Descent

Heavenly Grass Pavilion.

Because it needed to grow medicinal herbs, Heavenly Grass Pavilion was located on the edge of the northern district of Starlight City.

Although its location was somewhat remote, its occupied area surpassed that of Black Tortoise Gate, Dragon Sparrow Villa, and the four great families.

Night fell.

Heavenly Grass Pavilion was brightly lit.

Several areas, in particular, were as bright as day.

These were the core areas of Heavenly Grass Pavilion: Heavenly Principle Hall, where the sect's affairs were handled; Seven Treasures Hall, which stored elixirs and supplies; and Longevity Hall, where the Grand Elder was in seclusion and required strict security.

While the residence of Vice Pavilion Master Bai Yang was lively and had many disciples, it was considerably more deserted compared to these core areas.

"Master, should we just charge in?"

Outside the courtyard, Su Nanxing looked at Gu Jinlai, who was fully armed and wearing battle armor.

"I'll go alone. If you detect a Spirit Refining realm expert appearing, you burn down Seven Treasures Hall to attract attention and facilitate our retreat."

Gu Jinlai pointed to a box beside him. "It's filled with highly flammable materials. You just need to throw it into Seven Treasures Hall, and it will be set ablaze."

The technique of making Molotov Cocktails with flammable liquids like alcohol and ether was something most Earthlings understood.

"Understood."

Su Nanxing nodded.

"Besides Bai Yang, the main culprit, who else was involved?"

Gu Jinlai asked.

Su Nanxing pondered.

He didn't recognize Bai Yang's disciples or the true disciples of Heavenly Grass Pavilion.

Perhaps...

Should he say everyone?

"Forget it, I won't ask. I'll kill whoever stands in my way. Life and death depend on their own destiny."

Gu Jinlai's expression was calm.

Then, he strode towards Heavenly Grass Pavilion.

With a weight of two thousand jin, no matter how he concealed his aura, his movement would create considerable noise.

As soon as he crossed the outer wall of Heavenly Grass Pavilion, he was detected by three patrolling disciples. "Who's there!?"

Gu Jinlai ignored them and sped towards Bai Yang's courtyard, visualizing the battle armor in his mind, preparing for spiritual resonance.

"Halt."

The patrolling disciples leaped forward, drawing their swords to intercept Gu Jinlai.

Gu Jinlai didn't even look. He swept his battle sword, its thousand jin weight generating a hurricane at astonishing speed, unleashing power comparable to a full-power Core Condensation strike, shattering the disciple, his person and sword, on the spot.

The violent force sent him flying back faster than he arrived, and before he even landed, he was silent.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The remaining two disciples cried out in terror, one of them directly firing a signal.

Brilliant flames shot straight into the sky, exploding in the dark night.

Gu Jinlai's expression was calm, his target clear.

With swift movements, Bai Yang's courtyard was within sight.

Due to the disciples releasing the signal, Bai Yang had been alerted and rushed out with over a dozen disciples.

Seeing Gu Jinlai completely encased in battle armor, Bai Yang's pupils contracted. "Who are you, daring to cause trouble at my Heavenly Grass Pavilion!"

Gu Jinlai's gaze swept over the dozen or so people.

Most of them had yellow names, with only one red name, and it wasn't Bai Yang, but one of his Gang Condensation disciples.

"Master, the materials used for the battle armor on him seem to be the same as the battle armor Gu Jinlai delivered today..."

A disciple suddenly said.

"Huh!? You're Gu Jinlai!?"

Bai Yang's expression was shocked and even more incredulous.

"You fell from Spirit Refining, and even switched to Celestial Master, yet you dare to come to our Heavenly Grass Pavilion to seek death!?"

Following that, he laughed heartily. "There's a path to heaven you didn't take, and you barge into hell! Since you're here, don't even think about leaving! From now on, you'll obediently stay at our Heavenly Grass Pavilion as an artifact slave. Our Heavenly Grass Pavilion..."

"BOOM!"

Before Bai Yang could finish speaking, Gu Jinlai charged forward ferociously. His entire weight of over two thousand jin descended, stirring up violent air currents. Coupled with the ferocity carried by his Mid-tier Demonic Beast physique, Bai Yang's expression changed drastically.

