If He's Killed, It's No Longer a Misunderstanding—Why Is He So Absurdly Powerful?
If He’s Killed, It’s No Longer a Misunderstanding—Why Is He So Absurdly Powerful?
The voice wasn’t loud, but in the currently quiet scene, it rang out with exceptional clarity.
In an instant, like the tolling of a great bell, it boomed through everyone’s minds, setting off a tremendous uproar.
Everyone’s expression changed. Whether young prodigies, older-generation powerhouses, or Sect Master-level figures, all turned in unison toward the direction of the voice.
The disciples of the True Immortal Academy also changed expression.
The King of Six Crowns, Jun Yao, frowned as he looked over. “Didn’t they say Gu Changge wasn’t coming here? Why has he suddenly shown up?”
Yue Mingkong’s lips curled slightly, but she said nothing.
Jin Chan the Chosen Monk, Jiang Chuchu, Wang Zijin, the Phoenix Lady, and the others all looked over as well, their gazes carrying varied expressions.
Above the firmament, a young man walked over, his features blurred, his robes fluttering, otherworldly and transcendent, looking unhurried and at ease.
An invisible golden Great Dao stretched out beneath his feet, as if hundreds of rules and profundities were interwoven within it.
One moment he was still far away at the edge of the sky; the next instant, he had already appeared before everyone, as if materializing out of thin air.
Shrinking the Earth into Inches—the Distance Shortening Technique.
Such methods caused the pupils of many great figures to contract, their faces filled with deep shock and horror.
The powerhouses of the Longevity Wang Family, Sky Emperor Mountain, the Ancient Ye Family, and other orthodoxies furrowed their brows deeply, sensing an aura they couldn’t fathom.
“Greetings, Young Master!”
Seeing the newcomer, everyone from the Longevity Gu Family immediately saluted in unison.
The stern-faced elder who had just been contending with the Godly Illusion Clan’s powerhouse also broke into a smile.
“It’s Young Master Gu! He’s come here too!”
Among the Skyward Schloss disciples, Xiao Ruoyin looked over with a face full of delighted surprise.
Seeing her demeanor, Song Qin and the other disciples felt even more envious. If she weren’t so familiar and intimate with Gu Changge, how could she react like this?
“Gu Changge!”
“He actually came.”
Jiang Luoshen looked over through the curtain, her brows tightly furrowed. Although she had only recently emerged into the world, she had already heard this name many times.
All sorts of world-shaking legends.
The number one of the younger generation! His brilliance was simply unimaginable, overshadowing his peers like a great mountain, leaving everyone unable to breathe.
In the current Beyond, no matter who it was, upon hearing this name, their first reaction was... reverence or awe, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.
She had once thought that after resolving the matter of the Godly Illusion Tomb, she would pay a visit to see just what kind of divine figure Gu Changge was.
But she had never imagined that today, they would meet here, in such a manner.
For the first time, Jiang Luoshen felt that things had become very thorny.
At this moment, even the Sect Masters of the great cults and the older-generation powerhouses looked at Gu Changge with deep wariness in their eyes.
They discovered that they actually couldn’t see through this junior’s strength at all.
According to rumor, he could already exchange blows with Perfect Prodigy powerhouses.
In their view, that was entirely due to the might of his Sacred Emperor Artifact.
He himself was at most only a cut above the other Young Prodigies.
But now... in their eyes, this gap in strength could be called a chasm-level difference! Perhaps, aside from... the Successor of Demonic Arts, in this vast Beyond, no one of the younger generation would be his match!
“Gu Changge, why has he come to this place too...”
Seeing the newcomer, Jiang Chen’s back went cold, and he couldn’t help but retreat several steps.
Although he had now disguised his appearance, who knew whether Gu Changge would see through something.
His fear of Gu Changge had already seeped into his bones and soul.
“Kill him.”
Gu Changge’s figure appeared beside Gu Xian’er. Seeing her dazed, seemingly still-unresponsive state, he couldn’t help but repeat himself flatly once more.
Jiang Ming was currently lying on the ground, the severe pain of his injuries making it impossible for him to move.
He had thought that after his royal sister Jiang Luoshen spoke those words, he would be saved.
