Seven Stars in a Row

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Gu Cheng's massive thunder body crashed viciously onto the battle platform.

Boom!

The battle platform roared, heaven and earth trembled, and Gu Cheng let out a miserable scream as he smashed a crater directly into the platform, blood gushing wildly from his mouth.

Lu Ren descended, then swung his sword with his left hand, turning it into a sharp Thunder Sword radiance that blasted toward Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng's expression changed drastically. He waved his large hand, and thunder fire swept from his palm, condensing into a shield above his head.

This was Mad King Thunder Fire, a thunder-attributed strange fire condensed over twelve thousand years, transformed into a shield.

Boom!

Yet when Lu Ren's sword came slashing down, the shield instantly shattered. Gu Cheng spat out blood again, thunder mingling with the blood as it splattered across the battle platform.

Gu Cheng screamed and lay on the ground, half-dead, terror still written across his face.

Many people were stunned by this sight.

Gu Cheng, who had cultivated the Collapsing Thunder Saint Body; Gu Cheng, ranked two hundred and three on the Hidden Dragon Ranking; had lost to Lu Ren, who was at the peak of the eighth level of the Origin Venerate Realm. It was utterly shocking.

Of course, even more people marveled at how monstrously gifted Lu Ren was. Such combat strength was simply unprecedented, far more terrifying than Gu Fansheng had been in his day.

"You lost the life-and-death battle!"

Lu Ren's icy voice rang out. His Emperor Slaying Sword swung in his left hand, about to stab toward Gu Cheng.

"No! Senior Brother Gu Fansheng, save me!"

Gu Cheng roared.

This time, he had come carrying an order from his lineage to kill Lu Ren, but he had never imagined that he