Chapter 61 Crush Them All
"Sister Chuqing…"
At last, after longing for so long, Gu Qing joyfully pulled Lin Chuqing into his arms.
Lin Chuqing said nothing. Her clear and spirited eyes fixed intently on Gu Qing's face.
Compared to a few years ago, Gu Qing had grown more mature, and even more handsome and charismatic.
"Dong, dong, dong!"
"Fairy Lin, I have something to request of you."
Shi Yehan spoke with a smile at the corner of his lips, his voice gentle.
In front of Lin Chuqing, he did not call her by name directly, his tone very polite.
After all, his relationship with Lin Chuqing was only that of acquaintance.
The last person who had called Lin Chuqing by name directly was already dust to dust, ashes to ashes.
"You don't need to come in. Go outside the city. That will be your burial ground."
Gu Qing's eyes turned cold as he released Lin Chuqing.
Daring to covet his woman, the Shi family had chosen a narrow road.
This time Gu Qing came not only to see Lin Chuqing but also to clear away the flies around her.
"Good."
Shi Yehan was stunned. He had not expected Gu Qing to be so arrogant, showing no regard for him at all.
He gave a light laugh.
Yet his eyes held a trace of coldness.
In this world, strength was everything.
Everything depended on one's backing.
He was the heir of an immortal family, with a clan-protecting divine artifact.
And Gu Qing, aside from his identity as a disciple of the Star Temple, what else did he have?
Even if he killed Gu Qing, the Star Temple would not retaliate.
Because the Star Temple had rules: it did not intervene in duels between those of the same level. Life and death were determined by fate, wealth and honor by heaven.
Boom!
Gu Qing stood in midair, radiantly spirited. Starlight surged around him, and together with his unparalleled handsome face, he looked like a god descending to the mortal world.
"Who else wishes to pursue my fiancée?"
"If you can withstand three of my moves, I will give you a chance."
At these words, the onlooking prodigies froze.
Then anger surged into their hearts.
Gu Qing's words clearly showed he did not regard the prodigies of the Central Divine Region at all.
He was scorning them as unable to withstand even three moves.
However…
To be honest, they were shamefully tempted.
"I will go."
"I will go too."
Several youths immediately stepped into the air, their expressions excited.
They did not expect to win Lin Chuqing, but to spar with Gu Qing was in itself a great honor.
Enough for them to boast about for a lifetime.
After all, Gu Qing was a true disciple of the Star Temple.
"Do not go."
Lin Fan, who was about to leap up, suddenly heard a stern voice in his mind.
"Why?"
"I am now also at the first layer of the Void Dao Realm. I have defeated someone at the third layer of the Void Dao Realm…"
"Shut up. If you want to die, I will not stop you, but do not think I will act to help you."
Cang Ming's voice was cold, tinged with disdain.
Defeated the third layer of the Void Dao Realm? Did he have no self-awareness?
Without his help, Lin Fan would have died long ago.
With such meager ability, he still wanted to contend with a true disciple of the Star Temple—he truly did not know the meaning of death.
"Old Ming, do not forget our agreement. At worst, we part ways."
Lin Fan's face darkened as he directly issued a threat.
"Fool."
Cang Ming cursed once, too lazy to bother with the lust-addled Lin Fan.
"Hmph, without you I can still defeat Gu Qing."
Lin Fan gave a cold laugh and shot into the sky.
At the moment of life and death, he did not believe Cang Ming would stand idly by.
"You…" Cang Ming was so enraged his three corpses gods leapt.
Truly, good words cannot persuade a damned soul.
So be it, let him go.
Because he knew very well that disciples of the Star Temple out training always had powerful protectors, unlike those of ordinary holy lands.
If he made a move, he would definitely be exposed.
It was just a pity.
He had cultivated this body for so long, almost ready to seize it, only for this fool to court death on his own.
Hum!
Seeing that no one else stepped forward, Gu Qing, under the watchful eyes of all, directly unleashed the Star-Seizing Palm.
The sky-covering hand seals and circling stars engulfed Xuanwu City. A vast, majestic power descended, making everyone's scalps tingle and breath choke.
They had no doubt that once the Star-Seizing Palm struck, they would be reduced to unrecognizable corpses.
