This unbelievable scene shocked them both, and one of them immediately spoke up.
"We entered this mountain only to search for someone, and unintentionally offended you, senior. Please punish us!"
"Punishment?" The man drew closer, and suddenly, a deep, murderous voice echoed throughout the surroundings, "Then pay with your lives!"
When they saw who it was, they were utterly astonished!
Because the person wielding the tree branches was none other than Gu Chen, who had been beaten to the point of vomiting blood yesterday and fled to this place!
What happened?
The one who can control the tree branches is actually this kid? Their defeated foe?
Eight Desolations Leg was the first to react, a ferocious look appearing on his face. He roared, "Playing tricks, kid! Since you dare to show yourself, then prepare to die!"
They weren't usually this talkative, but ever since they met Gu Chen yesterday, things had been going wrong for them, and they almost got killed by Gu Chen at the last moment. Eight Desolations Leg, seething with anger, suddenly kicked out and charged towards Gu Chen!
Don't go!
Six Harmonies Fist wanted to warn them, but it was too late.
Before the Eight Desolations Leg could even get close to Gu Chen, the right leg that was kicked out was swept away by a tree branch and severed in two!
Amidst splattering blood, his severed right leg rose into the air before crashing heavily to the ground. The Eight Desolations Leg relied solely on its leg techniques; now, with his right leg severed, his pupils dilated, and he screamed in utter agony!
"What are you yelling about!" Gu Chen frowned, looked at the two, and said calmly, "It seems that using Qi manipulation techniques is too much of a bully for you." As he spoke, he gently pinched the branch and snapped it in two with a crack.
The two didn't even see Gu Chen make any move before he appeared in front of them the next moment.
"You..." Six Harmonies Fist was contorted with rage, his intact finger pointing at Gu Chen, too shocked to utter a word.
"Isn't it strange? Yesterday I was completely defenseless, but today I seem like a different person?" Gu Chen sneered, "Yesterday I was ambushed by you when I was exhausted, but now I've turned misfortune into blessing and my skills have improved. Tell me, shouldn't I thank you properly?"
Exhausted yesterday?
Upon hearing this, Six Harmonies Fist trembled. Martial artists are exhausted. Even at his level, it would take more than a day or two for the Inner Breath in his dantian to recover. Yet Gu Chen recovered in just one night. Not only did he recover, but he also broke through and improved. This was simply unbelievable!
"Speak, who sent you?" Gu Chen's voice was chilling as he stared coldly at them. "You won't talk, huh?"
Seeing that they remained silent, Gu Chen felt a chill in his heart. He took out a needle and pierced it directly into Six Harmonies Fist's skull. Six Harmonies Fist screamed in agony, feeling his blood rush to his head. His eyes became bloodshot, his eyeballs almost bulging out, and his head was in excruciating pain, as if it were about to explode.
"I've taken control of your brain nerves and your acupoints," Gu Chen said in a deep voice. "Have you ever heard of the extreme punishments of ancient times? Now I'll let you experience them."
This man is even more cruel and terrifying than them; he's practically a demon!
Six Harmonies Fist looked at Gu Chen. The latter's aura was too powerful now, and his methods and strength were completely different from yesterday. Even if his arm hadn't been severed, he wouldn't be a match for him.
Seeing that Six Harmonies Fist remained silent, Gu Chen stepped forward, about to continue his threats.
But then, his brow furrowed.
Not good!
Suddenly, a stream of dark red blood oozed from Six Harmonies Fist's lips. Then, his body tilted backward at a 180-degree angle and fell heavily to the ground.
He committed suicide by poisoning!
Gu Chen checked the Six Harmonies Fist's aura; it was lifeless!
He looked at the Eight Desolations Leg beside him, and saw the same expression: eyes wide open, gazing at the sky, and upon checking its nose, mouth, and meridians, it too was lifeless.
Damn it!
Gu Chen never expected that before he could even resort to any extreme torture or coercion, these two would so decisively commit suicide by poison. Clearly, they had been hiding a deadly poison under their tongues all along; these assassins, once their mission failed, would choose suicide like death squad members.
Standing there for a long time, looking at the two corpses, Gu Chen's expression changed constantly.
The two people Jiang Kun hired were not only assassins, but also death squad members?!
They searched the two men for a while but found nothing, not even their wallets or mobile phones. It was as if they had appeared out of thin air; no one knew how they had gotten to Zhou City.
However, Gu Chen did not miss anything. He found two identical tokens on the waists of the two people. They were probably some kind of tokens, made of pure gold. The front was engraved with the character "fire," and the back had a strange pattern with the character "wind" written in small seal script.
"Fire? Wind?"
Although the two assassins were dead, Gu Chen felt no relief or satisfaction. He disliked this passive and uncertain feeling.
After staring at the token in his hand for a long time, Gu Chen thought of a place where he might be able to ask about the origins of these two people.
With that thought in mind, Gu Chen put both tokens into his pocket and then went down the mountain.
As for the two corpses on the ground, Gu Chen let them be dumped in the wilderness, too lazy to bother with them.
Gu Chen hailed a ride, and the driver initially didn't want to take him because he saw the blood all over Gu Chen's body. But when Gu Chen took out a thousand yuan and put it on the hood of the car, the driver immediately changed his mind.
Once inside the city, Gu Chen got off the bus in a secluded corner, jumped out of the window, went into a house to take a shower, grabbed a set of clothes, left a thousand yuan, and then emerged looking refreshed.
After a while, it was almost noon. Gu Chen took a taxi and returned to his apartment building. The medicine stove that Zhao Haiqing had brought had arrived. After taking it, Gu Chen thought for a moment but didn't go inside. Instead, he called his father.
He was missing all night yesterday, Gu Beichi was extremely worried, sending people everywhere to search for him. He only felt a little relieved after receiving his call today.
Gu Chen didn't tell his father about the ambush, firstly because he didn't want his father to worry, and secondly because he had important things to do and didn't want his father to get involved.
Since becoming Divine Emperor, Gu Chen has never suffered such a great loss, almost dying in the streets. He would not be satisfied if he did not avenge this!
After taking the medicine furnace, Gu Chen took a taxi again and went to the alley at the entrance of the black market.
He didn't have Zhao Bo's contact information, but he knew that Zhao Bo usually lived there, so he went straight to Zhao Bo's house after arriving.
"Master?" Zhao Bo was surprised to see Gu Chen standing at his door after opening the door.
"Okay." Gu Chen didn't waste any words with Zhao Bo and went straight inside.
Zhao Bo's house is a two-story villa. Although it looks like an old demolished house from the outside, the interior is very well decorated. Although Zhao Bo has never revealed his cultivation level, it would be too easy for him to make money. So the house is fully stocked with all kinds of things, including many calligraphy and paintings and antiques.
Seeing Gu Chen carry in a cauldron, Zhao Bo was extremely surprised and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"
"Do you recognize this?" Gu Chen tossed the sign out.
Zhao Bo took the token, his face immediately filled with astonishment, and said, "Beacon Fire Token?"