Gu Yifeng's palm strike was almost equivalent to 70% of Liu Yan's power. This is the terrifying aspect of the Devouring Heaven Record: it can easily return 70% of the opponent's attack.
In battle, the balance of power shifts, and unless it's a one-sided fight, he's almost guaranteed to win.
However, Gu Yifeng's palm strike posed no threat to the old man before him. He simply let the force of the palm strike explode, and after the dust settled, he was completely unharmed.
"Hehe, little brat, I admit you have some talent, but with this little bit of ability, you're not qualified to bully this old man in the prison."
"Don't say that I've brought disaster upon Da Gan. When I fought for the late emperor and slaughtered the soldiers of Great Chu, you probably weren't even born yet. Humph! If I hadn't fallen into their trap, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
The old man snorted coldly, his tone suddenly bursting with chilling killing intent, staring at Gu Yifeng with extreme hostility.
“Little child, you only have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to leave when my poison takes effect.”
As if he had thought of something, he calculated the time with his fingers and then said coldly to Gu Yifeng.
"Poison? Scheme? Who exactly are you?"
Gu Yifeng frowned upon hearing this, looking at the old man's face, but there was no related record in his previous life's memories.
The old man ignored him and, seeing that he wasn't leaving, didn't urge him on. He simply closed his eyes, as if waiting for something.
The time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed silently. As soon as the time was up, the old man cried out in pain. His originally disheveled white hair started to rise without wind, and streaks of red spread from the roots of his hair, eventually turning his head completely red.
Almost simultaneously, the old man's eyes were also covered in crimson, which was what he called the manifestation of the poison taking effect.
Before Gu Yifeng could react, hundreds of streams of flame appeared out of thin air all around, raining down like fire on the stone island, creating craters.
"External manifestation, the Mountain and River Sword!"
Faced with so many streams of flame, each with power comparable to the mid-stage of the Opening Mansion Realm, Gu Yifeng knew that if he stayed any longer, he would probably turn to ashes.
A layer of spiritual energy condensed on his body, transforming into the shape of the Mountain and River Sword. He then swung it out, the sword light like rain. Each sword strike contained a strange and special power. When it struck Liu Yan, it would silently transfer and dissipate a portion of the power.
This is a power unique to the Mountain and River Sword, unrelated to Gu Yifeng. It is only because its appearance is that of the Mountain and River Sword that it inherits the abilities of the Mountain and River Sword.
With the power of the Mountain and River Sword, his pressure was greatly reduced, allowing him to use the Devouring Heaven Record to deflect attacks while simultaneously counterattacking with the power of devouring.
With a three-pronged approach, he quickly withstood the attacks of the flowing flames, but his actions also attracted the attention of the old man who had fallen into a frenzy.
The next moment, streaks of red light surged from the old man's dantian, and after a short while, they transformed into a humanoid figure that looked exactly like him, and went straight towards Gu Yifeng.
"Holy crap! My destiny is truly divine!"
Upon seeing this humanoid figure, Gu Yifeng couldn't help but curse aloud. He certainly couldn't recognize the figure's origin, but its predecessor was a figure of great stature—the Crown Prince of Da Gan, a person who cultivated in the Da Gan Library every day, so his knowledge was naturally extensive.
In his memory, the only things that could materialize from his dantian and possess independent combat capabilities, besides the true spirit of his natal magic weapon nurtured in his dantian, were humanoid forms created by cultivators at the peak of the Opening Mansion Realm.
The latter, let alone a great effort, there might not be ten people in the entire continent who could cultivate to such a level, but the former are countless.
The old man being imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison must not be the latter.
Of course, there is another point: being able to cultivate one's own true spirit means that the cultivation level of that true spirit is at least 70% of that of the original body.
Even if you only have 70% of the strength of someone in the late stage of the Opening Mansion Realm, you're still still in the late stage of the Opening Mansion Realm.
"System, please give me some help!"
Gu Yifeng's spiritual power continuously erupted beneath his feet, transforming into a stream of light that darted back and forth across the fourth level, while the old man's natal spirit continuously unleashed spiritual power behind him, causing bursts of explosions.
"The wind's getting strong, let's get out of here."
The system remained silent for a long time after hearing this. After emitting a series of buzzing sounds, it gave a thoughtful response and then fell silent.
"Damn it! So what if he's only at the late stage of the Opening Mansion Realm? I'll risk it all!"
Gu Yifeng cursed angrily, unable to tolerate this unscrupulous system any longer. He turned around, activated the Devouring Heaven Record at full power, and threw a punch without giving the true spirit any time to react.
The spiritual power of the early stage of the Opening Mansion Realm suddenly erupted, along with the power of the Devouring Heaven Record, and instantly sent the true spirit flying. After all, it was not a real person, and its reaction speed was no match for Gu Yifeng.
"Predecessor, I hope the sword technique you've cultivated isn't too weak."
Gu Yifeng muttered to himself, and then, following the feeling from his memory, began to use one of the few sword techniques that his predecessor knew.
The Mountain and River Sword in his hand seemed to be wielded slowly, with streaks of mysterious light flashing, but in reality, it was a distortion of space and time. It appeared extremely slow, but in fact, it was extremely fast.
"Time flies and leaves us behind; the cherries ripen and the plantains turn green."
He unconsciously murmured aloud, and then a beam of emerald green sword light slashed out from the Mountain and River Sword, cutting towards the old man's natal spirit along a fixed trajectory. By the time the spirit tried to dodge, the sword light had already passed right through it.
The next moment, the power of the True Spirit dissipated completely, then transformed into a palm-sized shape, truly like a stream of light, flying back to the stone island and entering the old man's body.
Gu Yifeng naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass, and quickly chased after him. Upon returning to the stone island, the old man's condition had actually recovered, although the red color on his white hair hadn't completely faded.
"What a magnificent sword strike! I haven't seen anything like it in so many years. Your subject pays respects to Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The old man laughed maniacally twice, then, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, slowly spoke to Gu Yifeng.
"You...you know this move?"
Gu Yifeng asked with some wariness.
"How could I not know? How could I not understand? This move was created by the only female sword immortal in our Great Gan Dynasty, Ruoxu Sword Immortal. After marrying the late emperor, she never appeared in the world again. This sword was later collected in the Great Gan Dynasty Library, and only those with the bloodline of a sword immortal can successfully learn it."
"What a pity, what a pity. I was deceived and poisoned by fire. If it weren't for the Crimson Flame suppressing it, I would have died from the poison in just half a moment after I went out."
After the old man finished speaking, he also sighed deeply, looked up at Gu Yifeng, and his expression was full of regret.
"Fire poison..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yifeng's mind was flooded with memories again. Back then, his predecessor had been indulging in the Da Gan Library all day long, but he had only heard about the fire and poison case that shocked the entire Da Gan region ten years ago.
In my memory, there are only some scattered recollections. I only know that a general from the previous dynasty burned tens of thousands of people in the capital alive in order to cultivate some kind of Red Lotus Fire Prison Technique. Because he had a death-exemption token bestowed by the late emperor, he was later imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
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