"Lu Yun, what do you think about the alliance I mentioned before?" the woman suddenly asked Lu Yun. "Right now, compared to others, our chances of winning aren't great. Let alone Dugu Xing from the Divine Dynasty, we're not confident we can compete with Xiang Tianyou and Kong Yue. Plus, there's Gu Yu who suddenly appeared, and Ma Li—they're not people we can contend with. And as you know, there are a few guys who aren't interested in establishing gangs or showing their strength, but their strength is definitely no weaker than ours. If we don't form an alliance, although we can get a spot, it will be difficult to get what we want after entering the Source Gate."
“Li Zhiran, do you know that even if we join forces, we have no chance of winning?” The young man was Lu Yun, who was currently ranked fourth and was also the sect leader of Yunmen. “My family’s intention is to win over Gu Yu.”
"Win over Gu Yu?" Li Zhiran was taken aback. "He's at the height of his power right now, ridiculously strong. Given his style, it's impossible to win him over."
“Yes!” Lu Yun smiled wryly, “So if he can defeat Jiang Tianchen now, I’ve decided to join his combat unit.”
"Join the War Department?" Li Zhiran frowned. Who would have thought that Lu Yun, a prodigy, would be willing to join a gang established by others and be used by them? This was somewhat unexpected.
"What we do is nothing more than become stronger ourselves and our families prosper. If joining the War Department can bring us all of that, I think it's fine too, at least we can achieve our goals," Lu Yun said. He had thought about it for a long time and knew very well what he wanted. What does the pride of a genius matter compared to the improvement of strength?
“But Gu Yu has no powerful backing. I’m afraid that if he leaves the Dragon Division now, a large number of Jiang family experts will be waiting for him,” Li Zhiran said, expressing her concern.
“Who says he doesn’t have a backer? Zui San is his backer,” Lu Yun replied. “Do you know who Zui San is?”
"Vice Minister?" Li Zhiran didn't understand why Lu Yun asked this question; it was common knowledge!
“It’s not that simple. Before, Zui San was just a drunkard, and everyone thought he was a good-for-nothing, so they paid little attention to him. But that day, his actions made everyone notice him, and my Lu family found out his true identity.” Lu Yun lowered his voice as he said this.
"What is his/her identity?" Li Zhiran asked curiously.
“Zui San’s original name was Xiang Mo. He was once the half-brother of the current head of the Xiang family, and he was also the heir to the White Tiger Guardian,” Lu Yun replied.
"Xiang Mo?" Li Zhiran was shocked. The name was familiar; many people had heard of Xiang Mo's story. He was once a prodigy and a leading figure of his era. Although she didn't know what had happened to cause such a figure to disappear without a trace, his reappearance now would surely stir up a storm. The only thing she hadn't expected was that Zui San would actually be Xiang Mo. The contrast was too great; it was unbelievable.
“According to my family’s estimates, Xiang Mo is very likely already at the King Realm. Moreover, it is said that some time ago, Xiang Mo fought two King Realm experts from the GZ Alliance alone in the Northern Snow Mountain and did not fall behind. Such a person is enough to intimidate all families, especially since he also has a guardian white tiger, which is at the pinnacle of human combat power,” Lu Yun said.
Li Zhiran didn't say anything after hearing this, but there seemed to be a hint of determination in her beautiful eyes.
Little did they know that Zui San was confronting a middle-aged man who bore a striking resemblance to Zui San. However, the middle-aged man exuded a kingly aura, making Zui San appear like a king compared to a beggar.
The two men locked eyes, and Zui San's expression suddenly froze. After a few seconds of hesitation, he habitually picked up the bottle and poured a few mouthfuls of wine into his mouth.
"I never expected you to have been in the capital all this time. If it weren't for your help a few days ago, I might never have found you," the middle-aged man with a kingly demeanor said.
“Perhaps!” Zui San said, “but Xiang Mo is dead, and now only Zui San is in front of you.”
“Hehe…” The middle-aged man with a kingly demeanor chuckled, “Only you think so. Most people think Xiang Mo is still alive.”
"What others think is their business; the key is what you think?" Zui San suddenly asked.
