Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1375 - 290: Subduing the Top Ten Strongest Races_2

Chapter 1375: Chapter 290: Subduing the Top Ten Strongest Races_2

Three hundred li, a trivial distance for someone at the Feather Transformation Realm, took but a moment for the ten-zhang-tall Golden Giant to appear before Gu Chen.

"Hand over the Sacred Medicine, it’s what I’ve been chasing after," he said in a resounding voice. Had it been a Great Power at the early stage of the Feather Transformation Realm standing here, merely the sound of his voice could churn their blood and qi.

At these words, Gu Chen furrowed his brows and said, "But now, it has come into my possession."

Whether the man’s words were true or false, why should one give up something already in hand?

"If you don’t hand it over, I’ll beat you up!" Dongba stated, his voice booming through the heavens and earth, like a war drum being struck.

The Golden Giant Clan had simple minds, very direct, never one for convolutions; they simply did what they thought.

In Dongba’s view, since he was the first to find it, it naturally should be his—his logic was that simple, not containing any special malice.

"Beat me up?" Gu Chen laughed upon hearing this and asked, "How long have you been in this medicine garden?"

"I don’t remember, probably one or two months," Dongba answered in his sonorous voice.

"No wonder," Gu Chen nodded, understanding that Dongba must be unaware of the stories now circulating in the outside world.

Although the Divine Garden was dangerous, it did not lack for cultivators willing to take risks since, after all, risk coexists with opportunity in this world.

Without taking any risks, there were no gains to be found.

"I won’t hand over the item, and I advise you not to make a move, lest you injure yourself," Gu Chen said, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

The Upper Realms always said the Golden Giant Clan had an incredibly straightforward character. Today, Gu Chen truly understood this.

"Injure myself? You, a little dwarf, dare to look down on me?" Upon hearing this, Dongba immediately grew furious, his voice rising even louder, causing the ground to tremble.

Truth be told, although Gu Chen was considered tall among adults, he was unimpressive before the over ten-zhang-tall Dongba.

Gu Chen’s words made Dongba feel insulted; the Golden Giant Clan’s greatest pride lay in their physical bodies and strength. Thus, he threw a punch, aiming to teach the man before him a small lesson.

Boom!

The heavens and earth shook, creating a dense wave of air. Dongba’s fist, rubbing against the void and bringing sparks with it, struck towards Gu Chen.

Bang!

To Dongba’s surprise, what he perceived as a "little dwarf" managed to withstand his fist, bigger than an iron pot, with just one finger.

"Hm?!" Dongba’s eyes widened in disbelief at the scene before him.

"Roar!"

Immediately after, he let out an angry roar and transformed into his true self, a giant with a stature well over a hundred zhang, his golden color becoming even more intense.

With a thud that shocked the heavens and shook the earth, Dongba swung his enormous fist, smashing it down at Gu Chen—a collapse of mountains.

In comparison to Dongba, Gu Chen was less than a speck at that moment. As the giant’s fist came crashing down, it seemed like the very sky was darkening.

"You do have quite some brute strength," Gu Chen commented approvingly as he nodded his head in response to Dongba’s strike.

Then, he too extended his palm and with a fierce slap through the air,

Bang!

Thunder surged through the sky. Thanks to the formations present, the area withstood unfathomable forces. Thus, as Gu Chen’s palm made contact with the void, a massive explosion occurred, sending dense shockwaves crashing in all directions and kicking up a wild storm in the process.

Dongba’s massive body staggered uncontrollably and finally fell onto the ground with his behind.

"You?!"

He was dumbfounded, unable to accept being defeated so easily by someone he saw as a dwarf.

Moreover, it was in the aspect he was most proficient in. In an instant, his body shrank, his complexion turned gloomy, and he became extremely dejected.

"Disappointed?" At this point, Gu Chen asked with a smile.

"I’ve been defeated," Dongba said in a deep voice, sitting there huffily and uttering just that one sentence.

Gu Chen smiled, "Being able to withstand a palm strike from me, you’ve done quite well."

Dongba didn’t speak, merely sitting there in silence.

Then, Gu Chen declared his identity, adding, "Would you care to follow me?"

"You’re that Gu Chen who defeated Jin Xuan? It comes back to me now!" Dongba suddenly remembered; he had also attended that fight, but had later forgotten Gu Chen’s appearance.

Such was the Golden Giant Clan; their entire race was like this. Although Gu Chen was somewhat speechless, he had been mentally prepared for this.

"You want me to follow you?" Dongba hesitated.

"That’s right," Gu Chen nodded and said, "Become my ally, and I can teach you how to refine your physical body to become stronger."

"Really?!" Hearing this, Dongba’s eyes lit up, even showing a touch of excitement.

"Of course," Gu Chen nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

The Golden Giant Clan was straightforward and single-minded in nature. Once they swore by something, if they became allies, they would be utterly reliable and fight to the death.

Gu Chen felt that if he were to come out on top in the struggle for supremacy between the Ten Thousand Tribes, and once he left the Holy Realm, he would undoubtedly set off a huge tumult in the realms above. Therefore, it was time for him to start making preparations and seek some allies for himself.

Otherwise, having killed so many descendants of the Great Powers, Qingyun Academy alone wouldn’t be enough to protect him once he emerged.

"You’re not trying to deceive me, are you? The elders in my clan have said that the Human Clan is cunning and not to be trusted lightly," Dongba said, eyeing Gu Chen with wary vigilance.

"Of course not," Gu Chen said with a smile, his tone very sincere.

He had truly not considered deceiving Dongba. If the other was genuinely loyal, he wouldn’t mind passing on the Immortal Sacred Body to him.

Because, through their recent exchange of blows, Gu Chen had realized that the physique of the Golden Giant Clan seemed to be exceptionally compatible with this body-refining technique.

As for Gu Chen, he had perfected this technique and needed to deduce and integrate it into a new body-refining technique eventually.

"Alright, I’ll trust you this once!" After pondering for a moment, Dongba gritted his teeth and gave a straightforward nod of agreement.

"Then don’t just sit here, let’s set off," Gu Chen said.

"I’ll follow your lead," Dongba responded promptly, getting to his feet and dusting off his buttocks.

His action made Gu Chen chuckle on the spot.

However, he could see that once Dongba had made up his mind, he truly submitted to him. Whatever Gu Chen said, Dongba would not argue.

"Truly headstrong, adhering stubbornly to whatever is said," Gu Chen mused inwardly.

Afterward, the two continued on their journey, heading deeper into the sacred garden.

Then, after traveling some distance, a blaze of divine radiance suddenly flashed before Gu Chen’s eyes.

It was so splendid and blindingly brilliant that Gu Chen’s eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly.

Dongba, on the other hand, couldn’t see such a scene because he lacked the divine sight.

Clearly, it was a considerable distance away from the two of them.

"That is... divine medicine, the sacred garden indeed contains divine medicine!" Gu Chen’s expression shook, and his heart couldn’t help but surge,

At this moment, in Gu Chen’s vision, a vine hung in the sky, radiating endless light, like an eternal sun, illuminating the Six Harmonies and the Eight Desolations.

"Blazing Fire Divine Vine!" These four characters surfaced in Gu Chen’s mind.

This was the name of the divine medicine within the sacred garden, very compatible with him—supremely yang and unyieldingly firm. If he could obtain it, perhaps his True Sun Fire could directly evolve into Divine Sun Fire, dreaded even by the mightiest powers!

This was the profound might of divine medicine, and this was just one of the uses of the Blazing Fire Divine Vine.

"I must obtain it!" Gu Chen’s gaze flickered, staring deeply into the sacred garden, his expression filled with unyielding determination.