Truly... too fragile to withstand a single blow

Facing the sky-filling saber light that cascaded down like a galactic waterfall, Gu Qingfeng offered a faint smile. He threw his head back and spread his arms wide, as if to embrace it all.

Witnessing this, the members of the Chongming Immortal Clan were dumbfounded. What was he doing? Had he gone mad?

Faced with such terrifying saber qi, not only did he fail to put up a defense, but he actually opened his arms to welcome it. Did he think this was a light drizzle?

In the next moment, jaws hit the floor.

The torrential rain of saber qi submerged Gu Qingfeng, yet he stood as immovable as an eternal divine mountain. The blade energy, which seemed powerful enough to split the heavens and earth, struck him with no more impact than gentle raindrops falling on skin.

*Patter.* And then it was gone.

Even his clothes remained untouched.

"How is this possible?!"

"The Grand Elder's God-Slaying Saber is actually... useless against him!"

Countless people cried out in shock, feeling as though they were witnessing the most inconceivable scene in the world.

Even Immortal Empress Xihe, standing to the side, felt her pupils constrict, her beautiful eyes betraying a hint of shock.

She hurriedly questioned Protector Lie, "Is this the 'undying and indestructible' nature you spoke of? I thought it meant he could resurrect after being killed? Why can we not even break his defense now?"

Protector Lie was completely stupefied. "This... what in the world is going on?"

The Gu Qingfeng from before had been troublesome, but even with his heavily injured body, Protector Lie had been able to blast Gu Qingfeng's body apart several times. Although he couldn't be killed, he certainly wasn't invulnerable to harm.

But now? Facing an attack far more terrifying than his own, Gu Qingfeng was completely unscathed!? It was preposterous!

Had he been acting the whole time before?

*Clang!*

While everyone was still reeling from shock, the situation on the battlefield shifted again. A rift suddenly tore open in the gloomy firmament above.

A streak of silver light burst forth.

Immediately after, the figure of the Grand Elder descended from the heavens, clutching a long silver saber, its blade pointed straight at Gu Qingfeng.

It turned out that this final strike was the true killing blow!

"I am the saber, and the saber is me! My Dao is the Way of the Saber! With this single blade, I shall slay ghosts and gods!!"

Descending from the sky with his long hair fluttering wildly, the Grand Elder let out a heaven-shaking roar and slashed down in fury!

*BOOM—!*

An incomparably domineering silver blade, possessing the momentum to split the heavens and earth, crashed down.

Having never seen such a saber technique descending from the heavens, the crowd was shocked beyond words.

The very starry sky trembled violently as the blade fell, as if it were trembling in fear.

However, a shocking scene unfolded.

Facing this terrifying strike, Gu Qingfeng gave a disdainful smile. With an air of breezy nonchalance, he extended two pale, slender fingers.

And gently clamped them together!

The world went silent...

The silver saber qi, which had poured down like a reversed galaxy, dissipated instantly. The aura that threatened to split the heavens and earth vanished without a trace.

The only thing left in the arena was a deathly silence.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the figure in the center of the battle. This shocking scene was firmly etched into their hearts, never to be forgotten in this lifetime.

The Grand Elder, the Emperor of the Saber whose momentum had been unstoppable and whose power was monstrous, now had a pale face. Cold sweat streamed down his forehead, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

All because his saber had been stopped.

And it wasn't a weapon that stopped it, but Gu Qingfeng's two fingers.

Just two casual fingers had clamped down on the Dao of the Saber he had strived for over hundreds of millions of years. His eons of comprehension seemed like nothing more than a joke before those two fingers.

At that moment, Gu Qingfeng's voice rang out with a tone of approval. "To force this Emperor to use two fingers... you should be proud of yourself."

Hearing this, the Grand Elder felt a surge of reverse blood rise in his throat, nearly causing him to vomit blood on the spot.

In the next instant, Gu Qingfeng applied sudden force with his fingers and snapped them. With a crisp *crack*, the silver long saber shattered instantly. The powerful backlash generated by the break slammed into the Grand Elder, sending him flying and spraying blood across the sky.

"Grand Elder!" someone cried out in worry.

Suddenly, countless hideous ghost hands appeared out of thin air. Like millions of venomous snakes, they slithered rapidly toward the Grand Elder.

