“Little Frost!”
Luluo stroked the little ice-blue bird on her shoulder, causing the latter to release a dazzling ice-blue radiance. Extreme cold Qi pulsed as it transformed into a giant ice-blue bird that was approximately a dozen feet tall.
Frost swirled around the giant bird’s wings. When it flapped its wings, gusts of wind swept outwards, covering the ground in a layer of frost.
This ice bird also possessed Alpha-Origin strength.
Tuntun’s eyes swept over, shooting a glance at the menacing ice bird. The ice bird immediately cowered in response, withdrawing its aura as its icy feathers shivered.
Luluo pouted upon seeing this. “Tuntun, don’t bully Little Frost.”
The Gu Qiu trio expression had become rather grave. They did not dare to be negligent in the face of two Alpha-Origin Genesis Beasts.
“No wonder you dare to cause trouble in my Gu clan. It turns out that you do have something to rely on.” Gu Qiu icily chuckled, before exchanging a look with the two elders. The Genesis Qi around their bodies grew increasingly berserk as glowing patterns appeared on their bodies, evidently runes that had been inscribed beforehand.
The path they walked was similar to Zhou Yuan’s, dual Genesis Qi and Spirit cultivation.
However, Zhou Yuan’s Spirit cultivation was the fruits of his training using a spirit tempering method, which gave him a solid foundation. The Gu clan on the other hand relied on a vile method via the Spirit Devouring Tower. Although their progress was quick, their foundations were not stable, making it difficult for them to achieve big things.
Tuntun and Little Frost hissed before they shot forth, scarlet-red and ice-blue Genesis Qi charging towards their opponents.
The two elders did not dare to tarry and met the two beasts with their full power.
Boom boom!
A wave of Genesis Qi unfurled from their clash, shaking the entire tower.
Gu Qiu’s gaze was fixed onto Yaoyao. Due to his powerful Spirit, he could sense that the danger from this seemingly Genesis Qi-less girl was no less than either Genesis Beast.
Under Gu Qiu’s cold gaze, Yaoyao’s fair hand gently patted her Universe bag. A split second later, several scrolls appeared in her hand. Glowing runes pulsed in the scrolls, emitting extremely violent undulations.
“Grade 4 Genesis Runes!”
Gu Qiu’s pupils shrank when he saw these scrolls. It had finally dawned upon him that the girl in green’s Spirit mastery could only be higher than his own.
“However, we have the homeground advantage in the Spirit Devouring Tower. All of you will definitely lose!”
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Deep in the Spirit Devouring Tower.
Gu Lang’s expression was somewhat grim as he gazed at the mirror in front of him. The aftershocks from the fight were far too strong, making him unable to see what was going on.
“Damnit, I didn't expect that little bitch to be so formidable!” Gu Lang’s complexion was steely green. He had originally taken Yaoyao as someone without any Genesis Qi, who could have imagined that her Spirit cultivation had already reached such astonishing heights.
“But even if you guys are strong, we possess an endless amount of power in this Spirit Devouring Tower so all of you will lose sooner or later.” Coldness flashed in Gu Lang’s eyes.
“When you land in my hands, I will seal your Spirit. Just wait and see how I will torment you then!” As if he could already see that scene, a lustful fire rose inside Gu Lang’s body.
“Oh?”
However, Gu Lang’s fantasy was soon cut short. He lifted his head and looked to his front as an icy light surfaced in his eyes.
The mists parted as a young figure slowly walked out.
It was Zhou Yuan.
“Found it at last.” Zhou Yuan looked to his front and grinned.
Gu Lang was expressionless as he gazed at Zhou Yuan, no longer needing to mask the mocking smile his lips. He gently stretched his neck from side to side as a cold voice filled with sinister killing intent rang out within the mist.
“My mood is not very good now. So… Qi Nourishing small fry, have you thought of how you would like to die?”
Chapter 124 Break the Sky
Zhou Yuan’s gaze scanned the area, eventually coming to a stop on a certain spot behind Gu Lang where a black crystal ball that shined with a strange light lay atop a stone pedestal. Ancient patterns spread down the pedestal, reaching into the ground.
