"Blame yourself for being too arrogant," Gu Chen said calmly. "Zhuge Wangyue, you should have maintained a certain level of respect for things you can't understand. Now, it's too late for you to leave!"
"Damn it!" Zhuge Wangyue was like a man on fire, his face contorted, his body twisting wildly, emitting a series of piercing howls.
"Before you die, I'll tell you a secret," Gu Chen said. "Your unfortunate son, Zhuge Yanjia, has been cheated on by his wife, and Zhuge Kun, whom you suppressed, has become my disciple. After you die, I think it won't be long before he comes to take your son's life!"
"You, you dare..." Zhuge Wangyue roared.
But to Gu Chen, this sounded completely threatening, like the mournful cry of a wild beast before its death, utterly pathetic.
"Let me give you one more piece of advice." Gu Chen took five steps in two, directly in front of Zhuge Wangyue, reached into the flames, grabbed his sparse hair, and looked at him coldly, saying, "Those who insult others will always be insulted!"
Those who insult others will always be insulted in return!
Zhuge Wangyue was startled, and in that instant, he suddenly felt a pang of regret.
"What I said at the Starfall Cliff, I must now fulfill!"
After Gu Chen finished speaking, he slammed Zhuge Wangyue's head hard onto the ground, then picked up the longsword that Zhuge Wangyue had dropped and pierced through her chest with a single stroke! Blood splattered everywhere, and Gu Chen's fierce expression was reflected in the sword light, only to become unusually calm in an instant.
Without even glancing at Zhuge Wangyue's corpse on the ground, Gu Chen put away the Three-Flame Fan, then grabbed the longsword he had plundered and charged towards the Heaven and Earth Forest once more.
Not long after Gu Chen left, several figures arrived at the location of their battle.
"A very strong aura!"
"Hmm, the aura of the sword's power still lingers in the air; this must be the swordsmanship of the Zhuge Family."
"One Sword Strikes? Could it be that Zhuge Wangyue has already stopped Gu Chen!"
"Quick, keep up!"
These four people were indeed Wei Family. However, when they arrived, they found the area around the hill in complete disarray, with numerous pits of varying depths scattered around. In the very center lay a charred corpse, emitting a foul stench and black smoke, a truly horrifying sight.
None of the four Wei Family spoke; the air was extremely tense!
Wei Fenghua frowned and went to the corpse first. His eyes still flickered with fear and deep disbelief. He picked up a jade pendant from beside the charred body, held it in his hand, and finally slowly spoke, "This... this is Zhuge Wangyue..."
Whoosh--
These words sent a chill down the spines of the other three! Although they had suspected something when they first arrived here and saw Zhuge Wangyue's corpse, they still couldn't accept it when Wei Fenghua said it aloud!
Who did it?
"Gu Chen?"
Wei Fenghua sensed the aura of battle around him, sighed, and said, "I saw Gu Chen fighting below on Starfall Cliff. His techniques were strange, but this is the kind of aura I sensed!"
"Gu Chen killed him!"
"But why is there no blood?" An elder of the Wei Family swallowed hard. "What I mean is, why isn't there any blood from Gu Chen?"
"Is there even a need to say it?" Wei Fenghua glanced at him, and although he didn't want to admit it, he still said in a deep voice, "Zhuge Wangyue didn't have the strength to hurt him at all!"
The Wei Family warriors were startled, exchanging glances, a sense of fear creeping into their eyes. Among them, Wei Fenghua Wei Fenghua the highest cultivation, comparable to Zhuge Wangyue's position on the Dragon Ranking!
But Gu Chen killed Zhuge Wangyue so easily, without even shedding a drop of blood. How terrifying is that?
"Gu Chen, isn't he ranked thirty-fifth on the Dragon Ranking?" a Wei Family warrior said in disbelief. "How could he kill someone? How could he kill Zhuge Wangyue!"
"Zhuge Wangyue is ranked sixteenth on the Dragon Ranking, several points stronger than you and me! Moreover, his One Sword Strikes was already accomplished. If we only consider the power of this sword, he is enough to be among the top ten!"
The three men all turned to look at Wei Fenghua. Wei Fenghua couldn't help but curse inwardly, "You're asking me? How would I know? I have no idea either."
But he noticed the astonishment in the eyes of the Wei Family elders and the others. After a moment's thought, he said, "There's only one reason that can explain this: Gu Chen has become stronger again!"
"He's gotten stronger again?" the Wei Family elder exclaimed. "In just one day, could he have gone from being ranked thirty-fifth on the Dragon Ranking to breaking into the top ten? And killed Zhuge Wangyue so easily?"
"Although I also think it's impossible, it might just be the truth." Wei Fenghua's eyes gleamed as he said, "However, this further proves the terrifying nature of cultivation methods."
Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Gu Chen couldn't improve this quickly when he was outside. This means that cultivation methods can only unleash such powerful effects in our Land of Heaven and Earth. The spiritual energy here is far more abundant than in the outside world!
Yes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward!
No wonder Gu Chen wasn't afraid to enter the Land of Heaven and Earth, even if it meant becoming a public enemy!
Because he has the confidence!
This confidence stems from the spiritual energy of the Land of Heaven and Earth!
These spiritual energies are unusable for martial artists, but those who cultivate immortality techniques can improve them at a rocket-like speed!
"We must obtain this cultivation method!" Wei Fenghua clenched his fist, glanced at the charred corpse on the ground, and said, "Zhuge Wangyue and I had some connection in the Heaven and Earth Palace, after all. Let's inform the Zhuge Family. Oh no, let's inform everyone. Zhuge Wangyue's death cannot be concealed; otherwise, our family will only suffer more losses. We must work together to capture Gu Chen!"
Gu Chen could already see the outline of the Heaven and Earth Forest when, at that moment, the jade pendant suddenly trembled. Gu Chen knew someone was speaking, so he quickly took it out and infused it with his True Qi. Immediately afterward, a man's voice came from the jade pendant.
"Don't fight alone! Gu Chen's current strength is probably more than just 35th on the Dragon Ranking!!!"
Whose voice is that?
Gu Chen held the jade pendant, listening intently. However, the voice was unfamiliar, and he couldn't recognize who it came from.
However, this did not stop Gu Chen from eavesdropping. After that voice spoke, a short while later, another voice rang out. This voice was very deep, and it seemed to belong to a person of high status: "What's going on?"
"Zhuge Family!" Wei Fenghua said, "Things have changed; we need to plan this carefully!"