Upon hearing Gu Yu's words and laughter, Fang Jingru's pupils contracted.
“I know that geniuses have their pride, but what use is a genius if they lose their life?” Fang Jingru said. Cultivators all hope to find a disciple with excellent aptitude, but true geniuses are also selective in choosing their masters. There’s no way around it; it’s a unique pride of geniuses and a capital that geniuses should have.
Although Fang Jingru is the strongest person in Mobei City, there are many people stronger than him.
"You? You think you can kill me?" Gu Yu said sarcastically.
"It seems you're stubborn as ever." Fang Jingru's face showed murderous intent. He couldn't win over the genius, and he had offended the other party. So he had no choice but to kill the genius. Otherwise, there would be endless troubles. Never gamble on the growth rate of a genius, because you can't afford to gamble.
"Heh..." Gu Yu sneered, "It's not me who's stubborn, it's you."
"Then go die!" Fang Jingru said, and with another movement, he punched Gu Yu in the chest.
Gu Yu retreated instantly, gathering all his Origin Qi into his arms and throwing out his fists to meet Fang Jingru's fist.
boom…………
The moment the two fists collided with the first, Gu Yu's body flew backward like a cannonball, crashing into the mountainside. Immediately, snow fell from the mountaintop, covering Gu Yu.
Fang Jingru slammed a palm towards the spot where Gu Yu had buried him, and a wave of energy formed an energy palm that directly struck the spot.
Boom...
The mountain shook slightly, and Shi Shuai and Che Tong looked worriedly in Gu Yu's direction, but there was no movement for a long time, and their expressions changed immediately.
Just as Shi Shuai was about to rush forward to check the situation, a cold glint shot out from the snowdrift—it was a blade of energy heading towards Fang Jingru.
Fang Jingru's expression changed, and he instantly unleashed a wave of energy that collided with the sword energy. Gu Yu's figure followed closely behind the sword energy, and he suddenly slashed down with his sword.
Faced with Gu Yu's direct strike, Fang Jingru retreated instantly. Gu Yu's strike missed its mark, and the blade energy struck the ground, causing ice and snow to fly everywhere.
"Heavenly Eagle Claw." In the instant he dodged Gu Yu's blade, Fang Jingru formed claws with both hands, releasing his energy. A layer of energy claws appeared on his hands, and he grabbed towards Gu Yu's neck.
Gu Yu hurriedly parried with his sword, his claws clashing with the blade, causing the Tang sword in his hand to slip from his grasp, and he was thrown back several steps by the impact.
Feeling his hands go numb, Gu Yu sighed. There was no doubt that he couldn't beat Fang Jingru. However, the reason he fought Fang Jingru was simply to solidify his own realm. But if he continued to solidify it, he was afraid he would lose his life, because Fang Jingru was serious and had even used his battle techniques.
"Triple amplification." Gu Yu suddenly used triple amplification, and the gas around him suddenly became several times denser, making him much stronger than Fang Jingru. This caused Fang Jingru, who was preparing to pursue, to suddenly change his expression. He clearly felt that Gu Yu had become stronger.
"It still works as expected." Shi Shuai wasn't too surprised to see this, after all, he had seen Gu Yu use this technique when dealing with the mutated leopard.
After using the triple amplification, Gu Yu instantly rushed towards Fang Jingru. To be honest, in the previous few exchanges, he was powerless to fight back and was being suppressed by Fang Jingru, which was very uncomfortable.
Fang Jingru faced Gu Yu charging towards him and hurriedly formed his hands into claws to defend himself, but Gu Yu's punch sent him staggering back several steps.
"Sky Eagle Mountain-Shattering Claw!" Fang Jingru immediately brandished his claws, and a gas claw suddenly grabbed towards Gu Yu.
"A terrifying finger strike." Facing the gas claw, Gu Yu, despite using a triple amplification, dared not be careless, for this was Fang Jingru's full-force attack.
A finger and a claw collided, instantly unleashing a terrifying shockwave that sent the surrounding snow flying and even seemed to shake the ground.
