Chapter 6

"Vast as the sky and earth, nothing surpasses the principle of reason. Today, I will teach you all a lesson in reason!"

Gu Jinlai drew his sword from its scabbard.

"Oh, let me see the sword skills of this devil!"

Zhang Buyi's true qi surged.

"Clang!"

The divine sword in the scabbard on his back vibrated and shot out into the void, then was grasped in his raised right hand.

"I have practiced the sword since childhood, mastering the thirty-six Cloud Peak Sword Techniques. For fifty-two years, I have wielded my sword, slaying countless evil and twisted beings, including three Core Embracing devils..."

"Too much talk!"

Before Zhang Buyi could finish, Gu Jinlai took a large step forward, his sword slicing through the void like a white streak, piercing out in an instant.

In that moment, all his essence, energy, and spirit condensed into a single point, his true qi flowing, the sword aura bursting forth, perfectly harmonizing to make this strike like the first ray of sunlight at noon, illuminating everyone's vision, filling their eyes with the brilliance of the first light of day.

Sword aura!?

Sword qi!?

Sword intent!?

No!

This was just a special way of combining sword technique with the reflection of sunlight!

Metallic reflection.

Even elementary school students know this.

But this ability, enhanced and amplified through the refraction of true qi, made the light so intense it could blind a person.

Zhang Buyi, who was intensely focused on Gu Jinlai, hadn't even had time to fully unleash his power when he felt the world engulfed by the sword light!

The colors of the world were stolen by the sword light, turning everything into a dazzling white!

"Ah! My eyes!"

Zhang Buyi let out a cry of shock and anger.

"Be careful!"

Ma Zheng, standing nearby, didn't hesitate as his true qi exploded.

He used his fist!

A fist infused with the blood of fierce beasts and even demons!

If Gu Jinlai's sword was the dazzling light that illuminated the world, then his aura was like a terrifying demon hidden in the darkness, awakened by the brilliant light, suddenly reaching out and striking with a fist, a massive force capable of blocking the sky, covering and shattering the first light of noon that had pierced the darkness...

One punch!

Facing Gu Jinlai, even though he was said to have suffered a mental breakdown and lost most of his cultivation, Ma Zheng held nothing back, delivering his strongest punch!

"Boom!"

True qi roared!

The surging true qi was like a meteor falling from the sky into the sea, creating visible ripples in the calm void. The ripples exploded, forming a hurricane that surged outward, grinding all the grass within a few dozen meters into powder!

Gu Jinlai's sword illuminated the sky, while Ma Zheng's punch shattered the void.

The first to collide were their sword aura and fist aura.

"Bang!"

The sword aura and fist aura collided in the void, like the first ray of sunlight at noon being blocked by a terrifying demon hidden in the darkness.

Gu Jinlai's fierce sword aura was completely covered and shattered by Ma Zheng's fist aura.

"Unbreakable!"

Shattering Gu Jinlai's sword light, Ma Zheng charged forward, his fist aura vibrating, carrying the force to pierce the void, striking heavily on Gu Jinlai's sword like a blazing meteor falling from the sky.

"Boom!"

The sword and fist collided, creating a thunderous boom in the void, like ten kilograms of explosives detonating at the point of impact, sending shockwaves and shattered sword aura flying, compressing the air and forming a shockwave that plowed the ground within a few dozen meters, sending dirt flying.

The fist's force vibrated!

Through Gu Jinlai's sword, it fiercely swept over his protective true qi.

Even as a Core Embracing expert, with a flawless true body, he still felt intense pain in his arm, his sword almost flying out of his hand, his radius and ulna bones creaking as if about to shatter.

However, before Ma Zheng's fist force could fully erupt and break his sword arm, an invisible sword qi, like a breath from the netherworld, spread up his arm, following the force of his punch.

His fist...

It was as if he had charged into a room filled with countless invisible steel wires.

"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

Blood marks!

Blood trails!

Sword marks!

Cracks!

And finally...

"What time..."

Ma Zheng's eyes widened in disbelief.

It was light!

That dazzling light!

When the dazzling light erupted, countless invisible sword qi had already spread out, intertwining in the void.

If he had been more observant, or if the sword qi had been more powerful, he would have been more cautious.

But he was eager to help Zhang Buyi escape, and his fear of Gu Jinlai, the great devil, made him use his strongest killing move, a thunderous, relentless strike.

Thus, he failed to notice the details he should have.

"Devil..."

"Zzz!"

The cracks spread.

Blood spurted out.

Ma Zheng didn't have time to leave any last words; his body was cut into dozens of pieces by a dozen invisible sword qi.

His body shattered, and a dense, overwhelming stench of blood spread.

"Old Ma!"

"Senior Ma!"

At this moment, Zhang Buyi and another man, Fang Yichen, suddenly woke up, shouting in grief.

Zhang Buyi, who hadn't yet regained his vision, roared in anger, relying on his qi sense, his sword qi surging, directly sweeping toward Gu Jinlai.

"Give me your life!"

Although Gu Jinlai's focus was on Ma Zheng, he didn't relax his vigilance against Zhang Buyi.

As Zhang Buyi's sword qi surged, the sword in his hand vibrated, the sword aura piercing the void, creating a high-frequency pressure wave that collided with Zhang Buyi's sword qi.

It felt like using a missile to bomb a tornado!

"Boom!"

At the point where the sword qi collided, a visible shockwave exploded, sending stone chips flying in all directions. Fang Yichen, who tried to intervene, was forced to retreat by the force of the shockwave.

After all, he was also a master who had condensed qi into a force field!

His most glorious battle was when he, with one sword, had personally wiped out 309 bandits on Cloud Mountain, suffering only two sword wounds!

