223: Chapter 223 All Cards Revealed

Gu Shen held the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade in one hand. Under the stimulation of the dark cyan poisonous evil true Qi, the dark cyan thunder-magnetic blade glow surged to a length of a zhang, its edge pointing directly at Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's throat.

Blood gushed from Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's left shoulder like a fountain. The pain of his severed arm intertwined with the tearing sensation in his Sea of Consciousness, almost causing him to faint.

Life and death hung by a thread.

He bit down on the scarlet secret medicine hidden under his tongue. A violent, blood-scented medicinal power exploded within his limbs and bones like a breached flood. This kind of potent medicine that overdraws potential instantly forced his Qi and blood, lost due to his severed arm, back to its Peak.

"I, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan, am a core True Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. How could I die at the hands of a lowly Loose Cultivator like you!"

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's face was completely twisted, his features distorted by extreme hatred. He let out a beast-like roar, his only remaining right hand waving frantically.

Seven or eight High Grade Talismans emitting astonishing spiritual power fluctuations were thrown out by him all at once. These were all Sharp Weapons bestowed upon him by his Sect elders. There was a Heavenly Stellar Sword Talisman that transformed into a golden-armored giant sword spanning dozens of zhang, and a Profound Ice Divine Thunder Talisman that condensed ice thunder across the sky.

Various colorful and violent Spells erupted simultaneously in this small space, attempting to forcibly break open Gu Shen's gravitational suppression.

Gu Shen watched this frantic, dying counterattack with cold eyes.

"The light of a firefly."

The dark golden halo around his body shone brilliantly, and his Cold Jade Bone emitted a thunderous resonance. The rotation speed of the Nirvana Star Core within his Dantian climbed to its limit, and the gravitational field within his three-zhang core Domain intensified abruptly.

Those seemingly world-destroying High Grade Talisman Spells collided head-on with the distorted space curvature the moment they took form.

The giant golden-armored sword, spanning dozens of zhang, was broken inch by inch by the invisible heavy pressure, turning into Geng Metal Qi scattered across the sky; the ice thunder filling the sky was forcibly pulled and deformed by gravity before it could fully explode, eventually falling as puddles of powerless ice water.

In the face of absolute physical Laws, the simple piling up of Five Elements Spiritual Qi appeared pale and powerless.

Gu Shen's momentum did not decrease; the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade, carrying the might to split mountains and cleave Peaks, descended fiercely.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan raised the cracked Frost Dragon Flying Sword with his only remaining right hand, attempting to parry.

"Clang!"

Blade and sword clashed, the sound of metal shattering echoing across the sky.

That top-tier High Grade Magical Artifact, the Frost Dragon Flying Sword, was snapped in half at the middle of the blade under this heavy strike. The wailing Dragon spirit was instantly eroded by the poisonous evil true Qi and turned into ash. The blade's remaining force did not diminish, slicing a blood gash an inch deep and over a foot long across Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's chest.

The dark cyan poisonous evil true Qi, like maggots on bones, frantically burrowed into his body along the upturned flesh.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan spat out a mouthful of blood toward the sky, his body tumbling backward like a kite with a broken string, but he was firmly trapped in mid-air by the three-zhang gravitational field, unable to escape.

The shadow of death had completely enveloped this arrogant Prodigy from a major Sect.

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan gasped violently, his hair disheveled, his white robes already muddied and stained with blood and grime. Looking into Gu Shen's eyes, which were as calm as an ancient well and devoid of any emotion, the deepest fear finally welled up from the bottom of his heart.

The gray-robed figure before him did not fear any Sect retaliation at all. This was a cold-blooded Asura who had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

If he stayed any longer, he would surely die.

"Alias! You forced my hand!"

Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's eyes were bloodshot. He knew well that conventional escape techniques would never work in this distorted gravitational field. Enduring the rampant poisonous evil in his Meridians, he pressed his right index and middle fingers together and, without hesitation, plunged them into the wound on his chest, forcibly digging out a dark red jade Talisman deeply embedded beneath his flesh.

This jade Talisman was only the size of a thumb, engraved with dense, ancient incantations that were difficult to see with the naked eye.

World-Breaking Blood Talisman.

