Supreme Sword Exalt

Gu Han shifted his gaze to the female cultivator who had sold out Yang Lan.

She went as white as a ghost and retreated repeatedly. “G-great... Great Sir! He... he is—”

A flash of light streaked past, and her head flew off her shoulders. Shock and fear were still etched on her face.

Yang Lan was dumbstruck. “Brother Gu...”

Gu Han glanced at her, a hint of tenderness emerging amid the dense murderous intent filling his gaze. “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

At that moment, he seemed to overlap with the image of her older brother. From an early age, whenever the Yang family bullied her, Yang Ying would always stand in front of her just like this. Even the words he used to say to her were exactly the same.

Don’t be afraid, I’m here.

Yang Ying was gone, but Gu Han was still here. Her heart ached as she forcefully held back her tears. She nodded and gently helped that female cultivator who had spoken up for her to her feet.

At that same moment, Xiao Yang and Li Xun also arrived at the ninth level. Xiao Yang’s heart trembled after seeing Gu Han. He’s too strong and terrifying!

Above Li Xun, Yan Qi sighed emotionally. “The last time Senior got this angry was back when he was still with that maiden.”

Behind Chang Wei, the two remaining survivors from that day spoke out together.

“He’s Gu Han!”

“He’s the one who killed Chang Jun!”

The others also spoke out one after another, looking at Gu Han as if he were a dead man.

“Such audacity!”

“He actually came right to us!”

Chang Wei stared intently at Gu Han. “You killed my younger brother?”

The tenderness in Gu Han’s eyes transformed once again into icy murderous intent. Swaying lightly, he landed in the middle of the group.

“What are you trying to do—AAH!”

Forty-nine peerlessly sharp strands of Great Evolution Sword Qi shot forth and struck the group. Whether they were followers or those outer domain heavenly prides, all were pierced by the sword qi!

The Hua youth’s pupils contracted. “Such a strong bloodlust! He is incredibly formidable!”

Gao Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Gu Han coldly. “He’s dead meat. A mere native dares to kill people from the Ancient Cang Realm? No one can save him! Even if he defects to Xiao Yang, it’s useless!”

Xiao Yang glanced at him disdainfully. Defect to me? Him? Is my name really that great?

He couldn’t be bothered to explain.

Chang Wei’s muscles swelled once more. “Damn it!”

His clothes were torn into strips that hung on him. His explosive muscles showed a bronze color, faint hints of red light flashing within.

Xiao Yang couldn’t help but warn, “Brother Gu, Chang Wei has awakened the ancient giant bloodline. He has innate divine strength!”

A flash of killing intent crossed Chang Wei’s eyes. “Xiao Yang, you’re actually in cahoots with this native?! Once I deal with him, I’ll settle the score with you!”

Xiao Yang seemed completely unconcerned. “Sure! Survive first!”

Fierce light blazed in Chang Wei’s eyes as he looked at Gu Han. “Native, you killed Chang Jun. I’ll make you regret being born into this world!”

He stomped heavily on the ground. Shaken by his aura, more than half of the ninth level collapsed. His right fist, nearly five or six times larger than before, lunged viciously for Gu Han’s head. Wherever it passed, space faintly twisted.

At that same moment, a dark sword appeared in Gu Han’s hand.

Xiao Yang and Li Xun exchanged a glance and secretly swallowed their saliva. He’s using his sword!

A layer of formless sword qi flashed over Gu Han, and the sword met Chang Wei’s strike head-on. A sword aura, condensed to the extreme, burst forth from the sword that had been devoid of anything. Several zhang long, the sword aura was unmatched in sharpness, threatening to rend space itself.

Instinctively, Chang Wei brought his fists together and tightly guarded his front. What?!

In the blink of an eye, the sword aura collided with his arms. Under the immense force, the ground beneath Chang Wei’s feet suddenly caved in, and he fell to the eighth level.

Following a series of loud crashes, he didn’t stop. He plummeted straight down to the seventh level, the sixth level... His figure swayed, while Gu Han vanished along with him.

***

On the first level, Wei Fang still stood there, completely bewildered. Maybe that outer domain Heavenly Pride had a different personality, the type who respects worthy men, and that’s why he was so polite to Gu Han? Right! That must be it!

Just as his confusion was slowly clearing, a loud crash rang out, and the entire tower shook violently. Lifting his gaze, he saw a muscular youth half-buried in the ground. The youth’s arms trembled, blood continuously dripping down.

His heart trembled. Isn’t that the outer domain Heavenly Pride, Chang Wei? Why—

Just as he thought this, he saw Chang Wei’s eyes filled with ferocity. Red light surged over him, and he shot up from the ground, charging upward. Just as he rose three zhang, a sword aura descended from above. Condensed to the extreme, it slashed into him once more.

Following a pained roar, Chang Wei sank entirely into the ground. Wide cracks spread in all directions. The entire Ruyi Tower could no longer hold on and began to collapse.

At that same moment, Gu Han landed at the edge of the deep pit. His sword swayed, pointing at Chang Wei.

Wei Fang was greatly shocked. “L-Little Brother, you?!”

He never imagined that all this commotion was actually caused by the battle between Gu Han and Chang Wei.

Gu Han remained impassive. “Tower Master Wei, my apologies. Whatever losses Ruyi Tower suffers, I will compensate you for later.”

Wei Fang smiled bitterly. With how strong you were, I wouldn’t dare ask you to compensate either!

At the same time, Ruyi Tower completely collapsed. Li Xun shielded Yang Lan and the other women. Di Kan barely held the unconscious ape clan girl. The rest rushed out.

Inside the pit, Chang Wei vomited blood heavily. The fury in his heart was gone, replaced by a trace of terror. He couldn’t understand why a native was this strong, to the point of driving him to despair. Two sword strikes were enough to nearly incapacitate him. He suddenly regretted sending all his guardians away.

The smoke and dust slowly dispersed. When Xiao Yang saw Chang Wei’s state, he grimaced inwardly. Indeed, Elder Qian was right. If Big Brother fought Brother Gu at the same cultivation level, he really would die!

Chang Wei looked at Gao Xu in the distance. “Cough, cough... Gao Xu, help me. Consider it... a favor I owe you.”

Without even thinking, Gao Xu agreed. “Fine!”

Not only was Chang Wei’s favor very valuable, but he also found Gu Han particularly displeasing. A native he had always looked down upon was far stronger than him. How could he ever accept that? It was like looking down on a beggar who turned out to be far wealthier than him—an extremely unpleasant and humiliating feeling.

He stared at Gu Han with an expressionless face. “Enough! You’ve killed enough people. It’s time to stop.”

Gu Han glanced at him. “Who are you?”

Gao Xu still maintained the arrogance of an outer domain Heavenly Pride. “Oh, you don’t need to know. All you have to do is stop, just as I said, or you will die a very ugly death.”