Chapter 268: You call this a Righteous Path Prodigy? Worse than a dog!

"Since you are in such a hurry to show your filial piety and go accompany your half-dead Master."

"Then today, this seat will show some kindness and send you on your way!"

Gu Lan gripped the soul-devouring demon sword, dark purple demonic light flowing along the blade, his deep peach blossom eyes revealing endless coldness and mockery.

"Gu Lan! Come and die!"

Xiao Chen's eyes instantly turned completely crimson, resembling a maddened beast.

He could no longer endure this condescending contempt, letting out a hysterical roar from his throat.

"Rumble——!"

An extremely violent and chaotic spiritual power suddenly erupted from within Xiao Chen's body.

The originally gloomy clouds in the sky rolled violently, and bolts of purple thunder fell like wild pythons, wrapping around the long sword in Xiao Chen's hand.

But bizarrely, these Zixiao Divine Thunders, which should have been full of righteous awe, were actually mixed with traces of a nauseating crimson blood aura!

"Zixiao Blood Thunder?! How is this possible!"

Within the Righteous Path camp, several knowledgeable Elders abruptly stood up, their faces filled with shock.

"Qingyun Sect's thunder technique is transformed from the righteous energy of heaven and earth, how could it be mixed with such a thick blood fiendish Qi?!"

"Xiao Chen, this kid's aura is wrong! His Golden Core fluctuations are extremely unstable, just like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment!"

On the arena.

Xiao Chen had completely lost his sanity.

In order to slay Gu Lan today and achieve that so-called "stunning success", he had swallowed an evil Medicinal Pill strictly forbidden in the Immortal Realm last night—the Bone-Corroding Soul-Burning Pill.

This Medicinal Pill could forcibly squeeze dry a Cultivator's vital blood and Lifespan, giving birth to a fake "Golden Core" in a short time.

The price was that after this battle, win or lose, his Meridians would be snapped inch by inch, reducing him to a complete cripple!

But he no longer cared!

As long as he could kill Gu Lan, as long as he could trample this bastard who stole all his limelight under his feet, everything was worth it!

"Mad Thunder Blood Prison Slash!"

Xiao Chen's feet violently shattered the obsidian floor of the arena, and his entire body transformed into a flash of lightning interwoven with crimson and piercing purple, carrying a destructive aura of tragic extremes as he hacked down directly at Gu Lan's head!

The might of this sword even instantly vaporized the moisture in the surrounding air, producing a series of piercing sonic booms.

"Go to hell! You freeloader lackey of the Demonic Path!"

Facing this mad strike that could be considered mutual destruction, Gu Lan not only did not retreat, but the mockery at the corners of his mouth grew increasingly intense.

"Trash forced out by pills, how dare you bark wildly in front of this seat?"

Gu Lan stood in place, his body not shaking even a bit.

Until that long sword wrapped in blood-colored thunder was less than half a chi away from the center of his brows!

"Hum——!"

Gu Lan finally moved.

He did not use any fancy sword techniques, but extremely simply and extremely crudely, he swept the soul-devouring sword in his hand upwards from bottom to top, fiercely slashing it out!

"Break for me!"

The flawless ten-pattern purple extreme golden core within his body suddenly operated, and the Devilish Qi pure to the extreme, mixed with a trace of the Green Lotus Core Flame that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, instantly slashed out a black sword radiance more than ten zhang long!

"Clang——!!!"

A deafening metal collision sound that almost pierced everyone's eardrums burst open in mid-air.

There was no stalemate, no evenly matched contest.

In everyone's terrified gazes, Xiao Chen's seemingly world-destroying sword, the moment it touched Gu Lan's black sword radiance, was like a fragile popsicle hitting a red-hot iron plate!

"Crack! Crack!"

The top-grade thunder long sword in Xiao Chen's hand let out a despairing wail, and the sword body instantly filled with dense cracks, followed by a "bang", directly exploding into flying scraps of scrap iron filling the sky!

"What?!"

Xiao Chen's eyeballs were almost popping out, his face full of disbelief.

He had swallowed a forbidden drug and traded his life for the Golden Core Stage combat power!

How could his Lifebound Treasure be hacked to pieces by Gu Lan with such a casual sword stroke?!

But he no longer had time to think.

The remaining might of Gu Lan's sword ripped apart Xiao Chen's Protective Aura like a withered tree snapping, fiercely striking his chest.

"Puff wa——!"

Xiao Chen wildly sprayed a large mouthful of black blood mixed with internal organ fragments, his entire body struck as if by lightning, flying backwards like a broken sack and heavily slamming into the edge of the arena, unable to crawl up for a long time.

One sword!

True suppression!

