Those Who Commit Many Injustices Will Destroy Themselves—Which Actually Suits Me Just Fine
Those Who Commit Many Injustices Will Destroy Themselves—Which Actually Suits Me Just Fine
After Lin Wu’s figure disappeared into the entrance of Gourd Valley, Goddess Lu Luo and the other young prodigies all breathed a collective sigh of relief.
They turned together with the group of elders to stare intently into the distance, summoning various divine weapons, unease in their hearts.
The commotion in this place was simply too astonishing.
They were deeply worried that Gu Changge would sense the anomaly here and rush over.
Within this Mysterious Space, aside from Gu Changge, they had no need to fear anyone else.
But Gu Changge’s strength was simply too terrifying—utterly unbeatable.
Having witnessed it with their own eyes back then, it could be said that a spine-chilling impression had been left in everyone’s minds.
“I’ve already sent word to my uncle. Once they receive the news, they’ll rush over here.”
“When our numbers grow, we’ll be safe, and we won’t have to worry like this anymore.”
Huo Rong, with his head of crimson hair, spoke up, his gaze fixed on the distance—seemingly explaining to everyone, yet also seemingly reassuring himself.
He was also a top-tier prodigy in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. Though not as dazzling as Goddess Lu Luo or Lin Wu, he was not to be underestimated.
Moreover, the clan behind him was the vast and ancient Ancient Huo Family, with a long and storied heritage.
He was, furthermore, the young prodigy of this generation with the purest bloodline of the God of Fire, possessing formidable talent.
Hearing this, the others felt somewhat reassured.
That uncle of Huo Rong’s was said to carry a heavy treasure of the Ancient Huo Family, one that could draw upon power from beyond the domain at a critical moment.
If he were to come here as well, it would indeed put their minds at ease considerably.
“The Spirit Gourd Master’s... Mysterious Gourd—we must get our hands on it. It belongs to our side.”
“In this great war, our side’s Supreme Treasures are clearly fewer than that realm’s. If this item falls into the enemy’s hands as well, our situation will likely become even worse.”
Goddess Lu Luo also spoke up.
Her features were breathtakingly beautiful, her figure tall and slender, her hair like dark jade, her eyes tinged with a faint ink-green.
At this moment, she appeared composed and dignified, like a female general about to volunteer for the battlefield.
With Lin Wu absent, the other young prodigies all implicitly regarded her as their leader.
It had to be said, she and Lin Wu were indeed well-matched. But with the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains’ situation so dire, now was not the time for talk of romance.
So both Lin Wu and Lu Luo had been quite restrained with each other.
“I hope Lin Wu can obtain that item. Then, even if we die here, it will have been worth it.”
Several elders already carried the resolve of death in their eyes, their gazes stern.
They planned to buy time here, even at the cost of their lives, so that Lin Wu could obtain that Supreme Treasure.
Everyone nodded heavily at these words. Though it was the worst-case scenario, they had to be prepared for it.
“So this is where it was.”
However, just then, a faint ripple suddenly spread through the void.
Accompanied by the calm, unperturbed voice of a young man.
Goddess Lu Luo and the others’ eyes snapped wide open, their hearts shaken.
They watched as a rift was suddenly torn open in the space before them, terrifying Chaos Energy billowing out from within.
Roar— The massive Three-Headed Black Flood Dragon emerged, carrying a vast and mighty pressure that swept across heaven and earth, its six eyes gleaming with icy bloodlust. Standing atop its head was a young figure, who seemed to pay no mind to the crowd before him, instead gazing toward Gourd Valley behind them.
Hazy crimson divine light shot into the sky, as if countless strands of slaughterous energy were interweaving there, capable of evolving into all manner of peerless divine weapons.
Faintly, one could even hear the clashing of weapons, shaking heaven and earth, making the entire cosmos tremble.
It was a terrifying power. Though it had not yet fully awakened, it was already enough to astonish the world.
Gu Changge narrowed his eyes slightly, but the expression on his face remained calm.
“You—”
The instant Gu Changge appeared, Goddess Lu Luo and the others’ faces changed drastically, shock and fear surfacing. Their entire bodies trembled uncontrollably, as if even their souls had been frozen.
It was a fear beyond their control, trembling they could not suppress.
They truly had not expected that just as they were praying in their hearts for Gu Changge not to discover this place—
He would suddenly appear, tearing through space, arriving without the slightest warning.
Even the few elders with the deepest cultivation gritted their teeth, trembling like sieves.
Let alone the group of young men and women—merely remaining standing before Gu Changge was already the limit of what they could withstand.
When one’s cultivation reached a certain level, even doing nothing at all, simply standing there, every inch of one’s skin could cause the void to collapse and crumble, unable to bear the terrifying fluctuations.
Clearly, in their eyes, Gu Changge had already reached that level.
Every inch of his skin radiated divine splendor, Chaos Energy coiling around him, his Physique powerful to an inconceivable degree.
