"You ceased to be a match for me long ago."
Gu Changqing's words were calm and unruffled, as though he were recounting something utterly trivial.
Yet they carried an unquestionable authority.
His gaze was indifferent as he looked at Maitreya, without the slightest flicker of emotion.
Maitreya choked with fury.
Killing a man and crushing his heart!
Utterly brazen-killing a man and crushing his heart!
Gu Changqing's words were impossible to refute.
But to say them so openly was an act of profound contempt.
"Gu Changqing, you..."
"Hmph, don't go too far!"
"This is the territory of our Western World. It has nothing to do with your Interception Sect."
"The God-Slaying Spear emerged here, so it rightfully belongs to our Buddhist School. You have no right to seize it."
Maitreya spoke in uncontrollable fury, rebuking Gu Changqing.
As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on the God-Slaying Spear in Gu Changqing's hand.
A supreme innate spiritual treasure!
No!
More precisely, this was a supreme innate spiritual treasure whose power rivaled an innate treasure.
Naturally, Maitreya coveted it intensely.
Yet Gu Changqing remained carefree and unrestrained upon hearing his words, utterly unconcerned.
With a soft chuckle, Gu Changqing cast Maitreya a sidelong glance and said:
"Heh, it belongs to your Buddhist School?!"
"This treasure lay buried here for countless ages, yet none of you noticed a thing."
"But even hundreds of millions of miles away, I sensed it."
"Doesn't that prove... uh... that this spirit treasure is fated for me, and not for your Western World?"
That single remark left Maitreya utterly speechless.
Indeed!
The countless spirit treasures of the world all hinged on the word "fate."
For endless epochs, no one in the Western Buddhist Sect had noticed anything.
In a sense, that did indeed demonstrate that they had no