"Xiang Mo, Xiang Mo, I regretted not killing you back then." A murderous aura suddenly emanated from the middle-aged man with the demeanor of a king.
"Kill me? Like you killed Qing'er?" Zui San's face also turned cold. "Xiang Bang, do you really think I'm stupid? If you want the position of family head, or even the position of White Tiger's successor, just tell me! I can give it up."
"It was you who killed Qing'er, not me." Upon hearing Zui San's words, Xiang Bang's kingly demeanor became somewhat disordered. A quasi-emperor, his expression and emotions were now somewhat out of control.
Qing'er was the person he loved most, but in order to get what he wanted, he personally gave her to his father. He even openly used her, yet that woman had no regrets and gave him everything without reservation until her death. Sometimes he even wondered if he would change his ways if he could do it all over again.
“That’s right, I am also the murderer who killed Qing’er.” Zui San lowered his head and said after hearing Xiang Bang’s words. If the Xiang family had only Xiang Bang and not him, perhaps none of this would have happened.
"Xiang Mo, you deserve to die. It's all because of you, because of you." Xiang Bang was severely out of control, even with a hint of madness in his eyes. The next second, he actually appeared in front of Zui San, grabbed Xiang Mo's neck, and a terrifying force swept over Zui San. Zui San did not resist.
Over the years, he had thought about dying, but at every critical moment, he chose not to die. He didn't know what he was attached to, but there was something he was attached to.
Xiang Bang's attack was powerful, showing no mercy. Zui San felt as if he was about to die. At the critical moment, Xiang Bang's eyes gradually regained their clarity, and he suddenly released his grip.
“Killing you would be too easy. Everyone says you're stronger than me. I'm already a quasi-emperor, but you're still just a quasi-king. Just live like this! Suffering every day is more pleasant than killing you,” Xiang Bang murmured. “I will let the whole world know that you slept with my stepmother and killed my father. Heh… the once-proud son of heaven has turned out to be this kind of person. I think everyone will look at you differently now, hahaha…”
"You..." Zui San collapsed to the ground, looking at Xiang Bang, wanting to say something, but remaining silent. Had he still cared about these things all these years? None of it mattered. Xiang Bang was right about one thing: for him, living was torture, especially when he thought of Qing'er and his father.
"Haha..." Xiang Bang laughed loudly, and his figure disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if he had never been there at all.
"Qing'er, if I had been more resolute and forceful back then, if I could have forced you, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way," Zui San murmured, his eyes suddenly filling with tears.
"Gu Yu, you coward, you don't even dare to show your face?" By this time, many people had already fallen to the ground. Jiang Tianchen cursed at those around him. He didn't know that Gu Yu had been punished and confined to the Dragon Palace Tower. In his eyes, Gu Yu must have felt his aura and was scared, so he hid and dared not come out.
"What should we do?" A young man asked Qian Duoduo with a look of fear on his face. The members of the combat department who were lying on the ground were all the ones who had stood up for others, but they couldn't even withstand Jiang Tianchen's power.
"I don't know." Qian Duoduo frowned deeply. Gu Yu hadn't returned, and Xu Ling'er had gone into seclusion in the Origin Qi cultivation room. The Dragon Clan was now leaderless. What should they do?
"Useless. By the way, you fatso seem to be the leader now." Unable to find Gu Yu, Jiang Tianchen could only turn his gaze to Qian Duoduo.
“I…” Qian Duoduo’s fat hand trembled slightly as Jiang Tianchen’s gaze sharpened on him. His strength was truly inadequate! He wasn’t even a Grandmaster, and Jiang Tianchen’s aura alone was enough to kill him.
Just as Jiang Tianchen was walking forward, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared, and a cold aura emanated from her, making the surrounding air much colder. Qian Duoduo couldn't help but shiver.
"It's you?" Jiang Tianchen frowned when he saw the woman appear, then a playful smile appeared on his face. "You're very important to Gu Yu, aren't you! Hehe... If I catch you and have some fun with you, Gu Yu will definitely be very sad, haha..."
The person who arrived was Xu Ling'er. She had just broken through to the Spine Realm when she heard people around her saying that Jiang Tianchen had actually recovered his cultivation and reached the Spine Realm, and was causing trouble for the War Department. So she rushed over.
