We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Gu Yan looked at Su Chen in disbelief; the sudden turn of events plunged his heart into despair.

He couldn't understand what methods Su Chen had used to cause his Gu worms to lose contact with him twice in a row.

Such methods are beyond the reach of even the most forceful and ruthless methods of seizing and plundering.

"No, he didn't use the 'Forced Seizure Gu'. I didn't sense any Gu worm aura."

Unlike the last time when he lost contact, this time Gu Yan clearly perceived the entire process, and the shock in his heart was even greater.

Because he had no idea that Su Chen had used the power of the Gu worms.

In other words, Su Chen actually used other methods to sever his connection with the Gu worms.

but--

how can that be!

He racked his brains but couldn't figure out what other method, besides Gu worms, could sever the connection between Gu worms.

It is important to understand that once a Gu Master and a Gu worm establish a connection, unless a Gu worm is forcibly taken away or the Gu Master dies, there is no way to remove the Gu worm from the Gu Master, let alone sever the connection between the Gu Master and the Gu worm while the Gu Master is alive.

This completely violates his common sense about cultivation!

But at this moment, Gu Yan didn't have time to think much, because Su Chen took the initiative to act after severing his connection with the Gu worm.

"This, what kind of power is this?"

His method of attack was also quite strange. Instead of using the Gu worms, he casually waved his hand and struck out with a palm. Immediately, a vast amount of Yuan power surged out from his palm. However, this vast amount of Yuan power did not have any trace of Gu worms. It was as if he did not use the power of Gu worms to control the Yuan power and exert its power, but rather directly bypassed the Gu worms to use the Yuan power and perform the move.

Such a bizarre method was something Gu Yan had never even heard of, let alone witnessed with his own eyes.

However, he was experienced in combat, and although he was shocked, he quickly calmed down.

Now that things had come to this, he knew that Su Chen would not let them off easily, and he didn't care about Wen Qingya and the others beside him. He directly used the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu to meet Su Chen's attack.

Once activated, the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu Worm spewed out a large amount of black Yuan Power, which quickly formed a huge black wolf in the air.

The black wolf held the moon in its mouth and let out a series of howls. After the howls, it suddenly spat out the full moon, which shot out as a dazzling light and shadow, directly striking Su Chen's Yuan Power palm.

boom!
The moment the full moon collided with the palm, the entire mountain forest trembled. Countless energies were released at the moment of impact, like spiritual blades sweeping in all directions.

In less than a few breaths, it had cut down all the trees within a radius of a kilometer, and the earth began to shake violently amidst the crashing sounds.

"what?!"

Gu Yan ignored the tremors of the earth and focused intently on the collision of the two forces.

I thought that after activating the seventh-level Gu worm, the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu, I could at least drive Su Chen away, if not easily defeat him.

But the situation before him took his life to the bone.

The collision of the two energies ended with the shattering of the full moon.

In contrast, Su Chen's Yuan Power palm, after the collision, not only did not lose momentum, but remained majestic.

With the momentum of striking at the heart of the enemy, they marched straight in, seemingly about to crush them like a mountain bombarding their territory.

In a panic, Gu Yan gritted his teeth and activated the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu once again.

This time, the Greedy Moon-Devouring Gu no longer protected them. Instead, it leaped into the air and stood above them, facing Su Chen's Yuan Power palm directly. With a roar, it crashed its entire body into the Yuan Power palm like a star.

Boom boom boom!
The collision lasted much shorter than expected.

The strength displayed by the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu was no longer as powerful as that of a seventh-level Gu worm. The moment it touched the giant palm of Yuan Power, its sharp claws flew out and tore it into pieces, turning into a rain of light that fell down like a magnificent fireworks display, dazzling and extraordinary.

Amidst this dazzling sight, a smile involuntarily crept onto Gu Yan's lips.

The true power of the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu is not limited to these. He originally planned to use the real killing move during the life-and-death battle with Wen Qingya and the others, but who would have thought that he would encounter such a freak as Su Chen? Helpless, he had no choice but to use it ahead of time.

However, killing Su Chen might not be a bad idea, since in his view at this moment, the benefits of killing Su Chen already outweighed those of Wen Qingya and the others.

Of course, when killing Su Chen, we also need to be wary of Wen Qingya making a move in secret.

The Ten Thousand Mountains have no sense of morality. When they see two sides fighting, they will wait for the battle to end before fighting back. They would rather secretly kill both sides. Wen Qingya must be looking for an opportunity to make her move right now.

He glanced at Wen Qingya, whose brows were furrowed, as if she was struggling with something.

