Chapter 40: Sword Cultivators Still Love to Show Off!
A certain location on the island.
Two disciples of Frostwind Tower and one disciple of Jialan Gate were handling the spirit beast they had just slain.
“This spirit beast, aside from the tag used to calculate points, has a spirit pearl inside that’s also a decent cultivation treasure.”
“Hehe, Brother Li Shuang is right. Just being able to enter this island is worthwhile—even if we gain no further rewards, the trip has already been worth it!”
At that moment, the sound transmission token in the arms of the Jialan Gate disciple, Li Shuang, reacted.
He immediately took it out to sense it, revealing a look of delight.
“My junior brother has found traces of Gu Fan and Lin Yi. Let’s head there now—killing the two of them would be perfect for revenge!”
The two from Frostwind Tower were already thinking the same thing.
The trio immediately rushed in the same direction!
In mid-air, Li Shuang took the initiative to propose.
“Later, let’s concentrate our efforts to kill Lin Yi first, then the five of us will join forces to surround and kill Gu Fan!”
“Rest assured, Brother Li. Just two little scoundrels from the demonic path. They might have some skill, but against our siege, they’re surely dead!”
“Hahaha, indeed!”
Confident laughter scattered freely across the sky.
In less than a moment, the three traversed several dozen miles.
They arrived at the location indicated by the transmission.
Before even getting close, they saw the ground below in utter disarray—clearly the aftermath of a battle.
At this moment, a man with a severed leg lying on the ground saw them flying over and immediately cried out loudly for help.
“Senior Brother Li, save me!”
Seeing the man cry for help, Gu Fan and Lin Yi didn’t stop him.
Instead, they calmly waited for the three to approach.
When Li Shuang saw his junior brother lying there in such a miserable state, his rage shot straight to the heavens.
“Gu Fan! Lin Yi! How dare you harm a disciple of my Jialan Gate! Aren’t you afraid you won’t make it out of the Daqian Empire alive?!”
Gu Fan curled his lips—yet another of those cliché threats.
“Senior Brother, save me! The other Frostwind Tower disciple has already been killed!”
“What?!”
The two Frostwind Tower disciples’ expressions changed dramatically.
“Gu Fan! Are you looking to die?!”
Gu Fan sighed and scratched his ear with a bored look, then casually pointed at the man lying on the ground.
Pop!
A crisp sound rang out.
The man’s eyes were filled with disbelief as a clean hole appeared through his forehead, and he collapsed.
“You people talk too much. Lin Yi, take action!”
Lin Yi had long been waiting at the side.
“I’ve been waiting for Brother Gu to say that. I’ll take on the strongest one—Li Shuang!”
As soon as Gu Fan’s words fell, his figure vanished from the spot.
Li Shuang’s senses screamed in alarm as an incredibly fierce aura appeared beside him.
“Six Fiend Sword! Fiendish Desire Overwhelms the Sky!”
“Kill!”
Li Shuang’s expression changed drastically. His hands quickly became covered in a strange ice-blue hue as he struck to disperse the incoming sword qi.
Then he said to the two from Frostwind Tower:
“You two hold off Gu Fan. I’ll kill Lin Yi first, then join in to take this one down!”
With that, Li Shuang and Lin Yi clashed.
On the other side, the two Frostwind Tower disciples drew their swords and charged at Gu Fan!
Seeing this, Gu Fan responded by throwing his fists.
Like a hidden dragon emerging from the sea.
Boom!!
In an instant, the massive force blasted the two several hundred meters back before they could barely stabilize themselves.
“The Five Major Righteous Sects... what a disappointment.”
The Frostwind Tower duo looked pale.
That one punch felt like being struck by a small mountain.
Their qi seas were thrown into disarray, and for the moment, they couldn’t even circulate their energy!
They now understood—being led here was most likely part of Gu Fan and Lin Yi’s plan.
Their goal was to wipe them out!
They had to admit—they were terrified!
They had always known Gu Fan might be strong, but they never imagined he’d be this powerful!
Just one move had crushed the strongest joint strike they could muster!
