After watching the battle between Bai Xiu and Gong Zi... Gu Shen spent a year in retreat, constantly contemplating the "Complete Flash," and in his mind, he analyzed the movements of Song Ci and Bai Xiu over and over again, tens of thousands of times.
Gu Shen’s figure began to "tremble" and "shake."
He dodged a punch from Xu Yan!
The two were glued together... countless punches erupted!
Under the enhancement of the "Token," Xu Yan’s speed became faster and faster.
But Gu Shen’s speed... was even faster!
The arc light of the Truth Ruler transformed into Finger Tiger, enveloping Gu Shen’s fist, and the two fiercely clashed with their punches. This time, Gu Shen remained unmoved, while Xu Yan was sent flying backward!
Gu Shen, expressionless, looked towards the soaring Xu Yan.
He was now in a very subtle realm.
When his spiritual power reached an unprecedented level of focus, Gu Shen felt as if he could discern every change in the void... The stronger his opponent, the more excited and keen he became!
Thus, each of Xu Yan’s "battle breakthroughs" stimulated his own "breakthroughs!"
With boiling blood underneath.
He hoped... that Xu Yan would be even stronger!
And the second time Xu Yan was sent flying backward, he fell amid a pile of shattered snow rocks, his face filled with disbelief... This time was different from the previous duel in the void of the mausoleum; he was fighting Gu Shen one-on-one and had even borrowed the power of the token.
Why... was he still sent flying?!
He couldn’t accept it.
Xu Yan stood up and charged towards Gu Shen again!
This time, he unleashed the power of the Fire Stealer!
In a blink, he reached Gu Shen’s front... This was almost a power of "Instantaneous Movement," coming from a Transcendent in Central Continent, called "Gate of the Void World," which could perform short-distance instantaneous moving. Taken alone, it’s somewhat underwhelming.
But when used by the Fire Stealer, it became a "Divine Skill" in battle!
Gu Shen immediately caught the shifts in Extraordinary Essence in the void.
Like opening the Heavenly Eye, he preemptively punched at the point where Xu Yan would appear!
This scene... looked as though Xu Yan had intentionally run into Gu Shen’s fist!
The heavy punching wind howled-
Xu Yan’s face was struck by a punch, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood, and under the purple light of the token, he barely managed not to fly backward, but the shock in his eyes deepened!
How was this possible?!
Xu Yan couldn’t understand it, but he swung his fist with clenched teeth despite the severe pain!
Gu Shen, unafraid, stepped forward and met the punch head-on!
A loud explosive noise erupted!
The power "Sudden Burst"!
This was the ability that defeated Shen Li, capable of detonating at extremely close range upon contact... "Sudden Burst" exploded at the tips of Gu Shen’s skin and hair, but the next moment a wisp of Array Patterns’ golden light sped forth, turning into a close-fitting armor, blocking all the explosive shockwaves!
Accompanying this punch, there was also a sinister spiritual power impact!
This was one of Xu Yan’s signature triple strikes... Ordinary Transcendents, not knowing the traits of the Fire Stealer, were completely unable to defend and would be hit in quick succession!
He had encountered Gu Shen!
Gu Shen immediately released his Blazing Fire, confronting the "Poison Scorpion" in mid-air... Blazing Fire opened its mouth wide, directly swallowing Xu Yan’s strand of spirit! Confiscated!
Xu Yan’s complexion suddenly turned three shades paler.
In the mansion in Snow Forbidden City, he had tried to simulate "Blazing Fire"... Originally, the Fire Stealer had successfully replicated every ability it wanted to.
Yet replicating Blazing Fire had failed!
Because this strand of Blazing Fire was too domineering!
He couldn’t replicate it!
Xu Yan couldn’t forget the disappointed look in Lord of Wine God’s eyes when his replication failed.
That look, as if to say, Gu Shen... was stronger than him.
"I am the strongest!"
At this moment, Xu Yan became frantic. He started to exhaust the Divine Power of the token relentlessly, to deploy the power of the Fire Stealer... Since arriving at Snow Forbidden City from Central Continent, the Fire Stealer had stolen and transformed nearly a hundred kinds of powers!
A massive amount of natural powers, released by Xu Yan from his brow...
Dark clouds, poison fog, flying flames, ice tide, Thunder Shock, hurricane.
It was hard to imagine that this could be the power of one person...
Gu Shen took a deep breath.
He looked at the torrent of fire and Ice Sea rushing towards him, his expression stern.
Crisp sword sounds resonated!
The source power of thousands of Array Patterns in Qingzhong Cemetery hovered in front of Gu Shen, these Array Patterns’ forces becoming strands of brilliant golden sword light, which now accumulated little by little into a long sword.
Gu Shen held the "Array Pattern Sword" in one hand, while the other hand covered the Truth Arc Light and Blazing Fire Essence and wiped it over the sword’s edge.
Sharpening this long sword, which embodied the spirit of the entire Qingzhong Cemetery’s Array Patterns, with the Truth Ruler and Blazing Fire Essence.
He grasped the sword and slashed heavily forward!
No thing in this world is perfect.
The moment you gain something, you always lose something else.
Xu Yan’s abilities seemed ungodly, unsolvable.
But in reality... there was a fatal flaw.
The true "strong" ones did not rely on powerful abilities, but rather, on their robust selves!
A single ability, developed to the extreme, is enough to earn a Title.
Yet Xu Yan alone possessed hundreds of disparate Transcendent powers... Even if he were a genius, how could he digest such a heterogeneous mixture of powers?