Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1597 - 821: What Can We Use to Survive? (Part 2)

”Help!”

After a brief dead silence, it was utter collapse! The remaining disciples, whether of the Earth Martial Realm or Heavenly Martial Realm, were completely terrified by this horrifying scene!

No longer caring about any orders or sect, they scattered like a disturbed beehive, crying and screaming, rushing frantically towards each exit and window of the hall! They cursed their parents for not giving them two more legs!

”Stop! Donʼt run!”

Chen and two other Heavenly Martial Realm peak disciples shouted with pale faces, trying to stop them, but it was futile!

Panic spread, no one listened to their commands anymore!

As the hall was about to fall into utter chaos, Chenʼs eyes were filled with fierceness and despair!

He suddenly turned his head and stared hard at the corner of the hall!

There, Gu Yuanyuan was being guarded by two disciples, who were also stunned by this sudden turn of events!

”Grab her!”

Chen shouted fiercely as if clutching at the last straw!

The two disciples guarding Gu Yuanyuan were momentarily shocked but then reacted!

One of them pounced towards Gu Yuanyuan, attempting to control her! The other drew a weapon and placed it against her neck!

”Donʼt come closer!”

Chen yelled at Gu Sheng, his voice distorted by fear.

”Take one more step, and Iʼll have her head off!”

Gu Yuanyuan felt a chill at her neck, the cold blade pressed close to her skin, making her hair stand on end!

She looked at her master, who was walking step by step towards her, filled with regret!

She regretted not listening to her masterʼs advice to hide in the Divine Craft Maze Palace! Now she had become a burden to her master!

Gu Sheng finally stopped his steps.

He stood in the center of the hall, about thirty feet away from Chen and the other two peak Heavenly Martial disciples.

His gaze calmly swept over Gu Yuanyuan with the knife at her neck, then over Chen and the two disciples standing alert beside him.

”Let her go.”

Gu Shengʼs voice was calm and steady, yet carried a chilling undertone.

”Dream on!”

Chen appeared frenzied, his longsword also pointed at Gu Yuanyuan.

”Immediately exit the hall! Leave the premises! Or I will kill her at once!”

Gu Shengʼs eyes narrowed slightly. Thirty feet was but a momentary distance for him.

He was confident he could kill these three in an instant before they could act.

However... they were still three peak Heavenly Martial beings, and one had a knife at Gu Yuanyuanʼs neck, while the other was poised to spring at her.

He wasnʼt completely confident he could resolve all three without harming Gu Yuanyuan.

Displeasure, like a cold snake, quietly crept into Gu Shengʼs heart.

He, a reborn Emperor, being threatened by a few ants with the life of his disciple? It filled him with a cold fury.

”Master... Iʼm sorry...”

Gu Yuanyuan looked at Gu Shengʼs halted steps, tears rolling from her eyes, her heart filled with guilt and pain.

Gu Sheng was silent for a moment, the icy killing intent in his eyes slowly withdrew.

He slowly raised his hand, pointing to the exit of the hall.

”Alright.”

His voice was still calm.

”I will retreat.”

He slowly turned around and walked step by step towards the hallʼs exit.

His pace was steady, without the slightest panic, as if he were just attending to a trivial matter.

Chen and the other two stared fixedly at Gu Shengʼs retreating figure, their grip on their weapons so tight their knuckles turned white, cold sweat dripping down their foreheads.

They dared not relax, fearing Gu Sheng might suddenly retaliate.

Gu Sheng reached the hallʼs exit, paused slightly, but did not turn back, leaving only a faint remark.

”You... will regret this.”

With those words, he stepped out over the threshold and disappeared into the doorway.

Inside the hall, only Chen, the other two, and Gu Yuanyuan with the knife against her neck remained, alongside a few cold corpses on the ground.

The air seemed frozen, leaving only the sound of their heavy breathing.

Gu Sheng, true to his word, exited the hall, vanishing from the doorway.

Inside the hall, deathly silence prevailed, leaving only the heavy breathing of Chen and the other two, and the cold sensation of the blade on Gu Yuanyuanʼs neck.

