67: Chapter 67: Breakthrough in Cultivation

The group soon arrived at the square.

Gu Jing was standing on the hundred-square-meter arena at the center, yawning as he waited boredly.

The Sect Masters of the four sects and the Foundation Establishment prodigies of the Three Sects arrived together. Such a grand display immediately attracted the Disciples who were scattered around the square sparring and cultivating.

All of them quickly gathered around, filled with curiosity.

The number of onlookers at the scene instantly reached nearly a thousand, making it exceptionally lively.

“It's just a matter of finishing in one blow; the Three Sects are being far too slow!” Gu Jing complained without restraint. He was anxious to go find his Revered Master to spend some intimate time together.

The corners of the three Sect Masters' mouths twitched. This Gu Jing was too arrogant and lacked any sense of etiquette, which truly displeased them; they all felt like giving him a sound thrashing.

But it was merely a thought.

“All Disciples, hear my command: get onto the arena!” the three Sect Masters ordered simultaneously.

The nine Disciples obeyed and all flew onto the arena.

This scene directly stunned the nearly one thousand Disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect who were watching.

Wait, what's going on??

The Three Sects are going nine-on-one??

Senior Brother Gu is going to fight nine of them??

They were dazed; everyone was completely dumbfounded.

Many Disciples immediately began to protest:

“What are the Three Sects trying to do? Do they think our Spirit Sword Sect has no one? Sending nine prodigies to fight Senior Brother Gu alone??”

“Three Sects, have you no shame? If you have the guts, fight one-on-one. What kind of skill is nine against one?”

“Bullying with numbers is truly shameless! Sect Master, this Disciple requests to join the battle!”

“Sect Master, I also request to join the battle. I guarantee that by joining forces with Junior Brother Gu, we can defeat the nine from the Three Sects!”

“...”

Cough~

At this moment, Gu Jing reached out, gave a light cough, and said, “Fellow Disciples, there is no need to worry. One against nine—the advantage is mine~”

Hearing these words, all his fellow Disciples were completely bewildered.

What??

One against nine, and the advantage is yours???

Although they had all heard of Gu Jing's deeds and knew he was very strong, those nine people were all the combat power ceilings among their peers in the Three Sects. Any one of them could easily crush dozens of same-tier Cultivators present!

How could Gu Jing possibly fight nine at once?

No matter how strong he was, he could at most face three alone.

One against nine was a guaranteed defeat!

At this time, Gu Jing looked at Shangguan Mingyue and urged, “Announce the start. I'm in a hurry.”

Shangguan Mingyue nodded slightly, then gave Liu Ruyan a deep look.

Liu Ruyan nodded in understanding.

Shangguan Mingyue spoke slowly, “I announce that the spar officially begins!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Ruyan spat out a drop of essence blood. The Moon Shadow Mark that had already condensed at her fingertip flickered as she pointed at the essence blood.

The Moon Shadow Mark and the essence blood flashed with spiritual light and fused instantly.

Liu Ruyan gave a delicate shout: “Moon Secret Realm!”

In an instant, upon the arena, a sacred and pure white moonlight soared into the sky, enveloping Gu Jing within it.

The next moment, Gu Jing appeared inside a fifty-square-meter moonlight Secret Realm.

Beneath his feet was a full moon, while all around was pitch black.

Sword brilliance like the moon, cold light like snow.

Suddenly, countless moonlight blades shot out from the pitch-black space in all directions, like a sky full of meteors in the night, densely hurtling toward Gu Jing.

At the same time, the huge full moon beneath Gu Jing's feet slowly rotated. Lunar brilliance rose like a watery mist, entwining around his entire body as if to restrict his movements.

“Not bad, very good. If it were anyone else, they would surely lose,” Gu Jing praised.

His Overlord Body directly granted him immunity to the lunar brilliance's binding.

Even without the Overlord Body, with his combat power, he could easily break free.

As the sky full of moonlight blades approached rapidly like a violent storm, Gu Jing immediately activated his Mutated Ice Spiritual Root, and an aura of extreme cold spread out in all directions, covering the sky and earth.

Everywhere it passed, everything was frozen.

In just one breath, the hundreds of densely packed moonlight blades were completely covered by the extreme cold aura and frozen solid!

Then, with a crisp explosive sound, the hundreds of moonlight blades all turned into dust and scattered.

“Everyone! Strike quickly! People outside can attack those inside the Moon Secret Realm, but those inside cannot attack us!”

On the arena, Liu Ruyan urged anxiously. She never expected that Gu Jing could still move while bound by the lunar brilliance, and that a casual move from him would instantly neutralize the Secret Realm's powerful offensive.

Hearing this, the eight others did not dare to delay. One after another, they activated their strongest natal Spiritual Artifacts. Joining forces with Liu Ruyan, they combined their power to fire a rainbow-colored technique light pillar that infinitely approached the full-strength strike of a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator.

Whoosh!

The terrifying rainbow light pillar entered the Moon Secret Realm with unstoppable force, impacting toward Gu Jing with destructive power.

This terrifying strike made the scalps of all the watching Disciples tingle. They thought Gu Jing was certain to lose, and might even be in life-threatening danger!

Shen Qingrou was already prepared; if Gu Jing could not withstand it, she would step in to protect him.

The terrifying rainbow technique light pillar neared.

Gu Jing remained expressionless, murmuring, “A combined strike is only so-so. It's time to end this.”

He then raised his finger high.

“Thunderbolt of a Thousand Juns!”

The Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root emitted a surging Lei Wei that soared into the sky, forming a massive red cloud above the arena.

Rumble~!

The thunder rolled, deafening to the ears.

In an instant, nine bolts of lightning descended from the heavens. As soon as they appeared, the rainbow technique light pillar was directly blasted apart.

The nine lightning bolts were like nine baring-clawed Dragons, crazily sweeping the surroundings amidst their roars.

Electric light interlaced, shining everywhere!

Rumble!

With a world-shaking explosion, the Moon Secret Realm proved fragile and shattered instantly.

The nine lightning bolts, carrying endless pressure and violent power, swept toward the nine prodigies of the Three Sects.

Before the lightning even reached them, they felt a crisis of death; their scalps tingled, and their minds trembled violently.

The nine lightning bolts affected the surrounding atmospheric field, creating a massive suction force. They wanted to flee, but were pulled back by this powerful suction.

It looked as though the nine were about to perish under the lightning.

Just then, Shangguan Mingyue casually waved her hand, and the nine lightning bolts as well as the massive red cloud above the arena vanished instantly.

The scene immediately fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared at Gu Jing in shock, including the Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Circle Sect Masters of the four sects.

The expressions on their faces were shocked and horrified to the extreme.

They simply could not believe this scene—a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Great Circle Disciple actually possessed such a Divine Ability, able to easily unleash a full-strength strike of a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator!

Terrifying!

Too terrifying!

This boy's future is limitless!

At such a young age, he already leaves prodigies of the same tier breathless. Once he grows up in the future, he will surely be a hegemon of a region!

He might even dominate the current age!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. Cultivation level increased by one major Realm!]

Gu Jing was delighted. The Three Sects hadn't even fully left yet, and the mission was already complete?

Suddenly, the vast sea of Qi within Gu Jing's body began to surge and condense violently!

Inside his Dantian, the sea of Qi churned, and golden light shone brilliantly!

Driven by a sacred power, in just three breaths, the vast sea of Qi condensed to form a glittering golden orb.

This golden orb was like a golden full moon, hanging above Gu Jing's Dantian.

This was the Golden Core!

The unique symbol of a Golden Core Cultivator!

[Ding! Host's current Realm: Golden Core Late Stage Great Circle!]