Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Chapter 379 The True Meaning of Communing with God (Three updates of ten thousand words, asking for subscription!)_1

"You, a junior, dare to oppose me? I think you're tired of living!"

Xiahou Longyuan's face was cold and stern, his eyes full of malice. His clothes rustled in the fierce wind, and at this moment, he was furious, slamming a palm toward Gu Chen across the distance.

"Everyone has been young and rash, but you need to consider who you're up against. Today, I shall show you what it means to be a martial god!"

With a booming sound, Xiahou Longyuan's palm struck out, and the air in front of him exploded, even dispersing the clouds. His palm strike was fierce and contained a biting cold, immediately forming a layer of ice crystals in the air.

"A martial god? You are no longer the top grandmaster of martial gods!"

Gu Chen's expression indifferent, counterattacked with a palm strike, his palm force as scorching as fire, completely opposite to Xiahou Longyuan's, it could even be described as directly clashing.

Boom!

The world shook, the void trembled, and the powers of ice and fire intertwined, resembling the two extremes of yin and yang, creating a terrifying fluctuation.

Luckily, this was in the sky; otherwise, the impact of their strikes would have caused untold destruction, likely obliterating much of the landscape below.

"You think too little of a martial god. Do you really believe I can't touch you just because you possess a Superior God Weapon Jade Necklace?"

Xiahou Longyuan's hair and beard stood on end, glaring at Gu Chen with a furious roar that was so intense it blasted the air away, sending waves of white surging around him.@@@@

At this moment, Gu Chen's heart tightened; it felt as though thousands of needles pierced his brain simultaneously.

Gu Chen frowned, grunting, as the top grandmaster's intangible and unpredictable mental attack of a martial god was very difficult to defend against, even for someone as perceptive as Gu Chen.

"This is the gap between you and me. With the power of my mind, I can control your life and death in an instant!"

Xiahou Longyuan shouted, "I'll give you a chance, submit to me, submit to the Six Union God Sect, and I shall spare you today!"

"Submit to you and the Six Union God Sect?"

Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly looked up, his expression cold as he spoke, "Nothing but a bunch of evil spirits that can't stand the light of day. One day, I will eradicate all you devils, leaving not one behind!"

"Hahaha..."

Upon hearing these words, Xiahou Longyuan did not get angry but burst into laughter, as if he'd heard a very amusing joke.

"You want to destroy the Six Union God Sect?" Xiahou Longyuan stopped laughing, his gaze dark and foreboding as he glared at Gu Chen. "Let me tell you, everything is predestined. No one can change the fate of the nine provinces. In the future, the nine provinces will be ours. Once merged with the demons and ghosts, we shall be undying and limitless, transcending the Human Clan.

We will be the creators of a new era for the nine provinces!"

By the end, Xiahou Longyuan sounded increasingly excited, much like the brainwashed salespeople Gu Chen had encountered in his past life, even appearing somewhat fanatical in his gaze.

"Creators of a new era?" Gu Chen sneered, "They're nothing but pitiful creatures, half-human half-demon. You dare to call yourselves gods? As a member of the Human Clan who has willingly fallen and fused with demons, becoming an abomination and even losing the very humanity you were born with, you are nothing but beasts to me. No, you are even less than beasts!"

"How presumptuous!"

A fierce light flashed in Xiahou Longyuan's eyes as he retorted, "What do you know, you little upstart? It is only by forsaking humanity can one obtain divinity and become a true immortal... a deity!"

Gu Chen's expression was icy, slightly frowning. He knew Xiahou Longyuan was completely brainwashed—or, not exactly brainwashed, perhaps after witnessing the abilities of dark-grade demons and considering his own age and the current state of affairs, he naturally aspired for more.

Moreover, many other warriors in the nine provinces would make the same choice as Xiahou Longyuan, for the benefits of merging with demons were immense, such as everlasting life and an unlimited path in martial arts, both extremely enticing prospects.

But in Gu Chen's eyes, there was no such thing as a free lunch. He did not believe that merging with demons came without its own hidden dangers.

Furthermore, to abandon one's humanity and degenerate into a ghost was not what Gu Chen pursued.

"Go become a god in hell!"

"Hm?!"

As sharp as Xiahou Yuan was, he immediately noticed the changes happening to Gu Chen and his face changed color on the spot.

The first step in condensing divine sense is to let one's invisible spirit "break out" into the external world, capable of influencing matter with spirit.

After the spirit continues to condense and reaches an extreme, it can transform into divine sense, which can affect everything in a moment's thought.

To experience martial arts enlightenment is to use the intangible divine sense to influence the tangible outside world. When reaching the profound levels, one could even commune more deeply with the great forces of nature and harness greater power from it.

This is the true meaning of martial arts enlightenment, and it also lays the foundation for martial artists to attain the Coagulation Field realm. Without a powerful divine sense, this step would be absolutely unattainable.

The process of refining divine sense is exceptionally difficult; Xiahou Yuan had spent over a decade and countless elixirs and opportunities to successfully condense his divine sense.

And now, Gu Chen, being so young, was seemingly about to take the first step in condensing divine sense—how could Xiahou Yuan not be astonished?

"Kill!"

Xiahou Yuan bellowed, his current full-powered divine sense strike, sharp as a drill bit, instantly piercing into Gu Chen's mind.

In that moment, Gu Chen couldn't help but tremble, and faintly, a trickle of blood flowed from his mouth and nose.

After all, Xiahou Yuan had once been a top grandmaster who had experienced martial arts enlightenment. Even though he was now gravely injured and his strength had waned, his divine sense remained, still capable of exercising the authority of a top grandmaster in the realm of enlightenment.

However, Gu Chen's spirit was resilient, and with the protection of the Superior God Weapon Jade Necklace and the Earth Grade Refining Spirit Secret, Xiahou Yuan's attack only managed to injure him, unable to go any further.

Seeing that his strongest strike could only injure Gu Chen and not kill him, Xiahou Yuan's pupils contracted as his expression changed.

"Your time has come!"

Gu Chen's expression was cold and indifferent, his black hair disheveled, his face tinged with streaks of blood, as he stepped forward in the void like a devil approaching Xiahou Yuan.

Throughout Xiahou Yuan's life, aside from his encounter with the Chief of the Mingjing Department more than twenty years ago, he had never been pushed to such a dire situation.

The Chief of the Mingjing Department need not be mentioned, as they were a peerless powerhouse in the Coagulation Field realm, vastly superior to Xiahou Yuan.

But Gu Chen was different in Xiahou Yuan's eyes, who was simply a young man in his early twenties. With his pride, he refused to believe that he would be defeated by Gu Chen.

"If I were still at the peak of the enlightenment realm, I would kill you with a flip of my hand!" Xiahou Yuan clenched his teeth, his gaze sinister beyond measure.

This was the hatred of his life; toward the Chief of the Da Xia Mingjing Department, Xiahou Yuan's resentment reached extreme levels.

"Too bad, you're not!"

Gu Chen stopped where he was, flipping his hand, and a fiery red spear appeared in his grasp.

"You... what is this...?"

Seeing this mysterious technique, Xiahou Yuan's pupils instantly constricted.

Since Gu Chen had used such a divine ability before him, he clearly had no intention of letting Xiahou Yuan leave here alive.

"Die!"

As Gu Chen's words fell, flames enveloped the spear in his hand. Then, with a forceful thrust of his arm, Gu Chen hurled the fiery spear forth.

Shhh!

Like a meteor of flames, the spear turned into a blazing light, fleeting across the sky. To Xiahou Yuan's astonished gaze, it pierced through his chest!