Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 974 - 66: Contending for the Pinnacle of the Gray Domain (3 updates of 10,000 words, please subscribe!)_2

At that moment, as Gu Chen turned his head, he realized that the stele of inheritance had vanished at some unknown point.

"Let's go, senior, we should leave this place first," Gu Chen said to Xia Huang.

"Alright," Xia Huang nodded with a grave expression.

As soon as they flashed out of the cave dwelling, they discovered that the outside world was already in complete chaos.

Many people from the sacred sects had appeared in this area, a portion of whom were incredibly powerful, with black auras soaring to the sky due to fusing with evil demons.

The vast majority, however, were martial artists and cultivators who had not fused with evil demons.

After all, merging with specters bore a significant risk of failure, not to mention with evil demons.

But owing to the overwhelming numbers, it seemed that many had succeeded in the fusion; these were the lives stacked upon lives.

"Kill!"

Members of the sacred sects roared with killing intent, commencing battle with the various major powers within the secret realm.

However, as soon as Gu Chen appeared after leaving the cave dwelling, the majority of these attackers shifted their focus to him, charging towards him and deserting their original opponents.

This move left many people stunned.

"Could it be that Gu Jiuge has somehow offended the sacred sects?"

"It's all over for him now. The sacred sects never fail to hit their mark, nor do they leave a whole corpse!"

On witnessing this, countless people began to discuss among themselves. They had not anticipated that Gu Jiuge, with his unparalleled talent, would face such a predicament and could likely fall here.

Xue Ningshan and others froze, watching Gu Chen being surrounded by the sacred sects, feeling no inclination to help even though they were also of the Human Clan.

By the side, the young master of the Blood Orchid Clan, Blood Jade, wanted to assist Gu Chen, but her clanspeople stopped her.

"You fools, to give up such a powerful ally as Gu Jiuge. Do you really think the people from the sacred sects will spare us after killing him?" Blood Jade cursed loudly, finding these people utterly shortsighted.

On hearing these words, many changed their expression, but still, no one was willing to act.

Partly because they were too fearful of the sacred sects and partly because Xue Ningshan and the others wanted Gu Chen gone.

With Gu Chen around, their status as exceptional talents was a joke; they could never come forward.

Gu Chen was like a towering mountain, suppressing them, causing great discomfort.

Now that the opportunity had arisen, they naturally did not want to let it slip.

Whoosh!

Unexpectedly, someone indeed took action, willing to help Gu Chen.

It was a woman with a cultivation level in the Heaven-Man Realm, still in the martial realm, with a graceful figure, delicate features, and particularly her slender waist that could be encircled with a single grip.

It was none other than Ling Fei from Xuan Yi Sect!

"Junior sister!"

Liao Yun himself was baffled, having not expected that Ling Fei would rush out to aid Gu Chen immediately.

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." Many onlookers smirked and shook their heads at the sight.

Even Xue Ningshan and others were unwilling to provoke the sacred sects, and yet a mere martial artist dared to take action; wasn't this overestimating oneself?

"How cold-hearted you all are, a bunch of short-sighted fools!" Blood Jade of the Blood Orchid Clan scoffed. Finally freeing herself from her clan's restraint, she plunged into the crowd from the sacred sects, trying to help Gu Chen out of the encirclement.

Xue Ningshan and their group remained silent, merely standing in the distance and watching everything unfold.

Gu Yan, the ninth prince from the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, frowned slightly as he stood to one side, feeling a sense of foreboding while looking at Gu Chen nearby.

"He's too calm." Gu Yan felt uneasy; even when surrounded by so many, Gu Chen remained composed and unfazed.

In fact, Gu Yan had the feeling that this whole scene was exactly what the other party had been dreaming of.

"Your Highness, rest assured, even if he is brave and fierce, facing dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, many of whom have merged with demons and are nearly unkillable, he will still struggle to continue and will die miserably right here!" the warrior beside Gu Yan whispered.

Gu Yan did not speak, his brows tightly furrowed, still feeling an uneasiness—or rather, a sense of irritation—as if something terrible was about to happen.

"Could he truly break the situation?!" Gu Yan's heart trembled, for he had arranged for no less than dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators to act against Gu Chen this time, many of whom had merged with demons, ensuring that even the strongest prodigies would meet their demise!

"Look quickly, they're clashing!" someone shouted.

Indeed, not far away, dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, each with a fierce expression, surrounded Gu Chen and the Summer Emperor in an encirclement.

On the periphery, Blood Jade and Ling Fei had actually joined forces, charging inside to break through and help Gu Chen.

At the heart of the battlefield, Gu Chen naturally saw this scene and was somewhat surprised.

Finally, he spoke, his voice clear and calm, "A group of demons and evil spirits daring to show ferocity before me, they're simply tired of living!"

As his words fell, Gu Chen's eyes instantly turned cold and fierce. He stretched out his fingers and gently pressed forward into the void.

Boom!

In an instant, the void trembled, and heaven and earth surged as a majestic true dragon emerged, its body proud and radiant with divine brilliance, emitting an unbelievably strong aura, as if containing threads of power that could destroy all things!

"What?!"

The terror of its oppressive might spread; the true dragon stood at the very top of the Ten Thousand Tribes' food chain and was once called a celestial spirit!

Now, as it descended upon the world, fear arose from the deepest part of everyone's hearts, causing many to fall to their knees, bury their heads, and tremble uncontrollably.

"How... how could this be?!" Gu Yan, the ninth prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, was also stunned. He had finally realized the source of the unease in his heart!

With his keen intuition, he sensed that the true dragon which had appeared before Gu Chen was tinged with strands of divine presence peculiar to divine arts!

Boom!

The next moment, the sky shattered and thunder flashed as if the world itself was ending. With a mere flick of its majestic claw, the dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators vanished into thin air in an instant!

"What... what did I just see?"

"This... this is against the heavens!"

"Is this an illusion, how is this possible?!"

"It must be the pinnacle of the Gray Domain, Gu Jiuge is the number one genius of the younger generation in the Gray Domain!"

Having witnessed this scene, countless people exclaimed in shock and disbelief.

After all, these were dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, some even merged with demons, so how could they be annihilated in a single encounter?

Such a scene was too surreal; they truly did not understand how someone in the Cave Heaven Realm could be so ferocious?!

"Is he... really just of the Cave Heaven Realm?" one of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty's warriors stammered in amazement after getting a clear view.

What was believed to be a foolproof trap, with victory within grasp, had been reversed in the blink of an eye, an outright overturn.

"So, this is his true strength..." Xue Ningshan and others could not help but shiver.

Faced with such an overwhelmingly powerful strike, capable of destroying heaven and earth, no one could remain composed!

"Monster, he is a monster!"

The handsome face of Jin Xu from the Tiankui Clan became vacant, and he stood there, dumbfounded, muttering to himself over and over.

Blood Jade and Ling Fei were also dumbstruck, never expecting such an easy resolution against Earth level demons and dozens of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators!

At this moment, Gu Chen was acknowledged as the foremost of the younger generation in the Gray Domain, reaching the summit without question. In everyone's hearts, there was no longer any doubt about this answer.

With such mighty strength, not to mention the younger generation throughout the Gray Domain, not even the older generation in the Cave Heaven Realm could rival him.

Even some in the God Transformation Realm would turn to ashes in the face of that one strike!

In this moment, they witnessed the rise of a young king in the Gray Domain, rising swiftly like a divine sun, illuminating the heavens and earth of the Gray Domain.