Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1384 - 295: Obtaining the Divine Medicine

Chapter 1384: Chapter 295: Obtaining the Divine Medicine

Gu Chen unleashed four divine skills called Opening Heaven, bursting forth with a ten thousand zhang radiance that engulfed Ghostly Son’s figure like a vast ocean.

It took quite a while for the terrifying fluctuations to finally subside.

"Hm?"

However, at this moment, Gu Chen’s eyes narrowed, as he discovered that Ghostly Son had not been completely destroyed.

This was really incredible.

"Armor of the Ghostly God?" He shifted his gaze, noticing that Ghostly Son was wearing a suit of black, shining armor that was imposing and ancient.

Of course, this couldn’t be the real Armor of the Ghostly God, because that was a weapon of the Ghostly Lord from Netherworld Heaven from a previous era, and it had been completely shattered. What appeared now was just an imitation.

Thanks to the demonic forces within his body, his own treasures, and the imitation Armor of the Ghostly God, Ghostly Son had just narrowly escaped death.

Only Ghostly Son knew how dire his situation had been.

His body was almost annihilated instantly, and the Armor of the Ghostly God along with his treasures could hardly block it; had it not been for the demonic force helping him continuously repair the damage, he really would have perished.

Even so, Ghostly Son was severely injured, and after casting a resentful glance at Gu Chen, he no longer dared to continue the battle and turned to flee immediately.

Whoosh!

It must be said that Ghostly Son was extremely decisive. Though he had suffered serious injuries, he still burned his scant vital blood at first instant, and the power of the demon erupted without reservation, transforming him into a black streak that disappeared in an instant.

Naturally, Gu Chen would not allow him to escape. He soared into the sky to pursue, striking Ghostly Son multiple times, causing him to vomit fresh blood and continuously breaking his internal organs.

However, in the end, due to the vast and intricate array patterns in the area, and with Ghostly Son sacrificing his origins by burning his vital blood, and the power of the demon within him, he managed to cling to a breath of life and escape.

"It is quite decisive indeed," Gu Chen murmured.

However, after this battle, Ghostly Son was no longer a concern. If Gu Chen could defeat him once, he could defeat him twice or thrice.

Moreover, it wouldn’t be long before he would achieve the Ninth Turn Physical Realm, becoming completely perfected. Then, if Ghostly Son dared to appear before him again, it would be no different from seeking death.

Of course, although Ghostly Son had fled in haste, during the pursuit, his storage treasure had ended up in Gu Chen’s hands.

"The treasures are not few." Gu Chen opened it, and his eyes immediately lit up. There were a Demi-God Medicine and a hundred-thousand-year-old Sacred Medicine.

Right away, Gu Chen nodded in satisfaction, collecting them all as his spoils of war.

Afterward, Gu Chen located Dongba, whom he had hidden far away before the battle. At this moment, this naive golden giant had a face full of anxiety.

"The Garden of Heavenly Gods is full of dangers. I will continue to delve deeper—leave this place for now," Gu Chen said.

He also gave Dongba a Breaking Array Talisman. Now, including the one from Ghostly Son, he had three.

"Alright, I’ll wait for you outside the Garden of Heavenly Gods," Dongba nodded, obediently choosing to leave.

With the Breaking Array Talisman, Gu Chen wasn’t worried about him encountering any danger. After seeing Dongba off, he ventured alone once more into the depths of the Garden of Heavenly Gods.

Soon, some time passed, and since the battle with Ghostly Son ended, Gu Chen had moved another twenty-five thousand li deeper into the Garden of Heavenly Gods.

He had now left the outer area and entered a deeper territory.

Here, colorful poisonous fog pervaded the surroundings, thickly enveloping the place; both above and below were full of array patterns, making them somewhat difficult to avoid.

Had it not been for Gu Chen elevating his Heavenly Eye to the third level, he would not have been able to venture so deep into the Garden of Heavenly Gods.

"This is getting tough," Gu Chen murmured lightly, his eyes filled with divine light and staring into the depths.

From the first glimpse of seeing the Divine Flame Vine, to now, Gu Chen had not seen it again, as if what he saw before was just an illusion.

But he knew that the Heavenly Eye would not be wrong—the Divine Flame Vine was just hiding.

