Chapter 68: Murder, Muscle Spasm

  Even if Gu Chen's physical body is strengthened, he does not dare to take on both Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao's dual attacks at the same time.

  Gǔ Chén's eyes narrowed, focusing on the pair of claws that Hei Xiāo Jiǎo had grasped. Liǔ Chuān's whip-like attack filled the air, but was blocked by the purple light shield. For a short time, Liǔ Chuān couldn't break through the defense of the purple light shield. The strength of Hei Xiāo Jiǎo was still above that of Liǔ Chuān, so Gǔ Chén naturally had to be cautious in facing this fierce attack.

  Gu Chen's body paused for a moment, Qing Li sword turned around, the sword aura instantly changed direction, slashing towards Hei Xian Jiao's paws that were grabbing him.

  Continuous crashing sounds rose, Liu Chuan's whip strikes all landed on the Purple Light Bell, and were all blocked by the Purple Light Bell. At the same time, Qing Li Sword also intersected with Hei Xian Jiao's double claws, producing a shocking explosion sound that shook the sky.

  At this moment, Gu Chen's body did not retreat half a step. After his physical strength was enhanced, his power was no less than that of the Black Line Python. Moreover, the Qingli Sword was a high-quality artifact that completely blocked the Black Line Python's attack.

  If not for simultaneously controlling the Purple Light Clock, a portion of his innate True Qi would have been diverted to strengthen his physical body after being tempered by the Ancient Heaven's Gate. With all his innate True Qi poured into the Qing Lei Sword, this single sword strike would be enough to injure the Black Line Python.

  The Black-striped Snake's body shook, its eyes wide with shock. This Fourth Layer cultivator of the Innate Realm had actually blocked its double claw strike, a power that even Sixth Layer demonic beasts of the Innate Realm found hard to resist!

  Liu Chuan was also greatly surprised, the black-striped snake's attack, even he didn't dare to confront it head-on, unexpectedly, Gu Chen's cultivation at the fourth layer of Xiantian, actually fought with the black-striped snake with equal strength, without being at a disadvantage.

  Recalling what Liu Huayuan said, Liu Chuan was completely certain that Gu Chen had cultivated some kind of secret method to increase his physical strength, and it was even stronger than his own.

  Hei Xian Jiao's expression suddenly became cautious, his body flashed like lightning and twisted, a black shadow flashed by, the air burst into a loud explosion, Hei Xian Jiao's huge tail fiercely swung towards Gu Chen.

  Gǔ Chén had a purple light shield for defense, and the Sky Whip couldn't harm him temporarily. Liǔ Chuān immediately withdrew the Sky Whip Shadow, infused his Primordial True Qi, and the White Bone Whip suddenly shot out like a long spear. The whip tip ejected a several-meter-long aura, stabbing towards Gǔ Chén.

  Gu Chen's right hand swung down with a sword, and the sword aura instantly clashed with the whip aura that Liu Chuan had stabbed out. His left hand clenched into a fist, and suddenly punched out, using the Golden Vajra technique to strike down the Black Line Python's massive tail as it swept towards him.

  In an instant, a gigantic fist seal appeared, about three feet in size.

  Clang...

  *panting sound*

  Jian Guang and Bian Guang, Quan Guang and Jiao Wei simultaneously collided with each other, producing two loud explosions. With the point of impact as the center, several ripples formed in mid-air, dispersing in all directions, witnessing the immense power of the intersection of Jian, Bian, and Quan Wei.

  Gu Chen's body shook violently, and he was instantly knocked flying, drifting over a distance of ten zhang before landing on the ground. Then, with his feet firmly planted on the ground, his body slid backward for more than three zhang, leaving two dark marks on the ground where Gu Chen's feet had dragged along.

  A congenital sixth-order cultivator and a congenital sixth-order black python attacking at the same time, how great is their power? This can be seen.

  However, Gu Chen's physical body was not only strengthened in terms of power, but also in terms of physical resilience. Compared to the physical bodies of sixth-layer cultivators at the Innate Realm, his was much stronger. Although he was sent flying for over a dozen zhang, he did not suffer any injuries.

  Liu Chuan and Hei Xian's eyes were both filled with astonishment. A cultivator at the fourth layer of the Innate Realm, if they were to receive an attack from either of them, would definitely be injured. Not to mention being attacked by both a human and a python at the same time. According to normal reasoning, Gu Chen should have been seriously injured or even killed at this moment.