A one-sided beating without any suspense!

"With just this bit of skill, you dare talk about upholding justice on behalf of heaven?"

Gu Lan carried the soul-devouring sword, stepping toward Xiao Chen, who was panting while lying on the ground like a dead dog.

His footsteps sounded exceptionally crisp on the dead-silent Sunset Plain, like stepping on the hearts of all Righteous Path Cultivators.

"Gu… Gu Lan… Don't be smug…"

Xiao Chen was drenched in blood, his hair disheveled.

The backlash of the forbidden drug had already begun to take effect, and terrifying bloody scars began to appear on the surface of his skin, making him look even more ferocious and terrifying than a true demonic Cultivator.

"I… I am a Righteous Path Prodigy… My Master is the Law Enforcement Grand Elder… If you dare to kill me, the Righteous Path will never let you go!"

While moving backward, he roared with a fierce expression yet a weak core.

"Righteous Path Prodigy? Do you fucking deserve to mention these four words?"

Gu Lan's eyes turned cold, and he abruptly raised his foot, ruthlessly stepping his black-gold-booted foot onto Xiao Chen's chest and grinding down hard!

"Crack!"

Two of Xiao Chen's sternums directly snapped, causing him to let out a pig-slaughtering scream in pain.

Gu Lan looked down at him condescendingly, his voice not loud, but under the blessing of True Qi, it clearly spread into the ears of the hundreds of thousands of people present.

"Do you think the matter of you swallowing the Bone-Corroding Soul-Burning Pill last night could be hidden from the whole world?"

"This pill is a cheap trick used by evil Cultivators to squeeze dry the vital blood of Cauldrons! In order to win against me in the arena, you actually did not hesitate to destroy your own Foundation, relying on such Demonic Path forbidden drugs to forcibly ripen the Golden Core!"

Gu Lan suddenly turned his head, his sharp gaze sweeping across the Righteous Path camp, sweeping across the Qingyun Sect Elders whose faces instantly turned pale.

"Take a look at this so-called 'Righteous Path Prodigy' of yours!"

Gu Lan exerted sudden force with his foot, and a strand of purple extreme demonic Qi directly burrowed into Xiao Chen's Dantian, forcing out the aura of the "fake Golden Core" within his body—which had become battered and filled with blood fiendish Qi due to the drug—without reservation!

In an instant, an extremely thick, bloody, and foul stench permeated across the arena.

"Good heavens! It really is blood fiendish Qi!"

"Xiao Chen actually took a Demonic Path forbidden drug?! This is a major taboo of the Righteous Path!"

"His aura is so evil, even more disgusting than those true Demonic Cult faction evildoers!"

The Righteous Path Disciples who were originally cheering for Xiao Chen all sucked in a breath of cold air at this moment, their gazes toward Xiao Chen instantly shifting from adoration to disgust and disdain.

Prestigious and righteous Sects valued bottom lines the most.

You could lose, but you must never touch the forbidden drugs of evil paths!

This was not only cheating, but also a blasphemy against the faith of the Righteous Path!

The several Qingyun Sect deacons who had just been severely injured by Elder Lei Yan and lying on stretchers wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into right now.

Disgraceful!

Qingyun Sect's face had truly been thoroughly thrown to grandma's house today by this Master and Disciple pair!

"No… It's not like that… Listen to my explanation…"

Feeling the gazes around him looking at trash, Xiao Chen completely collapsed.

His proud reputation, the Righteous Path persona he painstakingly managed, under Gu Lan's kick and words, were stripped away completely, leaving him battered and bruised!

"Explanation? Save it to explain to King Yama in the underworld!"

Gu Lan's eyes were cold.

He had never been any sort of saint; since this Xiao Chen wanted to kill him, he couldn't blame him for destroying his heart as well as killing him!

"This trash Golden Core of yours forced out by drugs is just polluting the air if left around. Today, this seat will clean up this stinking piece of rotten flesh for Qingyun Sect!"

Gu Lan's toes exerted sudden force, and a tyrannical True Qi directly pierced through Xiao Chen's Dantian!

"Bang!"

A muffled sound exploded within Xiao Chen's body.

That "fake Golden Core" covered in blood fiendish Qi was instantly smashed to pieces by Gu Lan!

"Ahhhhhh——!!!"

Xiao Chen let out a wail even more miserable than death, his entire body convulsing frantically on the ground like a dying loach.

Golden Core shattered, cultivation completely lost!

From today on, this once high-and-mighty Qingyun Sect Prodigy had completely and thoroughly become a cripple even worse than an ordinary Mortal!

"Trash is trash; they don't even know how to take drugs properly."

Gu Lan disgustedly rubbed his foot on the edge of the arena, as if he had stepped on something filthy.

