41: Chapter 41 Great Sun Golden Flame

Lin Tian pressed his left hand fiercely onto the heaven-swallowing ring on his wrist.

A black vortex formed in his palm.

Violent swallowing power pulled at the surrounding air.

The ice-blue Sword Qi crashed into the vortex.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a teeth-gritting freezing sound.

The black swallowing vortex began to turn white from the edges, and thick frost spread up Lin Tian's arm.

Lin Tian was terrified.

"This is impossible!" he roared in his heart.

The heaven-swallowing ring could swallow even the Law, how could it be frozen by mere ice Qi?

Ji Ruxue flipped her wrist.

She pressed the sword down.

The ice layer shattered instantly.

Lin Tian was sent flying backward, smashing a deep pit into the bluestone slab.

Blood stained his black clothes red.

He struggled to climb up, but his right arm had completely lost sensation; his Meridians were thoroughly frozen by the extreme cold Qi.

On the surface of the black ancient ring on his wrist, a fine crack had appeared.

The ancient treasure was damaged.

A fishy sweetness surged into Lin Tian's throat, and he spat out another mouthful of black blood.

The whole arena was dead silent.

The Disciples under Arena No. 3 opened their mouths wide, forgetting even to breathe.

One move.

Mo Cangtian's personal Disciple was crippled just like that.

On the high platform.

Mo Cangtian stood up abruptly.

The chair legs made a harsh grating sound on the jade floor.

His Heavenly Spiritual Root, of which he was proud, the trump card on which he had spent countless resources, couldn't even take one sword strike from that mortal body.

Not only could he not take it, but even his trump card was crushed.

He turned to look at Gu Sheng, who was sitting in the center.

Gu Sheng held a teacup and blew on the floating leaves on the surface.

"Is the grand competition over?" Gu Sheng put down the teacup, his voice not loud.

Mo Cangtian's Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed the questioning words that had reached his lips.

The old servant smoking a dry pipe was looking at him.

The pressure of the Creation Realm was locking onto his Qi, whether he realized it or not.

"It... it is over." Mo Cangtian's voice was dry.

"Tianxuan Peak, Ji Ruxue, ranks first in the grand competition."

Gu Sheng stood up.

"Let's go."

He didn't spare Lin Tian another glance.

With a frosty nine provinces and the talent, fighting a Rebirth cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage was without suspense.

Xuan Kong followed behind.

Ji Ruxue sheathed her sword and walked off the arena.

Tianxuan Peak Hall.

Gu Sheng sat on the grand armchair.

Ji Ruxue stood below.

"Is the sword easy to use?" Gu Sheng tapped the tabletop.

"Thank you, Revered Master, for the sword." Ji Ruxue offered the frosty nine provinces with both hands.

"It's yours now." Gu Sheng didn't take it.

Ji Ruxue withdrew her hands.

The grade of this sword could be considered top-tier even in the Upper Realm. This cheap Revered Master threw it out casually.

How rich is the Gu Family exactly?

Gu Sheng pulled up the System panel.

[Ji Ruxue Current Status: talent activated. Residual Devilish Qi in the body: 30%.]

The Nine Heavens Pure Yang Grass only broke through the Seal; the Devilish Qi was not completely dead.

If this thing remained in her body, it would be a ticking time bomb sooner or later.

"The thing in your body hasn't been cleaned up yet." Gu Sheng spoke.

Ji Ruxue's body stiffened.

She thought the Nine Netherworld Severed Veins had been completely resolved; she never expected the other party to see the deepest hidden danger so clearly.

"The methods of that old thing, the Nine Netherworld Demon Emperor, are indeed disgusting." Gu Sheng's speaking speed was calm.

The air in the hall froze instantly.

Ji Ruxue raised her head abruptly.

Her calm mask shattered completely.

"You..." She opened her mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

The Nine Netherworld Demon Emperor!

This name, it was impossible for anyone in the Lower Realm to know!

That was the supreme existence ruling all demons in the Upper Realm, the archenemy who personally destroyed her Emperor body!

