104: Five Elements Dao Fruit! Supernatural powers gained through food!

Stepping through that gate of light, the scene before his eyes instantly shifted.

This was no longer the gunpowder-filled battlefield of the outside world, but a bizarre and colorful Small World.

The sky was five-colored, and the earth was divided into five distinct regions.

To the east was a lush forest with green Qi soaring into the sky; to the west was a metallic desert filled with knives and spears, emitting a blinding white light; to the south was a rolling sea of lava and fire; to the north was a bottomless profound pool of black water; and in the center was a thick loess plateau.

At the very center of each region grew a towering ancient tree of various shapes, emitting the aura of the Great Dao.

These were the legendary—Five Elements Dao Fruit Trees!

Gu Yang stood at the entrance and took a deep breath.

The aura of the Five Elements Origin Law, rich to the extreme, drilled into his body through his nostrils, making every pore on his body open in comfort.

"What a great place!"

"Even the air here is sweet!"

Carrying Er Gou and Ba Wang, he first walked toward the metallic desert in the west.

There grew a giant golden tree that looked as if it were cast from pure gold. The leaves were sharp gold foil, and the branches were hard copper bars.

At the very top of the crown hung a single golden fruit the size of a fist, shaped like a pear.

[Gengjin Dao Fruit!]

"Just one?"

Gu Yang curled his lip in slight disdain.

"Isn't this a bit too stingy? The Five Elements Sect has been growing this for thousands of years, and this is the only offspring?"

However, despite his disdain, his body was very honest.

He climbed the tree in a few steps, not bothering to bathe, change clothes, burn incense, or pray like other Cultivators, nor did he use a jade box to carefully seal it.

He directly reached out and plucked the fruit.

It was cold to the touch and incredibly heavy, as if he were holding a solid lead ball instead of a fruit.

"I wonder if my teeth can handle it."

Gu Yang opened his mouth wide and took a fierce bite out of the hard skin.

"Crunch!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out.

It wasn't as hard as he had imagined; the moment the skin broke, a sharp golden juice, seemingly containing the sharpness of all weapons in the world, exploded in Gu Yang's mouth.

"Hiss—"

Gu Yang took a sharp breath, feeling as if his tongue were being scraped by countless small knives, tingling and numb.

"A bit sour, and tastes a bit like rust."

"But... it's got quite a kick!"

[Devoured Gengjin Dao Fruit! Analyzing fragments of the Law of Metal...]

[Gained insight: Indestructible! Sharpness!]

Gu Yang felt the Metal Origin within his body instantly boil. His already indestructible golden body now had an added touch of "aggressiveness."

On the surface of his skin, a faint, imperceptible metallic edge emerged, as if anyone who touched him would be cut.

"Not bad, the appetizer is acceptable."

Gu Yang finished the remaining flesh in a few bites and casually threw the pit (a small piece of Gengjin Essence) to Er Gou below.

"Catch! For your teeth!"

Er Gou cheered, jumped up to catch it, and chewed it happily with a crunch-crunch.

Next was the east, the Wood region.

It was an emerald green ancient tree emitting a rich aura of life.

The fruit on it looked like a green peach.

Gu Yang plucked it and, without even wiping it, took a bite.

"Splurt!"

This one was juicy and fragrant, like drinking a cup of iced mint water in the middle of a scorching summer.

"Sweet! This one is delicious!"

Gu Yang's eyes lit up, and he ate it extra carefully.

[Devoured Yimu Dao Fruit! Analyzing fragments of the Law of Wood...]

[Gained insight: Endless Life! Growth and Decay!]

A massive surge of vitality was injected into Gu Yang's Five Viscera and six bowels. He felt that even if his head were chopped off now, as long as his heart remained, he could probably grow another one.

Then came the north, the Water region.

It was a black fruit, like a drop of condensed heavy water.

It was cold and slippery in the mouth, somewhat like eating jelly, with the briny flavor of the deep sea.

[Gained insight: Supreme Goodness is Like Water! Inclusiveness!]

To the south, the Fire region.

A crimson fruit, like a ball of burning flame.

Gu Yang swallowed it in one gulp and immediately felt as if a piece of red-hot coal had been stuffed down his throat, making him huff from the spiciness.

"This flavor... it's got kick! Like insanely spicy hotpot base!"

[Gained insight: Explosion! Destruction!]

Finally, the center, the Earth region.

It was an earthy yellow fruit that looked like a potato.

Taking a bite, the texture was dense and solid, with an earthy fragrance (actually just the taste of dirt).

