Dark Temple, central square.

As the giant arena for the final battle, two figures are calmly walking towards the stage under the gazes of countless people.

On the stage, the two men stood in silence, dozens of feet apart.

On the surface, the two parties seem to be strangers, but in fact they are old acquaintances and know each other well.

Buzz——!

At this moment, as the surrounding spiritual energy surged, a layer of light curtain of formation suddenly formed, covering the entire battlefield.

In this way, no matter how fierce the fight on the stage is, it will not affect the onlookers.

"I never thought I could fight you here."

Gu Yunle stared at Yan Hongyi indifferently, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Yan..."

"Oh no, I should call you Wu Hong now."

After Lin Hao's reminder, he already knew the origin of Yan Hongyi's identity replacement.

Yan Hongyi had a cold expression on his face. With the light curtain of the formation blocking him, he didn't care about Gu Yunle's words at all.

"Since you and Lin Hao are brothers, it's just bad luck for you."

Immediately, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "I've been worried about not being able to settle accounts with him recently, so I'll use you as the first choice."

Over the past year, Yan Hongyi has obtained a place in the Spirit Spring baptism with the help of Wu Yan, his so-called "real father", and his cultivation has improved day by day.

Now that he has broken through to the second level of the Holy Domain, he is undoubtedly overflowing with confidence.

But he could never have imagined that Lin Hao's martial arts skills were far ahead of his own during the trial in the Skyfire Secret Realm.

"If you want to seek revenge on my boss, you have no hope in this life."

Gu Yunle stretched out a finger, shook it, and said disdainfully: "Because of you, he always defeated you, and he always lost in battles!"

After hearing the latter sentence, Yan Hongyi's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.

The four words "defeated general" were obviously a stimulation to his proud self-esteem!

Then he took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress the raging resentment in his heart.

"Guess what, if I kill you today, how will that bastard Lin Hao react?"

Yan Hong grinned grimly, a hint of cruelty revealed on his face, and his cold voice was filled with undisguised murderous intent.

This time, Gu Yunle did not argue with the other party again.

There was a chill in his eyes, and he no longer had the usual cynicism.

The look in his eyes as he stared at Yan Hongyi was also faintly filled with a hint of murderous intent.

Obviously, he had already intended to kill Yan Hongyi.

If this guy doesn't die, he will definitely haunt the boss in the future.

Today's palace competition gave him an excellent opportunity!

"Elder Wu, may I begin?"

At this time, a middle-aged referee came out.

He bowed and saluted, then asked with awe-inspiring Wu Wei, who was sitting in the main seat on the podium.

"Well, let's get started. Remember to be fair and just."

Wu Wei had an indifferent expression on his face, his eyes fell on Yan Hongyi, as if he had a hint of expectation.

He originally did not have much approval for this illegitimate child from outside.

Unexpectedly, since entering the Palace Sect, his talent in martial arts has been surprisingly outstanding, which made Wu Wei look at him with new eyes.

Therefore, this time, I brought him to the inner hall to participate in the hall competition and hone his skills.

On the high platform, besides Wu Chang, there was also a burly bearded man with a resolute temperament sitting next to him.

This person is the master of the inner hall, his name is Yang Gang.

The reason why Gu Yunle was able to grow so fast during this period was because he promoted him and provided him with a lot of cultivation resources.

Yang Gang was very satisfied and pleased with Gu Yunle's performance in this palace competition.

Unfortunately, this time, he met an opponent he shouldn't have met.

From the corner of his eye, he quietly glanced at Wu Yan who was sitting in the main seat, the position that should have belonged to him to preside over the palace competition.

For a long time, the direct disciples of the elders of the inner hall would not participate in the competition in the inner hall.

However, this year, the temple guardian elder 'Wu Wei', has come to participate with his illegitimate son.

In Yang Gang's opinion, although it was nothing, he still felt that something was abnormal.

"The final battle has begun. I believe everyone knows the rules. The winner this time will be the champion of the palace competition!"

At this time, as the middle-aged referee's voice sounded, everyone's eyes were focused on the ring.

The two people on the stage had already taken out their weapons.

Yan Hongyi held a black long sword in his hand. The sword was of standard size and exuded a thick black aura.

Gu Yunle’s weapon was a black heavy sword.

Both in size and weight, it is more substantial than Yan Hongyi's sword.

boom--!

As soon as the weapons came out, powerful spiritual energy fluctuations immediately swept through the bodies of the two.

The next moment, Gu Yunle and Yan Hongyi, both figures rushed out at the same time and collided fiercely with each other.

“Bang, bang, bang!!”

All of a sudden, a series of harsh sounds of metal colliding were heard, dense and crazy.

The entire arena seemed to be suddenly filled with gusts of wind and waves, and the air around it was boiling.

Two thick black mists spread out, and bursts of gas explosions were heard.

The shocking sound made the people watching nearby feel a little frightened!

In just a few breaths, the two had already fought for more than a hundred rounds.

