Gu Yuan flicked his finger,

Clang clang clang—!!!

With the sound of a clear sword ringing, the sword silk web suddenly tensed and then rapidly collapsed.

As countless waves of cold air, frost, and ice splinters splashed everywhere, the one hundred and eight sword lights quickly merged into one, transforming into a sky-shattering, unparalleled sword light, slashing down from above. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Hiss—!!!

Accompanied by a hair-raising sound of tearing through the air, a thin long line appeared above Gu Xuanqing’s head.

Gu Xuanqing’s expression was solemn as the treasure bottle above his head spewed forth torrents of Xuanming True Water.

These Xuanming True Waters quickly transformed into a giant spiritual sea god clad in black-gold divine armor, standing on a black dragon and wielding a trident, charging head-on to pierce the sword light.

Clang!!!

The trident collided and clashed with the sword light, exploding with intense divine light and crisp, resonant sound.

Then, under the sword light, the trident shattered inch by inch, extending to the giant spiritual sea god, causing it to collapse and fragment, yet ultimately blocking the sword strike.

Taking advantage of the situation, Gu Xuanqing swiftly activated the spirit pearl behind him.

This spirit pearl immediately erupted with bright dazzling light, seemingly possessing a peculiar and strange power, making Gu Yuan feel a unique sensation of his body becoming stiff and numb, unable to control it.

"Is this... some Great Divine Techniques?!"

Gu Yuan was visibly astonished, as counting the Xuanming True Water, one of the seven major innate True Waters just now, this was already the second Great Divine Technique the opponent had deployed!

Among so many people Gu Yuan had encountered, apart from a few Yang Spirit masters, this was the first time he had seen someone mastering two Great Divine Techniques!

Of course, figures like Yan Chunyang and even his sect leader of Medicine King Mountain might be deep and concealed, having already mastered one or two Great Divine Techniques, but at least present Gu Xuanqing was not a Yin Spirit Giant but a Golden Core Great Cultivator!

Still, Gu Yuan could sense that the reason Gu Xuanqing was able to deploy this second Great Divine Technique was mainly due to the spirit pearl.

It should have sealed a Divine Dao Seed within, not cultivated by Gu Xuanqing himself.

Yet since Gu Xuanqing could consecrate it as his Lifebound Magical Treasure, it indicated he had definitely comprehended the essence of this Great Divine Technique.

Following the cultivation step-by-step, fully mastering it is definitely not a problem.

This shows that this Gu Xuanqing surpasses beings like Gu Xuanfeng, Xue Divine Tiger, and even Xu Haoran, who achieved First Grade Pill Formation!

As such, he becomes quite challenging to deal with...

Fortunately, although Gu Xuanqing’s second Great Divine Technique is bizarre, Gu Yuan keenly noticed it’s a Divine Soul Technique.

On the surface, it merely confined his body, but actually, it affected his Divine Soul, creating an almost real illusion.

To this, Gu Yuan only needed to operate the Dreamlike Void Flower Great Divine Technique to easily break free from the influence.

Then, extending his hand to grasp the void, an acute long sword immediately appeared in his hand, and under Gu Yuan’s swing, he unleashed a fierce and unparalleled sword strike!

How could this be, Gu Yuan actually broke free from his Divine Soul Technique!

Gu Xuanqing’s face showed disbelief, at this moment his heart was bewildered and shocked, his unfailing, flawless Great Divine Technique failed.

Simultaneously, Gu Xuanqing instinctively wanted to evade this sword strike.

However, Gu Yuan’s cultivation strength was only stronger, not weaker than his own, and the Great Divine Techniques he cultivated were simply not restrained by him, with more magical battle experience than he had.

Thus, at this critical moment, he had no time for other reactions.

But just as the sword light approached his body, the old man beneath the Life and Death Platform, suspected to be a Yang Spirit master from Yuqiao Immortal Palace, made his move.

With a mere tap, the Restriction Spiritual Light enveloping the Life and Death Platform, originally able to block simultaneous attacks from several Yin Spirit Giants, shattered like an eggshell.

Then, a giant hand covering the sky pressed down on Gu Yuan, its speed not fast, but below, Gu Yuan was like a mosquito trapped in amber, unable to move, forced to watch the hand descend.

This giant hand was completely condensed from mana, emitting an intimidating and powerful pressure upon appearing, causing many faces to turn pale, trembling in fear, forcing cries of surprise:

"A Yang Spirit master?! Yang Spirit unexpectedly intervened!"

"Such blatant rule-breaking, Yuqiao Immortal Palace’s people must be insane!"

"It’s Gu Kong Monster! Now it makes sense... now it makes sense..."

"Gu Kong Monster, who is he? I’ve never heard of him."

"Gu Kong Monster is a resident elder of Yuqiao Immortal Palace, known for his ruthless, protective nature. He hasn’t meddled in worldly affairs for years, seemingly fully devoted to breaking through to the Primordial Spirit True Immortal Realm, but... with a thousand years passed, has likely failed."

"However, both Gu Xuanfeng and Gu Xuanqing were his descendants. Gu Xuanfeng was slain by Chu He earlier, and just now, Gu Xuanqing also suffered defeat at Chu He’s hands, nearly killed. Hence, Gu Kong Monster couldn’t help but intervene."

"But Luofu Immortal Island has rules, prohibiting such arbitrary acts, how dare he..."

"Heh, rules in place? Arbitrarily forbidden? ’Rules are to bind the weak, while the strong are hardly affected. Gu Kong Monster, as a Yang Spirit master, has good relations with some folks on Luofu Immortal Island, so even if considerate of Luofu Immortal Island later, might merely be penalized a few cups of wine...’"

The discussions of the surrounding people reached Gu Yuan’s ears, but now he had no time to pay attention to them, unable to move under Gu Kong Monster’s giant hand.

This feeling, worse than when Gu Xuanqing performed the Great Divine Technique!

"Indeed... This damn old thing truly lacks martial virtue! To interfere so directly... Thankfully, it’s not my true form, otherwise, it would be troublesome!"

Gu Yuan’s eyes gleamed coldly.

Whether Gu Yuan won or lost the duel with Gu Xuanqing, he actually didn’t care too much.

Victory would naturally be good, and if truly defeated by the opponent, at most next time he’d seek to restore face.

But the problem was, on the Life and Death Platform, Gu Kong Monster directly intervened!

The most critical point is this Life and Death Platform battle was initially proposed by Yuqiao Immortal Palace.

And now the opponent blatantly violates the rules, making Gu Yuan quite furious. Particularly, the opponent’s behavior clearly intends to kill him, like swatting a fly, publicly under everyone’s gaze, such mocking insult is truly offensive.

Gu Yuan further decides to give the opponent a deep-seated lesson.