In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

Qingliang Temple is a sacred Buddhist site, but unfortunately, a group of monks there prioritize martial arts over Buddhist teachings, putting the cart before the horse.

This time, crippling their martial arts skills was also a way of giving them one last chance out of respect for the Zhang family. They sought self-discovery and enlightenment through Buddhism.

For them, it was an opportunity.

If they still don't cherish it? Then one can only say they've met their demise in a righteous way.

"Hahaha···"

Indeed, anyone associated with Buddhism is a silver-tongued person.

The way they spoke, as if their martial arts had been crippled and yet they were doing it for their own good, even made a master of the Hell Gate twitch at the corner of his mouth. These Buddhists had met their match.

"Was that the Pure Yang Finger technique you just used?"

Suddenly, Gu Jianhun's expression turned serious.

Rumor has it that the Golden-Faced Buddha is renowned throughout the martial arts world for his extraordinary, albeit clumsy, martial arts skills. Little did anyone expect that the finger technique he just displayed was even more profound.

If it is indeed the Pure Yang Finger, then whether the golden-faced Buddha before us is real or fake remains to be seen.

"Indeed, it is the Pure Yang Finger Technique. It seems you have been out of the martial world for decades, yet you know quite a lot."

Pure Yang Finger!

The group of Hell Gate experts paled upon hearing this.

The Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill was already terrifying enough, but I never expected that this Golden-Faced Buddha would also know the Pure Yang Finger, a legendary skill that is no less powerful than the Tathagata Palm and the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill.

However, rumors are just rumors, and they never actually witnessed the power of the Pure Yang Finger.

On the contrary, the Tathagata Palm is a martial art that is truly not of this world.

“The Dharma is boundless!”

This time it was the true Tathagata Palm, incredibly powerful and domineering, an unparalleled and fierce Buddhist palm force, with the power to collapse heaven and earth, striking down with a single palm.

Gu Jianhun also had the purpose of testing; if it really was the Golden-Faced Buddha, he would definitely counter with the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill.

He didn't believe that a mere Pure Yang Finger could truly rival the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill or the Tathagata Palm.

Heaven and earth are heartless!

The golden-faced Buddha leaped into the air, his leg sweeping out as if shattering space and freezing time.

In an instant, the entire space trembled violently.

The vast and powerful palm force directly collided with a leg force that appeared out of nowhere. The surging and rampant energy almost overturned the entire Qingliang Temple.

Blue stones flew everywhere, the ground cracked, and a powerful and vast force cleared the area.

The monks on the ground were all blasted away, their fates unknown. Even the experts from the Hell Gate were all thrown back by the aftershocks of the attack, staring in horror at the two combatants in the arena.

At this moment, instead of retreating, Gu Jianhun advanced, unleashing an even more domineering palm strike.

With a single move, the Buddha shook mountains and rivers, unleashing boundless true power from all directions, leaving the Golden-Faced Buddha no way to retreat.

At the same time, a phantom image of Tathagata suddenly appeared, and the power of Tathagata's palm increased by three points. With one hand, the Buddha's palm pushed horizontally, and the power to destroy mountains and rivers was unleashed.

For a moment, the golden-faced Buddha seemed like a grain of sand in the vastness of the universe, utterly insignificant.

Blood stained the mountains and rivers!

Ancient Sword Soul's palm strike was not fully effective, but a killing intent broke through the blockade, and the attack, filled with destructive energy, instantly destroyed everything.

What followed was a devastating kick that tore through the air, its chilling force tearing through space like a series of ancient, earth-shattering blades and thunder axes, its killing intent filling the sky as it slashed towards the Ancient Sword Soul.

What was once a drop in the ocean has now become a horde of demons looking down upon the world.

Moreover, the domineering power of the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill is no less than that of the Tathagata Palm.

That destructive aura, like a divinely ordained killing intent, was even more powerful than the Buddha's palm strike.

Sensing the threat, Gu Jianhun felt a chill in his heart and immediately unleashed a palm strike of 'Boundless Buddhist Power'.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

A fierce battle raged like a mountain collapsing, with two figures, like gods and demons, intertwining in the midst of it all.

