Chapter 294: Grand Finale! Suppressing the Empress, I Am Number One Under Heaven!

"Sorry, Your Highness, there were too many things inside, I got quite overwhelmed choosing."

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Gu Lan slung the exaggeratedly shaped, over ten-foot-long "great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd" over his shoulder and strutted out through the crack of the bronze doors roiling with black mist.

An extraordinarily beatable smile hung on his face, as if he had just taken a vacation at the local market next door.

Total, dead silence!

The tens of thousands of Demon Sect troops on the Far North Ice Field nearly popped their eyes out into the snow drifts.

A Half-step Golden Core had stayed in the deadly Wanmo Cave for three full days.

Not only did he not die, but he also carried out a peerless weapon of terror that made people's legs turn to jelly just looking at it?!

"This is absolutely impossible!"

The Grand Elder was the first to lose his composure.

His sole remaining eye stared dead at Gu Lan, the wild joy on his face instantly twisting into extreme horror and jealousy.

"An illusion! You kid were definitely subject to Possession by an ancient demonic creature inside!"

"Don't let him fool you, everyone charge together! Take him down and reclaim our Sacred Sect's ultimate treasure!"

The Grand Elder roared, his cultivation at the Soul Transformation Early Stage erupting with a boom.

Desperate to claim the chief credit, he recklessly turned into a blood-red meteor. His withered, eagle-like claws brought a terrifying pressure that tore through the Void Realm, aiming straight for Gu Lan's throat!

Facing this thunderous, lethal strike, Gu Lan didn't even bat an eye.

"Old dog, after barking for so long, it's time for you to die."

Gu Lan didn't even use the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd on his shoulder.

He merely raised his empty left hand in an extremely casual manner and threw a backhand slap right out!

"PA—!!!"

A crisp slapping sound resounded across the ice field.

A terrifying, immense force fusing the Nine Revolutions Divine Demon Body and the ten-pattern purple extreme golden core exploded outward like a bursting galaxy!

"Pfft!"

Before the Grand Elder could even emit a scream,

his formidable Physical Body at the Soul Transformation Early Stage was blasted in midair like a ripe tomato, directly slapped by Gu Lan into a cloud of blood mist that rained across the sky!

Instant kill!

Both body and soul destroyed! Not even a single bone remained!

"Hss—"

Tens of thousands of demonic Cultivators collectively gasped in horror, their legs turning to jelly as they collapsed to their knees in droves.

Slapping a Soul Transformation Stage Grand Elder to death with a single strike?!

Is this fucking still that gigolo Sword-Wielding Envoy? This is clearly a living demon god descended upon the world!

Ye Hongzhuang, who had always maintained a high-and-mighty stance while lazily watching the show, suddenly stood up from her couch.

Her deep, narrow Phoenix eyes stared dead at Gu Lan, and a look of unprecedented solemnity and apprehension finally emerged on her stunning face.

"You are not Gu Lan. What on earth did you obtain inside?"

Ye Hongzhuang's voice was icy cold as her terrifying pressure at the Soul Transformation Late Stage locked onto Gu Lan without holding back at all.

"Your Highness, of course I am Gu Lan." Gu Lan grinned, casually planting the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd into the deep ice beneath his feet with a loud boom.

"It's just that I don't plan on playing weak anymore."

Gu Lan slowly raised his left hand, revealing a pitch-black, ancient ring worn on his index finger.

In the next second, he no longer held back.

"BOOM—!!!"

A plume of dark-gold blood-essence smoke—a hundred times more ancient, pure, and domineering than Ye Hongzhuang's—soared into the sky from within Gu Lan!

It instantly tore the howling snow and thick clouds over the Far North into shreds!

That drop of Origin essence blood from the ancient first-generation demon god roared frantically inside his veins.

A hundred-foot-tall phantom of an ancient demon god slowly condensed behind Gu Lan, looking down upon all living beings!

"Demon god Origin?! You actually obtained the Legacy of our sect's first-generation demon god!"

Extreme greed and murderous intent erupted in Ye Hongzhuang's eyes in an instant.

"Hand over the Legacy and the heaven-shattering halberd!"

"This seat will spare your life, and I can even make you the Vice Sect Master of this Heavenly Demon Palace, or even my Dual Cultivation Dao Companion!"

