Chapter 38: This is how all bastards die

  Upon seeing Gu Chen, both of them were stunned for a moment before bursting into happy laughter.

  Liu Jie on the left laughed and said: "I thought he had escaped, but unexpectedly this fool actually jumped out voluntarily, haha..."

  "Hehe... who's the fool after all?" Gu Chen looked at the two of them with a faint smile.

  "Hehehe, hehehe......" Xiaobai pointed at Liu Jie and Liu Qing with one hand, and slapped Gu Chen's shoulder with the other, bursting into laughter.

  Sneering, it was naked sneering, just like when they were in the Beidai Mountain mine, sneering at Gu Hei.

  Liu Jie and Liu Qing didn't care about Gu He, they didn't pay attention to Xiaobai's actions, and didn't bother to find out what Xiaobai was doing.

  Two people stepped on the flying sword, getting closer to Gu Chen, Liu Qing smiled and said: "He's called stupid, but he doesn't admit it! Not under the protection of family elders, but instead ran to Dong Huang to seek death."

  "You didn't know? That's how idiots like him die." Liu Jie said with feigned surprise.

  "Oh, so that's how idiots die? Haha..." Liu Qing said with a strange tone, laughing.

  The two of them had been speaking in perfect harmony from the start, and it didn't seem to matter what Gu Chen said. It was as if Gu Chen wasn't even a consideration in their eyes.

  Gu Chen did not relax his vigilance due to the contempt of the two, and on the surface he was still watching the two as if nothing had happened. In fact, his true energy was always tied to the Qinglie Sword in the Qiankun Ring, ready to strike out a shocking sword at any moment.

  "Let's play rock-paper-scissors!" Liu Jie suddenly said without turning his head.

  "You throw a punch, what will you counter with?" Liu Qing replied casually without even looking at Gu Chen.

  At this time...

  Liu Jie's hand flashed with a white light, and a flying sword suddenly shot out, shooting towards Gu Chen's chest like a sharp arrow.

  Liu Jie and Liu Qing, although they didn't take Chen directly from the start, actually had already locked him in their hearts. They deliberately underestimated the enemy, which was just a disguise to numb the enemy.

  The two have been working together for a long time and have a deep understanding between them. No matter if the enemy is strong or weak, they will respond with this set of methods.

  What was called a boxing match was just a secret signal between the two, and when Liu Qing said "I'll take the punch", it meant "let you make a move". So, Liu Jie's flying sword, which had been prepared long ago, suddenly shot towards Gu Chen.

  The usual tactics that had worked against previous enemies, Liu Jie and Liu Qing, proved to be effective once again. The enemy was usually caught off guard and severely injured by the flying sword before they could even react.

  Liu Huayuan ordered that under permissible circumstances, Gu Chen could be captured and brought back.

  It's not that easy to capture someone safely, but if you want to capture someone, it's easiest to do so after severely injuring them.

  Liu Jie suddenly shot out a flying sword as swift as an arrow, and then looked at Gu Chen with his eyes open, saying: "Fool! That's how you die."

  ……

  The second stage of Tian Gang Quan Ti Da Fa, physical strength increased by two times, physical power increased by two times.

  Gu Chen's physical strength suddenly soared, the physical intensity of the Innate Realm increased by two times, and his power doubled, enough to compare with the physical body of a third-layer Innate Realm cultivator.

  Sigh...

  Accelerating through the swift and fierce wind, Gu Chen's body left a residual shadow, his speed even surpassing Liu Jie's flying sword. With a flash of movement, he dodged the incoming flying sword, instantly shooting towards where Liu Jie stood.

  Under the second-level amplification of Tiān Fēng's Body Tempering Great Technique, and then through the maximum acceleration of Jí Yǔ Pī Fēng, how fast will it be?

  A flash of light in his hand, and the Qing Lei sword instantly appeared in Gu Chen's hand.

  Due to its extremely fast speed, Qing Lian Jian drew out a phantom sword shadow, slashing horizontally towards Liu Jie's neck.

  Liu Jie's face suddenly changed drastically.

  Hurry up...

  Too fast...

  Liu Jie was just about to appreciate the scene of Gu Chen being pierced by his flying sword, but a flash of light appeared in front of him, and a sword light with unparalleled speed had already appeared before his throat.

  The speed of the sword light was more than twice as fast as his own swordsmanship.

