Chapter 359 - 190: If I Want You to Die, You Cannot Live

"Who is it?!"

Wu Qianlong was utterly shocked by the sudden turn of events and let out a furious roar. But before he could even react, a magnificent blade of light—as brilliant as a river of stars and containing ultimate power—shattered space and instantly slashed down before him.

Wu Qianlong’s expression darkened instantly. Drawing on his vast combat experience, he formed a seal with one hand the very moment the Heaven-Reaching Blade Intent slashed toward him. He condensed his Dao Rhythm, and his immense Magical Power instantly formed a deep, dark barrier of light before him, like an indestructible fortress wall!

BANG!! The blade of light, carrying the ultimate sharpness of a river of stars, slammed into the dark barrier. It unstoppably carved a web of cracks across its surface before the barrier exploded, and the blade slashed violently toward Wu Qianlong’s body!

"What?!" Wu Qianlong’s pupils constricted as he stared in disbelief at the shattered shield. At the very last second, he forcefully shifted his body to avoid a fatal blow to his vitals.

SCHHFFT!!

Even so, the starlit blade of ultimate sharpness still struck Wu Qianlong’s arm. It sliced through as easily as splitting bamboo and slammed violently into the ground behind him, instantly carving out a massive trench. The residual power triggered the protective Array around the outer Du Family estate, which then shattered in the aftershock!

Immediately after, Wu Qianlong’s arm, cleanly severed as if by a mirror, separated from his body as he hovered in the void. Gleaming blood arced through the sky, each drop containing immense energy as it fell upon the fractured earth.

"Damn it!" Wu Qianlong’s expression was ghastly. ’That was close!’ he thought. If he hadn’t forcefully shifted his body, that attack wouldn’t have just taken his arm—it would have sliced him in two!

’What kind of expert possesses such Heaven-Reaching Blade Intent? I’m a Tongxuan Middle Stage cultivator who entered the Tongxuan Realm centuries ago! To be put in such a sorry state... could it be a Tongxuan Late Stage expert?!’ Just as Wu Qianlong was pondering this with a dark expression,

Ripples suddenly appeared in the void before him.

"You are indeed powerful,

to have so easily dodged my attack."

A voice, suffused with Dao Rhythm, clearly entered everyone’s ears.

Then, the ripples in the void began to glow, gradually coalescing into a human figure.

A handsome, white-robed figure materialized, hovering in mid-air. Dao Rhythm circulated around him as he radiated a terrifying momentum. Gu Yun’s profound gaze fell upon the one-armed, ghastly-faced Wu Qianlong, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

’I didn’t expect him to dodge a strike that should have killed him. As expected, any Cultivator who can live for several centuries is an old monster.’

’You really can’t underestimate anyone!’

But Wu Qianlong, hovering in the void not far away, sensed the other man’s bottomless, ocean-vast Magical Power. The man’s entire being radiated a divine power that made him extremely wary.

His face was black as thunder as he spoke in a grave voice, "I do not believe there is any enmity between us!"

But Gu Yun simply shook his head, the corners of his lips curling up into an elegant smile. "How could there be no enmity?"

"Your association with Demon Fiends is cause for immense hatred between you and I!"

"If I don’t kill you, I’ll feel rather displeased,

so I must ask you to die, just to soothe this restless heart of mine."

As his voice fell, a flash of killing intent erupted in Gu Yun’s eyes. His chilling words seemed to make the very temperature of the world drop!

Hearing this, a monstrous wave crashed through Wu Qianlong’s mind.

’He... he’d been discovered!’

’It must have been that Old Ghost Du who leaked the information.’

’Damn him!! Damn him!!’

Wu Qianlong roared furiously in his heart.

Although a primordial tidal wave was raging in Wu Qianlong’s heart, his face remained impassive, without a ripple of emotion. He spoke calmly:

"You have no proof. Do not make baseless accusations."

But Gu Yun just sneered.

"Proof?!"

"Hmph!"

"My word is the proof!"

"I say you are, and so you are!!"

"I want to kill you, so you must die!!"

As his voice fell, Gu Yun’s full Tongxuan Realm Middle Stage cultivation erupted. His Magical Power, deep as an abyss, surged forth. Crimson Thunder Arcs crackled around his body, shattering the very air and containing an incredibly terrifying power. Simultaneously, the dark clouds above churned, and a bolt of Thunder ripped through the void, shaking heaven and earth with its unprecedented brilliance!

