Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start-Chapter 412 - 319: The First Martial Arts Prodigy of the Nine Provinces _1

Lin Bai, with a youthful face, tall and straight stature, eyes like bright stars, and an elegance resembling a scholar-bred noble, appeared exceedingly handsome.

Yet, it was precisely such a figure, akin to the scion of a great family, who was engaged in an intense battle with Xu Ya, a walker of the Xumi Buddhist Sect, that reached an extreme ferocity.

None could have imagined that within Lin Bai’s slender frame hid a terrifying power capable of shaking heaven and earth.

His pale palm struck out without a trace of light, but the surging force it unleashed caused a nearby hill to tremble, sending countless rocks clattering down.

The successor of the Xumi Buddhist Sect was also extraordinary. With a tall figure amidst swirling Gang Wind, a massive Shadow of Furious Dharma King appeared behind him.

"Has Xu Ya actually been forced to resort to the Furious Dharma King’s Sutra of the Xumi Buddhist Sect?" Xuan One and Ouyang Yu, also from the six major holy lands, watched this scene, their expressions subtly revealing a hint of surprise.

The Furious Dharma King’s Sutra, among the Superior Martial Skills of the Xumi Buddhist Sect, was one of the closest to Earth Grade. Its use proved that Xu Ya, the walker of the Xumi Buddhist Sect, had already employed at least seventy percent of his strength.

"To think that a mere martial warrior from the nine provinces can fight to such extent with Xu Ya is indeed extraordinary," Xuan One nodded.

Even Ouyang Yu from the domineering Burning Heaven Valley acknowledged Lin Bai’s prowess this time, saying, "It seems that he is indeed the top martial prodigy of the nine provinces."

Upon hearing this, Xuan One’s expression subtly changed. He remembered what his junior fellow apprentice, Xuan Yuan, had told him not long ago about Gu Chen. Xuan Yuan had spoken highly of Gu Chen’s talent, suggesting he could well be the number one in the nine provinces.

But now, having seen Lin Bai, Xuan One suddenly felt that Lin Bai might truly be the premier prodigy of the nine provinces.

After all, the fact that the other party could battle Xu Ya to such a degree was proof of his extraordinary nature.

Xu Ya was a walker of the Xumi Buddhist Sect, whose strength was on par with Xuan One of the Wuji Dao Gate and Ouyang Yu of the Burning Heaven Valley, which meant that Lin Bai was not much weaker than them.

Although Gu Chen was also exceptionally talented, Xuan One believed that compared to Lin Bai, he was still considerably inferior.

Even though Lin Bai was a few years older than Gu Chen, the difficulty of the Hundred Orifices Stage increased with each stage; thus, an age gap of three or four years wasn’t considered significant.

"Xuan One, hand over the token!"

At that moment, Ouyang Yu’s aura blazed fiercely, fiery light intense, as he struck towards Xuan One of the Wuji Dao Gate with a palm that seemed capable of burning all in its path.

Boom!

Xuan One made his move, his clear radiance spread wide to defend, and the grand battle between the two immediately unfolded.

The battles on both fronts intensified, the air exploded, the ground trembled, and countless rocks and debris shot towards the sky, heating the scene to a climax.

Everyone watching these two battles was dazzled and disoriented.

Because these four represented the highest combat power beneath the heavens of the nine provinces, they were untouchable summits all other warriors could only look up to.

Moreover, once these exceptional talents broke through to the innate realm, given enough time, even within the innate realm, they could be counted among the strongest!

This is what truly defines prodigies and remarkable people.

So everyone thought.

Lin Bai, this rising star in the martial arts of the nine provinces, had, in an instant, replaced Gu Chen in everyone’s hearts as the undisputed top martial prodigy of the nine provinces.

Compared to Lin Bai and the walkers from the six major holy lands, Gu Chen still had some gaps to bridge.

Otherwise, he would have had a part to play in this grand battle of today.

