Tenku frowned when he saw Gu Yuxuan take a pill from a small vial and swallow it. He was sure it was the same Qi Explosion Pill that Gu Qingyang consumed in the final match.
"Did he break through to the innate realm?" Tenku's face became serious when he felt the aura radiating from Gu Yuxuan's body. The ground around him was corroded due to the black Qi overflowing from his body. Unlike his grandson, Gu Yuxuan was not possessed by the dark Qi and could control his power well.
"Now is the time for me to kill you and eliminate any future threats!" Gu Yuxuan pointed his sword at Tenku, and black Qi gathered into a large ball at the tip.
Poison Dark Energy!
Tenku quickly dodged Gu Yuxuan's attack after sensing the danger from it. Even though it looked the same as Gu Qingyang had shown when fighting against him, its size was completely different, and its corrosion rate was terrifying. Everything in the trajectory of the black energy ball melted instantly with a pungent stench.
"I can't get hit by that attack. If that happens, then I'm finished." Tenku increased his speed to get out of Gu Yuxuan's attack range, but he suddenly stopped and jumped aside.
Evil King Slash!
Boooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!
A gigantic blade of black Qi manifestation fell right where Tenku was before, creating a long, deep sword mark.
"Where do you want to go, brat!? You will pay dearly for forcing me to use both of my trump cards!" Gu Yuxuan roared and shot toward Tenku like a cannonball.
Originally, he didn't want to use the demon transformation and Qi explosion pill because he was confident he could kill Tenku with fifty top cultivators from the Gu family, plus Wang Minghao and Wang Jun.
But Gu Yuxuan didn't expect that the information he got was wrong. Tenku's true cultivation base was in the late stages of the Sky Origin realm, and that boy had two Phantasmal Objects, one of which possessed terrifying power.
Gu Yuxuan's self-confidence shattered instantly when he found out about it. He doubted he could kill Tenku with his current strength. So he was forced to use his trump cards. If he didn't, then he would die in that place.
On the other hand, Tenku's face darkened when he saw the crushing power of Gu Yuxuan's attack. It was completely on a different level from Gu Qingyang.
"Is this the power of a cultivator in the innate realm? I heard from Master that we can use the heaven and earth aura in battle after breaking through to that realm, and it seems true." Tenku felt that the Qi in the area was flowing and gathering around Gu Yuxuan.
"No... I feel something is off. The aura of heaven and earth around him felt messy and poorly controlled. Was that situation normal for a cultivator who had successfully stepped into the innate realm? Or was there something wrong with Gu Yuxuan's strength because he broke through using external force?" Tenku narrowed his eyes at Gu Yuxuan.
No matter how hard he thought, Tenku couldn't find the answer. Neither he nor Wang Haotian knew anything about it because they had never broken through to the innate realm. While Tenku was thinking about that, his face suddenly changed, and he reflexively swung his Phantasmal Object.
Clank!
"Ugh! It's so heavy and fast!" Tenku was knocked back several meters in the clash, and blood trickled down from the corner of her lips. His weapon trembled, and his hands went numb after blocking the attack.
"Incredible! You can block my attacks with that cultivation base of yours. Was it because of your Phantasmal Object? Superpowers are amazing! I became even more certain that I must eliminate you right now for the safety of myself and the Gu family!" Gu Yuxuan pointed his sword at Tenku again and shot another ball of black energy of even greater size.
Massive Poison Dark Energy!
Tenku's face sank as he saw a lot of pitch-black energy coming at him at a terrifying speed. He quickly exchanged his Phantasmal Object for the Golden Revolver. Tenku loaded it with a third-level monster core and compression from Qi and genesis power. After that, Tenku pulled the trigger.
Meteoric Blast!
Bang!
Tenku's bullet and Gu Yuxuan's black energy ball collided and exploded.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Tenku could completely destroy Gu Qingyang's black energy, but it didn't happen to Gu Yuxuan's. His attacks shattered into tiny pieces and corroded the surroundings. It created hundreds of small craters with a pungent stench in the area.
Spurt!
Tenku was blown away and vomited blood from the impact of their clash, while Gu Yuxuan was only knocked back a few meters unharmed. Tenku quickly stabilized his body and landed on the ground. He did not expect to lose in that clash after firing an attack with the combination of Qi and genesis power.
"I should be slightly stronger than a sixth-level monster after using the power of a cultivator and a Realizer. But why can't I get the upper hand when clashing with him? Are practitioners in the innate realm really that powerful? Does attacking with the Golden Revolver make my strength decrease?
Should I use the Devourer Scythe to win against him? Or was it because of that demon's face?" Tenku looked at the mass of pitch-black Qi atop Gu Yuxuan's head that looked like a hideous demon's face.
