Billowing smoke and dust surged up, making the already darkened sky grow even gloomier.
Gu Li rested his saber flat across the horse's back, turned his head, and with a smile asked the young man behind him, "How was that strike of mine?"
"So overwhelmingly fierce, beyond words."
The young man was not yet thirty, dressed in a luxurious robe. He walked a few steps to stand beneath Gu Li's horse, hands clasped, bowing and scraping as he replied, "This Red Lotus Valley never needed to exist in the first place."
This person was none other than Liu Changfeng, his young face full of easy smiles, without the slightest hint of sorrow for Red Lotus Valley.
As if the sect whose mountain gate had just been broken was not his own.
"Haha, this dog of yours is actually sowhat interesting."
Gu Li cast Liu Changfeng a glance, the mockery in his eyes completely undisguised, as if he were looking at a little cur wagging its tail and begging for rcy.
"Many thanks for the praise, Great Elder." Liu Changfeng said with a smile.
"Haha, this kind of dog, this is the first ti I've seen one!"
"Tell , if I told him to go eat shit right now, he probably wouldn't dare refuse, right?"
"He wouldn't!!"
"..."
In an instant, a peal of roaring laughter burst out from the Biluo Sword Valley disciples behind him.
Liu Changfeng gave an awkward laugh, consciously stepping back a pace, saying nothing more.
Boom!
Gu Li swung his saber again, unleashing all his force.
In a flash, it was as if the void itself were cut open with crack after crack, densely layered, like a colossal spiderweb.
Boom!
Soone tore across the void, a palm crashing down, stirring wind and cloud.
Murderous intent exploded forth.
Under the vault of heaven, ripples spread out as if a stone had been thrown into a boundless lake, surging in all directions.
Who else could this newcor be but Liu Changzheng?
With a burst of white light scattering, Liu Changzheng in a black robe stood like a javelin, quietly planted before the shattered mountain gate.
Hiss hiss!
Many Biluo Sword Valley disciples—especially Gu Changfeng—had their faces change involuntarily, their limbs faintly trembling.
Before anyone could react, Liu Changzheng reached out and grabbed for Liu Changfeng.
"He's now a dog of my Biluo Sword Valley. If you want to lay a hand on him, shouldn't you ask whether I agree first?"
Gu Li let out a harsh, eerie laugh, lifting his heavy saber. His movents were light and unhurried, without any flourish, as he simply cleaved straight ahead.
Crack.
A fierce gale swept through the scene like a storm about to break; the whole sky dimd several shades.
Over the vast earth, a single saber cut ca down.
With one clash, Liu Changzheng was blasted sideways several ters. Even after landing, he could not stop himself from retreating step after step, his face flushed a deep red.
"Liu Changzheng, you're old! What are you using to fight ?" Gu Li sat firmly on his horse, steady as Mount Tai, immovable.
Liu Changzheng's knuckles split, blood running down in crimson streaks, his qi churning.
"I heard from this grandson of yours that you, Liu Changzheng, are still thinking of dismissing the disciples in your sect, letting them have a sliver of hope to live. What moves even more is that these people are so full of so-called righteousness, swearing to live and die with your Red Lotus Valley."
"In that case, I'll slaughter these pieces of trash who think themselves full of unbending pride, right in front of your eyes."
Gu Li bared his teeth in a grin and said, "This way, it counts as letting them 'seek benevolence and obtain benevolence.'"
"Haha, what can you, Liu Changzheng, do to ?"
One saber to shatter rivers and mountains.
With Gu Li's strength, a single move was enough to annihilate these three thousand disciples.
"Co at if you've got the guts, killing them—what kind of skill is that?"
Liu Changfeng flew into a rage, shouting harshly.
"Don't worry, I'll send you on your way soon enough."
Gu Li tilted his head, a broad smile on his face. "Today is our Biluo Sword Valley's old ancestor's ninetieth birthday. I promised him I'd wipe out your Red Lotus Valley as a birthday gift."
