Chapter 85: Shameless
The atmosphere in the hall instantly plummeted to freezing point.
"Swish, swish, swish—"
The sound of weapons filled the air as the Embroidered Uniform Guards all drew their sabers in unison.
Wu Ming and several other young masters glanced at the Embroidered Uniform Guards, all with looks of disdain.
"Thank you for your generosity, Lord Gu. Let’s end tonight’s banquet here. Lord Gu, you’d best stay busy as Lord Hundred Households. After this, don’t bother with these little games—we’re all busy, not that idle."
As Wu Ming spoke, he picked up a cup of wine from the table and slowly poured it onto the ground, saying, "This cup of wine... Lord Gu, drink it at your leisure!"
As Wu Ming’s words fell,
the six Innate Martial Artists all stepped forward at once.
In that instant, a terrifying oppressive force surged forth again. Every Embroidered Uniform Guard in the hall felt as if they bore the weight of a thousand jin; some even broke into a cold sweat on their foreheads.
"Lord Gu, any further instructions?" Wu Ming laughed lightly and said, "Lord Gu, a lot of things in this world just aren’t fair. Being able to get anything at all is an enormous fortune. Like you said, humans—don’t be too greedy, or you’ll die from it."
As he spoke,
Wu Ming sized up Gu Zhan and continued, "Let me give you some advice as well, Lord Gu. Besides being killed by greed, people also might die from their own ignorance."
Gu Zhan smiled, poured himself a cup of wine, slowly stood, and said, "Young Master Wu, do you know what I despise most?"
Wu Ming smiled back, "Pray tell, Lord Gu."
Gu Zhan drained the cup in one gulp, chuckled softly, and said, "What I despise most... is someone who doesn’t respect kindness—like you, right now!"
As the word "you" left his lips,
Gu Zhan suddenly hurled the wine cup straight at Wu Ming.
The cup tore through the air, carrying surging True Qi, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, the wind it generated howled like a wild beast.
"You’ve got nerve!"
An Innate Martial Artist of the Wu Family roared, stepping forward to shield Wu Ming, snatching out a hand to catch the cup.
Two Innate Experts acted simultaneously—the immense force shattered the cup to powder in midair.
The Innate Martial Artist barked angrily, "Lord Gu, do you know what you’re doing? You’re asking for trouble, you...!"
In that instant, before he could even finish,
Gu Zhan abruptly drew his saber, a streak of saber light flashing forth,
terror-striking Saber Qi cleaving directly at the Innate Martial Artist.
"Arrogant!"
The Innate Martial Artist roared with rage and drew his sword, slashing out in retaliation.
Saber and sword collided; True Qi churned,
with a deafening boom, the Innate Martial Artist’s eyes suddenly widened—
his sword was shattered outright under Gu Zhan’s blade.
Gu Zhan’s saber radiated with unmatched brilliance, shrouded in a torrent of pitch-black True Qi.
"Splurt—"
A severed head flew into the air; that Innate Martial Artist remained standing, headless, blood surging from his neck like a burst pipe.
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"Gu Zhan, you’re courting death!"
Wu Ming erupted in blazing fury and shouted, "Everyone, attack! Kill him! I’ll take responsibility for everything!"
Wu Ming was truly enraged now—he no longer cared about the cost of killing Gu Zhan. Likewise, the others didn’t hesitate at all.
"Go! Kill him!"
"All of you, attack now!"
"..."
The young masters from the other families did not retreat. Though secretly cursing Gu Zhan as a madman, they all knew his reputation—once hostilities began, there was no backing down.
They knew the price of killing Gu Zhan would be heavy, but no one dared concern themselves with consequences now.
"That fucking lunatic!"
Everyone cursed in rage in their hearts.
At the same time, the people from the Six Great Families all moved in. The Embroidered Uniform Guards, already prepared, charged out into the slaughter in a flash.
"Young masters, fall back at once!"
An Innate Martial Artist called out, "Leave this to us! It’ll avoid friendly fire—just these few, working together, we’ll have Gu Zhan in no time!"
The young masters, though each had respectable martial arts, recognized the fight was beyond their reach.
Immediately, they didn’t hesitate and turned to leave.
"You think you can come and go as you please? You take me, Gu Zhan, for nothing? Tonight, no one leaves!"
Gu Zhan roared, swung his saber twice, beheading two men on the spot, blood spraying everywhere as he charged forward, bathed in crimson.
"Reckless fools!"
The five Innate Martial Artists instantly surrounded Gu Zhan, intent on killing him.
"Gu Zhan, do you even know what you’re doing? You’re cutting yourself off from Linjiang County! You’re making enemies with all of Linjiang!"
One Innate Martial Artist bellowed.
"Fuck you!"
Gu Zhan snorted coldly, True Qi erupting from his body, saber light surging skyward. In an instant, his killing intent erupted,
his whole figure drenched in blood, appearing like the Demon God descended. Waves of dark, pure, sinister killing intent and terrifying saber radiance engulfed all.
The Innate Martial Artist at the forefront recoiled in horror—his Sword Qi was sliced apart like tofu in the face of that dazzling saber light.
That slash was the very peak of speed and power!
He had no time to react at all—
"Such a fast saber..."
He only managed half a whisper before that torrent-like saber came crashing down. Though he too erupted with all his True Qi, raising his sword to block, he was still cleaved in two, his corpse thudding to the floor as blood geysered everywhere!
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Gu Zhan’s terrifying aura completely cowed the four remaining Innate Martial Artists.
But Gu Mo showed no sign of stopping—the saber in his hand swept forth like a mountain crashing down, Saber Qi roaring as he unleashed yet another strike—like an entire mountain of corpses and sea of bones erupting, terrifying and world-shaking!
One Innate Martial Artist couldn’t dodge in time—insta-killed with a single swing,
his body split in two once more!
A sea of blood rolled, a rain of bones poured, as if heaven and earth had fallen under some demonic omen.
Though all of them were Innate Martial Artists, the fact that they were sent to South City proved they were lowest tier among their families’ Innate Martial Artists, only just having entered the Innate Realm.
The only reason they still dared to resist the Demon God known as Gu Zhan was sheer numbers. But an Innate Martial Artist is merely a stronger ordinary man—when regular men fight, they can still be cowed by an opponent’s aura, and so can Innate Martial Artists.
Seeing Gu Zhan, like a god of slaughter, cut down three Innate Martial Artists in a flash, the rest were all crushed by fear.
"Retreat!"
In the next moment, an Innate Martial Artist leapt from the upper floor,
and at the same time, the other two followed, the rest of those fighting the Embroidered Uniform Guards also began leaping from windows to make their escape.
"Tch!"
Gu Zhan snorted, slashing a few Martial Artists as he burst to the window, stretching out his hand and barking coldly, "Bow!"