Chapter 344 - 277: Slay the Golden Core, Seize the Golden Seal!
Chapter 344: Chapter 277: Slay the Golden Core, Seize the Golden Seal!
"Do you recognize me?"
Gu Yuan’s Divine Thought surged, but he did not immediately take action.
It was his first encounter with a Demonic Golden Core, and he was somewhat curious.
"In the vast South Mountain Domain, few have formed a core in recent years. The Ascendant’s Golden Core ceremony was heard for miles; naturally, I too have heard of it."
Zong Feibai smiled, seemingly well-informed about Gu Yuan.
"Since you know, do you dare slaughter under my rule, or do you find my sword lacking?!"
Gu Yuan lifted his eyes slightly and asked coldly.
Zong Feibai pulled a wicked smile: "You misunderstand, Fellow Daoist. I did not harm even a hair in Celestial Capital City of Yanghua Country, nor any descendant of Master Yanghua."
"I merely borrowed some mortals to cultivate my techniques."
"We Golden Cores have long surpassed the mundane. Mortals are ants, thousands within mere decades, nothing but harvested leeks. Why pursue relentlessly?"
"How about this: I offer a mysterious technique in exchange for the lives of this city’s beings?"
"Fellow Daoist, don’t rush to refuse. My mysterious technique can increase one’s life by decades, even having miraculous effects for Golden Core cultivators. It is an unparalleled treasure, to be exchanged for friendship!"
Seeming afraid Gu Yuan wouldn’t believe, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core tossed a Jade Scroll directly to him.
"Bang!"
But in mid-air, the Jade Scroll was shredded into powder by a fierce Sword Qi.
The conversation wasn’t worth the words.
Viewing mundane life without respect, using demon techniques to tempt Golden Cores, this person had already succumbed to demonization.
"Gu Yuan, do you think I’m truly afraid of you?!"
"You’ve only been a Golden Core for decades; can you really stop me? If I survive, you’ll regret it!"
Seeing temptation fail, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s eyes reddened, seeming manic, directly responding coldly.
"Whoosh!"
At those words, Gu Yuan’s killer intent surged, unrestrained. His Sword Pill moved, glowing brightly, silver brilliance dazzling, dividing into fifteen sword lights assaulting towards the figure ahead.
"Thousand Demon Palm Seal!"
Seeing this, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core roared, a dark-as-ink Dharma Seal quietly revolving.
The moment the Seal appeared, demon smoke billowed, transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall Thousand-Armed Demon behind him.
The demon shadow roared, all thousand arms reaching towards the Sword Pill.
This demon head was consolidated through unknown means, each arm carrying a strong seize intent. The thousand arms together seemed to anchor the Void, showing signs of restraining the Sword Pill.
Seeing this, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core was deeply moved, a crazed smile appearing on his lips.
"Boom!"
Just then, the fifteen silver Sword Patterns on the Sword Pill disappeared instantly.
The Sword Pill dimmed, seemingly losing Spiritual Qi.
The Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s laughter grew more intense.
But in an instant, a mass of golden flame erupted from the Sword Pill.
The brightness of this flame was beyond words, like a Great Sun, full of dazzling power.
Amidst the golden flame, an extreme domineering, dazzling Sword Light suddenly erupted.
"Ah!"
Crucially, as the golden Sword Light burst from the Sword Pill, an unbearably fierce Sword Intent surged ahead.
The Demon Cultivator Golden Core felt his eyes sting, as if scorched by the Great Sun, even his Divine Soul intensely pained; his thoughts scattered, unable to think.
"Boom!"
And then, the Sword Pill moved abruptly.
The overwhelmingly dazzling Sword Light shone brighter than the Great Sun, viewed from afar it seemed like a golden sun elongated, transforming into a sword shape, driving sharply towards the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s brow.
This sword was incredibly fast and fierce, holding a mind-shaking Sword Intent attack, a signature Sword Seal from Cyan Peak Daoist School!
"Bang!"
The Demon Cultivator Golden Core, overwhelmed with fear, couldn’t evade in time, forced to send forth a dull grey Dharma Seal from his Dantian.