“G-Gu... Gu Changge...”
At this moment, Goddess Lu Luo forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart, compelling herself to calm down, attempting to speak with Gu Changge.
She intended to stall for time.
On one hand, to wait for Lin Wu to obtain that... Mysterious Gourd; on the other, to wait for their reinforcements to arrive.
“You know my name?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge withdrew his gaze from that distant valley.
It fell upon Lu Luo, his eyes calm and fathomless, without a ripple.
Lu Luo’s face paled beyond her control. She felt that his gaze was as calm as a bottomless abyssal sea.
It was not condescension, but a pure disregard and indifference.
As if looking at a speck of dust, a pebble by his foot—nothing more than that.
The other young prodigies did not have the courage to meet Gu Changge’s eyes at this moment, feeling that his gaze was more terrifying than any Transcendent technique, capable of shattering their souls.
Lu Luo forced down the terror in her heart and maintained her composure, saying, “Back then, I heard that person call you by that name.”
Before Chu Hao was killed by Gu Changge, he had shouted out this name.
So she had remembered it.
After all, he was the leading figure of the Beyond—naturally, she had to take note.
“Oh? Are you trying to stall for time?”
Gu Changge saw through her intentions at a glance, asking flatly.
Lu Luo’s face grew even paler, a chill running down her back. She couldn’t help but retreat several steps, feeling a terrifying sense of suffocation enveloping her.
The few elders’ expressions changed drastically as they stepped in front of her, attempting to resist the terrifying pressure emanating from Gu Changge.
“What’s the name of the person who went in?” Gu Changge asked indifferently.
Steeling herself, Lu Luo answered, “His name is Lin Wu.”
“Lin Wu?”
Gu Changge nodded and said nothing more.
Nor did he make any move to head into Gourd Valley, instead simply waiting where he was.
Because there was no need.
It seemed this Fortuitous One had no shallow opportunities—he could help bring that Supreme Treasure out for him.
Seeing this scene, the cultivators of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains could not fathom Gu Changge’s thoughts. Their hearts were filled with dread, and they dared not say another word.
Only Lu Luo’s heart jolted, roughly guessing Gu Changge’s purpose.
He intended to wait for Lin Wu to come out, then snatch that Supreme Treasure directly from Lin Wu’s hands.
Her expression shifted slightly, but inwardly she felt considerably relieved.
Back when the Spirit Gourd Master obtained that... Mysterious Gourd, it was said that many people tried to seize it, but all of them failed in the end.
Because once that... Mysterious Gourd acknowledged a master, no one else could wield it. Even if they obtained it, there was nothing they could do.
As its master, no matter how far apart they were, one could summon it back.
Though Gu Changge’s strength was terrifying, once that... Mysterious Gourd fully awakened, who was stronger and who was weaker remained to be seen.
For him to snatch it from Lin Wu’s hands would likely not be so simple.
“What’s your name?”
Just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Luo’s mind, Gu Changge suddenly spoke, looking at her.
Lu Luo’s heart jolted again, but she dared not conceal it, answering, “Lu Luo.”
“Lu Luo?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge smiled faintly, then suddenly struck out—a palm reaching toward her. Wind and thunder intertwined in the void, runes flickering, as if transforming into a sky-propping giant hand that easily blotted out the heavens.
“Goddess Lu Luo!”
Seeing this, the few elders’ faces changed drastically. Shocked and enraged, they tried to act to save Lu Luo, summoning various artifacts to resist this palm.
Boom— But along with a thunderous roar, terrifying fluctuations poured out across heaven and earth.
Beneath this palm, which blotted out everything, vast and boundless, everyone’s artifacts shattered and exploded, turning into a dazzling sky full of fragments.
They all spat out mouthfuls of blood in unison, their bodies torn apart, nearly perishing from the aftershock alone.
Everyone’s expressions were filled with utter terror, feeling that... despair of the unbeatable.
Lu Luo’s face was also pale.
But knowing she could neither resist nor escape, she could only resign herself to fate, closing her eyes in despair and waiting for death where she stood.
“Stop!”
However, just then, from the distant horizon.
A furious shout suddenly rang out, as several figures with powerful auras rushed over.
The one who shouted was an old woman wielding a Green Serpent Staff. With a wave, dazzling, resplendent green radiance bloomed, transforming into the phantom of an ancient divine tree, striking at that palm in an attempt to save Lu Luo.
It was none other than the reinforcements from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
Seeing this, the other experts also struck out one after another, unleashing various divine lights.
Brilliant spells and Transcendent techniques interwove across heaven and earth, forming densely packed chains of law.
However, before they could even draw near, a black long spear suddenly swept across the void.
Accompanied by surging black light, like waves sweeping across the world, it made all their faces change, and they hastily struck out to resist.
Boom— Vast and mighty energy erupted here at once, as if stars were exploding one after another.
The attacks they had unleashed were all ground to dust beneath the sweep of that black spear, bursting apart.