The Tathagata Palm's domineering power is such that each strike sweeps across the ten directions with boundless true energy. The Tathagata's illusory image possesses divine might like a prison, and its vast palm force shakes mountains and rivers, its aura soaring to the heavens.

That palm technique, which was completely otherworldly, was not performed by a grandmaster, but its power far surpassed that of a grandmaster's martial arts.

Similarly, the Golden-Faced Buddha's Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill was by no means weaker. In fact, even though the crowd didn't quite understand it, they could see that the Golden-Faced Buddha was slightly superior to the Ancient Sword Soul.

Each kick was like a thunderbolt or a volcanic eruption, its fierce and domineering power surpassing even the Buddha's Palm.

Especially the earth-shattering killing intent, as if a sea of ​​blood was surging and purgatory had descended.

All Buddhas Return to the Source!

All three sections were destroyed!

The final move of the two peerless divine skills was the Ancient Sword Soul condensing a six-zhang-tall Buddha shadow with supreme true power.

This is the most domineering and mystical palm strike of the Tathagata Palm, with the Buddha's hand covering the sky like a Buddhist kingdom within its palm, enveloping mountains and rivers.

Facing the golden-faced Buddha's palm strike, he seemed to unleash the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill to its fullest extent, his leg strength like a thunderbolt, severing the ages, completely unafraid of the vast divine power of the Buddha's phantom.

As the two supreme attacks clashed devastatingly, a boundless killing intent shook the universe, causing the heavens and earth to collapse and the energy to annihilate everything.

Such a domineering attack left Qingliang Temple riddled with holes in an instant.

puff!

Suddenly the Buddha's shadow vanished, and the ancient sword spirit revealed itself, staring in disbelief at the still indifferent golden-faced Buddha.

The final, absolute collision, which was also the strongest strike of the 'Ancient Sword Soul', ended in failure.

"how is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible. From the battle at Zhuxian Town, I glimpsed the realm of even greater power 2.0."

The Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill is not confined to extreme yin or evil. Why do you think I learned the Pure Yang Finger? It is because it is the highest realm that requires the fusion of two extreme forces, yin and yang, to be glimpsed.

Therefore, you didn't even force me to unleash my strongest power just now!

puff!

Provoked, Gu Jianhun felt another surge of blood rise to his head, filled with resentment.

But those present were utterly shocked, never expecting that the Golden-Faced Buddha's terrifying Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill was not even his strongest technique.

Thinking of the higher realm mentioned by the Golden-Faced Buddha, it must be that so-called strongest method.

"As expected, the younger generation of Heilongjiang is surpassing the older generation. After decades of not appearing in the martial arts world, there are still such talented and outstanding individuals as you."

Gu Jianhun's face was grim. Being overtaken by a junior, especially a practitioner of the Heavenly Crippled Divine Art, was an absolute disgrace.

Chapter 341 Ancient Sword Soul's Purpose: Self-Disclosure of Identity

Inside the main hall, there were twenty or thirty 'corpses' lying on the ground.

In that terrifying battle just now, twenty or thirty people were still torn apart by five horses, which means the survival rate was extremely high.

As for the people at the Gates of Hell?

Although they were unharmed from a distance, they were all terrified by the fight between the two.

The ultimate showdown between two unparalleled martial arts—the immense power of the Tathagata Palm and the unmatched sharpness of the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill—has transcended the level of ordinary human martial arts; they are legendary unparalleled martial arts.

In particular, Gu Jianhun had studied the Tathagata Palm technique for many years and had reached a level of unparalleled mastery.

Furthermore, after recovering and lying dormant for many years, the Ancient Sword Soul's strength has increased by leaps and bounds, and he has already entered the realm of Grandmaster.

Its strength far surpasses that of Ghost Yama's Eight Dragon-Slaying Techniques.

However, facing Zhang Xiaoshan's Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill, he still did not gain the slightest advantage. Instead, he was defeated by a single kick and almost died at Qingliang Temple.

After all, the fusion of the ultimate Yin and ultimate Yang Qi alone suppressed the Ancient Sword Soul.

Coupled with the extremely refined internal energy of the Heavenly Crippled Leg, which was like a blade cutting through the ancient world and a thunderous rage, if Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't held back, the final kick could have severed all his meridians and killed him on the spot.

