Chapter 1446 - 746: Not Good! Fall Back!
Chapter 1446: Chapter 746: Not Good! Fall Back!
He forced a smile.
"Tantai Pavilion Master, you’re joking. Without your true self here, merely boasting with spiritual power to destroy our two sects might not be convincing."
"Is that so?"
The tone of Tantai Bingtang’s voice suddenly turned playful. The next moment, a crystalline thread appeared out of thin air on the Great Elder’s neck, as fine as hair but exuding a bone-chilling coldness.
"To kill you, why would I need to be present in person?"
"Hiss—"
With a faint sound, the Great Elder’s head separated from his body. Strangely, instead of blood spraying from the neck’s severed point, it was covered with a thin layer of ice.
His body stiffly fell to the ground, while the head suspended in mid-air, eyes full of unbelievable horror.
"Ah——!"
The head let out a shrill scream, the voice filled with fear.
"Impossible! Just a spiritual power avatar can sever my physical body... you... have you already touched that realm?!"
This scene made the experts from both sects turn pale.
Though not fatal, the flesh of a Sect Realm expert being severed would require at least ten years of hard work to re-cultivate.
Even more terrifying, Tantai Bingtang wasn’t present, yet merely an avatar of hers with such might...
Tantai Bingtang’s illusory figure floated mid-air, her silver-white hair moving without wind, stars seemed to twinkle in her eyes.
She was merely a spiritual power incarnation, yet made the Sect Realm experts of the Divine Blood Sect and Sun and Moon Sect feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Do you all still wish to rid of me?"
Gu Sheng stood with hands behind his back, a faint smile on his lips.
His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone’s ears.
The bare-chested young man of the Divine Blood Sect broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, quietly transmitting a message to his master.
"Master, this Gu Sheng is only at Earth Martial Realm cultivation, even in the Secret Realm, he might not be a match for a disciple. If we provoke the potentially King Realm Tantai Bingtang for this, it is truly not worth it..."
In the Sun and Moon Sect camp, Xu Hansong also had a changing expression, transmitting a message to the Great Elder.
"Great Elder, conflicting with Linyin Pavilion now will only let the Divine Blood Sect reap the benefits. There are plenty of opportunities to kill Gu Sheng, why not..."
The two Sect Realm experts exchanged a glance, seeing apprehension in each other’s eyes.
They couldn’t determine how many more times Tantai Bingtang could act with this incarnation, nor could they bear the wrath of a King Realm expert.
"Hmph, since Linyin Pavilion stands in, we’ll give face today."
A Divine Blood Sect elder snorted coldly, flinging his sleeve.
"All disciples, enter the Secret Realm in order!"
Gu Sheng’s eyes flashed, turning to Xie Qingxuan and Xie He, whispering.
"Let’s go!"
The three of them were the first to pass through the bronze gate.
In an instant, a blinding white light enveloped their vision. Gu Sheng felt the world spinning, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in an unfamiliar land.
"Is this the undiscovered Secret Realm?"
Xie Qingxuan looked around curiously, excitement glowing in her beautiful eyes.
Gu Sheng didn’t respond immediately, but closed his eyes to concentrate spirit.
Within a radius of two thousand feet, lava flowed and heat waves rolled, resembling the volcanic environment at the entrance.
Yet, on a tall peak a thousand feet away, wave-like fluctuations of intense life energy faintly emanated from the volcano’s crater.
"Have you discovered something?"
Xie He keenly noticed the change in Gu Sheng’s expression.
Gu Sheng opened his eyes, pointing towards the distant peak.
"There’s something unusual there, the life energy is exceedingly dense, likely there is Spirit Flame Immortal Grass."
He paused, lowering his voice.
"However, people from the Divine Blood Sect and Sun and Moon Sect will soon catch up, we must hurry."
Xie Qingxuan gripped the longsword at her waist, battle intent rising in her eyes.
"Then let’s move quickly, so they don’t get the upper hand!"
The three did not hesitate further, swiftly heading towards the peak.
As Gu Sheng sped along, he maintained his spiritual power at its maximum range, alert for possible dangers.
Shortly after they left, figures began to flash at the bronze gate.
Xu Hansong and the bare-chested young man stepped into the Secret Realm almost simultaneously, their gazes swept and immediately spotted the direction where Gu Sheng and the others had vanished.
The blood-red magma roiled within the volcano’s crater.
Standing at the edge of the volcano, Gu Sheng’s black robe was lifted by the heat wave, revealing the Ancient Bronze Mirror hanging at his waist — the very Tongming Treasure Mirror Fragment seized from Xu Hansong.
"Young Master Gu, that’s the Spirit Flame Immortal Grass!"
Xie Qingxuan suddenly pointed to the center of the Magma Lake, her voice trembling slightly with excitement.
A small crimson grass swayed with the magma, its seven leaves spreading like flames.
Gu Sheng’s gaze swept over the immortal grass, nodding slightly.
"It indeed contains powerful Life Force."
He turned to Xie Qingxuan, the girl’s fair face flushed red from the magma, eyes full of hope.
"Young Master Gu, our Xie family..."
Xie Qingxuan bit her lip, fingers involuntarily intertwined.
"As long as it can save grandpa, the Xie family is willing to pay any price."
Xie He stood behind, saying nothing, but the pleading look in his eyes was equally obvious.
"Since I promised to help, I won’t go back on my word."
Gu Sheng said calmly.
"This immortal grass is of no use to me."
Tears suddenly welled up in Xie Qingxuan’s eyes, just about to express gratitude, when her expression suddenly changed.
Gu Sheng also turned at the same time, his gaze shooting towards the mountain path behind — two parties were approaching the volcano’s crater from different directions.
"They’re here fast."
Gu Sheng squinted his eyes.
On the left path, Xu Hansong wore a snow-white robe, behind him were four elders with robust auras and dozens of Earth Martial Realm martial artists; on the right was a bare-chested youth, his muscles bulging like cast iron, it was Zhang Tianxing of the Divine Blood Sect.
"Gu Sheng!"
From afar, Xu Hansong spotted the black-robed figure, eyes flashing cold.
"Let’s see where you’ll escape this time!"
Zhang Tianxing, however, ignored Gu Sheng, his gaze fixed fiercely on the blood-red Magma Lake, suddenly bursting into laughter.