Hunyuan Gate, Yao Yue Palace, the Huwei Wang Family, Blackwind Cave, and all the other major sects of the Great Northwest had Xiao Zhe Manor surrounded so tightly that not a drop of water could leak through. People were everywhere, in all directions, all operating their Nascent Souls, unleashing their Spiritual Power, holding flying swords, glaring at Gu Qingfeng with predatory eyes.
The twenty-four Immortal Prodigies of the Immortal Office—Murong Tian, Shentu Hao, Han Feng, and the others—were shouting the loudest and most arrogantly. They had already summoned their Immortal Protections, pointing their swords at Gu Qingfeng.
Of course.
Cao Hongyun, the head of the Nine Suns of Hunyuan Gate.
Zhong Yulong of Yao Yue Palace.
Wang She of the Huwei Wang Family.
Young Master Zhu Chi of Blackwind Cave, and the other geniuses ranked among the Ten Great Prodigies, were also unwilling to fall behind.
Having just witnessed the Nine Dragons and Eighteen Elephants of the Changhong Branch being sent flying by a single ordinary sound from Gu Qingfeng, none of them dared to breathe too heavily. Now, with all the major sects stirring and tensions at a breaking point, these top prodigies from each sect stepped forward to flaunt their power.
Especially Zhong Yulong.
His face flushed red, he pointed his flying sword at Gu Qingfeng and roared with arrogant fury, "You ignorant dog who doesn't know his own death! Do you think impersonating the heir of Lord Chixiao allows you to run rampant in our Great Northwest?
Let me tell you!
With me, Zhong Yulong, here today, I won't allow you to be so insolent!"
"Bastard!
Come out and accept your death!"
Gu Qingfeng's eyes turned cold with anger. As he raised his hand, Zhong Yulong didn't even know what was happening before he felt a terrifying suction force instantly pull him over. By the time he reacted, a hand had already clamped around his neck.
The hand belonged to none other than Gu Qingfeng.
A collective gasp!
Zhong Yulong's face turned deathly pale with fright. He struggled desperately, wildly operating his profound Nascent Soul. Surging Spiritual Power erupted, his Transcendent Great Perfection Colored Spirit instantly burst forth, and a powerful Yao Yue Seed also stirred into action. Unfortunately!
It was useless. Neither his powerful Nascent Soul, nor his Great Perfection Colored Spirit, nor the power of that Yao Yue Seed could help him in the slightest, nor could they budge Gu Qingfeng even a fraction.
Perhaps realizing his fear, Zhong Yulong thrashed his limbs like a land-dwelling duck thrown into the deep sea, shouting, "Elders!
Save me!"
The Elders of Yao Yue Palace, including Feilu, desperately unleashed their Immortal Arts!
"And who could possibly save you!"
As the words fell, Gu Qingfeng slapped down, and Zhong Yulong's head shattered on the spot!
Dead!
Just like that, he was dead!
Zhong Yulong, the number one figure of Yao Yue Palace, ranked among the Ten Great Prodigies of the Great Northwest, had just been slapped to death by Gu Qingfeng!
"No!"
"Monster!"
"Demon!
Give my disciple's life back!"
Feilu and the other Yao Yue Palace Elders went mad, unleashing their Immortal Arts. Gu Qingfeng neither dodged nor evaded. He swept his gaze upward, his eyes filled with utter stillness. Raising his arm, he struck out with a palm through the Void, shouting sharply, "Today, I'll not only take your disciple's life, I'll wipe out you bastards along with him!"
Crack!
That single palm strike through the Void caused space itself to shatter. Feilu and the hundred or so Yao Yue Palace Elders were instantly pulverized into dust!
Brutal!
Too brutal!
Terrifying!
Too terrifying!
One move!
Just one move, and over a hundred Yao Yue Palace Elders were utterly annihilated.
What move?
No move.
At least, it wasn't an Immortal Art, because everyone saw clearly that when Gu Qingfeng struck, there was no surge of Spiritual Power whatsoever. It was purely the force from his palm, yet it caused space to shatter, and the Yao Yue Palace Elders were all crushed to death by the shattering of space itself.
