◇ 【153】 Kill the monster

"You, what's your level of cultivation? Are you already in the middle stage of the Tribulation Crossing?" Sun Xingshui exclaimed in shock. He knew that Chengfeng and Polang were only at the Golden Core stage when they last appeared. It had only been a few years, and they had already reached the Tribulation Crossing stage. No one would believe it if they told anyone else.

Gu Juan smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Shu Cai'er's expression changed drastically, and she narrowed her eyes as she asked, "So you have a lot of cultivation-enhancing elixirs?" She hadn't considered the possibility that Gu Juan and Xi Lang were cultivation geniuses, nor had she imagined they possessed a cultivation ground even better than Shenlong Feishan. She wanted the elixirs first, because they had the fastest effect on advancement.

Gu Juan smiled but said nothing.

Xi Lang said coldly, "Even if all of you were put together, we wouldn't be a match for you. So I advise you to be more sensible. As long as you swear not to provoke us again, we have no intention of making things difficult for you."

"Ridiculous!" Sun Xingshui's eyes rolled as he raised his voice, "The biggest drawback of using elixirs to advance is that your realm is unstable. Even if you are in the middle stage of the Tribulation Crossing, you may not be our match."

Li Chenzhou was envious of the top-grade spiritual weapons and elixirs in Gu Juan and Xi Lang's hands, and echoed, "Great! Everyone, come together!"

Gu Juan and Xi Lang's expressions darkened at the same time. They had no intention of becoming enemies with the cultivators on Earth, but if they insisted on having their own way, they wouldn't have to give them another chance.

"Go!" Sun Xingshui shouted loudly.

Li Chenzhou, Shu Caier, Huang Xian, Zhu Cheng, Tong Guangji and Sun Xingshui together besieged Gu Juan and Xi Lang.

Feng Feiye, Yao Qingyu, Yin Ji, Zhu Mian, Bai Xiangnan, and Huang Xingju were filled with jealousy towards Gu and Xi. However, they knew their limitations. At their Jindan and Yuanying stages, intervening in a fight between masters would be tantamount to self-destruction. They could only retreat again and again to avoid being swept away by the turbulent currents in the battle circle.

Yao Qingyu glanced at Xi Cong and the others, then whispered to Feng Feiye, "Capture a few hostages first."

Feng Feiye nodded, and Bai Xiangnan and the others attacked Xi Cong and the others in tacit understanding.

Xi Cong and his six companions calmly summoned their spirit swords, each man facing the other. Zhang Muheng hadn't appeared yet.

Discovering that Xi Cong and the others had high cultivation levels and considerable combat experience, Feng Feiye and the other six changed their expressions slightly at the same time. They did not dare to be arrogant and all took out their own weapons, all of which were top-grade spiritual weapons.

Sun Xingshui, Shu Cai'er, and the others were, after all, the sect's forefathers and great elders. Their weapons—the Lingsha Flying Shuttle, the Soul-Snatching Bell, the Shadowless Bow, the Feiyan Knife, the Soul-Locking Whip, and the Mysterious Nether Sword—were all supremely powerful spiritual artifacts. Because their masters rarely appeared, they rarely appeared either. But when they did, their power was immense.

However, it is still far inferior to the Moonlight Sword and Dragon Scale Knife that have been immersed in the Dongting Immortal Palace for a long time.

There were bursts of loud noises at the foot of the entire Lingxu Mountain, as if several earthquake sources were erupting continuously.

Sun Xingshui and the others were quickly at a disadvantage, and the fight became more and more serious and impatient.

Gu Juan's feet seemed to be sliding on ice. He moved behind Li Chenzhou in an instant and cut off his left arm with a sword.

"ah--"

Li Chenzhou was furious, and with a look of resentment and anger, he cruelly tortured Gu Juan. He threw a pill into his mouth, roared, and attacked Gu Juan again.

Gu Juan paused, dodged his attack, and turned to look in another direction.

"Juanbao?" Xi Lang stopped Li Chenzhou who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and called out in confusion.

Gu Juan stared at Yao Qingyu, his expression suddenly changed, and he teleported away, "Yao Qingyu is Gu Haojie!"

"What!" Xi Lang was greatly surprised, but without hesitation, he also pounced on Yao Qingyu.

Gu Juan quickly explained, "Just now, I sensed the presence of Gu Haojie on Yao Qingyu. If I'm not mistaken, she instinctively absorbed Li Chenzhou's resentment!"

Gu Juan and Xi Lang suddenly withdrew, leaving Sun Xingshui and the others somewhat bewildered. But upon hearing Gu Juan's words, they suddenly understood, and then their expressions turned grim. If Yao Qingyu was the demon "Gu Haojie," then didn't that mean they were all being used?

When Yao Qingyu saw Gu Juan and Xi Lang suddenly attacking her, she immediately realized that she was exposed. She laughed arrogantly towards the sky and pounced on Gu Juan and Xi Lang. At the same time, her cultivation level increased rapidly, and finally stopped at the middle stage of tribulation.

"Hahahaha! Be resentful! Be angry!"

Gu Juan and Xi Lang surrounded her from the front and the back.

Sun Xingshui and his six companions, along with Feng Feiye's six sect leaders, quickly flew over, forming a second encirclement. Gu Juan and Xi Lang were difficult to deal with, but couldn't they handle this monster? With the added strength of Gu Juan and Xi Lang, perhaps they could truly recapture Shenlong Feishan.

Feng Feiye did not forget to shout: "Ride the wind, break the waves, we now have a common enemy, why not put aside all the previous grudges and work together to deal with this monster!"

Gu Juan ignored him, but did not attack him either. He raised the Yuehui Sword and slashed at Yao Qingyu.

