"Um?"
Lin Fan stopped a hundred feet outside the altar, looked up at the dark blue light, and then at Gu Chen.
"I want the incomplete copy of the Kunpeng Treasure Technique."
The tone was casual and understated.
Gu Chen laughed, laughing so hard he almost fell over, the tip of his halberd carving a deep groove in the ground.
Who do you think you are?
"I've been killing for over half a month, and you come here and think you can just take it away with a simple 'I want it'?"
Do you know who I am?
Gu Chen's words grew colder and colder, as if they had been fused together for millennia, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet instantly! His invisible aura pressed down, causing the surroundings to hum.
"Die!"
"Boom!"
His Early-stage Great Saint aura erupted with a thunderous roar.
The law patterns on his dark golden scales lit up simultaneously, the void collapsed, and the entire ground cracked beneath his feet.
"Boom!"
The oppressive aura spread outwards as if it were a tangible force, causing the cultivators who were observing from the periphery to change their expressions drastically and retreat in droves.
Those below the Saint Realm immediately knelt down.
But Lin Fan stood at the center of that oppressive aura, his robes motionless, like an old pine tree rooted in a storm.
" Early-stage Great Saint?" Lin Fan said, "Is that all?"
A cold glint flashed in Gu Chen's eyes. "I think you're tired of living."
Before he finished speaking, he moved.
With a powerful stomp of his foot, he transformed into a dark golden afterimage, slashing horizontally with his halberd.
Wherever the halberd passed, the air was torn open with a huge, pitch-black rift, carrying a terrifying Law of Destruction, heading straight for Lin Fan's neck.
This attack was without probing or holding back.
The Early-stage Great Saint with a single halberd strike.
Lin Fan did not dodge, nor did he retreat.
He raised his right hand, his five fingers spread, and Chaos Qi condensed into a thin barrier in his palm.
clang!
The halberd struck the barrier, producing a deafening clang of metal striking metal.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the turbulent currents of laws swept outwards like a whirlwind, carving deep trenches into the surrounding ground.
Gu Chen's pupils contracted sharply.
His halberd strike was powerful enough to cleave a vast ancient star in two, yet Lin Fan effortlessly blocked it with a single hand.
"You are... at the Saint Realm?"
He looked at Lin Fan in disbelief. The aura he sensed was clearly that of the Late-stage Saint Realm, yet the defensive power of that palm strike...
It actually withstood his full-force attack!
He was a freak of nature in ancient times, invincible throughout an era, always the one who could defeat other cultivators even those of higher levels...
"Who says Saint Realm being can't beat up Great Saint?"
Lin Fan grinned, then with a backhand clench, Chaos Qi surged forth like a tide, gripping the tip of the halberd tightly in his palm.
Let go!
Gu Chen roared and pulled back.
The halberd remained motionless, as if it had been welded to Lin Fan's palm.
Seeing his struggle, Lin Fan suddenly sighed, "You know, I've killed quite a few ancient monsters along the way. There were Quasi-Saint, Sage, Great Saint... They all talked a big game, but when it came to fighting, they were as fragile as paper."
"You're considered somewhat sturdy."
With a flick of his wrist, Chaos Qi erupted suddenly.
Gu Chen was thrown out, tumbling dozens of times in the air before crashing through a stone mountain and finally regaining his footing.
"Puff!"
Gu Chen spat out a mouthful of dark golden blood.
He got up, stared at Lin Fan in the distance, and finally revealed genuine seriousness and barely suppressed excitement in his eyes. "You... you really do have something."
Lin Fan said, "Now you can leave... The Kunpeng Treasure Technique is mine!"
Gu Chen did not leave.
He gripped his halberd tightly, and the scales on his body began to burn, with dark golden laws surging out like flames from the gaps in each scale.
"I... haven't encountered such a strong opponent in a long time!"
His eyes burned like the blazing sun, his voice sharp as metal striking stone, "I'm not leaving. I want to... finish this fight with you."
Lin Fan looked at him, raised an eyebrow slightly, and then nodded. "Okay, then I'll be serious."
He took a step.
boom!
The Chaos Gods and Devils Body was fully activated, and the Chaos Qi spread like a vast ocean, causing the void within a hundred miles to tremble slightly, as if the laws in the air were being boiled.
