanifested in the Coagulation Field, was exceedingly rare even among the divine warriors of the Hundred Orifices Stage.

"Gu Chen, I admit your strength is formidable, unmatched in the Earth Grade, but my father is after all a divine warrior of the Hundred Orifices Stage, not someone you can meet just because you desire to," said Xiahou Yuan coldly.

Dressed in dark clothes, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and a tall, commanding presence, Gu Chen exuded an impressive aura. In that moment, his gaze fixed on Xiahou Yuan, he said, "What if I must insist on meeting him?"

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Feeling Gu Chen's overbearing presence and his dazzling eyes, at that moment, Xiahou Yuan found himself unable to maintain eye contact and involuntarily lowered his head, yielding.

"Gu Chen, don't push too far!" Xiahou Yuan said through clenched teeth. As the head of the Xiahou family, when had he ever been pressured like this?

Hum!

Suddenly, at that moment, a heavy pressure emerged in the area, like a towering mountain, almost leaving them breathless.

"Young man, you've gone too far!"

At the same time, a voice filled with authority and a chill emerged, resonating within the grand hall.