Geng-Metal Cuts Yi Wood, Killing Without Blinking!

During this time, Gu Qingfeng had been steadily reining in his Geng-Metal Power.

So-called reining in meant storing this power deep within his body rather than letting it manifest on the surface.

He walked on thin ice, hoarding his strength for a long, long time, all just to wait for this exact moment!

He pressed down viciously on the head of the woman who was simultaneously his senior sister and his master's wife, directly detonating the Geng-Metal Power contained within the bitten-off Core Branch.

Sharp, piercing edge suddenly filled Zhang Yao's mouth, scraping wildly inside her like countless knife blades.

She struggled, emitting miserable, muffled sounds of begging for mercy as tears gushed frantically from her eyes.

At this moment, she could be said to have suffered unprecedented torture.

This change happened far too quickly, so much so that everyone present failed to react in time.

Shen Yun, who had just had half her Golden Core bitten off beside them, was still trembling all over from terror, deeply familiar with the agony of a bitten core. Meanwhile, Qi Lingguang over there could not help but close his eyes, unable to bear the sight of Gu Qingfeng's miserable end.

Wang Qian had desperately wanted to witness Gu Qingfeng suffer firsthand, yet his expression of petty triumph was still plastered across his face when Zhang Yao here was already weeping in agony.

The more this master's wife struggled fiercely, the harder Gu Qingfeng pressed his attack!

He poured his Geng-Metal Power wholesale into the Core Branch at his navel. The Core Branch instantly shed its surface dullness, revealing a gold-gleaming undertone as he thrust it forward!

With a crisp snap, the instant Zhang Yao's mouth and cheek tore open, the Core Branch completely impaled her.

In through the mouth, out the back of the head!

Everyone was stunned, or rather, scared out of their wits.

What, what kind of situation was this?

Only then did the inner-disciple third senior brother react, shrieking out as he thrust forward with his own sprouting Core Branch!

Gu Qingfeng held Zhang Yao's head down with one hand while pulling the Core Branch from his shoulder with the other, lashing it sideways!

The "Golden Core Swordsmanship" of the Golden Core Immortal Sect used Core Branches as swords to execute sword techniques.

Gu Qingfeng naturally recognized the "Golden Branch Wind Shuttle" executed by this third senior brother, because during previous morning classes, he had sparred with his junior brother countless times!

As an inner disciple, the other man's sword strike was naturally swift and fierce, far surpassing the junior brother.

Yet a fierce sword technique did not necessarily guarantee victory.

During morning classes some days prior, Gu Qingfeng had already discovered the flaw in this sword technique—namely, that the Core Branch could not leave the body; even though it could occasionally extend and retract, it still lacked sufficient reach.

Yet after his Reversal of Cost, not only had his Core Branch become as sharp as a genuine blade, but it could also detach directly from his body.

When blades met at close quarters, every inch of extra length meant an extra level of strength!

This Core Branch capable of sudden detachment could be said to have caught the third senior brother completely off guard. His momentum was already spent, leaving him only able to forcibly twist his posture, yet it was still not enough.

With a soft rip, before the third senior brother's Core Branch could jab Gu Qingfeng, the extracted Core Branch in Gu Qingfeng's hand had already pierced first into the shoulder the man hurled against him.

He had never expected that the Core Branch Gu Qingfeng could pull out would be so sharp, piercing through his flesh as easily as poking paper.

He knew even less that Gu Qingfeng's Geng-Metal Power, following the Reversal of Cost, naturally countered his Yi-Wood physique!

Having landed his first strike, Gu Qingfeng followed up by flicking the Core Branch in his hand sideways, directly shearing off an arm of the inner-disciple senior brother and carving a massive gash across his neck.

Having endured for so long, Gu Qingfeng finally displayed the sharpness of his Geng-Metal Power before outsiders for the very first time.

The inner-disciple senior brother over there had already been defeated, while the master's wife Zhang Yao over here was still putting up her final struggle.

She shook her head wildly, gripping the Core Branch with both hands in an attempt to pull her head free. Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng thrust his waist forward while simultaneously driving the Core Branch from his shoulder straight into the back of her neck, his left hand once again pinning her head down with brutal force.

Still trying to run!

The mere thought that his junior brother was already gone sent a surge of fury blazing through Gu Qingfeng's heart!

You ate my junior brother, I'll mess up your wife!

Because Zhang Yao was fighting with her final breath to stay alive, this burst of strength was exceptionally ferocious, instantly shoving Gu Qingfeng up into the air.

At a glance, she looked as though she were performing the act of swallowing a treasured sword alive, with a person still hanging off the blade.

Gu Qingfeng's gaze remained calm. He circulated his Geng-Metal Power to resist, and the two sides entered a brief stalemate of raw strength.

Logically speaking, this senior sister Zhang Yao had always been the second-in-command of the Golden Core Immortal Sect, possessing a profound mastery second only to the Golden Core Celestial Venerable, and should have exerted an overwhelming suppression over Gu Qingfeng in terms of sheer strength.

Yet in reality, nothing of the sort happened.

