Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start Chapter 88: Chapter 85: Ranked First in the Collective Stars

"Audacious!"

Master i was imdiately enraged. Gu Chen was rely a junior at the ridian Stage, yet he dared to insult him. It must be known that he was a master at the seventh stage of martial arts, the Gang Qi Stage, and moreover, a respected elder of the Sunset Sword Sect.

The surrounding crowd all watched the scene with shocked faces, thinking that Gu Chen's audacity knew no bounds. He even dared to insult a martial artist of the Gang Qi Stage?

"Kneel before !"

Master i's face darkened, his aura surging around him. With just a light tap of his finger, he could take Gu Chen's life.

At this mont, Gu Chen was like a small boat in a violent storm, feeling an imnse pressure and facing the crisis of death at any mont.

But Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he even went on to scold Master i, saying, "The audacious one is you! Do you think you live too long, daring to harm an official from the Jing Tian Departnt?!"

Upon hearing this, Master i's expression instantly stiffened. Nevertheless, as a warrior of the Gang Qi Stage, how could he lose face in front of a junior like Gu Chen? His face as grim as still water, he said in a low voice, "Little bastard, release the person at once, or you'll regret it!"

Gu Chen's brows rose as he asked coldly, "Are you threatening ?"

"Yes, I'm threatening you, what are you going to do about it?" Master i couldn't believe that Gu Chen actually wasn't afraid when facing a martial artist of the Gang Qi Stage. Killing Gu Chen would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken for him, and Gu Chen's life was already in his hands.

At the sa ti, he released his aura, continuing to oppress Gu Chen.

In Master i's view, Gu Chen was rely bluffing. The imposing pressure of a warrior at the Gang Qi Stage was extrely strong, and just by standing there, he would be testing both Gu Chen's physical and ntal endurance. He didn't believe Gu Chen could hold on to the end.

Clang!

Suddenly, the sound of a sword ringing echoed, followed by a 'pu-chi' sound. Gu Chen's sword rose and fell swiftly, piercing through Qin Mu's chest cleanly.

Qin Mu's eyes were wide open, staring dead at Gu Chen, never expecting that right in front of an elder of the Sunset Sword Sect, Gu Chen would act so fiercely, killing him just like that.

Gu Chen's eyes were cold and fierce. Although he was not soone who enjoyed senseless killing, he was always ruthless towards his enemies. Qin Mu had entered into a life-and-death agreent with him, and had harbored no good intentions in the first place. Now that he had killed Qin Mu, the Sunset Sword Sect could only endure it.

Yu Qiushi, Tang Ming, Huo Zhi, and others were shocked to see that Gu Chen had really killed Qin Mu and in such a resolute manner. They all felt that Gu Chen was incredibly audacious.

In the presence of an elder of the Sunset Sword Sect, killing the Sect's most outstanding young disciple made everyone believe that Gu Chen was a madman.

Was he truly unafraid that Master i would beco enraged and slay him on the spot?

"You little bastard, I will kill you!"

Master i howled towards the sky, his anger reaching a peak. His eyes reddening, he could not believe that Gu Chen truly had such audacity, not giving any face, and slaughtering Qin Mu right before him. Master i's anger nearly made him lose his reason, and he was about to take action right there and then.

However, Gu Chen's next words made Master i's heart skip a beat.

"Phoenix Sun City is only thirty miles from here, if you kill , you will die as well!"

Gu Chen's deanor was cold and composed. As a tropolitan Procurator of the Jing Tian Departnt, his battle with Qin Mu was also under a prior life-and-death agreent. If Master i dared kill him, the imperial court would definitely not let him off. Once the officials in Phoenix Sun City learned about this, they would directly send people to hunt him down.

Furthermore, an incensed Jing Tian Departnt might very likely wage war directly against the Sunset Sword Sect. Even if the Sunset Sword Sect was powerful and had imnse strength, they would not be able to contend against the Jing Tian Departnt.

Their end would be having the Jing Tian Departnt flatten them completely, leaving neither chicken nor dog alive.

