Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World Chapter 1539 - 792: Nothing More Than This (Part 2)

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Previously on Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World...
Gu Ningshuang breaks through to Fourth Grade Sword Intent with Gu Sheng's guidance. Immediately after, disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall arrive, ordered by Senior Jiang to arrest Gu Sheng as an intruder. Despite Qin Yurou's defense, the Hall leader insists Gu Sheng is suspicious, leading to a confrontation.

The leader’s face changed dramatically.

"You clearly have only the aura of the Third Level of the Heavenly Martial Realm, how could you..."

"Take him down!"

Jiang Feihong finally spoke in mid-air, his voice cold and piercing.

The five disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall exchanged glances and attacked simultaneously.

Sword light, palm wind, and fist shadows intertwined into a large net, enveloping Gu Sheng.

"Gu Sheng, be careful!"

Qin Yurou exclaimed in shock.

However, Gu Sheng stood still as a statue. It wasn’t until the attack was upon him that he suddenly drew his sword.

The moment the Southern Emperor Sword left its sheath, a brilliant sword light poured down like a galaxy, completely dispelling their offensive.

"Don’t kill!"

Qin Yurou urgently reminded.

"You can’t casually kill people from the Law Enforcement Hall, or you’ll get into big trouble!"

Hearing this, Gu Sheng flipped his wrist, changing his thrust to a slap.

The broad blade of the Southern Emperor Sword struck heavily on the chest of a disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall, causing the person to fly backward like a broken kite, crashing into the distant wall and spewing a mouthful of blood.

"What?!"

The remaining four were stunned; they couldn’t even see how Gu Sheng had made his move.

"All together!"

The leader gritted his teeth and commanded, and the four unleashed their strongest martial techniques simultaneously, filling the training platform with True Qi and radiating light.

A gleam flashed in Gu Sheng’s eyes, and the Southern Emperor Sword in his hand drew a beautiful arc.

"Break!"

A simple word, yet it seemed to contain some profound truth of heaven and earth.

Where the sword light passed, the martial techniques of the four were torn apart as if made of paper.

Immediately after, the four figures flew one after another, crashing heavily to the ground, unable to rise again.

The entire martial arts arena fell silent, everyone was shocked by this overwhelming victory.

"Such strong Sword Intent..."

Gu Ningshuang murmured to herself, her eyes full of wonder.

In mid-air, Jiang Feihong’s face was as gloomy as water.

"Useless!"

He snorted coldly, his figure suddenly disappearing.

"Gu Sheng, watch your back!"

Qin Yurou suddenly screamed.

Gu Sheng’s heart trembled, but it was too late to turn around.

A lethal sense of crisis attacked from behind; Jiang Feihong had already appeared behind him at some unknown time, striking towards his back heart.

"Jiang Feihong, your ’warm heart’ hasn’t changed, hitting your own people?"

Gu Sheng sneered, his figure shifting ghost-like half a step sideways, narrowly avoiding the palm wind that came with a sharp explosive sound.

"Boom!"

The palm print grazed Gu Sheng’s hem, hitting heavily on a disciple’s chest from the Law Enforcement Hall.

The disciple didn’t even have time to scream before flying backward like a broken kite, crashing through three ancient pines before stopping, blood spewing from his mouth.

"Gu Sheng!"

Jiang Feihong’s face was ashen, his eyes filled with a soaring killing intent.

"Today, I must take your life!"

Qin Yurou and Gu Ningshuang were about to remind him, only to see Gu Sheng already calmly avoiding it. The two women exchanged glances, both seeing shock in each other’s eyes.

They couldn’t even see how Gu Sheng moved.

"Elder Jiang has a big temper."

Gu Sheng brushed off nonexistent dust from his sleeve, his tone flippant.

"But your ’drawing the sword to help against injustice’ is quite an eye-opener for me. What, did you feel your own people were standing too firmly and needed your help to move?"

"Courting death!"

Jiang Feihong roared angrily, True Qi surging around him like a tide, his robe fluttering without wind.

He crossed his palms, and a more solid cyan palm print instantly formed, crashing towards Gu Sheng with a piercing sound.

This time, Gu Sheng did not dodge.

"Good timing!"

A gleam flashed in his eyes, his right hand forming a sword with two fingers, a golden Gang Qi burst from his fingertips, transforming instantly into a three-foot Qi Sword, thrusting straight towards the palm print.

"Boom..."

The two forces collided in mid-air, exploding with a deafening roar.

The shockwave swept across, breaking all the trees and vegetation within a ten-zhang radius, stripping a thick layer off the ground.

Gu Sheng lightly retreated over ten feet, tapping the ground three times with his toes to stabilize himself.

