Chapter 1224: Facing the Prime Calamity
"Ye Chen!"
Fang Ruolan saw the figure and was filled with excitement, an indescribable joy welled up within her.
"Ye Chen really came searching for me, it's not just my imagination, he really came to see me!"
Fang Ruolan's insight was extraordinary; she immediately recognized the person as the Ye Chen she had dreamed of day and night!
However, just as Fang Ruolan was filled with surprise, a sense of loss suddenly swept over her; she and her master had been consumed by the Gu God, making it difficult to escape!
How she wished to run to that person, tiptoe, and gently kiss him, but she wasn't able to anymore!
"No!"
Just as Fang Ruolan was being consumed by the Gu God, she suddenly let out a sharp cry, because she saw the figure moving, rushing forward like a moth to a flame!
He came with a firm determination, without any hesitation, which shocked Fang Ruolan deeply, leaving no room for doubt!
Fang Ruolan had lived alone in Miaojiang for ten years, always doubting that Ye Chen had changed his heart and abandoned her!
But a person willing to die for her, doesn't he still love her?
At this moment, years of doubts vanished into thin air, putting Fang Ruolan's mind at ease, a secret joy bubbling up inside.
But soon, she became afraid, even started to suffer!
Because as she was consumed by the Gu God, Ye Chen came flying to rescue her, wasn't this courting death?!
"Who is this?"
Li Wuxie looked at the figure, a trace of doubt arose in his heart, worried that this person had ill intentions.
However, after this figure appeared, it actually leapt toward the Gu God, dispelling Li Wuxie's doubts.
The Gu God was undergoing a ritual and was left only with the intention to consume, anyone approaching the Gu God would be consumed!
The figure appeared suddenly, but it rushed towards the Gu God, leaving no chance of survival; a dead person is not to be feared.
However, as the figure rushed towards the Gu God, a terrifying event unfolded, almost scaring Li Wuxie to death!
"The Empire descends from the Nine Heavens, immortals and demons retreat!"
An ancient chant shook the heavens and earth, the figure threw a sky-reaching punch, splitting open the Gu God's head and rescuing Fang Ruolan!
"What!"
Fang Ruolan held her unconscious master, already swallowed by the Gu God, filling her heart with despair.
But just as she experienced despair and sorrow, a blast exploded, then the world brightened.
The Gu God's head was split open, a young man emerged, wrapped in radiant splendor, resembling a War God coming to the mortal realm, standing before Fang Ruolan.
"Ruolan." Ye Chen gazed at Fang Ruolan with a gentle smile, softly calling to her.
"Ye Chen, is it really you?" Fang Ruolan was stunned.
The Gu God was an immortal Holy Spirit, Fang Ruolan and Zhu Ziyue had been consumed with no chance of survival!
Yet Ye Chen suddenly appeared here, smashed the Gu God's head, rescuing them!
Moreover, alongside Fang Ruolan's joy, there was a shocking astonishment, Ye Chen killed the Gu God?
"I'm sorry I came late, making you suffer!" Ye Chen looked at Fang Ruolan, filled with guilt.
Fang Ruolan returned to Miaojiang with Sage Master Ziyue, expecting a brief separation, and who knew it would be ten years!
For ten years, Fang Ruolan had waited in Miaojiang, waiting for Ye Chen to come and take her away!
In the end, Ye Chen did come, but she had waited alone for ten years, not knowing how much suffering she endured, which left Ye Chen guilt-ridden.
"It's good that you came!" Fang Ruolan looked at Ye Chen, her eyes full of deep affection, her body trembling slightly.
At this moment, Fang Ruolan had forgotten everything, she could see only Ye Chen, he was her sky, her ground, her world!
Fang Ruolan had waited for this day for too many years! But her happiness came too abruptly, making it difficult for her to adapt all at once!
Ye Chen came!
"Who are you!"
However, as the two gazed at each other, Li Wuxie shouted violently, pressing forward forcefully.
"Hmm?" Ye Chen frowned and looked towards him.
Boom!
At this moment, Li Wuxie attacked, a giant skull appeared, moving to engulf Ye Chen.
Ye Chen's appearance was too sudden, and he had extinguished the Gu God with a punch, rescuing Fang Ruolan, causing Li Wuxie to feel threatened, prompting him to launch an unexpected sneak attack.
"Ye Chen, be careful, that's Li Wuxie, a powerful Human King, the one conducting the ritual, harming so many people!" Fang Ruolan's face changed drastically as she saw Li Wuxie attacking, instinctive fear rising.
Li Wuxie, after achieving Human King, committed too many crimes, deeply wicked yet difficult to deal with.
Thus, Fang Ruolan feared him, knowing his extreme malevolence was extremely dangerous.
But just as Fang Ruolan warned, a shocking scene occurred, Ye Chen punched without batting an eye, sending the imposing Li Wuxie flying.
"You!"
Ye Chen's punch sent shockwaves across heaven and earth, virtually capable of sweeping across the cosmos, granting Li Wuxie no chance to resist, directly repelling him.
Moreover, Li Wuxie retreated, his nose and mouth spewing blood, his Human King form showing cracks, almost shattering!