[Gained insight: Great Virtue Carries All Things! Suppression!]

When Gu Yang had swallowed all five Dao Fruits representing the Five Elements Origins of heaven and earth.

Rumble—

Inside his body, it was as if a Big Bang had occurred.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—five completely different Law powers—clashed, intertwined, and fused frantically within his Five Viscera Furnace.

This time, there was no conflict, no going berserk.

Because all Five Elements were present, they generated and restrained each other, forming a perfect circle.

Gu Yang sat cross-legged, his entire being floating in mid-air.

Above his head, an acre-sized Five-Colored Auspicious Cloud actually emerged!

Within the cloud, the Five Elements circulated as if evolving a Small World.

Burp—

Gu Yang let out a burp full of Dao rhythm.

[Initial Fusion of the Five Elements Laws!]

[Divine Ability mutation!]

[Original Divine Ability "Five Elements Great Millstone" evolved into—Five-Colored Divine Light (Pseudo)!]

Gu Yang slowly opened his eyes.

Deep in his pupils, five-colored light wheels slowly rotated, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

He reached out and lightly brushed against the Void Realm.

Swish!

A streak of five-colored radiance swept past.

A giant rock in front of him instantly vanished. It wasn't blown to pieces; it was directly "brushed" away, decomposed into the most primitive Five Elements Spiritual Qi, and absorbed into Gu Yang's body.

"Within the Five Elements, nothing cannot be brushed away?"

Gu Yang looked at his palm and showed an extremely satisfied smile.

"Although it's a pseudo version and can't compare to that of the Great God Kong Xuan, this power..."

"In the future, when robbing... oh no, collecting spoils of war, won't it be much more convenient?"

As long as the opponent uses a Magic Treasure of the Five Elements attribute, even if they are at the Peak Nascent Soul stage, with a wave of my hand, the Magic Treasure will be named Gu!

"This trip wasn't in vain."

Gu Yang stood up and glanced at this Small World, which had become somewhat dim after being "eaten" by him.

Er Gou was already stuffed and lying on the ground groaning. Its size had grown again, now as large as a sturdy bull.

Ba Wang looked at Gu Yang eagerly. Although he hadn't eaten any Dao Fruits, just breathing in a few gulps of Immortal Qi in this environment had significantly improved his Heavenly Overlord Body.

"Let's go."

Gu Yang scooped up Er Gou and waved at Ba Wang.

"We've eaten our fill and cleaned them out; it's time to retreat."

"I wonder if those old geezers from the Five Elements Sect outside will have a brain hemorrhage from anger when they see me like this?"

...Outside the Five Elements Immortal Abode.

By now, the sky had completely darkened.

But this wasn't the fall of night; it was artificially obscured.

Dozens of massive warboats hovered in the clouds, blotting out the sun.

Every warboat was filled with powerful Cultivators.

Not just the Five Elements Sect, but even the experts from the Ten Great Sects of the Central Plains, such as the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Wonderful Sound Sect, had all come!

Because Gu Yang's actions along the way (mainly robbing too ruthlessly, not only the Five Elements Sect but also other Sects he passed by) had already aroused public indignation across the entire Righteous Path Alliance.

"The Devil Head Gu Yang! He's right inside!"

"Today, our Ten Great Sects join forces to lay an inescapable net and must slay this scoundrel here!"

At the very front of the crowd.

An old man wearing a Yin and Yang Daoist robe with white hair and beard stood in the air.

He was a pillar of the Central Plains cultivation world, the Grand Elder of the Kunlun Holy Land—Daoist Qingxu (Nascent Soul Mid-Stage)!

Behind him stood three Old Ancestors at the Early Spirit Transformation Stage and dozens of top-tier experts at the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

This lineup was enough to not only kill a Nascent Soul Body Cultivator but even surround and kill a Late-stage Spirit Transformation Demon Emperor!

"Gu Yang! Get out here and face your death!"

The Acting Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect stood at the very front, shouting through gritted teeth.

Just then.

The gate of the Immortal Abode below slowly opened.

A man wearing animal skin shorts, carrying a Meteor Hammer, and with a dog perched on his shoulder, walked out slowly.

He glanced at the dense army of Cultivators in the sky, like a swarm of locusts. He was stunned for a moment, and then that familiar smile that made one's skin crawl appeared on his face.

He wiped the fruit stains from the corner of his mouth and waved at the sky full of gods and mighty beings:

"Oh, so many people?"

"Are you... knowing I haven't eaten my fill, specially rushing here to give me an extra meal?"