  However, Gu Chen didn't have anything on him at all.

  Yanagawa and Kuroba simultaneously regarded Koten as a formidable enemy, and surprisingly cooperated with each other, one on the left and one on the right, joining forces to attack Koten.

  Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao are both at the sixth level of the Innate Boundary, neither can do anything to the other, they killed Gu Chen together, either Liu Chuan or Hei Xian Jiao could leave at any time, both Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao wanted to kill Gu Chen, having the same goal, naturally they tacitly joined hands.

  With Gu Chen's current strength, he can defeat either Liu Chuan or Hei Xian alone, but against both of them together, he is no match.

  Yanagawa and Kurosu's attack came extremely quickly, Yanagawa's whip method was originally based on agility, and Kurosu's figure was like lightning, both were extremely fast.

  Gu Chen used Rapid Wing Gust, his body instantly flashed to the side, dodging the attack. However, Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao's next attack came again soon after.

  The strength shown by Gu Chen exceeded the expectations of Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao, one man and one python, at the same time making Gu Chen their number one enemy.

  Yanagawa and Heixian Jiao didn't have a big conflict between them, but Yanagawa and Gu Chen, Heixian Jiao and Gu Chen were in a situation where one of them would die if the other didn't. Naturally, both Yanagawa and Heixian Jiao joined forces to attack Gu Chen together.

  Continuously dodging several attacks, one person and one Jiao's attack speed got faster and faster. The longer the time went on, the more Gu Chen was at a disadvantage.

  He raised an eyebrow, and a cold smile floated at the corner of Gu Chen's mouth. He thought to himself: "Let you witness the power of the Absolute Death, Absolute Killing, and Absolute Annihilation Array."

  His body flashed, and he dodged the attack of Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao once again. The Qing Li sword in Gu Chen's hand suddenly disappeared, but his left hand had a black flag, and his right hand had a red bead.

  The flag of death, the pearl of destruction.

  Gu Chen raised his hands, and the Flag of Death was instantly planted in front of him. With a surge of Pre-Heavenly True Energy, it swelled with the wind, growing to a height of one zhang. The Destruction Pearl also enlarged, resembling a round ball, floating behind the Flag of Death.

  A blood-red ring appeared on Gu Chen's right hand ring finger.

  In the midst of battle, Gu Chen suddenly put away the magic weapon in his hand, causing Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao to pause for a moment, then immediately felt a surge of joy, and launched an even more fierce attack towards Gu Chen.

  Ko Chen suddenly inserted the flag of death into the ground, and didn't let Liu Chuan and Hei Xian Jiao pay much attention to it. After the Ling Hua was refined into the flag of death, the breath of death merged into the flag, not launching an attack, nor revealing a hint.

  Ryūkawa and Kurosu couldn't have imagined that the bright red flower on the black war flag was actually the infamous Death Flower.

  The innate true energy surged towards the killing intent, a red light shot out and entered the Destruction Pearl. The Destruction Pearl's light intensified greatly, and a virtual flame of about ten feet high suddenly appeared. Three dazzling red lights instantly shot into the Death Flag.

  Yongchuan and Heixian stopped in their tracks, the three scarlet auras' power startling them into jumping back. If his senses were correct, each of those three scarlet auras possessed the full-force strike power of a Ninth-Stage Pre-Heaven Cultivator.

  At that moment, Liu Chuan and Heixian Jiao felt a sense of foreboding, their eyes revealing fear. Heixian Jiao had the keen senses of a demonic beast and was stronger than Liu Chuan, so he reacted faster, instantly transforming into a black shadow that shot towards the sky like lightning.

  Yugawa also hastily released the flying sword, wanting to control the device and escape, but it was too late. The three scarlet blades had just been swallowed by the Death Flag, and nine black auras burst out of the Death Flag in an instant.

  Liu Chuan was a step slower than Hei Xian, and nine black air masses shot straight at his body.

  Quick... Liu Chuan had just barely developed a consciousness of escape, his body hadn't even reacted yet, when nine black auras shot right in front of him.

  "No......" Liu Chuan let out a terrified roar, these nine black auras, each one had the power of a full-force strike from a Ninth Layer First Heaven cultivator.

