Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

"Die!"

Gu Chen's strength exploded to that of a sixteen hundred-year master, and with the heavenly blessing, he became formidable to a certain extreme. Like a true dragon sweeping across the sky, he stomped towards Huo Ke's face, a seasoned top grandmaster.

Huo Ke's expression was grave, choosing not to meet Gu Chen's force with his own but to retreat with a swift backward leap.

"Attack his divine consciousness!" Huo Ke shouted in a deep voice.

As a long-famed martial arts grandmaster in the martial world, he immediately recognized that divine consciousness remained Gu Chen's current weakness.

On the other side, the leader of the Refining Moon Demon Sect, You Woji, finally reacted. The black moon behind him glowed, sending beam after beam of dark light slicing through the void, aiming for Gu Chen.

Simultaneously, he transformed into a demonic specter, enhancing his own divine consciousness with the power of the specter, and his chilling spiritual energy silently struck at Gu Chen.

Golden flames danced around Gu Chen, his brilliance dazzling. With a cold glare and a casual palm strike, his Great Day True Qi surged like a tidal wave, scattering the hundreds of dark beams into dissolution mid-air.

The divine consciousness attack was also withstood by Gu Chen.

In front of the current Gu Chen, the leader of the Refining Moon Demon Sect, You Woji, was not much of a concern. What truly made Gu Chen wary, however, was still Huo Ke.

Hiss!

At that moment, space rippled like water, and Huo Ke's divine consciousness far surpassed that of You Woji who had just entered the realm of divine consciousness, and without the need for the power of a specter, it was terrifyingly formidable.

Bang!

The invisible divine consciousness struck Gu Chen, shaking his body. Fortunately, with the protection of heavenly power, Gu Chen could withstand it in the short term.

It was not that the heavenly power was weak, but it had only released a sliver of its strength to assist Gu Chen. Mainly because were the heavenly power to release too much force, there was a substantial chance it would cause Gu Chen to burst apart.

Boom!

Gu Chen punched out, sending a celestial dragon spanning over a dozen yards charging through the air, pouncing towards Huo Ke.

Huo Ke's face was stern. He struck out with a palm, and waves of flames spread out, burning the celestial dragon released by Gu Chen into nothingness.

"Young man, do not think that having a secret method will allow you to contend with me," Huo Ke snorted coldly.

It must be known that Gu Chen was still three realms below him, and among them was the barrier of a major realm.

Ultimately, Gu Chen had not yet condensed his divine consciousness. For a short time, with the power of the heavenly seed, Gu Chen could entangle with Huo Ke, but as time extended, it would not suffice.

Boom boom boom!

Gu Chen and Huo Ke engaged in an intense battle, with thunder roaring in the skies below them—a fight exclusive to the two of them. Even the leader of the Refining Moon Demon Sect with a specter of the nether rank inhabiting him could not interfere.

He could only play a supportive role from the sidelines.

"Tide of the Black Moon!"

The leader of the Refining Moon Demon Sect, not to be outdone, roared. His body was enveloped in black mist, and from the black moon behind him, swathes of light radiated, shining upon Gu Chen.

Hiss!

Gu Chen suddenly turned his head, his pupils shining brilliantly, like two mini-suns—an outward manifestation of his formidable cultivation.

"Ah..."

Eye contact with Gu Chen proved too much for You Woji. Despite being a top grandmaster in the divine consciousness realm, he could not endure it and cried out in pain while blood flowed from his eyes.

If not for the specter's power aiding his regeneration, this single gaze could have left him completely blind for the rest of his life.

Bang!

Facing the encroaching black moonlight, Gu Chen dispelled it with a palm strike beneath the heavens, transforming his Great Day True Qi into a dazzling golden palm that literally blasted You Woji apart.

With a flash, You Woji revived with the aid of the specter's power. This time, he did not dare to act rashly and could only dodge to the side.

Bang bang bang!

Gu Chen moved with incredible speed, like a swift ray of light, engaging in close combat with Huo Ke, the old Valley Lord of Ling Yun Valley. Being physically superior was always Gu Chen's strength; even if Huo Ke had reached the late stage of the divine consciousness realm and was steeped in it for decades as a seasoned top grandmaster, he could not compare with Gu Chen.

All the more now that Gu Chen had the heavenly power to bolster him, making his performance even more astonishing, causing Huo Ke to be continuously forced back.

"Lord Gu truly is the number one martial prodigy of the Nine Provinces. Whether it is now, the past, or the future, it is hard to imagine anyone as uniquely brilliant and monstrous as Lord Gu appearing again," Huo Ke said softly, with a sigh.

It was clear he had yet to reveal his true skills, and Gu Chen was aware of this. After all, the opponent had been immersed in the divine consciousness realm for decades—it was unlikely that this was all he was capable of. Stay updated via My Virtual Library Empire

"Heavenly Fire Triple Xuan Palm, the first palm!"

As Huo Ke finished speaking, Heavenly Earth Essence Qi began to surge, forming into a colossal flaming hand that nearly scorched through the void with its intense heat, crystallizing the earth in an instant and burning everything around it to ash.

Even mountains in the distance were ablaze, with billows of black smoke surging skyward.

Gu Chen watched the hand covering almost half the sky pressing down on him, his eyes shimmering brightly. His sixteen hundred years of cultivation roared within his limbs, boiling blood surged within him, and a blinding light accumulated in his palm. Gu Chen punched towards the sky.

Boom!

Dazzling fist light pierced the heavens as Gu Chen's punch directly scattered the gigantic flaming hand, the sparks falling to earth like meteoric fire, leaving pit after pit on the ground.