Fang Jingru's expression was not good at this moment. Gu Yu was stronger than him now, and much stronger.
"Oh no, an avalanche!" Shi Shuai looked up and saw a scene that made his face change drastically. The impact of the two of them's attack was considerable, and snow-capped mountains are prone to avalanches. This impact triggered the avalanche.
Fang Jingru and Gu Yu both looked up at the same time, their expressions changing, because this avalanche was no small matter! Even if they were grandmasters, they would still be in danger.
"Run." Che Tong said, turned around and left. Fang Jingru hesitated for a moment when he saw Gu Yu, then turned around instantly, grabbed his two apprentices, and ran away, disappearing in an instant.
Seeing Fang Jingru fleeing, Gu Yu didn't hesitate. He turned around and ran for his life as well. He didn't want to be buried in the snow during the avalanche.
In an instant, Gu Yu caught up with Shi Shuai and Che Tong, who had been fleeing earlier. He reached out and grabbed them, circulating his Origin Qi throughout his body. Although he was running, he was actually half-flying.
They were moving very fast. Just as the three were about to escape the avalanche's range, Gu Yu frowned because he saw that there were still people at the avalanche site. Although they were running, they were definitely not fast enough to escape the avalanche.
Gu Yu hesitated for a moment, then instantly threw Shi Shuai and Che Tong out and turned back to save the people in the avalanche.
Seeing Gu Yu suddenly turn around, Shi Shuai and Che Tong were immediately shocked. With such a huge avalanche, even a grandmaster would have a very slim chance of survival if buried.
But by the time they tried to stop Gu Yu, the vast expanse of snow had already buried everything.
"Gu Yu!" Shi Shuai called out. This was a genius! Had he just been buried by the heavy snow?
At this moment, Gu Yu was in the snow. His source energy circulated around him, forming a protective shield around him. Three people lay beside him, all looking at the vast snow with fear on their faces. Because of the protective shield, they were not buried.
Gu Yu's body was trembling. He could escape such a huge avalanche, but to withstand it head-on was simply a pipe dream. No matter how strong a person is, even if they open their meridians and release their energy, their power is limited. How could they compare to nature?
Of course, unless one breaks through the limits and surpasses the highest limits of the human body, then one is no longer an ordinary person, but a being that transcends humanity and is called a superior being.
Feeling his power being constantly depleted, and the immense pressure and impact of the snow, Gu Yu's body felt weak. This was even with him maintaining a triple boost, and the system continuously providing him with source energy. Without the system, he would probably have died.
Buzzing...
He could hear nothing but the sound of snow sliding down his back. Gu Yu didn't know how long it lasted or how much time had passed, because he felt everything go black and he fainted.
When he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by darkness. No matter the time, people are always afraid of the dark.
Gu Yu suddenly stood up. He felt very weak. Even though the system could provide him with a continuous supply of source energy, his body had a limit. The source energy formed an energy shield, which required his body to continuously absorb and transform it. Once he reached his limit, he would be extremely weak, which could even cause his blood vessels and meridians to rupture.
With his eyes closed, Gu Yu began to slowly recover from his weakness. His blood vessels were not depleted; on the contrary, they were quite full. Dragon Source was flowing through his blood vessels, and wisps of light were restoring his body. He was able to hold on for so long before finally collapsing, all thanks to Dragon Source.
Since Longyuan chose his blood aperture as his habitat, he would never allow anything to happen to it. This is why he dared to do this; no one would sacrifice their own life to save someone else.
In the darkness, four people lay. They were supposed to be covered by snow, but because of Gu Yu's energy shield, the snow formed a cave around them, neither too big nor too small, about the same size as Gu Yu's energy shield.
Someone woke up, looked around at the darkness, and immediately took out a lighter. As the lighter lit up, the surroundings gradually became clearer.
Looking at the thick layer of snow piled up above them, the man hurriedly extinguished the flame. The place was airtight, and the flame of the lighter required oxygen. Every second it burned was a second more oxygen was consumed, and they would eventually suffocate.
