"Hmm...?"
The sight of their companion suddenly flying backward, his brains bursting out, startled the men in black.
Were there more guards from the Prime Minister's Residence inside the carriage?
The thought had barely crossed their minds.
"Whoosh...!"
A fierce wind howled inside the carriage.
Two large hands reached out from within, one on either side, and clamped onto the door panels.
The next moment.
"Crack, crack...!"
The solid wooden panels, several inches thick, were crushed outright in those hands.
"Boom...!"
An instant later, the entire carriage looked as though a wild bull had torn through it.
The carriage shattered!
A fierce, powerfully built figure shot out and descended from above.
The two men in black standing on either side of the carriage abruptly looked up.
They saw a dark shadow bearing down on them.
Two hands as large as palm-leaf fans came crashing down, planting themselves squarely on their heads.
"Thud! Thud!"
Two muffled impacts erupted simultaneously.
Neither man even had time to scream.
Their heads were driven into their chests like balls by that immense force.
Another man in black, standing a little farther away, saw the horrifying sight and was just opening his mouth to cry out.
"Whoosh!"
A fierce wind roared into his face as a high whipping kick smashed down onto his head.
"Boom!"
His head and upper body slammed toward the ground beneath him.
His upper body was driven straight into the earth, blood splashing everywhere as he died on the spot.
"Hiss...!"
The sudden scene of bloody violence made the men in black farther away suck in cold breaths, horrified.
Only now did they finally get a clear look at the figure who had burst out of the carriage.
Beneath the moonlight.
He was a fierce young man nearly nine feet tall, with knotted muscles, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a faint metallic sheen across his skin.
Like a savage tiger descending the mountain, he had pounced into a herd of beasts.
His tigerlike eyes swept over his surroundings, radiating murderous intent!
"Who... is this man?"
At that moment, the men in black were utterly dumbfounded.
Their mission briefing had described their target, the "Third Young Master of the Gu Family."
He had delicate features, no martial cultivation, and had been frail and sickly since childhood.
According to that description, Gu Chenfeng was clearly a pretty-faced weakling without even the strength to truss a chicken.
Yet the fellow before them was a brute among brutes.
It was not just the men in black who froze.
The guards of the Gu Lineage, trapped within the encirclement, were also stunned.
When they had seen several men in black rush toward the carriage, they had been frantic with worry.
They had never expected a "living god of calamity" to charge out of it.
Even the gray-clad Blood Tiger Guard fighting four powerful foes farther away.
He, too, looked astonished at the sight.
But he recognized at a glance that the burly man's face was identical to the Third Young Master's.
The sight stunned everyone into immobility for three seconds.
The next moment.
"He's Gu Chenfeng! Take him down!"
One of the four men surrounding the Blood Tiger Guard shouted sharply.
Only then did the men in black snap out of their daze, brandishing their weapons and charging at him.
Facing the men in black attacking from all sides.
Gu Chenfeng, openly displaying his strength before others for the first time, felt a flash of excitement in his eyes.
Wasn't preparing for this very moment the whole reason he had cultivated in secret for so long?
"Come on!"
Gu Chenfeng charged straight at his enemies, taking the offensive.
"Boom!"
A deep depression remained beneath his feet, while his figure had already vanished from the spot.
"Thud, thud, thud...!"
An instant later, Gu Chenfeng had plunged into a group of men in black.
His fists unleashed a frenzy of crushing blows.
Black-clad figures flew in every direction like torn sacks struck by an enormous hammer, their bodies twisted and caved in.
Amid the melee, the dense barrage of attacks from the men in black occasionally landed on Gu Chenfeng.
Yet when those sharp blades and weapons struck Gu Chenfeng.
They produced a metallic chorus of clinks and clangs.
They could not even breach his defenses!
At that moment, the terrifying power of Gu Chenfeng's external cultivation was fully revealed.
The Iron Elephant Art was an exceptionally sophisticated external body-tempering art to begin with.
On top of that, he had adhered to the principle of tempering his entire body without leaving a single vulnerable spot.
Now, Gu Chenfeng charged and slaughtered without a care.
He truly was a tiger among sheep, and a "human pile driver" besides.
The men in black around him died at a direct hit and suffered injuries at a glancing touch; they were no match for him at all.
The horrifying scene shook the men in black.
At the same time, Gu Chenfeng's outward-reaching spiritual power keenly detected something.
Several dark figures with powerful auras were rapidly closing in on him.
Source Qi Realm martial artists!