  "Ah...!" On the side, Liu Qing, who was ready to watch Gu Chen make a fool of himself, suddenly shouted and swung his hand, shooting a flying sword as fast as a swift arrow towards Gu Chen.

  Liu Jie wanted to hide... desperately hiding.

  Finally, the body moved...

  But then a chill ran down his neck, and a cool sensation instantly spread throughout his body from the nape of his neck.

  Gu Chen's residual shadow flashed past beside Liu Jie, and Liu Qing's flying sword passed through Gu Chen's residual shadow. Gu Chen was too fast and wasn't stabbed by the flying sword.

  The screen suddenly seemed to have frozen.

  Liu Jie's neck had no injuries at all, but his body was as stiff as a sculpture, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

  Just like Liu Huaichang's expression after his death!

  Dong...

  Liu Jie's flying sword suddenly lost control after flying a distance and fell to the ground.

  With a "bang", the static screen suddenly came to life.

  A bloodstain suddenly appeared on Liu Jie's neck, and in an instant, the bloodstain expanded, a bloody mist spurted out, and immediately afterwards, Liu Jie's corpse fell to one side.

  One sword...

  Liu Jie is dead.

  He didn't use his innate true energy, Gu Chen merely exerted his physical strength.

  "Yue Jie......" The brother who had been fighting side by side suddenly died, and Yue Qing's heart was filled with grief, letting out a loud wail.

  "Foolish egg, this is how you die!" Gu Chen said, holding his sword and looking at Liu Jie's corpse.

  "Squeak squeak squeak...!" Xiaobai sat on Guchen's shoulder, pointing at Liu Jie's corpse, and burst out laughing.

  Who underestimated the enemy?

  "Go die!" Liu Qing exploded in anger. Now he wanted to kill Gu Chen, chop his corpse into pieces and bury him with Liu Jie.

  The flying sword that had just been shot out changed direction under Liu Qing's control and shot towards Gu Chen again.

  At the same time, a light flashed in Liu Qing's hand again, and another magical instrument flew out, which was a long rope.

  Flying sword wounds enemy, long rope ties enemy...... Flying sword and long rope come together towards Gu Chen.

  If he were truly a cultivator of the Ninth Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, facing the flying sword and long rope's attack, he would be at a loss for what to do with his hands, either having his head cut off by the flying sword or being bound by the long rope, similarly unable to escape the fate of having his head cut off by the flying sword.

  Ancient Dawn...

  Not just a postnatal Jiu Jing's cultivator.

  He saw his figure move, and his body suddenly faced the flying sword, with the Qingli Sword in his hand swinging towards the flying sword.

  Clang...

  A loud crash, the flying sword shook violently, and was chopped by Gu Chen to one side, sending it flying several meters away.

  Liu Qing was shocked, although the pre-heavenly boundary cultivator's remote control of his flying sword would reduce its attacking power by a lot, but how could a pre-heavenly boundary cultivator's flying sword possibly be shaken off by a post-heavenly boundary ninth-layer cultivator with just one sword?

  Logically speaking, it should be a cultivator of the Ninth Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm who was blown away.

  Gǔ Chén's current physical strength is comparable to that of a third-layer Pre-Heaven cultivator, and even surpasses that of a second-layer Pre-Heaven cultivator. With one sword strike, what flying sword released by Liǔ Qìng, a first-layer Pre-Heaven cultivator, could withstand it?

  One sword chopped off Liu Qing's flying sword, and the long rope-like artifact wrapped around Gu Chen like a long snake.

  Gu Chen recognized this artifact, called the Soul Shackles. If one is bound by it, it will cut off the connection between a Xiantian realm cultivator and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, temporarily sealing the bridge between heaven and earth, causing the cultivator's cultivation to fall back to the Houtian realm boundary.

  Even if the flying sword attacks, it cannot cut off the captive soul rope. If bound by it, the cultivation of the later days will have no power to resist.

  The Soul Shackles are a low-grade artifact that is infinitely close to being a mid-grade artifact. Even if a cultivator in the middle of the Pre-Heavenly stage were to be bound by the Soul Shackles, their strength would still be greatly reduced.

  Not being one of the three major Xian families in Leshui City, it's extremely difficult to obtain a powerful artifact like Qiu Ling Suo.

