Slaughter

"Clang!"

Gu Jinlai blocked a rescue sword strike from another Gang Condensation disciple. He swung his greatsword, killing the Bai Yang disciple he had targeted, sword and all.

In less than ten breaths, he had killed three Gang Condensation disciples and six Qi Refining disciples.

He hadn't even blinked throughout the entire process.

"Gu Jinlai! Are you trying to fight to the death and take me with you?! You don't have a chance!"

Bai Yang gritted his teeth and roared, "Wearing steel armor hinders quick movements. Let's surround him with a grappling style. Once the sect's reinforcements arrive, he'll have nowhere to go but death!"

"Grappling?"

Gu Jinlai looked at the new Pure Light that had appeared in the Green Lotus.

He hadn't mastered the Unrestricted Movement technique, but there were shortcuts to cultivating techniques and martial skills.

By using the Pure Light's enlightenment to optimize and perfect the technique, he could create a brand new technique that allowed immediate mastery, saving one to four months of initial cultivation time.

Even though trading ten years for a few months was a huge loss.

But...

Sometimes, a few months were more precious than ten years.

"The movement technique I want isn't about dodging and weaving, or fighting for inches of space, nor does it require infinite changes or stealth. What I want is speed! Absolute speed! With enough speed, I can attack when I want and retreat when I want! Who can stop me!?"

It was like fighter jets and missiles!

If a fighter jet's speed was so great that no missile could catch it, what need would it have for maneuverability?

What need would it have for stealth coatings?

"I, Gu Jinlai, stand tall and walk upright. What I seek is open and honest combat!"

"Buzz!"

A Pure Light flowed into his consciousness.

Instantly, the profound mysteries of Unrestricted Movement flooded his mind, along with related information on aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, biomechanics, biology, planning, and statistics.

All the information he had ever encountered was instantly shattered and reassembled, forming something Gu Jinlai could easily understand.

As the Pure Light dissipated, a new light sphere emerged from his consciousness.

Unnamed Movement Technique: Novice.

In terms of color, this movement technique was a light purple, inferior to the Great Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method and the Great Sun Demonic God Body Refining Method.

But purple was still purple.

Even at the novice level, it gave Gu Jinlai a new understanding of power application, burst techniques, and charging methods.

Just then, Bai Yang unleashed a sword strike, which landed like lightning on a sword mark he had previously left. As Gu Jinlai prepared to counterattack, Bai Yang swiftly retreated, escaping his attack range.

If this were moments ago, Gu Jinlai could only watch Bai Yang retreat. But now...

Gu Jinlai took a deep breath, half-crouched to adjust his center of gravity, like a crouching tiger or a coiled dragon. He gripped his greatsword with both hands, his spirit, consciousness, and qi seemingly merging into one.

"Stomp!"

Just as Bai Yang flickered and prepared to launch another attack to completely pierce his armor, Gu Jinlai's body moved.

With a single movement, as he charged forward, his powerful physique, comparable to a Mid-tier Demonic Beast, generated a surge of immense force beneath his feet, like a raging dragon emerging from the sea, coursing through his entire body.

Accompanied by the eruption of his inner core, which had condensed qi into a pill, the force from his feet and the bursting true qi merged into one. All of it was channeled into his greatsword, ultimately transforming into an unprecedented gravitational potential energy that he unleashed with a roar!

"Whoosh!"

The sword's edge grated fiercely against the air, creating a piercing shriek.

At the tip of the blade, a visible ring of white air pressure exploded outwards.

The sudden surge in speed caused Bai Yang, who also wielded a sword but one less than 1.4 meters long, to change his expression.

An inch longer is an inch stronger.

Facing Gu Jinlai's sword strike, imbued with the force of thunder and lightning, the deputy pavilion master of the Heavenly Grass Pavilion moved like a dragon. With an extremely agile sidestep, the edge of his greatsword, carrying the turbulent airflow, grazed past Gu Jinlai, shredding his clothes.

However, Bai Yang showed little fear of this imminent threat. While evading Gu Jinlai's ferocious sword strike, he twisted his waist, using the rotational force to thrust his long sword directly at the already damaged gap in Gu Jinlai's armor.

If this sword strike hit the gap, it would definitely pierce Gu Jinlai's armor and continue with undiminished force to pierce his body.

Unfortunately...

His speed was fast, but Gu Jinlai's speed was faster.

Just as the sword was about to hit Gu Jinlai, he sank his body, pressed down with his force, and in the next instant, he erupted a second time, increasing his speed by fifty percent!

Movement Technique - Unrestricted Movement!

The fifty percent increase in speed created a fatal flaw in Bai Yang's killing blow.

"Not good!"

The pavilion master of the Heavenly Grass Pavilion tried to retreat immediately.

But no matter how fast he was, how could he match the current Gu Jinlai!?

Gu Jinlai, in his explosive state, was like a drawn bowstring snapping taut. With a light creak of his bones and muscles, he became a rampaging tyrant, roaring as he slammed into Bai Yang's chest with the force of a destructive gale, his shoulder leading the charge.

At this moment, he was carrying two thousand pounds, and with his sudden burst of speed exceeding two hundred kilometers per hour, the impact was akin to an armor-piercing shell.

"Bang!"

A terrifying, unstoppable force erupted at the point of impact. Bai Yang's chest bones were instantly shattered. Even with his full might channeling true energy to protect himself, his chest caved in completely. Numerous fractured bones pierced his heart, lungs, and internal organs. A mouthful of blood mixed with shredded flesh sprayed from his mouth.

The force of inertia swept his body, sending him flying over ten meters. He crashed heavily against the wall of the courtyard he lived in, instantly creating a spiderweb of cracks in the wall before he fell powerlessly to the ground.

"I..."

Bai Yang struggled, trying to get to his feet immediately.

But with his chest bones completely shattered and his internal organs pierced, even as a Core Condensation expert with a perfected, incorruptible body, he felt as if all his strength had been drained.

The moment he moved, unprecedented pain coupled with weakness caused him to collapse onto the ground.

Blood continuously flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

"Did you ever consider the price you'd pay for offending me?"

Gu Jinlai strode forward, his fierce and violent aura radiating outwards like a peerless ferocious beast.

This scene filled Bai Yang with infinite terror.

Within his heart, there was boundless regret.

He had known that Gu Jinlai had gone on a killing spree in Changjun City, slaying several Core Condensation experts, and that his strength was formidable. He knew it was best not to provoke him unless a Spirit Refining expert intervened, yet he couldn't resist the temptation of accepting ten sets of precious armor and gaining over six hundred thousand taels of silver for nothing.

Now...

"Elder Gu, I... I know I was wrong, spare... spare my life..."

Bai Yang spoke with difficulty.

But before he could finish his plea, the blade of the thousand-pound heavy sword descended upon him, crushing him as if he were an ant.

"No..."

"Rumble!"

Bai Yang's head, along with his upper body and the ground beside him, was pulverized by the ferocious might of the thousand-pound heavy sword.

The floor cracked.

A mist of blood mingled with dust dispersed into the air.

The gruesome and terrifying scene delivered a powerful visual shock, leaving Bai Yang's few surviving disciples breathless.