2: Chapter 2 Slaughter, Annihilation

There, powerful Demonic Beasts exist that even he must be wary of.

Even someone as powerful as the Qingxuan Sect Master, Tang Hao, would not dare to act too recklessly if he were to arrive here in person.

Otherwise, they would not have chosen to travel on foot instead of taking a Spirit Boat or having the Elders use their Golden Core Stage advantage to fly on swords.

Doing so was to avoid the prying eyes and ambushes of those mysterious and powerful Demonic Beasts.

According to rumors, in these endless Hundred Thousand Barren Mountains, there is no shortage of Tribulation Transcendence Stage Yao Beasts lying in wait.

Once provoked, a catastrophe capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth would inevitably descend.

After careful consideration, Gu Qingge went through the entire process in his mind several more times.

After confirming that there were no errors, he had made full preparations.

Immediately, Gu Qingge turned his schemes into concrete acts of slaughter.

In the next instant, sword shadows flew, and strong winds rose.

"Not good! Senior Brother Gu, what are you trying to do?"

Sensing Gu Qingge's sudden attack, the previously acne-scarred Foundation Establishment Stage third-layer Cultivator asked in shock and uncertainty.

However, the answer he received was not any explanation from Gu Qingge, but an instant kill from the blade of the three-foot green sword in his hand!

Amidst the sudden change, blood sprayed like a waterfall.

The person who was alive just a moment ago was now decapitated, dying a miserable death.

"Ah—!"

Those with sharp eyes nearby saw this scene, instantly understood what was happening, and hurriedly shouted.

"Senior Brother Gu is a spy from the Demonic Sect!"

"Everyone, quickly apprehend him!"

However, Gu Qingge struck with decisiveness and ruthlessness, his every sword strike claiming a life, and every move defeating the enemy.

Before the two Qingxuan Sect Elders could react, he had already aggressively slaughtered more than half of them.

Noticing the commotion here, the eyes of the captured Heavenly Demon Sect women clearly regained some clarity.

It seemed... they were having internal strife?

Did that mean they had a chance to escape?

"Without the Sect, you would not have your current cultivation and glory."

"Qingge, I hope you do not lead yourself astray."

The two Sect Elders stared at Gu Qingge, who was covered in blood-stained clothes, exuding a sharp, aggressive aura, and wanting to suppress him immediately.

As for the remaining Sect Disciples, they had all been knocked down by the latter, turning into corpses in a pool of blood.

"You still have a bright future ahead of you; do not let your mind be corrupted by mere beauty."

"Since the two Elders are at death's door, it would be better not to spout such nonsense."

"The Sect nurtured me, but I have also shed blood for the Sect, fought for rare treasures, and seized Luck."

"Between us, it can be said that we each took what we needed, and we owe each other nothing."

Wherever Gu Qingge's gaze fell, a chilling murderous intent radiated.

In fact, even before this, he had long held resentment towards the Sect.

Even if it were not for the mission recently issued by the System, he might still have defected and fled the Sect in the future.

There was no other reason.

It was only because the current Sect Master's beloved little Disciple had seized and occupied the Opportunity and treasures that belonged to him.

If the other party had taken them based on their own ability, he would have endured it, as his skills were inferior.

But the other party was merely a Cultivator at the Peak of the Qi Refinement Stage; how could they possibly be a match for Gu Qingge, who had reached the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage at that time?

However, when strength is insufficient, one relies on their background.

In this day and age, when traveling outside, what matters is status and background.

Without these, one is just a complete nobody.

At that time, his cheap Master of the Golden Core Stage had already been killed by him through underhanded means.

Facing the powerful suppression from the Golden Core Stage Peak-level guardian by the other party's side, and the rumor that they came from a Family with a Soul Transformation Stage Old Ancestor holding the fort.

With no support behind him and no one to stand up for him, Gu Qingge could only swallow this bitter pill in silence, waiting for the day of revenge.

In a single thought, his mind turned, and his recollections stopped there.

"Today, none of you will be able to escape alive."

"All of you, go to hell."

Gu Qingge's eyes were filled with fierce, murderous intent as he coldly scanned the two Qingxuan Sect Elders.

Since he chose to act, he never intended to leave any survivors to cause him trouble.

If anyone escaped and directly or indirectly exposed his whereabouts, things would become extremely difficult to handle.

"Hmph, wanting to kill us, I think you are delusional!"

Currently, waiting for reinforcements from the Sect's powerhouses would also require some time.

The earnest advice they gave just now was not to make Gu Qingge turn over a new leaf, but to delay as much time as possible.

As long as reinforcements arrived, killing Gu Qingge immediately would not be difficult.

Furthermore, if they could capture him alive, they would surely make him taste the experience of wishing for death but being unable to die.

Gu Qingge had already understood their intentions.

However, would he give them this chance?

The answer was obvious: no!

The sword edge in his hand danced like a startled snake and a wild dragon.

Sweeping across without any sign of defeat, it could be called unparalleled in the world.

Every move and every stance carried an infinite intent of slaughter.

"Elder Li, your cultivation Realm has already fallen to the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage."

"And Elder Chen, your cultivation Realm has fallen even further to the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"Do you think I will let you off easily?"