*Whoosh!*

The Grand Elder was tightly entangled. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, for these ghost hands possessed an unimaginable, terrifying suction force. The moment they touched him, they began to drain his mana wildly like leeches.

He struggled violently, but it was of no use.

"You devil! Let me go!" he cursed furiously.

A cruel smile curled the corners of Gu Qingfeng's mouth. "Next, this Emperor shall bestow upon you the supreme honor of this world, which is... to become one with me! *Jie jie jie...*"

The terrifying, sinister laughter shrouded the entire Chongming Immortal Clan like a dark haze.

"Save me! Hurry, save me!" The Grand Elder panicked completely, frantically looking toward Immortal Empress Xihe and the others.

The other elders also looked to Immortal Empress Xihe, anxiety written all over their faces.

However, a look of hesitation appeared on Immortal Empress Xihe's face.

Yes, she was hesitating.

Gu Qingfeng's strength was severely inconsistent with their intelligence. Protector Lie had said his strength was roughly equivalent to a newly ascended Quasi-Immortal King. Yet now, facing a full-force strike from the Grand Elder—a veteran Quasi-Immortal King—he had blocked it with just two fingers.

Even Immortal Empress Xihe herself could not achieve such a feat.

Although she was stronger than the Grand Elder, she was only slightly stronger, not enough to crush him.

Even if she were to face the Grand Elder's God-Slaying Saber, she would have to pay a significant price to block it; she could never do it so easily.

Even the former peak Quasi-Immortal King, Gu Ruochen, could not have done it so effortlessly. What did this imply?

It implied that Gu Qingfeng's true strength was likely already invincible within the Quasi-Immortal King realm, making him the number one person beneath the Immortal Kings!

Most critically, according to Protector Lie, the opponent also possessed a bizarre ability to be undying and indestructible. How were they supposed to fight that?

Sending anyone out now would be sending them to their deaths.

It was better to turtle up inside the Grand Mountain Protection Array set up by the Chongming Immortal King, where they would be absolutely safe.

Letting the Grand Elder die alone was better than sacrificing even more people.

While Immortal Empress Xihe was deep in thought, the Third Elder, who had always been close friends with the Grand Elder, could endure it no longer. He charged out directly, transforming into a streak of light that pierced through the Grand Mountain Protection Array and rushed straight at Gu Qingfeng.

The Third Elder summoned a dazzling golden Dao Seal, intending to attack Gu Qingfeng and force him to release the Grand Elder.

Gu Qingfeng smiled coldly. "A mayfly trying to shake a tree. You overestimate yourself."

*Boom!*

The golden Dao Seal smashed viciously into Gu Qingfeng's body but failed to cause even a ripple. The Third Elder was shocked, but just as he was about to attack again...

*Bang!*

Gu Qingfeng punched out.

It was like the descent of an Immortal King raising a fist capable of shattering the firmament, threatening to crush the eternal skies.

The Third Elder's eyes bulged. He roared in fury and put up a frantic defense, his immortal light shining to the extreme, but it was all in vain.

Before Gu Qingfeng, all his defenses were as fragile as paper. The moment they made contact with the fist, they were completely devoured.

Ultimately, the fist slammed into the Third Elder's abdomen, causing his eyes to bulge out and blood to spew from his mouth as his body curled up like a shrimp.

After doing all this, Gu Qingfeng shot out his hands with lightning speed, terrifying suction force erupting from his palms.

The Grand Elder and the Third Elder were instantly sucked over.

His hands, like iron pincers, firmly clamped around the necks of the Grand Elder and the Third Elder.

A terrifying devouring force relentlessly drained the power from their bodies, rendering the pair completely unable to struggle—they were like lambs awaiting slaughter.

Gu Qingfeng hoisted the two of them high into the air, yet he didn't even spare them a glance. Instead, with eyes gleaming with a cruel, demonic light, he swept his gaze over the terror-stricken members of the Chongming Immortal Clan and grinned malevolently.

"Keh heh heh... Is this the so-called Chongming Immortal Clan? The descendants of Immortal Kings? You are truly... pathetic! You cannot withstand even a single blow!

What reason does such a weak clan have to exist in this world?"