The crystal ball should be the core of the Spirit Devouring Tower.
“Small fry?”
Zhou Yuan seemed to smile when heard Gu Lang’s words. The former was after all someone who had once slayed an Alpha-Origin expert. Although he had borrowed Silver Shadow’s power, the one before him, Gu Lang, was merely a mid Heaven Gate stage practitioner.
“How does it feel to smash your own foot with a rock?” Zhou Yuan smiled thinly. If not for Gu Lang having designs on Yaoyao and subsequently giving them two entry tokens to the Spirit Refining Tower, they would have likely left, no desire to involve themselves in this affair.
Gu Lang’s indifferent face did not change as he replied, “You think you can stop me? Do you even think that you’re qualified to be a stone in my path? At best, you’re a tiny pebble that I can easily kick aside.”
An eerie smile appeared from the corners of his lips as he stared at Zhou Yuan.
“You seem to have a pretty good relationship with that girl, right? Don’t worry, after we capture all of you, I’ll make sure you have a front row seat as I properly enjoy her!”
Zhou Yuan emotionlessly lifted his head, his eyes focusing on Gu Lang as he sighed, “Looks like you really won’t be able to live past today.”
His filthy words had already triggered Zhou Yuan’s killing intent.
“Oh?” The smile on Gu Lang’s lips gradually turned malicious. He took a step forward as violent Genesis Qi abruptly erupted from his body, the strength of the mid Heaven Gate stage fully on display.
Gu Lang’s Genesis Qi had a dim yellow hue and gave off an aura of extreme heaviness, as if it contained the power of mountains.
This was the Gu clan’s best Genesis Qi, grade 4 Genesis Qi, the Thousand Subduing Mountains Qi!
“Small fry, where exactly did you find the confidence to to spew such bold words before me? Especially with your mere Qi Nourishing stage strength.” Gu Lang grinned evilly.
Bang!
His body abruptly shot forward he instant his words faded, appearing in front of Zhou Yuan in a few breaths. The former’s eyes were filled with viciousness as a fist was sent blasting at the latter.
Cackle!
The air in front of the punch was violently blown away. Berserk punch winds wrapped in dim yellow Genesis Qi were akin to enormous boulders rapidly tumbling down from above, full of raw and violent power.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed. In the next instant, dark gold Omni Python Qi abruptly burst out from his body. He showed no signs of backing down as his five fingers also tightened into a fist and punched!
Bang!
Two fists slammed into each other, instantly cracking the ground below their feet. A shockwave devastated the surroundings as both figures first jerked back before shooting backwards.
Dust filled the air. Gu Lang had a dark expression as he stared at Zhou Yuan. The former could not believe that he had not gained the slightest advantage in their previous clash. Moreover, he could sense an extremely tyrannical poison in Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi which had maniacally tried to invade his body upon contact. If not for his perceptive Spirit, he would have likely suffered quite a bit.
All of these observations slightly amazed Gu Lang. He was after all a Heaven Gate stage expert, while Zhou Yuan was merely at the advance Qi Nourishing stage. The gap between the two should be huge.
“The Genesis Qi this guy cultivated is not simple.” However, Gu Lang quickly understood, his eyes now burning with greed as he stared at the dark gold Genesis Qi around Zhou Yuan’s body. The qualit
y of the latter’s Genesis Qi had evidently exceeded grade 4.
“So that’s the source of your confidence.”
“I have become rather interested in your Genesis Qi. After I capture you, there will be a way to extract its Qi cultivation method from your mouth.” Gu Lang grinned in a sinister manner.
Zhou Yuan merely followed with a faint smile. “Since you’re so interested in it… it will be fitting for me to use it to beat you to death.”
Swish!
Two figures shot forward at practically the same time.
On the ground, two figures seemed to weave into one, punches and kicks rapidly thrown one after another, leaving numerous after images behind.
While they were fighting, an insidious look flitted across Gu Lang’s eyes. His five fingers clenched into a fist as a rune began to light up on his arm.
“Grade 2 Genesis Rune, Metal Rhino Rune!”