"Old Ming, save me…"
Lin Fan was horrified beyond belief. Before the palm arrived, the terrifying, boundless majesty of that divine technique—seeming able to suppress the heavens—had already pinned him motionless.
Regret flooded him. For the first time, Lin Fan regretted not heeding Cang Ming's words. Sadly, there was no medicine for regret.
With a bang, several people were instantly crushed to pieces.
"Hiss—"
"The Star-Seizing Palm."
"This is the legendary peerless divine technique, the Star-Seizing Palm."
Everyone in the city broke out in a cold sweat, staring in terror at Gu Qing, who looked like a god among men.
Too terrifying. One move and several Void Dao Realm prodigies were crushed. They had thought the records claiming Star Temple disciples were overwhelmingly powerful were exaggerated, but seeing Gu Qing's Star-Seizing Palm, the records were not exaggerated—they were far too restrained.
Outside the city, Shi Yehan's pupils contracted, his face paling as his heart trembled. Was this really the divine technique he knew?
Shi Yehan's invincible arrogance shattered in an instant.
"Go—run." His voice broke. He could not win; there was simply no way to win. The remnant might of the divine technique alone suffocated him with an unparalleled sense of pressure. If matched head-on, there would be no survival.
Today he had his eyes opened again. Before meeting Lin Chuqing, he had thought himself peerless, the foremost prodigy of the era, towering above all. Yet after encountering Lin Chuqing and being easily defeated, he learned that there were heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people.
If he had not conceded gracefully and preserved some dignity, his face would have been utterly ruined. Any talk of holding back was nonsense.
Now facing a presence even more terrifying than Lin Chuqing, Shi Yehan's mentality completely collapsed.
"Trying to flee?"
Gu Qing sneered. Let Shi Yehan flee tens of thousands of li, and he still could not escape Gu Qing's palm. Shi Yehan's strength was far inferior to Zhang Yang's back then. When Zhang Yang was only at the first layer of the Void Dao Realm, Gu Qing could crush him; now at the peak fourth layer, Gu Qing was dozens of times stronger.
Crushing Shi Yehan was as simple as crushing an ant.
Thinking this, Gu Qing reached out and the Star-Seizing Palm seemed to traverse space and time, instantly arriving above Shi Yehan's head.
"No—"
"Shi Jie, save me!"
Shi Yehan screamed in despair and terror; his formerly gentle bearing vanished without a trace.
Shi Jie's king-realm cultivation erupted as he sought to save him, but before he could act, a sword light descended and shredded him to pieces in an instant.
"He has grown so much in just a few years; the Starry Cosmos Divine Body truly is terrifying."
Luo Rou withdrew her hand, her gaze fixed on Gu Qing with envy and admiration.
The Star-Seizing Palm, clutching Shi Yehan, rapidly shrank and in a flash returned before Gu Qing. Holding Shi Yehan by the neck, Gu Qing mocked, "Is this all your strength?"
"No—"
"Spare me, I know my mistake. I will never covet Fairy Lin again."
Shi Yehan, who had thought himself unafraid of death, nearly wet himself when death stood before him and begged in terror. In his final moments he thought of the beauties of life: long life, a strong body, overwhelming power, countless servants to command. The more he thought, the more unwilling he was to die.
"Tsk, cowardly scum."
Gu Qing sneered and crushed the Central Divine Region's so-called "first prodigy" into powder.
Silence fell as the people of Xuanwu City stared at one another in disbelief. Their region's top prodigy for over a decade, heir to an immortal family with peerless talent and genius, had been so simply crushed to death?
It felt like a ridiculous dream—so unreal.
Shi Yehan's followers trembled in fear.
"From now on, whoever dares covet my fiancée, I will kill them and slaughter their sect."
Gu Qing summoned his flying boat, took Lin Chuqing aboard, and left in grandeur, vanishing into the horizon. His cold voice echoed through Xuanwu City.
"Phew!"
"That monster has finally gone."
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, wearing expressions of survival and gratitude.
After a while, a pretty young woman said sourly, "I truly envy Fairy Lin to have such a prodigy as a fiancé."
Her remark found agreement; no one any longer thought Gu Qing unworthy of Lin Chuqing.
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