But now, he couldn't even get involved!

"Core Embracing peak! This is definitely the power of a Core Embracing peak!"

Fang Yichen shouted in his heart.

Wasn't it said that the six disciples of the Orthodox Dao could chase the ancient devil to the point of him cutting his hair and discarding his robe!?

Wasn't it said that the Four Fiends of Star Province could chase him for 130 miles!?

Wasn't it said that he hadn't been able to counter-kill any of the Orthodox Dao's condensing force field experts!?

Conspiracy!

Conspiracy!

This was a conspiracy!

The ancient devil was cunning, feigning weakness to lure out the experts of the Lin Xiao lineage and eliminate them all at once.

Even the Orthodox Dao's patriarch had been deceived.

And even...

The Orthodox Dao and he might have already colluded, staging this grand drama to deceive everyone in the world!

"Retreat! I must inform the sect, or more people will fall for the old devil's trick and lose their lives!"

With this thought, he used the shockwave to retreat.

"Golden Wheel Mystic Light!"

Amid the dust, a deep, resonant sound echoed, filled with a sense of solemnity and sanctity.

It was Zhang Buyi, after the clash, forming a golden sword wheel with his thunderous rage, fiercely smashing down, filled with the sharpness to cut through everything.

"Good!"

Feeling the unwavering, self-sacrificing belief in Zhang Buyi's golden sword wheel, Gu Jinlai's eyes flashed with divine light.

He needed an opponent to test his true level.

Zhang Buyi, even if not at the peak of the Core Embracing realm, was still one of the top.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to slay three Core Embracing experts of the same realm.

With this thought, a mass of true qi, like a golden core, exploded within Gu Jinlai's body. The violent force, under the control of the Great Sun Devil Radiance Technique, surged through his body and into his sword, piercing out with a thunderous force.

At the moment of the strike, the brilliant sword aura shot into the sky, like a giant sword tearing through the heavens, shattering everything, fiercely colliding with the golden sword wheel that had descended.

"Bang!"

The center of their battle was like being hit by a cannon, the explosive force spreading out, countless dust and rocks flying in all directions, completely enveloping the area within a few dozen meters. Trees ten meters away were snapped by the force, splintering.

If a mortal had been within twenty meters of the two, they would have been instantly killed by the shockwave.

Even at thirty meters, they would have suffered severe internal injuries.

If this was the case for those on the periphery, what about the two in the center of the battle?

True qi vibrated.

Even Core Embracing experts, who had undergone body tempering, organ refinement, and blood replacement, and could nourish their organs with true qi, still felt their bones and muscles cry out under the strain of the collision.

Gu Jinlai's arm, already hit by Ma Zheng's fist, now showed cracks in the humerus.

"Crack!"

It broke!

"Blood Lotus!"

Almost simultaneously, Gu Jinlai roared, and behind him, a blood-red lotus unfolded, like a surge of crimson light!

The ultimate move of the Red Lotus Sword Qi!

Zhang Buyi, who had studied Gu Jinlai before the hunt, immediately recognized it.

The Blood Lotus, once unleashed, would destroy all within a few dozen meters.

"Thunder Sword!"

Facing Gu Jinlai's ultimate move, a疯狂的光芒在张布衣眼中闪过，手中的剑化为雷霆，轰然斩入古金来形成的血莲之中！

他要趁着古金来的大招尚未完全成型，先一步将其击溃。

“轰隆隆！”

虚空中轰鸣。

雷光乍现。

古金来以真气显化的血莲虚影尚未凝聚，就被张布衣后发先至撕裂，在剧烈的震荡中炸散，化为道道剑光迸射四周。

“死！”

剑光如雷，雷霆万钧。

张布衣的剑携带着恐怖的锋芒，余势不减地斩向古金来的身躯。

然而，就在他即将携剑气撕裂古金来的身形时，他先一步发现了什么。

无形剑气。

遍布在他周围的无形剑气。

他瞬间想到了马峥的死状。

“不好！”

张布衣脸色大变，剑光疾转，朝无形剑气斩去。

但在他剑锋转向之际，古金来已然主动上前，悍勇扑杀，体内每一个细胞中的真气被挤压而出，化为奔涌咆哮的浩荡洪流，注入长剑、刺出，化为凌厉至极的剑气爆发。

虚空中，仿佛再度绽放起一朵血莲，化为二十六道剑气，呼啸破空。

只是，与以往的红莲剑气不同。

这次爆发迸射的二十六道剑气中，十六道有形有状，而另外十道则通过光学掩盖，无形无影。

并且经过波动增幅……

更快！

更强！

尽管张布衣察觉到了这些剑气的差异，但疾转斩出的剑气根本来不及有效抵挡。

“破破破破！”

他怒发皆张，口中癫狂长啸，真气沸腾到极致。

手中的剑在刹那间刺出十九道剑影，将所有明面上的十六道剑气全部拦截，尽管十道无形剑气中的三道仍然被他击溃！

每一次剑光与剑光的碰撞都会在虚空中荡漾出肉眼可见的涟漪，形成炸散的冲击波，撕裂气浪，翻卷尘土。

但……

剩下的七道无形无影的剑气犹如穿越虚空的幽魂，带着彻骨的冰寒穿透了张布衣的身躯。

“嗤！嗤！嗤！”

血溅。

手臂、大腿、心肺、胸膛……

一个个血窟窿自他身上贯穿、炸裂。

护体真气在这些剑气面前，仅仅只能保证他们的身躯不被第一时间撕碎。

他的身形被剑气中蕴含的劲道裹挟着往后连退九步。

终于……

停了下来。

他看着古金来，嘴角颤抖：“这是……什么剑法……”

然后，没等到古金来的回答，无力地仰面倒下。