Nothing Scares Her Like Gu Changge's Sudden Concern—It's Pure Malice
Nothing Scares Her Like Gu Changge’s Sudden Concern—It’s Pure Malice
Gu Changge’s appearance instantly drew the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
Whether it was the young beings of the Feathered Clan or his own followers, all of them turned to look.
Mist and clouds swirled around the mountain cliff, where immortal flowers and sacred herbs seemed to have taken root and bloomed, lending the place an air of lofty sanctity.
A man like a young god sat there, robes fluttering, his hair crystalline and lustrous.
He sat calmly in that spot, and though his face was pale, tinged with weakness,
those placid eyes of his seemed brimming with indifference and profundity as they overlooked all the living beings below.
There was still a terrifying might about him that made hearts tremble.
“Gu Changge!”
“He’s finally shown himself!”
The leader of the Feathered Clan this time was a woman of lovely features.
A pair of golden wings grew from her back, sacred and dazzling, and with every strike, great showers of light scattered in all directions.
This was none other than Yu Jing, the one who had clashed with Hei Yanyu of the Black Hawk Clan.
Now she had led the many young beings of the Feathered Clan rushing to this place, intending to take advantage of Gu Changge’s grave injuries to fight and kill him.
She was very powerful—her cultivation had already reached the Intermediate Partial-Enlightened Realm, enough to crush the many prodigies of the outside world, even Young Prodigies.
Rumble!
Her gaze was cold, carrying killing intent and frost, as she stared distantly at Gu Changge atop the mountain peak—after all, she had seen his true face before.
This ethereal, otherworldly young man was the very culprit who had slain Long Teng.
Yet Gu Changge himself had not shown his face at all during this period, remaining in seclusion to nurse his wounds.
Yu Jing was not as foolish as Hei Yanyu had imagined.
Recently, she had observed for a long time, even egging on quite a few beings to go trouble Gu Changge, wanting to probe his depths.
But she discovered that all those beings ultimately vanished here.
Yet it was precisely because of this that Yu Jing became certain—something really had gone wrong with Gu Changge.
Most of the time, his subordinates resolved problems by relying on a single pill.
Within those pills lay a strand of terrifying Sword Qi that even Quasi-Sacred Realm beings would blanch at, not daring to meet head-on.
Such powerful pills were clearly items of profound heritage.
How could an ordinary person possibly possess them?
Yet Gu Changge actually bestowed them upon his subordinates.
What did that mean?
It meant Gu Changge had very likely reached the point where his lamp was running out of oil.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen to use such precious pills.
After all, these were one-time-use secret treasures—each one used was one less.
The refinement process was extremely complex.
Even she felt a headache over it—a single strand of Sword Qi from a Quasi-Sacred Realm being, with heaven-shaking might.
Unless one was a true Sacred Realm cultivator or wielded a Transcendent grade weapon, who could contend against it?
So Yu Jing concluded that something must be seriously wrong with Gu Changge’s body... perhaps he had even used up many of his trump cards during his great battle with the Successor of Demonic Arts back then.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be like this.
“This time, I’ve brought a Transcendent grade weapon. Though with my strength I can’t fully activate it, just a wisp of its sacred might is enough to suppress everything.”
“It seems Gu Changge’s injuries really are severe. This is a great opportunity for us—to avenge Long Teng-daren, to avenge our clansmen! And at the same time, make our names known across the eight directions and spread the prestige of our Feathered Clan.”
Countless thoughts flashed through Yu Jing’s mind as she gazed at Gu Changge on the distant peak, her killing intent biting cold.
At the same time, Gu Changge swept his gaze over the scenes below, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.
“Master!”
“Greetings, Master!”
Just then, from among the various mountain peaks, vast voices rang out, and streaks of divine rainbows descended toward this area.
The figures within them were all Gu Changge’s followers.
They were locked in fierce battle with the Feathered Clan, the fighting intense, radiance soaring to the heavens, reducing great swathes of mountain ranges to dust.
Now, seeing Gu Changge—who had not appeared for many days—they were all invigorated and called out respectfully in his direction.
In their eyes, Gu Changge had shown himself despite his injuries.
This was to inspire and encourage them!
