On the Void Arena, Cheng Yang sat with his eyes closed, his expression calm, yet his heart was anything but calm.
Sensing more and more prodigies gathering outside the arena's formation array, Cheng Yang could barely contain his excitement.
Gu Qing had stunned the Immortal Realm, and if he killed Gu Qing, though it might be considered taking advantage of a vulnerable opponent, it didn't matter—he would go down in history.
He would also surely gain the attention of the Great Elder, receive preferential treatment from the Star Dao Sect's resources, perhaps even become a Sequential True Disciple, and have hope of proving the Dao to become an Xuan Shen.
"Damn it, that shameless bastard snatched the opportunity first."
Many people thought about the benefits of killing or defeating Gu Qing and instantly regretted it.
"He's here."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gu Qing and Chu Yao walked shoulder to shoulder, stepping upon thousands of stars and bathed in mysterious light, as if riding the heavenly gods and demons.
Gu Qing's expression was gloomy. He had been having fun teasing Jiang Yu and her disciple, yet someone had suddenly come to provoke him.
It seemed he still hadn't killed enough people.
"So powerful."
An unparalleled pressure swept over them, causing everyone's pupils to shrink and making them feel a trace of inexplicable fear.
Gu Qing's aura was too strong, at least several dozen times more formidable than when he first joined the Star Dao Sect.
Even the naturally displayed momentum exuded a transcendent aura of unity between heaven and man, commanding the laws of heaven and earth.
"I wonder what kind of opportunity and fortune awaited at the peak of the Starlight Path, that this ant actually obtained it—it's truly hateful."
The elders of the Star Dao Sect felt great hatred in their hearts.
They were certain that there was a world-shaking great fortune left by the Star Saintess at the peak of the Starlight Path, possibly even an opportunity to prove the Dao to an Immortal Emperor.
Even if one couldn't prove the Dao to an Immortal Emperor, proving it to an Immortal King would definitely be possible.
They weren't thinking about forcefully ascending to the peak to claim the fortune.
However, this was a treasure left by the Star Saintess, a great god from the beginning of creation, with supreme divine arts guarding it.
Forcefully ascending would only lead to being mercilessly blasted to death. Once, an Immortal King didn't believe this and tried to ascend forcefully, only to be blasted into nothingness by a streak of starlight.
This event shook the entire Immortal Realm. Even an Immortal King, as powerful as he was, was actually unable to withstand a divine art left by the Star Saintess millions of years ago.
This also allowed the Immortal Realm to fully witness how terrifying the foundation of a sect passed down from ancient times was.
The Star Dao Sect had completely given up on the idea of ascending to the peak to claim the fortune.
For millions of years, only two people had ever reached the peak: one was a woman who had already fallen.
The other was Gu Qing, who was about to fall.
This was the blessing left to them by the Star Saintess, yet it had been obtained by two ants—how could they not hate?
"Great Elder, before your disciple kills him, you must search his soul to find out exactly what fortune exists at the peak of the Starlight Path."
Sect Leader Jing Hong said coldly through a voice transmission.
Looking at Gu Qing, Jing Hong couldn't help but feel a sense of regret in his heart.
Such a heaven's favorite, yet born in the lower realm. Their conflict with the lower realm's Dao traditions was a struggle between Dao traditions—it was either you die or I die.
The more powerful Gu Qing was, the sooner they wanted to eliminate him; there was no room for reconciliation.
The Great Elder nodded slightly; he knew what to do without Jing Hong reminding him.
They were determined to obtain the fortune left by the Star Saintess.
"You've finally come. I thought you were going to be a coward and hide."
The moment Cheng Yang opened his eyes, two peerless sword flashes appeared in his eyes, seemingly able to pierce through space.
He slowly rose to his feet, and a berserk killing intent swept across the sky, shaking the heavens and earth, chilling to the soul.
It had to be said, Cheng Yang had some real skills.
