124: Destroy the enemy

"True Martial Divine Supreme Skill—Heaven-Opening Slash!"

The next moment, the Martial Dao Divine Paragon, into which Gu Chang had transformed, raised his hands high, striking a pose as if to split heaven and earth.

"Not good!"

"Run!"

"Old Ancestor!"

"Run!!!"

"Ah!"

"..."

This single movement caused Jiang Jianxin's expression to change drastically, and the faces of the Qi Refining Cultivators on the Floating Warship behind him turned pale, as if they were facing a Heavenly Tribulation, their hearts filled with dread. In this situation, everyone understood just how terrifying the opponent was.

Jiang Jianxin no longer cared about his reputation or Aura. He immediately controlled his spiritual artifact flying sword, transforming into a streak of sword light and rapidly fleeing into the distance, hoping to escape far enough before the opponent attacked.

The other Cultivators on the Floating Warship immediately maneuvered the Floating Warship to turn around. That terrifying oppressive feeling permeated all their hearts; everyone felt as if they had transformed into pitiful ants at that very moment.

How could weak ants resist heavenly might? They now only regretted that the Floating Warship's maneuverability was too poor, completely incomparable to a spiritual artifact flying sword.

"Slash!"

At this moment, a cold, Severe voice resounded between heaven and earth. Immediately, a flash of lightning pierced the dark sky, illuminating everything in the world, and the silvery-white radiance directly became the Dominator of heaven and earth.

"Crack! Boom!"

"Ah!!!"

Everyone's eyes instantly went blind at this moment; their vision was filled with nothing but silvery-white, and they could see nothing else.

They could only hear a terrifying explosion erupting in the distance, followed by the desperate and miserable cries of the Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor Jiang Jianxin.

After a long while, Cultivators gradually recovered, and their eyes slowly began to see their surroundings clearly.

The good news was that the Floating Warship had not crashed, and all the Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators had thus saved their lives.

However, the bad news was that the Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor Jiang Jianxin had been slain, his body directly torn apart by some indescribably terrifying force. Even his powerful protective Spiritual Artifact shield was destroyed. At this moment, his spiritual artifact flying sword and corpse were held in the Martial Dao Divine Paragon's hand.

Although the Martial Dao Divine Paragon's size was clearly much smaller compared to the Floating Warship, when the Martial Dao Divine Paragon appeared before everyone at this moment, it still made their legs tremble and their hearts fill with extreme dread, as if their heads would fall off the next moment.

The recovered crowd stared blankly at the massive, powerful, majestic, and terrifying giant in front of them, just like Mortals looking up at a high and mighty god.

The Floating Warship's powerful Formation provided them with no sense of safety whatsoever. Everyone was waiting for the final death sentence.

"Surrender! Or die!!!"

Fortunately, after a brief silence, the massive Martial Dao Divine Paragon finally spoke, issuing a cold declaration to them!

Upon hearing these words, the vast majority of Loose Cultivators instantly breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had just taken a stroll in front of the gates of hell.

"Old... Old Ancestor!"

"Wuwuwu!"

"We surrender!"

"Senior! We surrender!"

"..."

The Jiang family members were naturally grief-stricken, staring blankly at the incomplete corpse in the Martial Dao Divine Paragon's hand and wailing. The other Loose Cultivators, however, didn't care about that and immediately chose to surrender; they didn't want to be buried with the Jiang family.

"Open the Formation defense!"

"Seize the Jiang family members and await Senior's judgment!"

"Thank you, Senior, for showing mercy!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Act!"

"..."

Thus, the entire Floating Warship immediately fell into chaos. As the Formation on the Floating Warship was opened, the fate of the Jiang family was sealed.

Some Jiang family members still wanted to resist, but Gu Chang crushed them without hesitation.

The remaining Jiang family members were scared out of their wits and dared not resist at all.

Their Storage Pouches, Magical Artifacts, robes, and other items were stripped off them, and then respectfully handed over to Gu Chang by the Loose Cultivators.

"If you want to live, you must also leave a price for your lives!"

"However, my demands are not high: Cultivation Techniques, secret arts, Cultivation hundred arts Legacy, or useful records—bring them all out for me to copy a set."

Finally, it was the turn of the Loose Cultivators. Gu Chang would not let them off for free.

He also made demands of them, but he didn't strip them clean. After all, these Loose Cultivators were basically paupers; instead, it was the various Legacies in their hands that interested Gu Chang.

"Yes, yes, yes! We understand!"

"Junior is willing to offer a Blood Burning Secret Art. Please take a look, Senior!"

"I... I have a method for refining Flying Ships. I hope Senior won't dislike it!"

"..."

At this, all the Loose Cultivators felt as if they had received a great pardon, with no thought of bargaining whatsoever, and one after another, they offered up the various Legacies they possessed.

After all, before them was a ruthless individual capable of slaying a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. To survive at the hands of such a person was already an immense stroke of luck; they no longer cared about anything else.

Soon, most of the Loose Cultivators exchanged their Legacies for a chance to live, and then one by one, they quickly controlled their Magical Swords and left, not daring to linger there at all.

At the same time, Gu Chang also had them relay a message back to the Jiang family.

That was, if they wanted the Jiang family captives in his hands, they would have to exchange them for Spirit Stones; otherwise, these people would all be executed by him within a few days.

These were more than a dozen Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivators. Even in a Foundation Establishment Family, they were truly the backbone. Losing too many at once would definitely be a crippling blow.

However, what Gu Chang wanted was to make these Cultivation Families feel the pain, to let them know that attacking his Spirit Island would only lead to more losses than gains, so Gu Chang would definitely not let them off easily this time.

Furthermore, if the Eight Great Families dared to make a move against him next, he would even resort to more terrifying retaliatory measures!

Since he wanted to protect his Spirit Island, the only way was to display his strength!

After all the captives were imprisoned, Gu Chang began to ponder over the Floating Warship before him.

He had to admit, he was quite satisfied with this Floating Warship; this thing was definitely a heavy weapon!

Even for a Cultivation Family, building such a Floating Warship was not easy. Multiple forces would have to cooperate to collect and provide various spiritual materials, and a large number of Artifact Refiners would have to work simultaneously to make it possible.

The resulting Floating Warship also had considerable power. As long as there was a sufficient supply of Spirit Stones and a large number of Cultivators to control it, the power of this Floating Warship could rival that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Such a war Magical Artifact was definitely the heritage of those Foundation Establishment Families. Losing even one would cause them absolute heartache.

However, this time, the Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor of the Jiang family was a bit too careless. He chose to leave the Floating Warship when the situation was unclear, which allowed Gu Chang to find an opportunity to intercept him.

Otherwise, if Gu Chang wanted to kill him, he would first have to destroy this Floating Warship, which would undoubtedly require much more effort to deal with the opponent.

The entire Floating Warship also had the ability to change size, and once its core was mastered, it could be controlled.

Its smallest state was almost the same as Gu Chang's previous fishing boat, but this state could not be used for anything other than being conveniently stored in a Storage Pouch.

When fully enlarged, the Floating Warship was about thirty zhang long and three zhang wide, with a total of four layers, capable of simultaneously accommodating over a hundred Cultivators for combat and living.

"Not bad! It not only has various Formations but also a large number of offensive Magical Artifacts. Its defensive and offensive capabilities are both good!"

After a careful inspection, Gu Chang immediately felt extremely satisfied.