For a moment, everyone’s killing intent surged even higher, their eyes reddening as they fought the young beings of the Feathered Clan with earth-shaking battle cries.
“The Sword Pills bestowed by Master can slay all enemies!”
Someone roared, offering up a crystalline divine object from which surging killing intent emerged.
Chi!
As one pill blossomed in the void,
terrifying Sword Qi suddenly appeared, thick as a mountain ridge, stretching out continuously, wreathed in sharpness, splitting heaven and earth.
Pu pu pu...
The Feathered Clan beings in front, in terror and despair, directly collapsed under this strand of Sword Qi, destroyed in body and soul.
“These Sword Pills—I refuse to believe you have many more.” Yu Jing’s expression tightened, though she wasn’t surprised in the slightest.
She was already preparing to activate the Transcendent grade weapon.
Boom!
A scorching, dazzling aura emerged from within her sleeves—a small golden sun seemed to be reviving.
This terrifying might pressed down in all directions, causing many people’s expressions to change drastically, some shocked, even horrified.
“The aura of a Sacred Realm being...”
“That’s a Transcendent grade weapon!” someone said gravely, eyes full of dread.
A Transcendent grade weapon could only be resisted by Sacred Realm cultivators; against cultivators below the Sacred Realm, it held an irresistible, crushing might!
“To deal with me, they actually brought a Transcendent grade weapon. It seems the Celestial Ancient Clans have truly grown desperate...” There was an inscrutable look at the corner of Gu Changge’s mouth.
He wasn’t surprised.
The Celestial Ancient Clans had suffered heavy casualties lately and had lost their heads, even beginning to trample that bottom line.
The outside world and the Celestial Ancient Continent had always maintained a tacit understanding.
Moreover, because the Celestial Ancient Continent had been moved here from some place by an Ancestor of Skyward Schloss using supreme divine powers back then,
many orthodoxies, out of respect for Skyward Schloss, had deliberately restrained themselves despite coveting the Celestial Ancient Continent.
But this time, under his scheming, the conflicts between the various clans of the Celestial Ancient Continent and the outside orthodoxies had grown day by day.
Prodigies on both sides had suffered heavy casualties, and quite a few orthodoxies that had come to the Celestial Ancient Continent had even been wiped out entirely.
And now, the Feathered Clan had gone so far as to brazenly use a Transcendent grade weapon.
This was no longer training... this was the slaughter of outside cultivators.
No matter how ancient and long-standing the clans within the Celestial Ancient Continent were, to the many orthodoxies and great sects of the outside world, it was nothing more than a secret-realm-like place.
Yet now, they had brazenly broken that bottom line.
How could the outside orthodoxies tolerate this? Wouldn’t they be furious, wanting to flatten the Celestial Ancient Continent entirely?
And this happened to give Gu Changge a justification to act—“crushing others with overwhelming momentum.”
It gave him a perfect opportunity.
The reason many orthodoxies maintained their tacit understanding was simply that there had been no great momentum, no excuse found.
And now, that excuse was being created by him!
“For the outside orthodoxies, the Celestial Ancient Continent is ultimately a fat piece of meat. Nominally speaking, Skyward Schloss can’t control the life or death of the Celestial Ancient Continent—at most, it occupies the position of an entrance.”
Thinking of this, Gu Changge’s expression grew even more intriguing.
This Feathered Clan prodigy was stupid enough—in his eyes, she was the perfect fuse.
At this point, he only needed to ride the momentum and maneuver a little; with his status, he could easily play these Lost Clans to death.
Then, Gu Changge’s gaze swept out once more.
Gu Xianer had been forced into this battle.
She was currently entangled by several Feathered Clan prodigies, with streaks of dazzling runes appearing around her.
It was as if supreme mystical arts were being assembled, with the strongest attacks and terrifying divine abilities being enacted.
There were even visions of the stars of the heavens appearing, suppressing and slaying enemies in all directions.
Though she looked small, she carried an invincible bearing, her terrifying blood qi erupting, surging and billowing.
Her opponents all changed color in unison, coughing up blood as they were sent flying—some were even beaten into mists of blood on the spot.
“I told you, you’ve got the wrong person! I have nothing to do with Gu Changge at all!”
