Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

"A single move shattered the top-tier Confucian formation of the Haoran Academy, crippling all the disciples who set it up!"

"The overwhelming killing intent of a mid-stage Grandmaster was completely crushed and shattered by his direct strike!"

"We won! A late-stage Core Formation cultivator defeated Dongfang Ming, a mid-stage Grandmaster at the limit, in a head-on confrontation!"

"Monster! This is absolutely the most terrifying rogue cultivator in history!"

Everyone's mentality completely collapsed. From initially watching the show with disdain and certainty of defeat, they turned into utter submission and awe!

In mid-air, the remaining disciples of Haoran Academy were bleeding from all seven orifices, suffering excruciating pain in their souls, and their breaths were weak as they looked at their defeated and severely injured senior brother on the lake.

Looking at the tall, black-clad rogue cultivator on the shore with his blood-stained longsword, his pride, arrogance, and sense of superiority from his prestigious family were completely shattered!

The number one genius of Haoran Academy in decades, who activated the Wind Spirit Body, burned his source, and unleashed his ultimate combat power, was actually defeated by a rogue cultivator!

This enormous disparity caused all the disciples of Haoran Academy to tremble with fear!

Not far away, the remaining members of the Qingyun Sword Sect, barely clinging to life, were already ashen-faced and ice-cold, having completely lost all thoughts of revenge, leaving only endless relief and fear.

They were incredibly grateful that not all of them had fought to the death just now, otherwise they would have been wiped out by now!

Just as everyone was immersed in the ultimate shock, no one noticed the unusual movement on the lake.

Deep within the lake, the perfected fourth-grade Xuan Water Python, which had been lying in wait, sensed the extreme battle fluctuations across the entire arena, and even more so, the terrifying killing intent emanating from Gu Chen that overwhelmed the early-stage Grandmaster!

An extreme crisis of death instantly gripped its heart!

It knew that the human youth before it was far stronger than it could ever fight!

If we wait any longer, we will surely die!

Only a sneak attack!

Fight to the death!

With the lake water as cover, the Xuan Shui Python accumulated water-based spiritual power throughout its body, and all the Xuan Shui patterns on its body lit up, unleashing its hidden early-stage Grandmaster combat power!

Its massive body moved silently through the depths of the lake, gathering endless water blades and unleashing a thunderous sneak attack from a blind spot at the bottom of the lake, fiercely striking Gu Chen's back!

With its mouth wide open, its fangs chilling and containing deadly poison, the water pressure is immense, its killing intent is hidden, and its speed is extreme—it is the deadly sneak attack that demonic beasts excel at!

"A monster is attacking from the bottom of the lake!"

Some of the onlookers reacted quickly and cried out in alarm!

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on the lake, and their hearts tightened!

The Xuan Shui Python had been lying in wait for a long time, gathering its strength for a sneak attack. The angle was tricky and the killing intent was deadly. Even a grandmaster would be seriously injured if caught off guard!

Faced with this deadly sneak attack, Gu Chen didn't even turn his head, his eyes cold and indifferent.

Under the terrifying divine soul perception comparable to the late stage of a grandmaster, no trace of demonic energy fluctuation or water flow anomaly could escape detection in the entire lake area!

A sneak attack?

Meaningless!

Gu Chen's red copper body armor on his back automatically activated, his flesh and muscles shimmered with golden light, his red copper body was perfect, and he was immune to all poisons!

He turned sideways and casually swung the Blood-Transforming Blade horizontally!

A simple, straightforward horizontal slash!

The crimson blade light instantly shattered the lake's surface!

Boom!

The lake water blades, which concealed deadly dangers, and the venomous fangs were all completely shattered with a single strike!

The massive Xuan Shui Python's body was struck head-on by the blood-red blade!

The enormous monster's body trembled violently, letting out a mournful and desperate roar!

With an ancient and exotic bloodline, early-stage Grandmaster-level combat power, and thick scale armor for defense, it is as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of the Earth-grade treasure weapon, the Blood Transformation Blade, and its terrifying power!

puff!

