255: An Age Without Saints! (54)

A figure in white quietly emerged.

He didn't release any pressure, nor did he attract anyone's attention.

He just floated calmly in the air, looking down at the city below that once belonged to the Gu Family, but was now filled with the flags of the Wang Family.

Killing intent grew stronger in his eyes.

Gu Yun no longer hid himself.

Boom.

A terrifying pressure burst forth from him.

The moment the pressure descended, the entire Heaven Gold City sank abruptly.

The city's defensive array, strong enough to withstand the siege of several Venerables, emitted cracking sounds.

Visible cracks spread frantically across the light barrier.

Inside the city, countless Cultivators who were either reveling or Cultivating felt a sudden pang of fear.

Their bodies stiffened uncontrollably.

Their blood seemed to freeze.

Even their Divine Souls trembled under this pressure.

"Pfft!"

Some Cultivators with low cultivation bases didn't even have time to groan before their bodies exploded into mists of blood.

On the streets, rows upon rows of Cultivators' legs went weak, and they fell to their knees uncontrollably, prostrating themselves.

"What petty person dares to act so insolently on my Wang Family's territory!"

An aged figure soared into the sky, surrounded by powerful Law power.

This was a Human Venerable.

A newly ascended Human Venerable whom the Wang Family had just piled up countless resources to create, stationed here, having condensed his dao fruit for only thirty years.

He floated in the air, looking at the figure in white with both shock and anger.

He couldn't see through the other's cultivation base; he could only feel the pressure that made his heart tremble with fear.

"Exactly who is Your Excellency? Why have you attacked my Heaven Gold City for no reason!"

The Wang Family Ancestor questioned sharply.

Gu Yun did not answer.

He just calmly raised his hand, pointed his fingers like a sword at that Human Venerable, and made a light stroke.

A sword light containing the true intent of "Punish Heaven" flashed and vanished.

Fast.

Extremely fast.

So fast that before the anger on the face of the Wang Family Ancestor could fade, only that continuously expanding sword light remained in his pupils.

A soft sound.

The sword light swept past.

Starting from the center of his brow, a fine Bloodline appeared on the body of the Wang Family Ancestor.

Immediately after, his Physical Body and his Divine Soul were both silently wiped away under this sword light.

In the Void Realm, only a dao fruit about ten zhang in size, shimmering with the radiance of Laws, remained floating quietly.

Gu Yun withdrew his finger and looked at the dao fruit emitting pure energy, his eyes flickering.

He knew the hidden dangers of the Indestructible Art.

But he needed power even more.

He needed to quickly accumulate the power for revenge.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Gu Yun reached out and grabbed the dao fruit into his palm, then directly activated the Azure Heaven Indestructible Art to devour it.

Boom!

The moment the dao fruit entered his body, a massive amount of energy exploded within him.

The Azure Heaven Indestructible Art operated frantically, refining it.

Within his Dantian Qi Sea, that purple-gold primordial dao fruit rapidly expanded by over a dozen zhang.

At the same time, a trace of black Qi, extremely difficult to detect, flashed deep within his Dao Heart.

Gu Yun's gaze became even colder.

He no longer looked at the sky but gazed down at the city below that had already fallen into dead silence.

His figure slowly descended.

A bloody slaughter began.

He didn't kill a single civilian, nor did he touch any Cultivator with a different surname.

His target was only the Bloodline of the Wang Family.

Wherever the Heart Sword passed, everything turned to ashes.

That night, blood flowed like a river in Heaven Gold City.

When the first ray of morning light illuminated the city, Gu Yun's figure had long since disappeared... News of Heaven Gold City being destroyed and the newly ascended Human Venerable Old Ancestor falling quickly spread throughout the Five Domains, causing a massive uproar.

The Ji and Wang Families were furious and dispatched several Venerables to investigate the perpetrator with all their might.

However, before they could find any results.

Three days later.

In the Southern Border, the "Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons" controlled by the Ji Family was razed to the ground overnight. A Human Venerable Enshrinement stationed there was slain.

Seven days later.

In the Eastern Domain, the Wang Family's largest Spirit Medicine production site, the "Immortal Rain Garden," was turned into scorched earth, and the Human Venerable Elder guarding the garden was left with no corpse.

One month.

Two months.

Half a year.

For half a year, a figure in white traveled through various parts of the Five Domains.

He never communicated with anyone, nor did he ever expose his identity.

He only did one thing.

Killing.

He specifically targeted the most important strongholds of the Ji and Wang Families, and specifically killed the Venerable Realm experts they were proud of.