"Whatever it is, I must defeat it to leave this place. After that, I have to fix my smartphone to notify my friends in Japan. I don't want them to worry about my situation because I can't be contacted. Therefore, I have no choice but to use it now." Tenku said seriously and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips.
Even though he didn't want to have a deep relationship with those people, Tenku didn't want to worry them. He remembered that he had heard a lot of incoming message notifications, but he didn't have time to check his smartphone.
One of those messages may be very important. So Tenku had to quickly solve the problem at that place and return to the Wang family residence to repair his smartphone so he could immediately see the contents.
After thinking about that, Tenku replaced his Phantasmal Object with the Devourer Scythe and took out a small, beautifully ornamented vial from his space pocket.
Gu Yuxuan raised an eyebrow when he saw what Tenku was doing. He recognized the bottle in Tenku's hand as it was a prize for first place in a martial arts competition.
"Do you want to refine the Qi accumulation pill and break through to the higher realms to increase your strength? You must be dreaming of being able to do it! You need at least twelve hours to refine the Qi accumulation pill. Are you sure you can do it in your current situation?" Gu Yuxuan sneered.
"Is that so?" Tenku said indifferently and swallowed the pill.
When Tenku swallowed the pill, he used the ability of the Devourer Scythe to speed up the refining process. He had succeeded in less than a minute, and his strength had increased by leaps and bounds. Unfortunately, he still couldn't break through. But Tenku didn't panic because he still had the genesis power he saved after killing many Drakes and low-level monsters.
Tenku converted the genesis power into a large amount of Qi and helped him break through the great perfection of the Sky Origin realm.
Booooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Gu Yuxuan opened his eyes wide after seeing that Tenku could refine a Qi accumulation pill in less than five minutes and successfully break through. In this way, his cultivation base was the same as Gu Yuxuan before he used demon transformation and swallowed the Qi explosion pill.
When she remembered that Tenku was only fifteen years old, Gu Yuxuan was terrified because of his talent. Besides having an excellent cultivation base, Tenku possesses two high-phase Phantasmal Objects. Gu Yuxuan shivered when he thought about how strong Tenku would be in the future.
"No! I must kill him! I can't let him live any longer!" Gu Yuxuan said with determination and looked at Tenku with thick killing intent. Then he moved towards Tenku with terrifying speed. Gu Yuxuan wanted to kill him before that boy stabilized his cultivation base.
"Die!" Gu Yuxuan pointed his sword, and a gigantic ball of dark energy shot toward Tenku.
"The same way will not apply to the current me." Tenku said calmly. He compressed Qi, genesis power, and sword intent in his scythe and swung it at Gu Yuxuan.
Sword of Demolition!
Slash!
The gigantic dark energy ball that Gu Yuxuan shot out was easily split in half. The two energy fragments hit the hills in the area, corroding the ground and creating a large crater.
"What!?" Gu Yuxuan was shocked when he saw that scene. He didn't expect Tenku's power to increase drastically just by breaking through a small realm and changing his Phantasmal Object. Gu Yuxuan quickly injected a large amount of Qi into his blade and launched another attack at Tenku.
Evil King Slash!
Tenku transformed the Devourer Scythe into a naginata and stabbed it with compressed genesis power and Qi toward the incoming attack.
Tyrannical Drill!
Boooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
The gigantic sword of the black Qi manifestation shattered, and Gu Yuxuan was blown away while vomiting blood.
Spurt!
Tenku raised his eyebrows when their attacks collided. He faintly sensed that the heaven and earth aura around Gu Yuxuan was scattered apart for a moment before re-gathering and stabilizing. Tenku noticed that the person controlling the power was not him but the image of the demon's face above his head.
"The image of the demon's face is alive and dangerous. If I want to kill Gu Yuxuan, I must eliminate them at once." Tenku looked at the image of the demon's face and muttered. Then he shifted his eyes to Gu Yuxuan and spoke.
"You didn't break through to the innate realm but only touched its essence, did you? You can use the heaven and earth aura because of the image of the demon's face above your head. At first, I thought it was the special Qi cultivated by the Gu family, but I was wrong. You used real demons to strengthen yourselves?" Tenku casually said.
Gu Yuxuan's face darkened when he heard Tenku's words and turned extremely vicious.
"I didn't think you could figure that out. It seems I still underestimated your level of analysis and understanding. But being too knowledgeable is also not good. Since you already know the secret of the Gu family, then you must die now!" Gu Yuxuan said in a cold voice, and the image of the demon's face above him absorbed into his body.
Booooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmm!
A pillar of black light shot up into the sky. Gu Yuxuan's physique grew to over five meters, and two horns grew on his head. The fingernails on his hands extended like the claws of a beast, and his eyes glowed a ghastly blood red.
Perfect Demon Transformation!