Everyone retreated in horror, staring at the figure in Dark Iron Battle Armor that had suddenly appeared, somewhat aghast.
“It’s not like I’m going to kill you right now.”
“Why must you be so terrified?”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly, his tone seemingly somewhat puzzled.
His palm grabbed toward Lu Luo, who stood waiting for death, directly sealing her Spiritual Sea and setting a Restriction upon her, then tossing her at his feet.
Lu Luo tumbled to the ground, despair still lingering on her face, not expecting that she hadn’t died.
But seeing her cultivation sealed and herself thrown at Gu Changge’s feet, she still couldn’t help but feel fear.
At the end of the day, no matter how composed and steady she was, she was still only a woman in her twenties.
Today’s events had truly terrified her—she had genuinely taken a trip to the gates of the underworld.
She could not truly calm down.
“Let go of... xiaojie! Who exactly are you?!”
Seeing this, Granny Lu Cui, who had charged over, had a face dark as water. Dense green radiance swirled around her Green Serpent Staff, ready to strike at any moment.
Gu Changge’s strength was immense, beyond her ability to fathom.
But that did not mean she would stand by and watch her own xiaojie be humiliated like this.
The other experts who had arrived also eyed Ah Da warily, feeling that his aura was terrifying—even a Sacred Emperor Realm being might not be his match.
That such a powerhouse had slipped into this place left them deeply unsettled.
“Grandma, don’t worry about me! None of you are his match!”
Forcibly suppressing the fear in her heart, Lu Luo couldn’t help but cry out, worried that Gu Changge would suddenly strike Granny Lu Cui down.
“Xiaojie...”
Granny Lu Cui’s heart trembled, her eyes widening. Clearly, she had not expected Lu Luo to say such a thing.
For a moment, she froze there, not knowing what had happened.
This young man was clearly standing right before them, yet it was as if he were separated from all of them by a distant universe—hazy, indistinct.
“If you don’t want all of them to die here, then you’d better obediently do as I say.”
“Perhaps I’ll even spare your life.”
Gu Changge paid no mind to the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains crowd that had rushed over, speaking to Lu Luo indifferently.
In his eyes, aside from the Fortuitous One Lin Wu and that... Mysterious Gourd resembling the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, which were somewhat important—
Everyone else’s life and death was of no concern. It was merely a matter of a few slaps to swat them dead.
“Yes.”
Fear welled up in Lu Luo’s heart, and she dared not refuse.
“He’s... he’s the one who manifested a Dharma Body before the Boundary Marker Sea that day!”
“How is that possible?!”
At this moment, someone behind Granny Lu Cui couldn’t help but cry out, eyes wide, recognizing Gu Changge. Their expression was one of utter horror, never imagining they would see Gu Changge here.
Although that had only been a Dharma Body separated by countless distances, an aura did not change.
“It’s him?!”
“Why is he here?!”
Granny Lu Cui and the others’ hearts shook, monstrous waves surging within them.
They naturally knew of that incident—it could be said to have dealt a severe blow to the morale of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
They understood it was the doing of the leading figure from the Beyond.
But now, this person had actually appeared in this realm, and right here at that. For a moment, fear rose in their hearts, and they no longer dared to strike as they had before.
“Looks like it’s about to come out.”
“Pretty fast, too. It didn’t disappoint me.”
Gu Changge turned a blind eye to everyone’s horrified expressions, instead watching the interior of Gourd Valley with great interest, then revealing a hint of a smile.
He could feel the vast aura within steadily dissipating.
The slaughterous energy that had previously permeated the space was now continuously converging, as if it could burst through the clouds at any moment.
Hum— The next moment, a sky-piercing slaughterous aura surged forth, like a peerless immortal sword being drawn from its sheath, capable of cutting down countless suns, moons, and stars.
Gourd Valley suddenly split open, dust and smoke shooting skyward, the mountain peaks on both sides collapsing with a thunderous crash.
Immediately after, a yellow gourd, radiating rosy light with Chaos Energy interweaving around it, burst out from within.
Strand after strand of Sword Qi breathed in and out, ringing with metallic clangs, terrifying beyond measure. A sword’s body manifested, circling endlessly at the gourd’s mouth, wreathed in dreadful crimson radiance.
That was a blood-colored halo born of too much slaughter, already condensed into crimson light.
Soon, those strands of Sword Qi flew back into the gourd, the light withdrawing, becoming plain and unadorned.
Finally, it fell from high in the sky, dropping into the hands of a young man below.
“I got it!”
Having obtained this Mysterious Gourd, Lin Wu’s face couldn’t help but show a measure of joy and excitement.
The process had been somewhat arduous, and he had nearly failed along the way, but in the end, he had done it—he had made it manifest.
“Heaven rewards those who persevere. I succeeded.”
At this moment, Lin Wu was still unaware of what had happened outside. After putting away the yellow gourd, he dared not linger, transforming into a phantom and swiftly rushing toward the exit of Gourd Valley.