Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

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Having reached the full completion of the Gang Qi Stage, Gu Chen did not choose to end his seclusion right away, instead opting to consolidate his cultivation in the quiet room of the Jing Tian Department.

Now, Gu Chen's cultivation had increased to six hundred and twenty years, and with his fully accomplished 'Diamond Indestructible Divine Skill', he felt confident that below the full completion of the Returning to True Stage, no one would be his match.

Even if facing someone at the full completion of the Returning to True Stage, Gu Chen would not be as passive as before, no longer needing to rely solely on close combat to gain the upper hand.

However, during the time of Gu Chen's seclusion, an event occurred outside that was enough to shake the entire Yan State.

One day, a massive earthquake suddenly struck a mountain peak three hundred miles outside Yulong City, causing countless rocks to tumble down and the earth to tremble nonstop, with the shaking spreading over a hundred miles.

The commotion naturally reached Yulong City, causing panic among the citizens. Wang Jiuzhi ordered on the same day that a Commander of the Jing Tian Department, leading a group of Metropolitan Procurators, go to investigate.

After all, Yan State was in a period fraught with incident, and it was possible that the Holy Shadows Sect and the Black Sky Sect were plotting something in secret, so the members of the Jing Tian Department were extremely cautious.

Moreover, being only three hundred miles from Yulong City, such a distance was trivial for those at the Returning to True Stage or martial arts masters, who could reach the location in less than half an hour.

As the state city of Yan State, Yulong City absolutely could not afford any mishaps; even the army had been fully assembled, ready to mobilize at a moment's notice if the demonic sects were indeed making a move.

The tremors persisted for an entire day and night before stopping. When they ceased, and the people from the Jing Tian Department arrived, they discovered that the original hill had vanished. In its place now stood a towering, majestic tower flashing with dazzling golden light, exuding a terrifying presence that chilled the soul.

Even the Xuan-ranked Commander of the Jing Tian Department, who had reached the Returning to True Stage, felt a weighty pressure surge within his heart upon seeing the tower. The tower pierced the sky, breaking through the clouds, seeming to stand as tall as the sun on the horizon, and was a daunting sight to behold.

The people of the Jing Tian Department approached the tower with trepidation, but as they came within about thirty feet of it, an intensely strong repelling force emanated forth. Even the Xuan-ranked Commander, who was at the Returning to True Stage, was blown away on the spot.

Seeing this, no one dared to take initiative. The Xuan-ranked Commander immediately led his people to withdraw and headed back to Yulong City to report the matter to Wang Jiuzhi. Discover hidden content at empire

The strangeness of the site and the sudden appearance of this miraculous tower naturally aroused the curiosity of numerous Jianghu individuals from Yan State.

On the very day the Jing Tian Department's people left, scores of Jianghu individuals arrived, each harboring their ulterior motives, approaching the tower with their own agendas.

But without exception, everyone, regardless of who they were, was repelled and sent flying upon nearing the tower by about thirty feet.

"Oh? There is actually such a strange occurrence?"

In Yulong City's Jing Tian Department, the Tian-ranked Commander Wang Jiuzhi also showed a hint of surprise upon learning of this news.

Of the three Tian-ranked Commanders of the Yan State's Jing Tian Department, only he sustained the lightest injuries in the battle against the Holy Shadows Sect and Black Sky Sect. Thus he was the first to emerge from seclusion to oversee the Jing Tian Department.

The Garrison Commander and the other two Tian-ranked Commanders, with more severe injuries, remained in deep seclusion within the depths of the Jing Tian Department.

Therefore, currently, all affairs of the Jing Tian Department in Yan State were decided by Wang Jiuzhi.

After hearing the news, Wang Jiuzhi promptly set out and reached the awe-inspiring, mountain-like tower three hundred miles from Yulong City.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

By this time, a crowd of Jianghu martial artists had already gathered. Believing the tower to be a divine weapon, they carried hopes of luck to take this divine weapon for themselves.

Even Wang Jiuzhi, after hearing the description from the Xuan-ranked Commander, believed this to be true, thinking that it was very likely a divine weapon of at least a medium grade had appeared, which prompted his personal visit.

"It's Master Wang from the Jing Tian Department!"

Upon spotting Wang Jiuzhi, the crowd of Jianghu martial artists began to back away to a safe distance, clearing a large area.

As a Tian-ranked Commander of the Jing Tian Department, any martial artist in Yan State with a bit of sense knew of him far and wide. No one dared to cross him, especially when even Da Xia was in decline.

Wang Jiuzhi stared at the towering structure before him, unable even for him to discern out of what material the tower had been forged.

The tower's body was neither gold nor stone, shiny and translucent, glowing golden and looking crystal clear, exuding an aura of both reality and illusion.

The next moment, Wang Jiuzhi made his move. As he moved, all eyes were fixed on him.

Wang Jiuzhi strode forward. His pace was not fast, but each step was exceptionally steady. Just three steps in, he arrived in front of the celestial tower, within thirty feet of it.

Hum!

Just as Wang Jiuzhi was about to take another step forward, the air in front of him rippled like water, shining with waves of light, unexpectedly stopping him.

Whoosh!

Seeing this, the martial artists spectating from a distance were shocked and caused a commotion, startled that even Wang Jiuzhi, with his Hundred Orifices Stage full completion cultivation, was halted there.

Wang Jiuzhi's eyebrows furrowed, and robust vitality surged out from his pores, dyeing the surrounding heaven and earth in shades of crimson!

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