The killing intent alone could绞杀神火境.
Even cultivators below the Seventh Heaven of the Divine God Realm would feel a chill in their hearts.
Seeing Gu Qing completely unfazed, Cheng Yang grinned ferociously: "Not bad. If you had more time, perhaps I really wouldn't be your opponent, but alas, you are too arrogant."
"As for heaven's favorites like you, I've killed countless of them. Their confidence before death and their wailing before death are truly amusing."
"By the way, you don't know this, do I? I crushed a Divine God Realm Ninth Heaven ant from your Ancient Star Region lineage with my bare hands. The look of painful wailing was truly something to behold, tsk tsk... hahaha."
"Put away those little thoughts of yours." Gu Qing remained calm, seeing through Cheng Yang's scheme at a glance.
Cheng Yang's killing intent, combined with verbal intimidation, might have intimidated someone with an unsteady mind, causing them to lose their footing and be unable to display their full strength.
However, his Dao heart was firm, and his mind was like still water. Cheng Yang's threat was simply laughable.
Besides, in Gu Qing's eyes, Cheng Yang was nothing more than an ant he could kill with a casual flick of his finger.
"You don't believe me? That's fine. I will shatter your Dao heart bit by bit."
Cheng Yang smiled with contempt, but his movements did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He immediately displayed his trump card divine art.
The Seven Star Sword Formation.
This was a peerless great divine art. Even in the Immortal Realm, it was a top-tier great divine art.
After all, it could manifest six clones whose strength differed little from the main body, forming a sword formation that doubled its power.
Such a top-tier divine art was rarely matched by any other divine art in the Immortal Realm.
Cheng Yang immediately used his ultimate move from the start, because he felt danger from Gu Qing.
He had cultivated from a lower realm cultivator to a god, not knowing how many great battles and life-and-death trials he had experienced, possessing incomparably rich combat experience.
From the first moment he saw Gu Qing, he knew Gu Qing was not easy to deal with, more powerful than he had imagined.
The man who could reach the peak of the Starlight Path was indeed extraordinary.
Therefore, Cheng Yang had wanted to use momentum and verbal intimidation from the very beginning, thinking that Gu Qing, being so young, his state of mind and combat experience could not be that impressive.
Once Gu Qing's state of mind showed even the slightest change, he would have been confident in defeating Gu Qing within three moves.
But even if Gu Qing's Dao heart was flawless, he had ways to deal with it.
Cheng Yang's eyes flashed as he summoned seven divine swords, forming the Seven Star Sword Formation and rushing toward Gu Qing.
"Seven Star divine art? I know it too."
Gu Qing's figure shimmered, and he also分化出 six divine art clones, standing in special positions, their Dao arts connected, in harmony with heaven and earth, forming the Great Seven Star Formation.
The seven figures seemed like seven vast ancient stars, with laws and order circulating, reflecting a boundless cosmic starry sky.
The seven ancient stars connected, carrying boundless cosmic power, with a magnificent and imposing momentum, as if a universe was crashing down to suppress them.
"Hisss~"
"Seven Star Innate Divine Art."
Gu Qing's Seven Star divine art was perfect, natural, and in harmony with heaven and earth, as if his true body had transformed into a boundless universe.
Even separated by the formation array, it still made all the Divine God Realm cultivators feel palpitations, as if facing a universe crashing down, making it somewhat suffocating.
And the most direct feeling, naturally, was Cheng Yang's.
Before the Seven Star divine art arrived, Cheng Yang was already pressed by the boundless mighty power emanating from Gu Qing's Seven Star divine art, unable to breathe.
His Seven Star Sword Formation was rapidly disintegrating.
Cheng Yang took a sharp breath, disbelief on his face—Gu Qing was this terrifying.
Actually, from the beginning, Cheng Yang wasn't thinking that Gu Qing might have awakened the Seven Star Innate Divine Art and some other starry innate divine arts.
