Stronger by Killing

"Moo!"

Suddenly, the old yellow cow seemed to go mad, glaring angrily at the Elder Celestial Master with its head lowered, mud splattering from the air it snorted through its nostrils, continuously scraping the earth with one leg.

The Elder Celestial Master smiled helplessly and said, "Be good, cow, don’t act up, listen to me and go away, I’m going to enter the city!"

"Moo..."

A man and a cow locked eyes,

For a long time, a teardrop fell from the old yellow cow’s eye, and it ran away towards the distance, quickly vanishing without a trace in the pouring rain.

"Ah!"

The Elder Celestial Master slightly shook his head, slowly turned around, and lifted his gaze to look at the large words ’Yiling City’ atop the city wall, before slowly stepping forward.

At that moment,

A voice rang out from within Yiling City:

"Elder Celestial Master, there’s no need to enter the city, I will come out to fight you!"

That voice resounded through the heavens and earth like a great bell, heavy like thunder, shaking the city so much it seemed on the verge of collapse, causing all the hidden experts within to tremble vigorously.

The Elder Celestial Master standing outside the city was slightly stunned, a look of astonishment on his face.

Similarly shocked were the masters from various sects within the city.

No one had expected that Gu Zhan would choose to fight outside the city.

"Why would Marquis Gu make such an unwise decision?"

In a building, a Grandmaster from the Gu Family exclaimed, "Leaving the city removes his home advantage, what then was the purpose of the Beidou Bang digging rivers recently? Wasn’t it precisely for home advantage?"

Gai Qingcheng stood by the window, slightly furrowing her brows,

She too was somewhat baffled.

It’s widely known that Gu Zhan’s Water Manipulation Skill had reached the Peak of Perfection, and during this period, the Beidou Bang kept arranging a Grand Array in Yiling City, obviously to create a home advantage for Gu Zhan, establishing an invincible position.

Now, all those who had long awaited this battle within the city were stunned and couldn’t comprehend why Gu Zhan would give up his home advantage to fight outside.

Yet, no one wanted to miss this battle,

And suddenly, everyone surged towards the outside of the city.

...

In an extremely short time, many people appeared one after another on the distant hills outside Yiling City.

At this moment,

The world saw the legendary Elder Celestial Master from Sword King City, a figure that existed in legends for nearly a century.

However, upon seeing the Elder Celestial Master,

Many people felt a bit disappointed,

Too ordinary,

If not for knowing his identity, one might mistake him for a plain, ordinary Daoist.

He wore a somewhat faded Daoist robe, his face was full of wrinkles that seemed lifeless, a wooden hairpin in his hair, and his figure was slightly hunched.

"Marquis Gu, have you decided on fighting outside the city?"

The Elder Celestial Master lifted his head, calmly asked with a voice that was somewhat ancient and lacked emotion, as if he was chatting with Gu Zhan face to face without exerting his power.

Amidst pouring rain,

The Elder Celestial Master’s voice was drowned by the rain.

Beyond the sound of rain, there were no other sounds in the heavens and earth.

Yet, in that instant, everyone felt a terrifying pressure, as if the clouds in the sky were pressing down.

Amidst the crowd’s astonishment,

The Elder Celestial Master slowly straightened his body, an aura erupted from him, with its intimidating atmosphere shaking the heavens and earth, causing mountains and valleys to convulse momentarily, birds and beasts to lie prostrate, trembling; many martial artists with low cultivation even spat blood, despite being far away, they were still forced to spit blood by that aura.

At the same moment,

Above Yiling City, a vast and mighty aura, like an ancient dragon awakening, descended with unstoppable pressure.

A figure appeared atop the city wall,

It was a youthful and handsome face,

In an elegant black long robe, with a Purple Gold Crown on his head, his black long hair flying in the wind and rain, his eyes indifferent, scornful of everything.

It was none other than the God of Slaughter, Gu Zhan.

As he appeared, a terrifying aura spread out instantly, a formidable pressure emanated from above Yiling City, eventually permeating the four directions, immediately causing those watching from afar to involuntarily retreat.

"He really came out of the city?"

"What is he thinking?"

"Is he that confident? He is facing the Elder Celestial Master, a Land Immortal, and yet he gives up his home advantage?"

Many were surprised, puzzled, and started whispering.

"Marquis Gu!"

The Elder Celestial Master raised his head, looked at Gu Zhan in the sky, and said, "Facing you is bullying the weak, go back to the city, I won’t hinder you nor seize this opportunity to strike."

"No need."

Gu Zhan slowly said, "I have left the city today for two matters."

A mighty voice like thunder quaked the mountains and rivers, all the strong covered their ears, as the sound penetrated so strongly, it scattered leaves wildly.

"Firstly, I hereby announce to the world, I have already broken the limits of the Martial Arts and created a new realm of Martial Arts, henceforth no need to test, in today’s battle, witness my true form, it is the supreme fate, cherish it yourselves!"

In an instant, everyone was amazed.

Particularly, people from Dao Pavilion, Yijian Sect, and several top forces in the world were revealing different expressions.

Their purpose for coming here was singular,

To ascertain whether Gu Zhan truly mastered a new method of cultivation,

But none of them expected that,

Gu Zhan would directly confess it, moreover openly claiming not only mastery of a new martial cultivation method but also breaking limits to create a new realm.

This directly acknowledged his possession of a possibly different Grotto Heaven Technique from that of past Land Immortals.

"Does he... not understand what this means?"

"He admits it so openly, isn’t he afraid of being targeted by the entire world?"

"Simple possession could be incriminating, let alone a method that might break past rules, how could those Noble Families and Clans let him be?"

"..."

Once again, chatter erupted, everyone was shocked and discussing, some even began sending messages.

On a small hilltop,

People from the Gu Family were also fervently discussing, all extremely surprised.

Gai Qingcheng slowly said, "He is not ignorant, rather he has absolute confidence in himself, possessing an indomitable spirit that dares to face the whole world."

After that, Gai Qingcheng took a deep breath and said, "Such courage, indeed worthy of vying in a chaotic era, or perhaps simply an invincible will, the Gu Family’s bet on him will never be in vain, this person is more valuable than his cultivation method!"

...

Amidst pouring rain, dark clouds gathered,

Two terrifying auras collided, disturbing the torrential rain into wild dances, like catkins flying wildly, two dreadful forces shot straight into the heavens.

"The second matter!"

The world fell silent.

Gu Zhan once again slowly spoke, "I invite, Elder Celestial Master to die!"

Torrential rain exploded out layer by layer.

At that moment, dozens of thunderbolts as thick as a tree trunk descended from the sky.