Gnarled Thunder Arcs coiled around Gu Yun, radiating a terrifying Dao Rhythm. In a flash, he resembled a Thunder God holding dominion over the world. He raised his hand, spread his fingers, and thrust his palm forward.

Then, thousands of bolts of Thunder condensed in the void, forming a Thunderous Hand of supreme might. The next instant, the Thunderous Hand, like a Celestial Punishment, descended with ultimate power, crushing layers of space as it bore down on Wu Qianlong to annihilate him!

"This... this!!" Gazing at the Thunderous Hand that seemed like a world-ending Celestial Punishment, Wu Qianlong’s pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinprick.

A subtle premonition from the universe itself seemed to tell him that he could neither block nor dodge this attack. His heart plummeted into the abyss.

’How is this possible!!’ he thought. ’The sheer momentum of this attack... it’s far beyond even someone at the Tongxuan Late Stage! Why would an expert of this caliber come to ambush me?’

’The Celestial Dao is unjust! If the Bloodfall Plan had succeeded, if I had blood-sacrificed the tens of millions in Lingxiao City, I could have broken through to the Tongxuan Late Stage, maybe even Tongxuan Mastery Peak!’

’But now, I am to perish here.’

"I refuse to accept this!!" Veins bulged on Wu Qianlong’s forehead, his eyes bloodshot as a crimson light flashed within them. All the Magical Power in his body surged, and a terrifying Dao Rhythm began to circulate. He formed a seal with his one hand, and as he felt the ultimate crisis descend, Wu Qianlong unleashed an unprecedented burst of power.

"Netherworld Divine Light Technique!"

A dark vortex suddenly materialized in the void, swirling with the force of a hurricane. In an instant, it was as if the Netherworld had descended upon the mortal realm. A pillar of divine light imbued with Netherworld Power shot out from the vortex, piercing through space and carrying that same terrifying power as it slammed into the descending hand of Celestial Punishment!

BOOM!

The Thunderous Hand, imbued with the might of the heavens, instantly collided with the all-annihilating Netherworld Divine Light in mid-air. The collision produced a terrifying explosion. Huge swathes of the surrounding space shattered, revealing a pitch-black abyss where one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face. A terrifying astral wind rushed out like a wild beast!

BANG!!

The two powerful attacks intertwined, flashes of lightning and nether-light illuminating the world.

However, after clashing for only a moment, the Netherworld Divine Light was utterly crushed by the Thunderous Hand, which was like a Celestial Punishment.

The hand then slammed into Wu Qianlong, unstoppably smashing him into the earth below, instantly blasting an incredibly deep crater a hundred li wide into the ground!!

The terrifying tremor from the Du Mansion instantly alarmed people for thousands of li around.

*Hiss!*

"Wh... what in the world is happening!!" a True Essence Realm Cultivator thousands of li away exclaimed, suddenly feeling the ground shake.

"This... this must be the work of a True Monarch expert!"

"Over at the Du Mansion,

what on earth happened?!" someone who sensed the tremor originating from the Du Mansion to the northwest, which was now glowing with an immense light, exclaimed in shock.

"It must be Elder Du fighting another powerful expert! How else could they create such a massive commotion?!" a Cultivator in a green robe, holding a folding fan, guessed with certainty.

Countless Cultivators in Lingxiao City turned to look toward the Du Mansion in the northwest, all discussing the matter animatedly.

「At the same time.」

Within a grand and ancient hall, magnificent and imposing, that floated in the air at the center of Lingxiao City, surrounded by Profound Mysterious Arrays,

A middle-aged man on a high platform—dressed in a black shirt, with a square face, sharp eyes, and a terrifying Dao Rhythm circulating around him—suddenly opened his nether-like eyes. His Divine Sense spread out to cover the world, perceiving the great commotion happening in the northwest of the city.

This man was Qin Xiao, an Elder of the Celestial Refining Demon Sect and the City Lord of Lingxiao City.

"’Old Ghost Du, Wu the Dog, what the hell are they up to?!’" the black-shirted, middle-aged man muttered to himself. "’And this aura...’" He sensed a terrifying presence, one that even he found unnerving. "’This is... an outsider!’"