Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

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Hei Xun was struck in the chest by Gu Chen's palm, and his entire body immediately coughed up fresh blood, half of his body exploding outward as he was sent flying.

Seeing this from a distance, Xue Ling looked at Gu Chen with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"The Indestructible Vajra Body is truly extraordinary," Xue Ling whispered, a tinge of envy in his eyes.

At this moment, Hei Xun was midair. If it had been any other warrior with half of their body blasted open, they would have certainly not survived.

But Hei Xun had a demon ghost possessing his body. One could see surges of black mist emerging from where his body had been torn apart, and his flesh was regrowing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Countless buds of flesh writhed disgustingly as they reformed.

"You can't kill me, I am immortal!" Hei Xun shouted, his expression not the least bit defeated, but rather extremely fervent.

Whoosh!

Gu Chen's expression was indifferent, his eyes undisturbed as he stepped forward and reached Hei Xun's side in one stride, striking out with his palm again.

Seeing Gu Chen approach, Hei Xun dared not hold back anymore. He let out a loud roar as rolling black Qi emanated from all around him, his figure suddenly becoming taller, and a layer of chitinous armor appeared on his body.

At the same time, a pitch-black figure that resembled an evil ghost also emerged from behind Hei Xun, its lower half connected to Hei Xun's back.

Clang!

Gu Chen's palm strike landed on Hei Xun, sending countless sparks flying.

Hei Xun cried out in pain as the chitinous-like armor on his body cracked immediately, and a great many gushes of pitch-black blood spurted out.

Hiss!

Hei Xun, unyielding, extended sharp claws towards Gu Chen's heart.

"Ahh..."

The next moment, another agonized scream came from Hei Xun's mouth as Gu Chen easily blocked the strike and broke Hei Xun's entire arm; blood poured from the severed limb.

At the same time, a dazzling firelight emerged in Gu Chen's palm. In an instant, Hei Xun's pitch-black arm was incinerated to ashes.

Swish!

Knowing he was no match for Gu Chen in close combat, Hei Xun turned to flee, hoping to create distance and suppress Gu Chen with his cultivation at the peak of the Returning to True Stage.

In fact, with Hei Xun's strength, having fused with a demon ghost, he had far exceeded Zhuo Siyuan and Shen Jie and others, possessing this near unsolvable regenerative ability. If it were Gu Chen before his breakthrough, indeed a tough battle would have ensued.

But now, Gu Chen had broken through to the Returning to True Stage, a far cry from his former self. Hei Xun, facing Gu Chen, was completely overpowered.

Had it not been for the peculiarly tricky power of the demon ghost, Gu Chen's previous palm strike would have vanquished Hei Xun.

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"Black Demon Palm!"

Hei Xun roared. The Black Demon within him merged with the ghost's sinister energy, creating a palm print in the air, looming like a dark cloud, as it struck at Gu Chen.

Hei Xun's talent was indeed not inferior to Zhuo Siyuan and others. The Black Demon Palm was a Superior Martial Skill of the Black Sky Sect, which Hei Xun had perfected to completion.

Bang!

But the next moment, Gu Chen's golden fist soared into the sky, and with one blow, the dark cloud-like palm print crumbled instantly.

Xue Ling, who was watching from afar, twitched his eyelid at the sight. Such a terrifying physique was enough to compete with a Transcendent realm martial arts grandmaster.

Hei Xun was also shocked to the core. He thought that after successfully fusing with a top-tier demon ghost, combining it with his own cultivation, he was invincible in the world, ranked as the strongest among his peers in Yan State.

But he had not anticipated that Gu Chen, whom he had looked down upon, would teach him such a harsh lesson today.

Hei Xun's expression changed, and he glared at Gu Chen, saying sternly, "After devouring your flesh and blood, I will definitely advance further, change my blood and cleanse my marrow, and directly step into the Transcendent Realm!"

The next moment, he formed seals with his hands and shouted vehemently, "Black Sky Evil God!"

With a thunderous noise, a sinister two-faced, four-armed shadow of an evil god appeared behind Hei Xun.

The Black Sky Sect worshipped an evil god, drawing power through offerings to it.

The most powerful evil god among them was named—the Black Sky Evil God!

Their sect-defining technique, the Black Sky Scripture, detailed how to communicate and commune with the Black Sky Evil God, how to worship, and then how to draw power from the evil god, among other methods.

Of course, this was not something every martial artist could do. The reason why Hei Xun could become the most outstanding successor within the Black Sky Sect was that he had been acknowledged by the Black Sky Evil God, successfully communing with it during a ritual.

Because of this, the Black Sky Evil God endowed him with a sliver of power, which he could use in critical moments to eradicate his enemies with the Black Sky Evil God's strength.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

And it was rumored that the leader of the Black Sky Sect was the spokesperson of the Black Sky Evil God on earth, able to communicate with the god at any time and draw power from it.

During the invasion of Yan State by the Holy Shadows Sect and the Black Sky Sect, if not for the incredibly powerful defense of the Jing Tian Department head in Yan State, it might have been the first fall of a Congenital Realm martial arts grandmaster in several decades in Yan State.

"Light of the Evil God!"

