Chapter 226

The other side.

Gu Yun slashed the surroundings of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, those ninety‑nine and eighty‑one thousand‑meter‑long tentacles that resembled the limbs of giant serpents, finally obtaining everything he wanted to know.

He stood in midair, and the gigantic Evil Eye, five hundred meters in diameter, with its gaze scattered, lay on the ground like a statue, unmoving.

Silver blood inside its body spouted like a fountain from the eighty‑one wounds, flooding out and causing all the surrounding plants it touched to wither instantly.

Almost beside the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, a small lake formed—a silver little lake that looked splendid.

A little farther away, the ninety‑nine and eighty‑one kilometer‑long tentacles, like giant serpents cut in half, thrashed and struggled there.

The silver blood, driven by the tentacles' violent thrashing, sprayed upward and then fell like raindrops, drowning countless plants and Soul Beasts.

Gu Yun paid no mind to the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord's disheveled appearance, nor did he admire his own artistic "crystal"; he simply rested his chin on his hand, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"The strongest being in the world is only a half‑step Dou Zong? Those so‑called immortal gods are probably only at Dou Zong level as well."

"It seems both observations were correct; that god's speed is only at the Dou Zong one‑to‑three‑star range, and its cultivation is the same."

"The two gods who came to us yesterday also moved at only Dou Zun one‑to‑three‑star speed; it looks like they aren't hiding their cultivation."

"But how could just those two know our location?"

"Could there be even stronger gods behind them?"

"Still, that group of gods probably has no ill intent."

"Otherwise they wouldn't have sent only two early‑stage Dou Zun."

"Then what is their reason for seeking us?"

"Kidnapping the lady and the spatial portal that brought us here are probably not man‑made; otherwise the people of this world couldn't be so weak."

Obviously, Gu Yun has taken Bai Yuan to be a deity from the legendary divine realm, and has regarded Bai Yuan and the God of Angels' speed as his entire strength.

After pondering for a while, Gu Yun stopped thinking further, and with a disdainful smile said, "Gu Yu, you really are a fool, wasting the clan leader's trust in giving you a heavy responsibility, only to hide with us and miss the best chance to find the lady."

When his words fell, Gu Yun turned his gaze to the side, where the three still dazed individuals stood, his contemptuous look deepening.

"What a fool, being duped by Gu Yu and still not daring to believe what's happening before his eyes," Gu Yun said, stepping forward to stand before the three.

"It's time to wake up," Gu Yun sneered.

Only then did the three snap out of their daze as if waking from a dream.

Regarding Gu Yun's overwhelming victory just now,

and Gu Yun's bloody interrogation earlier,

they flashed before their eyes like a rapid lantern display.

"Sir Gu Yun, does the world's strongest being, a Soul Beast cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, truly possess only half‑step Dou Zong strength?"

"Sir Gu Yun, can one truly become an immortal god with only Dou Zong strength?"

Even though they had already seen once the scene where Gu Yun instantly killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, and had just heard all of what Gu Yun forced the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord to say during his interrogation.

But they still find it hard to believe.

The shock in their hearts lingered, unable to settle for a long time.

Gu Yun stood with his hands behind his back, smiling softly, "What exactly is happening? Didn't you just see and hear it?"

The three trembled all over; one of them, suddenly overjoyed, said, "Sir Gu Yun, we'll go find Sir Gu Yu right now and tell him the true situation, so we won't have to cower any longer and can fully search this world for the lady!"

Gu Yun smiled and, looking at the other two, asked, "You two, do you feel the same now?"

The other two nodded in unison under Gu Yun's gaze, saying, "Sir Gu Yun, we wasted so much time before; now we must quickly find the lady."

"Indeed, Sir Gu Yun, the spatial portal that brought us here is likely not man‑made, and the lady may not be in the hands of a great power."

"Yes, Sir Gu Yun, although the lady possesses the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame, at the end of the day she only has three stages of Dou Qi, making it hard for her to survive in this world..."

Before he could finish, at the very moment of the word "go," the three suddenly realized that a blood‑red hole had appeared in their left atrium and their hearts had vanished.

At such close range, combined with the Nine‑Star Dou Zun's massive gap compared to their own Dou Zun one‑to‑two‑star level, and the fact that none of the three expected Gu Yun to launch a surprise attack.

Because the three had no power to resist, their hearts were extracted, leaving them unable to fight back or even struggle before him.

"Gu Yun! You... what are you doing?" the three stared in disbelief as three still‑beating crimson hearts floated in Gu Yun's hand.

As Dou Zun, losing a heart does not cause immediate death as it would for ordinary people; even if the heart were reinserted, they could still live.

Gu Yun chuckled lightly, "What do I want? Of course I want that fool Gu Yu to keep playing hide‑and‑seek with the ants."

He now doesn't want two more people under him.

The three glared at Gu Yun, seething with anger.

"You... this is betrayal of the Gu clan! Have you forgotten... forgotten the task the clan leader gave us?"

"Gu... Gu Yun, what you're doing will surely bring a bad end; Sir Gu Yu will avenge us!"

"Gu Yun, Gu Yu and Sir Gu Xin will not let you get away."

Gu Yun sneered, "Betrayal? I haven't betrayed the Gu clan. Rest assured, I will keep searching for the lady, and then I'll see what Gu Yu and Gu Xin can do to me."

Without further words, Gu Yun's right hand clenched suddenly; the three still‑beating hearts floating in midair shattered instantly, splashing countless drops of blood onto the ground.

They pounded out a dense field of pits.

"Pfft!" the three each spewed a mouthful of fresh blood.

Half of the reason is that the hearts were destroyed.

The other usual reason is being angered by Gu Yun.

The three understood Gu Yun's words.

Gu Yun was saying that as long as Xiao Xun'er falls into his hands.

What can Gu Yu and Gu Xin do about it?

They would even have to obey his orders.

A straight‑up fantasy version of seizing the emperor to command the vassals.

"You..." one of the three was killed outright by Gu Yun's wrath; the corpse fell straight from midair with a "Boom—" and slammed heavily onto the ground.

Gu Yun gave a light laugh and said: "Alright, I still have things to do, so I won't play with you two dying people anymore. You just keep struggling on your deathbeds here. I hope you can survive."

Gu Yun turned and left without hesitation.

Because he really had something to do.

(End of chapter)