Chapter 69: Heavenly Emperor's Command Talisman—I've Got Over a Hundred

So ugly.

Gu Yuan no longer hesitated.

His slender fingers gave a gentle pinch.

Snap.

A crisp sound rang, unusually clear in this dead, chaotic void.

The dragon‑pattern jade pendant, imbued with the Heavenly Emperor's might, shattered in response!

At the instant the pendant broke!

Boom—!!!

An indescribable, supreme pressure—beyond Supremes, surpassing the limits of humanity and transcending mortal law—thundered down.

It was as if an ancient, slumbering supreme emperor awoke at that moment.

The haughty, blazing Immortal King Shadow Guard.

It now froze mid‑air, frozen in its forward‑leaping pose.

In its blood‑red eyes, it felt for the first time a force capable of erasing it completely, locking onto it!

The next moment.

A dazzling golden divine light, as if gathering the brilliance of all heavens and realms, burst forth from the shattered pendant.

That divine light ignored space.

The moment it appeared, it already hammered the Immortal King Shadow Guard.

There was no earth‑shaking explosion.

No cataclysmic roar.

Everything happened silently.

Under the gaze of Gu Linjiang and four other Supremes, whose eyes were shocked beyond measure.

The Immortal King Shadow Guard, so powerful that they would have to expend themselves to slay it.

The instant it touched the golden divine light, it melted and vaporized like ice under a scorching sun.

Not even a hint of struggle or a wail could be uttered.

It was then completely disintegrated within the light, fading into nothingness.

Body and spirit annihilated!

Not even a trace of existence remained!

When the golden divine light faded.

In the arena, where could any trace of the Immortal King Shadow Guard remain?

As if it had never existed at all.

Done.

Gu Yuan clapped his hands, a satisfied smile on his face.

He had said it long ago.

All this fighting and killing is too troublesome.

Why waste effort on things that can be solved with money… or rather, with treasure?

He turned his head, glanced at the Supremes still petrified behind him, and asked oddly:

"Uncle Linjiang, what's wrong with you? Why are you just standing dumbly? Keep moving forward."

"Huh? Oh… yes, yes! Young master!"

Gu Linjiang snapped to attention and quickly bowed in reply.

Using a Heavenly Emperor's Command Talisman that even the Emperor must expend his spirit to forge, to eliminate an Immortal King Shadow Guard that could be worn out with a little time.

Isn't that cost‑performance too low?

However.

When their eyes fell again upon the immortal king's skeleton radiating immortal aura.

And the World Tree sapling in the palm of the skeleton, all the flesh pain vanished instantly.

Worth it!

Extremely worth it!

"Let's go, don't waste time."

Gu Yuan waved, turned, and walked back into the Jiulong Incense Sedan.

"Yes, young master!"

The Supremes answered in unison, their voices filled with sincere respect.

They returned to their positions, just as they were about to continue toward the immortal king's skeleton.

A mutation erupted again!

The pitch‑black shadow that had just been erased by the Heavenly Emperor's Command Talisman…

miraculously re‑coalesced slowly once more!

"Hm?"

"What the hell!"

Even with Gu Yuan's temperament, seeing this made him blurt out a curse.

What's going on?

Feigning death?

No, that Heavenly Emperor's Command Talisman just now was so powerful, he saw it with his own eyes.

Not to mention a mere shadow, even if it were a living Supreme of the Eighteenth Boundary.

It is absolutely a dead end with no life left; even your soul will be scattered.

How could this thing possibly come back to life?

Outside the palanquin, the five Supremes who had just let down their guard.

Seeing the reappearing Immortal King Shadow Guard, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Its aura is different from before."

Gu Linjiang stared fixedly at that black shadow, speaking in a deep voice,

"The power within it seems to be completely linked to that Immortal King's skeleton. As long as the Immortal King's skeleton remains undying, it can be reborn infinitely."

"Infinite rebirth?"

"As long as the Immortal King's skeleton is undying, it can be reborn infinitely?"

Upon hearing Grand Elder Gu Linjiang's judgment,

the several Supreme experts present felt their hearts sink in unison.

How can we possibly fight this?

This is fundamentally an unsolvable dead end!

The Immortal King's body is indestructible through myriad tribulations, shining in harmony with the Grand Dao.

Even if we, a few Eighteenth Boundary Supremes, were to drain our very origins dry, we probably couldn't even scratch a layer off the Immortal King's skeleton.

