Gou Sheng Isn't Panicking, So Neither Am I

"It is indeed strange."

The two Liu Family elders frowned deeply as well.

Their strength even surpassed Liu Xun's by a little, so naturally they saw more clearly.

The strange part was precisely this.

Everyone had thought this would be a fierce battle, with the victor still uncertain.

Yet it had ended in another instant kill.

And an instant kill across two minor realms!

"There's a problem!"

"The Moon Embracing Sect must have other methods. Though they have fallen on hard times, their inheritance has endured for hundreds of thousands of years..."

They were certain that something was amiss.

Liu Xun's scalp prickled as well.

He did not know what exactly the problem was, but if it had been him—if he had suddenly paused and blanked out at that critical moment—would Su Xinghai have instantly killed him too?

Most likely!

"Hiss!"

The more he thought about it, the more terrified he became.

Had his father not repeatedly warned him, even assigning the two elders to keep watch over him, then perhaps he would have been the one instantly killed just now!

But how, exactly, had they done it?!

"Have either of you elders seen through it?"

The two could only shake their heads helplessly.

They truly had not understood. And precisely because they could not understand, it was all the more astonishing.

The others had not understood either...

In truth, let alone them—even Su Xinghai himself had not understood!

He had already prepared for a fierce, life-or-death fight.

Yet he had never expected that when he slashed out with his sword, his opponent would suddenly stop halfway through unleashing his ultimate move, as though he had stretched out his neck for Su Xinghai to chop.

What???

Could he have come here to feed him a kill?!

For a moment, Su Xinghai even suspected that this fellow had deliberately come to give away his life, using it as an "excuse" for the force behind him to launch a full-scale attack afterward.

But upon thinking it over carefully, that did not seem right either.

There was no need for that at all. If they wanted to act, couldn't they just do it directly? No one was going to stand up for the Moon Embracing Sect anyway. Why send a Fifth Pointing Profound Realm third-layer cultivator here to feed him a kill?!

Then why had this happened?

Su Xinghai blinked.

Could it be that he had scared the man stupid?

Was he really that terrifying? Did he possess such overwhelming kingly aura?

How did I not know that?!

This was absurd!

It was normal for others to be confused, but I'm the one involved here!

He exchanged a glance with Wu Xingyun.

Although Wu Xingyun had not yet reached the Pointing Profound Realm, her eyesight was far beyond that of ordinary people. Naturally, she had seen everything clearly and knew full well how strange Su Xinghai's victory had been.

Yet she did not reveal it. Instead, her eyes slowly moved left and right within their sockets several times.

Su Xinghai immediately understood. He nodded slightly.

Though he was confused as hell too, he could not show it at this moment.

Only then could they make those restless people lurking in the dark wary!

With that thought, Su Xinghai stood with his sword held crosswise, his bearing growing even more arrogant. "Who else wishes to come and claim death?!"

For a moment, the surroundings fell silent. Everyone was uncertain and suspicious, and not a single person dared step forward.

At the mountaintop.

The three elders looked at one another. Chen Erzhu said, "The First Elder is actually this formidable? Could it be that he gained some other insight during his breakthrough?!"

Li Changshou said, "Doesn't seem right to me. From where I stand, it looked more like that man over there... deliberately sought death?"

Duan Qingyao's expression was strange. "It certainly did look that way, but who would voluntarily seek death?"

"Huh?!" Upon hearing this, the seven mascots' excited expressions instantly turned to bewilderment.

They did not understand.

With their cultivation and eyesight, they naturally could not make out what had happened in that instant. They only knew that the First Elder had won and were shouting that the First Elder was invincible—then these people came out with something like that?!

Xiao Ling'er said nothing, but in truth, she was engaged in a heated exchange with Liang Danxia.

Yet even Liang Danxia was unsettled and uncertain, unable to determine what exactly had happened.

Of course, that was also related to her current state as merely a remnant soul. Otherwise, she would not have been so stumped.

