Chapter 235: Suppressing the Sage

Chapter 235: Suppressing the Sage

October 18, 2024

"Sage!"

Gu Qingfeng gazed at the figure in the void, feeling the overwhelming sage aura envelop him, making his blood boil with excitement.

His eyes held no fear, only a fierce battle spirit.

Gu Qingfeng was eager to see the true strength of a Sage from the Ancient World.

At that moment,

Shangguan Hongtian bowed respectfully to the Sun Sage, saying, "A powerful foe has come. Please, Sage, take action and slay this villain!"

"Granted."

The Sun Sage uttered a single word, devoid of any emotion.

Immediately,

The Sun Sage grasped the Sun Mirror and unleashed a world-destroying divine light, which tore through layers of space and descended upon Gu Qingfeng.

"Today, I will see just how powerful a Sage truly is!"

Gu Qingfeng laughed aloud, his Evil-Slaying Blade gleaming with a terrifying aura of blood and qi, like a blazing sun, as he slashed out with all his might.

"Boom!"

The terrifying blade energy cleaved through the void, shattering the world-destroying divine light.

The remaining blade energy surged towards the Sun Sage, who countered with a powerful punch, neutralizing the forces.

However,

The moment the blade energy dissipated, Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, his overwhelming blade intent piercing the heavens. A surging torrent of power condensed within him, transforming into an ancient celestial blade as he launched another attack at the Sun Sage.

At that moment,

The Sun Sage's expressionless face finally showed a hint of surprise.

Immediately,

He summoned the Sun Mirror, and a torrent of blazing flames swept across the heavens, as if a golden phoenix had been born from the sun, spreading its wings and unleashing boundless true fire.

"This is a Golden Phoenix!"

"It is said that the Sun Mirror was crafted by the Sun Sage, inspired by the legendary Phoenix Mirror. It seems the rumors are true!"

"Such divine power is enough to suppress even an ordinary Sage!"

"Gu Qingfeng is no simple figure. Even with the Sun Sage's power manifested, he hasn't been directly suppressed. Truly formidable—"

All the onlookers watched the battle in the void with shock on their faces.

The Sun Sage's strength did not surprise them.

After all, even though the Sage had fallen, the power he left in the divine weapon was on par with that of a true Sage.

However,

Gu Qingfeng's displayed strength was what truly left the onlookers in awe.

They had initially thought Gu Qingfeng was only a half-Sage, but now it was clear that his strength was far beyond that.

Otherwise,

How could he have engaged in battle with a Sage wielding the Sun Mirror?

It was known that a Sage with a divine weapon was at the peak of their power.

As long as the Sun Sage's power within the Sun Mirror remained, he was equivalent to a true Sage.

In an era where Sages did not appear, such an existence could sweep away all opposition.

Thus,

Gu Qingfeng's ability to battle the Sun Sage left them in disbelief.

...

Boom!

Rumble!

In the void, the Sun Sage wielded the Sun Mirror, unleashing rays of divine light that seemed to ignite the entire space. The burning flames were so terrifying that they could reduce any cultivator below the Sage level to ashes.

However,

Gu Qingfeng stood his ground, his vast qi and blood like an ocean, and his overwhelming blade intent slicing through everything.

No matter how powerful the Sun Sage's attacks were, they could not harm him in the slightest.

After a moment,

Gu Qingfeng's expression turned slightly disappointed.

"So this is the power of a Sage. It seems I overestimated the so-called Sages!"

As he spoke,

Gu Qingfeng suddenly stopped, and at that moment, the Sun Sage also summoned the Sun Mirror, conjuring a massive Golden Phoenix made of terrifying flames, which charged towards him.

The heat from the Golden Phoenix was already overwhelming.

Gu Qingfeng's face remained expressionless, his eyes cold as he gazed at the approaching Golden Phoenix.

"This ends now!"

Before the words had even left his lips, he took a step forward, channeling all his qi and blood into the Evil-Slaying Blade. An image of a supreme celestial blade formed in the sky, merging with Gu Qingfeng.

With one slash,

All of eternity was extinguished!

The Golden Phoenix was the first to meet the blade, its body torn apart by the blade energy, dissolving into a sea of divine fire.

But the blade's momentum did not stop there, continuing its path towards the Sun Sage.

The Sun Sage's expression changed, and he was forced to raise the Sun Mirror to defend.