  The black aura of Liu Chuan's single move couldn't be blocked, let alone nine moves. The nine auras arrived simultaneously, which was equivalent to a blow from a Shen Hai realm cultivator.

  Liu Chuan's right hand turned, and the white bone whip formed a series of circular motions, striking towards the nine black auras. At the same time, his left hand rose, and five golden lights flashed, transforming into five golden rings. These were the Five Golden Turning Ring, a mid-grade defensive artifact that Liu Changsheng had brought out during the Three Families' Martial Gathering.

  Five golden rings formed a light curtain, enveloping Liu Chuan's body, with the same ingenuity as Gu Chen's purple clock.

  However, even so, the fear in Liu Chuan's eyes did not dissipate in the slightest.

  Nine black auras, that's equivalent to a single strike from a Grandmaster of the Divine Sea Realm...

  Hehehe......

  The white bone whip collided with the nine black air masses, like a withered branch, instantly shattering layer by layer. A mid-grade artifact was completely destroyed in this one blow.

  Shattering the White Bone Whip, the Nine Layers of Qi didn't weaken in the slightest. In an instant, it struck again on the Five Metal Turning Wheel Ring. The golden light screen only lasted for a single breath...

  Crunch...

  Another crisp sound, five circular rings shattered simultaneously, the golden light screen disappeared instantly, and nine auras passed through his body in an unbelievable gaze of Liu Chuan.

  Yanagawa let out a mournful cry, looked down and saw that his body had nine more blood holes. Nine streams of blood shot out from the holes, Yanagawa suddenly felt his body weaken, the scene in front of him becoming increasingly distant...

  "How is this possible?" Liu Chuan's eyes widened as he stared at Gu Chen in disbelief.

  Gu Chen raised his hand, and the three magical artifacts, the Flag of Death, the Pearl of Destruction, and the Ring of Slaughter, were all stored in the Qian Kun Bracelet. He quickly arrived at Liu Chuan's side, pointed to his forehead, and said: "This is your own path to death..."

  Following Gu Chen's finger, Liu Chuan fell backwards and hit the ground with a thud, his life already gone.

  It was too late, and it happened quickly. From the moment Gu Chen launched a strike with his Three Extremes Great Formation to Liu Chuan's death, only two or three breaths had passed. Raising his head for a glance, Hei Xian Jiao was fleeing towards the small lake, already over a hundred zhang away.

  Gu Chen released his flying sword, accelerating through the swift wind with a speed as fast as a shooting star, chasing after Hei Xian Jiao.

  Gu Zhen had long been prepared to deal with the escape of Heixian Jiao. This place is still far from the small lake, and Heixian Jiao must fly for at least an hour. Such a long time is enough to kill Heixian Jiao.

  Gǔ Chén accelerated with all his might, surpassing the speed of Hei Xiàn Jiao by twice as much. In no time, he caught up and reached within ten zhang above Hei Xiàn Jiao's head. The Qing Lí Jiàn burst forth with a loud explosion, and Gǔ Chén struck out with one sword from top to bottom in mid-air.

  The sword aura was over four zhang long and had a length of tens of zhang, forming a huge illusory giant sword that seemed to split the sky in two.

  This sword chopped down, even if Hei Xian Jiao had the protection of his scales, if he was chopped, he would be cut in two.

  Gu Chen's sword, taking advantage of its downward momentum, came extremely fast. The black-striped snake was unable to dodge and suddenly flipped over, using both claws to block it. With a loud explosion, the black-striped snake's body plummeted downwards.

  Rumble...

  Dust flew everywhere, a loud noise, the Black Lin Jiao slammed the ground and created a huge crater. Before anyone could react, a giant sword descended from the sky, first its aura, then its glow, and finally its body... In an instant, the Qing Lei Sword had already pierced through the Black Lin Jiao's throat.

  After a fierce struggle and roar, the black python stopped roaring, lying on the ground motionless, already dead.

  Gu Chen drew out the Qing Lei sword and with one slash, he chopped off the head of the Jiao. He grasped the Jiao's tendons on its back and quickly pulled them all out. Gu Chen was delighted as he looked at the black Jiao tendons.

  This is indeed the tendon of a black-striped snake, which is almost as good as dragon tendon.