After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In
Chapter 114: Suspecting the Mastermind

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Suspecting the Mastermind

The encounter was so abrupt that Gu An had no time for second thoughts.

Whether it was a sneak attack or not was no longer important.

At the moment of encounter, there were only two choices: flee or fight.

To flee would be to lose a golden opportunity.

Thus, to fight was inevitable.

The iron chains whistled through the air, but were quickly blocked by a shield.

Gu An stepped forwards amidst the howling winds and approached a middle-aged man, throwing a punch.

The man defended quickly, blocking with his long sword.

With a loud bang,

The man was sent flying.

At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck Gu An.

The speed was too fast for even Gu An to react in time, forcing him back; it was a talisman.

At the same time, another dark-skinned man shone with a golden light, his Qi-Blood surging forth.

Immediately after, the Qi Sea Gang Qi started to rush.

His fingers bent and clawed over.

It was actually Qi Sea Sky Gang, only at Great Success of the first volume.

But the opponent’s strength was formidable and not to be underestimated.

Dodging was already out of the question, and on instinct, Gu An activated Mountain Opening Fist, enhancing it with the second volume of Qi Sea Sky Gang.

He launched a punch.

Bang!

Gu An remained unshakable, while his opponent was blasted away.

Feeling the impact of this strike, Gu An sighed with relief.

There was a chance.

They were at their limit.

And feeling the stronger Qi Sea Sky Gang, Senior Brother Gu was utterly surprised.

Was all his time spent on cultivating Qi Sea Sky Gang?

Sadly, there was no time for further thought; action was necessary.

Senior Brother Dongfang had already made his move, a firelight shining down. Gu An wanted to counter, but Senior Brother Gu had already arrived.

Without hesitation, Gu An grabbed a handful of red beans and scattered them.

Planting Beans into Soldiers.

In an instant, nine Foundation Establishment Red Armor Soldiers appeared, surrounding Senior Brother Dongfang.

Gu An attacked Senior Brother Gu using Qi Sea Sky Gang.

Both were engaged in close combat, fist to foot, crashing into each other.

Qi-Blood collided, and Qi Sea Sky Gang also roared through.

Bang!

Bang!!

Gu An felt the pain in his body, but his opponent wasn’t faring any better.

However, continuing like this wouldn’t end the battle directly; Senior Brother Dongfang would soon be free to join in.

Not daring to hesitate, Gu An gave up on the head-on collision and forcefully took the opponent’s blow with his body.

Bang!

Splurt!

He spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Gu An seized the moment and pointed with his fingers as if they were a sword.

Soul-shocking!

Senior Brother Gu, who was about to swing another punch, had a flicker of confusion in his eyes.

But he quickly recovered, yet by that time, Gu An had already grabbed his arm.

Followed by a twist.

Crack!

Blood spilled as the arm was twisted off, and then a Sea Suppressing Fist was launched.

Striking directly at Senior Brother Gu’s forehead.

Bang!

Crack!

His head shattered.

Senior Brother Gu looked at the person before him in disbelief.

"You..... stop, we can negotiate..."

Gu An paid no attention and moved in closer, a long sword appearing in his hand.

Stab!

The sword plunged directly into Senior Brother Gu’s body, followed by another long sword that came slashing through.

Stab!

Senior Brother Gu felt himself flying into the air.

Yet he couldn’t feel his body and eventually crash-landed harshly.

Only then did he lose consciousness.

At the same time, out of the nine Red Armor Soldiers, only three remained.

Gu An stepped forward to join the battle.

He punched again.

Sending the person flying.

Senior Brother Dongfang, retreating, formed a technique sign and transformed into blade light, a thousand strands of Qi attacking.

"Junior Brother, let’s talk it out. This is just the Exile Land; whatever you want, I can give you."

Without speaking, Gang Qi protected Gu An’s body, breaking through all the blades, shattering the Magic and reaching Senior Brother Dongfang.

In his shocked gaze, a punch was thrown.

Bang!

The fist pierced through his body.

Senior Brother Dongfang spat out a mouthful of blood, he looked at Gu An with some resentment, incredulous that he had fallen here.