First, she had been caught completely off guard by Gu Qingfeng, suffering a near-fatal wound right at the start that left her unable to unleash even half of her full cultivation. Second, Geng-Metal Power inherently countered Yi-Wood Power; facing Gu Qingfeng's Geng-Metal Core Energy, the surging strength around her was like a clay ox entering the sea, entirely unable to manifest.

As one waxed and the other waned, a mere few breaths were all it took for her to completely fail to hold her ground, and Gu Qingfeng's Core Branch plunged deeper and more thoroughly into her body.

She was completely impaled right through!

Zhang Yao's eyes held utter despair.

At that moment, the connected-by-blood Wang Qian knew things were turning disastrously wrong and trembled as he tried to open the door to flee. Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng roared, "Stop him!"

The moment the words fell, Qi Lingguang, who had reacted the fastest, rushed forward, the Core Branch on his shoulder quivering as he engaged Wang Qian in battle.

Ever since Zhang Yao was impaled by Gu Qingfeng, the sensation of stiffness gripping their bodies had drastically faded.

Relies on his relatively profound cultivation, Wang Qian swept Qi Lingguang aside in a flash, only for Gu Qingfeng to have already finished his business over here.

Only to see his hands abruptly leave Zhang Yao's head and then slam together in a ferocious clap!

Amidst this clapping motion, sharp golden light burst from his palms—the manifestation of Geng-Metal Power gathered right there.

With a crisp, sharp snap, Zhang Yao's struggling body gave a violent twitch, resembling someone suffering a severe, freezing shudder.

In a single instant, the Geng-Metal Power in Gu Qingfeng's palms blasted into her skull like thunder, colliding directly with the Geng-Metal Power lodged inside her mouth.

This collision was akin to lightning intersecting and spring thunder exploding; her already split face fractured completely apart.

As Gu Qingfeng landed with the Core Branch still piercing through her, her entire face and neck were split open like a shattered piece of porcelain, golden light flickering across the jagged fissures.

She continued to shudder.

With this final tremble, her entire shattered skull crumbled away piece by piece, quickly leaving her entirely headless.

Zhang Yao collapsed!

Zhang Yao—who was usually terribly petty, tyrannical, and served simultaneously as daughter, master's wife, and senior sister—had just died just like that!

Headless, with a bizarre manner of death.

Wang Qian was already terrified out of his wits by this sight. He had still wanted to flee with the door bolt in hand, but upon meeting Gu Qingfeng's gaze, his entire person froze solid.

Immediately following that came a heavy thump as he dropped to his knees on the ground.

Without a second word, Gu Qingfeng took two steps forward, pulled out the blood-stained Core Branch from his navel, and thrust it fiercely, first running the headless third senior brother's head straight through before turning his sights instantly toward Wang Qian.

Catching Gu Qingfeng's ruthless gaze, Wang Qian felt his scalp go numb and blurted out, "I am Master's biological nephew! Master the Golden Core Celestial Venerable is my own uncle! You can't kill me."

A strange emotion flickered within Gu Qingfeng's eyes.

Realization dawned on Wang Qian almost instantly, his face turning ashen as death.

Because Zhang Yao's headless corpse was lying right there.

The Golden Core Celestial Venerable's "own wife" and "own daughter" had both been killed by this person, let alone a mere biological nephew!

Knowing for certain that he was dead beyond a doubt, Wang Qian could no longer hold back and cursed viciously, "Gu Qingfeng, you piece of trash, you won't die a goo—"

Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Qingfeng's golden Core Branch punched straight through his mouth, taking his vocal tongue along with it.

With a swift swish!

The Core Branch swept upward, slicing his head cleanly into two halves like a hot knife cutting through butter!

Geng-metal cutting Yi-wood—simply exhilarating!

Gu Qingfeng was immensely satisfied with this, because the opponent was no longer capable of hurling curses this way.

He, Gu Qingfeng, did not hold grudges, but he utterly despised people cursing at him!

Staring at the three corpses sprawled inside the secret chamber, Gu Qingfeng stood there panting.

His heart thumped violently, sounding like a beating drum.

Mixed within it was both the faint fear of killing for the very first time and an uncontrollable surge of excitement and thrill.

Possessing the Chivalrous Spirit Incense Burner, he truly possessed the genetic makeup of a demon-slayer!

His gaze quickly shifted toward Qi Lingguang and the others.

Qi Lingguang and the rest stared blankly at him, his body still radiating golden light.

Immortals? Demons?

At present, a gold-shrouded Gu Qingfeng looked truly as blinding as a celestial being.

The crucial point was that the methods the other man had just used to counter-kill the master's wife, the third senior brother, and Wang Qian were utterly astonishing.

Terrifying, one might even say.

Gu Qingfeng spoke up, "I want to flee out of here. Do you want to come with me?"

"We follow Senior Brother Gu's lead in all things!"

"We follow Senior Brother Gu's lead in all things!"

The gazes of Zhao San, Wang Wu, Shen Yun, and Qi Lingguang hardened as they spoke almost in unison.

Gu Qingfeng nodded and said, "Loot the bodies first!"