Countless forces in the martial world had offended the Jing Tian Departnt and all had t with such a fate.

With the lesson of history before him, and thinking of the series of consequences after taking action, Master i felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, extinguishing the flas of his anger and cooling down his agitation.

Taking action now to kill Gu Chen would satisfy his anger, but not only he himself but also the entire Sunset Sword Sect might have to accompany Gu Chen in death. In such a trade-off, it clearly wasn't worth it.

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But Gu Chen's behavior, which offered Zheng Jinan not the slightest face, brutally slapped him across the face, truly made Master i unable to swallow his anger. However, unable to strike, he was left seething, his face flushed red, nearly vomiting a mouthful of fresh blood.

A warrior at the Gang Qi Stage was actually reduced to such a state by Gu Chen. The gathered warriors couldn't help but secretly admire Gu Chen's audacity.

And that wasn't all. With a cold expression, Gu Chen then said, "From today onwards, I am the number one on the Star Ranking."

"You!"

Master i was livid. Pointing at Gu Chen, he trembled with rage, but ultimately didn't dare to make a move. He could only shout loudly before turning and leaving the place without looking back.

To continue staying would only subject him to more of Gu Chen's sharp words. In Master i's opinion, Gu Chen had a sharp tongue and it would be wise to leave quickly.

Otherwise, he truly might have spewed a mouthful of fresh blood in anger, and then his "reputation" would be known throughout the martial world.

Seeing Master i leave, the disciples of the Sunset Sword Sect wore bitter expressions, standing there unsure of what to do next.

But Gu Chen didn't even spare them a glance and turned around to leave the place.

Until long after Gu Chen had gone, dead silence remained. No one spoke a word. What had happened today had left them all greatly shocked.

At the sa ti, they also realized that the events of today, along with Gu Chen's na, would soon spread throughout the entire martial world.

And in fact, that was exactly what happened.

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Diancang Pavilion.

"Master, Master, sothing terrible has happened, sothing terrible!"

At that mont, Qi Zhen was basking in the sun when suddenly, a warrior rushed in shouting.

Interrupted from his leisure, Qi Zhen frowned and said, "What happened that you're so flustered? Can it be sothing that terrible? Could it possibly be worse than the Demon Cult re-erging in the martial world?"

The warrior, gasping for breath, hurriedly said, "Master, Qin Mu of the Sunset Sword Sect, he... he was killed by Gu Chen!"

"What?"

A look of surprise appeared on Qi Zhen's face as he said, "You're telling that Qin Mu, the number one on the Star Ranking, was killed by the eighth-ranked Gu Chen?"

Qi Zhen was naturally aware of the news from the Sword Contest, but he had not expected Gu Chen to possess such strength to kill Qin Mu. How much ti had passed since then?

The intelligence-gathering ability of Diancang Pavilion was top-notch in the world. Qi Zhen knew the detailed information about how Gu Chen had killed Zheng Yan and Zheng Jinan; back then, Gu Chen was nowhere near as strong as now. Qi Zhen was already surprised when Gu Chen defeated Yu Qiushi, but in such a short span of ti, Gu Chen had also killed Qin Mu, which was astonishing.

It must be understood that Qin Mu had reached the limits of the ridian Opening Stage, having mastered two superior martial arts disciplines—clearly not soone like Zheng Yan could compare to.

Even Yu Qiushi was far inferior.

"Could it be that at that ti, he didn't use his full strength?" Qi Zhen furrowed his brow in deep thought, while the warrior beside him remained silent.

To be able to defeat Qin Mu was naturally proof that Gu Chen had reached the limits of the ridian Opening Stage; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to do so.

But it had only been a few months since Gu Chen's breakthrough to the ridian Opening Stage. Even for a genius, it was impossible to achieve this in just a few months.

Unless...

Suddenly, Qi Zhen's eyes lit up as he thought of a possibility, saying, "Could it be that this Gu Chen possesses a natural-born martial body?"

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