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At this moment, Hei Xun tapped into the blessing the Black Sky Evil God had bestowed upon him, summoning a trace of the hidden power within his body, and then utilized the Superior Martial Skills of the Black Sky Sect which Gu Chen had witnessed before, the Light of the Evil God, launching it towards Gu Chen.

One after another, the pitch-black beams of light struck, and Gu Chen's eyebrows knitted slightly. On the Black Sky Evil God's figure behind Hei Xun, Gu Chen felt a hint of agility, along with a bit of palpitation.

"Could it be, the Evil God truly exists?" A doubt emerged in Gu Chen's mind.

If that were the case, then Gu Chen would have to thoroughly examine this world, for it seemed that the Nine States were not as simple as he had imagined, and the Human Clan might not be the only one.

If Hei Xun knew that Gu Chen was so distracted during their battle, pondering other things, he would surely be infuriated to the point of spitting blood.

"Die!" Hei Xun's expression was ferocious, his face twisted, staring at Gu Chen with venomous hatred, cursing him to death.

"Mere trifles!"

Only when those black beams of light came close did Gu Chen make his move. With a punch, a boom resounded, and the surging pale golden blood energy in his body surged upwards in reverse, charging into the sky, violently shaking the void. This blood energy was so vibrant and mighty that it resembled an ocean!

The unmatched and incredibly yang power was -- without a doubt -- unveiled in this moment. The demonic shadow behind Hei Xun let out a shrill howl as it burrowed into Hei Xun's body at the fastest speed, unable to withstand the masculine power emanating from Gu Chen.

And those pitch-black beams, in front of Gu Chen's surging blood energy and golden fist, exploded in midair in an instant, incapable of harming Gu Chen in the slightest.

"Pu!"

Hei Xun immediately spat out a mouthful of fresh blood; Gu Chen's golden fist was so powerful, it almost blew him apart.

Even so, he was seriously injured, and the demonic spirit within him, due to the impact of the yang power, recovered at an exceedingly slow pace.

And the phantom of the Black Sky Evil God dissipated in an instant after that trace of power was exhausted.

Before it vanished, Gu Chen felt as if the phantom of the Black Sky Evil God had glanced at him -- whether it was an illusion or not.

Gu Chen's tall and athletic body resembled an ancient azure dragon, strong and powerful. With a step forward, he instantly approached the now-grounded Hei Xun, looking down on him from above.

"Time to send you on your way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen's foot stomped down furiously. Hei Xun's face filled with panic. He screamed, but due to the severity of his injuries, he couldn't move at all.

"Presumptuous!"

At this moment, a roar, resounding like a grand bell, came from the deepest part of the Hidden Edge Villa, accompanied by an overwhelmingly strong surge of energy. The intensity of the blood energy felt like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

"A Martial Arts Master!"

Gu Chen's eyebrows drew together tightly, looking towards the depths of the Hidden Edge Villa. As expected, the Black Sky Sect had a master stationed here.

Hei Xun, as the most outstanding disciple of the Black Sky Sect, would not have ended up in this situation if he hadn't insisted on fighting Gu Chen this time.

But no matter what, Hei Xun was a person who had been blessed by the Black Sky Evil God and could not be allowed to die here.

"Stand back!"

Xue Ling appeared in a flash, materializing in front of Gu Chen, his expression extremely solemn.

Because he could sense that the Martial Arts Master of the Black Sky Sect hidden within the Hidden Edge Villa had, just like him, undergone blood replacement and marrow cleansing three times.

Moreover, the two of them were old rivals; back when the Holy Shadows Sect and the Black Sky Sect invaded Yan State, Xue Ling had encountered this person.

"Today, both of you will meet your demise here!"

The blood-replacement Martial Arts Master from the Black Sky Sect bellowed, and immediately, a figure like a shooting star burst forth from within the Hidden Edge Villa.

"Retreat quickly! Even if you have reached the state of indestructibility, the battles between masters are not something you can partake in."

Xue Ling's expression was grave as he first warned Gu Chen, then, with the ground trembling, he soared into the sky to meet the Martial Arts Master from the Black Sky Sect, taking the battle away into the distance.

Gu Chen watched the two leave. He chose not to join the fight; after all, currently, only his physical body was comparable to a master who had undergone blood replacement three times, but his cultivation was far from enough.

Having gone through three metamorphoses, the true energy within would surely be refined to a certain extreme, something mid-stage Returning to True Stage Gu Chen could not compare with.

Furthermore, regardless of the strength of his opponent, Xue Ling was also substantial, having undergone blood replacement three times as well.

Boom!

Suddenly, the void trembled violently, and within a radius of twenty zhang, numerous trees and boulders exploded, everything shattering to pieces, as two overwhelming killing intents locked onto Gu Chen.

Clang!

With a flash of cold light, two bone-piercing chills materialized out of thin air, piercing through the atmosphere and stabbing toward Gu Chen at the same time.

In that instant, Gu Chen felt a sensation like needles on his back; the bone-piercing killing intent made his whole body feel extremely cold, and waves of stinging pain came. At the same time, his forehead throbbed with a premonition of alarm, a painful swelling.

Such power, such killing intent, that could give Gu Chen such an intense sense of crisis, undoubtedly belonged to a Martial Arts Master!

In this moment, two Martial Arts Masters were hidden in the shadows, seizing the opportunity to strike with the force of thunder, aiming to take down Gu Chen in one blow!