In the next instant,

The long blade struck the Sun Mirror with a fierce blow.

Crack!

A sharp sound echoed through the air.

Cracks began to spread across the surface of the Sacred Treasure, and within a few breaths, it shattered into pieces.

The Sacred Weapon was destroyed.

The ethereal image of the Sacred Flame Saint vanished.

The remaining force of the strike that didn’t fully dissipate plunged deep into the void, as if it had split the entire Ancient Beast Mountain Range. The ground crumbled, mountains collapsed, and countless ferocious beasts were buried alive.

“No… No, this can’t be! The Sacred Flame Saint can’t be defeated!!!”

Seeing the Sacred Flame Mirror shatter and the Sacred Flame Saint’s ethereal image dissipate, Shangguan Hongtian’s face turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What had he just witnessed?

The Sacred Flame Saint had been defeated!

And the Sacred Flame Mirror had shattered!

He knew very well that the reason the Shangguan Family was considered a Sacred Family and had stood the test of time was because of the Sacred Weapon. Without it, the Shangguan Family might have been destroyed long ago.

After all, during the Sacred Flame Saint’s lifetime, the Shangguan Family had offended many powerful forces. It was only after the Saint’s passing that the Sacred Weapon was left to protect the family, deterring all potential threats.

If they lost the Sacred Weapon, the Shangguan Family would no longer be a Sacred Family.

Moreover, many of their old enemies would likely take advantage of the situation to strike.

Such a scenario was the last thing Shangguan Hongtian wanted to see.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have used the Sacred Weapon.

However, before Shangguan Hongtian could wallow in his regret, a cold, murderous intent descended upon him, making his body instinctively tremble. Following the intent, he met Gu Qingfeng’s cold, indifferent gaze.

“Wait, you can’t kill me…”

Shangguan Hongtian’s heart raced, the fear of death overwhelming all other thoughts. But before he could finish his plea, Gu Qingfeng’s blade descended, and the elder of the Shangguan Family, who had reached the Ninth Rank of the Dao Palace Realm, was instantly slain.

After slaughtering the Shangguan Family, Gu Qingfeng didn’t stop. His blade swung, and a myriad of blade auras erupted, enveloping all the Shangguan Family cultivators.

At that moment, a divine light emerged from Shangguan Yu, and an ethereal figure stepped out of him.

“Fellow Daoist, this is the Shangguan Family…”

But before the ethereal figure could finish speaking, it was obliterated by the blade auras.

Shangguan Yu and the other Shangguan Family cultivators met the same fate.

With one strike, all the Shangguan Family cultivators were dead.

Seeing the broken and mangled bodies of the Shangguan Family cultivators, the other cultivators couldn’t help but think the same thing:

The Shangguan Family was finished!

In this battle, the Shangguan Family not only lost a Ninth Rank Dao Palace Realm cultivator but also their Sacred Weapon.

The foundation of the so-called Sacred Family was now almost nonexistent.

What the consequences would be for a Sacred Family with little remaining Sacred power was all too clear.

Even if the Shangguan Family still had powerful cultivators, they had offended many factions. In the past, the Sacred Weapon had been enough to deter these enemies, but now, without it, the future was uncertain.

“Saint!”

“This person is not just a Half-Saint, but a true Saint!!!”

Xi Yu was both horrified and secretly relieved.

Thankfully, he hadn’t managed to intervene, or he might have met the same fate.

Just as Xi Yu was thinking this, a cold voice reached his ears.

“You also covet the Great Saint Legacy of the Gu Family?”

“No… I didn’t…”

Xi Yu met Gu Qingfeng’s cold, piercing gaze, his heart racing as he desperately tried to defend himself. But Gu Qingfeng gave him no chance.

A single punch.

The Sixth Rank Dao Palace Realm Xi Yu was instantly obliterated.

After killing Xi Yu, Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, and a terrifying blade intent realm spread out, countless blade auras slicing through the void, cutting down the other cultivators.

In an instant, dozens of cultivators were slaughtered.

“We didn’t attack the Gu Family, please spare us, Senior!!”

A Dao Palace Realm cultivator, his face filled with terror, begged for mercy, abandoning all pride.

But his plea was met with only a fist.

Boom!

The Dao Palace Realm cultivator’s body exploded, leaving nothing but ashes.