To ensure he evaded this calamity, his thoughts raced, directly infusing the long-hidden Immortal Golden Nature from his Dantian into this seal.
"Clang!"
A wisp of golden brilliance hovered on it, and instantly, a profound charm flowed from this seal.
"Boom!"
At this moment, like a blazing sun, the Golden Radiance Great Sword Seal arrived magnificently.
The white bone fork beside the Demon Cultivator Golden Core instinctively protected him, but was pierced directly by the Sword Pill, continuing unstoppably through the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s brow.
The Golden Radiance Great Sword Seal’s power was terrifying.
Yet, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s body suddenly exploded, like an illusion, reappearing a thousand zhang away.
Not only that, above his head, a circle of aura floated, encasing a round object’s projection within it.
The projection’s form was strikingly similar to Gu Yuan’s Sword Pill.
"Zheng!"
Gu Yuan’s mind moved, Mana roaring, propelling the Sword Pill once more.
The Golden Radiance Great Sword Seal advanced like a Great Sun, a thousand zhang distance vanishing in a flash, once more aiming for the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s brow.
But this time, the Sword Pill missed.
The aura circle above the Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s head flickered slightly, making him seem to vanish from this realm, the Sword Pill maneuvering endlessly but unable to strike his true form.
And at that moment, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core also shook off extreme fear, without thinking, flung a mass of black smoke from his sleeve.
The black smoke quickly coalesced in mid-air, instantly forming a black palanquin, carried by four black demon heads in the front and rear.
Seeing this, the Demon Cultivator Golden Core hurriedly dashed into the black palanquin.
"Escape!"
In his heart, only a single thought emerged instantly.
"Thunder come!"
Yet at this moment, Gu Yuan suddenly uttered softly.
In no time, a bolt of lightning fell abruptly from above the Celestial Vault.
This lightning lacked awe-inspiring might and didn’t veil the sky with its brilliance.
The sky just faintly flashed, and the lightning appeared out of nowhere.
Yet within the grey, chaotic-looking lightning lay unimaginable power.
"No!"
The Demon Cultivator Golden Core’s eyes widened, vaguely reliving scenes from his tribulation.
This lightning, more intense than tribulation thunder.
He waved his sleeves, condensed all his Mana, producing countless black demon heads from his black robe, each ferocious and savage.
Furthermore, countless white bone skeletons surfaced densely underfoot.
Despite these demonic manifestations, the grey lightning seemed even more intense.
"Bang!"
The world flashed briefly, erasing all demon heads and white bone skeletons.
Together disappeared a newly promoted Demon Cultivator Golden Core.
Those who strike deftly make no noise.
The Five Thunders Punishment Heaven Seal, flashing from above, pulverized the Demon Cultivator Golden Core, annihilating both body and soul.
Amidst the floating clouds, only a charred Qiankun Bag remained, alongside a peculiar Dharma Seal glimmering golden.
"Whiz!"
The Golden Seal seemingly sensed something, transforming into gold light to flee towards the Celestial Vault.
"Where do you think you’re going!"
Yet golden Mana hands swiftly clamped down.
"Buzzing!"
The Golden Seal trembled incessantly, trying to escape, but without its master, devoid of Mana support, its struggle was futile.
Gu Yuan formed a hand seal, condensing three Restrictions, firmly locking the Golden Seal until it ceased its tremors.
"Ultimately, it wasn’t in vain..."
Looking at the peculiar Golden Seal in hand, Gu Yuan could not help but sigh.
Upon a Golden Core cultivator’s death, all seals dissipate with their core into the earth.
Only the Immortal Golden Seal can persist in the world.
Gu Yuan initially intended just to protect Yanghua Country from demonic disasters, yet unexpectedly, this Demon Cultivator Golden Core brazenly attacked again.
Though he had only advanced to Golden Core for decades, his recent cultivation skills far surpassed the mundane.
This Demon Cultivator Golden Core made a single misstep and lost entirely, with body and Dao extinguished.
Not only did his Divine Soul perish, but the Golden Seal also became Gu Yuan’s possession.
"This Golden Seal seems somewhat extraordinary..."
Gu Yuan’s eyes flickered, gazing at the Golden Seal in his palm.