So before the great battle, he had specifically borrowed a set of Seven Star Swords of the Heavenly Artifact level from the Great Elder.
This was to ensure absolute safety.
In addition, he had seen a heaven's favorite who had awakened the Seven Star Innate Divine Art and even fought against them.
But that person's Seven Star Innate Divine Art was definitely not as terrifying as Gu Qing's.
Cheng Yang began to suspect that what Gu Qing displayed was not the Seven Star Innate Divine Art.
After all, both were Seven Star Innate Divine Arts; there was no reason for Gu Qing's to be so much more powerful.
"Junior brother is truly stunning." Chu Yao's beautiful eyes lit up, watching Gu Qing with shining eyes, showing an invincible demeanor.
"This kid is no weaker than I was in my prime. He's qualified to become my follower." Xi Ling thought to herself.
"Is Senior Brother Gu really an Immortal Alchemist? Could Senior Brother have been mistaken?" Zuo Yu'er was so shocked by Gu Qing's divine art that she began to doubt her own life.
It didn't seem like it, not at all like an Immortal Alchemist.
"Truly a man with the bearing of an Immortal Emperor, far surpassing the Shaking Light Holy Son by an unknown margin."
Someone looked at Gu Qing, then at the ethereal Shaking Light Holy Son, and made a private comparison.
They felt the Shaking Light Holy Son was nothing special.
Boom!
The Seven Star Fist broke through all obstacles, scattering the Seven Star Sword Formation and blasting Cheng Yang's physical body.
The Solar Divine Fist followed, intending to incinerate Cheng Yang's physical body and divine soul.
Physical body reorganization, blood-drop rebirth—seemed incredibly heaven-defying.
However, when you are blasted to pieces at your peak, after being blasted, could you still turn defeat into victory?
At best, you would just die a few more times or escape.
But Cheng Yang, in Gu Qing's hands, had no power to fight back. Before his physical body could reorganize, it was blasted to pieces again by a punch.
Solar Divine Fire burned his flesh and blood and divine soul.
Cheng Yang didn't even have the chance to continue using the Seven Star Sword Formation.
"Stop."
Cheng Yang cried out in terror. He still had killer moves he hadn't used yet. The seven divine swords just now were only to probe Gu Qing's foundation.
His true killing move was yet to come, planning to find the right moment for a one-hit kill on Gu Qing.
But he never imagined he would be blasted to death with a single punch.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have tested him; he would have directly used the seven Heavenly Artifacts borrowed from the Great Elder.
"You stop right there."
The Great Elder was furious, his Xuan Shen laws manifesting, like a deity commanding heaven and earth.
"Hmph!"
You Xu snorted coldly, his aura erupted, the heavens and earth changed color, the stars of the universe的法相 contained everything, enveloping everyone present.
All living beings seemed like dust in the vast universe, weak and insignificant.
"You Xu..."
The Sect Leader and all the elders' expressions instantly turned gloomy, showing a look of wariness.
After all, You Xu was no fraud; even three Xuan Shen Realm peak powerhouses had failed to defeat him.
It was estimated that even if all the X Shen of the Star Dao Sect were to fight, they could not do anything to You Xu.
After all, if they couldn't defeat him, he could leave calmly; it was impossible for him to fight to the death knowing he would surely die.
If it weren't for this, they would have already made a move on Gu Qing.
Under the world-shaking great opportunity of the Star Saintess, there was no moral baseline.
"You Xu?"
"He's the strongest X Shen You Xu, who could withstand the aftermath of an Immortal King's divine art without dying?"
"The strongest X Shen, truly lives up to his reputation."
"Too terrifying."
Under the envelopment of You Xu's法相, the trace of killing intent that emanated made everyone's divine souls feel as if they were tearing apart. They quickly used their treasures and circulated their Xuan Gong to protect their divine souls.
They did not doubt that with a single thought, You Xu could erase them all.]
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