Chapter 86 No 2
Chapter 86 No.
Gu Zhuo had an expressionless face as he walked between the blue snow and the black rocks, occasionally moving through a crack in the mountains without slowing down.
The cold wind whistled in his ears, like the sound of waves at sea, deafening.
The monotonous scenery of Cangshan Mountain, which was already the same everywhere, gradually turned into dragged out lines and boring blocks of colors as his speed increased.
He didn't know that the people in the capital were shocked by his ever-increasing speed, because the time he and Li Ruoyun had met had been shortened from half an hour at the beginning to the current quarter of an hour.
Even for practitioners, going down the mountain is much easier than going up, but this way of going down the mountain in a straight line, ignoring all terrain, still involves considerable risks.
More importantly, in the eyes of the people watching the battle outside Cangshan Mountain, this scene was nothing more than two light particles approaching each other rapidly, nothing more.
However, for the candidates who were climbing the mountain, this was a shocking scene that was completely unimaginable.
It was like a tiny meteor that suddenly fell from the sky, flying several feet above the ground, closely following the lines of the Cangshan Mountain. Its speed seemed slow, but it was actually extremely fast.
Who has reached such a state in this summer festival?
All the candidates who witnessed this scene did not even have time to think before two words emerged in their sea of consciousness.
——Gu Zhuo.
Then, the faces of those candidates suddenly changed, and they looked around for rock.
They didn't know why Gu Zhuo turned back, nor did they know why this talented man who was most favored to win this summer festival was angry, but there was one fact they could be sure of.
The moment Gu Zhuo stopped, there would inevitably be a thunderous blow, which would most likely directly trigger a horrific avalanche.
If they had not prepared in advance, they would most likely have been buried in the avalanche and lost the opportunity to retake the exam.
Thinking of this, countless swear words burst out from the mouths of these candidates.
What’s interesting is that none of these dirty words were directed at Gu Zhuo.
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In front of a crack about thirty feet wide.
Li Ruoyun withdrew his gaze from the darkness underground, felt something in his heart, and looked up.
The tiny meteor came into his eyes.
With just one glance, his expression instantly turned ugly because he recognized that the other party was coming for him.
Immediately afterwards, the two words "Gu Zhuo" appeared in his mind.
Instead of calming him down, this brought him more confusion and bewilderment, as well as extreme anger.
Logically speaking, the fact that the little girl from Changzhou Academy was defeated by him should not and could not be known by Gu Zhuo.
This was also the reason why he acted without any scruples at that time.
However, the facts were very different from his imagination.
When Gu Zhuo was about to pass the third level, he turned back and quickly descended the mountain without any warning. This could only mean one thing - someone suddenly told him about this.
Who is qualified to do this?
These can only be the Qin people who are in charge of supervising the summer festival.
"No wonder Senior Xiu Hu was reluctant to participate in the summer festival that year."
Li Ruoyun had a blank expression on her face, once again confirming that the Qin people were truly shameless and would do anything to achieve their goals.
In his opinion, this was clearly a method used by the Qin people to drive away wolves and devour tigers.
Gu Zhuo was born in Wangjing and was disliked by the powerful people in Shendu. However, he was the most outstanding genius among the countries outside the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, a certain examiner deliberately kept the news of the girl's elimination, and casually told Gu Zhuo when he was about to pass the third level, causing the genius to choose to turn back and take revenge, thus slowing down his progress in the summer festival.
Thinking of this, Li Ruoyun's mood calmed down.
Perhaps it was because he had prepared himself mentally to be treated unfairly before going to the capital.
"A quarter of an hour……"
He took one last look at the tiny meteor, and after making sure that he had little time left, he began to set up the formation.
The thirty-foot-wide crack in front of him was used as a city wall.
The Li family of the Southern Qi Dynasty made their living by using talismans and formations. As the most outstanding genius of this generation in the Li family, he naturally had quite good attainments in this area, and was best at using the terrain to form formations.
"……wrong!"
Li Ruoyun suddenly raised his head and opened his eyes wide, and found that the other party's speed was still increasing.
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Everyone was watching this scene, waiting for the destined encounter.
Whether it is Cangshan Mountain or the capital of gods.
then.
This moment has arrived.
On the light screen of the Divine Capital, the picture began to switch as the two grains of light met.
On Cangshan Mountain, the candidates carefully poked their heads out from behind their cover and looked towards the battlefield.
The mountains were peaceful and calm.
No sound came.
The candidates at Cangshan only saw the meteor change from moving to still, shedding its mysterious cloak.
The people in the capital of the gods saw a man in black shirt stretching over thirty feet, with his right hand slowly clenching into a fist and swinging out.
There was a soft thud.
Then, there were dozens of soft sounds in succession.
Like a silver bottle suddenly broken.
Every slight sound represented that the formation that Li Ruoyun had temporarily put together was disintegrating.
The wind and snow came suddenly and violently.
The candidates thought it was a sign of an impending avalanche, so they didn't dare to look any further and quickly hid themselves.
Li Ruoyun opened his eyes wide, full of disbelief, looking at the figure that was getting closer and closer to him, looking at the fist that never stopped for a moment, thinking to himself, even if you are indeed stronger than me, how can you break my formation formed by the terrain so easily?
This doesn't make sense.
That doesn't make any sense.
As the formation was destroyed, Li Ruoyun's face turned pale rapidly and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
He took a deep breath, forced down the blood that was about to surge up his throat, and regardless of the consequences, he called upon his true energy, condensed it in his palm, and rushed forward.
At the same time, Gu Zhuo had already rushed in front of Li Ruoyun.
Fist meets palm.
The result was no different from Li Ruoyun's previous battle.