  The real threat to Gu Chen was not Liu Qing's flying sword, but the Soul-Imprisoning Rope that danced like a spirit snake.

  The captive spirit is difficult to cut off with a flying sword, and it is extremely agile. Gu Chen uses the Qingli Sword, but he cannot completely block the captive spirit's attack.

  The captive soul saw him wrapped around and came over, Gu Chen's body shook, swift as a phantom, drifted to one side.

  Although Ling Suo was agile, his flying speed was limited by Liu Qing's cultivation.

  Liu Qingcai's cultivation was at the first level of the Pre-Heavenly Realm, and his control over the artifact was also only at the first level of the Pre-Heavenly Realm. Gu Chen's physical body was displaying the Heavenly Punishment Tempering Body Great Technique, and with the addition of the Swift Feather Cloak, his speed was much faster than that of a first-level Pre-Heavenly Realm cultivator's artifact speed.

  The Soul Reaper approaches, Gu Chen quickly dodges to one side and then swiftly counterattacks with his physical body.

  Gu Chen's speed was as swift as a phantom, and Liu Qing didn't dare let the captive soul Suo leave his side at a distance of more than ten zhang, lest he couldn't rescue him in time. Controlling the captive soul Suo within a range of ten zhang around him, he attacked Gu Chen.

  As soon as Gu Zhen was ten zhang away from him, Liu Qing stopped chasing after him.

  Gu Chen suddenly approached within a range of ten zhang from Liu Qing, and the captive spirit rope was like a maggot attached to his bones, chasing after Gu Chen's back.

  Although Gu Chen's speed was fast, it was equally difficult to shake off the Soul Binding Rope within a range of ten zhang and directly behead Liu Qing with his sword.

  Liu Qing used the Soul-Controlling Rope to protect himself within a range of ten zhang, while also controlling the flying sword to attack Gu Chen. However, Gu Chen didn't care about Liu Qing's flying sword at all. With one slash, the flying sword was shaken off several zhang away.

  Liu Qing's flying sword against Gu Chen could only play a harassing role and could not pose a great threat. To capture Gu Chen, the greatest reliance was on that Soul Capturing Rope.

  The scene fell into a stalemate, with Gu Chen holding the Qinglie sword in his hand, occasionally slashing aside the flying swords controlled by Liu Qing, and then quickly launching an attack on Liu Qing's physical body.

  However, he was forced back each time by Liu Qing's captive soul.

  In the blink of an eye, Gu Chen and Liu Qing's flying swords had clashed over a dozen times, and he had also launched over a dozen attacks on Liu Qing's physical body, but without exception, they were all forced back by the Soul-Imprisoning Rope.

  It seems that Liu Qing has a captive spirit lock, making it difficult for Gu Chen to get close to his body.

  Actually, at this moment, Liu Qing was greatly shocked in his heart.

  Just now, Gu Chen had sealed off Liu Jie's throat with one sword, and had taken a big advantage of the sneak attack. However, at this moment, Gu Chen was completely relying on his true strength, using his physical power to exchange blows with Liu Jie, who was at the first layer of the Innate Boundary.

  A postnatal ninth-layer cultivator was actually able to fight a prenatal first-layer cultivator to a stalemate, if this battle were seen by others, they would definitely be shocked to the point of dropping their jaw.

  The acquired realm and the innate realm have a huge gap in between, which is the difference between the true energy of the acquired realm and the true energy of the innate realm.

  The congenital boundary cultivator connects the bridge between heaven and earth, and the true energy inside his body is always in contact with the outside world of heaven and earth. The true energy is continuous and endless, and the momentum is boundless.

  Clang...

  Another sword flashed and flew to the side, Gu Chen's body was as swift as a phantom, rapidly shooting towards Liu Qing. The Qing Lei Sword pointed directly at Liu Qing's throat...

  As the sword tip shot towards him, Liu Qing had a feeling of his throat being pierced by an invisible energy. With a surge of his innate true energy, the Capturing Spirit Rope instantly blocked the space between him and Gu Chen, drawing several circles before falling onto Gu Chen's head.

  Gu Chen's body flashed and he instantly retreated to one side, causing Cang Ling Zu's attack to land empty.

  "How can he have such speed? Why does his energy seem to be endless?" Liu Qing was extremely puzzled in her heart.

