Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

However, Gu Chen remained calm and composed. Facing Zhang Ling's Star Picking Finger, he did not use any techniques but simply extended a finger, making a plain and unremarkable point.

"Seeking death!"

Zhang Ling sneered coldly, a flash of murderous intent in his eyes that quickly vanished. Clearly, he thought Gu Chen was too ignorant, completely unaware of the terror of the Star Picking Finger.

Raising his hand to pick stars, this was what the Star Picking Finger could achieve; even without being a supreme fighter, merely mastering the Star Picking Finger to completion was enough to wield such overwhelming power.

This was the terrifying nature of the immortal-level sect's heritage!

Clang!

The next moment, the two attacks collided, sending out an extremely intense metallic sound through the void, not at all like the sound of flesh colliding but like two top-tier weapons clashing with countless sparks flying, piercing through the heavens and earth.

"Ah..."

Soon, a low roar followed, then a figure rapidly retreated, his palm sprinkled continuously with droplets of blood.

This person was Zhang Ling.

At this moment, he wore a look of disbelief. In his left palm, one finger had completely vanished, crushed into mush by Gu Chen.

The pain of losing a finger sent Zhang Ling trembling all over, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

He found it incredible that his physical body, strong as it was, had been easily crushed by Gu Chen, and the latter had not even used any technique, just that ordinary finger.

"This?!"

Not only was Zhang Ling shocked, but even those from Qingyun Academy seated below, including Cui Ji and others, as well as Yan Qi, Ao Guang, and Wang Yuan, were also stunned.

Gu Chen's expression remained calm, as it had been from the beginning. Zhang Ling was indeed extraordinary, having undergone three bodily reconstructions after reaching the Unity Realm, but what was that compared to him?

"Leave on your own. Your strength is too weak; I have no interest," Gu Chen said calmly, perfectly countering the arrogance previously shown by Zhang Ling.

"You!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ling was naturally furious, trembling even more violently. For a moment, it was hard for the crowd to tell whether he was trembling from pain or anger.

"I had merely used a small trick just now; what do you have to be proud of!" At that moment, Zhang Ling clenched his teeth, striving to remain calm, then took out a pill and swallowed it. The severed finger regrew at a visible rate.

This level of elixir was extremely precious even in the higher realms, only those direct disciples of an immortal-level sect could use it so casually.

Gu Chen made no move, merely watching calmly as Zhang Ling recovered. For such a proud and arrogant person, what he needed to do was completely shatter the opponent's path spirit, overwhelmingly crushing him head-on.

Boom!

Recognizing Gu Chen's powerful physical body, Zhang Ling no longer engaged in close combat but instead employed various long-range attacks.

For a while, starlight filled the sky, exceedingly brilliant, with even stars appearing in the heavens. All these lights targeted Gu Chen, instantly stirring up various vital energies in the area.

At that moment, the arena's formation revived, enveloping everything without affecting the outside world. As for Gu Chen, he was like a man strolling in a leisurely garden, unaffected by Zhang Ling's efforts.

This scene dazzled the onlookers below, leaving them captivated and unable to extricate themselves.

Of course, they all identified with Gu Chen, not with Zhang Ling.

At this moment, Zhang Ling began to doubt his life, his face filled with disbelief, and his eyes filled with astonishment, feeling as if he were living in a dream.

"I'm in the Unity Realm, and you think I still can't handle someone from the Huanxu Realm?!"

Finally, Zhang Ling roared, with astonishing magical power fluctuations soaring into the sky from within him. In front of him, flickers of earth, wind, fire, and water energies swirled, seemingly about to split the heavens and earth.

In the Unity Realm, one's body merges with the void of heaven and earth, in deeper communion with the elements compared to those in the Huanxu Realm who can manipulate the essence of the vast void.

Thus, some powerful or exceptionally talented cultivators are able to create a small world at this level, something only the Great Powers in the Heavenly Realm could achieve, to use against their enemies, though it can't exist for long.

Even so, what Zhang Ling was attempting was still quite astounding.

However, he ultimately failed to successfully use the four energies of earth, wind, fire, and water to manifest a small world, which is not something anyone can achieve.

Yet even so, the energy accumulating in front of him remained extremely pure, and the fluctuations were indeed terrifying, something even a complete Unity Realm Great Power couldn't withstand.

"Divine Power - Meteor Bow!"

With a hum, from the sky above, those tiny stars fell down, eventually merging together to form a great bow, with the four energies of earth, wind, fire, and water fused within it, making this divine power attain its greatest potential.

"An eighth-grade divine power, let's see what you can use to defend yourself!" Zhang Ling shouted, releasing his fingers, and from the Meteor Bow, a dense starlight converged, forming an arrow that pierced forward.

"Seal of the Sea!"

Facing Zhang Ling's divine power, Gu Chen directly used the recently learned Seal of the Sea, which was, honestly, somewhat bullying.

An immense ocean appeared behind Gu Chen, pressing down directly, and Zhang Ling's Meteor Bow didn't even have a chance to shoot a second arrow before it was obliterated.

"Useless, you're still going to die!"

His strongest move, an eighth-grade divine power, being obliterated without prevailing, drove Zhang Ling to madness, prompting him to wield an innate spiritual treasure, striking at Gu Chen with everything he had.

"Not good!"

"Gu Bai, be careful!"

Seeing this, Cui Ji and others from Qingyun Academy immediately turned pale. An innate spiritual treasure, exclusive to the titanic figures of the Heavenly Realm, how terrifying was its might?

Even if the younger generation was exceptionally strong, without similar treasures, they simply couldn't withstand it!

In the battlefield, at this moment, Gu Chen's expression also turned stern; it was his first time facing an innate spiritual treasure directly.

Just as he thought to rely on the Saint Domain to fix the situation, in his left palm, the mysterious gauntlet suddenly began to stir restlessly.

"You want to devour it?" Gu Chen understood the mysterious gauntlet's intention in an instant.

"Well then, let's see your strength!"

Seeing this, Gu Chen's heart stirred, and he abandoned the idea of using the Saint Domain, directly urging the mysterious gauntlet instead.

Since arriving in the upper realm, he had used the mysterious gauntlet very few times, mainly because there had been no worthy opponent to use it against.

With a boom, from Gu Chen's left palm, a brilliant radiance was released, as dazzling as a sun in full blaze.

An unparalleled aura was also released, subsequently permeating the entire Qingyun Academy.

At this moment, in the deepest part of Qingyun Academy, in the ancient temple wrapped in chaos where the Dean, Situ Yin, was in seclusion, he sensed this aura and immediately opened his eyes.

"This is... a divine weapon of a Heavenly Master, how could it appear here?!" He was immensely shocked.