Gu Lang’s fist instantly transformed into a flash of black metal like light as alarming power erupted.
The sudden rise in power of this punch was enough to pulverise an opponent of the same cultivation level.
However, the instant the black metal like fist was thrown, an icy light surfaced in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he jerked his shoulder.
“Golden Ape Moves the Mountain Rune!”
A glowing rune appeared on his shoulder as his strength rapidly soared. A punch was sent blasting through the air, ferociously slamming into Gu Lang’s fist.
The ground below the two fissured as they staggered a dozen or so steps back.
Zhou Yuan lifted his head and grinned at Gu Lang. “I too have grade 2 Genesis Runes.”
Since he already knew that the members of the Gu clan had strong Spirits, he was naturally on guard against any Genesis Runes his opponents had prepared in advance on their bodies. Graveness flitted across Gu Lang’s eyes. It was only at this moment that he finally began to realise how troublesome an opponent the so called small fry was.
Any other ordinary opponent, even another initial Heaven Gate practitioner, would have been defeated by him long ago.
In fact, if he relied on the power of grade 2 Genesis Runes, Gu Lang was even confident of putting up a fight against mid Heaven Gate experts.
However, the current situation seemed to show… that he was somewhat helpless against an advance Qi Nourishing stage youth.
Gu Lang took in a deep breath, throwing out all of the contempt he originally had towards Zhou Yuan. It would be truly foolish to hang on to such notions at such a time.
“My task is to defend the central area. As long as the Genesis Rune boundary is not broken, father and the elders will be able to eternally sustain their battle power, eventually wear out and defeat their opponents. When that happens, this guy will become mere meat on the chopping board. Hence, there’s no need to take any unnecessary risks just for some silly pride.”
Upon seeing the look in Gu Lang’s eyes, Zhou Yuan knew that the latter had changed his strategy. Gu Lang was no longer going to attack, but instead defend and delay for time, focusing on protecting the Genesis Rune boundary.
“I originally wanted to keep using you as grindstone and test the power of the Heaven Gate stage.”
Zhou Yuan shook his head. “But since you are unwilling, you no longer have any value.”
“Shameless boasting you small fry.” Gu Long mocked, fully under the impression that Zhou Yuan was just being stubborn. Though it was true that Gu Lang had previously been unable to quickly obtain victory, at the very least, he was confident that he could stop Zhou Yuan in his tracks and make it impossible for him to advance a single step further.
Zhou Yuan did not waste any more time bantering, and merely closed his eyes as he exhaled.
He took half a step forward, his body swaying as an arm was extended. His hand began to move, a slow yet heavy movement as if he was holding a mountain while palm winds swept forth, vibrating the surrounding air.
The Genesis Qi in Zhou Yuan’s body began to surge violently at this moment.
Wind unfurled from under Zhou Yuan’s feet, sweeping up the dust on the ground.
As Zhou Yuan’s palm was swung, dark gold light heaved as if a giant dragon’s claw was reaching out to grab a mountain and smash it at the heavens.
An astonishing aura exploded from Zhou Yuan’s body.
“I have a move that can sunder the sky.”
Zhou Yuan stepped forward, appearing in front of Gu Lang as a hand descended as if it was throwing a giant stone monument.
The ground in front of him was barbarically ripped apart.
Dragon Tablet Hand, third level. Break the Sky.
Gu Lang’s expression instantly turned to terror.
Chapter 125 Black Crystal Ball
Boom!
The ground trembled as Zhou Yuan swung his palm. One could only watch as a dark gold hand of light swept forth like a golden rainbow, domineeringly heavy as it headed straight for Gu Lang.
The golden rainbow pulsed like a giant dragon dragging a mountain with the desire of sundering the heavens.
Imposing and astonishing.
As the golden rainbow flew, long tears were ripped open on the ground in front of Zhou Yuan.
Dragon Tablet Hand, third level.
After nearly a year of training, Zhou Yuan was finally able to use the third level. Its power made him secretly in awe. The might of this strike had even exceeded the mid grade Black tier Genesis technique, Extreme Emperor Seal, reaching the high grade level.