The giant python's body exploded, splintering large chunks of flesh and blood, staining the entire lake red!

Its massive body crashed heavily onto the lake surface. After struggling a few times, its demonic power completely dissipated, and its life force was completely extinguished!

The Xuan Shui Python, an ancient and exotic demonic beast with the combat power of a Grandmaster in the early stage of the fourth rank!

He was easily killed by Gu Chen with a single, casual strike!

Completely perished in the lake!

After dealing with the monster that had ambushed him, Gu Chen remained calm, as if he had merely crushed an ant.

He turned his head, his cold gaze sweeping across all the remaining disciples of the Haoran Academy in mid-air.

This group of people arrived with Dongfang Ming, carrying overwhelming malice, intending to ambush and kill him. Their hostility was overflowing and unforgivable.

Since they dared to make a move, they must bear the price of their demise!

Gu Chen took a step and soared into the air, his blood-red blade aura sweeping across the sky, enveloping all the disciples of Haoran Academy in a murderous aura!

The thirty-eight disciples of Haoran Academy were all injured in spirit, suffered backlash from the formation, and had their auras in chaos. They had already lost most of their fighting power and were powerless to resist Gu Chen, who was in full strength and had heaven-defying combat power.

Crimson blade light crisscrossed the sky, each strike taking a life.

"You killed members of my Haoran Academy. Once the ruins are completed, no one can protect you."

A disciple of Haoran Academy roared and threatened.

"Don't think you can escape by hiding your identity. So many of us have died at your hands. Haoran Academy will definitely invite a master of divination to divine your fate. You can't escape."

"Your only chance of survival is to release us now. In the battle for the secret realm, we are outmatched and it's no big deal if we lose. The resources on us are yours. But if you insist on killing us, your fate will be terrible."

The scattered cultivators witnessed this scene.

They all looked at Gu Chen with great interest.

Let's see what he does.

In a typical battle for a secret realm, there's really no need to kill someone if you lose.

But since the people from Haoran Academy wanted to kill Gu Chen first, it's no wonder that Gu Chen had to deal with the aftermath.

Given the vengeful nature of the Haoran Academy, if Gu Chen doesn't kill the rest of them, wouldn't they go out and have the academy elders divine Gu Chen's information?

ridiculous.

Once they get out, they will definitely not let Gu Chen go.

Gu Chen dared to kill even the disciples of the Sword Sect, so he probably wouldn't care about the Haoran Academy.

The disciples of Haoran Academy ahead were thinking the same thing.

First, keep Gu Chen calm, as long as Gu Chen lets them go.

Once the ruins are discovered, they will definitely not let Gu Chen off easily.

We must make the elders of the academy calculate Gu Chen's information and tear him to pieces to avenge today's humiliation.

"I'm waiting for your Haoran Academy to retaliate," Gu Chen sneered.

Continue the killing spree.

The blade flashed continuously.

The disciples of Haoran Academy screamed and wailed incessantly.

Many people lost their previous arrogance and began to beg for mercy, but they could not shake Gu Chen's murderous intent in the slightest.

Moments later, all the disciples of Haoran Academy perished in the sky, leaving no survivors!

Gu Chen snorted coldly.

Haoran Academy is powerful, one of the Seven Palaces, and has a Celestial Venerable Realm expert presiding over it.

With his current strength, he would flee even from a second-grade sage.

They are no match for Haoran Academy.

But he had a copper bowl, and he had already offended the Sword Sect, the Burning Heaven Palace, and the Medicine King Palace anyway.

One more Haoran Academy wouldn't be much.

At worst, once he gets out, he can use a copper bowl to conceal the secrets of this hidden realm, preventing outsiders from finding out anything about him.

Gu Chen used his divine soul power to search for all the silver, cultivation techniques, pills, and spiritual herbs on the bodies of the disciples of Haoran Academy, and then pocketed them all.

Including their precious soldiers.

Then, he flashed to the side of Dongfang Ming, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death on the lake, and casually ended his life, taking all the wealth and resources of this grandmaster of Haoran Academy into his own pocket.