Chapter 90 Hong Chen's Corpse, Gu He Challenges Him to Battle

Mr. Gu He looked at Hong Chen, who hadn't reacted in time, and raised an eyebrow, "Are you afraid?"

"This... so-called Inner Disciple of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion!"

Hong Chen looked at Mr. Gu He, who was dressed in black robes and carried a mysterious air, and felt that something was wrong.

If Mr. Gu He lacked strength, he wouldn't have suddenly stood up in this standoff between the Hong Family and the Han Family.

This could only mean that Mr. Gu He had the strength to crush him!

Hong Chen probed, "Do you know who I am? I am an Inner Disciple of the Fenglei Northern Pavilion!"

The Wind and Thunder Pavilion was divided into four sub-pavilions—East, West, South, and North—each situated in one of the four corners of the Northern Region of Central State.

The Fenglei Northern Pavilion was located on Phoenix Mountain, a thousand miles away from Tianbei City, and he, Hong Chen, was an Inner Disciple of that Northern Pavilion.

This was a figure that might not even appear in one's family line even if the ancestral graves were smoking with good fortune!

Mr. Gu He nodded indifferently and took another step forward.

"Even if I agree to your challenge, if I lose, the Han Family will marry off their daughter; if I win, you, Hong Chen, won't necessarily let the Han Family go."

"It would be better if I just extinguished you, the source of this conflict, right now...!"

Han Xue had somehow circled to Mr. Gu He's side. She tugged on his robe, her eyes filled with worry.

"Mr. Gu He, you don't have to do this... You have already done too much for me... for our Han Family."

Mr. Gu He had easily dealt with Hong Lie, Hong Mu, and that Xia Mang; Han Xue had seen his strength as a Dou Zong with her own eyes.

But this favor was too heavy, so heavy that Han Xue's heart was constantly tearing apart.

Mr. Gu He shook his head gently. "When it's time to cut, cut."

Hong Lie also gave a cold, sinister laugh.

"Extinguish me, the young master?"

"Wishful thinking!"

"I don't care which corner of the world the Han Family found you in! If you provoke me, you must pay the price...!"

Bolts of lightning surged from his body, finally transforming into a net of light imbued with electricity that enveloped his entire body without a single gap.

He possessed thunder-attribute Qi, and the Cultivation Technique he practiced was one of the top-tier techniques of the Fenglei Northern Pavilion.

As for his combat power, he could even fight against a Peak Dou Huang. Among his peers in Tianbei City, he was an almost invincible existence.

"Crack!" He stomped his foot down, and a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm shot towards Mr. Gu He along the ground like a giant python.

Over such a short distance, ordinary people would have no time to react; even Han Xue's clothes were illuminated by the flash of lightning.

At the same time, Hong Lie didn't stop at just this one Move; he simultaneously unleashed—"Wind and Thunder Claw!"

The lightning on his claws surged violently, and several bolts of lightning twisted strangely, finally condensing into a pair of extremely sharp lightning claws at his fingertips!

With the claws formed, his power skyrocketed. This Move carried an extremely fierce thunderous force as he furiously slashed down at Mr. Gu He, who stood there without dodging or evading!

"Swish—" Mr. Gu He merely pointed a finger out indifferently.

The cyan-white flames instantly enveloped all the lightning, leaving not a trace behind.

As the cyan-white and light blue clashed, the room brightened by three degrees.

The deep pit left on the ground signified the power of both sides' attacks.

Mr. Gu He sighed, "You are too weak; does this even qualify as being an Inner Disciple?"

Hong Lie's eyes turned red with rage, his mouth twisted, and his green robes rustled. "You old bastard!"

"You dare curse me??"

Upon hearing the words "old bastard," Mr. Gu He slightly twisted his stiff neck. "You should be thankful that my Disciple didn't hear you say that."

Hong Lie didn't care who Mr. Gu He's Disciple was, or why he shouldn't be heard by them.