“You want to deal with Gu Changge—what does that have to do with me, Gu Xianer?”
At this moment, she was in a foul mood. As her jade fists shook, even the void hummed—a terrifying, astonishing sight.
She had just left Gu Changge’s palace, and before she had flown far, she was intercepted by this group of Feathered Clan beings...
Without a word, they attacked her directly.
This infuriated Gu Xianer so much she wanted to fly back to the palace and settle accounts with Gu Changge properly.
His words had truly come true—that she would help!
Help, my foot!
This was clearly a situation with no way out!
No wonder Gu Changge had smiled so annoyingly back then.
As Gu Xianer fought, she noticed Gu Changge appearing on the distant mountain peak.
Not seeing him would have been fine.
The moment she saw him, Gu Xianer was furious—she just wanted to rush over and kick over the chair behind him.
That guy was actually leisurely watching the battle, not lifting a finger, without the slightest awareness that he had dragged her into this.
“That damned Gu Changge, really is full of wicked schemes... and here I was worried about his injuries, coming all this way to visit him! All he knows is how to bully me.”
Gu Xianer gritted her silver teeth, seething, her resentful gaze seeming to pierce through the void like a sharp sword stabbing straight at Gu Changge.
Complete with whooshing waves of cold air.
Just then,
Gu Changge glanced at her from afar and unhurriedly spoke, “Xianer, coming from thousands of miles away to aid your elder brother... it must have been hard on you!”
An inscrutable smile hung at the corner of his mouth.
For this bratty girl who deserved a beating, he couldn’t spoil her too much.
“Gu Changge, stop spouting nonsense...”
The moment Gu Xianer heard those words, she sensed trouble, cold air spilling from her beautiful eyes—she wished she could tear that mouth of his apart.
Gu Changge was completely diverting disaster onto her!
“Those two are putting on an act together, trying to fool us—they’re clearly in cahoots, and they still dare to lie!”
“This girl is with Gu Changge, and at this point she still dares to deceive us! She’s killed so many of our people!”
“Still daring to argue! Don’t let her go!”
These words made the Feathered Clan prodigies’ expressions turn even more furious, their attacks even sharper.
Amid rumbling, runes flickered, enacting many terrifying divine abilities, filling the sky with divine radiance and dreadful fluctuations.
Gu Xianer glared hatefully at Gu Changge,
chalking this debt up to him.
For the moment, she couldn’t spare any attention and could only fight the several enemies before her.
Though her cultivation had made a small breakthrough, compared to so many Celestial Ancient beings before her, she was still a few notches behind.
At most, she could fight them without falling into a disadvantage—deciding a victor anytime soon would be difficult.
In terms of numbers, the Feathered Clan beings held an enormous advantage.
“Gu Xianer is at the Honoured Lord Realm, but she has the template of a double-Fortuity heroine after all—invincible within her realm, and fighting above her level is easy for her... It seems this won’t be much of a challenge for her.”
“Your elder brother is no devil—after all, I’m tempering you. This is all for your own good.”
Atop the mountain peak, Gu Changge narrowed his eyes.
Then, he continued speaking, his voice carrying a note of concern, “Xianer, be careful. They have the advantage in numbers—don’t be careless, don’t get hurt.”
“Why is Gu Changge suddenly concerned about me...”
Hearing this, Gu Xianer froze.
Her face showed suspicion—something about those words sounded off.
She feared nothing—nothing except Gu Changge’s sudden concern.
“Damn it, does he think he hasn’t screwed me over enough...”
Soon, Gu Xianer’s expression changed, indignant and unable to calm down, sensing Gu Changge’s deep malice.
This show of concern wasn’t concern for her at all. It was a performance for the Feathered Clan prodigies to see.
“It seems Gu Changge cares quite a bit about that girl. Take her down quickly.”
Hearing this, Yu Jing waved her hand and spoke, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
From those words, she sensed that the relationship between Gu Changge and Gu Xianer was anything but ordinary.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
“Kill!”
Streaks of divine rainbows swept over as many more Feathered Clan prodigies surged in from all directions, their target none other than Gu Xianer.
“Gu Changge...”
Gu Xianer was practically exploding with rage, gnashing her teeth, her chest heaving.