"What I an is, not even chickens and dogs will be left."
Swish.
The heavy saber drove forward.
Where it passed, nothing was left unbroken, nothing left undestroyed.
His battle power was so terrifying it defied belief; even the sky and earth themselves seed to fall into silence and extinction along with it.
Only…
A radiant, resplendent Dharma Golden Body, under that dark sky, slowly straightened its spine.
Its speed was swift, yet it gave one the feeling of an old man at dusk, nearing his end—struggling to lift his head, shoulders trembling, wanting to glimpse once more the utterly ordinary sunset glow of bygone days.
After a single glance.
Liu Changzheng's Dharma Golden Body stepped forward, forcibly blocking this heavy saber strike of Gu Li's.
"Don't you dare!!"
The three words that ca from Liu Changzheng's mouth landed with a clang, sonorous and powerful.
"Still trying to stop ? Aren't you looking too highly on yourself?" Gu Li sneered. To him, this was nothing but a one-sided massacre; naturally he would do as he pleased, however it amused him.
"A speck of light, and you want to compete with the Bright Moon? Hm?!"
Clang.
Under Gu Li's heaven-toppling strength, that tens-of-zhang-high Dharma Golden Body instantly shattered into countless motes of light, finally dispersing into the air.
Pff…
Liu Changzheng was like a kite with its string cut, blood spraying midair, making scalps crawl and chills run down spines.
"Grandfather!"
"Valley Master, are you alright!"
Liu Qingi and the rest of the disciples all cried out.
"Look at what a piece of trash you are—what are you using to fight ?"
Gu Li laughed. "I suddenly changed my mind. I'll let this group of ants live a little longer for now; I've thought of sothing much more fun."
"Give him a blade."
As he spoke, Gu Li abruptly pointed at Liu Changfeng.
Liu Changfeng was stunned at first. Before he could co back to his senses, an unsheathed war blade was driven into the ground at his feet.
"Go, cut down that old man and bring his head to ." Gu Li looked down from on high at Chen Yang, grinning broadly.
Liu Changfeng: "..."
"Don't dare? That's fine, I'll behead you right away."
Gu Li narrowed his eyes, the smile on his face growing ever brighter. "But if you do as I say, I, Gu Li, will personally decide to keep you by my side as a dog."
"You should know, even being my dog is sothing countless people dream of."
"The choice is yours, but my patience has limits."
Then Liu Changfeng abruptly raised his head, his eyes growing increasingly sinister as he fixed them firmly on Liu Changzheng.
...
Today, Biluo Sword Valley was lit with lanterns and festooned with decorations, a clamor of voices filling the air—lively beyond compare.
As the foremost great power in the southern region of Yuning Mountain, the ninetieth birthday of Biluo Sword Valley's old ancestor was naturally a major event.
Whether great sects or Loose Cultivators, all ca bearing heavy gifts to offer their congratulations.
"I heard Gu Li led people to exterminate Red Lotus Valley to the last; I imagine, to the old ancestor, this counts as a grand gift."
"Of course! Once they swallow Red Lotus Valley and given so ti, this Biluo Sword Valley won't be far off from Southern Dipper Academy."
In the main hall, people gathered in groups of three or five, drinking and toasting, all discussing the matter of wiping out Red Lotus Valley.
But what they did not know was this.
The absolute main character of today—the old ancestor of Biluo Sword Valley, Gu Zhong—was at this mont standing in the rear garden as if he had seen a ghost.
"Chen… Chen Changsheng?!"
Gu Zhong, dressed in a scarlet brocade robe, had his eyes bulging wide, even the hair on his scalp standing on end.
Chen Changsheng stood opposite him with his hands behind his back, saying mildly, "I truly didn't expect that you'd be celebrating your birthday today."
"Still, being born today and dying today… that's not bad."
"Now, I'll send you on your way."
Gu Zhong: "..."
"..."
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