Afterward, Gu Chen continued forward, and after penetrating tens of thousands more li into the Garden of Heavenly Gods, he felt pangs of anxiety.

Here, the great arrays slammed earth and sealed the sky, with colorful poisonous fog obscuring heaven and earth, incredibly thick. Under the influence of the surrounding array patterns, even Gu Chen’s third-level Heavenly Eye struggled to see through and couldn’t view the far-off scenes.

At the same time, he also felt pangs of anxiety, and a piercing pain came from between his brows—that was Gu Chen’s intuition giving him a warning.

"If I stubbornly move forward, I might face a fatal crisis," Gu Chen frowned, looking into the depths of the Garden of Heavenly Gods.

The divine medicine was here, and he was extremely unwilling to leave without obtaining it.

But, with the current situation, if he advanced again, even Gu Chen himself was not certain.

After all, this was the Garden of Heavenly Gods, a domain of an ancient supreme deity from countless eons ago, fraught with dangers, not even the strongest dared to guarantee safe navigation through its depths.

"Am I supposed to give up just like that?" Gu Chen’s expression was somber, his eyes flickering, filled with reluctance.

If he stopped here, how would he break through to the Divine Realm and forge the strongest foundation?

This concerned his future path, and Gu Chen would certainly not be careless; he must give his all to do his best.

Otherwise, if he hastily wrapped up his foundation building in the Realm of Union and made a breakthrough to the Divine Realm, all his previous efforts would have been largely wasted.

"I must obtain the divine medicine!" With that thought, Gu Chen took a deep breath, his expression extremely determined.

"It seems, it’s time to use the Yu Ding!" With a flash of light, a three-legged and two-eared bronze-colored cauldron appeared in front of Gu Chen, floating in the air and spinning dizzily.

Indeed, Gu Chen’s only option was to throw himself into the Yu Ding and rely on the supreme treasure to venture through this place.

He could only hope for this, as on his own strength, he was absolutely incapable of reaching the depths of the Garden of Heavenly Gods.

Whoosh!

The next moment, Gu Chen’s figure flashed, throwing himself into the universe within the Yu Ding.

Following that, he maneuvered the Nether Ding, being extremely tyrannical, charging straight toward the depths of the Divine Garden.

At this point, abilities like "Heavenly Eye" and "Breaking Array Talisman" ceased to function; only relying on one’s sheer strength was possible.

Moreover, as a supreme treasure, even though its capabilities were suppressed here, the quality alone gave Gu Chen faith—it absolutely could!

Dang, dang, dang, dang!

Patterns filled the void, manifesting and releasing shocking divine glows, those were formations set by the highest heavens at this place, immensely powerful.

However, the Nether Ding was still extraordinary, a half-step Dao weapon, outperforming others, letting thousands of glimmers strike without more than lightly vibrating - firmly advancing deeper into the Divine Garden.

Gu Chen sat cross-legged inside the Nether Ding, eyes closed, solely focused on controlling the Nether Ding, not even daring to let his spiritual sense wander outside the Ding.

Because the deeper he went in, the stronger the formations became; even a minor aftershock was not something Gu Chen could withstand.

In fact, as they ventured deeper, intense fluctuations began affecting even the Nether Ding, resulting in constant, explosive clinking sounds as the Ding tumbled through mid-air.

Faintly, powerful vibrations transmitted through the Nether Ding from outside to inside.

"What a powerful formation; it truly is set up by the highest celestial existence!" Gu Chen exclaimed in awe. Fortunately, he had the Nether Ding, but even then, he could feel his heart pounding.

Boom!

Eventually, indentations appeared on the surface of the Nether Ding, making it clear just how mighty the formations within the depths of the Divine Garden were!

Luckily, the Nether Ding was made from special materials allowing it to self-repair. When hundreds and thousands of dents made it appear almost destroyed, it finally carried Gu Chen to the deepest parts of the Divine Garden.

Inside the Nether Ding, Gu Chen was covered in blood, the subsequent vibrations transmitted through the Nether Ding, causing him to cough up blood frequently.

It was only because his physical body was extraordinarily strong that he could cope; any other cultivator would have been turned to mush by the impacts.