"Hmph, make your move. If you don't act now, you won't have another chance. Once I've dealt with him, I'll be free to deal with you. By then, you won't even have time to make a move."

Gu Yan couldn't be happier that Wen Qingya would take action now, so as to save him the trouble.

However, it's fine if she doesn't make a move; she can take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Su Chen.

Gu Yan turned to Su Chen, wanting to see the other's flustered expression.

Unexpectedly, Su Chen's expression remained unchanged, just as fearless as before.

He even looked at the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu with a bit of interest.

If it were before, he would have thought Su Chen was faking it, but after what just happened, Gu Yan's heart suddenly jumped up for some reason.

He felt inexplicably flustered.

With a cold snort, Gu Yan cleared his mind of distractions and gave the Gu worm the command: "Moon Transformation!"

Roar!
Upon receiving the order, the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu immediately roared, its deep voice like thunder, shaking the mountains and forests.

As it roared, it spewed out a large amount of moonlight, which cascaded down like a waterfall and crashed down on Su Chen from high above.

"Such pure lunar energy!"

Duan Tiandao exclaimed in surprise, this power of moonlight was much purer than the Yuan energy in the Yuan Stone.

"Su Chen, do you want this Moonlight Power? If you don't want it, give it to me. Moonlight Power can heal my injuries!"

Upon seeing such a large amount of lunar energy, Duan Tian Dao immediately spoke up, explaining that he currently needed to use lunar energy, water elemental energy, and other elemental energies to heal his injuries.

Although this lunar energy is very powerful, his strength is even greater than Su Chen's.

Yeah, a tiny bit stronger.

Even if there are dangers involved, they shouldn't be too serious. With his strength, he should be able to suppress them.

"Take it if you need it."

Su Chen had no objection; he could take this opportunity to see why this little bit of moonlight power could make him feel palpitations.

call out!
With Su Chen's consent, the Heaven-Slaying Blade rose into the air without hesitation, its blade swelling in the wind until it blotted out the sky, blocking out all the moonlight.

"What's this?!"

Just when he thought he had suffered enough, Su Chen always managed to surprise him.

At first glance, the knife that just flew out looked like a Gu worm, but upon closer inspection, it was not a Gu worm at all.

If it's not a Gu worm, then what is it?
Gu Yan didn't know, Wen Qingya didn't know, and almost no one present knew. However, Gu Yan only panicked for a moment before regaining his composure.

Although he didn't know the true identity of the Heaven-Slaying Blade, it didn't mean he was powerless to deal with him.

The power of the moonlight poured down, capable of turning the Gu Master's Yuan Power into nothingness.

A Gu Master in a void state cannot use Yuan Power. Without Yuan Power, one cannot control Gu worms. Without controlling Gu worms, a Gu Master is no different from an ordinary person.

Although this knife is not a Gu worm, it probably won't last long under the influence of the moonlight.

"Su Chen, this lunar energy seems to be freezing my Yuan energy, but it's too weak, and I've absorbed it all!"

As the power of the moonlight continuously flowed into his body, the Heaven-Slaying Blade emitted a joyful sound.

Under the influence of the moonlight, his injuries gradually healed, albeit slightly, but they made him feel much better.

Unfortunately, the power of the moonlight is too little.

"Hey, little wolf, throw up a little more!"

The Heaven-Slaying Blade transmitted its voice to the Greedy Wolf Moon-Devouring Gu. Although the Gu couldn't understand the words, it sensed the Heaven-Slaying Blade's contempt and couldn't help but let out a low roar.

"Since you refuse to give it up, then I'll have to ask for it myself!"

Seeing that the Greedy Wolf's efforts were all bark and no bite, the Heaven-Slaying Blade took the initiative and began to rise continuously. As it rose, its size rapidly decreased. When it had absorbed all the moonlight power, the entire blade transformed into a beam of light and entered the Greedy Wolf's mouth directly.

hoo hoo hoo!
Upon discovering the danger, Tanlang immediately warned Gu Yan, but the speed of the Heaven-Severing Blade was too fast. Before Gu Yan could react, it had already entered Tanlang's body, leaving him no time to stop it.

After the Heaven-Severing Blade entered the body of the Greedy Wolf, the Greedy Wolf roared again, but unlike the previous roars, this roar was full of pain. Gu Yan could clearly feel the Greedy Wolf's pain; it was calling for his help.

"return!"

Gu Yan panicked and quickly manipulated the Greedy Wolf to return.

