Chapter 747 - 746: One Sword Can’t Kill Them All? Then Here’s Another

Faced with an ambush from five Cultivators, all in higher Realms than herself, Gu Yuexi remained perfectly calm. She offered only a single, cold word in reply.

"Scram!"

The faces of the gray-haired old man and his four companions instantly turned livid, and they trembled with rage.

She had stolen the thing they had worked half a day for, and now she dared to show them such disrespect.

’Anyone who didn’t know better would think she was a Divinity Transformation Realm master, capable of crushing all five of them.’

’In reality, at her Realm, any single one of them had a higher Cultivation than her!’

"You bitch, you’re courting death!!!"

The gray-haired old man clenched his fists, grinding his teeth.

An earthy-yellow Power of Law surged around his body as his figure flickered and charged toward Gu Yuexi.

The other four didn’t move.

They just fanned out, sealing off all the surrounding Space to prevent Gu Yuexi from having any chance to escape.

In their eyes, a Half-Step Divinity Transformation expert dealing with a Late Stage of Profound Realm cultivator would be over in minutes.

They just needed to wait for Gu Yuexi to be struck down by the gray-haired old man, then go and pick up the spoils.

But what they got wasn’t Gu Yuexi’s scream of agony, but a blinding golden sword light.

Gu Yuexi had barely even moved.

With just a gentle flick of her wrist, the Godslaying Ruins Sword left its sheath, and she slashed out with an effortless-looking strike.

The sword light was so fast it left only an afterimage.

With a soft tearing sound, the gray-haired old man, who was at the very front, froze mid-charge, his eyes wide, his face still twisted in a furious expression.

The next moment, a line of blood split open from the center of his forehead.

His entire body was cleaved in two, falling heavily to the ground, his Divine Soul utterly extinguished.

He didn’t even have time to let out a scream.

’What the hell?’

The other four were completely dumbfounded, frozen in place, forgetting to react.

They hadn’t even seen clearly how Gu Yuexi had drawn her sword!

’A Late Stage of Profound Realm cultivator just one-shotted their Half-Step Divinity Transformation captain with a single sword strike?’

’What kind of Spirit Realm joke is this?!’

"Damn it, kill her! Avenge the boss!"

One of them, a sturdy man carrying a long spear, was the first to react. With a furious roar, he summoned a jet-black spear.

The tip of the spear, wreathed in the Destruction Law, glinted coldly as it stabbed viciously toward Gu Yuexi’s chest.

The others followed suit, each summoning their Magical Treasures and attacking Gu Yuexi at the same time.

Four Attacks came from four different directions simultaneously, sealing off all of Gu Yuexi’s room to dodge.

Facing the four-pronged assault, Gu Yuexi’s expression remained serene, without a trace of panic.

She just calmly swung the Godslaying Ruins Sword again, sending a circular wave of Sword Qi expanding in all directions.

The biting Sword Qi swept past, terrifyingly sharp.

Four muffled thuds rang out almost simultaneously.

The four attackers froze on the spot, unable to even launch their Attacks.

Without even sparing them a glance, Gu Yuexi sheathed her sword and turned to walk back out of the Bronze Gate.

It was as if she had just crushed a few ants.

Only after she had walked out of the stone chamber did the sounds of THUD... THUD... come from behind her.

It was the sound of their bodies, split in two, falling to the ground one after another.

Gu Yuexi took out the small wooden box she had retrieved from the altar and gently opened it.

Inside the box, there were no Heavenly and Earthly Treasures as one might expect, nor was there a Cultivation Technique Manual.

There was only a simple, palm-sized key. It was heavy, engraved with a dragon-shaped pattern.

"Who gives you a key right after you walk in the door?"

Chu Sheng poked his head out from her shoulder and made a sarcastic comment.

But then again, a key protected by a blood-red mist was certainly not for nothing.

It must correspond to an important gate later on.

Gu Yuexi nodded, put the key away safely, and continued forward.

After walking for about another five minutes, the passage ahead suddenly opened up into a three-way fork.

The left path glowed with a faint red light, and waves of heat could be felt even from a great distance.

The right path emanated a ghostly blue light, its chill piercing to the bone.

Neither path looked simple.

"I’ll summon an avatar to take one path, and we can take the other," Gu Yuexi stopped and voiced her idea.

But Chu Sheng waved his front legs, rejecting the proposal.

"No need. You take one path, and I’ll take the other."

"I can just leave an Outer Body Avatar on you. We can contact each other anytime if something happens."

"No matter which path we take, they’ll both lead to the same destination in the end."

Gu Yuexi was a little surprised and glanced up at him.

"You’re that certain?"

Chu Sheng gave a mysterious smile, keeping her in suspense.

"Hehe, you’ll know once you go in."

After saying that, he ignored Gu Yuexi’s confused expression.

He flapped his wings and flew directly into the cold, blue-glowing passage on the right, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yuexi stood where she was.

She looked down at her shoulder, at the Outer Body Avatar Chu Sheng had left behind.

Its size, Realm, and even the patterns on its compound eyes were identical to the original body.

Chu Sheng seemed to have used this Skill after breaking into the Celestial Derivation Sect to save her.

But at the time, she was recovering in the Ziwei Palace and hadn’t seen it with her own eyes.

Later, in the North Suburban Forest, Chu Sheng had secretly used this Skill to track Tang Jiesheng, but she hadn’t paid much attention.

Seeing it for herself this time, she couldn’t help but feel a little shocked.

’This Outer Body Avatar’s strength and Realm are exactly the same as the mosquito’s real body!’

’The only difference is that its compound eyes lack a bit of vitality; they aren’t as lively as the original’s.’

’If someone unfamiliar with the mosquito didn’t sense it carefully, they probably wouldn’t even be able to tell the real one from the fake.’

Gu Yuexi thought to herself.

’That damn mosquito... his strange Skills are increasing, and his strength is growing at an absurd rate.’

She felt both joy that Chu Sheng was growing stronger and a competitive streak that made her determined to surpass him.

’I have Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s complete inheritance.’

’Sooner or later, I will surpass that mosquito.’

Gu Yuexi clenched her fist, psyching herself up.

Then, without further hesitation, she stepped into the Blazing Passage on the left.

As soon as she entered the passage, a wave of heat washed over her, making her cheeks burn.

The stone walls of the entire passage were scorched fiery red, and the temperature was extremely high.

An ordinary Cultivator who entered would probably be baked into a dried-up husk in no time.

There were mottled bloodstains on the ground, leading deeper into the passage.

But there were no bodies to be seen, as if they had been dragged away by something.

Gu Yuexi calmly glanced at the surrounding stone walls and continued walking forward, unconcerned.

She had only taken a few steps when black-and-red, branch-like vines silently extended from the stone walls behind her.

Like venomous snakes, they snaked toward her back.

Their movements were light and made not a single sound.

Suddenly, Gu Yuexi stopped walking.

The black-and-red branches froze for a moment, then retracted into the wall in the blink of an eye, disappearing without a trace.

Gu Yuexi tilted her head slightly, glanced at the smooth stone wall again, and snorted coldly.

"If you don’t want to die, stay hidden and don’t come out."

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it echoed clearly throughout the entire passage.

The black-and-red branches extending from the stone walls had clearly understood the provocation in Gu Yuexi’s words.

The next second, a dense swarm of black-and-red vines burst frantically from the stone walls, floor, and ceiling.

They surged toward Gu Yuexi like a tide.

Streaks of black fire shot out from the tips of the vines, hurtling toward Gu Yuexi and scorching the surrounding air until it warped.

Although these black-and-red vines couldn’t speak, it was clear they were absolutely furious.