But who could have imagined that Gu Changge would suddenly appear, and that the first words out of his mouth would be... telling Gu Xian’er to kill him.
His back was instantly drenched in cold sweat, his face turning deathly pale.
Who Gu Changge was, he naturally knew. So the moment he heard those words, he had already fallen into despair.
At this moment, Gu Xian’er finally reacted, the familiar, crisp, and pleasant scent reaching her from the person before her.
“Didn’t you say you weren’t coming?”
She tilted her small face up, unable to resist muttering in a low voice.
But her voice was very soft—aside from her and Gu Changge, no one could hear it.
“If I hadn’t come, wouldn’t you have suffered this grievance again?”
Gu Changge glanced at her and said casually.
At the outskirts of the Godly Illusion Tomb, he had already sensed what was happening here, which was why he had left his group of followers behind and rushed over first.
So he knew everything that had just happened like the back of his hand, and naturally knew what Gu Xian’er had been agonizing over.
In his view, there was nothing worth agonizing over.
Just kill him and be done with it.
Hearing these words, Gu Xian’er’s heart brimmed with joy, but she still huffed and said stubbornly, “I wasn’t planning to kill him anyway.”
Gu Changge knew her personality well—sharp tongue, soft heart.
So at this moment, he couldn’t be bothered to expose her.
“Then it’s that I find this person displeasing to the eye and want to kill him. That should be acceptable now, right?”
He still smiled as he said it.
Gu Xian’er glared at him. “You’re not allowed to laugh at me.”
Gu Changge looked at her feigned coldness and really wanted to pinch her nose to see how long she could keep up the act.
But Gu Xian’er seemed to see through his intention at a glance, lightly dodging backward and looking at him with disgust. “Don’t you dare try to take advantage of me again.”
Watching this scene, everyone felt various emotions and sighed with emotion, but they could also tell that Gu Changge truly doted on Gu Xian’er.
Ordinarily, who would dare speak to Gu Changge like this? Yet Gu Xian’er dared.
And Gu Changge looked entirely indulgent, not minding in the slightest.
This made many heavenly-pride maidens envious—why didn’t they have such a brother?
“Royal Sister, save me.”
“I don’t want to die.”
At this moment, although Jiang Ming’s heart was filled with despair, he still didn’t want to give up his chance at life, shouting toward the direction of the Godly Illusion Clan.
Hearing his cries for help, Jiang Luoshen and the Godly Illusion Clan powerhouses couldn’t bear it in their hearts.
They couldn’t bring themselves to watch him be killed and remain indifferent.
“Gu Changge, we were at fault first in this matter. We are willing to apologize and offer compensation. This isn’t some irreconcilable hatred.”
“Jiang Ming didn’t know this young lady’s identity before, otherwise he wouldn’t have acted this way. This was just a misunderstanding.”
At this, Jiang Luoshen spoke up, rarely lowering her stance. One must know that before this, she had always been high above, coldly looking down upon everyone.
This also showed the degree of importance she placed on Gu Changge.
Hearing these words, Gu Changge raised his eyes and swept a glance at her, saying flatly, “It’s fine. Since it’s a misunderstanding, once he’s killed, it won’t be one anymore.”
Everyone’s expression changed, feeling a terrifying pressure and intimidation.
Though they had gained nothing inside the Godly Illusion Tomb, they had at least witnessed a good show.
Just as the rumors said.
Even facing a group of Godly Illusion Clan powerhouses, Gu Changge remained forceful, without the slightest intention of retreating half a step.
Many Sect Masters of the great cults felt a headache coming on. Thank goodness they hadn’t offended Gu Changge, otherwise they’d be so aggrieved they’d want to vomit blood.
“You...”
The Godly Illusion Clan’s people had extremely ugly expressions, completely unprepared for Gu Changge to say such a thing, not caring about them at all.
Although his fame had long resounded, he was ultimately just a junior.
At this time, did he really intend to provoke hatred between the two clans over a trivial matter?
Jiang Luoshen took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
This was also the first time she had encountered someone even more domineering than herself.
“Gu Changge, what will it take for you to spare Jiang Ming? Name any condition you want.”
Jiang Luoshen said with a cold gaze.
In her view, Gu Changge just... wanted to take the opportunity to extort them, to name his price.
