48: Chapter 48: Top-Grade Spirit Stones?

Inside a dense forest of green mountains and clear waters.

Gu Jing was speeding northward.

Along the way, he had already killed countless Tier 2 high-grade Yao Beasts that wanted to use him as food with a wave of his hand.

It was like chopping melons and vegetables; the path was completely unobstructed.

While speeding along—

Suddenly, the faint sound of fighting reached his ears.

Gu Jing's gaze narrowed. He saw that about a hundred zhang ahead, surrounded by mountains, amidst the ruins of collapsed magnificent pavilions, six figures were fiercely fighting.

Looking closely, it was not a chaotic melee, but a one-versus-five situation.

A youth in green robes from the Eight Wastelands Holy Sect was confronting five young men and women from the Divine Sword Sect dressed in white brocade robes.

Despite being outnumbered, the Eight Wastelands Holy Sect youth actually held the upper hand. His Physical Body strength was able to withstand the fierce sword moves of the five Divine Sword Sect Disciples simultaneously.

While forcefully resisting the sword moves, he unleashed his movement technique to get close to the Divine Sword Sect Disciples and struck with heavy punches.

It was a reckless fighting style, with every punch landing squarely on flesh!

Sword Cultivators fear close combat the most. Once they are engaged in close quarters, their entire body becomes full of openings. If the person closing in is a Body Cultivator, they are basically not far from death.

The Eight Wastelands Holy Sect youth suddenly let out a loud shout, gathered his strength, and delivered a fierce punch toward the abdomen of the Divine Sword Sect male Disciple in front of him.

That male Disciple could not even let out a scream before his body collapsed under this destructive punch, turning into a mist of blood and dispersing.

Witnessing this bloody scene, the remaining four Divine Sword Sect Disciples instantly panicked.

"The Eight Wastelands Holy Sect is truly worthy of being the number one sect for Body Refining in the Tianlan Continent; their Physical Body strength is indeed well-deserved," Gu Jing muttered.

He decided to go over and take a look to see what these people were fighting over. If it was something good, he would snatch it.

He flew toward the ruins at a leisurely pace.

"Fellow Daoist, stop fighting! We admit defeat, that Top-Grade Spirit Stone belongs to you!" A female Disciple from the Divine Sword Sect hurriedly spoke in terror.

Hearing this, the Eight Wastelands Holy Sect youth, who was originally preparing to continue his attack, stopped and said coldly:

"That Top-Grade Spirit Stone was discovered by Gu first. You latecomers tried to snatch it by force. Get lost. Gu is in a good mood today, so I won't kill you!"

After speaking, he turned and flew into the ruins, entering a room that only had three damaged walls left. He picked up a five-colored Spirit Stone filled with energy from a pile of rubble and carefully wiped the dust off it.

Seeing him relax his vigilance, the four Divine Sword Sect Disciples exchanged glances, their faces all revealing sinister expressions.

Suddenly, they all raised their long swords, touching the tips together, emitting bursts of dazzling spiritual light.

The four long swords actually underwent Fusion into one, forming a giant cyan sword!

The four of them quickly formed seals with their hands, joining forces to inject a stream of spiritual light into the giant sword.

Hum~!

A sword hum shook the sky.

This sound alerted the Eight Wastelands Holy Sect youth below. He turned and looked up at the sky, only to see a giant cyan sword shooting toward him through the air at extreme speed!

His expression changed drastically, and a strong sense of life-and-death crisis surged into his heart!

His first thought was to flee!

But how could his speed possibly be faster than a Flying Sword controlled by four people combined?

If he fled, he would surely die!

"Eight Desolations Holy Seal!"

As the words fell, a golden shield covered in strange runes enveloped him.

Bang!!!

The giant cyan sword slammed into the golden shield, emitting a crisp, ear-piercing sound.

A crack appeared directly on the golden shield.

The youth was terrified and shouted: "Fusion!"

He formed seals with his hands and pointed at the shield.

All the strange runes on the shield surged, rushing toward the crack.

In just an instant, the crack in the shield was repaired, returning to its original state.

Seeing this, the four Divine Sword Sect Disciples pushed their cultivation to the limit, injecting four even more intense streams of spiritual light into the giant cyan sword.

The giant sword erupted with monstrous cyan light and lunged forward violently.

Bang!

The golden shield was pierced with another crack!

"You despicable villains, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off!!!" the youth roared in despair.

At this moment, he regretted it immensely. He shouldn't have been soft-hearted just now, and he had underestimated the terror of Sword Cultivators.

"Hehe, if you want to blame someone, blame your own stupidity!" the Divine Sword Sect woman said coldly.

"Break for me!"

As her voice fell, the golden shield shattered with a boom under the terrifying piercing power of the giant cyan sword!

Without any obstruction, the tip of the giant sword pierced straight into the youth's chest.

It had already pierced an inch into his flesh, and it was about to run him through. The youth smiled miserably in despair and closed his eyes in regret.

Waiting for his chest to be completely pierced by the giant sword.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Just at this moment, the whistling sound of Sword Qi breaking through the air suddenly rang in his ears.

Immediately after, the giant sword that had already pierced an inch into his chest seemed to disappear.

Then, four shrill screams echoed throughout the entire ruins.

The youth suddenly opened his eyes.

The giant sword had indeed disappeared, and the four Divine Sword Sect Disciples in the sky had actually all been cut in half at the waist, their corpses falling into the ruins.

At this moment, in the sky, taking their place was a tall, handsome, and peerless youth in purple robes from the Spirit Sword Sect.

It was none other than Gu Jing!

"Your kindness saved your life, but your kindness is very stupid!

Hand over the Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and you can live."

Gu Jing spoke expressionlessly, looking down from above.

Gu Changfeng did not hesitate at all and directly took out the Top-Grade Spirit Stone.

He could feel that this youth in the sky was dozens of times more terrifying than the four Divine Sword Sect Disciples just now!

With a wave of his hand, the other party seemed capable of taking his life!

"Many thanks to Fellow Daoist for saving me! I am Gu Changfeng. May I ask for Fellow Daoist's name?

After leaving the ruins, Gu will definitely use the full strength of my entire sect to repay Fellow Daoist's life-saving grace with heavy gifts!"

Gu Jing did not pay attention to him. Instead, he reached out and made a grabbing motion in the air. After taking the Top-Grade Spirit Stone, his figure turned into a flash of sword light and left.