Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1368 - 286: Decisive Battle at Sword Monarch Palace_2

Chapter 1368: Chapter 286: Decisive Battle at Sword Monarch Palace_2

Aside from them, there are still many people from other Great Powers secretly observing from below the stage, here specifically to gauge the extent of Gu Chen’s strength.

For instance, one of Ghostly Son’s incarnations was here, watching Gu Chen with a flickering gaze.

At the same time, the young master of the Holy Sect, Yuan Gu, had also sent a subordinate, who stood among the crowd, watching Gu Chen from a distance.

Besides them, the Heavenly Clan, the Purple-Gold True Behemoth Clan, the Dragon Clan, and the Peng Clan had all sent representatives here.

The Great Power from the Peng Clan looked at Gu Chen, recalling that Sword Monarch Palace had approached them earlier but had been rejected.

After all, the birth of the Peng Emperor’s offspring was imminent, a pure-blooded Golden Roc, and they currently had no time for other concerns.

However, the Peng Clan of the Holy Realm had of course heard about Gu Chen’s grudges with the outsider Golden Roc Clan, so they did not hold much fondness for Gu Chen.

At this moment, the Great Power from the Peng Clan stepped forward and frowned, "Gu Chen, as an outsider, you’ve gone a bit too far!"

"You count for nothing!" Gu Chen turned abruptly, his eyes cold and mercilessly scolding.

"You!"

The Peng Clan Great Power was both shocked and enraged, not expecting that simply standing up to speak a "fair word" would be treated with such hostility.

As a member of the imperial clan, his lofty concept of self had not yet adjusted to the snub.

"Do you even know who I am!" he retorted coldly.

But Gu Chen was unimpressed, his expression stern as he rebuked, "I care not who you are, dare to prattle on, and I’ll cut you down too!"

Whoosh!

The spectators, especially the natives, upon seeing Gu Chen daring to scold a Great Power of the Peng Clan, were instantly greatly shocked.

In the crowd, Ao Xing and Ao Jing were also present, and the latter couldn’t help but recall the encounter in the True Dragon’s lair, more than two months earlier.

"Good thing I was decisive enough back then," Ao Jing said with some relief.

Ao Xing glanced at him, saying nothing more, now also feeling trepidation for Gu Chen’s combat prowess.

"Perhaps among this world’s heaven-defying geniuses born in the upper realms, only he is capable of battling him." At that thought, the image of a man merged with the void appeared in Ao Xing’s mind.

This person was none other than the young lord of the Void King Clan!

On the other side, the Great Powers from the Heavenly Clan and the Purple-Gold True Behemoth Clan were frowning in the shadows, feeling more and more terrified of Gu Chen’s strength.

"Fortunately, our young lord is unparalleled in strength, no matter how powerful he is, it is enough to suppress this youth!" With the thought of Ning Yu Fei and Zi Lian’s transcendence and strength, the Great Powers of both the Heavenly Clan and the Purple-Gold True Behemoth Clan felt immediately reassured.

At the same time, on the stage at this moment, Gu Chen was in a standoff with several people from Sword Monarch Palace.

"You issued the challenge, and now you are the ones who can’t handle it. With this behavior, does the Sword Monarch Palace still deserve to be considered a supreme Dao lineage?" Ren Fei exclaimed.

The natives below the stage, as well as some cultivators from the upper realms, looked at the people from Sword Monarch Palace with some peculiar expressions.

What Ren Fei said made sense, the actions of Sword Monarch Palace indeed seemed unreasonable, and they were looked down upon by the crowd.

The five Great Powers from Sword Monarch Palace thus had darkened expressions, and one of them said coldly, "How Sword Monarch Palace conducts itself is not for others to meddle in!"

Having said that, he turned his gaze to Gu Chen and continued, "On the other hand, you, killing from the Earth realm to the Heavenly realm, and getting increasingly outrageous—how can there be such a person in this world? What sort of underhanded methods have you used in secret?!"

He spoke with righteous indignation, attempting to deflect the blame entirely onto Gu Chen to make people doubt him, and thereby overlook Sword Monarch Palace.

It has to be said, upon the utterance of these words, indeed many began to doubt, finding Gu Chen very strange.