As for Jiang Tianchen, he also harbored some animosity towards Xu Ling'er. In his eyes, if it hadn't been for Xu Ling'er's intervention that day, he might have killed Gu Yu in a sneak attack.
"Go to hell." Xu Ling'er was very displeased with Jiang Tianchen's foul language. A long sword appeared in her hand, and then Xu Ling'er slashed at Jiang Tianchen with the sword.
"Heh... Just you?" Jiang Tianchen's body suddenly radiated a fierce aura. Xu Ling'er, who had rushed up, frowned and her long sword, which she was swinging, suddenly became horizontal. She was instantly shaken back a few steps.
Before Xu Ling'er could regain her footing, Jiang Tianchen instantly appeared behind her, sniffing the air. "Smells good."
Xu Ling'er frowned again, turned around instantly, and thrust her sword at Jiang Tianchen.
Jiang Tianchen remained calm and composed, his fist radiating a ring of qi as he met Xu Ling'er's longsword head-on.
boom…………
The longsword collided with the fist, the blade of the longsword bent instantly, and Xu Ling'er was pushed back again.
"You're still a virgin? It seems that Gu Yu is truly a waste. Such a beauty, yet..." Jiang Tianchen's eyes revealed a lewd glint.
"A sword strike that shakes the heavens." Xu Ling'er was somewhat angry. Any girl would be upset after hearing such vulgar language.
"A stunning sword strike."
Xu Ling'er's body surged with powerful energy, converging towards the longsword in her hand. The tip of her sword seemed to gather endless clouds, imbued with the power of mountains and the might of oceans. Behind Xu Ling'er, a giant sword formed from her energy pointed directly at Jiang Tianchen.
Her earth-shattering sword strike, while not as powerful as Xu Dongqiang's, was still formidable, especially the giant sword formed from qi, which carried a hint of cold light.
The giant sword swept towards Jiang Tianchen. Jiang Tianchen's pupils shrank. It was a fight between two cones against one, and the outcome was a foregone conclusion. However, it was one cone's ultimate move, and the two cones dared not defend against it too easily.
"Tongbei Fist." Instantly, the qi transformed into fist qi, and a punch met the giant sword. A huge shockwave spread out, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of Xu Ling'er's mouth.
"Don't resist, you can't beat me," Jiang Tianchen said, looking at Xu Ling'er whose hair was a little disheveled.
Xu Ling'er looked at Jiang Tianchen, and suddenly a chill emanated from her whole body. Snowflakes filled the surrounding air, and frost began to spread on the ground centered on Xu Ling'er. Then, a clear, melodious, and loud cry rang out.
A snow-white ice phoenix, its entire body engulfed in extremely cold ice flames, stared intently at Jiang Tianchen.
"Ice Phoenix?" A woman in a red bodysuit watching from afar was startled, while a man in white beside her frowned as well.
With the appearance of the Ice Phoenix, the surrounding air became extremely cold, and the onlookers couldn't help but retreat.
Jiang Tianchen stared at the ice phoenix behind Xu Ling'er for a few seconds, but the next second, he was also surrounded by aura, and a golden primordial spirit appeared behind him, facing the ice phoenix from afar.
In fact, although Xu Ling'er's cultivation level was slightly lower than Jiang Tianchen's, their auras were not much different.
"Freezing for a thousand miles." Xu Ling'er's eyes flickered, and the ice phoenix instantly rushed towards Jiang Tianchen. Wherever the ice phoenix's wings passed, ice instantly formed.
"Big Dipper Seven Star Slash!" Jiang Tianchen didn't hesitate. A golden longsword appeared in the hand of the golden primordial spirit behind him. He slashed out suddenly, and seven stars lit up. The equally terrifying power swept towards Jiang Tianchen.
boom……………
A deafening sound rang out immediately, and a shockwave of energy spread outwards. People around quickly turned and retreated, not wanting to be caught in the crossfire.
