Chapter 373 Special Physique

Seeing the appearance of Gu Xingzhou, the instigator behind everything, everyone present was instantly enraged.

Emperor Li Heming couldn't help but shout in a low, angry voice.

"Immeasurable Celestial Worthy!"

Daoist Taiwei slowly shook his head and sighed, though it was unclear what meaning lay behind that sigh.

Everyone present focused their attention on Gu Xingzhou, even ignoring the three from the Great Black Heavenly Demon Cult whose Devilish Qi was profound.

"What's going on? Has Heavenly Pillar Mountain collapsed?"

"Where are the people from the Cold Ice Holy Sect?"

Gu Xingzhou paid no mind to the angry glares of the crowd. Instead, he looked at the collapsed Heavenly Pillar and the spatial cracks slowly spreading toward them in the distance.

Seeing Gu Xingzhou's attitude of ignoring them, the crowd was filled with intense hatred, yet they didn't dare to actually do anything.

After all, this mysterious Master of the Number One Estate Under Heaven was one of the strongest individuals in the last four thousand years; they had absolutely no way of dealing with him.

"Hmph! You think your schemes and intrigues could work?"

"Let me tell you! Even if a Divine Ability Realm expert from the Upper Realm descends, they are no match for Great Hero Yan. They would just become another soul claimed by his blade!"

Not far away, a survivor from the Ji Family of the Hidden Dragon World spoke with a cold expression.

Hearing this, others chimed in one after another, showering Yan Chu with compliments while rebuking Gu Xingzhou for disregarding the ethics of the Jianghu. They accused him of using the Heaven Gate as bait to trick everyone into opening it, only to lure down experts from the Upper Realm.

In the process, they colorfully recounted how Yan Chu had been wise and martial, displaying Divine Might to save everyone from disaster, forcing the Upper Realm experts to return empty-handed, and ultimately destroying the Heaven Gate.

All sorts of excessive praise and flattery were spewed out as if they cost nothing, making Yan Chu out to be the savior of the entire world.

And Gu Xingzhou, naturally, was the grand conspirator who wanted to bring in powerful beings to destroy the world.

"Oh?"

From the crowd's words, Gu Xingzhou quickly pieced together what had happened, an unexpected look appearing on his face.

Looking closely at Yan Chu again, his pupils constricted sharply.

"Pure Yang Body?!!"

There are various special Physiques in the world, categorized into Acquired and Innate.

Innate Physiques go without saying; they are one in ten thousand and can yield twice the result with half the effort during cultivation.

But as for Acquired Physiques, any cultivator has the chance to achieve one.

Of course, the prerequisite is being able to Cultivate to the Yuantai Realm Great Perfection, fully integrating the Innate Fetal Respiration into the body. By having the Acquired body reverse back to the Innate state, one achieves a special Physique.

And the Pure Yang Body is one such special Physique, and one of the top tier at that.

It was no wonder Gu Xingzhou was shocked.

When he saw Yan Chu not long ago, the man was clearly still a long way from the Yuantai Realm Great Perfection. For the Yuantai Realm, that distance could require over a thousand years of cultivation.

But seeing Yan Chu again now, he had actually achieved the Pure Yang Body.

Thinking of this, his gaze couldn't help but shift to the Prodigy of the Great Black Heaven Demonic Sect not far from him.

The Devilish Qi on the other man was dense to the extreme, flowing with a deep black luster; he had clearly also refined a special Physique.

"Could it be that these two..."

Gu Xingzhou had a faint suspicion in his heart, but he soon pushed the matter aside for the moment.

The others were still questioning him like a criminal, as if everything that happened today was entirely his fault.

"Heh."

He let out a slightly mocking chuckle and spoke loudly:

"Everyone, even if I had told you the truth beforehand, would you have been able to restrain your greed and not open that Heaven Gate?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the grumbling and cursing in the area instantly ceased.

Speaking of which, regarding today's events, anyone within Heavenly Pillar Mountain suffered no small loss.

If nothing else, just that indiscriminate Cold Current from Yi Xunzhen caused everyone caught in it to be severely injured, and not a few people froze to death as a result.

Even those who survived suffered severe internal frostbite.

This kind of injury wasn't a common physical wound but came from a Divine Ability Realm expert. Even with the cultivation of a Deva, it would take decades or even a century of convalescence to potentially recover.

This would inevitably delay their cultivation.

However, there was nothing wrong with what Gu Xingzhou said.

Those who managed to survive were, at the very least, experts who had opened two or more Divine Treasuries and were among those who had just been climbing the Heavenly Pillar.

Even if Gu Xingzhou had informed everyone beforehand, the people present probably wouldn't have believed him.

They would have insisted on finding every possible way to open the Heaven Gate.