Unfortunately, the Heaven-Severing Blade wouldn't let go of the fat meat that was already in its mouth. It absorbed most of the power in the Greedy Wolf, causing the Greedy Wolf's entire body to shrink by more than half and become completely transparent. This gave the opponent a chance to escape back into Gu Yan's hands.

The Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu, now back in Gu Yan's hands, was extremely weak and on the verge of death, which pained Gu Yan greatly.

"Damn it!"

Gu Yan glared angrily at the Heaven-Severing Blade, but when he saw that the other party had become somewhat ethereal, his face lit up with joy.

He thought the power of the moonlight had worked on the Heaven-Severing Blade.

But the next moment, the ethereal Heaven-Slaying Blade began to solidify again, eventually returning to its original state.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yan's face immediately darkened.

He realized that he had met his match.

"No!"

Just as he was about to order a retreat, suddenly, an invisible energy shield enveloped them.

Not only the Gu family members, but also the Wen family members were enveloped.

The one who made the move was none other than Su Chen.

Su Chen was constantly on guard against Gu Yan and Wen Qingya escaping. Seeing that the Broken Sky Blade had dealt with the Greedy Wolf Devouring Moon Gu, he took the opportunity to make his move and cover them.

"Su Chen, when I was absorbing the power of the moonlight just now, I discovered that we seem to be able to refine these Gu worms!"

The Heaven-Slaying Blade returned to Su Chen's side, bringing with it good news.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen was taken aback, and then used the Primordial Chaos Power within his body to begin refining the two Gu worms he had taken from Gu Yan.

Before long, he came to his senses, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"It can actually be refined."

The two Gu worms were quickly refined under the vast power of the Primordial Chaos. The power of the refinement was quite different from that of the Primordial Chaos. It was absorbed by the Primordial Chaos, but it was not completely integrated into the Primordial Chaos. It seemed to reject the Primordial Chaos.

With a thought, he was able to utilize this energy, but because this energy was weak, he could not unleash much power.

What surprised Su Chen was not this, but the fact that he discovered this energy was quite mysterious.

Even with his limited perspective, he couldn't see through it.

It seems to contain some kind of special rule, which is why he cannot fully refine it.

As for what exactly it was, even he didn't know.

After observing for a moment, Su Chen stopped paying attention to Gu Yan and turned his attention to him. Since the power of Hunyuan could refine Gu worms, it should also be able to refine Gu masters, right?
"You, what do you want to do?"

Noticing Su Chen's malicious gaze, Gu Yan couldn't help but shiver.

Su Chen smiled without saying a word. He raised his arm and slightly clenched his fingers, instantly engulfing everyone with the power of chaos.

By the time the Primordial Chaos Power disappeared, Gu Yan and the others had all been refined by Su Chen.

Just as he expected, he was able to refine Gu worms and also Gu masters.

However, the difference is that refining the Gu worms allows him to obtain that pure and strange energy, while the Gu refiner can only obtain a replenishment of Yuan energy. Because Gu Yan and the others are not strong, even if they refine them, they do not obtain much replenishment, and their injuries have not fully healed.

He turned his gaze to Wen Qingya.

"Sir, we have no grudge against you, please be merciful!"

The disappearance of Gu Yan and the others made Wen Qingya immediately realize how terrifying Su Chen was. Gu Yan's strength was much greater than hers, but she didn't expect him to disappear in the blink of an eye. Saying he disappeared might not be accurate. She was certain that Gu Yan and his group had a slim chance of survival, or perhaps they were all dead.

This situation naturally filled her with fear, and she quickly begged for mercy in the face of Su Chen's gaze.

However, she was still uneasy, after all, Su Chen was very likely a demonic Gu Master.

What are demonic Gu masters best at? It's eliminating all traces of their enemies.

They witnessed Su Chen kill members of the Gu family, and to avoid retaliation from the Gu family, Su Chen might kill them all as well.

Wen Qingya had already made up her mind that if Su Chen refused to let them go, she would rather fight to the death.

Even if it means fighting to the death, we can still carve out a way out.

However, Su Chen did not attack them. Instead, he calmly asked, "I need a guide. Does any of you know the terrain around here?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged bewildered glances. Wen Qingya's expression shifted with emotion, as if she had seen a glimmer of hope for survival.

Without hesitation, she said directly, "I have been traveling around for many years and have a good understanding of the terrain and power within a radius of tens of thousands of miles. I am willing to be your guide."

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that the elemental barrier that had trapped them had disappeared.

Su Chen's voice came: "Alright, then lead the way, I'm going to Black Rock Mountain!" (End of Chapter)