With source qi reinforcing their bodies, martial artists of this realm possessed speed and explosive power far beyond those of the Meridian-Opening Realm.
They swiftly darted into position around Gu Chenfeng.
Faint, strange light appeared over their fists, feet, and weapons as they attacked Gu Chenfeng.
Facing attacks that had abruptly grown several times fiercer.
Gu Chenfeng's pupils contracted, a faint silver glow spread over his body, and his vast blood qi surged as he met them forcefully with both fists.
"Boom, boom, boom...!"
Several men in black at the Source Qi Realm clashed head-on with Gu Chenfeng.
As though struck by lightning, they grunted and flew backward, some even coughing up blood.
"What?!"
The men in black were aghast.
Although those who had attacked were all early-stage Source Qi Realm martial artists no higher than three-star.
They could not even withstand a head-on clash with him-just how strong was this fellow?
The men in black reacted extremely quickly.
Several more Source Qi Realm martial artists immediately came to their aid.
Among them were even three with particularly powerful auras: Middle Source Qi Realm experts.
Gu Chenfeng felt no fear at the sight, but he found this way of fighting far too inefficient.
Source Qi Realm martial artists had keen reflexes, and their source qi could protect their internal organs and vital heart meridians at critical moments.
Killing them with brute force alone was not enough.
Gu Chenfeng's eyes flashed, and he lunged forward.
With a cannon punch, he caved in the chest of a one-star Source Qi Realm martial artist, sending him flying backward.
Gu Chenfeng reached out and snatched the long spear from the man's hand.
He twirled the spear behind his back, then followed with a sweep that could rout a thousand soldiers.
"Whoosh!"
The spear tore through the air with a tiger's roar.
"Tiger-Subduing Spear Technique!"
The instant the long spear entered Gu Chenfeng's hands, it seemed to come alive.
Thrusting, deflecting, blocking, flicking, snapping...!
Its moves shifted endlessly, their power terrifying when reinforced by Gu Chenfeng's monstrous strength and speed.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft...!"
Under the night sky, eerie flowers of blood bloomed.
One moment, the spear flicked out like a venomous snake's tongue, its tip piercing throats, brows, and hearts.
The next, it swept like a giant python's tail, its shaft bearing the force of a thousand tons.
It smashed bones, tore tendons, and shattered internal organs.
In the blink of an eye, a great swath of the men in black around Gu Chenfeng fell.
Several early-stage Source Qi Realm martial artists were among those killed on the spot.
Such was the power born of combining martial techniques with strength.
By now, the three Middle Source Qi Realm martial artists had also reached him.
Each wielded a weapon of exceptional quality, unleashing fierce moves as they attacked.
Gu Chenfeng shook out his long spear to meet them.
"Clang, clang, clang...!"
Saber light and sword shadows flashed across the battlefield, sparks flying as four figures darted about at tremendous speed.
Compared with the earlier three-star, early-stage martial artists, those at the Middle Source Qi Realm had undergone a marked leap in combat power.
Not only was their blood qi more abundant, but their source qi was also far more powerful.
Yet even working together, the three could not suppress Gu Chenfeng.
His spearwork was exquisite, every move flowing seamlessly into the next.
And his strength was simply too terrifying.
Whenever any one of the three clashed alone with that spear.
The impact sent him staggering backward, the web between his thumb and forefinger going numb.
Fighting one against three, Gu Chenfeng actually held a firm advantage.
Yet Gu Chenfeng was not satisfied with such results.
Seeing that the three did not dare clash with him head-on and wanted to draw him into a protracted fight.
He gave them no such opportunity.
After sweeping his spear across and opening a little distance between himself and the three.
Gu Chenfeng steadied the shaft with his right hand and gripped its butt with his left as the blood qi throughout his body erupted.
The "gray source qi" hidden within him poured into the spear, concealed beneath his blood qi.
"Whoosh...!"
Driven by immense force, the spear tip became a dazzling streak of cold light, splitting the air as it swept forward.
"Tiger-Subduing Spear Technique, first form-Tiger Roars Through the Forest!"
The spear surged like a savage tiger, against which no beast could stand.
Sensing the terrifying force erupting from that strike, all three men in black felt their hearts jolt.
It was as though a savage tiger were pouncing straight at them.
With no time to dodge, they crossed their weapons and chose to meet the blow together.
"Boom!"
All four weapons collided almost simultaneously.
The deadlock lasted only an instant.
"Roar...!"
Bent at an outrageous angle, the long spear vibrated with a tiger's roar.
"Boom!"
The three men in black were swept away by a savage, overwhelming force...
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