Stronger by Killing

Immediately, Huang Longzi’s suspended heart settled down. Unless absolutely necessary, he truly didn’t want to engage in combat or a life-and-death struggle with Gu Zhan. Now, since Gu Zhan offered a way out, he naturally picked it up.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, let’s have a bout," Huang Longzi said politely. "However, my cultivation is shallow, incomparable to yours, with deep Buddhist sect magic; I hope you will show mercy."

Gu Zhan appeared proud and arrogant, like someone from a prestigious family, and said, "Who among you is the strongest in combat?"

Huang Longzi hurriedly replied, "Fellow Daoist Gu, our Celestial Star Cave is small and insignificant, unlike the Buddhist sect with various high-level spiritual treasures and forbidden techniques. Among the three brothers, my cultivation is the highest, and my combat power is relatively stronger."

Gu Zhan nodded and said, "Please!"

Huang Longzi tapped his foot, floated back several feet, and said politely, "Please guide me, Fellow Daoist Gu!"

As soon as the words were spoken,

Huang Longzi’s hands moved like a lotus, stretching and pinching with incredible dexterity. Waves of magical power undulated, and suddenly a buzz sounded. A very elegant long sword soared upward, its tip facing down, suspended before him.

"Swift!"

Accompanied by a mantra, the long sword shot towards Gu Zhan, transforming into a Yin-Yang Tai Chi Diagram, spinning endlessly like a ray of sunlight in the darkness, arriving in an instant.

Unlike those earth-shaking battles between advanced martial artists, Huang Longzi’s sword was very calm, as if adding a stroke to a landscape painting.

However, the energy contained within was extremely terrifying. A murderous aura surged to the sky, one sword eastward, like the rising sun, unstoppable.

The distance between them was merely seven or eight feet,

and in just an instant, the sword reached Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan spread his five fingers into a claw and struck out. In an instant, the air oscillated, wind and clouds changing. In the void appeared a massive hand seal, terrifying to the extreme. With one press, all beams of light around the flying sword shattered, dimming!

"Buzz..."

The flying sword emitted a mournful hum, directly grabbed by Gu Zhan.

Upon seeing this scene,

the pupils of Huang Longzi and his companions trembled violently.

At that moment, Gu Zhan directly inserted the flying sword into a nearby rock, then took a step forward and punched towards Huang Longzi.

Immediately, Huang Longzi quickly pinched a magic formula, shouting softly, "Profound Armor!"

Layers of light blue screens stacked in front of Gu Zhan.

Unlike the defensive Gang Qi of martial artists,

these light screens were clearly condensed by magical power fused with runes, far more exquisite than martial artists’ defensive Gang Qi. Additionally, being composed of magical power, even if shattered, they wouldn’t cause injury like dispersed Gang Qi does.

The magical power contained in these screens was very abundant, with runes flickering within. However, it was limited to those screens, with no leakage of magical power, appearing without grandeur. In reality, only those with high cultivation can understand that the higher the cultivator, the more capable they are of minimizing waste of power.

In an instant, Gu Zhan’s fist struck the screen, and with a crisp "crack," the screen shattered, transforming into a wisp of magical power retracted by Huang Longzi.

Huang Longzi’s arm trembled slightly, his eyes full of amazement, praising, "Fellow Daoist Gu, worthy of a distinguished background, with cultivation indeed deep and unfathomable, probably at the Golden Core Middle Realm!"

He was genuinely shocked now, for he had already used his two treasured techniques, yet hadn’t seen Gu Zhan employ any Buddhist sect means, implying Gu Zhan hadn’t exerted his full power. Moreover, he still couldn’t fathom what realm Gu Zhan’s cultivation was.

But Gu Zhan didn’t answer; instead, he stomped his foot, and with a rumbling sound, the mountaintop shook intensely for a day. He struck out in mid-air, the Azure Heaven Hand Seal reappearing, as if a red sun rose from the ground, resembling a volcanic eruption.

Huang Longzi’s pupils contracted. He once again pinched a magic formula, refining a flying sword, which flew and shot towards Gu Zhan’s palm.

However, the strength of this sword couldn’t compare to the previous one, and now Gu Zhan stood before him. His palm’s strength was even greater, directly smashing the sword onto the ground instantly.

Huang Longzi was startled and chanted incantations, pinching out magic formulas, and in an instant, seven or eight flying swords coagulated and shot out, forming a sword array, stabbing towards the palm.

"Break!"

Gu Zhan shouted, his palm vast like a mountain, enormously wide, descending forcefully. At that moment, golden light burst from his body, making him seem larger, tall and majestic, standing between heaven and earth. Golden beams shot out from his eyes, blood surging.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of tremendous noises came, as the palm seemed to cover the heavens, clashing with the sword array, shaking the soul. Accompanied by the clang of metal, the seven flying swords scattered in all directions.

Cold sweat appeared on Huang Longzi’s forehead. Watching Gu Zhan’s palm continue to descend, he hurriedly shouted, "Fellow Daoist Gu, I surrender!"

However, the imagined timeliness didn’t occur. Gu Zhan had no intention to stop; the palm transformed into a claw, boundless, countless threads of terrifying aura appeared, like the Milky Way pouring down, striking fiercely, causing the entire mountain to collapse at that instant.

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