Killing from the Earth realm to the Heavenly realm, and having dispatched so many, was truly astonishing.

"What are you trying to imply?" Gu Chen was still as calm as a still well.

The Great Power from Sword Monarch Palace let out a cold laugh and said, "I suspect you may be tainted by a demon, perhaps even hosting a powerful Sky Demon within your body. Otherwise, how could it be so?"

Boom!

As soon as these words came out, the crowd instantly erupted, and many people shifted their gaze from Sword Monarch Palace’s figure to Gu Chen.

Chen Jue’s gaze also shifted as he looked towards Gu Chen, thinking to himself, why had he not considered this possibility before?

"Given my natural gifts, it is absolutely impossible for one from the Earth realm to contend with, let alone defeat me. He must have fused with a demon, and not just any demon, but an extremely powerful Sky Demon, to achieve this!"

Upon this thought, Chen Jue’s eyes lit up, convinced beyond a doubt.

Primarily because Gu Chen’s overwhelming might made him doubt his life’s worth, leading him to pin his hopes on this possible explanation.

"Heh, how ridiculous, ’When one wants to condemn someone, any excuse will do!’" Ren Fei and others immediately stiffened in reaction to the accusation, stepping in to argue on Gu Chen’s behalf.

At this point, the numerous cultivators in the audience, including those from the Heavenly Clan, Dragon Clan, and Purple-Gold True Behemoth Clan, were all sizing up Gu Chen with growing suspicion.

"I wondered where the courage to confront the Peng Clan came from; turns out it’s because a Sky Demon has got your back!" sneered the Great Power from the Peng Clan.

"You’re saying I have a Sky Demon inside me?" Gu Chen replied calmly, looking at the Great Power from Sword Monarch Palace.

"That’s right!" The Great Power from Sword Monarch Palace said with a self-satisfied look and coldly stated, "Otherwise, how do you explain your achievements? Do you think all the other prodigies have been living in vain?"

"I don’t know about the others, but as for your Sword Monarch Palace, you’ve indeed lived in vain—a bunch of trash, that’s what you are." Gu Chen’s biting words immediately caused the faces of those from Sword Monarch Palace to darken.

But before they could respond, Gu Chen added, "As for demons, there indeed is one here."

"Hm?!"

After speaking, before anyone could react, Gu Chen’s figure flashed and vanished from his original spot. The next moment, he reappeared beside a man in black clothes below the stage.

"You..." The man in black was visibly shocked upon seeing Gu Chen and instantly prepared to run off.

However, though he, too, was a Great Power at the beginning stage of the Yu Hua Realm, how could he possibly be a match for Gu Chen?

"Suppress!"

Gu Chen’s eyes shone brilliantly, his powerful spiritual force pressing down on the man in black, rendering him slack-faced and dumbly standing in place.

"Roar!"

But at that moment, a torrent of black energy spilled out, the distinct power of a demon causing the surrounding cultivators to panic and flee away.

Gu Chen, indifferent, extended a finger with sparkling electric light flowing from its tip, captivating all who witnessed. Under this awe-inspiring force, the man in black, along with the Sky Demon within him, was utterly eradicated!

Seeing a true demon materialize, the Heavenly Clan, Purple-Gold True Behemoth Clan, and others all showed shifting expressions.

"Correct." At this moment, Gu Chen glanced at his status, and sure enough, several hundred merit points had been credited to his account.

Moreover, he had proven his stance through his actions!

No one expected Gu Chen’s perception to be so keen. Aside from him, not a single person in the entire crowd detected the black-clothed man’s true identity and the demon inside him.

"Now, what have you got to say for yourself? Prepare to die!" Gu Chen rebuked coldly, ready to strike.

Chen Jue from Sword Monarch Palace, along with the five Great Powers, exclaimed in terror, "We are from a supreme Dao lineage. Have you thought this through properly? Do you really want a full-blown war with us?"

Clearly, they were threatening and trying to intimidate Gu Chen, hoping he would back down.

Little did they know, Gu Chen came here precisely to obliterate Sword Monarch Palace.

"No matter how supreme you claim to be, you’re all just mongrels and curs that I’m going to kill!" Gu Chen scolded, his sharp words resounding like clashing swords in the sky, echoing imposingly and shaking the hearts of those who heard them!