"How could he know? Who exactly is he? Could it be that the Everlasting Gu Family is a giant in the Upper Realm? Or did he see through my Reincarnation body?" A stormy sea surged in Ji Ruxue's mind.

Her biggest secret, which she thought she had hidden extremely well, was laid bare in front of this young man at the Fourth Level of Qi Refining.

Gu Sheng looked at Ji Ruxue's reaction, quite satisfied.

"System, redeem the Great Sun Golden Flame sub-flame."

[Deducted 3 million redemption points. Redemption successful.]

Gu Sheng spread his right hand.

A cluster of golden flames danced in his palm.

The moment the flames appeared, the surface of the sandalwood pillars in the hall carbonized directly.

The Peak of extreme Yang power.

Ji Ruxue watched those flames, feeling the residual Devilish Qi in her body trembling wildly, attempting to retreat deeper into her Meridians.

"Come here." Gu Sheng said.

Ji Ruxue walked to the table.

"Close your eyes."

Ji Ruxue closed her eyes as instructed.

She gave up all resistance.

Gu Sheng flicked his finger.

The golden flame sank into Ji Ruxue's glabella.

Tearing pain instantly swept through her whole body.

The Great Sun Golden Flame turned into countless threads of fire, driving straight in along the Meridians, precisely capturing those lurking black Devilish Qi.

When the Devilish Qi touched the golden flame, it let out a shrill screech and turned into nothingness.

Ji Ruxue's body trembled violently.

Sweat soaked her green Daoist robe.

She bit her lower lip hard, and blood seeped out.

After an incense stick's time.

The last trace of Devilish Qi was burned away by the golden flame.

Ji Ruxue collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

The circulation of spiritual power in her body was no longer blocked, and the aura of the talent was completely at Perfection.

She propped herself up on the ground and stood up again.

Her knees bent, and she knelt heavily on the bluestone bricks.

"Disciple Ji Ruxue swears to follow Revered Master to the death."

This time, there was no weighing of pros and cons, no crouching and biding her time.

To be able to casually name the Nine Netherworld Demon Emperor, to be able to casually produce the Great Sun Golden Flame.

Such an existence was worth a fallen female emperor bowing her head.

[Ding.]

[Destined Daughter Ji Ruxue's loyalty has reached 90%.]

[Obtained destiny points: 20000.]

Gu Sheng leaned back in his chair.

Twenty thousand destiny points acquired.

This deal was worth it.

Central Province.

Forbidden Ground behind the Lu Family.

Lu Chengfeng passed through heavy Formations and stopped in front of a huge cold pool.

In the center of the cold pool, a transparent ice coffin floated.

An emaciated old man lay in the coffin.

Lu Chengfeng released his Divine Sense and probed into the ice coffin.

The vitality in the old man's body was weak to the extreme, and the Foundation of his Dao was covered with dense cracks.

According to this rate of decay, in three years at most, his vitality would be completely cut off.

Lu Chengfeng withdrew his Divine Sense.

His back felt cold.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was absolutely correct!

"Second Revered Master." The Grand Elder of the Lu Family, who was guarding outside the cold pool, stepped forward. "You rushed back so hurriedly, did something happen in the Far North Icefield?"

"Open the treasury." Lu Chengfeng didn't waste words.

The Grand Elder was stunned.

"Withdraw one million Top-Grade Spirit Stone." Lu Chengfeng's voice was cold, carrying an unquestionable determination.

"One million?!" The Grand Elder exclaimed. "Second Revered Master, that is half of the Family's heritage! The Family Head is still in seclusion; this money cannot be moved!"

"I will bear the consequences if something happens!" Lu Chengfeng drew the long sword at his waist, and the blade directly shaved off half of the Grand Elder's beard. "Go do it immediately! If the Old Ancestor's life is delayed, both you and I will have to be buried with him!"

The Grand Elder shuddered, looking at the scattered beard on the ground, dared not say more, and turned to mobilize the resources.

Lu Chengfeng looked at the ice coffin in the cold pool.

Everlasting Gu Family.

Ten Thousand Worlds Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

He was now convinced that the sky of the Central Province was about to change.