Lin Fan remained calm.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling'er could not help asking, "Master, could it be that you know why?"

"?"

Lin Fan turned his head, his expression unchanged as he replied matter-of-factly, "Why what? Wasn't it because the First Elder is powerful?"

Xiao Ling'er choked up, becoming even more bewildered for a moment.

Even with Master's wisdom, he could not see through it?

"Yes, yes, yes, it's because the First Elder is powerful!" Fan Jianqiang chimed in from the side.

Everyone: "..."

Yet Lin Fan merely gave the fellow a half-smiling glance and did not expose him.

Of course he knew this was Gou Sheng's handiwork~

But Gou Sheng was called Gou Sheng precisely because people like him loved to hide, unwilling to reveal their methods.

As the saying went, teach according to one's aptitude.

Since he was Gou Sheng, why would Lin Fan push him into the spotlight?

"Essentials of Immortal Dao Formations... Even as only an incomplete volume, it is astonishingly formidable."

"Although this formation can only affect one's mind for an instant, when experts clash, an instant is enough to decide victory and defeat—as well as life and death."

"But his methods truly are surprising. With so many people here, not one of them saw through it."

"And the heavenly lightning earlier had something to do with this Gou Sheng as well..."

Lin Fan was certain.

Gou Sheng had not created that heavenly lightning. He did not yet possess the ability to summon a raging storm stretching across countless miles, complete with rolling thunder and lightning. But the fact that the lightning had struck those people so accurately was absolutely related to him!

"No matter what."

Lin Fan spoke, soothing everyone. "At least for now, everything is developing in the direction we hoped for. If we can intimidate these petty scoundrels, then Moon Embracing Sect will have weathered this calamity."

"After this..."

Before he could finish, another upheaval erupted at the foot of the mountain.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Thunder roared without end.

As if the Thunder God himself had flown into a rage.

Yet the bolts of lightning struck down one after another in every direction around Moon Embracing Sect...

Like pillars of lightning linking heaven and earth into one.

Then, one mushroom cloud after another rose up.

Miserable screams rang out in waves.

Blood flashed through the air.

It seemed that the thick stench of blood and the smell of roasting meat were spreading as well, impossible for even the torrential rain to fully wash away.

This scene...

Left nearly everyone, both on the mountain and below it, completely dumbfounded.

Lin Fan covertly glanced at Fan Jianqiang.

Sure enough...

At this point in time, when the Flame Emperor was still only a "seedling" and he himself was still growing, Gou Sheng was the true way.

These trump cards really were just a tiny, tiny bit too many.

In fact, unlike everyone else's exceptional worry—

Lin Fan had remained rather calm from the start.

Why?

Gou Sheng had not panicked, so why should he?!

Gou Sheng had not run away, which proved there was no need to panic!

At least, not for now.

So~~~

I can totally use Gou Sheng as a guiding beacon!

At the foot of the mountain, in the shadows, screams rose and fell one after another.

"Fuck your mother, there's something wrong with this Moon Embracing Sect! Run!!!"

Quite a few Pointing Profound Realm cultivators who had come for the Pointing Profound Pill could not help but flee.

First, Su Xinghai had eaten the Pointing Profound Pill, so their plans were doomed to come to nothing.

Second, both Wu Xingyun and Su Xinghai were fucking insane, spitting essence blood at the drop of a hat. Who the hell wouldn't be scared?!

After all, they were not particularly strong to begin with. Otherwise, they would not have risked danger to snatch the Pointing Profound Pill.

Third, that elder from Cloud Heaven Valley had died far too strangely!

Fourth...

There was definitely something wrong with this damn Moon Embracing Sect. They had hidden in the dark and done nothing, yet they had still been struck by lightning! They were already injured.

Then, recalling how several people from the first group had been struck dead by lightning~~~

If a few more bolts came down, they really might not be able to withstand them.

Why stay any longer? Run!