The key was—Gu Fan still looked completely relaxed. This was a difference in levels!
At this point, it was no longer a question of whether they wanted to kill Gu Fan.
It was that Gu Fan refused to let them go!
If they wanted to live, they had to fight their way out!
Understanding this, the two from Frostwind Tower no longer hesitated.
They exchanged glances and shouted in unison.
“Forbidden Secret Technique—Release!”
Buzz!!
In an instant, both of their auras soared to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm!
Immediately, fierce winds surged, and sand and stones flew wildly.
“Gu Fan! It’s not too late to regret now! As long as you let us leave, we’ll act like none of this ever happened!”
Hearing this, Gu Fan laughed heartily in response.
“We're all cultivators here, why so much chatter? Come and die!”
Gu Fan shouted, activating the Refined Fiend Body Art at full force. His body erupted with a terrifying surge of blood and energy.
Then, he stomped down with one foot, causing the small hill beneath him to collapse, and his figure shot forward like a sharp sword aimed straight at the two!
Seeing Gu Fan barreling toward them, the two clenched their jaws and focused all their spiritual energy into their strongest strike!
It was either life or death with this blow!
“Kill!!”
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion echoed.
The immense shockwave flipped the ground, and countless cracks splintered outward, extending for hundreds of meters!
Even the nearby small hills were shattered by the impact.
Dust billowed everywhere!
Moments later, as the dust settled, the two from Frostwind Tower had vanished without a trace.
But on the ground not far away, two conical splatters of blood and flesh had appeared, sprayed backward across the terrain.
It was clear the two had been pulverized into meat paste, their bones and flesh fused into a single mass, splattered on the ground!
Gu Fan landed and clapped his hands somewhat disappointedly.
At this point, even he was unsure of his own combat limits.
Those two had likely used their sect’s secret arts to stimulate their potential, pushing their strength to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
Just one step more would’ve taken them into the Half-step Primordial Yang Realm.
Yet even so, he hadn’t felt the slightest sense of danger.
With just a casual serious punch, he had smashed them into pulp.
At this rate, even killing someone at Half-step Primordial Yang shouldn’t be too much trouble, right?
“Hey! Are you done or what? I’m about to make my move!”
“Wait, I’m done playing, wrapping it up now!”
At this moment, Li Shuang had completely lost the will to fight.
What a joke!
Two peak Spirit Sea Realm cultivators, obliterated with a single punch!
How was he supposed to fight that? With what?
Even if he beat Lin Yi, he’d still end up dead against Gu Fan!
With that thought, Li Shuang’s hands flared once more with icy blue flames.
With a loud boom, he knocked Lin Yi back and immediately turned to flee with all his might.
“Tsk, didn’t I say we’re done playing? And you’re still trying to run?”
Lin Yi no longer swung his longsword aggressively but instead gently traced a stroke toward Li Shuang’s back.
Buzz!
A sharp sword cry rang out.
The next moment, Li Shuang—who had been fleeing—suddenly froze.
Then, his body split cleanly down the middle, falling to the ground with a wet smack.
Cool!
Gu Fan secretly praised.
As expected, sword cultivators really knew how to put on a show.
Dressed in white, wielding a longsword.
Damn it, Gu Fan felt a bit jealous...
“Haha, what do you think? Even a peak Spirit Sea Realm cultivator—I still killed him.”
Lin Yi ran over excitedly.
“Not bad, I guess. Took you long enough for something I solved with one punch.”
“…”
Afterward, Gu Fan had Lin Yi clean up the battlefield—a.k.a. loot the corpses.
Unfortunately, the two from Frostwind Tower were unrecognizable.
Other than the souls Gu Fan extracted and the storage pouches, the rest of their belongings had basically turned into meat paste.
Lin Yi retrieved the spirit beast tag from Li Shuang’s body and handed it to Gu Fan.
“So, what’s next?”
With a root of grass between his lips—no one knew where he’d plucked it from—Gu Fan stared toward the depths of the island.
“What else? Of course we keep killing.”