Gu Qingfeng slowly retracted his fist and said coldly, “I said today, either you kill me, or I kill you!”

“But it seems the one who is still alive is me!”

“And as for you—”

“You have no reason to live anymore!”

With those words, a terrifying blade aura swept through, leaving no survivors among the Dao Palace or Divine Transformation Realm cultivators.

Bodies exploded.

Blood stained the ground.

The remaining cultivators, upon witnessing this scene, were seized with terror. They no longer cared about the Sage inheritance and fled headlong toward the Ancient Beast Mountains.

Seeing some cultivators escape his blade intent field, Gu Qingfeng flicked his finger, and a surge of pure energy tore through the void, blasting the head off a Dao Palace realm cultivator.

Immediately after,

The headless corpse plummeted from the sky.

...

Massacre!

Ruthless slaughter!

Gu Qingfeng showed no mercy to any of the cultivators who had spoken up, wanting to share the Sage inheritance with him. He cut them all down without hesitation.

Moreover,

He didn't stop there. He also wiped out the other cultivators from their factions, leaving no survivors to pose a future threat.

In an instant,

Xing'an County turned into a hellish battlefield.

"..."

Fu He, witnessing the bloody scene, was filled with terror.

He never imagined that Gu Qingfeng's strength would be so terrifying, capable of shattering the Shangguan family's holy weapon.

After all,

Only a Sage could destroy a holy weapon.

This meant that

Gu Qingfeng was undoubtedly a Sage, or at the very least, possessed the strength of a Sage, even if he hadn't yet reached the Sage realm.

In this era, such a being was nearly invincible.

At that moment,

The slaughter continued.

Gu Qingfeng slowly approached the camp of the Return to Origin Empire, facing Ji Meng and the ten thousand Divine Emperor Army soldiers. Without a word, he moved his divine consciousness, and an endless torrent of blade energy surged toward the Divine Emperor Army.

"Form the formation!"

Ji Meng roared, his aura surging. Originally at the seventh level of the Dao Palace realm, he now connected his energy with the Divine Emperor Army, instantly reaching a level comparable to the ninth level of the Dao Palace realm.

Facing the incoming blade energy, Ji Meng wielded his spear, deflecting all the attacks.

At that moment,

Gu Qingfeng swung his long blade, a terrifying force tearing through space. Ji Meng's eyebrows furrowed as he raised his spear to block.

In an instant,

The spear shattered.

A line of blood appeared on Ji Meng's forehead, quickly spreading across his body. In the next moment, his body split in two, blood and organs spilling to the ground.

After slaying Ji Meng, Gu Qingfeng's expression remained unchanged. He struck out with his left palm, causing numerous Divine Emperor Army soldiers to explode.

After a few breaths,

The slaughter came to an end.

The ground was drenched in blood, littered with countless broken bodies and severed limbs. In a short time, over a hundred thousand lives were lost.

Amidst this mountain of corpses and sea of blood, Gu Qingfeng stood in his green robes, untouched by the carnage, forming a stark contrast to the brutal scene.

However,

Not all cultivators were massacred. A few managed to survive, their faces pale with fear. Some even trembled so violently that their pants were stained with urine.

When Gu Qingfeng's gaze fell upon them, their faces turned deathly white, and some trembled uncontrollably.

"S-Sage, please spare us!"

A Dao Palace realm cultivator fell to his knees, and the others instinctively followed, their pride forgotten in the face of death.

Gu Qingfeng said calmly, "You may rest assured. I am not a bloodthirsty person. As long as you do not oppose me, I will not kill you.

You have come from the Five Domains, but the Nine Provinces are also part of the Primal Ancient World. I welcome your presence here.

However, I do not wish for anyone to cause chaos in the Nine Provinces. Otherwise, you will share the same fate as these men."

"Yes, yes, Sage, you are absolutely right!"

"We have no ill intentions toward the Nine Provinces!"

Hearing that Gu Qingfeng would spare their lives, the cultivators felt a wave of relief, as if they had narrowly escaped death.

Then,

One cultivator stood up and bowed to Gu Qingfeng, saying, "I shall take my leave now."

With that,

He fled toward the Ancient Beast Mountains, as if running for his life.

Seeing Gu Qingfeng make no move to stop him, the other cultivators quickly followed, fleeing as if pursued by a ferocious beast, not daring to pause for a moment.

(End of Chapter)

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