Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

After telling his Second Uncle Gu Chengfeng and family that he would be going away for a while, Gu Chen silently left Yan territory.

On the road, he disguised himself, making several changes to his appearance to avoid being easily recognized.

The location where the ghostly apparitions were appearing was given to him by Jing Tian Department. The route was extremely remote, almost entirely through deserted mountainsides inhabited by a few mountain people.

According to the information Jing Tian Department provided Gu Chen, many villages in East Province had already been massacred by these ghostly apparitions, with nearly ten thousand casualties among the commoners.

Yan territory was also located on the edge of East Province, so the destination given by Jing Tian Department was not too far away. With Gu Chen's current speed, it took him less than a day to arrive nearby.

"What a pungent smell of blood."

Upon nearing his destination, Gu Chen smelled an extremely pungent scent of blood. He continued forward and soon saw a village not far off.

The pungent smell of blood was emanating from that nearby village.

As Gu Chen approached, he noticed the ground was soaked to a dark red with blood. The entire village was deathly still, with no sign of life, resembling a graveyard.

Gu Chen had a premonition of what had transpired. He took a deep breath and slowly walked in. The next moment, his fists clenched tightly and his brows nearly furrowed.

"Six Union God Sect!"

With his eyebrows raised, Gu Chen's eyes filled with a cold murderous intent. Nearby, he saw a large pit filled with countless bodies, discarded like trash and piled up together.

It was a mass grave, filled with bodies of all kinds—young men, the elderly, women, and even children.

Limbs and heads severed, blood and innards spilled everywhere. As time had passed, the corpses had lost their luster and were extremely shriveled.

Only the dense, thick smell of blood in the air lingered persistently in this place.

The members of Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect slaughtered these innocent people like livestock, then piled up their bodies together to extract their essence blood, which they then fed to the ghostly apparitions.

Moreover, not a single villager was left with an intact body. Essentially, each person had suffered inhumane torture before their death.

This ignited a raging fury within Gu Chen, and his resolve to eradicate the Six Union God Sect grew even more firm.

If the Six Union God Sect were to control the nine provinces, then one could imagine what the future would look like based on the current scene.

To call it hell would be an understatement. If the Six Union God Sect were not destroyed, Gu Chen, as well as his family, and everything he knew, would be ruined by them.

"Indeed, the ghostly apparitions are the greatest calamity to afflict the nine provinces," said Gu Chen, his expression indifferent.

Suppressing the rage in his heart, Gu Chen left the area. The Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect were extremely brazen; these demonic martial artists made no attempt to conceal their tracks. It was as if they were flaunting their presence, daring Gu Chen to come after them.

"Very well, it seems you are all quite confident," said Gu Chen, his expression growing even colder, his aura chilling like millennia-old ice.

Finally, after witnessing the carnage wrought by the demonic martial artists and feeling the strongest surge of killing intent in his heart, Gu Chen finally caught up with them.

Having cultivated Refining Spirit Secret, Gu Chen's spiritual strength had greatly improved, and his perception had become much sharper than before.

Even from a distance, Gu Chen sensed the presence of several martial artists. The aura was different from that of the demonic martial artists, and he frowned slightly before moving closer.

"How long do we have to wait here?" Gu Chen heard a warrior's complaint from some distance away.

"These demonic martial artists are too ruthless, and why should we clean up after them?"

"That's the decision from above, just keep your complaints to yourself."

"What 'decision from above'? It was Su Du who called us here. You didn't see the way those from the demonic sects slaughtered people. Especially the disciples from Rakshasa Sect—they kill like mad demons, with methods too cruel to watch."

"Su Du?!"

Gu Chen's eyes narrowed upon hearing this from afar. So Tianyun Sect had actually sided with the Six Union God Sect!

In recent times, it must have been Tianyun Sect, perhaps even other top forces from East Province, that had been aiding Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect in covering up their tracks.

"Tianyun Sect, Su Du, you abet tyrants and deserve death!"

In that moment, an intense killing intent against Tianyun Sect and Su Du surged within Gu Chen.

"Who's there, show yourself!"

As Gu Chen's killing intent surged, he no longer concealed it. The chilling aura was keenly felt by the several martial artists from Tianyun Sect.

Among the trees, tall trunks towered, blocking the sunlight from above. Gu Chen's figure slowly emerged from behind a large tree.

This time, he no longer hid his tracks.

"You are... Gu Chen from Jing Tian Department?!" recognized a warrior from Tianyun Sect, voicing an alarmed shout.

Gu Chen's gaze was frosty, his aura fiercely sharp, causing the body of the Tianyun Sect warriors to tremble and a chill to seep from their bones.

"You..."

"Die!"

Before they could finish speaking, Gu Chen shouted decisively, cutting off the Tianyun Sect warriors.

Boom!

Gu Chen's body shone with light as he struck out with a punch. Instantly, an immense azure dragon burst forth from his fist.