With a final thud, he fell powerlessly to the ground.

Perhaps until the end, he didn’t understand why this person suddenly appeared to kill him.

They had just been discussing how to deal with those half-dead people, whether it was better to bury them alive, or to just end their pain quickly.

Unfortunately, before anything could be done, he was dead.

Everything happened too fast.

It was never anticipated or planned.

Gu An, confirming the deaths of the two, remained silent and said nothing.

He himself felt rather perplexed.

Everyone just happened to encounter each other, and then they fought.

Next, it was a matter of life and death.

Maybe this is just the way of the Cultivation World.

Sometimes, it’s all for one’s own benefit.

Someone always needs to die.

The only thing to do is make sure that someone isn’t oneself.

After checking, Gu An found that they both had Spirit Stones and Elixir Pills in their Storage Treasures.

Not many Spirit Stones, but a fair number of Elixir Pills.

However, there were no secret books.

"How strange," Gu An wondered.

It always felt like they had hidden them away.

In the end, he didn’t care much, as long as there were Spirit Stones.

Perhaps they had made room to store Demon Beast Heads.

There were two heads inside, one of a giant python and one of a tiger-leopard.

"Three of them, that should complete the task."

"With this, I can go to the Sect’s management area to turn in the task."

"If all goes well, I can leave. It’s already May, and the Inner Sect Disciples recruitment in June, I should be able to make it in time."

Having been in the Sect for a year and a half and being able to enter the Inner Sect, he considered himself quite impressive.

It’s just uncertain whether things would go smoothly.

After all, it seems that the brothers in charge are not so easy to talk to.

Gu An lowered his eyes.

He then stabbed the two a few more times with his sword.

And began to recover his cultivation.

During the process, he kept thinking about Senior Brother Gu’s Qi Sea Sky Gang technique, wondering if it was just an illusion, but feeling that the other party, although having learned it too, was far from as good as him.

Not worse than the second volume, but worse than the first.

It seems that the other party only had Gang Qi, without the essence.

Shaking his head, Gu An did not understand why.

This matter could only be investigated after leaving.

At dusk.

When he was mostly recovered, Gu An returned to where Gongsun Hai was nearby, who was still unconscious.

After placing over a hundred bottles of Elixir Pills in the other’s Storage Treasure, he turned and left.

Heading towards the management area.

With the three Senior Brothers and Sisters dead, the Array was also completely deactivated. As for Zone 7, it was up to them now.

Now that evening had set in, Gu An figured he could reach the management area by early morning the next day.

In the middle of the night.

Gongsun Hai groggily awoke.

He quickly looked nervously around.

Looking left and right, he found that He Taoist, who was in the Array, had lost all his Qi-Blood and was like a dried-up corpse.

This shocked Gongsun Hai.

"Which senior saved me?"

Although he was somewhat confused, once he glanced deeper inside, he immediately ran outside.

Along the way, he encountered several severely injured people. After hesitating, he decided to take them with him as they left.

Out of a team of dozens, in the end, fewer than thirty people returned.

In the square, it was already empty and eerily quiet.

The few lit a bonfire and sat in silence.

What filled Gongsun Hai’s mind was the original location of Gu An.

There lay a corpse that could no longer be identified.

He was certain that the person was definitely not Gu An.

So where was Gu An?

No answers.

With no other choice, Gongsun Hai decided to eat something first, and then take some Elixir Pills to ease the burning of Spiritual Energy in his body.

Afterward, he would go elsewhere to see if there were any other survivors who had suffered a similar fate.

Now, they likely wouldn’t have a leader anymore unless they went to find the fourth Senior Brother.

With a sigh, Gongsun Hai stopped thinking further.

But when he checked the Storage Treasure at that moment, he was stunned in place.

Rows upon rows of Elixir Pill bottles.

Almost two hundred bottles.

This...

How could this be?

In an instant, he recalled his previous conversation with Gu An.

Talking about how extraordinary the other was, perhaps one day it could be beneficial.

Could it be...

A shocking speculation pierced his thoughts like a sword, one he couldn’t pull out.

Otherwise, who would save him time and again?