The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3468: Gu Family!
Previously on The Divine Urban Physician...
Even if a trump card boasts tremendous power, lacking the necessary strength foundation renders it useless in practice. Just what does Ye Chen intend to pull off?
All the spectators felt an irresistible surge of curiosity mixed with eager anticipation!
Beneath the intense gazes of the crowd, Ye Chen's fist at last smashed into the Thunderclap Fist Mark!
A savage and delighted grin twisted across Ma Xiong's features—this was it, Ye Chen was finished!
He had dialed back his force just a touch in that strike, so the blow wouldn't outright kill Ye Chen, yet a grave wound was inevitable all the same!
But right then, an astonishing spectacle erupted!!!
The Thunderclap Fist Mark, appearing so dreadfully formidable as though it could shatter entire worlds, crumbled the very moment it met Ye Chen's fist...
It disintegrated just like grains of sand!
Meanwhile, Ye Chen's fist pressed onward without pause!
This apparently simple strike from Ye Chen utterly demolished Ma Xiong's Rolling Thunder Fist Seal...
Ma Xiong stood frozen in shock, Li Donghao was equally dumbfounded, and the entire crowd gaped in utter disbelief!!!
What on earth had they all just seen?
This had to be some kind of illusion!!!
A powerhouse of the Heavenly God Realm snuffing out Ma Xiong's vaunted ultimate punch with a mere casual swing?
They knew of geniuses who could battle foes above their rank, but surely there had to be boundaries to such feats, didn't there!!!
What Ye Chen pulled off went far beyond mere cross-rank combat!
This was straight-up defying entire realms!
The chasm separating the Heavenly God Realm from the fourth-level Supreme Emperor realm resembled an endless void, but Ye Chen had leaped right across it!
In that instant, Ma Xiong's complexion drained to ghostly white, all traces of savagery and glee vanished!
His frame shook violently as he desperately tried to activate a evasion skill to slip away!
Only now did Ma Xiong grasp that this punch, which looked deceptively sluggish, trapped him with no way out!
Ye Chen's incoming fist loomed like an inescapable web woven by heaven and earth!
No dodging possible!
How was this happening!?
Before this strike that evoked the jaws of the underworld, Ma Xiong's very spirit teetered on the edge of shattering!
A mere heartbeat passed, and the fist slammed into Ma Xiong's visage...
Accompanied by a dull thud, a spray of crimson mist burst from Ma Xiong's skull, his form rocketing backward like a shot projectile, crashing with a deafening roar into a structure behind and reducing it to rubble!
A profound hush, akin to the devouring voids of eternity, blanketed the whole avenue...
The onlookers stared at Ma Xiong, his cranium almost obliterated, form twisted beyond recognition amid the debris, clinging to life's thread, their own bodies quivering beyond control!
Such a gruesome fate...
What sort of beast was Ye Chen, really?
At that point, heads bowed across the crowd, none daring to spare Ye Chen another glance!
Ye Chen, face serene as ever, fixed his eyes on the fading Ma Xiong and uttered: "Is this what you call providing guidance?"
With icy detachment, Ye Chen regarded Ma Xiong; mercy had never been his style.
Had he been a typical Heavenly God Realm cultivator, the crushing pressure from Ma Xiong and Li Donghao alone might have left him pulverized right there!
Simply mangling Ma Xiong's head to near destruction was already an act of leniency.
Still, this blow carried hints of Destruction Divine Dao essence; Ma Xiong's path to healing would prove quite thorny...
Yet it posed no major issue, merely a question of duration.
Not too drawn out—with Ma Xiong's cultivation depth, a mere million years ought to do the trick.
A chill smirk curled Ye Chen's lips; he always knew exactly how far to go, didn't he?
He pivoted leisurely, eyeing Li Donghao, who slumped like a deflated vegetable, quaking faintly, his once-gleaming dome now utterly lackluster.
Ye Chen offered a soft smile and remarked: "What was that you said earlier? For me to hold back some?"
