Lin Fan was completely stunned by the blow, never expecting that the young master of the prestigious Gu Family from the Changsheng Clan would strike directly.
"Ah!" Lin Fan roared in anger, the pain and humiliation of being slapped to the ground making him struggle fiercely.
"How is he so strong? Damn it, my Divine Ability is just about to finish fusing, damn it!" Lin Fan cursed inwardly, when suddenly a red light flashed across his body.
Thin scales appeared on his skin, and his strength was greatly enhanced. He slowly pushed against the ground with his hands, showing signs of getting up.
The guests behind Gu Tianxing, upon seeing this, had a renewed understanding of Lin Fan's strength, but only Yang Qingwan's eyes showed concern.
Gu Tianxing frowned slightly, not because Lin Fan still had the strength to resist, but because he felt the opponent seemed a bit weak.
"This is completely different from the plot. How could such strength possibly kill Gu Tianxing? Could it be that his Divine Ability hasn't successfully fused, so he doesn't have the strength to fight me?" Gu Tianxing quickly confirmed his thoughts.
With a flip of his palm, a massive seal imprint fell from the sky.
The Fan Tian Seal, one of the top Divine Abilities of the Gu Family, had been mastered to perfection by Gu Tianxing.
The Fan Tian Seal descended with a heavy pressure of Heaven and Earth, its power a hundred times stronger than the strike from Zhang Kuang.
Lin Fan could no longer hold back, "No matter what, if I hold back any longer, I'll really be crushed to death." His body, lying on the ground, was enveloped by a vast energy, and he sprang up instantly.
His body erupted with a burst of golden light, and with a loud "boom," a golden bell surrounded him.
The Fan Tian Seal, like the might of the heavens, crashed down, colliding with the golden bell, creating a massive shockwave that sent weaker individuals flying.
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Some elderly figures with white hair raised a layer of defensive shields to avoid embarrassment.
"He blocked it!"
The crowd exclaimed in disbelief. Lin Fan stood tall in the arena, having withstood Gu Tianxing's strike, but the Fan Tian Seal had not disappeared.
It still pressed down on Lin Fan's head.
Lin Fan's legs trembled slightly, the stone tiles on the ground, made of jade, unable to withstand the pressure, shattered, and Lin Fan's legs slowly sank into the ground.
He gritted his teeth, silently watching the progress of the Fusion System, just a little more, just a little more. His eyes were bloodshot, angrily staring at the high and mighty Gu Tianxing.
But how could Gu Tianxing allow him to stall for time?
"You could take one palm, but what about two?" Gu Tianxing extended his other hand slowly.
Seeing this, Lin Fan roared, "Hurry up!"
No one but Gu Tianxing understood what he was shouting.
"Young Master Gu has already used two palms. Lin Fan has no regrets dying now," the crowd underestimated Lin Fan's strength. Such talent would be a treasure in any force, but today he offended Gu Tianxing, leaving him no way out.
The sky changed dramatically, and another Fan Tian Seal suddenly pressed down. Lin Fan roared in unwillingness, his body slammed to the ground, smoke billowing, and the scene fell silent.
"Dead?"
Yang Qingwan, in the back, had tears in her eyes, desperately covering her mouth to avoid losing composure. Memories of meeting Lin Fan kept flashing in her mind, herself seriously injured, saved by a young boy.
His grilled fish, though simple, was the most delicious thing she had ever eaten, and his courage and innocence made her feel Lin Fan was so different. But now, he was about to die before her eyes, which was the greatest pain.
Suddenly, a strong hand gripped her fair hand, making her instinctively tremble, wanting to pull away.
But the other's grip was strong, and she couldn't break free.
"Gu Tianxing?"
Yang Qingwan was startled. When did he come over and hold her hand? Her face, hidden by the red veil, was full of disbelief.
"Could he have noticed my abnormality?" Yang Qingwan dared not show that she had already fallen for Lin Fan, unsure why Gu Tianxing suddenly held her hand.
The next second, as the smoke cleared, a vibration came from the pile of stones in the middle, as if someone was trying to crawl out.
A blood-stained hand reached out from within.
The scene was in an uproar.
"He's not dead yet? How strong is this guy's physique? Even I would struggle to withstand Young Master Gu's strike," an elderly man, his aura at the Haoran Realm, exclaimed in surprise.