But Jiang Feihong was struck as if by lightning, his entire body flying backward, his legs plowing two deep trenches a foot deep, retreating several tens of zhang before barely stopping.

"This... This is impossible!"

Blood spilled from Jiang Feihong’s mouth, disbelief filling his eyes.

He, a dignified elder of the Law Enforcement Hall with Mystic Realm Peak cultivation, was forced back by a young disciple’s sword?

Gu Sheng shook his wrist, smiling playfully.

"Elder Jiang, this ’nothing remarkable’ technique, are you fit to be an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall? Can’t even withstand a casual sword from me?"

"You brat!"

Jiang Feihong, enraged, laughed coldly.

"That was just a probe; now let me show you what real strength is!"

Before he finished speaking, his aura suddenly surged, his robe flapped loudly, and a storm-like wave of True Qi, several times stronger than before, swept out.

The ground began to tremble, stones slowly levitated, and the surrounding trees bent under the invisible force.

"Gu Sheng, be careful!"

Qin Yurou shouted urgently.

"He’s about to use the ’Heavenly Gang Shattering Heart Palm’; Senior Sister Shen was defeated by this move!"

Gu Ningshuang’s expression changed as well.

"This palm contains thirty-six layers of Hidden Strength, designed to break Protective Gang Qi!"

Faced with such a show of strength, Gu Sheng remained calm.

His body simultaneously activated eighteen Grotto Heavens, golden Divine Flame burst from his pores, forming a brilliant Flame Armor on his body.

His aura climbed rapidly, equalizing with Jiang Feihong in an instant.

"What?!"

Jiang Feihong’s pupils contracted, his heart overwhelmed with shock and dread.

This kid clearly only has Heavenly Martial Realm cultivation, so why is his aura so terrifying? If he’s allowed to continue growing...

Thinking of this, killing intent surged in Jiang Feihong’s eyes.

This successor must be eradicated, or there will be endless future troubles!

"Heavenly Gang Shattering Heart Palm!"

Jiang Feihong shouted violently, thrusting out his both palms.

A green palm print shadow, the size of ten feet, burst into the air, warping the air with a ghastly wail as it passed.

Thirty-six swirling vortices faintly visible in the palm print, each containing terrifying Hidden Strength capable of shattering mountains and stones.

"Bring it on!"

Gu Sheng neither dodged nor flinched, sealing with both hands, the golden Divine Flame on his body instantly gathered at his right arm, forming a Flame Giant Sword over ten feet long.

The runes on the sword body swirled, the scorching heat distorting the surrounding air.

"Heaven-Burning Sword Technique, Break!"

The Flame Giant Sword collided violently with the palm print shadow mid-air.

"Boom..."

An explosion sound, ten times more intense than before, echoed across the sky.

Brilliant light illuminated the entire mountain forest, a wild energy storm tore a crack dozens of feet long in the ground.

The few century-old trees nearby instantly turned to powder, mountain stones in the distance shattered into fragments by the shock wave.

Jiang Feihong grunted, retreated seven steps, leaving a deep pit with each step.

He was shocked to discover, his Heaven Gang Shattering Heart Palm, honed for decades, had been broken by a single sword slashing through eighteen layers of Hidden Strength!

"Impossible!"

Jiang Feihong’s face twisted, his heart filled with shock and anger.

But then, he felt his True Qi suddenly boiling, a stagnated bottleneck of many years started to loosen.

"Is this... the opportunity for breakthrough?"

Jiang Feihong was initially stunned, then ecstatic.

Under life-and-death pressure, he had touched the threshold of Sect Realm!

"Hahaha! Heaven helps me!"

Jiang Feihong laughed heartily, his aura surged again, becoming three times stronger than before.

"Gu Sheng, you’re as good as dead! I shall breakthrough amid battle today and step into Half-Step Sect Realm!"

Gu Sheng frowned slightly, sensing the change in his opponent’s aura.

Yet he was not flustered, instead revealing a meaningful smile.

"Half-Step Sect Realm? Interesting."

At this moment, Jiang Feihong’s whole body of True Qi surged like a rushing river, sharp pains radiating from his meridians, heralding the breakthrough.

He sneered at Gu Sheng.

"Brat, forcing me to exert all my strength, you should be proud!"

Jiang Feihong’s palm print condensed in the air into a crimson-red shadow, pressing towards Gu Sheng like burning flames.

The surrounding air compressed with a "sizzle," the dust on the ground whipped into a miniature whirlwind.

"Half-Step Sect Realm, nothing remarkable."

Gu Sheng’s mouth curled slightly, his eyes filled with disdain.

He lifted his right hand gently, a golden Divine Flame condensing at his fingertip, the flame seeming weak, yet containing heart-pounding power.