Li Donghao's brutal countenance now twisted in near-tears despair; this time, they'd truly rammed into an iron wall!
No, they'd plunged headlong into a raging inferno!
Clenching his jaw, he dropped to his knees before Ye Chen without a second thought, kowtowing furiously: "Young Master Ye, I was blind to your greatness, please let me off this once, I'm pleading with you!"
Let him off?
Ye Chen's lips twisted into a dark grin as he replied: "Hehe, you wouldn't be that foolish, would you?"
Those words sent Li Donghao's vitality surging in reverse, plunging him into a nightmarish pit, his pulse hammering wildly as if desperate to burst free!
He lifted his gaze, scrambling to respond, but the moment had slipped away.
Ye Chen's leg had already whipped out!
Bang!
Yet another explosive impact; the kick brutally connected with Li Donghao's bald pate, hurling his body sideways to demolish a towering edifice, his vitality ebbing to a whisper, his doom every bit as grim as Ma Xiong's...
The witnesses, seeing these two fourth-level Supreme Emperor realm warriors thrashed like mere curs by Ye Chen, couldn't suppress a collective gulp...
Utterly merciless!
This young man who seemed mildly aloof turned savagely brutal the instant he struck!
Ignoring the stares around him, Ye Chen strode directly toward a grand eatery in Black Gold City.
Near both the Upper Realm and the Outer Realm, Jin Shuhui had mentioned heading to the Outer Realm for some errand upon departure, skipping a return to the Upper Realm.
When it came to probing for information on folks, nothing beat a tavern.
Besides, Jin Shuhui had handed him a hundred thousand top-grade Dark Origin Stones previously.
Xuanyuan Stones served as the medium of exchange in the Outer Realm and Upper Realm, akin to spirit stones from the Lingwu Continent, though their spiritual energy density and purity far outstripped those paltry stones.
This establishment, dubbed Jinxiao Pavilion, seized Ye Chen's attention the moment he entered. From its opulent furnishings and aromatic scents to the meticulously placed tables and seats, Jinxiao Pavilion radiated supreme extravagance blended with refined taste— a caliber unmatched even in the Divine Kingdom. Only the elite of the elite could run a place like this!
And yet, in the realms of the Outer and Upper, Jinxiao Pavilion ranked as just a commonplace inn in a minor town.
In the span of moments, whispers of Ye Chen as a "Fierce Person" started circulating quietly through Black Gold City.
...
At the same time, within the City Lord’s Faction of Black Gold City, a figure in flowing moon-white robes, adorned with a jade pendant at his waist that glowed with warm amber spiritual radiance, sat gracefully in the resting chamber, cradling a teacup while inhaling the potent spiritual essence wafting from the brew.
Abruptly, a silhouette darted past the chamber's entrance, and in strode a stout middle-aged man in Black Gold attire, his face broad and square, eyes sharp like a predator's, radiating commanding presence.
This was none other than Chen Yang, the City Lord of Black Gold!
Chen Yang prized his dignity above all. Across Black Gold City, he seldom betrayed varied emotions to others, always projecting an aura of intimidation and command, yet stepping into the chamber, his features lit up with warm grins as he chuckled a greeting to the youth: "Young Master Gu, my apologies for the delay."
This youth in white robes went by Gu Han, hailing from the Yuan Shan Gu Family!
The Yuan Mountain Range lay not far from Black Gold City, stretching over a million li. Nestled in its depths was a modest spiritual vein, drawing martial clans and minor sects to establish bases amid the peaks.
And from ten thousand years prior, amid those mountains, one family of notable legacy had risen to prominence—the Gu Family.
Hence, folks in the Star Swirl Domain dubbed them the Yuan Shan Gu Family!
Gu Han served as the direct heir of the Yuan Shan Gu Family!
That explained Chen Yang's deferential demeanor toward him.
Gu Han set aside his teacup and stated coolly: "City Lord Chen, let's cut to the chase—how's the task I assigned you progressing?"