But if we kill the Ancient Sword Soul? The Tathagata Palm technique will likely be lost forever.

Moreover, as long as the Ancient Sword Soul doesn't provoke him, Zhang Xiaoshan has no need to go to extremes to kill it.

There was no irreconcilable feud between him and Gu Jianhun.

Besides, he doesn't even know the purpose of the Ancient Sword Soul today.

"Ancient Sword Soul, what is your purpose in inviting me?"

19

Within ten zhang of the main hall, besides a group of 'dead men', there were only Zhang Xiaoshan and Gu Jianhun.

Faced with Zhang Xiaoshan's pressure, Gu Jianhun glanced at Zhang Xiaoshan warily and said solemnly:

"My question is simple: how did you obtain the Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill manual? And while we're at it, are you one of the enemies of a certain family from back then?"

Upon hearing Gu Jianhun's words, Zhang Xiaoshan nodded.

He didn't doubt the ancient sword spirit's true purpose, so he smoothed down his brows beneath the mask and explained:

"The Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill manual? It's simple, just dig up graves!"

Don't forget the Tomb Raider official at the three gates of Ghost Street; his understanding of ancient tombs far surpasses that of you laymen.

When I accidentally learned about the Tathagata Palm technique back then, I found the ancient tomb of the Ji brothers based on the area where you were active at that time.

Although the ancient tomb has collapsed, it's just a minor inconvenience for the tomb raider.

"Nine Gates of Ghost Street - The Celestial Official Who Unearths Tombs!"

Upon hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's explanation, Gu Jianhun suddenly understood.

Unexpectedly, the answer I was looking for was so simple; all it took was a tomb raider to solve everything.

As for the ability of the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders, he had no doubt whatsoever.

In Ghost Street, the Three Gates, the Heavenly Official of Tomb Raiders is not a nickname, but a powerful force.

The Heavenly Officials of Tomb Raiders, the Captains of Tomb Raiders, the Taoists of Mountain Moving, and the Warriors of Ridge Unloading have already raised the banner of tomb raiding.

Even the spiritual veins of the Great Jin Emperor's Mausoleum could be directly severed by the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders.

Such capabilities are certainly beyond the reach of the mere ancient tombs of the Ji brothers.

"As for whether I am your enemy?"

To the astonishment of the Ancient Sword Soul, Zhang Xiaoshan slowly removed his mask.

Gu Jianhun's pupils contracted as he saw Zhang Xiaoshan's extremely youthful face, while his body was also rapidly growing larger, transforming into a handsome young man nine feet tall in just a moment.

There was a reason why Zhang Xiaoshan revealed his true identity.

If a master like Gu Jianhun were to be misled, it would pose a great threat to him.

After all, he was not afraid of Gu Jianhun, but the people around him, including Yaoyue, Lianxing, and Dongfang Bubai, were no match for Gu Jianhun.

Moreover, revealing their identities now might open up the possibility of cooperation between the two companies.

"From beginning to end, only the Zhang family has been in control of Ghost Street!"

"Young Master Zhang!"

Hiss...

Gu Jianhun stared at the young man before him in disbelief.

If he hadn't personally witnessed the Golden-Faced Buddha transform from a seven-foot-tall man into a nine-foot-tall youth before him, he would never have believed that the Golden-Faced Buddha was merely a 'junior'.

"That's right. When I was twelve years old, I decided to cultivate in seclusion and recruited Lei Laowu, the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders, to collect the world's most unique skills."

The Heavenly Crippled Divine Skill and the Nine Yin Manual were among his collections, which is why the boy's martial arts skills improved by leaps and bounds in just a few years.

Moreover, the boy started plotting against Ghost Street when he was fourteen years old, and his initial purpose was simply to sell stolen goods.

Later, Ghost Street grew larger and larger, incorporating forces from the vicinity of Lin'an Prefecture and establishing the Nine Gates!

As for what happened afterward, the senior already knows pretty much everything!

Upon hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's confession, Gu Jianhun's shock and shock far surpassed those felt by the mysterious Golden-Faced Buddha, whose martial arts were even superior to his own.

Thinking about the Zhang family's sudden rise to power, he suddenly understood.