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"Master!"

"How could this happen..."

"Master is dead!?"

The sudden shock left Bai Yang's disciples stunned, their faces filled with fear.

Even the eldest disciple, who had reached Core Condensation, was no exception.

"Gu Jinlai, you... you actually..."

He pointed at Gu Jinlai, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"I don't know what you're talking about! Who is Gu Jinlai? That's not me, don't spout nonsense."

Gu Jinlai vehemently denied it, but then, as if remembering something, he turned his gaze to the remaining disciples and asked coldly, "Who injured my disciple?"

"..."

The atmosphere in the hall froze.

Didn't you just say you weren't Gu Jinlai?

He didn't need their answer.

With his question, several disciples couldn't help but glance at one person.

It was Wu Tong, at the peak of Gang Condensation.

Sensing Gu Jinlai's gaze fixed on him, Wu Tong's heart pounded. He put on a brave face, shouting to vent his fear, "Gu Jinlai... Our Heavenly Grass Pavilion's reinforcements are on their way. If you flee now, you might still have a chance. Wait until..."

"Boom!"

Before he could finish, Gu Jinlai's feet exploded with power, causing the ground beneath him to sink.

The floor cracked, and in an instant, countless dust and stone fragments vibrated and floated, only to be ground to powder by the explosive force and scattered in all directions.

With this acceleration, Gu Jinlai's body lunged forward ferociously. His entire being radiated an overwhelming killing intent, like a terrifying Demonic Beast, carrying a suffocating pressure as he charged towards Wu Tong.

That terrifying aura immediately caused the Heavenly Grass Pavilion disciple, a direct disciple of Bai Yang with peak Gang Condensation cultivation, to let out a cry of despair.

"No!"

He unleashed his Gang Qi, drawing his sword with all his might, cleaving out a sharp sword light.

But as Gu Jinlai swung his sword down, this sword light shattered like glass hit by a sniper bullet, exploding and scattering in all directions. The heavy sword, weighing a thousand pounds, continued its unstoppable charge, striking Wu Tong's sword and breaking it. The violent force continued unabated into his body...

First his sword-wielding wrist, then his entire arm. By the time the heavy sword reached him, half of his body was already shattered.

It was like a watermelon struck by a giant hammer.

Blood splattered.

"Junior Brother!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

"Why did we have to provoke this devil?!"

Seeing this, the remaining disciples' mental state collapsed. They could no longer hold on, shouting in terror as they fled in all directions.

But just then, three teams appeared simultaneously from the darkness ahead. Each team had over a dozen people, the weakest being at Qi Refining realm, with several at Core Condensation.

"You dare to cause trouble in our Heavenly Grass Pavilion? You don't even know where you are."

"Surround him! Anyone who dares to act presumptuously in our Heavenly Grass Pavilion, whether you are a Spirit Refining True Person or even a Spirit Transformation Great True Person, will only meet their death today!"

"Attack!"

The Heavenly Grass Pavilion disciples advanced aggressively, their momentum soaring.

Compared to the Black Tortoise Gate and Dragon Sparrow Villa, the Heavenly Grass Pavilion lacked in the number of top-tier experts.

However, as a sect primarily focused on alchemy, its financial resources and connections were unmatched by any other.

Abundant funds, coupled with self-produced elixirs, allowed the Heavenly Grass Pavilion to boast numerous experts in Qi Refining, Gang Condensation, and Core Condensation. On any given day, over thirty Core Condensation experts were stationed at the sect, equivalent to the population of a city like Lingxiao City or Luori City. Add to that hundreds of Gang Condensation and Qi Refining cultivators...

Let alone surrounding and killing a Spirit Refining cultivator, surrounding and killing a Spirit Transformation cultivator was not just an empty boast.

Seeing the two teams of over forty people arriving, those who had been about to flee in panic suddenly found their backbone again.

"Reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Hold him off! Avenge Master!"

"Anyone who kills in our Heavenly Grass Pavilion must pay with blood!"

They all reignited their fighting spirit, resuming their movement techniques, not intending to confront Gu Jinlai head-on, but only to stall him for a moment longer.

Gu Jinlai swept his gaze across them.

The three teams attacked from three directions, blocking his escape routes.

However, that wasn't what caught his attention, but rather...

Red light!

One of the three teams was predominantly yellow and light red. Another was similar, with a single streak of bright red light. But the third team had as many as three streaks of bright red light, which, in the dark night, were as eye-catching as blazing candles.

"Hahaha!"

Upon seeing his opponents clearly, Gu Jinlai let out a long laugh.

