230: An era without saints?! (Twenty-nine)

Northern Plains, deep within the Demon Court.

A forbidden treasure vault, heavily guarded and inscribed with ancient demon script, had existed since time immemorial.

Every brick and stone here was formed from the bones of great demons, and every Restriction was enough to easily obliterate a Divine Emperor.

However, a figure, like a ghost, silently merged into the shadows.

He bypassed all overt and covert sentries, ignoring the Saint-Grade Restrictions that could easily be fatal.

It was a young man carrying an ancient sword.

He had no aura, as if he had merged with the Void Realm.

The young man entered the treasure vault.

He paid no attention to the rare treasures, divine weapons, and Sharp Weapons filling the vault.

His goal was very clear.

The young man walked straight to the deepest corner of the treasure vault and picked up an inconspicuous, ancient stone box.

The stone box opened.

Inside lay a grey jade pendant, quietly emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

The young man held the jade pendant and murmured to himself.

"With this item, I should be able to mask this damned aura of mine and safely enter the 'Heavenly Dao Ruins'…"

He gave a cold smile.

"Those Dao-Devouring Beasts can be used to temper my sword."

The young man carefully put away the jade pendant, and his figure once again merged into the Void Realm, vanishing without a trace.

A moment later.

Inside the treasure vault, alarm bells rang loudly, and the Demon Court was shaken.

But, it was too late... Black Wind Canyon.

Black winds howled within the canyon, like ghosts wailing, easily tearing apart a Cultivator's Divine Thought.

The atmosphere was unusually oppressive.

Gu Yun and his party had already entered the heart of the canyon.

His Minds Eye had long been ringing alarm bells.

But Gu Yun's expression remained unchanged.

This was an open scheme he had to step into.

Gu Zhan and a few absolutely loyal followers of the Gu Family firmly protected Gu Yun at the center, forming a small defensive battle Formation.

The other Prodigies, forcibly assigned by Vice General Li Tai, harbored their own intentions, keeping a distance from the Gu Family's squad.

Just then.

Boom!

At the entrance and exit of the canyon, two massive Yao Race Formation light screens instantly shot up into the sky.

Demonic Qi flowed on the light screens, completely sealing off this part of the world.

"Oh no! It's a trap!"

"We've fallen for it!"

A panicked cry immediately erupted from the team.

Demonic Qi surged into the sky.

From the shadows of the surrounding mountain walls, figures emerged one after another.

They were several times the number of Yao Race Golden Generation Prodigies.

They surrounded Gu Yun and his party, their eyes filled with mockery and killing intent.

Leading them was a top Prodigy of the Yao Race royal family, whose aura was even more ferocious.

"Gu Yun, you're finally here."

"Today, I shall use your head to pay tribute to the souls of my Yao Race brethren in heaven!"

"Kill!"

There was no superfluous talk.

The Yao Race Prodigies launched a tidal wave of fierce attacks, their target directly at Gu Yun, who was surrounded in the center.

"Protect the Young Master!"

Gu Zhan let out a furious roar.

He took a step forward, and his Primordial Chaos War Body was fully activated without reservation at this moment.

Greyish Chaos Qi swirled around him, and he was like an undefeated War God who had walked out of ancient times, actively confronting the strongest Yao Race Prodigies.

Boom!

Gu Zhan, by himself, blocked most of the frontal assault for Gu Yun.

Gu Yun's figure, meanwhile, moved within the battle Formation, calmly observing the entire battlefield.

His eyes were calm.

Heart Sword was activated silently.

A Wolf Tribe Prodigy broke through the defense line, his sharp claws carrying a Blood Wind as they clawed towards Gu Yun's back.

Gu Yun didn't even turn his head.

Pfft.

The Wolf Tribe Prodigy's forward charge abruptly stopped, a tiny blood-hole appearing on his glabella, his Divine Soul instantly obliterated.

Every strike from Gu Yun seemed effortless.

But that invisible Sword Intent could always precisely strike at a Yao Race Prodigy's Dao foundation or Divine Soul weakness, resulting in an instant kill.

The efficiency was terrifyingly high.

Although Gu Yun's squad was at an absolute numerical disadvantage, under the leadership of Gu Yun and Gu Zhan, the "one sword and one shield," they erupted with astonishing combat power.

For a time, they fought the Yao Race Prodigies to a standstill.

Yao Race Prodigies continuously fell, but casualties also began to appear on the Human Race side.

The battle fell into a stalemate.

Behind the Yao Race lines, within a hidden cloud layer.

A God Realm Great Demon responsible for overseeing the battle watched the situation below, its face turning incredibly grim.

It watched helplessly as its own Golden Generation suffered heavy losses under Gu Yun's strange sword, with more than half of them dead or injured.

It finally couldn't hold back.

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"

The God Realm Great Demon let out a furious roar.

It directly disregarded the agreement set by the two Venerables that "elders shall not interfere."

Boom!

A monstrous Demonic Qi giant claw, covering the sky and sun, suddenly extended from the clouds without warning.

The giant claw tore through space, carrying the crushing Law power of a God Realm expert, and directly struck at Gu Yun, who was in the midst of fierce battle.

This strike locked down the entire space.

All Cultivators in the Guiyi Realm, and even the Grotto-Heaven Realm, were immobilized under this pressure, able only to wait for death in despair.

"Young Master!"

Gu Zhan's eyes were bloodshot, wanting to defend, but his body wouldn't obey.

"A God Realm expert has made a move!"

The Human Race Prodigies felt despair.

However, in this moment of life and death.

Gu Yun's eyes were brighter than ever before.

His Azure Heaven Indestructible Art was pushed to its extreme.

He did not evade.

Instead, he chose to meet it head-on!

Gu Yun swung a sword.

Sever Self.

Although the sword light was small, it contained a terrifying Concept that could destroy all Laws.

It collided with the Demonic Qi giant claw with a thunderous impact.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

The Demonic Qi giant claw was actually pierced through by that seemingly tiny sword light.

But the residual power of the giant claw still sent Gu Yun flying fiercely.

Pfft.

Gu Yun spat out divine blood, his white robes torn, heavily wounded.

At the same time.

In the clouds, the God Realm Demon King who had attacked let out a roar mixed with shock and anger.

A sword mark, impossible to heal, had appeared on its arm, and demon blood flowed.

It was backlash by the dao rhyme contained within that sword strike!

The battlefield was silent.

Everyone, both Human Race and Yao Race, looked in horror at the heavily wounded white-robed figure who still stood holding his sword.

To withstand a God Realm strike with a Guiyi Realm body and not die.

And even wound the opponent.

This had already exceeded everyone's comprehension.

Just then.

A supreme pressure, a hundred thousand times more terrifying than that of the God Realm Demon King, descended upon the entire Black Wind Canyon.

It was from the ultimate powerhouse overseeing the Yao Race, Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable!

The phantom of Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable appeared in the sky.

Its icy gaze penetrated everything, locking firmly onto Gu Yun.

It saw the boundless potential within Gu Yun, and also the terrifying dao rhyme that could threaten the future of the entire Yao Race.

"This child must not be allowed to live!"

Heavenly Wolf Demon Venerable's killing intent boiled.

It completely tore up all agreements made with Heavenly Secret Venerable.

It slowly raised a finger and pointed it from afar at the unyielding figure below.