"Roar!"

As their minds and spirits trembled, the newly condensed Immortal King Shadow Guard let out an even more ferocious roar.

Its aura was even more terrifying than before.

Its connection with that massive Immortal King's skeleton also grew ever tighter.

It seemed as if it could at any moment draw upon a lingering strand of power within the Immortal King's skeleton.

"Troublesome."

Gu Zhan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth; the fracture in his arm healed rapidly under the mighty qi and blood force, yet his expression grew unprecedentedly grave.

"This damned thing seems able to grow even stronger!"

"Form the formation, first hold it back!"

Gu Linjiang made a swift decision.

However, just as the five Supremes were preparing to set up another killing formation,

Inside the Nine Dragon Sandalwood Palanquin, Gu Yuan's unhurried voice sounded once again.

"Oh? Infinite rebirth?"

In that voice, there was not a trace of panic or despair.

On the contrary…… it carried a barely concealed…… sense of novelty and excitement?

"Somewhat interesting."

The carriage door slowly opened, and Gu Yuan's figure appeared once again.

"Infinite revival, right? Relying on the energy within the Immortal King's skeleton, right?"

He grinned, revealing a mouthful of stark white teeth.

"I'd like to see whether the energy used by your bony frame is greater, or the jade pendant my father gave me."

Saying this, he stood amidst the dazed gazes of the five Supremes.

Leisurely, he reached out his hand again, delving into his storage ring.

Then……

He pulled out……

One……

Another……

And another……

……

In the blink of an eye.

A dozen or so, identical to the one he had just crushed, emanating the Heavenly Emperor's aura—dragon-patterned jade pendants.

He scooped them out like beans, piling them onto his palm!

The Heavenly Emperor's majestic aura emanating from those dozen or so jade pendants converged together.

Even the surrounding chaotic space began to violently twist and wail!

"……"

"……"

"……"

Time, it seemed, froze at this moment.

Gu Zhan's mouth gaped wide enough to fit a dragon egg, and after a while he managed to stammer: "Young…… Young Master…… just…… how many do you have?"

"Many?"

Gu Yuan gave him a strange look: "My father said that when a boy goes out, he should know how to protect himself, so he casually stuffed a hundred or so into me for self-defense."

"……"

Gu Linjiang, Gu Zhan, Gu Zhangfeng, Gu Yunlan, and another Supreme.

The five pillars of the Gu family whose stomping would make the immortal realm tremble three times.

At this moment they collectively turned to stone, their minds going blank.

Over a hundred…

Just crammed in…

They also have.

Used as a trump card.

But there's only one piece.

This young master… actually has dozens.

Is this… as enjoyable as being a son?

They also somewhat don't want to be Supreme Ancestors anymore…

Just as they fell into deep self‑doubt.

Gu Yuan no longer paid attention to the elders who had already begun to doubt their lives, and gave a gentle pinch.

"Snap."

Familiar sound, familiar light.

That Immortal King Shadow Guard that had just moments ago been overbearing.

It didn't even have time to let out a second roar before it was again completely disintegrated by the dazzling golden divine light.

After a few breaths.

Hum…

The black shadow reappeared.

"Hey, revived again, huh?"

Gu Yuan was delighted, and flipped another one.

"Snap!"

The Shadow Guard was once again blasted into nothingness.

…

After ten breaths.

Immortal King Shadow Guard, fourth time, revived.

"Snap."

The fourth golden light…

Boom!

……

After ten breaths.

Immortal King Shadow Guard, fifth…

"Snap."

Boom…

……

……

At first, the Gu Family's Supremes were terrified and extremely nervous.

But gradually, they… became numb.

That Heavenly Emperor Command Talisman, which could drive any immortal Dao tradition in the world mad, even to the point of waging war to seize.

At this moment, like a free cabbage, Gu Yuan was crushing the Heavenly Emperor Command Talisman one after another.

Each time he crushed it, a golden divine light would flare up.

Each flare would completely erase that Immortal King Shadow Guard.

Then, after each erasure, the black shadow would stubbornly resurrect.

Cycle after cycle, repeatedly.

Gu Linjiang and the others have gone from initial shock and pain, to later numbness, and now… a serene expression.

Fine, destroy it, quickly.

They even began to feel a bit of sympathy for that Immortal King Shadow Guard.

This isn't some cultivator duel at all; it's clearly smashing people with money.