"What kind of constitution is this...?"
Gu Chen's pupils contracted; he could sense that the level of that power was beyond what an ordinary Saint Realm could reach.
It was an almost crushing suppression, a suppression stemming from the very essence of life.
But he did not back down.
He raised his halberd, the dark golden laws merging with the scales on his body, transforming into a burning meteorite that burst forth from the ruins of the stone mountain, his halberd like a dragon, thrusting towards Lin Fan's chest.
This strike was three times faster and three times heavier than the previous one.
Lin Fan still did not use any magical artifacts.
He raised his fist, and the Chaos Qi and the Law of the Fist Dao intertwined on the surface of his fist to form a chaotic fist imprint. Thousands of Giant Elephant Particles in his body roared at the same time, and the dragon roar of the True Dragon Precious Technique exploded in an instant.
True Dragon Fist combined with Hunyuan Fist, ten times the critical strike damage.
boom!
Fists and spears clashed.
The entire island trembled violently, the Black Sea surged with towering waves, and dark golden shockwaves spread wildly in all directions, sending countless cultivators on the outskirts flying.
Gu Chen flew backwards.
The halberd in his hand was broken in two, his left arm was twisted at an unnatural angle, a large patch of the scale armor on his chest was shattered, and dark golden blood flowed down as if it were free.
He crashed onto the edge of the altar, struggled for a moment, but couldn't get up.
He stared at the white-clad figure in the distance, who was retracting his fist, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "You..."
He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but found his throat filled with the taste of blood.
Lin Fan walked up to him, looked down at him, and asked, "Given up?"
Gu Chen was silent for a moment, then nodded. "... I'm convinced."
Lin Fan said, "We became friends after this fight. From now on, you'll follow me."
Ji Kun's strength is starting to fall short of his!
He needs new underlings!
Gu Chen was stunned. "What? Me, the mighty Great Saint... a prodigy who swept through an entire era!"
Lin Fan said, "What's wrong with the Great Saint? Can't the Great Saint be a subordinate?"
He reached out, Chaos Qi condensed into a golden rune in his palm. The Chaos Qi pulsed, and a pair of purple-gold Double Pupils flashed, locking onto Gu Chen.
As long as Gu Chen dares to say a single word of dissent...
Lin Fan killed him on the spot!
Gu Chen sensed the immense power emanating from Lin Fan and realized he still had many trump cards up his sleeve. His expression shifted several times before he finally sighed, "... Alright!"
[Ding! Host has subdued the villain Gu Chen. Gu Chen was originally destined to die at the hands of the Lesser Demon Emperor in the later stages of the Immortal Ancient Ruins, but now belongs to the host! Received 300,000 Villain Points!]
[Ding! The host has defeated and suppressed Gu Chen, the freak of the Great Sage Realm, which is in line with villainous behavior. Receive 150,000 Villain Points!]
Lin Fan patted his shoulder. "Get up. You've been guarding this altar for a whole day and night. You should have studied the fragments of that precious technique by now. Tell me, what did you discover?"
Gu Chen stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although his face was still a little pale, he had regained his unruly and rugged appearance.
"That precious technique is indeed incomplete; it's only half a scroll..."
"The main focus is on the Kunpeng's speed and its method of devouring!"
He pointed to the dark blue light above the altar. "The patterns on the bones are the fragment of the original text; I can't sense the complete Daoist essence."
Lin Fan nodded.
He walked to the altar, raised his right hand, and the Chaos Qi reached out towards the dark blue bone like a tentacle.
Buzz!
The ball of light trembled slightly, as if trying to discern the presence of the newcomer.
A moment later, the dark blue bone softened and flowed into Lin Fan's palm.
Fragmented images flashed through his mind.
A colossal bird, its wingspan soaring like clouds hanging from the sky, swallows a sea of stars with every breath.
That's Kunpeng.
But it's not complete.
The image breaks at a crucial moment, as if a corner has been torn off by an invisible hand.
Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes, a flash of Chaos Qi passing through them. "As expected, it's an incomplete manual, only enough to learn the basics of the Kunpeng Technique."
But he was not disappointed.
[Ding! Detected that the host has acquired Incomplete Kunpeng Treasure Technique. Host, would you like to spend 1.5 million Villain Points complete the Kunpeng Treasure Technique?!]