Gu Chen stood at a distance, also watching the battle unfold.

He knew that he was not yet capable of intervening in the fight between these four; this was not his battlefield at present.

But this was only temporary.

"Vying for the strongest inheritance and heaven and earth’s fortune?"

A smile formed on Gu Chen’s lips, his eyes radiating unwavering determination. Such a battle, such an opportunity—how could he be absent?

Temporarily holding the upper hand means little; the true victor is the one who laughs last.

This battle had only just begun!

Immediately after, Gu Chen, without lingering on the current fight, turned and left.

At that moment, within the crowd, a figure shrouded in shadows saw Gu Chen leaving and silently followed.

As Gu Chen moved through the spirit realm, his footwork, Controlling Wind Step Shadows, had become even quicker after his breakthrough.

Once he had moved far away from the battlefield where Lin Bai and the others were, Gu Chen came to a valley and stopped.

"Come out," Gu Chen said lightly, having long noticed someone was following him.

Whoosh!

From within the valley, the figure of someone wrapped in a black robe appeared.

Gu Chen, in his dark garb with eyes bright as stars and a tall figure, turned and looked at the person, saying, "Who sent you, Lin Bai?"

"Dead men need not know so much," the voice of the figure in the black robe was extremely low.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen laughed. He flicked his finger, and a searing sword qi shot forth immediately from its tip.

Swoosh!

The figure in the black robe moved as swift as a phantom. He disappeared on the spot, and Gu Chen’s sword qi passed through his afterimage, smashing a huge boulder into dust.

"Die!"

Like a whispering demon from hell, the figure in the black robe appeared behind Gu Chen at some unknown time, his fingertip glittering with bloodlight, thrusting towards Gu Chen’s back.

Clang!

The robed assassin’s blood-glimmering index finger struck Gu Chen’s back, emitting a sound like a bell being struck. At the same time, he felt a burst of severe pain from his fingertip.

"Blood Refining Divine Gang!"

At that moment, a cold gleam flashed in Gu Chen’s eyes, and he swiftly turned around, recognizing the origins of the robed figure.

"You’re from the Blood Clothing Tower!" Gu Chen said coldly, his gaze sharp as a knife’s edge, bearing down on the other’s eyes.

"Correct!"

Seen through by Gu Chen, the robed assassin no longer bothered to hide his identity. He removed his robe, revealing the blood-red clothes underneath and a pale face never touched by sunlight.

"Indeed, the people of Blood Clothing Tower are all like rats that can’t stand the light," Gu Chen remarked indifferently.

After so much time, Blood Clothing Tower had been silent; Gu Chen hadn’t expected them to now emerge in the spiritual realm, jumping out to take his life.

"One day, I will annihilate every one of you rats lurking underground!" Gu Chen’s expression was icy.

"Delusional fool!"

The assassin from Blood Clothing Tower wore a cold, mocking look, clearly unimpressed with Gu Chen’s words.

As one of the three outside paths, Blood Clothing Tower was steeped in evil deeds, and among them, they were the most active. No one had been able to destroy them over the years, not even the Da Xia Emperor, hailed as the once-in-a-millennium emperor, from whom Blood Clothing Tower had managed to escape. What was Gu Chen compared to that?

Although the Emperor was dealing with other sudden incidents at the time, even so, Blood Clothing Tower had reason to be proud.

Gu Chen ignored his taunt and instead said, "You must be a Deputy Tower Master of Blood Clothing Tower’s East Province branch."

He had discerned that this person had reached the peak of the Hundred Orifices Stage and had mastered the Blood Refining Divine Gang, making him no ordinary assassin of Blood Clothing Tower.

By now, Gu Chen had quite a detailed understanding of Blood Clothing Tower.

Blood Clothing Tower was a huge underground organization with branches in many of Da Xia’s key provinces.

Each branch had a Deputy Tower Master and a Tower Master, their identities unknown to each other, with everything overseen by their Supreme Tower Master at the top.

