Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start-Chapter 1431 - 320 Emperor Ping of Han_2

"Be cautious," someone from below recently gathered some intelligence. This individual is extremely extraordinary, and his strength may well be second only to that of the clan leader. We must be careful."

As they spoke, the elders cast a glance at the prison clan chieftain sitting at the seat of honor.

Without the suppression of the holy realm, this senior chieftain could have become one of the strongest existences, comparable to the twelve Great Undying Dao Clans and the leaders of the top ten powerful races in the higher realms.

"Regardless, with the five great imperial clans joining forces, no one can match them, not even if he is the greatest prodigy of all ages—he must fall, that is the price of his arrogance!"

While they were discussing this, a thunderous boom suddenly shook the prison clan’s city.

"What happened?" the group of prison clan elders frowned.

"It’s bad, someone has breached the city!" Before they could even summon their forces, a succession of exclamations came from outside.

"Breached? Who has the audacity to attack the prison clan’s city? Are they seeking to declare war on a great imperial clan!" One elder spoke coldly, full of murderous intent.

"It’s... it’s Gu Chen!" The doors to the hall burst open, and a prison clan cultivator rushed in with a face of terror.

"What did you say?!"

The prison clan elders in the hall trembled. Just moments ago they had been discussing how to subdue Gu Chen, and now he had actually come right to their doorstep?

At that moment, above the prison clan’s city, Gu Chen appeared high in the sky, like a divine being, overlooking all the people in the vast city.

"The prison clan siding with the Holy Gate, their crime warrants death. Those unrelated should swiftly leave to avoid disaster by association."

His voice echoed throughout the city. As for the massive gates of the prison clan’s city, they had been effortlessly breached by Gu Chen.

"Run quickly!"

Immediately, the city’s cultivators hurriedly fled. They had also heard the news of the prison clan joining the Holy Gate and had been living in fear day by day. Now with the opportunity, they surely didn’t linger.

"How did he break through our clan’s formation?!" The prison clan elders, seeing the city gates destroyed, were utterly astonished.

Gu Chen remained silent, his eyes tranquil. With the power of his Heaven’s Eye reaching the first rank, his might was unpredictable. Coupled with his personal strength, breaking the prison clan’s great formation was all too easy.

"Youngster, do you dare to come here alone, seeking death?!" The prison elder looked around and, upon realizing it was only Gu Chen who had come, immediately felt relieved and flew into the sky to confront him.

"From this day forth, the prison clan is removed from the holy realm," Gu Chen declared, his voice booming through the entire city. In that moment, numerous cultivators, including members of the prison clan, were stricken with terror and looked toward the sky.

"Such arrogance!" the hot-tempered prison clan elder stepped forward, pointing at Gu Chen and rebuking, "The prison clan has dominated the holy realm for endless ages and has witnessed countless monsters, yet our clan has always reigned supreme as a great imperial clan. Every monster owes us deference. You young brat, your insolence knows no bounds; care not to let the wind snap your tongue!"

"I acknowledge that as a great imperial clan, the prison clan indeed stands above all, and your ancient ancestor has indeed made significant contributions to the myriad realms," Gu Chen nodded as he said this.

At these words, the prison elder huffed, clearly somewhat pleased.

But the next moment, Gu Chen spoke again, his eyes growing cold, "Yet even so, it’s no grounds for your tyranny, and furthermore, siding with the Holy Gate and merging with demons amounts to a betrayal of all the myriad realms. If the ancient ancestor of your prison clan were still alive, he would surely never forgive you!"

His words struck with force, immediately causing the color to drain from many of the prison clan cultivators’ faces.

In that moment, even that prison clan elder had an ugly expression and found himself at a loss for words.

At that moment, an elder stepped forward. He was the clan leader of the Prison Clan, and he spoke, "The decision was mine alone and unrelated to others. Moreover, we have not defected to the Holy Door; it was merely cooperation."

"Cooperation?" Gu Chen’s eyes were frosty as he bluntly stated, "Nothing but a fear of death!"

His icy words mercilessly exposed the truth of the Prison Clan’s alliance with the Holy Door, immediately causing those elders to lose face.

Allying with the Holy Door and merging with demonic beings had been agreed upon by all of them.

After all, no one wants to die, especially those of their age, who have grown accustomed to comfort here, long used to wielding power and influence, unwilling to engage in slaughter and strife once more.

And with the destruction of the Sacred Realm, their "safe house" vanished, naturally causing panic and ultimately leading to their cowardly decision in the face of enticement from ancient evils.

"The Prison Clan, even if returning to the higher realms, could have been glorious, but now, you’ve become traitors, branded eternally on the Pillar of Shame, impossible to cleanse, forever burdened with infamy. Everything your ancient ancestors of the Prison Clan have done is now wasted. Tell me, shouldn’t you be condemned!"

Gu Chen’s voice boomed, echoing across the heavens, sharp and penetrating, causing the faces of the Prison Clan elders to darken considerably while the younger cultivators of the clan felt a deep sense of humiliation rising within them.

Gu Chen, after dealing with demonic beings for so many years, despised traitors like the Prison Clan the most, whether it be the Six Union God Sect from the lower realms or the Holy Door from the higher realms. Such traitors were even more repulsive than true demons.

This was why he wanted to annihilate the Prison Clan outright.

"This young man’s words are too sharp; we cannot let him continue any longer!" an elder of the Prison Clan urgently declared, as they had noticed that many cultivators had already lost their will to fight, their expressions listless.

"Kill!"

At that moment, an elder from the Prison Clan, known for his volatile temper, was the first to strike. His body emanated demonic energy, and with his five fingers spread, he formed a giant black prison, intent on trapping Gu Chen inside.

Gu Chen’s expression remained cold. Since he had dared to come, he was naturally fully prepared. As his thoughts moved, blazing sun divine fire was released, and the elder who had struck him let out a miserable scream.

"Ah..."

The sun divine fire was a flame that even the mightiest did not dare to touch, let alone a Great Power at the Feather Transformation realm. The demonic being within him, after being exposed to it for a brief moment, was completely incinerated.

"Elder Five!" the remaining Prison Clan elders roared, incredulous.

They knew Gu Chen was strong, but they had not expected that a seasoned Great Power, near the pinnacle of the Feather Transformation realm, possibly even a half-step giant, would fall so easily?

It was too swift. Who could have thought he couldn’t withstand even a single blow?

"Form the array!" an elder bellowed. Under the control of several Great Powers, the Prison Clan’s city shone brightly, with runes rising into the air and striking towards Gu Chen.

This was the main stronghold of the Prison Clan. As a royal clan, they had fortified this place for endless ages with extremely formidable arrays, possibly not even inferior to the divine garden arrays!

Yet still, Gu Chen remained fearless. After all, times had changed. He had broken through to the Heavenly Realm and had become one of the Great Powers!

With a hum, Gu Chen activated his Heavenly Eye, his eyes dazzling with divine radiance, law threads intertwined, transforming into two resplendent symbols flashing brightly.

In just an instant, Gu Chen saw through the weak points of the array. Cold and ruthless, like a demon king rampaging through the area, he charged back and forth, leaving more than a dozen Prison Clan Great Powers dead in his wake, without the slightest chance to resist.

The gap was simply too wide. At the same level, Gu Chen was indeed invincible!

"Today, the Prison Clan shall be destroyed!" His chilling words rang out, like the whisper of the Grim Reaper, announcing the end of the grand imperial Prison Clan!