471: Immortal Palace Elder

Gu Changge slowly withdrew his hand, as if he had only done something insignificant.

He looked up at Tu Lie.

The sinister grin on Tu Lie's face had long since vanished, replaced by a complex expression of shock, rage, and a faint, imperceptible fear.

He stared fixedly at Gu Changge. His True Immortal Seventh Heaven aura surged wildly, and a dangerous dark-red light shimmered around him; he was clearly preparing some powerful Divine Ability.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Tu Lie's voice was hoarse and shrill due to extreme tension.

Gu Changge did not answer.

He merely extended a finger toward Tu Lie's direction.

Then, from across the void, he tapped forward.

The dark-red light around Tu Lie suddenly froze, then shattered into pieces like fragile glass!

An expression of extreme terror and disbelief appeared on his face, as if he had seen the most incredible thing in the world.

He wanted to roar, to struggle, to bring out a life-saving Magic Treasure, or use an escape technique.

But it was all too late.

That finger tapping from across the void seemed to carry the weight of the entire world.

Tu Lie was sent flying out the window like a cannonball, along with the two Void Immortals behind him.

They landed precisely next to the two human-shaped pits previously smashed by the True Immortals.

The black cloak he wore was already shredded, revealing the hideous scars and distorted face beneath.

Blood flowed from his seven orifices. His vast True Immortal Seventh Heaven immortal essence vanished without a trace, like boiling water poured on snow.

His wide-open eyes were filled with boundless fear, confusion, and the despair of having his power stripped away in an instant.

Only then did Gu Changge slowly withdraw his finger.

He walked to the window and looked at the terrified Tu Lie.

"True Immortal Seventh Heaven?"

He softly repeated the Realm, the curve of his half-smile deepening slightly.

"That's it?"

Two words fell lightly.

Yet they were like a thunderbolt of ten thousand tons, exploding in everyone's minds.

In the entire Drunken Immortal Tower, on the third floor, and even among those below who vaguely sensed the commotion, all voices and expressions vanished in that instant.

Severely wounding two True Immortal Third Heavens in one blow, and crippling a True Immortal Seventh Heaven with a single finger... could a Saint Realm truly do this?

No! That's impossible!

He hid his cultivation! And he hid a profound, unfathomable cultivation!

"A True Immortal, at least a high-level True Immortal, or even an Earth Immortal?!"

An experienced old Cultivator spoke with a trembling voice, voicing everyone's suspicions. The gaze he directed at Gu Changge had changed from sympathy and curiosity to boundless awe and fear.

Meanwhile, Shadow Crow, who had been fighting Xiao Bai, had already taken the chance to escape and retreated to a distant corner.

Looking at Tu Lie, whose life or death was uncertain in the ruins, and then at the two True Immortal Third Heavens embedded in the pits.

Finally, looking at the calm Young Master in white, his body trembled uncontrollably, and his face turned pale.

Only one thought remained in his mind: "I think I've caused a huge disaster..."

At that moment, an old man by the window, who had been badly frightened, pointed a trembling finger at the street outside.

"That person is...?!"

It was Tu Lie, lying in the pit, disheveled, his cloak torn to reveal his true face.

The crisscrossing scars on his face looked particularly hideous and terrifying in the sunlight.

"It's Tu Lie from the Four Seas Trading Firm!"

The companion next to the old man was clearly more knowledgeable and cried out in disbelief.

"What?! Someone from the Four Seas Trading Firm?!"

"Heavens! It really is Tu Lie! Why would he be here..."

"The Four Seas Trading Firm, they actually dared to act in broad daylight to snatch..."

"Hush!!! Are you crazy! Keep it down! Do you want to die?!"

"So those rumors are true, the Four Seas Trading Firm secretly..."

"Shut up! Do you want to die?!"

Low discussions filled with shock, fear, and complex emotions quickly spread and erupted on the third floor of the Drunken Immortal Tower, and among the crowd below who were peeking.

All eyes looking at the five miserable figures outside the window were filled with shock and lingering fear.

Shocked by the white-clad Young Master's unimaginable and incomprehensible strength.

Terrified that they too had been coveting those ten Immortal Stones just now, and had even harbored thoughts they shouldn't have.

And more so, it was a horrifying realization.

It turned out those rumors about the Four Seas Trading Firm being backed by the Immortal Palace, acting tyrannically, secretly seizing things by force, and even committing murder for gain were not groundless!

Just then—

"Who dares to run wild in my Sunset City?! To injure Cultivators under my Immortal Palace's jurisdiction and destroy property in my city, what crime should be charged!!!"

An aged but majestic roar filled with vast anger rolled in like thunder from the Nine Heavens, instantly echoing throughout Sunset City!

Along with this voice, a terrifying pressure far stronger, purer, and dozens of times more vast than Tu Lie's.

From the direction of the Immortal Palace branch in the city center, it descended with a boom, enveloping the entire Drunken Immortal Tower area!

Within this pressure was a thick Law aura belonging to the Earth Immortal Realm, heavy and vast, as if connected to the entire world.

Inside the Drunken Immortal Tower, except for Gu Changge and Xiao Bai, all Cultivators, including those Void Immortals and True Immortals, felt their bodies grow heavy, their breathing difficult, and their Divine Souls tremble!

"It's an Earth Immortal! The Presiding Elder of the Immortal Palace has acted!"

"It's Elder Gu He! A Mid-stage Earth Immortal powerhouse!"

"It's over. With the Earth Immortal Elder arriving in person, no matter how strong this Young Master in white is, I'm afraid..."

The awe for Gu Changge that had just risen in everyone's hearts was instantly replaced by fear of this Earth Immortal pressure.

In the Chengyun Immortal Domain fragments, an Earth Immortal was already a top-tier powerhouse, a rule-maker and maintainer!

The authority of the Immortal Palace could not be challenged!

Desperate whispers spread in the dead silence.

The Chengyun Immortal Palace was the heaven, the Law, and the supreme existence that could not be disobeyed here!

Almost simultaneously with this pressure, a streak of light flew from the direction of the Four Seas Trading Firm headquarters and landed not far behind Elder Gu He, who had just appeared.

It was the Fat Shopkeeper of the Four Seas Trading Firm, his True Immortal Ninth Heaven cultivation revealed without a doubt.

Gu He stepped on the void, his Deep Azure Daoist Robe fluttering without wind, his body's Dao Rhyme faintly resonating with heaven and earth.

He first glanced coldly at the Fat Shopkeeper behind him, a flash of displeasure and understanding in his eyes.

Then his gaze swept over the five miserable human-shaped pits on the street below, pausing for a moment on Tu Lie, his face darkening completely.

To beat a dog, one must look at the master!

The Four Seas Trading Firm was a wealth-gathering tool he secretly permitted and even supported, and Tu Lie was a capable subordinate.

Now, to be crippled in public on his own turf, how was this different from slapping Gu He's face directly?

He looked up, his eyes like two cold swords of Law, piercing toward the white-clad youth at the third-floor window who remained calm and composed.

The Mid-stage Earth Immortal pressure was no longer held back, surging forward like a raging sea!

"Your Excellency!"

Gu He spoke, his voice booming.

"Starting a fight in my Sunset City, severely injuring multiple Cultivators, and destroying property, do you know you have committed a heinous crime?"