Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Gu Chen grasped the necks of the two men, lifting them up. With a flicker of his figure, he had brought them outside Sishui City in the blink of an eye.

Amidst the whistling of the wind by his ears, Gu Chen felt uncertain and carried them even further away.

After all, all three of them were innate realm martial arts grandmasters. Once they started to fight, the resulting destructive power would be immense; it was necessary to keep a considerable distance from the populated city.

Boom!

But at this moment, flying in mid-air, the two young men struggled with all their might, their Qi surging throughout their bodies as they aimed palm strikes at Gu Chen's chest.

Seeing that they were now tens of miles away from Sishui City, Gu Chen's figure flashed, releasing the two while simultaneously dodging their attack.

In this instant, the two young men looked at Gu Chen in surprise. Clearly, when they first met, Gu Chen's Qi was restrained, and even they could not perceive how strong he was. They could only roughly estimate and knew Gu Chen's general realm.

However, just now, Gu Chen's explosive Qi truly caught them off guard.

"You, a native, have successfully angered me!" One of the young men, tall and thin, said coldly.

"Where do you come from?" Gu Chen asked with some curiosity.

"You are not worthy to know!"

The tall and thin man, known as Zang Qing, sneered. Although Gu Chen's strength surprised him, in Zang Qing's eyes, all the people of the Jiuzhou world were nothing more than frogs in a well, not worth fearing.

"It seems that unless you're properly subdued, you won't listen obediently," a young man by the name of Wu Ming said, looking at Gu Chen coldly.

Clearly, they still possessed a condescending attitude, looking down on Gu Chen, a prisoner of Jiuzhou.

"Hmm, you're right. Subduing you will naturally reveal everything I want to know," Gu Chen nodded, feeling these men made sense.

"How presumptuous!"

Zang Qing let out a cold cry. His five fingers spread wide, and the Heavenly Earth Essence Qi rolled tumultuously, transforming into a giant hand that reached for Gu Chen.

"Innate realm great perfection?"

As Zang Qing made his move, Gu Chen immediately discerned his strength; Zang Qing, of a similar age, had actually reached the great perfection of the innate realm, which was nothing short of astounding.

"Truly, they are not from Jiuzhou!"

In this moment, Gu Chen confirmed in his heart that these two young men, and even the mysterious woman he had encountered earlier, were all not native martial artists of Jiuzhou but rather from beyond its borders!

This was a group of outsiders!

Although Gu Chen had his suspicions, he was still taken aback when his assumptions were confirmed.

However, these people were different from demons; they were genuine members of the Human Clan with flesh and blood bodies, not like those monsters who only know to devour the flesh and blood of living beings.

Moreover, through his earlier dialogue with the two young men, Gu Chen realized that they were likely searching for something.@@novelbin@@

"You dare be distracted during our battle?"

At that moment, Zang Qing gave a cold cry. The Heavenly Earth Essence Qi condensed into a giant hand, larger than a millstone, and slapped towards Gu Chen's face.

Meanwhile, the other young man, Wu Ming, stood aside with his arms crossed, a hint of a cold smile on his lips as he watched the battle.

Clearly, he did not think Gu Chen stood a chance against Zang Qing. Within the same realm, how could a native of Jiuzhou possibly match them? Their understanding and methods of martial arts were not on the same level.

In Wu Ming's view, although Gu Chen was somewhat extraordinary, within ten rounds, Zang Qing would surely defeat him.

Even more so if Zang Qing were to get angry, he would utterly crush Gu Chen!

The martial arts of Jiuzhou, compared to what they possessed, was far too backward; it was a broken and desolate land.

At this moment, Gu Chen stood his ground, facing the massive hand that struck at him, and casually extended his own fair and slender fingers to strike out with his palm.

"Overconfident," Wu Ming thought, shaking his head. He believed Gu Chen was being too arrogant. Who did he think they were?

Bang!

The two palms, one large, one small, collided, and an explosive sound rang through the void, shattering the air and sending shockwaves into the distance.

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"Hmm?!"

At this moment, Zang Qing and Wu Ming both narrowed their eyes instinctively, for they saw Gu Chen's fair and slender fingers not only shatter the millstone-sized palm imprint but also, without losing momentum, strike towards Zang Qing's chest.

"I can't dodge it?!"

Zang Qing's expression changed, feeling an invisible force binding him; he found himself unable to move.

"Ha!"

With an ferocious look, Zang Qing let out a roar as he threw his palm, a talisman light flashing forth.

Boom!

Scorching flames burst open mid-air, halting Gu Chen's advance; the fire soared sky-high, with an extremely high temperature and extraordinary force.

"Huh?"

Seeing this mysterious technique, Gu Chen was slightly taken aback; he had just used his Qi to immobilize Zang Qing, but with just a flick and a flash, his opponent had managed to unleash such destructive power?

"Die for me!"

Having witnessed Gu Chen's power, Zang Qing ceased to underestimate him. He slapped a golden glowing talisman onto himself, and in an instant, golden light flickered around him, enveloping his entire body.

Clang!

Gu Chen extended his palm, colliding it with Zang Qing's oncoming fist, producing a piercing sound loud enough to crack metal and split stone.

"Hmm?"

Gu Chen's pupils shifted as he discovered that, after the pale golden talisman was adhered, Cang Qing's bodily strength faintly seemed to rival his own.

But in truth, both Cang Qing and Wu Ming were even more astonished than Gu Chen.