”Chen... He... Heʼs gone... We... We should let the girl go and escape!”

A disciple at the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm spoke with a trembling voice, his hand gripping weapons shaking.

Just now, Gu Shengʼs terrifying power that instantly killed several Earth Martial Realm members completely shattered his psychological defense.

”Let go?”

Chenʼs eyes were filled with fierceness and struggle.

”If we let her go, how do we save ourselves? That monster could attack at any moment! Take her along! Letʼs go! As long as we leave this place and return to the sect stronghold, weʼll be safe!”

He sternly instructed the two disciples holding Gu Yuanyuan.

”Hold her! Follow me closely! Quick!”

Saying that, he cautiously eyed the direction of the palace door, carefully moving towards the exit on the other side of the hall.

The other two peak Heavenly Martial Realm disciples hurriedly followed, guarding on both sides, their eyes fearfully scanning the surroundings.

Gu Yuanyuan was roughly shoved forward, her heart filled with humiliation and rage, but more with worry for her master.

She saw her master retreat from the hall but didnʼt know how he would respond next.

Outside the hall, Gu Sheng stood a hundred steps behind a broken wall, looking calmly at the side door of the hall.

His powerful Divine Sense had long locked onto the movements of those inside the hall.

”Master... They... They wonʼt let me go...”

Gu Yuanyuanʼs voice trembled with grievance, transmitted through a weak mental connection into Gu Shengʼs Sea of Consciousness.

”No matter.”

Gu Shengʼs voice was calm and undisturbed.

”Proceed as planned.”

He subtly moved his thoughts, an invisible force quietly seeped into the ground beneath him.

Several black vine shadows, as thin as hair yet incredibly tough, silently and swiftly spread along the earth vein towards the exit of the hallʼs side door! It was the Heavenly Demon Vine!

Chen and the three disciples escorting Gu Yuanyuan finally cautiously exited the hallʼs side door.

Outside was still a desolate ruin, but compared to the oppressive atmosphere inside the hall, it seemed somewhat more open.

The three were slightly relieved, but their vigilance did not decrease at all.

”Quickly, leave the base!”

Chen urged, encouraging the disciples escorting Gu Yuanyuan to quicken their pace.

As they stepped out a few feet beyond the door—

The ground suddenly burst open! Four massive, barbed black vines, like claws from hell, erupted from the earth!

With a piercing scream through the air, they shot fiercely towards Chen and the two peak Heavenly Martial Realm disciples beside him!

”Careful!”

Chen was shocked, barely able to utter a shrill warning!

Three sickening pierce sounds almost simultaneously rang out!

The two peak Heavenly Martial Realm disciples didnʼt even have time to react before two vines accurately pierced through their chests!

The barbs on the vines instantly opened, like countless straws, madly devouring their Qi-Blood and Life Origin!

Their bodies violently twitched, their eyes instantly dulled, unable even to scream before turning into rapidly shriveled corpses!

Chen reacted slightly quicker, forcibly twisting his body as the vines attacked, dodging any vital points!

But his left shoulder was still brutally pierced by one vine!

The terrifying devouring force instantly came, he felt his Life Force and True Yuan wildly draining!

”Ah—!”

Chen let out a piercing scream, his eyes filled with extreme fear!

He endured the excruciating pain, his right hand suddenly lifting, fingers clawed, with last desperation, grasping towards Gu Yuanyuanʼs throat!

He wanted to drag her to the grave!

Just as his fingertips were about to touch Gu Yuanyuanʼs neck—

A strong numbing sensation instantly spread throughout his body!

His internal True Yuan circulation abruptly halted! His movements stiffened instantly!

Another vine that had long been poised struck like a poisonous dragon, precisely stabbing into his back and out the front of his chest!

The barbs opened wide, devouring madly!

Chenʼs body suddenly froze, the madness and murderous intent in his eyes instantly solidified, replaced by boundless fear and despair.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out, his body drained of all strength, collapsing limply, rapidly shriveling.

And the hand reaching for Gu Yuanyuanʼs throat fell powerlessly, less than an inch from her skin.

Gu Yuanyuan stood where she was, her body rigid, face pale.