"How... how was this possible?! How could his strength... be this powerful?!"
A storm of shock rose in the red-haired young man's heart. For the first time, the way he looked at Gu Sheng was filled with indescribable horror and wariness! He was at the seventh level of the Heavenly King Realm! Physical strength was not his specialty, but it was by no means weak!
Yet the force transmitted through that palm strike had utterly exceeded the limits of his understanding of the "Sect Realm"! That power... was likely already close to the legendary Great Accomplishment Golden Body of the physical cultivation path! How could someone at the seventh level of the Sect Realm possess such terrifying physical strength?! A trace of retreat rose uncontrollably from the depths of his heart.
However, Gu Sheng had no intention of giving him a chance to catch his breath!
After knocking the red-haired young man back with one palm, the faint phantom escape light beneath Gu Sheng's feet lit up once more. Like a festering parasite clinging to bone, he chased after the red-haired young man who was flying backward! His speed was so fast that it drew a blurry afterimage through the air!
"Stop him!"
The red-haired young man forcibly suppressed his churning blood and the searing pain in his chest, then howled sharply at the three companions rushing over from behind!
"Brat, don't get cocky!"
"Leave your life behind!"
The white-haired, red-eyed woman and the other two Heavenly King Realm experts had also arrived. Seeing the red-haired young man injured, they were both shocked and enraged. At his command, two of them acted without hesitation. One swung out two crisscrossing pale-white blade lights, like the gates of hell opening wide, slashing at Gu Sheng with a soul-freezing chill!
The other thrust