"Stop!"
Just as the flaming disc was about to touch Gu Jing's body, a startled shout rang out across the heavens and earth. As the shout fell, the furiously spinning disc froze in place. Then a stooped, elderly figure appeared between Gu Jing and the disc, raising his hand to block it.
At the sight of the old man who had suddenly appeared, Gu Xun'er's pupils contracted sharply. Naturally, she recognized him. He was Gu Jing's direct ancestor, and the very man who had repeatedly joined forces with the other elders in recent years to challenge her position as Young Patriarch. He had also demanded that she marry Gu Jing and bear him offspring with an even stronger bloodline.
You've been the loudest troublemaker all these years. Since you love getting in the way so much, I'll grant your wish!
At that thought, a bloodthirsty red gleam flashed through Gu Xun'er's eyes, and a chilling, murderous intent erupted from her. She sneered inwardly, then shifted her fingers slightly. An ancient-looking Jade Slip appeared silently in her hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, she crushed the Jade Slip. In an instant, its fragments turned into crystalline motes of light that scattered through the air. Then a vast surge of soul power, deep and weighty as the ocean, roared out of the shattered slip, carrying an immense pressure of Dou Qi.
The energy surged wildly before condensing into a transparent, three-foot sword in front of Gu Xun'er. Its design was ancient and simple, and it reflected dazzling light beneath the blazing sun overhead.
"Stop!"
"Xun'er! What are you doing?"
"Are you trying to kill a Dou Sheng elder?!"
When the elders on the viewing platform saw the sword summoned by Gu Xun'er's shattered Jade Slip, an ominous premonition rose in their hearts. They