After Hun Changqing stepped onto the stage, Gu Jing still wore that confident smile, though a flicker of excitement and murderous intent flashed through his eyes. It was not because he had recognized Hun Changqing.
The aura-concealing art recorded in Hun Changqing's Supreme Yin True Explanation was incomparably profound. Had Gu Xun'er not seen his face and shared such intimate, penetrating relations with him, engraving his aura into her heart, she truly would not have recognized him back at the Pill Tower. He had seemed like an entirely different person.
Although Gu Jing had not recognized Hun Changqing, the unusual emotion Gu Xun'er had shown toward him earlier had unleashed the resentment in Gu Jing's heart, sending anger surging through him.
Previously, Gu Xun'er had beaten him nearly into a cripple before everyone in Sacred Pill City. Yet rather than extinguishing his desire for her, it had only intensified his obsession. The torment of wanting what he could not have had driven him into madness, twisting his entire heart.
Not only had his obsession with Gu Xun'er deepened, but he could no longer tolerate anyone daring to approach her. Gu Jing had abandoned his earlier notion of gradually drawing closer to her and melting this iceberg through meticulous care. Now, all he wanted was to slaughter every man who dared approach Gu Xun'er, kill everyone around her. Then he would be her only man!
His confidence came from the support of most of the Gu Clan's elders, along with the power of his god-grade bloodline. Thus, after receiving the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, he had challenged Hun Changqing. His aim was not merely to defeat him-he wanted to kill Hun Changqing within the Gu Clan.
Since Gu Xun'er had always maintained her cold, aloof demeanor within the clan, she could keep