Chapter 519: Born for Battle, Gu Zhan!

Luo Bingyao arrived at the deepest part of the palace.

Here, a pool formed by the convergence of life spring water.

In the center of the pool, a wholly emerald ginseng emitting a glittering jewel light floated up and down in the water.

It is the current ruler of this Ten Thousand Herbs Immortal Island.

A ginseng spirit that has lived for millions of years and whose cultivation has reached the pinnacle of True Immortal.

"Presenting the Divine General, sir."

The ginseng spirit, seeing Luo Bingyao, hurriedly transformed into a chubby white boy and respectfully bowed.

Although it is at the True Immortal pinnacle, before Luo Bingyao—the Divine Lord's personally appointed First Divine General—it dares not be even slightly presumptuous.

"No need for formalities."

Luo Bingyao said coolly, "I have come because there is a matter to entrust to you."

"Divine General, give your command; this old one will never refuse, even unto death!" the ginseng spirit replied eagerly.

"I want you, on Ten Thousand Herbs Immortal Island, to form a flora army."

Luo Bingyao stated her purpose outright.

"Flora... flora army?"

The ginseng spirit was stunned.

"We spirits of flora are naturally peaceful and not adept at fighting... this..."

"It is the Divine Lord's will."

Luo Bingyao cut off its words, her voice turning cold, "You intend to defy, do you?"

The ginseng spirit shivered all over and hurriedly knelt to the ground.

"This old one does not dare!"

It knew clearly the consequences of defying the Divine Lord's will.

"Very well."

Luo Bingyao nodded with satisfaction, "Troops, you will select. Techniques and pills, I will provide myself."

She waved her hand.

Thousands of jade tablets and hundreds of jade vials filled with pills materialized before the ginseng spirit.

The jade tablets recorded extremely domineering, battle‑suitable flora techniques.

For example, the Ten Thousand Trees Divine Weapon Manual, which can forge a part of one's own body into an invincible divine weapon.

For example, the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine Technique, which can rapidly enlarge oneself by devouring an enemy's flesh and blood.

If these techniques were released to the outside world, any one of them could spark a torrent of bloodshed.

And those pills are beyond anything the ginseng spirit has ever heard of.

Each pill contains a ferocious energy saturated with a murderous aura.

"These... are..."

The ginseng spirit looked at them and felt a tingling on its scalp.

"These are opportunities bestowed by the Divine Lord."

Luo Bingyao's voice bore no emotion.

"Either take up arms and campaign for the Divine Nation to gain supreme glory."

"Or forever become a spirit herb that can only be refined into a pill."

"The path you choose, think it through yourself."

Having spoken, Luo Bingyao's figure vanished within the palace.

Only the ginseng spirit remained, staring blankly at the jade tablets and pills before it, sinking into prolonged silence.

It knew the tranquil days of Ten Thousand Herbs Immortal Island had come to an end.

A massive transformation sweeping the entire Divine Nation has already begun.

And it and all the flora subjects under its command must make their own choices in this upheaval.

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Thus line: Huntian jie.

It was once a flourishing cultivation world, with beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant spiritual energy.

But hundreds of thousands of years ago, a mysterious lineage calling itself the Void God Temple descended upon this realm, passing down a supreme technique that quickly absorbs void energy and breaks the shackles of innate aptitude.

Cultivators of Thus line: Huntian jie were ecstatic and began to switch to it.

At first, their cultivation advanced a thousand miles a day, soaring rapidly.

But soon they discovered something was wrong.

As they inhaled more void energy, their minds grew chaotic and their bodies suffered horrific mutations.

Eventually, cultivators across the world turned into void beings driven only by a devouring instinct.

Former sect caves became nests for void worms.

The once‑sacred mountains and rivers were eroded by chaotic currents into ruins. The entire Thus line: Huntian jie fell into a deathly land linked to endless void, filled with chaos and destruction.

At this moment, the sky above this deathly land is staging a primitive and bloody battle.

"Boom!"

Gu Zhan, bare‑torso of ancient bronze hue, smashed the head of an eight‑tentacled void beast the size of a mountain, denting it with a single punch.

The void beast let out a silent roar, its eight suction‑cup‑covered tentacles flashing like black lightning, coiling toward Gu Zhan's body.

Gu Zhan neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the tentacles to wrap him, then his arms surged with force.

"Open it for me!"

His coiled muscles instantly bulged, and beneath his skin it seemed as if golden magma were flowing.

Those few tentacles, capable of crushing celestial gold, were forcibly pried open by him.

"Die!"

Gu Zhan seized the chance; his other fist, like a cannonball fired from a barrel, slammed again hard onto the same spot of the Void Beast's head.

Pfft!

The Void Beast's head, like a ripe watermelon, exploded on the spot, spraying dark‑purple blood and brain matter everywhere.

"Next!"

Gu Zhan wiped the blood off his face and scanned the distance.

Around him, Gu Xue Dao and dozens of members of the Gu Family expeditionary army were battling tens of thousands of void creatures.

Blade flashes and sword shadows, flesh and blood flew everywhere.

This was their third year in Thus line: Huntian jie.

According to the Ancestor's command, they, true immortals accelerated by pills, must here, through the most brutal combat, re‑forge their tenuous foundations.

"Gu Zhan! Can you damn well hurry up! That big one is about to run away!" Not far away, Gu Xue Dao slashed a mantis‑shaped void creature in half and roared toward Gu Zhan's direction.

Gu Zhan looked in the direction he pointed.

At the far end of the battlefield, a void worm over one hundred thousand zhang long, resembling a colossal galaxy serpent, was slowly retreating into the deep void.

The worm exuded an aura that made every true immortal's heart flutter.

Half-step Immortal King!

"Hahaha! That's exactly what we want!"

Gu Zhan's eyes erupted with fervent battle intent.

He planted his foot, and his whole body became like a golden meteor, charging straight at the void worm.

"Brother Tie Niu, watch out!"

Above his right shoulder, the chaotic azure lotus seed Xiao Qing emitted a bluish halo that enveloped his body.

"Fool, don't clash head‑on." On his left shoulder, the nine‑leaf sword grass, now grown to nine leaves, also projected a cold divine thought.

Gu Zhan paid no heed; he relished this pure, flesh‑to‑fist brawl.

All those artifacts and divine abilities, in his view, were nothing compared to the reliability of his own fists.

He intends to use this Half-step Immortal King‑level void creature to complete his final foundational battle before breaking through to Immortal King!