Yang Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief, but the hand holding hers couldn't be shaken off.
Lin Fan shakily crawled out. At the last moment, as his life was about to end, he finally succeeded in fusing, but it was too late. Surviving was already fortunate; he was too injured to fight again.
When he emerged, seeing Gu Tianxing holding the woman he longed for, his sorrow turned into strength, and he stood up, "Gu Tianxing, let go of Yang Qingwan!"
However, Gu Tianxing smiled indifferently, pulling Yang Qingwan's hand forward, his left hand naturally wrapping around her slender waist.
This fluid motion reminded everyone of Gu Tianxing's legendary exploits, treating women as playthings, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for Yang Qingwan, who had fallen into Gu Tianxing's hands, destined to become a plaything.
Seeing Gu Tianxing's wanton actions, Lin Fan's heart surged with anger, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. "Bastard, let her go!"
"Let go? Why should I let go of my wife? When did it become your place to judge us, a perfect couple?" Gu Tianxing said mercilessly.
He still communicated with him because the other was a protagonist, with a strong soul parasitizing him, and he couldn't be careless. Moreover, he was a protagonist with a System, who knew if there were any trump cards left, unless the opponent was completely powerless, Gu Tianxing wouldn't be at ease.
"You!" Lin Fan's eyes were bloodshot, frantically shouting to his master in his mind, "Master, help me kill this bastard, quickly, kill him, my Yang Qingwan!"
The elder's soul hurriedly soothed, "Lin Fan, don't be impulsive. You no longer have the strength to fight. If I'm forced out, we truly won't be able to escape. I must stay for the final escape; otherwise, both of us will be doomed here."
"Master, if I leave today, my Dao Heart will be unstable, what is there to live for in the future," Lin Fan said sorrowfully.
The elder also shouted angrily, "Lin Fan, you are a bearer of Heaven and Earth Fate, how can you give up on yourself for a woman? Go!" His voice exploded in Lin Fan's mind,
Instantly waking Lin Fan up, but the seed of hatred had already sprouted, a revenge that could only be settled another day. Lin Fan took a deep breath, planning to escape.
"Master, I definitely can't leave on my own, I need your assistance."
"Don't worry, I may not be able to deal with those old guys from the Gu Family, but taking you out is no problem."
Lin Fan reluctantly glanced at Gu Tianxing, not uttering any harsh words, all hatred contained in his eyes.
"Heh, trying to leave?" Gu Tianxing waved his hand, and the Gu Family disciples surrounded him.
Lin Fan didn't expect Gu Tianxing not to make a move himself, he had hoped his master could deal with him before leaving, but whether the opponent was too cautious or really didn't plan to act himself, Lin Fan didn't have time to think.
The elder inside him took over his body in an instant, a white glow rising around him.
His cultivation aura, from the early Tianyuan stage, directly entered the later stage, crossing into the Dao Palace and still rising, Haoran, Gathering Cauldron, Great Ascension, continuing infinitely upward,
As his aura rose, Lin Fan didn't hold back, with a wave of his hand, a white light repelled hundreds of Gu Family disciples, a large number of low-level cultivators turned to ash.
"Scoundrel!" A Gu Family elder flew out, carrying a monstrous aura, attacking in anger.
"Great Ascension Stage Elder!"
"What secret does Lin Fan have, why has his cultivation increased so much?"
"His aura has completely changed, previously it was fierce and domineering, now it's full of coldness, this isn't his power," someone noticed something.
Only an elder deep within the Gu Family had long seen through it, but he didn't act rashly because a terrifying figure within the Gu Family had already awakened.
And the Great Ascension Stage elder who went to stop him had already confronted Lin Fan.
"A mere Great Ascension dares to hinder me," Lin Fan said disdainfully, his voice hoarse, his eyes flashing with Immortal Light, transforming into a silver moon to attack.
The Great Ascension elder felt a chill down his spine, shocked, unleashing countless Magical Treasures and his strongest Divine Ability, but the silver moon was too sharp, directly severing his strongest Magical Treasure, passing through his body without pause.
"What?" The Great Ascension elder's eyes were filled with disbelief, but then a divine light enveloped him, his shattering Divine Soul slowly healing.
Instantly understanding something, he looked towards the sky where a majestic ancient figure approached, trembling with excitement, he shouted, "19th Ancestor!"
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