5:50 in the morning.
With white hair and blood-red eyes, Gu Qijue approached, stepping on black thunder.
Two ghostly dragons behind him exuded endless killing intent, staring intently at the four ancient martial artists.
After advancing to Tier Six, Gu Qijue could now fly through the thunder within his body, but only around a hundred meters high.
However, it was already terrifying.
An early stage grandmaster ancient martial artist could only achieve his current level.
"Boss?"
Ji Shang and others, who had just fled a short distance, stopped in surprise and joy when they saw the terrifying sea of thunder at the school gate and returned excitedly.
"Haha! Master, you came just in time."
The sinister voice of Deceitful Mutant Creature laughed, filled with an evil chill.
The other three deceitful mutant creatures, who had been lying in despair, felt relieved and looked in awe at the terrifying entity approaching with thunder in the distance.
The four deceitful mutant creatures that had originally escaped now all returned one after another.
Knowing that this forbidden existence had returned, their so-called life-and-death crisis was resolved.
The ancient martial elder, the mature woman, the middle-aged man, and the young woman all faced imminent danger, staring intently at Gu Qijue, who approached like a Black Dragon Emperor on thunder.
With each step Gu Qijue took in the air, thunder would ripple beneath his feet.
His bare upper body had black dragon patterns faintly visible, with the dragon tattoo on his chest appearing lifelike and intimidating.
Under the pressure of his approach, the four peak innate ancient martial artists felt their breathing become difficult, as if the air itself had been solidified by the thunder.
Knowing the enemy they faced this time was extraordinary, there was a high likelihood of dying here today.
"Are you Gu Qijue? We are here on the orders of President Chu of Upper Capital, to invite you to visit Upper Capital."
The leading elder squinted his eyes slightly, cupping his fists towards Gu Qijue who looked down on them from above.
Having witnessed this man’s terrifying power, how could they dare to maintain any arrogance?
"Your so-called invitation, why did you attack my brothers and sisters? Is this the invitation of the Shangdu Diyuan Group?"
Gu Qijue’s blood-red eyes, with white hair flickering with thunder, stared at them as if looking at four corpses.
This rendered them speechless.
The mature woman spoke up: "We gave them a chance, but they remained obstinate, so we had to use some force."
Ding dong dong——
At this moment, the ringtone of a call from the emperor group sounded from the elder’s pocket.
He took it out to see, and it was a call from the Di Yuan Group.
He answered it on speaker.
Chu Yuan’s authoritative voice came through: "Gu Qijue, I am Chu Yuan, the current president of Di Yuan Group, and I am watching you. I sincerely hope you can come back to Upper Capital with them. I assure you that you will be safe."
Hearing this, Gu Qijue couldn’t help but laugh wickedly, "You’re used to being high and mighty, aren’t you!? I’ve never troubled you, yet you keep trying to kill me again and again. Even a clay figure has a temper, so please, all of you just go die!"
With that, Gu Qijue drew a line in the void before him with his finger.
The void in front of him seemed to be torn open by the terrible thunder on his fingertips, revealing a black crack.
Thud——
Immediately, the body of the peak innate elder was cut in half.
Ah!!
A miserable scream escaped the elder’s mouth, his body severed in two, lying in a pool of blood, organs scattered across the ground. After a few screams, he died completely.
This was the divine power of Thunder Cutting that Gu Qijue learned after advancing to Tier Six!
"Run!!"
The mature woman, young woman, and middle-aged man gasped in cold air at this scene, then turned to flee without hesitation.
Their strongest, the elder, had been killed so effortlessly.
This chilled them to their cores, causing their scalps to tingle with horror.
Though unsure if they could escape, staying meant certain death.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!!
With a cold expression, Gu Qijue traced three slashes of thunder in the void with his finger.
Thud! Thud! Thud!!
Suddenly, all three who had fled several hundred meters were cut in half by a thunder blade from the void.
Accompanied by spraying blood, their bodies fell to the ground in two pieces, lifeless after a few more screams.
"You wretch, you’ve successfully angered me."
The elder’s blood-stained phone on the ground still worked, transmitting Chu Yuan’s icy wrath.
"If you want to kill or capture me for research, Gu Mou welcomes it any time."
Gu Qijue snorted coldly, casually shattering the phone.
"Boss Gu is mighty. Those four damn ancient martial artists forced us to go with them; it was truly repulsive."
"Right, right, they deserved to be chopped into pieces. If not for their coercion, we wouldn’t have stood on their side."
"Boss Gu is invincible. Following you is the only way we can survive!"
The fifty-plus survivors, swaying with the changes, one by one stood up to shout and cheer.
"Haha, that’s not what you said before. Boss, kill them!"
Ji Shang and others returned, eyeing the opportunistic survivors with murderous intent.
"Deceitful Mutant Creature, you can eat these people, then quickly head to the city center’s Deformed Tree."
Gu Qijue cast an indifferent glance at the survivors, leaving this command before leading the group to the city center.
Today, he intended to take possession of the Deformed Tree alone.
The pressure brought on by the ancient martial artists was quite significant.
If several grandmasters had come today, it would have been a bloodbath.
"Hehe, thanks for the master’s gift!"
"Brothers, let’s feast!!"
"Hehehe..."
"What are you going to do?"
"No, don’t!"
"Help, someone save us..."
As Gu Qijue and others departed, the grotesque laughter of the eight deceitful mutant creatures mingled with the survivors’ cries echoed in the school.
"Damn it!!!"
At the Shangdu Diyuan Group, Chu Yuan and others looked at the bloody scene on the projection screen, their faces dark and grim.
"Only let him live one more day, as dawn breaks and the Deformed Tree is about to grow. Tonight I will personally go there and capture that bastard alive."
A mature woman from Dragon Cloud Mountain said seriously, "He should now only be able to match ordinary grandmasters. Even if he consumes the Mutated Fruit for further power, he could never surpass me."
"In that case, let him live one more day. The Deformed Tree in Upper Capital has emerged. Gather all Super Martial Artists to compete for one, and I will take three hundred ancient martial artists for another!"
Chu Yuan stood and commanded, leading four people swiftly out of the war room.
None knew that this time’s Deformed Tree was different from yesterday’s, with truly terrifying deceitful mutant creatures soon to appear.