In other words, the head executioner of Blood Clothing Tower, hands stained with uncountable blood.

And this martial artist at the peak of the Hundred Orifices Stage before him was undoubtedly a Deputy Tower Master, or perhaps even the Tower Master, of Blood Clothing Tower’s East Province.

Of course, Gu Chen suspected that the person was more likely to be a Deputy Tower Master, for Blood Clothing Tower had quite a few innate powers within its rank.

Hearing this, the assassin from Blood Clothing Tower let out a cold snort. He didn’t respond to Gu Chen’s words but coldly shouted, "Blood Transforming Palm!"

Since his identity had been exposed by Gu Chen, he no longer bothered concealing himself and directly exerted his strongest power.

In his view, Gu Chen had only been at the Transformation Stage when he entered the spiritual realm, and even if he had progressed rapidly to the pinnacle of the Hundred Orifices Stage, he would not be able to match this assassin, who had unlocked eighty-three acupoints and was at the complete stage of the Hundred Orifices Stage.

"Sunset Sword Sect and Heavenly Saber Sect, who even offered bounties for my head, have been destroyed, yet you Blood Clothing Tower still dare to target me; truly seeking death!"

Facing the Blood Transforming Palm, Gu Chen showed no fear and met the powerful palm strike head-on.

Gu Chen still remembered the time when he was weak, being assassinated in Qiongtian Mansion city, narrowly escaping with his life.

Back then, it was only by relying on his Blood Shadow Sword that he finally escaped death; without the divine weapon’s assistance, perhaps Gu Chen would have indeed perished at the hands of the assassins that day.

Even now, the ordeal of that time remained vivid in his memory, and he was deeply impressed by the Blood Refining Divine Gang.

However, the Gu Chen of today was no longer the unskilled novice he once was; vastly powerful, he had no reason to fear the mere Blood Refining Divine Gang or Blood Transforming Palm.

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"Child’s play!"

With profound eyes, Gu Chen reached out his palm. When it connected with the oncoming Blood Transforming Palm, a loud ’bang’ echoed as terrifying force dispersed in all directions, punching one hole after another in the ground.

Crack crack crack!

With just one palm, the bones of the assassin from Blood Clothing Tower shook violently, releasing a series of loud cracks. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood with a ’wah.’

"Kill!"

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Instead of retreating, the defiant man’s body lit up with eighty-three small points of light. With strands of potential being continuously released from the eighty-three acupoints within, they sustained his body.

"Struggling in vain."

In the face of the Blood Clothing Tower assassin, Gu Chen certainly showed no mercy. He lightly shook his hand, and the Great Sun Divine Gang surged out from within him, instantly setting the man ablaze.

"Ah..."

This was agonizing pain; even an assassin from Blood Clothing Tower couldn’t bear it and screamed out loud.

Despite this, the man still tried to use the illusion of Blood Refining Divine Gang to affect Gu Chen, trying to lead him into perdition.

But Gu Chen, equipped with the Earth Grade martial skill Refining Spirit Secret, and even the Vault of Sky Sword Sect’s Shocking Soul Sword Technique couldn’t harm him, let alone the strange Gangqi of Blood Refining Divine Gang from Blood Clothing Tower.

Boom!

In an instant, as the Great Sun Divine Gang flowed in Gu Chen’s palm, the flames on the Deputy Tower Master of Blood Clothing Tower burned even brighter.

Even in death, he could not have imagined that Gu Chen’s strength could have advanced so swiftly.

In the future, Gu Chen was certain to become an invincible enemy of Blood Clothing Tower, one that needed to be suffocated in the cradle.

In that moment, the words Gu Chen had spoken about destroying Blood Clothing Tower echoed once more in the man’s mind.

"The young master... won’t let you go, your death... is not far off... I will be waiting for you... down below!"

With the words having barely faded, the Blood Clothing Tower assassin was instantaneously incinerated into a pile of ash!