But the person who was crushed was... himself.
The true energy contained in the fist easily penetrated his defense and entered his body without reservation.
As early as the moment the formation was destroyed, Li Ruoyun was already injured, and seriously injured.
When the punch hit his chest with a dull thud, the fight ended immediately.
Li Ruoyun fell down, his chest slightly sunken.
Gu Zhuo calmly put away his fist.
He closed his eyes for a moment, relieved the heavy burden brought by the long journey, and breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to avoid his return causing an avalanche and causing other candidates to suffer and be eliminated for no reason, he reversed his true energy from moving to still at the last moment, which resulted in minor injuries. A cloud of hot mist appeared, but was blown away by the cold wind in an instant.
Li Ruoyun opened his eyes, looked at the world that was gradually blurring out, and shook his head, saying, "That doesn't make sense."
Yes, until now he still couldn't accept why the formation he set up by taking advantage of the terrain was so vulnerable.
In his opinion, this should be a stalemate.
Maybe I would be defeated in the end, but I would never be defeated so easily. I would never be defeated by one punch from the opponent and not even be able to withstand a second punch.
Gu Zhuo did not explain, because the other party was not his junior fellow apprentice, nor was he his friend.
Li Ruoyun clutched her chest tightly with her right hand, struggled to stand up, stared into Gu Zhuo's eyes, and shouted in pain: "Gu Zhuo, do you know that you are being used by others? You are just being used as a rag to wipe away the things that others don't like, that's all!"
Gu Zhuo turned and left without saying a word.
Li Ruoyun stared at his back and shouted, "The rag will be thrown away after use!"
Gu Zhuo didn't even turn his head and said, "You think too much."
Li Ruoyun's eyes were bloodshot, and she laughed nervously, saying sarcastically, "Really? You will soon know that I didn't lie to you. Everything I said is right. You are just a stepping stone that is being moved around at will! Time will prove that everything I said is right!"
Gu Zhuo ignored it and crossed the crack again.
There was a hint of pride in Li Ruoyun's smile.
At this moment, a voice sounded in his ear.
"I'm curious, can these words keep you from being eliminated?"
Li Ruoyun's smile froze.
The next moment, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
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God is very quiet.
Before the actual battle began, almost no one could have imagined that this battle would become so one-sided. Someone as strong as Li Ruoyun didn't even have the chance to fight back and was defeated so cleanly.
The powerful men from various sects on the flying boat were also very surprised, but what surprised them was not the result, but the almost ultimate control over his own true energy that Gu Zhuo demonstrated in this battle.
Everyone thought that he kept increasing his speed in order to build up momentum, but they didn't expect that he would give up that momentum in the end.
This transition between movement and stillness seemed normal, but in fact it was extremely unreasonable. What was even more unreasonable was that Gu Zhuo was only slightly injured in the end, and then Li Ruoyun was defeated miserably.
Someone couldn't help but praise: "Although I still don't understand it now, this person's move is unparalleled."
People exchanged glances with each other, and became more determined to snatch Gu Zhuo at any cost.
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The flying boat at the highest point.
Pei Jinge's lips twitched slightly, revealing a smile in the sunlight, thinking that this punch did have some of my style.
The strange look in the queen's eyes had disappeared and she remained silent.
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Deep in the imperial city, there is Jinghai.
The eunuch leader opened his eyes wide and looked stunned.
His Majesty the Emperor quietly looked at the fishing rod that was no longer shaking, and suddenly laughed, saying with emotion: "How many years ago was the last time a fish got off the hook?"
The eunuch leader recalled for a moment, his voice full of bitterness: "About a hundred years."
Only those who are very close to His Majesty the Emperor know that this most powerful person in the world today possesses a great magical power.
Its name is Destiny Fishing.
Fishing with the will of heaven will always be successful.
Those who take the bait all feel that they have the right time, place and people in their hands, and ultimately enter the game willingly and have no regrets until their death.
The eunuch leader never imagined that when the Emperor used this magical power again after many years, he would return with no success.
Why is this?
His Majesty the Emperor was not annoyed at all. His smile was full of admiration as he said, "Gu Zhuo is worth a closer look."
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A high-rise building in Shendu.
Master Xiu Hu withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at the light curtain.
At this moment, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes suddenly deepened, making him look even older.
Several people nearby were looking at him nervously.
Xiu Hu Zhenren sighed, shook his head and said, "Failed... Clearly, we only need one last move to locate Cangshan Mountain."
"What's going on?" someone asked immediately.
Xiu Hu Zhenren remained silent.
He looked at the light curtain outside the window again, and looked at the speck of light that represented Gu Zhuo, frowning in confusion.
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In the Cangshan Mountains.
When night fell, Gu Zhuo finally returned to his original position.
Because he didn't want to worsen his injury, he walked slowly this time, so he was a little surprised at this time.
Yu Sheng still stood there and never left.
The green skirt was fluttering in the night wind.
"I still do not get it."
Yu Sheng looked at Gu Zhuo and said, the emotion in his eyes finally changed, no longer just tranquility.
But her voice is still so gentle and moving.
Gu Zhuo said calmly: "Just do what I want to do."
Let this test be just a test.
He didn't say this out loud, because if he did, it would bring him endless trouble.
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Are you happy to take revenge?"
Gu Zhuo said: "You can understand it that way."
Yu Sheng tilted his head slightly, as if this would allow him to see him more clearly, and asked seriously, "So how did you find out about this?"
There will be another chapter which will be very late, see you all tomorrow morning~
My mind was not clear in the early morning and I was stuck on writing... What I wrote was really not right and there was no way I could post it. I'm very sorry.
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