"Demons and sprites!"

He didn't even attempt to retreat. He bent his body slightly, and the next moment, his power erupted, sending him soaring forward.

As the ground cracked, his body shot out like a fired cannonball, advancing instead of retreating. With terrifying whistles and gusts of wind, he charged towards the group with three red lights.

"Wicked creatures, how dare you!"

"You're seeking your own death!"

The experts from the Heavenly Grass Pavilion who witnessed this scene shouted sternly. Sword light and blade shadows, along with Gang Qi, burst forth, all aimed at Gu Jinlai.

Sparks flew for a moment.

His Treasure Armor was torn by several sword marks. The places already bearing sword marks cracked further under the strike of a Core Condensation expert.

But Gu Jinlai ignored these attacks. Enveloped in a furious, immense force, he directly smashed into one of the Core Condensation experts, shattering him and his blade in one go.

Blood mist filled the air.

He then swung his greatsword in a violent 360-degree sweep, like autumn wind clearing fallen leaves. Wherever his blade pointed, pure, ferocious power pulverized all the blade and sword lights attacking his surroundings.

Two disciples who were closer had their swords snapped and their tiger's mouths split, bleeding. Another was struck by the sword body, the immense force slamming into his sword, causing it to recoil and tear his own body apart, blood splashing everywhere.

Taking advantage of the opening created by the sweep, Gu Jinlai once again locked his gaze onto another Core Condensation expert.

Then, he strode forward...

With an acceleration and explosive burst of power, his body shot forward again, charging towards the Core Condensation expert whose Karma was like blood.

"Not good!"

Seeing Gu Jinlai charge into the crowd, relying on his Battle Armor and sword's sharpness to move as if no one were there, this Core Condensation expert was already alarmed. Now, with Gu Jinlai targeting him and charging to kill, he didn't hesitate to retreat.

"Bang!"

Gu Jinlai, falling from the sky, missed with his sword. He also heard the enraged roar of another Core Condensation expert: "Form ranks, suppress him, don't give him a chance to build momentum and charge!"

As he spoke, six sharp swords, carrying sharp Sword Gang, slashed towards his body.

Gu Jinlai, who was about to accelerate again, was hit by the Sword Gang carried by the sharp swords, his body abruptly stopping.

"Kill!"

Seizing this opportunity, more Gang Condensation and Core Condensation experts pounced. Sharp Gang Qi, so potent that each sword strike could tear through iron, whistled and shot towards him, shaking his body. The swords in the hands of the Core Condensation experts, carrying the force of thunder, slashed down along the cracks in his Treasure Armor.

At a glance, he was surrounded on all sides by figures, sword shadows, and Gang Qi.

They had overwhelming numbers!

The forty-plus people from the Heavenly Grass Pavilion, plus Bai Yang and a few disciples, numbered over fifty.

Among these fifty-plus people, there were seven or eight Core Condensation experts, over a dozen Gang Condensation experts, and then Qi Refining cultivators fighting and observing from the periphery. Even a Spirit Refining expert would only meet their death if caught in this!

This was the power of overwhelming numbers!

Even powerful Spirit Refining or Spirit Transformation experts were still flesh and blood. Once trapped in a human wave tactic and unable to break free, they could only die from exhaustion. Moreover, Gu Jinlai was merely a Core Condensation expert!?

"Kill me!?"

Gu Jinlai looked at the people surrounding him.

"With you lot! It's not enough!"

A sliver of his consciousness projected onto the small figure in his spiritual world. A ray of Pure Light quickly flowed into the light sphere he had continued to name Unrestricted Movement.

"Buzz buzz!"

Instantly, countless profound insights about this movement technique surged, deepening his understanding of it.

He had even mastered the explosive technique—Four Seas—which, according to reason, should only be mastered at the Great Accomplishment stage.

Especially now, in a state of enlightenment, with his brain operating at overclocked speed, he even calculated the execution trace of a move called Myriad Phenomena Sword Qi.

His true qi boiled, and this sword technique, which only his mind could comprehend, manifested as an invisible Green Lotus behind him.

The next moment, the Green Lotus exploded, and dozens of invisible, shadowless sword lights, astonishing in their speed, stealth, penetration, and continuity, whistled and shot out in all directions.

The over ten Heavenly Grass Pavilion Qi Refining, Gang Condensation, and Core Condensation powerhouses, who had thought they had suppressed Gu Jinlai, had no time to react before the invisible sword lights pierced through their bodies.

A blood lotus bloomed amidst the crowd.

Eerily beautiful, resplendent, and soul-chilling.