He gently touched the snow on his head. If he were to dig upwards rashly, he feared a collapse and he would be completely buried, which would truly mean death.
Just when he was at his wit's end, Gu Yu slowly stood up. Although he couldn't see anything, he could sense everything around him through the aura emanating from his body.
He took out a wisp of Origin Qi and scattered it around them. The group consisted of cultivators who could rely on Origin Qi to sustain their lives, but the oxygen here was already very thin, and their lives were in danger.
As a wisp of primordial energy was released, the first person to awaken immediately felt it, and his heavy breathing, which had been due to lack of oxygen, eased considerably.
Contribution:
Talent: 108
Combat strength: 2580N
Triple boost: (600 contribution points per use, lasts for three minutes)
Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)
Source space: 3 cubic meters (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)
Source Soldier: (108 contribution points, maximum 10)
Looking at his system template, Gu Yu's lips twitched. This time, it had actually consumed nearly ten thousand of his contribution points! This was unbelievable! Gu Yu had only wanted to save these three people to gain some contribution points, but he never expected it would cost so much. This was a huge loss! Good heavens! He had spent almost ten thousand contribution points for a mere six or seven hundred. He had really lost big time; he had been blinded by greed.
"Senior, you're awake." The first person to wake up groped around for a while, and his hand suddenly touched Gu Yu. He was startled at first, then took a step back and cupped his hands towards Gu Yu.
"Hmm!" Gu Yu responded, then began to look up. No matter what, they all had to get out from above, no matter how thick the snow was, it was also the weakest point.
Gu Yu stretched out his hand, releasing his Origin Qi, and gently placed it on the snow above his head before putting it down again.
He hesitated. This palm strike could very well collapse the place, and even if he formed a protective shield again, it probably wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure of the accumulated snow.
"Sigh!" Gu Yu sighed, then he reached out and injected two strands of Origin Qi into the bodies of the two people, and they immediately woke up.
They didn't faint because of the avalanche, but because the shockwave from the shattering of Gu Yu's energy shield when it couldn't withstand the force of the avalanche knocked them unconscious.
"Thank you so much for saving our lives, senior." The two who had just woken up were stunned for a moment, then they seemed to remember something and immediately expressed their gratitude to Gu Yu.
"Alas! If you can't escape from here, you'll still lose your lives," Gu Yu said, then he reached out and a ball of light appeared in his hand.
It was pitch black, which didn't bother him much, but the fact that these people were thanking him by thanking the snow wall made him feel uneasy, since he had spent nearly 10,000 contribution points on it.
As the light appeared, the group was able to see their surroundings: a vast expanse of white, narrow but large enough for four people to fit in.
However, when they saw Gu Yu's face, they were immediately stunned. He was young, extremely young, such a young grandmaster!
"Senior, why don't we dig up?" said the first person to wake up. After all, staying here would only mean waiting to die, so it was better to be bolder and maybe the building wouldn't collapse and they could survive.
“That’s what I was thinking too, but the three of you will have to do the hard work,” Gu Yu said. “I’ll try my best to make sure it doesn’t collapse, you guys go and dig.”
“Senior, please tell us what you need. You saved our lives.” The three said at the same time, “Besides, if it weren’t for the three of us, you wouldn’t have been in this dangerous situation.”
"Alright, you guys dig!" Gu Yu nodded, but to be honest, he was also the culprit of this avalanche, as was Fang Jingru. If the two of them hadn't fought, the avalanche wouldn't have happened at all.
So the four of them started digging a hole, but very slowly, because they were afraid that if they used too much force, the snow above would collapse.
At this moment, Shi Shuai and Che Tong were also searching for something above. What was originally a low-lying area had now become a flat area.
“Brother Shi, this snow is probably thirty to fifty meters thick. Even a Grandmaster would have a hard time surviving!” Che Tong said. They had witnessed the avalanche firsthand, and the scene was quite terrifying.
"Sigh!" Shi Shuai sighed. How could he not know all this? But he also couldn't believe that Gu Yu was dead just like that.
