Is He Really Human?

Elder Tong Xuan was still in shock, but his shock could not change the situation on the testing platform.

Gu Fang still stood there, unmoving. The repeated rumbles around him proclaimed the passage of time!

After unleashing the Mountain Splitting Seal, the others immediately began condensing the second seal, the Sea Turning Seal. The Emperor Seal Art was one of the Ancient Clan's inherited battle techniques, an advanced Earth Rank technique that every member of the Ancient Clan could cultivate.

It consisted of five seals: the Mountain Splitting Seal, Sea Turning Seal, Earth Overturning Seal, Heaven Annihilating Seal, and Ancient Emperor Seal. The five seals were both separate and unified. When used individually, their power increased layer by layer.

They could also be combined, unleashing even more terrifying power!

However, while that power was terrifying, the strain on the body also surged dramatically. Everyone understood this, so they all tacitly chose to use the seals individually.

As their auras rose and fell and energy churned, illusory hand seals had already begun taking shape before the fastest among them—Gu Qingyang, Gu Xing, Gu Yao, and the others. The deep-blue hand seals spilled power into their surroundings.

Battle Qi surged behind them as natural phenomena of every color gathered into a sea of Battle Qi energy. The Sea Turning Seals formed one after another, then crashed down upon the golden replica figures before them!

Boom after boom rang out as chaotic energy currents surged, only to be blocked by the thin energy barrier and guided skyward!

As Gu Qingyang and the others unleashed their second seal, the surprise caused by Gu Fang's speed in releasing the Mountain Splitting Seal faded. Everyone shifted their attention away from him, though they did not forget to sneer at him in the process!

"It's over. He's finished!"

"I told you, he's just a Dou Master who got in through the back door. How could he compare to Dou Wangs and even Dou Emperors?"

"It was nothing but luck at the beginning!"

"Maybe he only knows the Mountain Splitting Seal and came here just to make up the numbers. He should get off already!"

"It's over. What the hell are you still putting on an act for?"

Gu Yao looked at Gu Fang, who stood there without moving, and sneered coldly.

Just as Gu Yao's words fell, Gu Fang, whose eyes had remained tightly shut, let out a long breath. A thin layer of Battle Qi Gauze Robe appeared over his body...

Under everyone's gaze, the Battle Qi Gauze Robe began to ripple before turning deeper and more profound!

Though no aura leaked out, everyone present knew what that meant...

A breakthrough?!

A breakthrough in a minor realm?!

"Impossible!"

"Is this guy really human?"

Gu Yao and the others roared those thoughts inwardly. Who did not find a stable place, adjust their aura to its peak, and only then attempt a breakthrough?

Who the hell broke through like this?

After releasing an Earth Rank battle technique at the Dou Master level, he had immediately broken through?

Gu Fang took a light breath, and the Battle Qi Gauze Robe slowly withdrew into his body. He opened his eyes and saw countless pairs of eyes fixed upon him, every one of them filled with shock!

At the same time, an illusory voice entered his ears. "You broke through?"

Hearing the voice, Gu Fang raised his gaze and saw Gu Qingyang, whose face was full of probing curiosity.

The barrier blocked everyone's energy auras. Gu Qingyang could roughly tell from what he saw that Gu Fang had broken through, but out of habit, he still asked.

"Just luck."

Gu Fang smiled. "Hurry up and continue. For the rest of the time, I'm going all out. Or perhaps we can discuss it—I can leave you a little dignity."

"Huh?"

Gu Qingyang frowned, his face filled with incomprehension and confusion. In his shock, he revealed his bewilderment with a single word.

At the same time, Gu Fang's voice passed through the barrier and reached the ears of the other participants and the onlookers below.

Immediately...

An uproar broke out!

Even the Earth Overturning Seals being condensed in the hands of Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and the others rippled slightly.

Kid, do you even hear what you're saying?

You were just a tiny Dou Master, yet you were telling a Dou Emperor...

I'll leave you some dignity?

Even if this was not a battle, even if you were a little more proficient with the Mountain Splitting Seal, even if you had just broken through, you could not act this pretentious, could you?

Know your place, all right? Even after breaking through, you were still a Dou Master...

Just a tiny four-star Dou Master!

"Is that kid insane?"

"I think he forced his breakthrough and fried his brain."

"Maybe he doesn't know the barrier only blocks energy fluctuations, not sound. He probably wanted to show off!"

"But isn't this too ridiculous? Is a Dou Master even worthy of carrying the keys?"

Hearing Gu Fang's voice, Gu Yao sneered. Battle Qi surged through his body as his hand seals moved even faster. The natural phenomenon behind him began to transform, shifting from indigo to a heavy, earthy color.

The instant the transformation was complete, he abruptly thrust his palm forward!

At the same time, the golden figure opposite him pushed out an incomplete Earth Overturning Seal. The two seals collided, and a thunderous boom erupted as energy fragments scattered in all directions.

Seeing the golden phantom shatter, Gu Yao's cold voice rang out. "Even if your status as the clan leader's son gave you the chance to stand here, that does not mean...

that your Dou Master strength qualifies you to share the stage with us.

