Goodbye, everyone!
Gu Chen laughed wildly, then stepped into the void, his body swirling in the swirling wind, and leaped away. The others left behind looked at each other, completely bewildered.
However, a short while later, a martial artist rushed towards the deep pit!
"You brat from the Cui Family, what virtue or ability do you possess to dare meddle in the methods of cultivating immortality!"
Before the man even got close to the pit, a gust of wind swept past with incredible speed! The Cui Family warrior was instantly struck, his body seemingly falling from mid-air, coughing up blood!
Once one person took action, the others followed suit!
"Anyone who dares to use cultivation techniques is going against the Xiang Family!"
"To hell with you! The capable should rule! This thing belongs to the Cao Family!"
"Get out of my way! I am the Fourth Elder of the Wu Family! This is mine! Get out of here!"
At this moment, curses, roars, and the sounds of clashing techniques rang out all around like fireworks, one after another!
Gu Chen's trap caught all the pursuers completely off guard!
Yes, this was a trap. Many people probably knew in their hearts that there might not be any cultivation manuals in that deep pit, but even if there was only a one in a thousand chance, no, even a one in ten thousand chance, they still wanted to take the plunge and try!
When Gu Chen threw the ancient texts into the deep pit, no one cared, no one made a move. But when he was about to destroy them, no one could hold back. After all, everyone has this mentality; the so-called fear of loss was fake when the texts were in Gu Chen's hands, but it was real when they were destroyed!
For a time, people from all sides were fighting desperately for the "immortal cultivation manual," while Gu Chen remained an observer, watching from a distance for a while before leaving gracefully.
They were now very close to the Heaven and Earth Forest, probably in about an hour. To avoid some trouble, Gu Chen sped up again.
Less than half an hour after Gu Chen left, a streak of light suddenly flashed by, and a figure landed nearby. The scene was utterly tragic. The major families were fighting fiercely over the scriptures, with many dead and severely injured.
Upon seeing this scene, the figure's eyes narrowed, as if he were seeing the scene more than ten years ago when the "Heaven-Reaching Netherworld Art" was born, with rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the fields!
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Finally, a man climbed into the deep pit, took the charred, unrecognizable book in his hand, and laughed wildly. But his laughter was abruptly cut short, because behind him, a warrior wielding a long sword, his face covered in blood, had his weapon pierce straight through his chest!
The man fell to the ground, and the book in his hand fell into the hands of the man behind him.
The sword-wielding man had disheveled hair, clearly having just gone through a fierce battle. His arm trembled, yet he held the sheepskin book with the weight of a thousand pounds, his eyes shining with an extraordinary light.
"I got it! Our Murong Family is about to rise to power! Hahaha, this time our Murong Family will become the number one family!"
The figure in the distance could no longer bear to watch. His body, like a cannonball, plunged into the deep pit. The tree branches and dust, burned to powder, were sent flying by his kick, swirling in the air.
The man wielding the sword looked terrified when he saw this person, but he quickly brandished his sword and then put the book in his robes.
"Zhuge Family, Zhuge Wangyue..." The man's lips trembled uncontrollably, and his mouth was filled with the pungent smell of blood.
Before him stood Zhuge Wangyue, who had rushed over upon receiving the news.
Zhuge Wangyue grabbed the sword-wielding man's head and threw him away with a thud. Then she picked up the book in her hand, which turned out to be a book of Modern Prose!
"A bunch of useless trash, a bunch of useless trash!" Zhuge Wangyue squeezed the book hard, crushing it to dust. His face was extremely gloomy amidst the powder!
In the crowd, he also spotted two warriors from his Zhuge Family, both lying on the ground, clearly beyond saving. This chaotic battle lasted only thirty minutes, yet it was so brutal!
At this moment, fewer than twenty people have survived!
The thought that these powerful and prestigious families in this Land of Heaven and Earth could be manipulated by an outsider filled Zhuge Wangyue with inexplicable rage!
He grabbed a martial artist who wasn't quite dead yet, pulled him up by the collar, and coldly asked, "Where's Gu Chen?"
"No, I don't know..." the man replied, spitting out blood.
"You don't know?" Zhuge Wangyue's eyes were icy cold as she said, "You actually lost sight of our most important target for something as small as this!"
"Zhuge Wangyue, stop scolding me... Once our Wu Family obtains the secret technique, we will surely surpass you..."
"Surpass your mother!" Even with Zhuge Wangyue's composure, he couldn't help but curse! This group of people had all gone mad, they had all fallen into a demonic state! A cultivation manual could drive even Grandmaster Realm like them crazy, let alone these Bone-Forge Realm warriors!
Gu Chen's rapid ascent was as alluring as poppies to them. Even the smallest sparrow has the right to yearn for the blue sky, and of course they wanted to reach the sky in one leap as well!
"He... he went to the Heaven and Earth Forest."
On the ground, a martial artist suddenly spoke, pointing in the direction Gu Chen had left, saying, "It's... it's that direction."
Gu Chen, you deserve to die!
Zhuge Wangyue, her face contorted with rage and radiating overwhelming killing intent, shot directly towards the Heaven and Earth Forest!
"We can't let him enter the Heaven and Earth Forest. Not only are there Heaven and Earth Beast inside, but the terrain is also complex, and it connects to the Endless Sea..." Zhuge Wangyue pushed her speed to the limit, chasing after him while thinking, "Yes, we can't let him in, we absolutely can't!"
Thinking of this, Zhuge Wangyue suddenly took out a jade pendant and called out into it, "I am Zhuge Wangyue! Go to the Heaven and Earth Forest and intercept him! Gu Chen is going to enter the Heaven and Earth Forest, and I will follow him. Go all of you!"
The Land of Heaven and Earth belongs to the Small Thousand World, so there are no high-tech instruments such as signal towers and satellites here. Their communication tool is this kind of jade pendant!
The jade pendant has a mysterious origin; it was issued by the Heaven and Earth Palace. Theoretically, only members of the six great families, or even high-ranking members, could possess it. However, later on, it evolved so that anyone who entered the top thirty of the Dragon Ranking would also be issued a jade pendant.
In other words, it's like a walkie-talkie; once someone speaks, everyone who owns the jade pendant can hear them. And families, driven by selfish desires or personal gain, rarely use the jade pendant!
But now, in order to keep Gu Chen here, Zhuge Wangyue has no choice but to use the jade pendant! Because he knows that with Gu Chen's lawless nature, once he enters the Heaven and Earth Forest, he will probably bring an unprecedented disaster to the Land of Heaven and Earth!