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"Dragon Phoenix Void Claw." Qian Renhan's right claw glowed with a purple-golden light, and a vast tide of blood energy surged behind him, on a scale comparable to a spiritual energy tidal wave rarely seen in the Dou Qi Continent over hundreds of years.
Upon reaching the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, the abundant Dou Qi within can easily transform into spiritual energy nectar that descends, enabling tens of thousands of Dou Zong experts soaked by the nectar to break through.
Qian Renhan stretched out his hand; the raging blood energy formed a mountain-sized sharp claw. If he pinched the Gu Emperor's fragmented Niè finger like tweezers in his palm, space ruptured with a crackling sound as the Dragon Phoenix Void Claw crushed the finger to pieces. The Dou Qi then flooded the entire Gu Clan like a torrent. Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan's Three Immortals immediately acted to block the energy ripples that could have destroyed over half of the Gu Sacred Mountain Range.
"Activate the formation!"
As the aftershock had just dissipated, Gu Yuan roared, Dou Qi surging to the sky from his body. The Dou Qi within the Gu Clan's warriors erupted like a flood, converging in the sky. The Gu Clan's world Dou Qi surged tens of times over, and its terrifying energy fluctuations suppressed the blood power radiated by Qian Renhan.
"Dong dong!"
The light screens covering the mountains suddenly brightened intensely. Waves of majestic, awe-inspiring energy transformed into pillars of light, roaring upward, rapidly converging into a magnificent ancient mirror spanning tens of thousands of zhang across the sky. The mirror surface shimmered with rippling light, radiating astonishing energy fluctuations.
The Gu Emperor's Mirror!
A top-tier Dou Technique left behind by the ancient Gu Dou Emperor, the Gu Clan's trump card to protect their legacy. With Gu Yuan—the clan leader capable of wielding peak power at mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng—as the formation's core, plus the Dou Qi of dozens of Dou Sheng experts in the clan, this strike's power definitely surpasses the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level, reaching the strength of a half-Emperor. Even Soul Heaven Emperor alone would have to flee in the face of this move.
This is the power of the entire clan united—when numbers reach a certain threshold, qualitative changes occur.
"So this is the might of a half-Emperor, indeed very strong," Qian Renhan muttered. If he resisted this attack, he would definitely suffer heavy injuries. His visit to the Gu Clan was not only to seize their cultivation techniques but also to experience the terrifying power of a half-Emperor, preparing mentally for facing the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Wild Ancient Domain.
"Demon, if you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" Gu Yuan frowned slightly when he saw Qian Renhan did not use any Dou Technique to defend, and even the Fallen Angel Wings behind him had been retracted without anyone noticing. Though puzzled about Qian Renhan's intent, his hand never stopped, manipulating the Gu Emperor's Realm to press down fiercely.
The Gu Emperor's Realm slammed violently onto Qian Renhan's body. It felt as if heaven and earth collapsed at this moment. An indescribable destructive wave rampaged wildly. Even the resilient space of the Ancient Realm cracked with many pitch-black fissures. That massive Gu Emperor's Realm was embedded into the Gu Clan's spatial boundary wall.
"No resistance, no debris, no blood. No matter how powerful the Gu Emperor's Realm is, it's impossible for that demon to be completely destroyed. The shockwave even blasted into the outer Gu Sacred City."
While Gu Yuan pondered, the soul force fluctuations of the Emperor Realm immediately scanned through the shattered Gu Clan boundary wall toward the location of Gu Sacred City. One-tenth of the city was destroyed by the aftershock; countless lives were lost. However, no trace of Qian Renhan or the spatial cracks he left behind appeared inside the city.
At the Gu Clan ancestral hall, Qian Renhan tore through space to arrive here completely unharmed—not even a strand of hair or corner of his clothes was damaged. The previous attack had only hit a clone formed from his twin martial souls, which he had used precisely at the moment the Dragon Phoenix Void Claw crushed the Gu Emperor's fragmented Niè finger.
He had long warned the Gu Clan not to create too much killing intent—take the Dou Technique and leave. Qian Renhan never lied.
"The soul memory of the ancient martial arts helped again."
The ancient martial arts naturally referred to the Gu Clan's half-Saint expert from Canaan Academy who had chased Qian Renhan down into the magma beneath the Gu Emperor's tomb. Without his memory, Qian Renhan would never have known where the Gu Clan hid their treasures.
The ancestral hall was the Gu Clan's most strictly guarded place, storing all their top Dou Techniques. Even the Tuoshe Gu Emperor Jade was kept here. If anything went missing, the Gu Clan would immediately notice. Originally, when Xu Wutunyan manipulated the Gu Clan's late-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng expert to steal the jade, it was detected instantly.
At the hall's lowest level, glowing spheres floated, protected by terrifying spatial restrictions. Without special means, even half-Saint experts could not retrieve the scrolls inside the spheres.
Gu Emperor's Secret Art: High-tier heavenly cultivation technique.
Gu Emperor's Fragmented Niè Finger: High-tier heavenly Dou Technique.
Abyss Emperor's Secret Art: High-tier heavenly cultivation technique, the Xiao Clan's signature art, Three Transformations of Heavenly Fire.
A series of extremely precious cultivation techniques lay stacked like common vegetables in the ancestral hall. Taking even one away would reignite bloody battles over the Gu Bone Mountains and Dou Sheng relics.
The only regret Qian Renhan had was that the Gu Clan's pills were not stored here.
Outside the ancestral hall, ten seconds passed. Gu Yuan still did not relax, maintaining the formation, although many vigorous young Gu Clan warriors below assumed Qian Renhan had been reduced to ashes by the invincible Gu Clan formation.
At this moment, deep in the mountains, a sharp wailing sounded—the ancestral hall alarm!
"Wuu!"
The urgent alarm blared harshly throughout the land, quickly spreading, causing every Gu Clan member's expression to change drastically.
"Bad! That demon's target is the Tuoshe Gu Emperor Jade!" Gu Yuan's face turned icy cold as he shouted, "Elders, activate the formation! This time, we must kill that demon utterly, along with the ancestral hall!"
An elder replied, "But clan leader, there are many of our clansmen still inside the ancestral hall!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan hesitated for a fraction of a second, then Dou Qi surged forth again, "As long as the demon lives, our clan's crisis remains unsolved. They are all warriors of the Gu Clan. Their names will be inscribed on the stone tablets inside the ancestral hall!"
The Gu Clan's Three Immortals, hearing Gu Yuan's words, exchanged glances amid surging Dou Qi, then looked at Gu Yuan. The expression in their eyes seemed to say, "So Gu Yuan is really that bold—why didn't we know before?"
The light screens brightened again, forming a splendid ancient mirror spanning tens of thousands of zhang. The mirror's surface shimmered, overflowing with astonishing energy fluctuations.
"Heh heh heh, Gu Yuan, if you had this resolve earlier, after recovering from your injuries and leading the Gu Clan to crush Gu Dragon Island, I probably would have died long ago."
A cold sneer sounded as Qian Renhan reappeared above the Ancient Realm, gazing at Gu Yuan with disdain. Two pale green jade pieces were in his hand—naturally, the Tuoshe Gu Emperor Jade.
(End of Chapter)