  Even a congenital cultivator, if they control their magic tool for too long, will feel fatigue. Not to mention the acquired state of cultivation, where the bridge between heaven and earth is not yet open, and the true energy within the body cannot be adjusted with the outside world, intense battles can easily lead to loss of vital energy.

  However, Gu Chen had been attacking for so long, yet there was no sign of his vital energy being depleted. Each attack was swift and every swing of his sword sent Liu Qing's flying sword flying back.

  Liu Qing had no idea that Gu Chen's Tian Di Bridge was already open, and he hadn't even used his pre-heavenly true energy, only exerting the power of his physical body. Even if Liu Qing were to exhaust himself to the point of losing his vital energy, he wouldn't be able to do so.

  Liu Qing's patience was wearing thin; since using the Yu Kong law instrument couldn't gain them victory, they had no choice but to directly use the law instrument to launch a full-on attack.

  With a flick of his hand, the flying sword flew into Liu Qing's hand, and the Soul-Imprisoning Rope flew into the storage bag and disappeared.

  With the sword in hand, the flying sword suddenly shone brightly, and a long sword aura burst out, directly driving the artifact with innate true energy. Compared to controlling it from afar, its power was greatly increased.

  Liu Qing's eyes gathered, instantly locking onto Gu Chen's position. His body sprang up, leaping over two zhang, his figure suspended in mid-air as he grasped the sword with both hands and fiercely slashed towards Gu Chen's face.

  The sword flashed through the air, emitting a streak of light.

  Gu Zhen Qing raised his sword and thrust it upwards in one motion, then lifted his sword to block.

  Clang...

  A loud crash, Liu Qing's hands were numb, Gu Chen retreated continuously backwards, six or seven steps before stabilizing his figure.

  Liu Qing was overjoyed at the sight, took a big step forward, and his sword shot out, slashing down towards Gu Chen once again.

  Gu Chen blocked again, "Dang......" Another loud noise, Gu Chen retreated six or seven steps, his face flushed with rage, and he coughed violently.

  Liu Qing's mouth curled up in a faint smile, his left hand flipped over, and the Soul Capturing Rope appeared in his hand. With a flick of his wrist, the rope transformed into a long snake and shot straight towards Gu Chen.

  At the same time, the sword tip on his right hand burst out, and Liu Qing's two pipes went down together. The lower-grade Fa sword and the Soul Locking Rope both flew towards Gu Chen.

  Since Gu Chen couldn't withstand his head-on attack, then with the addition of the Soul Capturing Rope, this time he would definitely be able to capture and kill Gu Chen in one move! Liu Qing thought.

  Gu Chen smiled strangely.

  His body swayed to the right, dodging the sword's attack, but was caught in the Soul Capturing Rope.

  Gu Chen's left hand reached for the sky and grabbed, a Taiyi charm flew towards the captive soul, striking it out. A bolt of lightning exploded, and the captive soul was instantly blasted by the Taiyi charm.

  At this moment, Gu Chen stretched out his right hand, and Qingli Sword stabbed directly at Liu Qing's throat.

  Just as Gu Chen was about to be captured by Qiu Ling Suo, Liu Qing held the winning lottery ticket. Who would have thought that disaster and fortune could change overnight? Gu Chen unexpectedly possessed the powerful Taiyi symbol, which forcefully blocked Qiu Ling Suo's attack.

  In an instant, Liu Qing fell from the pinnacle of victory into the valley of death.

  Hmph...

  Qing's sword pierced into Liu Qing's throat.

  Liu Qing's eyes widened in shock and his face was filled with incredulity, suddenly he lost his breath.

  Dong...

  Taiyi Fu only temporarily blocked the Soul Shackles, but they continued to descend onto Gu Chen. Without Liu Qing's innate true energy control, the direction of the Soul Shackles changed in an instant.

  The rope didn't bind Gu Chen, but the Soul- Capturing Rope had already wrapped itself around his chest.

  Hmph...

  A mouthful of blood was spat out, Gu Chen was struck by the Soul-Controlling Rope and flew backwards for a full three zhang before heavily crashing to the ground.

  The green sword flew out of his hand and fell several meters away.

  Gu Chen struggled again, and another mouthful of blood spurted out. His body fell to the ground, and it was even difficult for him to crawl up, having suffered serious injuries.

  Bang... Bang... Bang...

  At this moment, a round of applause broke out, and one person appeared on the battlefield.

  Guess who this is?