Gu Qingge advanced with lethal intent, sending blood spraying into the wind.

The power contained in every strike was intended to kill the two of them instantly.

"Old Li, let's fight for our lives! This brat clearly wants to kill us all; he isn't leaving us any way out," Elder Chen shouted.

"Alright!"

Seeing that this matter could not end well, Elder Li replied with eyes splitting from rage.

In an instant, a vast force surged from within their bodies.

This was the Qingxuan Sect's unique Legacy secret technique — the Nine Desolations of the Ancients.

Using this secret technique would increase combat effectiveness in a short period.

Likewise, using this secret technique was not without a price; it even carried strong side effects and hidden dangers.

After the effect of the secret technique ended, the user's own Realm would drop by a major level.

This meant that a Golden Core would become a Foundation Establishment.

But looking at the present, Gu Qingge, with his Half-step Golden Core Stage, was slaughtering Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators as easily as slaughtering pigs and dogs, leaving them no room to hold anything back.

"I really didn't expect the two of you to be even more decisive and ruthless than I imagined; you are not only ruthless to your enemies, but even more so to yourselves," Gu Qingge clapped and chuckled.

However, whether in his posture or expression, he did not reveal even a hint of panic.

What he had was only the calm and composure of someone playing the two of them in the palm of his hand.

"You little beast, isn't all of this because of you?!"

"Once we capture you, we will definitely torture you thoroughly."

"We will make you unable to live and unable to die, only then can we resolve the hatred in our hearts."

Unexpectedly, Gu Qingge remained unmoved and did not even offer a rebuttal.

Instead, he stared straight at the two of them.

"Time is up."

In the next instant, he flicked the sword body, and shimmering Sword Qi swept across, striking directly at the two of them.

"What?"

This inexplicable remark left the two of them completely confused.

They did not understand why the other party was so calm.

It was as if what he was facing was not two Golden Core Stage Cultivators who had restored their strength, but still two people on the verge of death.

"Hmph, bluffing!"

But when they mobilized the Spiritual Qi in their bodies, they discovered something strange.

The massive Spiritual Qi that had just surged forth seemed to have completely stagnated at this moment.

They now had the empty facade of the Golden Core Stage, but their strength was even worse than when they had fallen to the Foundation Establishment Stage just a moment ago.

"What exactly is going on?"

After noticing the abnormality within their bodies, both of them revealed expressions of shock and terror.

"If you hadn't used the secret technique, you might still have had the strength to fight, and I would still have had to be wary of something."

"But you should not have been so clever as to use the secret technique to forcibly increase your strength."

"Instead, you have driven yourselves into a desperate situation."

The Death Poison Evil Powder works by eroding the body more severely the more one mobilizes and gathers the Spiritual Qi within.

"Next, obediently accept your deaths."

In the next second, Gu Qingge struck with his sword; between heaven and earth, there was suddenly a scene of changing winds and clouds.

Facing the incoming killer move, Elder Chen also raised his blade to attack.

This combat technique could summon the power of a Dragon soul, attaching it to the sword body, and advancing with the force of the attack.

But at this moment, when he swung his sharp sword, although he summoned the Dragon soul, the Dragon soul was illusory and formless, to the point of being negligible.

Seeing this, only one thought surfaced in Elder Chen's mind.

This time, he was done for!

Sure enough, after Gu Qingge's sword swept past, Elder Chen was decapitated and died on the spot.

"Old Chen, you..."

"Hmph! Even if I die, I will have you accompany me to the grave!"

Seeing Elder Chen die before his eyes, a surge of sorrow welled up in Elder Li's heart.

In an instant, this sorrow turned into determination.

Seeing this situation, Gu Qingge secretly thought: not good, is he going to self-destruct?!

Gu Qingge hurriedly swung his sword to strike again, but found that his speed could not quite keep up.

All he could see was Elder Li's grin, full of madness and satisfaction.

"Even if you are a Prodigy, so what? Aren't you still going to be my cushion? Hahaha!"

Before dying, taking a Prodigy who had been hiding his strength and had now bared his tiger-wolf claws with him to the grave was not a losing deal.

However, just in the blink of an eye, a sudden change occurred!

A claw struck, and blood gushed like a fountain.

Looking back, it was none other than a ferocious tiger playing with a bloody claw, licking a golden inner core.

"Roar—!"

"Half-step Golden Core Stage... Yao Beast."

After uttering these words intermittently on his head, which refused to close its eyes even in death, his head, under the attachment of residual Yao power, exploded like a watermelon, completely shattering into pieces.

"Good thing I left a trump card," Gu Qingge smiled with slight relief.

This Yao Beast pet is called the Twin-Winged Flying Demonic Tiger; it is a Yao Beast pet that Gu Qingge has raised since it was young, and it was also a trump card prepared for this operation.

If things had changed, he would have decisively chosen other methods to resist, or even fled without hesitation, never sitting and waiting for death.

Now that the plan had succeeded and the Qingxuan Sect Disciples were dead, it was tantamount to declaring the success of his schemes.

After ending the battle, under the gaze of the Heavenly Demon Sect women, Gu Qingge searched the Storage Pouches of the Qingxuan Sect group one by one, becoming the spoils of victory for his first step onto the path of a Loose Cultivator.