Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

"He's come out!"

Everyone's eyes brightened at once, intently watching that spot; everyone wanted to know, in this trial, who would come out on top and overshadow their peers in Yan State, becoming Yan State's martial arts world's first prodigy.

"Look, someone's come out!"

"Who's the first one?"

"Seems like... is that Ning Tian from Xuantian Sect?!"

The crowd was abuzz with discussion as the first person to be teleported out from the Heaven-reaching Pagoda was Ning Tian, who had been severely injured by Gu Chen.

Seeing this, an elder from Xuantian Sect's face immediately showed a hint of a smile as he said, "Ning Tian has come out, just ask him and we'll know the situation inside."

"That's not right, Ning Tian, he… seems to be injured!"

The eyes of the martial arts grandmasters were exceptionally sharp; the moment Ning Tian appeared, they could see that half of his body was torn up, he was coughing blood continuously, and his life force was weak to the extreme.

"Ning Tian!"

The complexion of Xuantian Sect's elder instantly changed, his figure flashed as he rushed to Ning Tian's side, taking out all kinds of healing pills from his robe and forcing them into Ning Tian's mouth.

As Ning Tian saw the elder, his mind relaxed and he immediately fainted.

"What happened, how did Ning Tian get so severely injured?" The brows of the gathered martial arts grandmasters furrowed.

The elder from Xuantian Sect's face darkened as he said, "Which of your disciples has done this, to strike so cruelly, causing Ning Tian such damage!"

Just now, he had been full of confidence in Ning Tian, but Ning Tian's appearance now severely slapped his face.

This was secondary; the elder found after his examination that Ning Tian's injuries were very severe, half of his body was ruined, he had burnt his vital blood, and harm had reached his origin, greatly impacting Ning Tian's future, and there was even a very high possibility his martial cultivation would halt permanently.

"Let me put it this way, no matter who injured Ning Tian, I will not let this matter rest easily today!" The expression of that elder from Xuantian Sect had not a trace of humor left, his face as dark as it could be.

The grandmasters from Da Guangming Sect frowned, cursing inwardly, wondering whose disciple had struck with such viciousness, injuring Ning Tian to this extent, Xuantian Sect would definitely not let this end peacefully.

"Another person has come out!"

At that moment, flashes of light twinkled one after another, and many people were teleported out.

Those who were teleported out were mostly not too severely injured, with only Ning Tian suffering the worst wounds, even after taking healing pills, he was still hovering at death's door, at any moment he could die.

"Eh, why hasn't Si Yuan appeared?"

"What about Shen Jie, why don't we see Shen Jie either?"

"And Qiu Li and Qiu Zhen, where have they gone?"

The grandmasters from the Da Guangming Sect, White Tiger Clan, and the Qiu family furrowed their brows, looking toward Ling Fei, Liang Qing, and Wang Shuyu.

The three remained silent. Si Yuan and the others had all been killed by Gu Chen, and the death was extremely tragic. At this critical juncture, who would dare to speak up?

The wrath of a grandmaster was not something they could bear.

Wang Jiuzhi looked over the crowd. Jiang Huan and Dong Ziwei were also missing, and, moreover, Gu Chen had not appeared either.

This caused his heart to sink with a thud, could it be that something truly unexpected had happened?

"What exactly is going on?!"

All the grandmasters present deepened their expressions, turning their gaze toward those who had participated in the trial.

"Shuyu, Shuhang, the two of you speak up, what exactly happened inside?" At that moment, the grandmaster from the Wang family turned his attention to Wang Shuyu and Wang Shuhang, the two brothers.

"Eldest brother, you speak," Wang Shuhang said with an embarrassed look.

Wang Shuyu, gentle and refined as if he were a scholar, heard this and fell silent for a moment before saying, "Now, apart from Gu Chen, all who haven't come out are dead."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, the martial arts grandmasters of the Da Guangming Sect were instantly shocked and distressed, with many experiencing a darkening before their eyes.

Wang Jiuzhi exhaled deeply upon hearing this, it seemed, barring any surprises, that Gu Chen had emerged victorious in the end.

"In the final trial, who is the victor?" asked an elder from the Wang family.

"Gu Chen," Wang Shuyu replied.

As soon as these words were uttered, the crowd immediately stirred, and the intelligence agents from Diancang Pavilion quickly took notes on something.

"Impossible!"

A big man from the White Tiger Clan bellowed indignantly, "By what means could Gu Chen achieve final victory? What about Shen Jie? How could he possibly have died? Who killed him?"

The two martial arts grandmasters from the Da Guangming Sect and the Qiu family also wore grim faces as they looked towards Wang Shuyu, seeking an answer.

"It was Gu Chen, Gu Chen killed them!"

Seeing Wang Shuyu remain silent, Ling Fei of the Feixue Sword Sect stood up, his face full of hatred as he said, "Everyone was killed by Gu Chen, Zhuo Siyuan and Shen Jie, as well as Qiu Zhen, Qiu Li, and Kui Gang, they all died by Gu Chen's hand!"
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"Not only that, Gu Chen seemed to have gone mad, even slaughtering his own companions. Jiang Huan and Dong Ziwei of the Jing Tian Department also died at Gu Chen's hands!"

Following up, Liang Qing said, "The reason for Ning Tian's current state is also because of Gu Chen."

"What?!"

After listening to Ling Fei and Liang Qing's description, the martial arts grandmasters from the Da Guangming Sect, Xuantian Sect, White Tiger Clan, and the Qiu family were simultaneously enraged and somewhat disbelieving. How could everything be the work of Gu Chen alone? This seemed impossible!

"Impossible, from where does Gu Chen possess such strength? Are you joking?" the grandmasters could obviously not believe it, refusing to accept that Gu Chen alone had the power to kill so many, especially those with much higher cultivation levels than his.

"It's true," Wang Shuyu said after a long silence.

However, the group of grandmasters still did not believe it. They turned their gaze to the disciples of their respective sects, some now frantic, and demanded, "You tell us, what exactly happened."

"Uncle master, it's all true... All of our senior brothers were killed by Gu Chen..." The group of disciples were ashen-faced and choked up in emotion. They intermittently described the situation of the final trial at the Pure Yang Martial Sect in its entirety to the grandmasters.

After listening to their own disciples' accounts, the grandmasters were visibly stunned, still finding it hard to believe, feeling as if everything was like a dream, so surreal.

"Presumptuous brat!"

But in the next moment, they burst into furious anger, grinding their teeth and emitting an intensely hostile killing intent, the temperature around suddenly spiking as fierce blood-qi surged forth.

Their faces terribly grim, their intimidating gazes shifted towards Wang Jiuzhi.

"Wang Jiuzhi, today, Gu Chen will certainly die without doubt!" the few martial arts grandmasters said coldly, pronouncing a death sentence on Gu Chen.

Wang Jiuzhi frowned and said, "The contest between warriors is by nature a matter of life and death left to fate. What now, when your disciples are defeated, you, as elders, wish to take action in their stead?"

"Wang Jiuzhi! Today, no matter what you say, I must kill Gu Chen!"

"Must kill Gu Chen!"

The grandmasters from the Da Guangming Sect, White Tiger Clan, Xuantian Sect, and the Qiu family exuded an overwhelming killing intent. Those not at the level of grandmaster felt a chilling grip on their bodies, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

Wang Jiuzhi's expression darkened as he said, "I want to see who among you today, with me here, can lay a finger on Gu Chen!"

And at that moment, the Tongtian Pagoda trembled, and the figure of Gu Chen slowly emerged from outside the tower.