He disdainfully glanced at the cowardly Hong Family servants and thugs who had retreated behind him, and immediately summoned his weapon—the Hao Lei Hammer.

He gripped his palm, and a pitch-black iron hammer flashed into existence, with snakelike lightning coiling around it.

He gripped the handle of the hammer tightly, a flash of deep thought crossing his eyes.

This hammer was a treasure of the Fenglei Northern Pavilion, named the Hao Lei Hammer, cast entirely from Thunder Stone.

If used by someone like him who practiced a thunder-attribute Cultivation Technique, it would provide a certain boost to his Qi.

Furthermore, Thunder Stone was naturally heavy, giving it a sense of great power when swung. Ordinary experts could not possibly withstand it head-on.

So what if Mr. Gu He was a bit stronger than him?? He had the treasure of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion! He had the Cultivation Technique of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion! This was Hong Lie's greatest source of confidence!

Hong Lie laughed arrogantly, revealing his cold, sharp teeth. "Thousand-Shattering Thunder Hammer!"

He stomped the ground violently, and the sound of thunder resounded. His figure directly transformed into a bolt of electricity, leaping like lightning to appear above Mr. Gu He's head.

The great hammer whistled with wind, as if holding high a massive bolt of lightning, the momentum terrifying.

Looking closely at this Move, it was almost like a strike of heavenly thunder!

Mr. Gu He's eyelids were illuminated for an instant.

He raised his palm and gently caught it; a phantasmal palm print of cyan-white Heavenly Flame immediately flew out and collided with Hong Lie's Thousand-Shattering Thunder Hammer.

In just an instant, the outcome was decided!

Countless sparks erupted, like a grand display of fireworks.

Han Xue had long since been pulled by Han Yue to the doorway.

The sisters whispered to each other, "I think Mr. Gu He can defeat Hong Lie..."

"Who is this Mr. Gu He you're talking about...?" Han Xue explained.

The brilliant cyan-white light was like a blazing sun, but it was fleeting, like fireworks coming to an end.

"Pfft!" Several streaks of red mixed with foul-smelling saliva splattered onto the ground.

Hong Lie also spat out several mouthfuls of bright red blood due to the shockwave, forced to kneel on the ground.

"Heh, it's actually a Heavenly Flame...!"

Hong Lie felt his internal injuries. He wanted to pick up his hammer weapon again, but found he couldn't lift it at all.

His chest hurt whenever he touched a heavy object!

Moreover, this mysterious figure's Heavenly Flame didn't seem like an ordinary Heavenly Flame...!

"I adm—!" Before the word "defeat" could leave Hong Lie's mouth, a spiraling cyan-white flame shot from Mr. Gu He's fingertips, striking him squarely in the chest.

"Go admit your defeat in the underworld."

"Pfft!" Hong Lie spat out another mouthful of blood, his body, long indulged in wine and women, collapsed limply, finally hitting the ground with a "thud" like a felled tree.

Mr. Gu He looked at Hong Li and the others who had rushed over, leaving Hong Lie's corpse intact.

When Hong Li saw that Hong Lie was no longer breathing, he couldn't believe it!

When Hong Lie's thugs went to call Hong Li to come and back him up, Hong Li hadn't taken it seriously; after all, Hong Lie was not weak and could even walk sideways among his peers in Tianbei City.

But when Hong Li retracted his wings and looked at the face of the tragically dead Hong Lie, he couldn't help but tremble with rage, his face turning black and beginning to seep with a terrifying bluish-grey.

"Who exactly are you?!"

After hearing the situation from the thugs Hong Lie had left behind, Hong Li looked at Mr. Gu He with fierce eyes, "What exactly is your relationship with the Han Family?! Why are you going against my Hong Family?!"

Mr. Gu He chuckled softly, "Me? Just a small Elder of the Cloud Mist Sect from the Jia Ma Empire... that's all."

"Relationship? It's naturally a cooperative relationship. As for why I'm going against you... I just don't like the looks of you!"

"What, do you want to fight?"