Your luck outweighs your strength.

Today, even if the clan leader might hear me, I still dare to say this.

Go all out. I want to see how you dare say such things. If you are not qualified, I will personally send you out of this place!"

Hearing that, Gu Fang glanced sideways at Gu Yao and his black-and-white hair. He dares speak like this even knowing my father is here?

He did have a bit of arrogance!

If he could treat someone with backing like him this way, then his later viciousness toward Xiao Yan did make sense.

With that thought, Gu Fang withdrew his gaze and chuckled softly.

"Then let's settle it with our hands!"

As his words fell, his perception sank into his body. His qi vortex spun rapidly, Battle Qi whistled forth, and as the Battle Qi emerged from the vortex, the hidden energy within the Ancient Emperor Bloodline flowed into it.

Replenishing his insufficient Battle Qi!

His hand seals shifted—it was the Sea Turning Seal. Following Gu Fang's movements, the Sea Turning Seal gradually took shape.

The crowd below watched as the Sea Turning Seal formed before Gu Fang. Though its presence was far, far weaker than Gu Qingyang's, Gu Yao's, and the others'...

this test was not measuring combat strength, but the quality and quantity of battle techniques!

As long as one could fully execute the battle technique and shatter a golden figure of equal strength using the same battle technique, there was no difference—it counted as one Earth Rank battle technique!

Boom!

With a thunderous blast, the golden figure was shattered by Gu Fang's Sea Turning Seal!

Too fast!

That thought surfaced in everyone's hearts once more. Even Gu Qingyang and the others thought the same. At that instant, everyone's interest was stirred.

A Dou Master and Dou Emperors...

Two realms that could never be compared, yet now there seemed to be a possibility of reversal!

His strength was there for all to see. Even if his final count was insufficient, as long as he was a few moments faster, Gu Fang would still have lost with honor.

Gu Yao and the others naturally understood this as well, and they all sped up once again.

"Interesting. It's time to give these brats a little blow, lest every last one of them strut around like they own the world!" Gu Dao muttered as he stroked his beard.

"I'm only afraid they'll all be dealt such a blow that they never recover," Gu Yuan replied softly.

"How could that happen? No matter how gifted he is, even if Bloodline Power can replenish Battle Qi, how could his speed of comprehending Earth Rank battle techniques compare to theirs when his strength is only this much?"

Gu Dao shook his head and spoke indifferently.

Yet when he raised his eyes and looked at Gu Yuan's face, he abruptly discovered...

Gu Yuan wore a serious expression!

As if by reflex, Gu Dao also became serious.

As Gu Dao grew serious, the power of a Late Seven-star Battle Saint howled forth. The rhythm of Battle Qi in the surrounding space froze in an instant. "Clan Leader, were you serious when you spoke earlier?"

"I was," Gu Yuan answered softly.

"This..." The Three Immortals all swallowed. If anyone else had said it, they would absolutely have doubted it, but Gu Yuan was not just anyone.

He was the Ancient Clan's clan leader, a Peak Nine-star Battle Saint, a true peak expert of the continent. Even if Gu Fang was his child, he would not lie about such a thing.

Which meant...

It was true!

Gu Yuan truly believed that Gu Fang, as a Dou Master, could execute more and more perfect battle techniques than Dou Emperors!

Gu Dao glanced at the people below taking the test, then looked toward Clan Leader Gu Yuan. "Clan Leader, tell us... has Little Fang's bloodline grade reached Divine Grade?"

If it had reached Divine Grade, then it was a bloodline grade that could allow one to easily cultivate to the peak of the Battle Saint realm. The talent granted by such a bloodline was not limited to smooth cultivation.

It also included comprehension.

Whether it was battle techniques or cultivation methods, one could comprehend them at an unimaginably terrifying speed.

If he had reached that level, then it was entirely possible for a Dou Master to comprehend more battle techniques than Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors!

"Divine Grade?"

Gu Yuan gently shook his head.

Seeing Gu Yuan shake his head, the Three Immortals all frowned. "How could it not be Divine Grade?"

"I didn't say it wasn't."

Hearing the Three Immortals' words, Gu Yuan continued with a touch of pride, "What I meant was that I don't know!

Fang'er's seal only opened on its own today. I have not tested Fang'er's Bloodline Power.

But I know one thing...

Fang'er's Bloodline Power is the strongest in the entire history of the Ancient Clan, so powerful that his body could barely endure it.

It is even stronger than Xun'er's!"

"Stronger than Xun'er's?! Then isn't that fucking Divine Grade?!!"

The cultivation of the Three Immortals over countless centuries shattered in an instant, and they cursed like old children. It was not their fault, really. Everyone knew what a Divine Grade bloodline in infancy meant!

The light of the Ancient Clan!

The Ancient Clan's future—someone who might reach that realm!

Seeing the Three Immortals so flustered, Gu Yuan recalled how Gu Fang had tirelessly held battle technique manuals and cultivated when he was young. A smile appeared on his face.

Even as a peak expert of the continent, he could still feel proud of his child!