With a casual kick, like kicking a football, he directly kicked the unconscious Xiao Chen off the arena, heavily slamming him in front of Qingyun Sect's phalanx.

The whole audience was pin-drop silent.

Everyone looked at the youth in black robes fluttering in the wind, whose demonic might shook the world, leaving only deep fear in their hearts.

Ruthless!

Too ruthless!

Not only was there all-around suppression in strength, but the opponent was also completely destroyed mentally!

This newly appointed Sword-Wielding Envoy of the Demonic Path had methods even three parts more ruthless than those veteran Devil Heads!

Over at the Demonic Path camp, a wave of fanatical cheers erupted.

"Lord Sword-Wielding Envoy is invincible!"

"Trample these Righteous Path hypocrites to death! Hahaha!"

High up on the throne.

Ye Hongzhuang watched Gu Lan's resolute and decisive performance, the look of appreciation in those alluring phoenix eyes growing increasingly intense.

"This kid truly has attained my true teachings. This demonic nature of uprooting the grass and destroying the heart while killing is simply a born Demonic Path seed."

Ye Hongzhuang picked up her wine glass, took a light sip, and was in high spirits.

Meanwhile, in the shady corner of the Righteous Path camp.

Jiang Wanqing, wrapped in a gray cloak, quietly watched everything happening on the arena.

When she saw Xiao Chen's ugly state of having his Golden Core crushed and exposed for taking forbidden drugs, there was not the slightest bit of sympathy in her eyes.

On the contrary, her gaze toward Gu Lan became even more fanatical and adoring.

"Junior Brother is carving away the rotting flesh for the Sect!"

Jiang Wanqing silently sighed in her heart, her eye sockets slightly red.

"Xiao Chen has an incorrect mindset, actually taking demonic drugs for private grudges. If such a person stays in Qingyun Sect, they will sooner or later become a major disaster for the Sect!"

"Although Junior Brother is in the Demonic Path, his heart still points toward the Righteous Path! He would rather bear the infamous name of cruelty than personally help the Sect clear away this scum!"

"Junior Brother, just how much grievance have you shouldered alone to be able to act so realistically and so coldly?"

At this moment, Senior Sister's overthinking filter not only did not shatter, but was directly plated with a layer of titanium alloy light, indestructible.

If Gu Lan knew her thoughts right now, he would probably be touched on the spot and give Xiao Chen two more kicks.

On the arena.

Gu Lan resolved Xiao Chen, but did not step down.

He casually carried the soul-devouring demon sword on his shoulder, his gaze sweeping like lightning across the very front of the Righteous Path camp, targeting the big shots of various Sects whose expressions were so gloomy they were about to drip water.

"The Prodigy of Qingyun Sect, this seat has already witnessed."

"Nothing much, not even worthy of carrying shoes for this seat."

Gu Lan's voice was arrogant to the extreme, his gaze locked onto the Qingyun Sect Master, the corners of his mouth curling into a provocative sneer.

"Old fellow, your Righteous Path number one Genius has already been crippled by me."

"Next, do you plan to all come up together, or are you prepared to kneel and admit defeat, obediently handing over the territory of Sunset Plain to my Heavenly Demon Palace?"

Utter humiliation!

Being pointed at the nose by a Junior and cursed as trash, and even told to kneel and admit defeat!

Qingyun Sect Master trembled all over with anger, glancing at Xiao Chen on the ground like a dead dog, who had ruined all the Sect's reputation.

The killing intent in his eyes finally completely erupted.

"Brat! Stop your rampancy!"

"Do you really think my Righteous Path has no one, and cannot deal with a little beast like you who betrays Master and ancestors?!"

Qingyun Sect Master abruptly stepped forward, the terrifying coercion of the Soul Transformation Stage sweeping across the entire audience like a tsunami.

He no longer cared about any tournament rules, nor did he care about the strong bullying the weak.

If he couldn't slaughter Gu Lan on the spot today, Qingyun Sect's face would be completely lost!

"Fellow Daoists! This Devil Head has ruthless methods, leaving him will surely become a major disaster!"

"Today, led by this old man, let us activate the 'Tiangang Demon-Subduing Formation' and suppress and slay this Demonic Path Prodigy, along with that demonic boat, right here!!!"

As the words fell.

Qingyun Sect, Wanfo Temple, Tianjian Sect, Xuanyin Pavilion… Over a hundred Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage Elders from the four major Sects simultaneously drew their weapons, their vast spiritual powers intertwining in the sky into a huge light net that blotted out the sun!

The Righteous Path allied forces completely tore off their masks!

An unprecedented Righteous-Demonic war, at this moment, erupted with a bang!