He hadn't died at the hands of the invaders, but instead died in an avalanche. It was unbelievable; he couldn't accept it.
"Alas! A master of antiquity, a young hero, alas! What a pity," Che Tong sighed, knowing they had been searching for a whole day.
"Senior, we're almost at the top," the person digging carefully above suddenly said. The higher they dug, the less solid the snow became, and the softer it was, which slowed down their digging.
Gu Yu glanced up and figured it was about time. He then circulated his Origin Qi around him, grabbed the three of them, and rushed outside.
At this moment, Shi Shuai and Che Tong had given up on Gu Yu. The two of them sat in the snow, with Che Tong still smoking a cigarette. The two grown men were dejected, and their eyes were even a little red.
"Gu Yu, you promised me that you would join my Dragon Clan after the trip to Beiyuan. I didn't expect you to break your promise." Shi Shuai murmured, trying his best to hold back the tears in his eyes, but they still flowed down.
After hearing Shi Shuai's words, Che Tong was stunned. He wondered how Gu Yu could be such a young Grandmaster. It turned out that Gu Yu was from the Dragon Clan. Little did he know that Gu Yu had never joined the Dragon Clan.
"Gu Yu, brother, may you rest in peace," Shi Shuai said, just as he was grieving.
boom…………
A loud roar rang out right next to Shi Shuai, which startled the already somewhat heartbroken man. He admitted that he was frightened; it was too sudden, appearing out of nowhere and catching him completely off guard.
Not to mention Shi Shuai, even Che Tong was so frightened that he took several steps back, looking in horror at the four people who had suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Gu Yu." When Shi Shuai saw Gu Yu, he was first taken aback, and then joy appeared on his face.
Gu Yu was stunned when he saw Shi Shuai. To be honest, it was the first time he had ever seen Shi Shuai like this. Shi Shuai's eyes were red and his expression was sad.
"You don't think I'm dead, so you're crying here, do you?" Gu Yu asked.
"Bullshit." Shi Shuai, who was initially excited to see Gu Yu, frowned upon hearing Gu Yu's words.
"Still not admitting it? Look at you." Gu Yu said, pointing at Shi Shuai. Although he said that, he felt very warm inside.
"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you," Shi Shuai said.
"Master Gu, it's so good that you're alright." Che Tong stepped forward, also filled with joy. This made the three people who had been saved by Gu Yu a little embarrassed, because if Gu Yu hadn't turned back to save them, nothing would have happened.
Just then, a figure arrived at lightning speed, instantly appearing in front of them.
"It's so good that you're all alright." The man was wearing a black cotton coat and had a gray beard, but his large white bald head was rather unsettling to look at, especially considering the cold, snowy mountains where he wasn't even wearing a hat.
"Master, we're alright, thanks to this senior who saved us." The three people rescued by Gu Yu ran up to the bald old man and said.
"Senior?" The bald old man was taken aback, his gaze turning to Gu Yu. "Little brat?"
Indeed, in his eyes, Gu Yu was a little kid. You have to understand that he was over ninety years old. A teenager would be a child in front of him.
"Master, he's a Grandmaster." Hearing their master address Gu Yu like that, the three people Gu Yu had saved panicked on the spot. Their master was indeed very powerful, but Gu Yu was, after all, a Grandmaster who had risked his life to save them. This title might displease him, so they hurriedly whispered a reminder. However, no matter how soft their voices were, everyone could still hear them.
"Such a young grandmaster?" The bald old man's chin swelled upon hearing his disciple's words, and he looked somewhat incredulous, considering that he himself had only become a grandmaster at the age of sixty.
Hearing the bald old man call him "little kid," Gu Yu remained expressionless, but felt a little embarrassed. What "little kid"? How could someone as big as him be a little kid? After all, their understanding of "little kid" differed depending on their age.
Most importantly, Gu Yu carries over a hundred years of memories. Although his body is only eighteen years old, his mind and thoughts are actually nearly two hundred years old. It's naturally a bit awkward for him to be called a little kid.
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