It was likely that even mid Heaven Gate experts would have no choice but to avoid this strike.
Gu Lang ‘s expression had become colored in shock and fear, horror flitting across his eyes. He would never have imagined that the Qi Nourishing small fry would be able to pull off such an astonishing attack.
Gu Lang cut a sorry figure as he rapidly retreated in hopes of avoiding the attack. However, the golden rainbow stuck to him like a shadow, arriving right in front of him in a few breaths.
Unable to dodge, a resolute look flashed in Gu Lang’s eyes as all the Genesis Qi in his body erupted. Five fingers tightly clenched and a punch was sent blasting.
Boom!
The air in front of him cackled as it was blown away.
“Thousand Mountain Fist Seal!”
Berserk Genesis Qi gathered, transforming into a storm of raging power that smashed into the incoming golden rainbow.
Bang!
The aftershocks devastated the surroundings, fissuring the ground below them. Gu Lang’s body was sent flying as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood along the way.
However, a malicious look emerged on his face when he was sent flying. He rolled up his tongue and spit, shooting out a tiny speck of black light.
The speck of light pierced through the aftershocks of the attack like a flash of lightning and headed straight for Zhou Yuan’s forehead.
Gu Lang miserably crashed into the ground. His complexion was deathly pale and he felt as if all the organs in his body had been shifted, clearly badly injured by the overwhelming powerful hand of light.
However, although he had been seriously injured, Gu Lang let out an ominous chuckle as he looked in Zhou Yuan’s direction and said, “Kid, you’re still too green. You’ll definitely be dead after being hit by my Spirit Destroying Needle!”
The dust around Zhou Yuan gradually receded, but when his figure finally appeared, the smile on Gu Lang’s face turned rigid bit by bit.
A green scale had appeared between Zhou Yuan’s brows. The thin black needle was stuck on the scale, unable to advance any further.
Zhou Yuan reached out and removed the black needle, his eyes indifferent as he looked towards Gu Lang.
“How can it be?!” Gu Lang involuntarily cried out in fright. His previous sneak attack had been as swift as thunder, his timing practically perfect. How could it have been blocked by Zhou Yuan?
“You really are rotten all the way down to the core.” Zho
u Yuan’s voice sounded.
A deathly pale Gu Lang scrambled back as he watched Zhou Yuan approach step by step, murder brimming within the latter. “If you kill me, the Gu clan will not let you off!”
A mocking smile hung from the corners of Zhou Yuan’s mouth. At this point in time, there was already no other paths for them and the Gu clan to take.
Gu Lang likewise seemed to understand this. He suddenly crawled up, slamming his hand into the ground as his figure rapidly retreated, hoping to take this opportunity to escape.
However, how could Zhou Yuan possibly give him the chance? The black needle was flicked from his fingertips, transforming into a flash of light that rapidly caught up to Gu Lang, piercing him through the back of his head.
The expression on Gu Lang’s face froze as his body crashed into the ground, life fading from his eyes. Only at this moment did he finally regret provoking the girl and guy duo in Precious Treasures Pavillion…
It seemed that the Qi Nourishing small fry was much more powerful than he had expected.
Zhou Yuan’s cold eyes watched the life fade from Gu Lang’s body. Who knew just how many people had been harmed by the Gu clan’s Spirit Devouring Tower. Retribution had finally caught up with them today.
He paid no further attention to Gu Lang’s corpse and headed towards the stone pedestal, his gaze falling upon the black crystal ball atop it.
Black fog rose from the ground and swirled around the crystal ball, as if endlessly pouring something into it.
Zhou Yuan observed it for a moment, before his pupils suddenly shrank. He had discovered that the thing flowing in was Spirit energy. Moreover, once the Spirit energy entered the black crystal ball, it would begin to be refined.
Gathered within the black crystal ball was the culmination of an outrageous amount of pure Spirit energy.
Zhou Yuan could not help but mutter to himself, “Just what is this crystal ball? To think that it can even absorb and refine Spirit energy.”
It was clearly due to the existence of this crystal ball that the Gu clan members had strong Spirits.
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