"Form ranks!"

Bai Yang let out a low growl.

His dozen or so disciples quickly formed a formation.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Gu Jinlai's figure was like a cannonball, blasting into the formation just formed by over a dozen people.

For a moment, it was as if several kilograms of explosives had detonated in the void. Visible ripples, accompanied by shockwaves, scattered. Pure physical impact, mixed with the explosion of Core Condensation-level Gang Qi, blasted a gap through the formation of over a dozen people with an almost destructive force.

The Condensation Gang disciple targeted by Gu Jinlai was hit as if by a car traveling at three hundred kilometers per hour. He spat blood and was sent flying backward.

"Achi!"

Bai Yang roared, and the sword in his hand erupted with dazzling sword light, as if carrying a flash of lightning, fiercely slashing at Gu Jinlai's body.

"Die!"

"Clang!"

Sparks flew.

A sound like a great bell or a resonant drum echoed through the void.

It was as if Bai Yang hadn't struck a High-grade Treasure Armor, but a chunk of pure steel!

A chunk of pure steel weighing over a thousand pounds!

The explosive force and the splashing Gang Qi tore a sword mark on the steel armor, but a stronger phản lực acted on his sword-wielding right hand, causing his tiger's mouth to bleed and his wrist bone to nearly shatter.

"This Treasure Armor!?"

Bai Yang's eyes widened abruptly.

"Whoosh!"

The greatsword swept out.

The two-meter-long greatsword represented a killing range far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Condensation Gang was known as "spitting out breath to form a sword, killing from ten paces," but it killed ordinary people.

Against protective true energy, one still needed real swords and real guns.

Now, with Gu Jinlai charging into the formation without any defense, swinging his greatsword, three of the dozen disciples surrounding him were killed on the spot.

As he killed three, four disciples also attacked simultaneously, striking his Treasure Armor.

But, even Bai Yang, at the peak of Core Condensation, wielding a High-grade Treasure Sword with all his might, couldn't break through the heavy armor on Gu Jinlai. How could those in Qi Refining and Condensation Gang, wielding low-grade swords or even Supreme Grade Sharp Weapons, do so?

Sparks flew.

The sword edge's Gang Qi only left sword marks of varying depths on Gu Jinlai's Battle Armor, failing to cause any damage to him.

In contrast, the disciples who had attacked with full force, under the phản lực, all had their tiger's mouths split, their palms bleeding, and their eyes wide with disbelief.

"What he's wearing... is Supreme Grade Treasure Armor!?"

"No, it's Treasure Armor forged in a heavy armor form! It's hard to break without a High-grade Treasure Sword!"

"Use penetrating force to injure his internal organs, shatter his five viscera!"

The surrounding disciples shouted one after another, their expressions a mixture of shock and anger.

They were shocked by the ferocity Gu Jinlai displayed, and angry that he had dared to charge into Heavenly Grass Pavilion and kill their fellow disciples.

"A futile struggle!"

Gu Jinlai held his sword, charging wildly within the encirclement of over a dozen people.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three disciples who tried to injure him with penetrating force were either smashed to death, slapped to death, or kicked to death by him!

Although he appeared to be trapped in the encirclement of over a dozen people, in reality, he was the one wielding his sword and slaughtering among them.

Wherever his sword pointed, the least that happened was severed limbs.

Once hit head-on by him, whether those disciples blocked with their swords or used true energy to protect themselves, they were all unceremoniously blasted into bloody mist, leaving no complete corpses.

"Junior brother!"

"Ah! Help me! Save me!"

"My hand... my hand is gone..."

The smell of blood mixed with terrified screams quickly permeated the scene.

The hearts of those shocked and angry disciples were instantly filled with terror.

"Retreat! Retreat! Hurry and retreat! Stop! Gu Jinlai, are you crazy!?"

Bai Yang roared in shock and anger.

Of his sixteen disciples, one Core Condensation, six Condensation Gang, and nine Qi Refining, more than half had been slaughtered by Gu Jinlai's destructive force in just this moment!

These were the foundations upon which he could maintain his position as Vice Pavilion Master!

To lose half of them at once made his heart bleed.