"Vice Sect Master?"

Gu Lan threw his head back and let out an extremely arrogant, unrestrained laugh.

"Ye Hongzhuang, have you still not figured out the situation?"

With one hand, Gu Lan yanked out the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd, pointing its blade straight at this insufferably arrogant female Devil Emperor.

"I obtained the demon god essence blood and cultivated the Divine Demon Tyrant Body!"

"Right now, I am the one and only rule under Heaven!"

"You want me to hand over the Legacy? Are you worthy?!"

"Arrogant! Kneel before this seat!"

Ye Hongzhuang was thoroughly enraged.

As the glorious Demon Sect Supreme, how could she tolerate a Cauldron spy riding roughshod over her head!

"Heavenly Demon Nine Tribulations — God-Slaying Formation!"

Ye Hongzhuang formed hand seals, instantly draining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for a hundred miles around.

Countless pitch-black chains and a sky full of blood blades rushed frantically toward Gu Lan with world-destroying slaughter intent, seeking to mince him.

This ultimate trump card, capable of instantly killing any Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator, was as slow as a slideshow in Gu Lan's eyes.

"Flimsy parlor tricks! Break for me!"

Gu Lan gripped the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd with both hands as the ten-pattern purple extreme golden core in his Dantian perfectly fused with the demon god essence blood.

A dark-gold demonic power capable of destroying heaven and earth poured into the shaft of the halberd.

Facing that soaring murderous Formation, he cleaved straight down with the halberd in an extremely simple, extremely brutal manner!

"CRACK—BOOM!!!"

No deadlock, no suspense.

A ten-thousand-foot-long dark-gold blade light tore through the firmament!

Ye Hongzhuang's deadly kill-array was like paper, smashed to pieces in an instant by this single strike!

The terrifying storm of energy even leveled the two cloud-piercing black mountain peaks behind them to the ground!

"Pfft!"

With the Formation shattered, Ye Hongzhuang suffered severe backlash, spewing out a mouthful of blood.

Her high-and-mighty body was hurled backward by the violent air current, slamming heavily onto the deck of the demon god ship, her face pale as paper.

Defeated.

With just a single move.

The world-renowned Devil Supreme Ye Hongzhuang was utterly defeated.

Gu Lan appeared on the deck as if teleporting.

He walked up to Ye Hongzhuang and used the cold, heavy tip of the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd to provoke her by lifting her sharp, snow-white chin.

"Old Hag, right now, who exactly should be kneeling to whom?"

Gu Lan looked down at her from above, his eyes reflecting absolute desire for conquest.

Ye Hongzhuang bit her red lips tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with unwillingness and shock.

In the end, it turned into a deep sense of awe and submission.

In the Demon Sect, strength is always respected above all!

Looking at this man who swallowed mountains and rivers with unmatched demonic majesty, her tense body finally went completely limp.

"Subordinate Ye Hongzhuang… pays respects to the Sect Master."

Ye Hongzhuang lowered her proud head with extreme humiliation yet utter willingness, falling to her knees at Gu Lan's feet.

With this kneel, the sky of the entire immortal cultivation world changed.

Seeing this, the tens of thousands of demonic Cultivators below dared not harbour the slightest thought of resistance, madly kowtowing in unison.

"We respectfully welcome the new Sect Master!"

"May the Sect Master be blessed with civil and martial virtue, reigning for eternity and unifying the world!"

Worshipful shouts like crashing waves and howling winds echoed across the Far North Ice Field.

Gu Lan stood at the prow of the demon god ship, the wild wind billowing his black-and-gold robes.

With his left arm wrapped around the once insufferably arrogant female Devil Emperor Ye Hongzhuang, his right hand rested on the great wilderness heaven-shattering halberd that could cleave through the Nine Heavens.

His gaze swept through the soaring snowstorm, looking toward the land of the Central Plains where the Righteous Alliance resided.

At this moment, he possessed the strongest Physical Body, the top-tier weapon, and the largest force in the entire immortal cultivation world.

"You hypocrites of the Righteous Path, wash your necks clean and wait."

An extraordinarily wild, wicked smile curled up at the corner of Gu Lan's lips.

"(End of the book)"