"The second level of the Saint Realm, the combat power is so terrifying!"

"They are at the same level, but they are both able to challenge opponents of higher levels. This kind of battle is in no way inferior to those Saint Realm Third Level warriors!"

The people around were stunned and started talking about it in amazement.

"clang!"

Another confrontation, the two figures retreated violently under the strong wind.

"You little brat, you're quite capable!"

Seeing that he was unable to do anything to Gu Yunle, Yan Hongyi's eyes turned cold.

"I originally intended to use this move against that bastard Lin Hao, but today I'm going to use you as my target!"

As the voice fell, the long sword in his hand suddenly burst out with extremely powerful sword energy.

The terrifying fluctuations of spiritual power suddenly swept across like a hurricane.

Immediately afterwards, a black magic dragon rushed out from the tip of the sword, as if tearing the sky apart.

"The sword dragon splits the sky!"

"Sanctification of the Fourth Rank Martial Arts"

Upon seeing this, the inner hall disciples who were watching suddenly burst into surprised voices.

"Tsk tsk, people with the surname Wu are indeed extraordinary."

"We have been in the inner hall for many years, but we are still not qualified to practice holy martial arts above the third level."

"Isn't it? This guy named Wu Hong has only been here for more than a year, and he has already had the opportunity to practice."

"Don't be sour, it's not like you don't know his identity."

Among them, there is also a lot of whispering.

"roar--!"

Then, accompanied by a ferocious roar, Yan Hongyi stabbed violently with his sword.

The demon dragon, wrapped in the sword light, roared and rushed towards Gu Yunle with a terrifying momentum!

Faced with such an attack, Gu Yunle's face remained calm.

Just when everyone wanted to see how he would resist next, a strange scene happened.

But as the black mist surged on Gu Yunle's body, a black energy vortex suddenly appeared in front of him.

It directly swallowed up the sword shadow of the demon dragon that was rushing towards it.

Immediately, the black vortex shrank and expanded, and the devil sword shadow suddenly rushed out, heading towards Yan Hongyi along the original trajectory.

"The world is reversed!"

Seeing this scene, Yan Hongyi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Obviously, he did not expect that the inherited skills of the Gu family could even transform the fourth-grade sacred martial arts attack!

Immediately, Yan Hongyi had no time to think, the long sword in his hand burst into a brilliant black light, and he used the "Sword Dragon Splitting the Sky" move again.

Bang!

In mid-air, the two attacks collided with each other almost instantly.

The violent energy ripples swept across like a rolling tide, causing the light curtain of the formation on the arena to shake violently.

Faintly, one could even see cracks rapidly spreading on the surface of the light curtain.

call out!

Black light filled the sky, and a figure flew out backwards.

That person was Yan Hongyi.

However, the scales on his body armor were glowing and formed a protective shield, which blocked most of the energy impact.

Then there was a loud 'bang' and he hit the light curtain of the formation hard before he was able to stabilize his body.

"What a powerful martial art, it can actually turn the opponent's offensive momentum into your own advantage!"

Seeing this scene, the whole audience was in an uproar.

All the inner hall disciples of the Dark Palace Sect stared at Gu Yunle in amazement.

Thinking back to the strange martial arts just now, most people had expressions of shock on their faces.

"The world has turned around...it turns out to be a young member of the Gu family."

On the high platform, Wu Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

That expression seemed to indicate that he had a deep connection with the ancestors of the Gu family.

"As the saying goes, if you come but don't return the favor, it's not polite."

Gu Yunle raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a cold smile, "Next, it's my turn."

After saying that, Gu Tianyun stepped on the ground with his right foot and suddenly jumped into the air.

"Night Meteor Sword!"

A clear shout was heard, and Gu Yunle quickly danced with complicated sword moves with the black heavy sword in his hand.

Swish, swish, swish...!!!

Almost in the blink of an eye, sword shadows suddenly appeared in the surrounding space.

After a few breaths, the sword shadow spread across the entire arena.

There are so many of them, tens of thousands!

"Night Meteor Sword, isn't that a fifth-grade sacred martial art?!"

hiss!

Looking at this scene, the faces of the inner hall disciples present changed drastically, and the sound of gasps of shock could be heard one after another.

At this moment, Yan Hongyi, who was surrounded by countless sword shadows, had a gloomy face and looked extremely solemn.

Faced with this extremely powerful sword style, even though he had scales on his body to protect him, he still felt extremely dangerous.

"go!"

Gu Yunle's eyes were stern, and he swung out with a loud bang on the black heavy sword!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

Countless sword shadows suspended in the void instantly locked onto Yan Hongyi and whistled down like an overwhelming force.

Under this torrential bombardment, the protective shield on Yan Hongyi's body vibrated violently.

The originally solid light also became dimmer at an astonishing speed, and cracks began to appear.

Such signs indicate that the country is on the verge of collapse!

"The outcome is decided."