"Ye Chen, you, you..." Fang Ruolan looked at Ye Chen, once again shocked. Li Wuxie, a powerful Human King, was critically injured by Ye Chen's single punch?
"Your master was injured by him?" Ye Chen repelled Li Wuxie with a punch and asked Fang Ruolan.
"Yes." Fang Ruolan, still in shock, nodded instinctively upon hearing Ye Chen's question.
"Then he no longer has a reason to live!" Ye Chen's eyes turned cold.
Boom!
A massive punch shadow emerged, shaking the cosmic origins, causing all of Miaojiang to tremble.
Ye Chen attacked again, delivering a fatal blow to Li Wuxie.
"No, no, no!"
Li Wuxie, having been severely injured by Ye Chen's punch, was already terrified. Now seeing Ye Chen strike again, he fled rapidly, trying to escape.
However, Ye Chen's punch suppressed the heavens and earth. Where could Li Wuxie escape when he was within them?
Boom!
Ye Chen's punch shadow was like a meteor, leaving Li Wuxie with no place to hide, striking him directly.
Yet, Li Wuxie's body shattered, becoming a mist of blood that spread through the air, dispersed completely by the wind, leaving no trace.
"This... this... this!" Fang Ruolan, witnessing this scene, was at a loss for words.
To her, the ferocious Li Wuxie was extinguished so easily by Ye Chen's punch?
Fang Ruolan struggled to accept it; in her view, Li Wuxie was at least a boss, and his death seemed too abrupt!
"That beastly head is the Gu God?" Ye Chen asked Fang Ruolan.
"Ah, ah, it's the Gu God." Fang Ruolan seemed lost in spirit, completely out of sorts.
Ye Chen's arrival delighted Fang Ruolan, and she was utterly immersed in happiness.
But after the joy came the shock; Ye Chen's methods were too domineering. Li Wuxie, a king among men, was like a sick chick before Ye Chen, dying without a sound, terrifying her greatly.
"Gu God!" Ye Chen murmured. "Take your master and step back; there's still some trouble here. Once I handle it, we'll leave!"
"Ah, more trouble?" Fang Ruolan exclaimed.
Ye Chen seemed boundless in strength, having already exploded Li Wuxie, yet he still saw trouble ahead?
But soon, Fang Ruolan understood what trouble Ye Chen meant.
Boom!
An invisible force emerged, making heaven and earth quiver! Moreover, this force grew larger and more intense, dimming the sun, moon, and stars as if the apocalypse was arriving.
A massive beastly head appeared, watching over the whole Miaojiang—Gu God, this mysterious Holy Spirit descending once again!
"Is it you?" Gu God asked Ye Chen.
"It's me!" Ye Chen stood tall in the heavens, looking back at Gu God.
"Are you Ye Chen?" Gu God asked.
"I am Ye Chen!" Ye Chen replied proudly.
"..."
Ye Chen's calm and collected demeanor brought Gu God into silence, quieting heaven and earth.
Gu God is a great Holy Spirit, surpassing the Great Saint, an Innate deity and demon, an epic malevolence!
The existence of epic beings is mysterious. They hide within the universe, hard for even saints to track, Gu God being one of them!
However, someone performed rites for Gu God, revealing his will, accepting sacrifices, and bestowing blessings.
Yet, while accepting sacrifices, Gu God's true self and that will were suddenly severed from contact!
Thus, Gu God projected his will again, seeking to uncover the truth!
Gu God is an Innate Holy Spirit, comprehending epics, able to crush Great Saints even with a mere will!
Thus, Gu God had foresight before arriving, guessing who could extinguish his will.
But upon facing this person, Gu God realized his guess was utterly wrong!
Gu God guessed Xiahou Chun, but the person before him was young, outstanding, and sharp—clearly not Xiahou Chun!
With cultivation at Gu God's level, heaven's causality falls within a thought, thus he learned of Ye Chen!
However, Ye Chen battled the Heavenly Dao, suffered severe Dao injuries, supposedly on the brink of death—how could he possibly obliterate his will?
Reflecting on everything, Gu God remained silent.
This young man is far from simple on the surface!
"In the universe, epic malevolence runs rampant; this Gu God is likely among them!"
Seeing Gu God's surprise, Ye Chen was equally startled; the being before him was no ordinary, but a malevolence dominant across the universe!
Xiahou Chun shared much with Ye Chen, revealing many cosmic secrets, including the matter of twenty-three malevolences!
Yet, this Gu God's mystique left a question: which malevolence is he?
"There are twenty-three malevolences in the universe; now there's one more, becoming twenty-four!" Gu God finally spoke first, acknowledging Ye Chen's presence.
"I am but a dying man; the honor of being called a malevolence is too generous!" Ye Chen replied humbly.
"Others you may deceive, but not me," Gu God said. "Rumors say you were struck by the Heavenly Dao, your life in peril, yet your body teems with energy, constantly birthing wonders—where's the sign of demise?"
After sparing a glance at Ye Chen, Gu God disbelieved the rumors, as Ye Chen was terrifyingly restrained, even Gu God had some apprehension—Ye Chen was at the zenith of life; where was any indication of dying?