22: Master Han's astonishment: The Great Mantra of the Heart Demon!

"These damned beasts!"

The cruel scenes before him instantly ignited the fury in Gu Xie's heart.

His eyes were wide with rage, his body trembling as if every drop of blood was boiling and every inch of flesh was roaring!

"What a Ye Family!"

Even Gu Qingchen was shocked.

After coming to this world, he had seen many scenes of the strong preying on the weak and mutual vendettas. He thought he would remain unfazed no matter how terrifying or bloody the scene, but this was truly the first time he had seen such a sight.

Fortunately, his strength was great enough and his state of mind stable enough; otherwise, under the impact of such a scene, even his state of mind might have shown a flaw.

"Gu Qingchen, you actually dared to chase after us!"

At this moment, Ye Wushuang appeared with a group of people from the Ye Family.

The injuries all over his body had completely recovered, and even the leg that had been cut off had regrown. His aura had returned to its Peak, and even the Origin consumed by using the explosive secret technique had been fully replenished.

"Oh? You've fully recovered so quickly?"

Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow and then said, "So what if I chased you in? Do you really think you can keep me here?"

"Hmph!"

Ye Wushuang snorted coldly, a ruthless and fierce light flashing in his cold eyes. "If you hadn't chased us in, your life might have been spared. But now that you've stumbled upon the Ye Family's plot, do you still think you can escape unscathed?"

Facing the threat, Gu Qingchen was not flustered. "You should indeed hide such Demonic Path behavior well. Otherwise, if Revered Master finds out, not only you but even the Ye Family will be severely punished."

"That's why you must die today!"

Ye Wushuang gave a cruel smile and directly ordered the members of the Ye Family to attack Gu Qingchen.

"This..."

"Young Lord, do we really have to attack?"

"He is a Reserve Holy Son and the Saint's Personal Disciple. If we are discovered, we'll lose our lives!"

"..."

Upon hearing Ye Wushuang's command, the Ye Family members did not act immediately. Each one hesitated, their eyes filled with worry.

If Gu Qingchen really fell at their hands, and the truth was uncovered later, Ye Wushuang might only receive a severe punishment and keep his life under the Ye Family's protection.

But they would likely all be buried with Gu Qingchen.

"That's why we must do it cleanly and leave no trace!"

Ye Wushuang felt a surge of excitement.

If he could really take this opportunity to leave Gu Qingchen in this Cave World, then his greatest competitor for the position of Saint would disappear.

After refining the Precious Tree to empower himself and seeing his strength leap forward, wouldn't the path to the Saint's throne be clear from then on?

When that time came, even if his deeds were exposed, would the Holy Land really cripple him, a Xuantian Holy Son with a boundless future, for the sake of a dead Gu Qingchen?

One must know,

Only a living Prodigy is a true Prodigy; a dead Genius is worth less than a wild dog by the roadside!

However, even after Ye Wushuang said these words to reassure them, the Ye Family members still hesitated. This was, after all, a matter of life and death, and they couldn't take such a risk lightly.

"A bunch of trash!"

Seeing his clansmen's timid behavior, a flash of dissatisfaction crossed Ye Wushuang's eyes. He snorted, "Since you don't dare to do it, then call the Ye Blood Guards!"

"Yes, Young Lord."

The Ye Family members breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. As long as they didn't have to personally attack Gu Qingchen, it was fine.

The Ye Blood Guards were death warriors trained by the Ye Family. All their actions followed the Ye Family's orders as their principle; they wouldn't hesitate even if ordered to commit suicide. It was best to let them handle this... "To think he wants to rely on the Ye Family's death warriors to eliminate the Gu kid. Your Young Lord is quite bold."

In the Secret Realm Small World, Old Man Han couldn't help but snort upon seeing the scene in the projection, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

"This... He doesn't know that Old Man Han is also watching in secret. Otherwise, even with a hundred times more courage, he wouldn't dare say such things."

Right now, Gu Qingchen and Ye Wushuang were unaware that the Holy Land had already sent guardians. In fact, according to past custom, as long as the young Prodigies didn't face a life-threatening crisis, these guardians would never show themselves.

After all, would training without a sense of crisis still be called training?

How could a Prodigy raised under heavy protection shoulder the future of the Holy Land?

"Are you saying that if I weren't watching, it would be acceptable to do this?"

The pressure emanating from Old Man Han instantly surged, pinning the Ye Family Protector to the ground.

The cold sweat on his body hadn't even dried yet, and now he was broken out in a fresh cold sweat from fear.

Feeling the pressure from Old Man Han, which was like an immemorial divine mountain, he couldn't help but want to rush out and slap that brat Ye Wushuang to death.

Day after day, he did nothing but cause trouble!

"Of course not!"

The Ye Family Protector shook his head repeatedly, explaining while drenched in sweat, "The competition for the Saint's position within the Holy Land must be fair and square, and it must be between peers. Underhanded methods like assassination or curse-killing are forbidden, as this is all for the future of the Holy Land."

"Wushuang actually wants to rely on the Ye Blood Guards to get rid of the Gu kid. He has already broken the rules. I will take him back to the Ye Family for severe punishment right away!"

"No rush."

Old Man Han shook his head to stop him. "The Gu kid looks like he has everything under control. I want to see what kind of confidence he has."

In fact, Old Man Han had only recently become Gu Qingchen's guardian at someone's request, yet he found that even with his Supreme Realm vision, he still couldn't fully see through this kid.

It had been ten thousand years, and this was the first time he had encountered such an incredible thing... "To be a Reserve Holy Son alongside you, I feel ashamed."

In the Forbidden Land of the Fiends, Gu Qingchen shook his head, no longer regarding Ye Wushuang as an opponent.

A pitch-black great bell flew out from his Dantian spirit sea, spinning and growing larger. Various terrifying images were branded upon it, surrounded by Devilish Qi and a faint treasure light, looking quite extraordinary.

"Daring not to compete with me as a peer, Ye Wushuang, your cowardice already heralds your downfall."

Gu Qingchen's words were amplified through the demonic bell, forming waves of sound that attacked Ye Wushuang.

In an instant, hallucinations began to sprout before Ye Wushuang's eyes.

There were hallucinations of the Geniuses he had brutally murdered turning into vengeful spirits seeking revenge, hallucinations of himself being beaten to death by Gu Qingchen, and hallucinations of his failure to harm Gu Qingchen leading to the Saint Lord crippling his cultivation, making him a useless person—the very type he despised most... Endless hallucinations completely surrounded him. Even if he managed to break free from one layer of hallucination with great difficulty, he would fall into an even deeper layer.

His six senses were sealed, and he fell into layer upon layer of hallucinatory worlds, unable to escape. In a short time, he experienced thousands of miserable lives within these endless hallucinatory worlds.

Subsequently, Heart Demons sprouted within him, and the rampaging spiritual power in his body tore his flesh. His cultivation dropped again and again, and it looked as if it was about to fall to the Tongxuan Realm.

"Hiss, it's actually the Heart Demon True Word Great Curse Technique?"

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