As the energy ripples dissipated, Xu Ling'er and Jiang Tianchen reappeared before everyone's eyes. At this moment, Xu Ling'er's aura was somewhat weak, her chest heaving up and down, and the ice phoenix behind her was also somewhat dim. Although Jiang Tianchen's primordial spirit was still shining brightly with golden light, there was some frost on his primordial spirit, especially the golden greatsword in his primordial spirit's hand, which was now covered in ice.
"I must say, you're quite impressive." Jiang Tianchen's arrogance had subsided considerably. Just now, if the effects of the Tongtian Pill in his body hadn't been fully absorbed, his entire primordial spirit might have been frozen, and if it had been frozen, he would have suffered severe damage.
Looking at Xu Ling'er, Jiang Tianchen suddenly felt a chill. He no longer held a playful attitude. This was a monster, and he had to deal with her quickly. The next second, the golden primordial spirit behind him stretched out a large hand and grabbed at Xu Ling'er.
Facing the giant hand of the primordial spirit, Xu Ling'er once again gathered her inner energy, and the ice phoenix behind her flapped its wings. She was prepared to fight to the death, and even planned to use the power of the Phoenix Source.
Just as a terrifying chill was about to burst forth from her body, a warm, large hand suddenly embraced her waist, causing the terrifying power that was about to erupt to vanish instantly.
Just as Jiang Tianchen's golden primordial spirit hand was about to strike down, it suddenly stopped. A person was seen holding Xu Ling'er's waist with one hand, while the other hand emitted surging qi, which blocked Jiang Tianchen's primordial spirit hand.
"You cowardly bastard, you've finally shown yourself!" Jiang Tianchen cursed angrily when he saw the person who had arrived. The person was none other than Gu Yu.
"Ling'er." Gu Yu didn't even look at Jiang Tianchen; his eyes were only on Xu Ling'er.
Xu Ling'er was in a bad state at this time. Most importantly, if he returned any later, Xu Ling'er might use the Phoenix Source! Once the Phoenix Source was used, there would be one less chance, and Xu Ling'er would also lose one of the seven emotions, which would have very serious consequences.
A ball of life essence was directly injected into Xu Ling'er's body by Gu Yu. Only then did Gu Yu's gaze turn to Jiang Tianchen. Although he didn't know how this guy had recovered his cultivation and even made a breakthrough, it didn't matter. He could just let him be ruined again.
Then Gu Yu immediately withdrew his hand that was reaching for the golden primordial spirit, and the golden primordial spirit's large hand pressed forward. In the next instant, terrifying power emanated from Gu Yu's hand.
"Opening Heaven Fist." He retracted his palm, gathered his strength, and formed a fist in one smooth motion. Instantly, a fist of qi was unleashed, and the golden primordial spirit was sent flying backward. Jiang Tianchen also staggered back several steps, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His golden primordial spirit had dimmed considerably at this moment.
Before Jiang Tianchen could react, Gu Yu's figure had already appeared beside him, and his fists, containing immense power, were constantly pounding towards him. Jiang Tianchen hurriedly tried to defend himself, but was forced to retreat step by step.
His expression grew increasingly incredulous. Gu Yu was so powerful! He had used his primordial spirit. Even if Gu Yu was at the Spine Realm, and even if he had suffered some losses in his battle with Xu Ling'er, Gu Yu was still capable of suppressing him without using his primordial spirit.
However, he was suppressed, and everyone else found it unbelievable. To suppress a cultivator at the second level who was using his primordial spirit without using his own primordial spirit meant that he must be at least at the third level. This Gu Yu was stronger than when he killed the head of the teaching hall with a single strike. Considering that Gu Yu was punished by being confined to the Dragon Palace Tower, everyone seemed to understand something: Gu Yu had broken through again.
"Boundless magic." Just as Jiang Tianchen was being forced back, he gritted his teeth, and a black and red demonic aura suddenly emanated from his body. Even Gu Yu was shaken back a few steps by this demonic aura, and his dim golden primordial spirit turned black and red with the appearance of the demonic aura. At this moment, Jiang Tianchen looked like a demon king.
"Gu Yu, I'm going to kill you!" Jiang Tianchen shouted hysterically. He thought he had made a breakthrough and could easily deal with Gu Yu, but he never expected that he would still be suppressed by the other party.
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