Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

But despite that, Huo Ming's body bent, and he still spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood, which even contained some bits of internal organs.

No one could have imagined that Huo Ming, a prodigy of the Fire Crow Clan famous across nearly a hundred realms, would be crushed to such an extent by a cultivator from the God Transformation Realm.

If that were said, hardly anyone in the upper realms would believe it.

"Is this... is this fake? Am I seeing things, or am I in an illusion?"

From a distance, Zheng Zhiyuan was stupefied, his eyes dull, unable to believe everything that was unfolding before him.

He could never have imagined that Gu Chen's strength could be so formidable!

"Fake, fake, it's all fake, it's an illusion, just an illusion!"

Zheng Zhiyuan kept muttering to himself that it was fake, that it was an illusion, but the more he said it, the more his body trembled violently, his complexion extremely unhealthy, deathly pale, without a trace of blood.

A monster known on the Dao Gold List, with a small reputation in the upper realms, had not even put up a fight and was literally scared stiff like this, would also count as a strange tale if it got out.

"Gu... Chen... Gu... Chen!"

Huo Ming's body was bent, unable to stop trembling, his face and body were covered in blood, his countenance so distorted it was obscene.

At that moment, Gu Chen was still utterly calm, his eyes devoid of any ripples.

Before entering, Gu Chen had already known that inside the Ancestral Land, almost ninety-nine percent of the people were his enemies, and Yun Zishu had warned him to be extremely careful.

But Gu Chen did not feel concerned about it, on the contrary, he even thought that it was an opportunity for himself.

After all, in Gu Chen's eyes, the present Huo Ming was just a big pile of living merit points, wasn't he?

As an alien, Gu Chen not actively hunting them should have been enough reason for Huo Ming and the others to feel fortunate, and now that they were daring to provoke him, Gu Chen naturally would not show any mercy.

Just right, he needed a large amount of merit points to fortify his cultivation and techniques.

"You might as well be timely rain for me," Gu Chen said with a light smile, while also glancing at Zheng Zhiyuan not far away, who was trembling furiously.

That one look immediately made Zheng Zhiyuan, a monster known on the Dao Gold List, fall flat on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

It's not that Zheng Zhiyuan was useless; after all, how could someone who made it on the Dao Gold List be incompetent?

The main reason Zheng Zhiyuan was so scared was that Gu Chen, despite being at a significantly lower realm, had easily crushed Huo Ming, who was famous in nearly a hundred realms and at the early stage of the Huanxu Realm.

With his insight, Zheng Zhiyuan covertly gauged and speculated on Gu Chen's true strength.

This was the real reason Zheng Zhiyuan was so terrified.

He was petrified by the true strength of Gu Chen!

"Freak, this is a freak!"

Zheng Zhiyuan screamed inwardly, being a scion of the ancient Zheng family of Ling Domain, he knew well that this era was out of the ordinary, special changes were bound to occur before the start of the battle for supremacy among the Ten Thousand Tribes in the 3,600 realms of the upper worlds.

Some unseen figures might just appear to vie for dominance in this era!

Clearly, Zheng Zhiyuan suspected that Gu Chen was such a person, otherwise he could not possibly possess such power.

At this moment, as Zheng Zhiyuan watched Gu Chen, Gu Chen also returned the gaze, even thinking to himself that if killing members of the Human Clan could also earn him merit points, that would be simply perfect.

"What a pity," he couldn't help but shake his head, regretting the merit points he had missed out on.

"No!"

But the next moment, as soon as the thought arose, Gu Chen became alert, his expression even fiercely changing.

"When did I become like this?" he deeply frowned, feeling the change in his nature.

Faintly, he seemed to have treated everything as a "game," and Huo Ming, Zheng Zhiyuan, and others, were like monsters, killing them would earn him experience.

Because of this, Gu Chen never regarded Huo Ming as a living being; in his eyes, all the ferocious beasts of different races were merely walking points of power.

Now, that he even considered such thoughts regarding the Human Clan was undoubtedly very dangerous!

If this continued, and he failed to realize the change in his nature, perhaps one day in the future, Gu Chen would lose control, resulting in him getting completely lost, and becoming a slave to power!

Although the panel was Gu Chen's greatest aid, he did not want to fall to the point where he would stop at nothing and only know slaughter.

"A person controls the tool, and it's impossible for it to be the other way around," Gu Chen instantly became alert, even breaking out in a cold sweat, which was rare for him.

Otherwise, if he did not become aware, he would eventually become a slave to seeking points of power, becoming addicted and unable to extricate himself.

Although Gu Chen needed strength, he also needed to have his own principles and bottom lines!

Some things, once broken, are truly broken, and the situation becomes irretrievable!

"Ultimately, it is still about oneself," Gu Chen silently thought to himself.

Whether it was the panel, Tiandu, or the Yu Ding and mysterious gauntlets, etc., they were only means or aids for himself.

The true essence was still Gu Chen himself, and not anything else.

As the master, he must control these objects, not the reverse, being controlled by these objects.

A moment of alertness changed Gu Chen's mentality, making him realize that his own self was fundamental, and everything else was just a means to help him become stronger, and he must not fall into them.

Relying on points of power was permissible, but he could not be unscrupulous, actively finding ways to trap and kill others, just to satisfy his needs for points of power.

If he continued that way, he would lose himself and risk becoming deranged!

"Fortunately, the realization came in time, preventing a disaster," Gu Chen took a deep breath, and his tightly knitted brows also relaxed.

This avoided the risk of him becoming deranged from this issue in the future; otherwise, once he overly relied on something, allowing inner demons to emerge, or being deluded by evil spirits, the outcome for Gu Chen could be imagined.

A brief enlightenment subtly changed Gu Chen as a person, and his eyes became brighter, with the light of his original spirit shining through, asserting his uniqueness, which made his primordial spirit incredibly transparent, even advancing further!

"My primordial spirit actually grew by a full five inches, reaching four feet?!" Upon introspection and discovering this improvement, Gu Chen was overjoyed.

He had not anticipated that a single change in his nature could bring such a significant improvement to himself.

Even subtly, along with his physical body and cultivation, everything felt somewhat different, the sublimation of his nature actually took Gu Chen's strength forward by a significant step.

Gu Chen did not realize, but this was also a kind of sudden enlightenment.

At this moment, in Gu Chen's eyes, obtaining points of power and Divine Power value was still a joy, but he would no longer entertain the previous thought of "if killing anyone could obtain points of power."

This naturally also avoided the future risk of him becoming deranged, losing his true self, and disregarding everything to kill for points of power.

"Everything is just an aid, forging one's own path, I must be the utmost!" At that moment, Gu Chen's energy shifted, and a different kind of momentum emerged from him, which was a peerless elegance that defied anyone else!

Not only that, but his eyes were profound, with a brilliant divine light shining through, seeming capable of splitting the sky!