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Translator: Cubic
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*Splat!* Blood sprayed in the air, like a blooming flower with a morbid sense of beauty.
Everyone felt that the sword light was beautiful, like unimpeded moonlight. It lit up the sky but the bloody aura it carried caused their souls to shake in extreme fear.
It was like a fairy from the moon had descended to the mortal realm.
Despite such a beautiful sight, the Purple Mansion’s Sacred Emperor Realm Master was frozen in place. His eyes were wide open, with panic and despair in them yet to fade. However, the lights had already left them.
It was the destruction of both body and soul! The bloody hole between his brows made for a grisly sight, causing everyone to be taken aback
In a matter of seconds, an expert in the Sacred Emperor Realm, who seemed incomparably powerful, was destroyed in both body and soul.
Seeing the light smile on Gu Changge’s face, everyone shivered. Some people were so stunned that they couldn’t speak.
The middle-aged man, whom the old man saved, was as white as paper, without a hint of blood on his face. He couldn’t stop his body from shaking, he felt fear to such an extreme, he almost reeled back.
“The Sacred Emperor Realm Master is dead…”
Some finally reacted. They swallowed their saliva, and their voices trembled. They could already foresee the unimaginable shifts that were going to happen in the Upper Realm.
“As expected. Gu Changge had already anticipated this, and made preparations beforehand. I guess I worried for nothing…” Gu Xianer was also wide-eyed with shock. She didn’t know who that lady was just now, but from Gu Changge’s attitude, it should be someone from the Immortal Gu Family, who was unfathomably powerful.
“That was way too domineering. Not a single word, directly going in to kill someone in the Scared Emperor Realm…”
“This was someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm we’re talking about…”
The King with Six Crowns, the Phoenix Lady, and Ying Yu were also wide-eyed with shock. Chills went down their spines, and they found it hard to accept what they just saw. However, they clearly know that the matters today would definitely cause a great uproar among all factions.
A Third-Order Scared Emperor Realm Master should be considered an invincible existence in the Upper Realm. An expert without a rival.
Even the forces behind those present would be extremely respectful towards someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm, without daring to slight them. After all, those who could reach the Scared Emperor were all geniuses of their era.
Those referred to be young prodigies may be gifted, but whether they could reach that cultivation level was still hard to say.
Purple Mansion had sent someone like that, intending to solve the matter today and protect Sky King Zhi Yang. In everyone’s opinion, it was a forgone conclusion that couldn’t be changed once that old man had appeared. After all, although Gu Changge possessed a Sacred Emperor Grade artifact, he should still not be able to contend against someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm.
When that old man made his move, everyone was still guessing why Gu Changge was so calm, without any signs of fear. But now, they finally understand. The strength of this peerless expert behind him was simply too frightening. She was able to kill someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm in one strike.
Such a feat could never be accomplished even if it was another person in the Scared Emperor Realm. Much less in one move. This could only mean that the mysterious person from a moment ago, reached a height greater than the Sacred Emperor Realm.
[Could it be? An expert in the Nirvana Realm?] Thinking of this, everyone’s expression changed. shock, fear and alarm flashing by their faces. Thos in the Nirvana Realm were existences that suppressed Fortuity, and were hidden powers of their respective force. It should be impossible for them to directly make a move like this. Normally, they only rouse from their seclusions when the whole force they were backing faced life or death.
No one expected this matter to alarm an Immortal Gu Family’s Nirvana Realm Master, and to think this expert was hidden behind Gu Changge this whole time, just waiting for Purple Mansion to lose patience and attack.
Just from this alone showed how important the Immortal Gu Family regarded Gu Changge! They obviously knew that Purple Mansion would definitely try something, so they prepared this beforehand.
Or perhaps, the real purpose was to find an excuse to move against Purple Mansion?
Regardless of the reason, the Immortal Gu Family was bound to be seen as on the side of justice. After all, under the eyes of so many people, Purple Mansion had shown they were the strong bullying the weak, when they planned to teach Gu Changge a lesson.
It was unsurprising even someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm met with such a fate and Purple Mansion could only swallow their grievances.
“Even a Sacred Emperor Master has met his end. Sky King Zhi Yang, even if he is still the Successor of Purple Mansion, he already had his Chaos Dao Bone dug out, and is no better than dead… I’m afraid Purple Mansion will go mad after today.”
“That is most likely the case? Not to mention, Purple Mansion’s behavior is no different than declaring war on the Immoral Gu Family. They had their Sacred Emperor Realm Master attack Young Master Gu. How is that any different from a provocation for war?”
“Their Sacred Emperor Realm Master is dead. I can only say they were asking for it. They were so arrogant just a moment ago, they should’ve known there would be consequences.”
A cultivator couldn’t help whispering this, thinking about the aftermath this would cause. In the many years, this was the first time they heard of someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm dying. Moreover, he was killed by an unfathomable expert in front of everyone.