On the high platform, Yang Gang, the master of the inner hall, had a flickering gaze, with a hint of relief in his eyes.

Half a year ago, he made an exception and passed on the "Night Meteor Sword" to Gu Yunle, thinking that the latter would need several years to master it.

Unexpectedly, in just half a year, he has already reached such a level of perfection.

Although this kid from the Gu family is usually lazy, he is actually quite capable.

Yang Gang nodded secretly, planning to formally accept Gu Yunle as his personal disciple after the palace competition was over.

However, at this moment, a barely perceptible black light suddenly burst out from the high platform.

"Um?!"

The speed of the black light pattern was extremely fast. By the time Yang Gang reacted, it had already penetrated the light curtain of the formation on the arena.

At this moment, Gu Yunle's attention was completely focused on controlling the sword to attack Yan Hongyi, and he didn't notice the external attack at all.

At that moment, he felt a pain in his abdomen.

The black light pattern shot directly into the Dantian acupoint in the body and pierced the spirit infant.

“Puff!”

Gu Yunle immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fell directly to the ground.

As the spiritual power dissipated, the surrounding sword shadows also disappeared out of thin air in an instant!

"What's going on?!"

Seeing this, everyone was shocked and suspicious.

Apparently, no clues were found for the sudden change.

"Elder Wu, how could you do this!"

Palace Master Yang Gang frowned and suddenly looked at Wu Wei, who was sitting in the main seat next to him, with anger surging in his eyes.

The black light pattern just now was emitted from this platform.

Here, besides him, there is only Wu Yan!

"It's just a title of the Palace Champion. Don't worry about it."

Wu Wei's face was calm, and he said calmly: "Your Yang family has been in constant friction with the Lu family recently. If you want to gain the support of our Wu family, you should just turn a blind eye now."

Hearing this, Yang Gang became even angrier.

However, when he thought of the current situation of the Yang family, he took a deep breath and could only suppress it.

I will use this championship reward to compensate Gu Yunle when the time comes.

On the ring.

Gu Yunle lay on the ground with blood spitting out of his mouth. The spiritual infant in his body was severely injured and he was completely unable to fight anymore.

Seeing this, Yan Hongyi's eyes lit up. He took this opportunity to rush to Gu Yunle and stepped on the latter.

"It seems that your dark horse is nothing more than this."

Yan Hongyi said sarcastically with a playful look on his face.

"mean!"

Gu Yunle cursed angrily.

"As long as we can win, no matter what means we use, it doesn't matter what the outcome is. What matters most is the outcome."

Yan Hongyi smiled grimly, and his eyes gradually became fierce.

"Kid, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself. You made friends with the wrong people!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and slammed it on Gu Yunle's head.

Thick black fog burst out from his palm and suddenly condensed into a black vortex.

"Does he want to..."

Seeing this, Yang Gang seemed to have realized something.

"stop!"

Immediately, his face changed drastically and he shouted angrily.

However, just as Yang Gang was about to rush out.

Wu Wei waved his right hand, and powerful black spiritual power surged out, instantly forming an energy barrier that blocked the way ahead.

"Elder Wu, you'd better stop!"

Yang Gang glared at Wu Wei angrily.

However, his strength was only at the fifth level of the Holy Domain, and he had no chance of winning against Wu Wei.

"ah!"

At this moment, a scream rang out, shocking everyone.

Just as Yang Gang guessed, he saw that on the stage, Yan Hongyi had already used the devouring martial arts to forcibly absorb all the functions of Gu Yunle's body.

"Stop him now!"

Seeing this, Tao Ling's pretty face changed slightly and she shouted.

The middle-aged referee, who was obviously Elder Wu Wei's man, was completely unmoved.

"hateful!"

Tao Ling had a furious look on his face, holding a long sword in his hand, and attacked directly towards the light curtain of the formation.

At the same time, many deacons around also came out.

"Bang!"

Under the joint attack of hundreds of deacons, the light curtain of the formation covering the arena collapsed instantly.

laugh--!

Tao Ling raised the long sword in his hand diagonally, shooting out a sharp sword light.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Yan Hongyi loosened his hands and retreated quickly.

Tao Ling came closer, and when he saw Gu Yunle's condition, his eyes trembled slightly.

But at this moment, Gu Yunle no longer looked as handsome as before. He was skinny and his life was in danger.

"Please...tell my boss Lin Hao...tell him not to avenge me..."

Gu Yunle's lips moved slightly, and his voice was weak and intermittent.

Soon he couldn't catch his breath and was completely out of breath.

The eyes that had not yet closed, looking up at the sky, seemed to be filled with unwillingness and deep reluctance...

Tao Ling's beautiful eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

Unexpectedly, when Gu Yunle was dying, he was still worried about his brother's safety and didn't want him to be implicated.

Tao Ling couldn't imagine it.

When Lin Hao comes out of the trial, if he hears the news of his brother's death, how will he go crazy and lose control...