Zhao Layue took a step forward.
Several rays of sword light spilled from her robes. Her hair tie snapped soundlessly, and her black hair spread like splashed ink.
At the same time, Gu Qing stepped sideways, the aura radiating from him rising at an unimaginable speed.
The Universe Edge rose silently, about to reach for the white cat in Jing Jiu's arms.
From beginning to end, the two of them never exchanged a glance.
This tacit understanding existed among all Green Mountain disciples, let alone the people of Divine End Peak.
It had been the same when Zhao Layue and Liu S sui killed Luo Huainan in Guiyun City.
No one had expected Zhao Layue and Gu Qing to strike suddenly-or rather, no one had dared imagine it, especially of the latter.
To everyone, Gu Qing's pale face and bewildered expression clearly showed that what had happened to his master had stunned him.
Sensing his aura surging violently, people realized in shock that he was preparing for a realm breakthrough!
A realm breakthrough was the most important and most difficult undertaking in cultivation. The slightest disturbance could cause failure, and cultivators often needed lengthy secluded preparations-whether in elixirs, Daoist methods, or willpower-before beginning under the protection of their elders or a formation.
Attempting a breakthrough in public as Gu Qing did was extraordinarily rare. Was he not worried something would go wrong?
Who could have imagined that Gu Qing's real purpose was to kill someone using the disturbance in Heaven and Earth spiritual energy during his breakthrough?
Everyone thought he had suffered too many shocks today and gone astray in his cultivation!
People had not imagined Gu Qing would choose to attempt a breakthrough in public because they knew nothing of Divine End Peak's glorious traditions of seclusion