Just now, everyone saw that blurry figure that made a move. However, no one could see the person’s face clearly. They could only roughly guess that it was a woman of peerless grace and Talent.
“Does anyone else want to have a go?” Gu Changge glanced at the expert from Purple Mansion, who were quaking down to their souls and he faintly smiled.
“Or does anyone want to try retrieving Sky King Zhi Yang’s Chaos Dao Bone?” Saying this, he motioned at the Chaos Dao Bone, which was glowing with purple mist and covered with divinity. The thick mist tangling together was mysterious and beautiful, and felt like it could transform all of the Heavens and the myriad worlds.
When Zhi Yang’s bone was dug out by Gu Changge, he had yet to faint. Rather, he was trying to hold out until his Martial Uncle could come to his rescue and take him away. However, at the next moment, his Martial Uncle, his ray of hope, had been killed by a powerful master. He finally couldn’t hold back anymore and spat out blood before losing consciousness. To be fair, how could he continue to persevere after suffering such a huge blow?
At this moment, hearing Gu Changge’s words, those from Purple Mansion were pale with fear. They trembled in place, and looked at Gu Changge with horror, scared that he would suddenly massacre everyone.
Even their expert in the Scared Emperor Realm had died. So, what could they possibly do? Fight? Their death would only come sooner.
“It seems that you bunch still have some senses. The death sentence could be spared… but it would be hard to escape the suffering.” Gu Changge looked at their frightened faces while maintaining his smile. However, when he spoke the latter half of his sentence, his tone took a cold, sharp turn.
“Purple mansion colluded with the Successor of Demonic Arts to harm their peers. They deserved to be punished by the masses. Someone, come and lock up this group from Purple Mansion. We’ll decide what to do with them later.” After he finished speaking, behind his back, rays of divine rainbows came rumbling over, like an army on horseback. It was dazzling to the point of threatening everyone. Each of them were donned in armors and wielded large weaponry, exuding domineering and bloody aura.
“They are… Where did Young Master Gu dispatch the Unrivalled Guards from?” Everyone was surprised by the scene after they finally noticed the group of elites Gu Changge had dispatched.
The entire group, composed of only those above the Enlightened Noble Realm. They all carried an intense bloody aura, as if they had slaughtered their way out of a mountain of corpses.
““If Gu Changge had planned everything from the start, he not only wanted to take care of Sky King Zhi Yang, but he also did not intend to let Purple Mansion off from the start. What a tyrannical guy.” The King with Six Crown’s pupils couldn’t help shrinking as he couldn’t suppress the shock in his heart.
“Gu Changge must have discovered where Zhi Yang was hiding a long time ago. He merely didn’t act because he was waiting for the arrival of experts from Purple Mansion so that he could find a suitable excuse to act. Siii… does he really plan to destroy Purple Mansion?” At this time, the Phoenix Lady finally reacted. She had seen plenty of brilliant schemes before. Yet, today, she couldn’t help feeling a bit fearful and sucked in a cold breath of air.
Under everyone’s shocked eyes, the Unrivalled Guards let loose their murderous aura and charged down. They immediately encircled those from Purple Mansion, intending to take them down.
At this time, although the experts from Purple Mansion were livid, they didn’t dare to resist.
They arrived quickly, but were suppressed even faster. Among them, the Sacred King Realm expert’s had his Knowledge Sea sealed before being restrained. Furthermore, he did not dare to resist at all.
Gu Changege didn’t choose to kill Sky King Zhi Yang at this moment. He just sealed the latter’s Knowledge Sea and threw him to the Unrivalled Guards. After all, he still had other uses for Sky King Zhi Yang. However, before he tossed the latter away, he took away Sky King Zhi Yang’s bottle of water from the Lake of Reincarnation.
He had seen Qin Wuya hand this bottle to Gu Xianer, but Gu Xianer didn’t take it so Zhi Yang had taken it back.
“Why are you still in a daze? Soon, I will find out where they hid Qin Xiaoyi. After all, Sky King Zhi Yang is now in my hands, sooner or later he will confess to everything.” Gu Changge landed from the sky. With a smile, he arrived by Gu Xianer’s side as she was still in a daze.
“En.” Gu Xianer nodded, she didn’t retort to him like she would have done in the past. Rather, she was weirdly quiet and tranquil as if she was going to ascend to become an Immortal at any moment.
Gu Changge could guess what she was think, he smiled, “What’s wrong, you’re still thinking about what happened before?”
Hearing him take the initiative to mention his topic, Gu Xianer was surprised. She glanced at Gu Changge and didn’t say anything, but her attitude spoke for itself. She wasn’t stupid and could even be considered smarter than average cultivator.
Before, she thought Qin Wuya and Zhi Yang harbored ill intentions to wreck her relationship with Gu Changge. That was why she got mad and without thinking too deeply about it. She just simple-mindedly determined that it was Qin Wuya and Zhi Yang slandering Gu Changge.