Splat!

In an instant, the dozen or so warriors at the Returning to True Stage from the scene were slain by Gu Chen as effortlessly as if he were plucking weeds.

"How dare you!"

When the martial arts masters of Tianyun Sect heard the commotion and arrived, their faces immediately darkened as they coldly shouted, "Gu Chen, you really are audacious, to actually dare to come here."

Gu Chen stood tall, his expression icy as he said, "What have I to fear?"

A martial arts master from Tianyun Sect let out a cold laugh and said, "As arrogant as the rumors say. Today is the day you die!"

As soon as these words fell, they made their move.

This time, Tianyun Sect came to assist the demonic cult and brought a total of twelve Returning to True Stage warriors, five beyond the physical realm, and two at the early stages of the Hundred Orifices Stage.

Now, seven sect master-level warriors attacked at the same time, their true Gang energy billowed like a great dragon, aimed to bombard Gu Chen.

Gu Chen stood his ground, unfathomable as an abyss and immovable as a mountain, giving off an elusive aura.

It was not until the billowing true Gang energy, like a long dragon, reached in front of him, that Gu Chen finally moved.

"Mountain and Sea Fist Scripture!"

At this moment, with a light shout from Gu Chen, he clenched his fist, using for the first time in battle the Earthly Martial Skill, Mountain and Sea Fist Scripture.

Boom!

Suddenly, accompanying Gu Chen's punch, the entire mountain trembled as if it could not bear the terror of that fist power.

The daunting momentum burst forth like tumultuous seas, one wave after another, as if they could overturn the earth itself!

With a punch of the Mountain and Sea Fist Scripture, there was the boundless might of moving mountains, toppling seas, splitting skies, and shattering lands.

Even though Gu Chen had only just grasped the initial realm, the power was still not to be underestimated.

After all, this was an Earthly Martial Skill!

"Ah..."

With a punch from Gu Chen, a devastating surge swept out like a tsunami, and the seven martial arts masters of Tianyun Sect who had attacked let out a scream; their own offensives dissipated into nothingness before Gu Chen's fist print.

"Puh!"

These people immediately spat out blood and were sent flying, while the residual force of Gu Chen's punch powdered many large boulders weighing tens of thousands of pounds around him, and the ground cracked, creating long fissures.

"You couldn't have reached the Hundred Orifices Stage, could you?!"

The martial arts masters of Tianyun Sect were shocked. How could a warrior beyond the physical realm combat so many sect masters on his own?

But if Gu Chen had reached the Hundred Orifices Stage, why didn't any acupoints light up on his body during that strike?

A series of questions arose in the minds of Tianyun Sect's warriors.

They felt that this time, their scheme against Gu Chen seemed to have backfired on them.

Gu Chen's strength was beyond their expectations!

Gu Chen's expression was indifferent, offering no answers; he merely shook his fist, and immediately, eight magnificent dragons soared out, annihilating all of Tianyun Sect's warriors cleanly.

In Gu Chen's eyes, these people were no different from dregs, unworthy even of leaving behind a corpse.

"Do not..."

At that moment, Gu Chen's expression changed as he heard screams not far away.

Therefore, stepping on the Controlling Wind Step Shadows, Gu Chen moved swiftly towards the distance.

"Hmm? Someone is coming!"

Since Gu Chen made no attempt to conceal his aura, the two Innate Realm martial arts grandmasters from Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect detected him immediately.

"He really came!"

Seeing that Gu Chen had taken the bait, and their plan had succeeded, a cruel smile formed on the lips of Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect's Innate Realm martial arts grandmasters.

In their eyes, as grandmasters of the Innate Realm, to capture and kill Gu Chen would be an effortless task.

"Stop!"

Upon witnessing the warriors from Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect slaughtering the townspeople, leaving no one alive, and throwing their bodies into a mass grave, Gu Chen immediately became furious.

With a roar, like the cry of a dragon, thunder erupted from the ground as the Gang Wind swept through heaven and earth!

Pupupupu!

In an instant, numerous cult warriors with mediocre cultivation burst like scarecrows under Gu Chen's roar, meeting the same fate as Tianyun Sect's dead, their bodies exploding.

Seeing this, the two Innate Realm characters from Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect's faces turned grim, and they said, "Go, slay him!"

"Yes!"

Following their command, a Hundred Orifices Stage late-period martial arts master from Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect stepped forward, walking towards Gu Chen with a sinister smile.

To the two Innate Realm martial arts grandmasters present, it was beneath them to act personally to exterminate Gu Chen; instead, they preferred to let their subordinates do the job.

The Innate Realm martial arts grandmasters from Rakshasa Sect and Sky Evil Sect felt Gu Chen was not worthy of their personal attention.

Gu Chen surveyed the scene, his aura cold as ancient ice, with his hair hanging down to his waist. His eyes were unfathomably deep as he said coldly, "Today, all of you shall die!"