CHAPTER 440: CHAPTER 439: ANNIHILATING GU QINGCANG_1

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, Gu Qingcang darted out from the Ancient Array Map and hurled a punch.

His Fist Strength was incredibly fast, leaving Ling Chen no room to dodge.

THUMP!

The fist struck Ling Chen’s Thunder Shadow Sword, sending him flying tens of meters away.

After landing the hit, Gu Qingcang didn’t follow up with another attack; instead, he quickly retreated back into the Ancient Map’s Array Formation, leaving Ling Chen no chance to counterattack.

Ling Chen furrowed his brows. He hadn’t expected Gu Qingcang to employ such steady, cautious, yet infuriating tactics, especially when Gu Qingcang had clearly superior Cultivation; this was truly beyond his expectations.

In just a moment, Gu Qingcang attacked again, emerging from the Array Formation and using the same tactic to force Ling Chen back once more.

Obviously, this placed tremendous pressure on Ling Chen, as he didn’t know when Gu Qingcang would suddenly strike with another ambush.

"You think I can’t deal with you just because you fight like this?" Ling Chen frowned.

Then, he abruptly surged his True Qi. His majestic Sword Intent, like a raging storm, swept out, stirring up powerful gusts of wind.

Wherever the sword qi swept, draconic roars resonated. Around Ling Chen, within a radius of several hundred meters, images of flying dragons churned in the air, unleashing waves of furious roars. The scene was tumultuous, the very heavens and earth seeming to change color.

"Thousand Dragons Gathering!"

SPLASH...

The entire hundred-meter radius instantly erupted. Thousands of dragons formed from sword qi followed Ling Chen’s sword light, charging out mightily.

In an instant, thousands of dragon shadows poured out like a bursting dam, overwhelmingly and unstoppably.

Ling Chen stood atop one such dragon shadow, commanding a thousand Giant Dragons, as he furiously charged toward Gu Qingcang.

At the sight of Ling Chen’s ferocious charge, Gu Qingcang’s expression changed drastically.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

One after another, the Giant Dragons charged into the Devil Path Ancient Array Formation like an unstoppable army.

This single technique drained seventy percent of Ling Chen’s True Qi. Thankfully, he had many Heavenly Origin Pills on him, which continuously replenished his True Qi after such massive consumption. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to use such a terrifying technique.

Thousand Dragons Gathering was, after all, the final technique of the Dragon Seeking Sword Technique. Using it once consumed a massive amount of True Qi, and its attack range was large and unfocused. However, it was perfectly suited for dealing with Gu Qingcang.

The entire Devil Path Ancient Array Formation was within its attack range. Under such an onslaught, Gu Qingcang had nowhere to hide.

BOOM!

With a loud explosion, the Array Formation was torn apart.

Hundreds of dragon shadows exploded almost simultaneously. Before Gu Qingcang could react, he was engulfed by the blast.

Gu Qingcang was blasted away, covered in blood. The ancient scroll returned to his palm, but it was dim and devoid of True Qi, having lost its luster.

"What kind of sword technique was that?"

His face was pale, his combat strength diminished by more than sixty percent. He couldn’t even muster a breath of True Qi and wanted to flee.

Ling Chen didn’t even glance at him. He thrust his hand out, and his Thunder Shadow Sword shot out like a lightning-fast Arrow, piercing Gu Qingcang’s shoulder and pinning him to a wall of that tower layer.

"Impossible! I, Gu Qingcang, a dignified Grandmaster of the Eighth-Level Realm, how could I lose to you? Who exactly are you?"

Gu Qingcang was like a fish on a chopping block, unable to move, staring at Ling Chen in terror.

A cold smile touched Ling Chen’s lips. "You ask too many questions. Why would a dying man need to know so much? Gu Qingcang, if you had found me sooner, perhaps I wouldn’t have been your match. But now, the tables have turned, and you are the one defeated by my hand."

"Such is fate. Since you couldn’t kill me, then you can only be killed by me."

As his words fell, Ling Chen drew his Heavenly Emperor Heavy Sword, walked over to Gu Qingcang, and ruthlessly plunged it into the latter’s heart. Gu Qingcang, this remarkable Genius of the Demonic Way, was slain before he could even scream, his life snuffed out, his soul sent to the Netherworld.

After killing Gu Qingcang, Ling Chen looked toward where Chu Tiange and Ao Tian had been, but they were no longer there.

"Ling Chen, you beast!"

A shout came from afar. Ling Chen followed the sound and saw Chu Tiange supporting a heavily injured Ao Tian; they had already fled to another edge of the tower layer.

"You killed my two senior brothers! This enmity is irreconcilable! Just you wait! My Eldest Senior Brother will definitely kill you and avenge us!"

After speaking, Chu Tiange’s right hand slapped a mechanism.

Not good!

Ling Chen moved, wanting to capture the two, but he was too late. They had activated the mechanism, opened an escape door, and fled the Sky Demon Tower.

That Chu Tiange is quite sharp. Seeing the situation was dire, he immediately ran to the mechanism, planning to save their lives by forfeiting. Otherwise, those two would definitely have died by my hand.

Ignoring the two who had escaped, Ling Chen’s gaze fell upon Gu Qingcang’s corpse.

With a grasping motion of his palm, the Demon Path Ancient Map flew into Ling Chen’s hands.

Opening it, he saw the map was filled with ancient runes and diagrams. At the top of the scroll, its name was inscribed: Top-grade Treasure, Devil Emperor’s Map.

This Devil Emperor’s Map could create an Array Domain that enhanced speed. Within this Array Domain, the owner’s agility and speed would be boosted.

And this was only the effect of the First Layer of the scroll.

One needed to reach the Sky Apex Realm to unlock the Second Level effects of the Devil Emperor’s Map.

Gu Qingcang had clearly used this acceleration Array Formation to achieve such elusive speed.

Keeping this Devil Emperor’s Map would be quite useful.

After stowing away this ancient map, Ling Chen began to use the Absorption Technique to absorb the cultivation power from Gu Qingcang’s body.

Gu Qingcang’s Cultivation was an entire level higher than Yan Xiang’s, making the absorption of his power considerably difficult. However, now that Gu Qingcang was a corpse, this process was relatively easier.

「An hour later.」

Having completely drawn Gu Qingcang’s cultivation power into his body, Ling Chen currently had little time to refine it. He could only use a technique to seal all of Gu Qingcang’s True Qi in a corner of his Dantian, intending to unseal and refine it when he had free time.

Sikong Yi has lost another Direct Disciple, and Ao Tian and Chu Tiange have also been eliminated by forfeiting. The people on Skypiercing Peak must be completely unable to smile now. Ling Chen sensed the Devil Scroll in the unseen distance; sure enough, three names had dimmed. His own points, however, had soared by a large margin, leaving everyone else far behind in the dust.

The points from Gu Qingcang were a considerable sum.