King of Creation-Chapter 45 - The Secret Cave Destroyed

Actually, death is not the only solution.

We can resolve this peacefully,” Gu Duozhi said with a smile.

“Resolve this peacefully?” Ye Zhen was clearly incredulous.

“Don’t believe me?” Gu Duozhi stared at Ye Zhen, suddenly producing something in his hand, “Take a look at this.”

Whoosh!

The moment Ye Zhen’s gaze shifted, Gu Duozhi flicked his fingers rapidly, a dim light accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking air struck towards Ye Zhen.

Almost at the same time, Gu Duozhi’s sword unsheathed from his waist, its blade radiating fiercely, slicing directly at Ye Zhen!

Even though Ye Zhen was alert, he was still caught off guard by Gu Duozhi’s sneak attack, cursing inwardly ‘sneaky’, he quickly dodged the hidden weapon attack, but the space inside the cliff cave was too small, no more than twenty meters back and forth, hardly enough room for full deployment of Snake Bounce Grass.

Gu Duozhi pursued like a shadow, deploying the intricate and devious Little Heavenly Star Sword Technique along with the unpredictable several feet long sword light of his long sword, striking at Ye Zhen once again.

Luckily, Ye Zhen’s Snake Wandering Steps were suitable for close combat, especially effective in such confined spaces.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen’s body spun, dodging the burgeoning five feet long sword light by a hair’s breadth, body sliding swiftly, barely creating some distance.

Just as Ye Zhen was about to counterattack, something unexpected occurred.

Turns out, the instant Ye Zhen dodged, he found himself in front of a broken stone spike in the secret cave, which he had previously suspected as the source of the Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid and had cut it off, fearing no more spirit liquid would emerge if he continued excavating.

Ye Zhen managed to dodge, but the leaking Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid from the broken spike was inanimate.

Gu Duozhi’s five-feet-long sword light boomed against that broken spike.

Bang!

Rocks splattered everywhere.

The stone spike, including the large bamboo can Ye Zhen had left there, was smashed into smithereens by Gu Duozhi’s sword light, creating a crater one meter deep.

Destroyed?

Ye Zhen and Gu Duozhi were both momentarily stunned.

The next instant, Gu Duozhi’s sword light soared, his figure leaping forward, stars blazing as he jabbed rapidly at Ye Zhen.

He was also desperate, directly unleashing a killing move from the Little Heavenly Star Sword, the Continuous Sky Stars!

Almost simultaneously, Ye Zhen, having gained a moment to breathe, launched a punch!

The Killing Move from the Top-grade Mortal Level Five Mountains Divine Fist — Five Mountains Return!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Ye Zhen let out several consecutive punches, several pure cyan True Essence Fist Seals meeting Gu Duozhi’s sword light.

“True Essence Realm?” Gu Duozhi was taken aback by the pure cyan fist seals, “You’ve broken through so quickly?”

But when Gu Duozhi’s sword light collided with Ye Zhen’s pure cyan fist seals, Gu Duozhi’s face drastically changed, his eyes revealing extreme shock.

“How is this possible?”

Gu Duozhi’s sword light was actually shattered by Ye Zhen’s pure cyan fist seals, not only that, the residual force of the fist seals forced Gu Duozhi to retract his moves and retreat.

Gu Duozhi was rightfully shocked.

Under the same cultivation level, a Top-grade Mortal Level Martial Skill meeting a Low-grade Human Level Martial Skill would usually have no chance of winning.

Even if there was, it would at most be a draw, not a decisive advantage.

Yet now, such an unlikely scenario happened.

In the moment of Gu Duozhi’s shock, Ye Zhen’s body crouched and sprung forward, using a Snake Bounce Grass, he charged right into Gu Duozhi’s arms.

Pop, pop, pop!

With fingers swift as Spirit Snakes, he struck thirty points in a flash, executing the Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand’s Meridian-Sealing Force!

Gu Duozhi’s figure stiffened suddenly, his face flushing crimson as True Yuan surged throughout his body.

The thirty-six points Ye Zhen had just touched exploded violently, and Gu Duozhi frantically tried to break free from Ye Zhen’s Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand.

But it was already too late.

A martial artist of the True Essence Realm, given even a moment, could achieve victory over his enemy.

Moreover, Gu Duozhi, whose meridians had been sealed, gave Ye Zhen more than just a brief moment.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Ye Zhen’s figure swiftly flashed, his punches sharp like a knife.

In an instant, dozens of fists fraught with terrifying True Yuan hammered down on Gu Duozhi’s vital points.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Duozhi was spurting blood wildly, collapsing to the ground, barely alive.

In such a situation, Ye Zhen was still not reassured.

With a sweep of his Spirit Snake Vein Severing Hand, Gu Duozhi’s arms and legs were dislocated.

Finally, Ye Zhen pondered for a moment and then made up his mind.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and his palm chopped towards Gu Duozhi’s throat.

In that brief instant, Ye Zhen had made up his mind, even if Gu Duozhi’s identity was highly conspicuous, today he had to kill him.

“Wait!”

In the instant of life and death, Gu Duozhi spoke, “Don’t, don’t kill me, Junior Brother Ye, I am ranked first on the earth list, already under the close watch of the Sect Elders, killing me, you will have trouble!”

“If I don’t kill you, I indeed will have trouble!”

“No, no, no, Junior Brother Ye, I have treasures.

In my room, there are pills worth a fortune, I can trade those pills for my life, Junior Brother Ye, I also have….”

Gu Duozhi’s voice was abruptly cut off, as Ye Zhen’s palm crushed his throat.

Wealth tempts the heart.

Though Gu Duozhi’s promises were extremely enticing, Ye Zhen needed to be alive to benefit from them.

Gu Duozhi was not wrong, with his ranking first on the earth list, he was almost guaranteed to be a future Inner Sect Disciple, highly valued and with great potential within the Qiyun Sect.

The death of an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple in the Qiyun Sect would cause a great uproar, let alone the death of Gu Duozhi, the top of the earth list.

The impact could be imagined.

But there was no choice but to kill.

All Ye Zhen could do now was to end this matter within this secluded cliff cave.

As for everything else, Ye Zhen could only gamble!

He bet on Gu Duozhi’s selfishness.

Or rather, he bet on Gu Duozhi being a normal person who had not informed anyone about his actions today.

As for the fact that Gu Duozhi had people investigate him at Hundred Pine Peak, Ye Zhen wasn’t worried at all.

His cultivation rising so swiftly would naturally draw attention.

Watching Gu Duozhi’s corpse cease twitching, Ye Zhen suddenly started breathing heavily.

A mix of inexplicable fear and excitement surged in Ye Zhen’s heart, making him break out in a heavy sweat.

After all, this was the first time Ye Zhen had actually killed someone up close.

The last time, when he had kicked away Ma Hun with his sword from a distance, it was too far to feel anything.

After calming his breathing and wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Ye Zhen walked towards the earlier broken stone bamboo.

That was what concerned him the most now.

Was it destroyed by Gu Duozhi?

There, now blown open by Gu Duozhi, the stone bamboo that had previously been flowing with Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid, was shattered to its roots, with no trace of stone bamboo or Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid to be found.

Fervently removing the broken rocks, cleaning up the area, the more Ye Zhen cleaned, the more his heart sank.

Could it be that the Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid was completely destroyed by Gu Duozhi’s sword attack?

Suddenly, while clearing the broken stones, Ye Zhen’s eyes brightly flashed!

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PS: Guys, guess what he will find?

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