No one knew how he did it.
No!
One person knew. That person was Qian Shan.
"Absolute Force!
It really is Absolute Force!"
Qian Shan murmured in terror.
She had once heard Su Hua say that when a person's physical strength was cultivated to its extreme, breaking through the Laws of Force and attaining the Absolute, they could shake the barriers of space. This kind of force was called Absolute Force!
But what did it mean to cultivate strength to its extreme? What did it mean to break through the Laws of Force?
And what did Absolute Force even mean?
She didn't know, and she couldn't imagine.
She had only heard Su Hua say that the power Gu Qingfeng wielded, capable of shattering the Void with a mere gesture, might be the legendary Absolute Force.
Not just heard.
But witnessed with her own eyes.
Back at the Fengyun Branch, Gu Qingfeng had shattered the Void with every move and strike, slaughtering all around him!
Three years ago it was so.
Three years later, today, it was the same.
"Gu Qingfeng!
He really is Gu Qingfeng!"
At this moment, Qian Shan finally realized that this so-called Old Ninth was not Old Ninth at all. His claim to be Lord Chiyan was not a lie, nor an act. He truly was Lord Chiyan Gu Qingfeng, the one who had turned to ashes at the Tai Xuan Monument three years ago!
Heavens above!
He really hadn't died!
Even with Qian Shan's rich experience and broad knowledge, at this moment, her mind was somewhat chaotic, her thoughts blank. Her eyes were wide with terror, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Here and now.
The sky was filled with Spiritual Power, filled with flashes of blades and swords!
The Elders of the various major sects were frantically surrounding and attacking Gu Qingfeng. Immortal Arts filled the sky like a storm of pear blossoms, like a blizzard of snow. Slaughter filled the air, surging like wind and clouds. The various sects attempted to use the tactic of overwhelming numbers, their endless power seeking to obliterate Gu Qingfeng.
They believed that no matter how powerful Gu Qingfeng's physical body was, it absolutely could not withstand endless Immortal Arts.
Even an Immortal would be worn down and killed!
This was a fact.
Since ancient times, who knew how many great powers, how many Immortals, had died under endless waves of Immortal Arts from countless foes.
After all, a person's Spiritual Power was limited. So was their Nascent Soul, their spirit. No matter how powerful the opponent, as long as you suppressed them and gradually wore them down, you could inevitably exhaust them to death.
They thought it would be so!
However.
That was only what they thought.
The man in white stood in mid-air.
His black hair danced wildly.
His white robes rustled.
Facing the sky full of Immortal Arts, he showed no fear whatsoever, allowing all manner of Immortal Arts to assail him. He didn't even block, didn't even frown.
Hand rose, palm fell!
Bang!
Cao Hongyun, head of the Nine Suns of Hunyuan Gate, died a violent death!
Bang!
Wang She of the Huwei Wang Family was pulverized into dust!
Bang!
Young Master Zhu Chi of Blackwind Cave was utterly annihilated!
One step forward, and the Void trembled. A second step, and it shook. A third, and it quaked. A fourth, and it cracked!
A series of crisp cracking sounds echoed as the Void continuously shattered. One after another, people from the various sects were crushed to dust by the shattering Void.
The man in white was not flushed, not out of breath, his expression especially calm—calm like a lonely, silent night. His pair of dark eyes were even more so, still as an abyss, without sorrow or joy, without anger or worry, without anything at all.
Kill!
Show no mercy!
A raised hand meant death, a fallen palm meant death!
A lifted foot cracked the Void, a set foot shook the earth!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the Void continuously shattered, bursts of blood mist flashed and vanished like roses, like fireworks.
A person's reputation, a tree's shadow.
Gu Qingfeng did not like killing. He never had.
But not liking it did not mean he would not kill!
On the contrary, once his killing intent was unleashed, he would not stop until the heavens and earth were plunged into darkness!
Either he wouldn't kill. If he killed, he would leave none alive!