"If we were outside, the Nether Ding’s power wouldn’t be suppressed, and this wouldn’t have happened." Gu Chen thought silently to himself.

"Sacred herbs everywhere; there are plenty even from ten thousand years ago!" At this moment, Gu Chen saw the scene in the depths of the Divine Garden through the Nether Ding, the dense medicinal fragrance as if it could rise directly to the ninth heaven, this place seemed like a sacred zone!

At once, his mind trembled, nearly too excited to contain himself!

"Divine medicine, Blazing Flame Divine Vine!" Quickly, Gu Chen saw a plant rooted in the void, like the sun, shining brilliantly, seemingly eternal and transcendent.

Divine medicine can cultivate by absorbing the essence of sun and moon just like cultivators; the Blazing Flame Divine Vine he now saw in front of him was just like this.

The initial scene Gu Chen saw in the Divine Garden was precisely this.

"Nether Ding, capture it!"

Seeing the divine medicine, Gu Chen was shook, without hesitation, he pushed his power to the limit and employed all his methods.

He wanted to capture the Blazing Flame Divine Vine!

However, being a divine medicine, it was truly extraordinary; with a whoosh, the Blazing Flame Divine Vine’s body blazed with divine flames—that was actually the sun’s divine fire!

Of course, the hue was faint, far less intense than during sun’s divine fire’s peak moments, but even so, it was not something Gu Chen at his level could endure.

"Stay put!"

Gu Chen roared; he stimulated the Nether Ding’s power to the utmost threshold of the current phase, unafraid of the burning of the sun’s divine fire, solidifying the heavenly void, attempting to catch the Blazing Flame Divine Vine.

However, the Blazing Flame Divine Vine was truly extraordinary, managing to break free from the Nether Ding’s constraints, intending to leap towards the sky.

Simultaneously, various patterns in the vicinity grew brighter, continuously bombarding the Nether Ding.

Inside the Nether Ding, Gu Chen was bombarded with aftershocks, continuously coughing blood.

This was countless times more perilous than his previous battle with Ghostly Son; fatal dangers arose constantly!

"You won’t escape!"

But at that moment, Gu Chen suddenly stood up; his demeanor indifferent, eyes cold and fierce, the bloodlust lurking deep within his bones erupted, showing no sign of retreat!

Perhaps sensing his resolution, within the universal dome, the land transformed from the Nether Ding spread out an invisible fluctuation, emerging from inside Gu Chen through the Nether Ding, transmitting it to the outside.

Buzz!

This instant, the depths of the Divine Garden solidified or rather, froze; everything paused in place, like a still frame.

This was not the power of the Nether Ding, Gu Chen was certain of it. If there had been a cultivator present, even their thoughts would have frozen!

"Time has frozen, is this... the power of the Nether Ding?!" Gu Chen was shocked, quickly checking his internal divine seed.

However, while the Nether Ding held power, it was still an endless land, not revealing its true form.

Gu Chen frowned, thinking that the Nether Ding had unlocked its seal, but it seemed not to be the case, just an occasionalleakage of power.

"The power of time is indeed terrifying," Gu Chen sighed.

With such a time-stopping power displayed, how many in the world could withstand it?

Of course, all these events occurred in the blink of an eye; seizing the moment when the two Nether Dings worked together, Gu Chen acted, directly capturing the Blazing Flame Divine Vine and sealing it within the Nether Ding!

Simultaneously, he took the opportunity to sweep away numerous sacred medicines from the area, and thereafter, exploiting the moment, the Nether Ding transformed into a streak of light, swiftly departing the area.

Two breaths after the Nether Ding vanished, the locale recovered, bursting with endless light, swamping the heavens and the earth; even the utmost power couldn’t resist, their body and soul collapsing instantly!

The Divine Garden erupted!

But regardless, the subsequent events no longer concerned Gu Chen, this operation’s harvest could be said to be extremely bountiful!

On another side, Ghostly Son transformed into a streak of dark light, swiftly leaving the Divine Garden, heading towards a core region of the holy realm.

"Gu Chen, I definitely will not let you go, today’s grudges, I, Ghostly Son, shall avenge!" A voice filled with hatred echoed through the mountains and rivers.