Because the pale golden talisman Cang Qing was using was known as the "Vajra Talisman," a tremendously powerful talisman within their sect—once used, it could make a martial artist's body as indestructible as an Arhat's, filled with colossal strength, greatly enhancing their physical resilience, no different from the mighty beasts with powerful bloodlines.

Yet, what did they see? Even after using the Vajra Talisman, Cang Qing was still evenly matched with Gu Chen?

Even though the Vajra Talisman's potency was greatly diminished in the Nine Provinces and was defective, it was still alarming to both Cang Qing and Wu Ming.

"Who would have thought that this dilapidated little pond of the Nine Provinces could also breed a dragon?" Both were astounded.

For a native of the Nine Provinces to possess such combat power was indeed hard for them to believe.

"A child of destiny from a crumbling world?" Wu Ming furrowed his brow, speaking thus.

The concept of destiny was an enigma beyond words. Even in their world, many still believed in destiny, and indeed there were many favored sons of heaven who, from birth, possessed opportunities that ordinary people wouldn't encounter in ten or even a hundred lifetimes.

"But this does not justify your defiance against the two of us!"

Cang Qing's expression was cold; at this moment, he seemed to transform into an Arhat, engaging in a fierce battle with Gu Chen at close quarters.

Throughout the entire Nine Provinces, within the same generation, or rather the same realm, there was no one else who dared to engage Gu Chen in close combat. It was indeed extraordinary for Cang Qing to achieve this feat.

Of course, Gu Chen was clear that all this was because of the pale golden talisman; otherwise, with three punches, he could have killed Cang Qing.

Bang Bang Bang!

Gu Chen swung his fists, continuously exchanging blows with Cang Qing. Each of their punches stirred up a massive Gang Wind, instantly creating a crack in the ground.

As the two continued to fight, the earth became riddled with fissures, starting to sink, with countless dust clouds soaring into the sky.

"Kill!"

Shrouded in the pale golden light emitted by the Vajra Talisman, Cang Qing maintained his icy demeanor. His fists hammered down like two heavy maces towards Gu Chen's head, with the world trembling along with them, and wherever his fists went, the void itself appeared to cave in.

Whoosh!

At that moment, Gu Chen performed the LingXu Nine Steps, his figure instantly vanishing, suddenly appearing behind Cang Qing as swiftly as a dragon leaping from the sea, delivering a punch to Cang Qing's back.

Bang!

Hit by this heavy blow from Gu Chen, Cang Qing was immediately sent flying.

Gu Chen frowned, feeling the hardness transferred to his fist; he knew that Cang Qing had not been injured.

"Cang Qing, end this battle quickly!" Wu Ming, who was observing the battle from the side, frowned, saying this.

"Hmph!"

Cang Qing's body, sent flying, suddenly halted in midair, indeed unharmed.

Hearing Wu Ming's words, he let out a cold snort, a flash of light in his hand, and another talisman appeared.

"A spatial treasure?" Gu Chen's eyes twinkled, surprised that Cang Qing even had such a thing.

One should know that in the Nine Provinces, aside from the heavenly breeds, Gu Chen had never even seen a spatial treasure; such items were exceedingly rare, existing only in legends.

"A frog in a well."

Cang Qing sneered, flinging the talisman with a flick of his hand, shouting, "Now, witness my Frost Talisman!"

Boom!

The pale blue talisman exploded in midair, and a bone-chilling coldness spread out, covering everything within a hundred yards in a layer of frost, freezing it all within.

The intensity of this cold far surpassed the Earthly Martial Skills of the Xiahou family's "Cold Wave Icy Cloud," with at least triple its power.

As if heralding the arrival of an ice age, within a hundred yards, everything turned into a frozen world without exception.

Even Gu Chen's body surface developed a layer of frost, quickly spreading and turning him into an ice sculpture.

Though Cang Qing had only reached the peak of the Innate Realm, his methods were unpredictable, and even a leading grandmaster of the Martial Path who had attained divine communion might suffer at his hands.

"This is the disparity," Cang Qing said with a disdainful smile, seeing Gu Chen frozen in ice.

Their techniques were not something that the martial artists of the Nine Provinces could comprehend; the martial path of the Nine Provinces was too primitive. If not for the limitations of his own cultivation, Cang Qing had many more tricks to employ.

"I know you can still hear me talking. You now have only fifteen breaths of time. After fifteen breaths, the cold will erode your entire body, you will be completely frozen stiff, and then you'll die."

Cang Qing spoke indifferently, "If you don't want to die, you must submit to me, become my servant, work for me—that way, I might spare your life."

Cang Qing looked at Gu Chen encased in ice, his lips curling up, softly counting, "One, two, three..."

Crack!

In the very next instant, the smile on Cang Qing's face stiffened, and both his and Wu Ming's expressions changed because they saw lines of cracks appearing on the surface of the ice sculpture that was Gu Chen.

"Impossible, you actually can break free..."

Cang Qing was horrified but before he could finish speaking, he saw a glowing white fist, shimmering with a faint light, rapidly magnifying in his pupils.

Bang!

With a single punch, Gu Chen sent Cang Qing flying far away; this time, Gu Chen struck with full force, and Cang Qing, midair, coughed up three mouthfuls of fresh blood in succession.

"No matter how mystical your techniques are, I have a single punch that can obliterate all laws!"

In that moment, Gu Chen's eyes gleamed brilliantly, his hair wildly flowing, as he stood like a war god reborn upon this earth!