“Conditions?”
Gu Changge couldn’t help but laugh, though his gaze carried a hint of amusement. “Since Princess Luoshen asks, then fine. I happen to be short a maid to pour tea and water by my side. What does Princess Luoshen think? If Princess Luoshen is dissatisfied with that status, a concubine would also be acceptable.”
“I just don’t know whether you’re willing to save this so-called brother of yours.”
Hearing the latter part, everyone couldn’t help but erupt in an uproar, utterly horrified.
The younger generation especially found it inconceivable, smiling bitterly in their hearts.
Such words—probably only Gu Changge would dare say them.
Of course, no one thought he was serious; it was probably purely to humiliate Jiang Luoshen.
The Godly Illusion Clan’s people turned alternately pale and ashen, incomparably furious.
Jiang Luoshen was the face of their entire clan. In the future, she might even take over the Godly Illusion Clan, becoming the next Godly Illusion Emperor, with an exalted status overlooking the Beyond.
Yet in Gu Changge’s mouth, she was only fit to be a maid or concubine?
“Gu Changge, you...”
In Jiang Luoshen’s cold eyes, her jade hands clenched tight, her killing intent sharp, the frigid air about to freeze the void itself.
She had never imagined that one day, she would be humiliated like this in front of everyone.
With her status, in this vast Beyond, who would dare tell her to be a maid or concubine?
Wasn’t this deliberately humiliating her?
Weng! The curtain hanging before her directly burst apart, unable to withstand her current aura.
In an instant, Jiang Luoshen’s devastatingly beautiful face was revealed before everyone.
Radiant golden hair, exquisite and well-defined features, a flawless perfection as if carved from immortal jade.
Only, those eyes were cold to the bone.
It had to be said, this lofty, noble, and cold aura was enough to make all the heavenly-pride youths feel inferior before her, lowering their heads, not daring to look directly at her.
“Can’t do it?”
Gu Changge smiled lightly, seemingly without any surprise or ripple of emotion.
“Gu Changge, are you determined to make things difficult for me?”
Jiang Luoshen looked at him coldly.
“If you can’t do it, then don’t try to waste my time.”
Gu Changge’s expression also turned cold.
As his words fell, his palm swept across, grabbing directly toward Jiang Ming.
“Stop right there!”
Jiang Luoshen’s face was extremely ugly, her jade hands clenched tight.
Gu Changge’s dismissive attitude, completely disregarding them, filled her heart with boundless fury.
So what if Gu Changge’s talent was powerful, his strength terrifying, his background formidable?
In what way was she inferior to him? On what grounds did he look down on her like this?
However, Gu Changge had no intention of wasting words with her. He struck directly, his great palm crossing the sky, descending to crush Jiang Ming.
It was as if he were swatting a small fly!
“Gu Family junior, stop for this old man!”
The Godly Illusion Clan’s peak Sacred Lord Realm powerhouse also had an ugly expression. No longer caring about the Gu Family powerhouse before him, his figure flickered, transforming into a golden streak of light, moving to rescue Jiang Ming.
Before everyone’s eyes, if Jiang Ming were slapped to death by Gu Changge...
And they didn’t dare act—how would the other orthodoxies view the Godly Illusion Clan? How could they accept such humiliation?
Not to mention that today, Gu Changge had already humiliated them time and again.
“Courting death.”
Gu Changge’s expression didn’t change, remaining cold. “Since you’re so sincere about accompanying him, I’ll send you on your way.”
As his words fell, his palm strike shifted, and terrifying five-colored divine light seemed to transform into the Great Millstone of World Destruction, manifesting there, then slaughtering toward that Godly Illusion Clan powerhouse.
This palm was supremely domineering; the might it contained made the very firmament tremble, seemingly unable to bear it, about to shatter.
Everyone was horrified. Many young prodigies turned pale, their divine souls trembling, feeling an insurmountable gap.
The King of Six Crowns, Jin Chan the Chosen Monk, the Phoenix Lady, and the others all had silent, grave expressions.
Even the Sect Masters of the great cults felt their hearts palpitate with fear.
“This old man would like to see just what ability you, the so-called number one of the younger generation, possess, to be so arrogant, looking down on everyone.”