In just half a year, as many as five Human Venerables from the two families were slain.

Venerables are extremely important foundations for Immortal Forces; the century-long immortal war between the two families had already cost many Venerable foundations, and now, in just half a year, another five have been lost.

The fury of the two families meant they were determined to make the true culprit pay the price.

A terrifying legend of an "unknown Venerable" began to circulate among the top circles of the Five Domains.

No one knew who he was, and no one knew who his next target would be.

Through the half-year of frantic devouring, Gu Yun's dao fruit expanded by sixty zhang, and his strength increased greatly.

But the side effects of the Indestructible Art also finally erupted completely.

His Dao Heart was severely eroded by that greedy will.

He would often uncontrollably have thoughts of bloodlust and destruction.

Once, while passing by a city, a sudden impulse to refine the entire city and turn it into his own nourishment even surged in his heart.

At that moment, Gu Yun forcibly activated the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart to suppress that terrifying demonic thought.

He broke out in a cold sweat.

He knew he had to stop.

If this continued, before he could succeed in his revenge, he would first become a Devil Head who only knew how to kill... Gu Yun's frantic retaliation had completely crossed the bottom line of the Ji and Wang Families.

The high-level members of the two clans held a secret meeting.

They decided to awaken the foundations of the two clans sealed in Divine Source at any cost.

Two Old Ancestors at the Peak of the Human Venerable Realm.

And they had them bring the top-tier Venerable artifacts inherited by their clans.

They were determined to completely erase this "unknown Venerable."

The two awakened Old Ancestors, who had lived for untold years, were cunning and calculating.

Based on Gu Yun's trajectory and the intelligence sent back, they actually accurately predicted Gu Yun's next target.

The Northern Plains, Ice Soul Divine Palace.

A certain-kill trap was thus laid.

Three days later, Gu Yun arrived as scheduled.

As soon as he stepped into the range of the divine palace, the great battle broke out instantly.

"Scoundrel! We've finally waited for you!"

The two Old Ancestors at the Peak of the Human Venerable Realm appeared simultaneously, each holding a radiant top-tier Venerable artifact, sealing off the world.

"Today is the day you die!"

However, facing this certain-kill situation, not a trace of panic could be seen on Gu Yun's face.

There was even a hint of... disappointment.

"That's it?"

Gu Yun shook his head.

He took a step forward, and the pressure of an Earth Venerable erupted without reservation.

It was the terrifying power of a complete Earth Venerable, unsuppressed by the Heavenly Dao of this world.

Boom!

The two Old Ancestors only felt an irresistible force crushing down, and their Law Domains were instantly smashed.

"Earth Venerable?!"

"An unsuppressed Earth Venerable?!"

The two were shocked and turned pale, but it was already too late.

Gu Yun's figure instantly appeared in front of the Wang Family Ancestor.

One punch.

A simple punch.

The top-tier Venerable artifact in the hand of the Wang Family Ancestor, the "Law-Breaking Divine Sword" known for being able to cut through anything, let out a wail and was actually sent flying by the punch.

On the other side, the Old Ancestor of the Ji Family saw this scene and was scared out of his wits.

He didn't hesitate for a moment.

He made a decisive decision and directly burned his Origin essence blood, pouring all his power into the compass-shaped Venerable artifact in his hand.

"Explode!"

He roared, actually directly detonating this priceless top-tier Venerable artifact.

Boom!"

A destructive spatial storm formed instantly.

The figure of the Old Ancestor of the Ji Family, with the help of the impact from the explosion, tore open a spatial rift and fled in a wretched state.

Gu Yun looked in the direction he fled but did not pursue.

Instead, with thunderous momentum, he used the Sever Self Divine Ability to kill the remaining Wang Family Venerable...

The Earth Venerable Old Ancestor who had narrowly escaped returned to the council hall with his broken body.

He brought back the bad news of his companion's fall.

And a piece of intelligence that made all the high-level members of the Ji Family present shudder.

"He is not a Human Venerable... he is an Earth Venerable!"

"An Earth Venerable unsuppressed by the Heavenly Dao of this world!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell into silence.

A Venerable unsuppressed by the Heavenly Dao of the Withered Small World?

This was the consensus of the Five Domains, an iron Law.

But there was one anomaly that was not suppressed.

That was the Daozi of the Gu Family, who was already confirmed to have perished in the Forbidden Zone, with his Divine Soul obliterated.

The Grandmist Venerable, Gu Yun.