Yao Qingyu unsheathed a massive axe, five meters long and gleaming with gold. In her hands, it felt as light as a feather. With a delicate cry, she swung the axe towards Gu Juan.

Good opportunity!

Xi Lang seized the opportunity to attack Yao Qingyu from behind. The Dragon Scale Blade spit out a fire dragon, roaring and biting Yao Qingyu's head. Unexpectedly, a burst of white light shot out from the giant axe, forming a glass-like barrier that protected Yao Qingyu.

Xi Lang frowned slightly. This giant axe must have come from Shenlong Feishan. It was surprisingly capable of automatically creating a barrier to protect its owner, just like the Dragon Scale Blade and Moonlight Sword. To injure Yao Qingyu, he would have to be faster than the barrier itself.

Over there, Gu Juan used the Moonlight Sword to block the attack of the giant axe and jumped to the side at the same time.

The giant axe's attack missed, hitting Lingxu Mountain instead. With a loud bang, the towering Lingxu Mountain was split in two, revealing a space nearly three meters wide in the middle.

Xuanyuan Ao, who was far away in Northeast Province, sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy in the distance and stood up suddenly, "Hurry to Lingxu Mountain immediately!"

The fierce battle lasted for a day and a night, and Gu Juan, Xi Lang and Yao Qingyu were all tireless.

But Yao Qingyu was obviously a little impatient. He snorted coldly and conjured up a piece of armor and put it on. It was a top-grade spiritual weapon!

Sun Xingshui and the others looked at Gu Juan and Xi Lang with worry. If Yao Qingyu defeated them, they would surely die. But if they defeated Yao Qingyu, they still had a chance of survival. That was why they sided with Gu Juan and Xi Lang.

"Nothing special." Gu Juan soared into the air, "The bright moon is thousands of miles away!"

"Swish", the Yuehui Sword made a light humming sound, and the huge sword energy condensed into a silver light, like a huge full moon, with a force like a mountain falling, flying towards Yao Qingyu.

"Shift the sky and change the sun!" Xi Lang immediately launched his attack. "Boom!" The dragon-scale blade rang with a dull thud, and a crimson sun burst forth, flanked by a silver full moon. Yao Qingyu was flanked by the sun and the silver full moon. The temperature within a five-mile radius instantly soared from over 20 degrees Celsius to over 90 degrees Celsius.

Everyone retreated hastily.

Yao Qingyu had no way to escape, and finally panicked and let out a sharp scream: "No - I won't accept it -"

The screams stopped abruptly, and a burnt smell wafted into the air.

"Boom—"

The sun and the moon collided, and after a deafening explosion, a huge spiritual pressure erupted like magma, illuminating the entire sky with a fiery red.

Xuanyuan Ao, Yue Chunqiu and others hurried over and stopped when they saw this.

A crystal clear pearl shot out from the invisible flame. Gu Juan reached out and grabbed it, holding it in his hand.

Sun Xingshui and the others saw it clearly, and a look of joy flashed across their faces. After the temperature dropped, they hesitantly approached Gu Juan and Xi Lang.

Suddenly, a wind started blowing between heaven and earth. The fiery red clouds did not lose their intense color, but instead grew increasingly darker. Dark clouds gathered rapidly, as if a storm was about to come.

Gu Juan's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Xi Lang uncertainly.

Xi Lang looked up at the sky and nodded to him affirmatively.

The combined attack of the two just now was so shocking that it actually attracted the will of heaven. The heavenly calamity came early!

Sun Xingshui seemed to sense something, but he didn't think much about it. His attention was all on the pearl in Gu Juan's hand.

"Ride the wind, break the waves..." Sun Xingshui hesitated for a moment, then spoke again, "What happened just now was just a misunderstanding, instigated by Yao Qingyu. This is the core of the Shenlong Feishan, right?"

Yin Ji and others stared eagerly at the pearl in Gu Juan's hand.

"Whoosh--" The wind became stronger and stronger, like a hurricane at sea, arrogant and domineering.

Shu Cai'er noticed dark clouds gathering directly above Gu Juan and Xi Lang, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that you attracted the calamity clouds? Aren't you in the middle stage of the calamity?"

Gu Juan said calmly, "We didn't 'say' we were in the middle stage of the Tribulation Crossing Stage. It was you who said it."

Shu Cai'er was speechless for a moment, but she was able to humble herself, bowed with the courtesy of a junior, and said sincerely, "Two seniors, since you are about to transcend the tribulation and ascend to heaven, you will not be able to use the items in Shenlong Feishan. I wonder if you can leave Shenlong Feishan on Earth?"

The others were stunned by her words. These two were actually about to undergo a tribulation? For years, no one on Earth had undergone a tribulation, and they had nearly lost faith in their cultivation. Today, Gu Juan and Xi Lang had encountered the tribulation cloud, which might be a form of encouragement for them.

Xi Cong, Gu Yinyin and others all showed reluctance on their faces. Zhang Muheng stood behind the crowd and sighed softly.

Sun Xingshui, Li Chenzhou, Feng Feiye, Yin Ji and the others bowed together in tacit understanding. This moment was their most sincere. Because, relying on force, they had no chance of winning.

"Senior Chengfeng, Senior Polang, we are both cultivators on Earth. I hope you two can give us a way to survive."

Gu Juan said calmly, "Don't be nervous. We have no intention of taking Shenlong Feishan away."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Juan added, "But Shenlong Feishan shouldn't belong to any one person or any one sect."

Feng Feiye was puzzled, "What do you mean, senior?"

Gu Juan gestured suggestively towards Xi Lang.

[There's one more chapter. I'm so tired, my hands are so sore. Woohoo, ~~~~(>_<)~~~~]