This Godly Illusion Clan powerhouse snorted coldly, enraged by Gu Changge’s dismissive, indifferent attitude.
He roared, evolving a supreme divine ability.
Brilliant golden divine radiance bloomed, billions of rays, transforming into gateway after gateway.
Within them, rules interwove, forming Grand Dao Chains, as if they could suppress a person into another eternally silent world.
Rumble!!!
In an instant, unimaginable fluctuations erupted here. Heaven and earth overturned, mountain ridges collapsed, and many Array Patterns were ground away in an instant.
“How is Gu Changge this powerful...”
Jiang Chen’s heart was filled with horror and trembling. Even hiding behind Monk Pu Du, he still felt as if his body was about to burst apart.
“Pfft...”
In the void, blood splattered everywhere. The Godly Illusion Clan powerhouse coughed up blood, his arm nearly exploding and collapsing.
Gu Changge’s palm had been blocked by his supreme divine ability.
But he was still horrified, his five organs shaking violently, unable to stop himself from retreating many steps, leaving bloody footprints in the void.
This aura was too terrifying, as if countless stars had exploded. Everyone felt their skin about to split open.
Soon, the two clashed again, only this time the Godly Illusion Clan powerhouse was outmatched, coughing blood and flying backward repeatedly, shocking everyone.
Boom! The void exploded. This place became a blur of brilliance, various waterfalls of rules sweeping through, the profundities of heaven, earth, and the universe all being enacted.
“Is this your confidence?”
Gu Changge’s robes fluttered, his expression unrippled.
Black and white colors emerged in his palm, faintly as if the auras of the Six Paths of the heavens, of reincarnation and the Yellow Springs, were hidden within.
Six gateways stood between heaven and earth, and a yellow, filthy river, burying countless wronged souls and withered bones, flowed quietly there.
As the phenomenon appeared, everyone’s divine souls seemed to be walking toward it.
This was a hair-raising aura, as if one would be dragged into the afterlife.
“Not good—Elder, fall back!”
Jiang Luoshen sensed something was wrong and couldn’t help but shout, telling the powerhouse to retreat.
But it was already too late.
The Godly Illusion Clan powerhouse was already injured, and now, affected by the aura of reincarnation, his gaze grew somewhat dazed.
His entire divine soul seemed to leave his body, about to head toward that... world belonging to the dead.
Boom!!!
The next moment, Gu Changge’s expression was cold as his palm descended. The void instantly split open, the terrifying aura like the blue heavens crashing down.
The man’s body instantly collapsed, torn to pieces, turning into a mist of blood, body and soul annihilated.
In an instant, countless splashes of blood scattered across this place.
The palm’s momentum didn’t diminish. Jiang Ming, in his despair, was instantly slapped into a mist of blood, following in that powerhouse’s footsteps.
The surroundings fell deathly silent. Everyone watched this scene in horror, terrifying chills rising up their backs.
To so easily slay a peak Sacred Lord Realm powerhouse.
And not just anyone, but one of the Godly Illusion Clan, a being with heaven-defying battle prowess among those of the same realm.
Didn’t that mean Gu Changge truly possessed Perfect Prodigy-level combat power?!
Everyone shuddered, horrified to the point their scalps went numb. How old was he?
Without using a Sacred Emperor Artifact, forcefully slaying a peak Sacred Lord Realm powerhouse—in the past, this would have been... simply unbelievable, like a dream.
But today, it truly happened before everyone’s eyes.
Gu Changge was not only domineering, but powerful enough to make his peers despair.
“How is this possible...”
The Godly Illusion Clan’s people were also completely stunned and horrified, unable to believe any of it.
From beginning to end, Gu Changge had been casual and unhurried, never looking like he used his full strength. Didn’t that mean his true power was even more terrifying?
Jiang Luoshen gritted her silver teeth, deep fury and unwillingness surging in her heart, along with a trace of fear.
She considered herself the Godly Illusion Clan’s peerless prodigy, seen once in ten million years, her cultivation powerful, unmatched among her peers, destined to sweep through the world invincible from the moment she emerged.
But everything she witnessed today made her invincible Dao Heart unable to stop trembling.
Gu Changge—why was he so absurdly powerful?