It was the ultimate life-saving treasure bestowed upon a core True Disciple by an Old Ancestor at the Nascent Soul Stage of the Beast Taming Sect, crafted at the cost of the Old Ancestor's Origin essence blood. Once activated, this Talisman could ignore most Formations, Restrictions, and spatial lockdowns in the world, allowing one to escape a thousand miles in an instant. However, the cost of activating this Talisman was extremely painful, requiring the sacrifice of a full hundred years of the user's Lifespan.

A look of extreme regret flashed in Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's eyes, immediately replaced by endless resentment. He crushed the dark red jade Talisman in his hand without hesitation.

"Bang!"

A barely audible muffled sound.

A blindingly brilliant, blood-colored radiance, like the scorching sun in the sky, exploded from Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's palm.

Accompanying the appearance of this blood light, a terrifying, vast, and boundless pressure from the Nascent Soul Stage, which stood above all living beings in heaven and earth, suddenly descended over the Desolate Valley.

This pressure was completely unhindered. It represented the supreme control that high-level experts of the Great Yu Cultivation World held over the Laws of heaven and earth.

The blood light expanded rapidly, transforming into an indestructible blood-colored crystal shield, firmly protecting Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's broken body within.

The three-zhang core gravitational field of [Absolute Collapse] set up by Gu Shen, under the forceful collision of this Nascent Soul pressure, sounded like a piece of cloth stretched to its limit, emitting a heart-palpitating tearing sound. The space curvature was forced to return to flatness under the repulsion of the blood light, and the gravity that could crush steel was forcibly pried open, creating a gap.

The moment the blood light ignited, Gu Shen sensed that high-dimensional power capable of making one's Divine Soul tremble.

He decisively abandoned the thought of continuing the pursuit, withdrew his blade, and retreated rapidly, his figure instantly flashing dozens of zhang away. At the same time, he held up the mutated Black Tortoise Shield with his left hand, and an earthy yellow halo shone brilliantly, protecting his entire body tightly.

"The methods of high-level experts are truly unreasonable and overbearing."

Gu Shen stood in the Void Realm in the distance, watching the increasingly intense blood light with cold eyes. He knew deep down that with his current Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivation, he could crush Prodigies of the same realm by relying on the Star Core gravitational field, but to confront the methods left behind by a Nascent Soul Stage great Cultivator head-on was still like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Inside the blood-colored crystal shield, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan's face was aging at a speed visible to the naked eye. His originally jet-black hair instantly turned gray, and fine wrinkles appeared on his cheeks.

The loss of a hundred years of Lifespan was exchanged for a desperate escape that broke the spatial lockdown.

The blood light forcibly tore through the blockade of the gravitational field, transforming into a thick blood-colored rainbow, carrying Core Disciple Qin Wuyan as it shot frantically toward the northwestern horizon. Its speed was as fast as a shooting star chasing the moon, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared beyond the heavy poisonous miasma.

"Alias! If I, Core Disciple Qin Wuyan, do not avenge this humiliation, I swear I am not human!"

The roar, filled with endless resentment and shrillness, echoed for a long time among the Peaks of Mang Mountain, causing the forests to rustle.

Gu Shen stood high in the sky, not using any movement technique to give chase.

The World-Breaking Blood Talisman was a space-breaking escape technique, capable of traveling a thousand miles in an instant. There was no need to chase a cornered enemy, and although Core Disciple Qin Wuyan had escaped with his life, he had lost an arm, a hundred years of Lifespan, and his Dao foundation was already half-ruined. Such a stray dog was no longer a fatal threat.

The gale above the Desolate Valley gradually subsided.

Gu Shen slowly sheathed the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade and cast his gaze downward.

At the bottom of the basin, the once arrogant Beast Taming Sect military Formation had long since vanished into ashes. Nine Demon Bone Iron Guards, coated in dark black titanium-tungsten armor, stood quietly amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, like nine sculptures from Hell.

Under the protection of their massive metal bodies, the heavily injured Mountain-Quaking Kui Ox cub lay trembling on the ground. It raised its huge head, looking up at the gray-robed figure in mid-air who resembled a demon god, filled with both awe and fear.