[However, from the looks of everything, Gu Changge had long planned to deal with Sky King Zhi Yang. After all, he even brought an expert in the Nirvana Realm from the Immortal Gu Family with him. Such arrangements could not be made in one day. Meaning, he had been planning this for a while. From this perspective, Sky King Zhi Yang was more like an unlucky ghost, and had no chance to begin with…]
The more she thought about it, the scarier he seemed. Gu Xianer knew Gu Changge wasn’t a completely evil person, but he also wasn’t anything decent either.
As for the scene Sky King Zhi Yang had shown her, Gu Xianer never took it seriously to begin with. Although Gu Changge was a deeply shrewd person, and had terrifying methods, he never truly harmed her. [If he was really interested in my Source, with my meagre skills, how am I able to live up to now? But, what if Qin Wuya and Zhi Yang were speaking the truth? How should I face Gu Changge in the future? If he is really the Successor of Demonic Arts, what would that make me? The Successor of Demonic Arts’ accomplice?]
Actually, Gu Xianer did not think too badly of the Successor of Demonic Arts. This was because her Masters from Peach Village were a mix of righteous and evil, and each had their own conducts. However, she still hoped for their words to be false and that it was just Sky King Zhi Yang’s ploy to damage their relationship.
“I still feel like I must confess some things to you. Otherwise you’ll always have an expression like I owe you money.” Gu Changge looked at Gu Xianer who was lost in thought and said this. At the same time, he motioned for the Unrivalled Guards to take away those from Purple Mansion.
In the distance, the young prodigies wanted to come up and offer their praises, however, they sensibly stayed in their place and did not come over. What they saw today shocked them to their core and there were many things they wanted to ask Gu Changge. But, they did not.
Even the King with Six Crowns, the Phoenix Lady and the rest chose to not move forward. They were silent for a while before moving to leave, one after another. Divine rainbows flashed in the sky as many departed, believing that they had to share what had happened to their respective Sect or Family.
“Hm?” Gu Xianer’s thoughts were interrupted as she looked at Gu Changge with suspicion. Although she was rather displeased with his expression, she was still curious about what Gu Changge wanted to say to her.
“Actually, before you came here, I already found this place. Everything Sky King Zhi Yang said to you, I heard them all too… Including how he said I was the Successor of Demonic Arts, and how you were their Junior Sister in your past life and only needed to drink the water from the Lake of Reincarnation to restore your memory… Naturally, I also saw that scene, and also heard you saying that you were willing, even if that is your future.” Gu Changge confessed all this in a calm manner. But when he said the last bit of his sentence, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help tugging into a playful smile.
Hearing this, Gu Xianer’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise. Hearing the last part of his words, she couldn’t bear it anymore and felt her face getting hot. [Argh! Why did I say that earlier! He even heard it!]
Seeing Gu Changge’s expression, she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.
“Gu Changge, don’t you dare read too deeply into it. It’s merely something I said in the spur of the moment. Don’t tell me you took it for real?” Gu Xianer had cultivated her mind, so very quickly, her face returned to normal and she shot him a glance as she retorted. Her expression now reads ‘you wish what I said was real’.
On the other hand, she didn’t expect Gu Changge to say all this. Still, him telling her these things significantly improved her mood. She realised that it wasn’t really Gu Changge’s identity that was bothering her, but rather his attitude.
“Aren’t you overreacting a bit? I’m telling you all these things because I want you to understand something.” Gu Changge said with a light smile.
“I know, actually, you didn’t have to tell me this.” Gu Xianer said, “Although nothing good comes out of your mouth, I still trust you.”
“No, everything Qin Wuya and Sky King Zhi Yang said is true.” Gu Changge waved his hand and interrupted her. His words made Gu Xianer stunned. She half thought Gu Changge was joking with her.
He continued, “that’s why, in the future, you should stay a bit further away from me. Who knows, one day if you make me unhappy, I just might throw you into a dungeon, drink your blood, dig out your bone, and swallow your Source as I please to teach you a lesson on trusting me.“
“Yet, you showed up here alone, because you couldn’t bear seeing Sky King Zhi Yang hurt me?” Gu Xianer snapped out of her daze, and unable to bear the itching feeling, she threw back a retort with some indignation.
“That’s right. After all, I’ve said it before. No one is allowed to bully you besides me. Sky King Zhi Yang was just asking for death, he can only blame himself.” Gu Changge nodded his head in a serious manner. He then said somewhat regretfully, “It’s just that you’re really too weak. Originally I thought with your level of strength, you wouldn’t be injured by him.”
Gu Xianer was stunned, she suddenly remembered the feud between Gu Changge and Sky King Zhi Yang seemed to have started because of her. Whether Gu Changge was dealing with Sky King Zhi Yang or dealing with Purple Mansion, it was all for her in one way or another. [To think I was only concerned about his identity and his frightening means…]
“You can’t dislike me for being weak…” Thinking up to here, Gu Xianer stared at Gu Changge and snorts.
Many thanks
Ok. Did he just tell her that everything those two said was true? And this is her reaction? Or am I missing something?