Chapter 401 Exceeding Expectations

Gu Shen’s words instantly made the Suzaku Envoy’s expression darken.

The scene fell silent.

“Lord Envoy, what do you think?”

Gu Shen opened his mouth with a smile.

This sentence was a double entendre, and also a reminder.

In the final analysis, Qin Ye’s “crime” still had to be determined by East洲.

This case was originally a dead end.

The big shots of East洲 were well aware of the real reason for Qin Ye’s death, but they were too lazy to continue investigating.

If Suzaku wanted to play tricks, Gu Shen would accompany him to the end, whether it was overt or covert… However, there was one thing that Suzaku probably couldn’t afford. As the inheritor of the Tribunal, he wielded great power. If he really launched a media offensive, he would definitely be the one standing on the high ground.

Therefore.

When it came to striking at the heart, his words were truly lethal!

“Heh…”

The Suzaku Envoy chuckled softly.

He placed two fingers on his brow, and a wisp of Blazing Fire instantly ignited in the corridor of the building.

Domain!

Liu Yi’s expression changed drastically.

She never expected that this envoy would directly unfold his mental domain in a public place!

【Spirit Eyes】 opened instantly!

Liu Yi stood in front of Gu Shen, regardless of what madness Suzaku was displaying, she could not allow a domain to unfold under her watch. At this moment, Liu Yi burned all of her spirit.

Unfortunately.

Her spirit seemed somewhat fragile before the Suzaku Envoy’s domain unfolded.

In the void, a snow-white eye opened, only to be shattered by the blazing heat in an instant. Her spirit hadn’t even had time to solidify before it was crushed. With a muffled groan, Liu Yi didn’t retreat an inch. She still wanted to persist, but a warm hand rested on her shoulder.

“Aunt Liu, leave it to me.”

Gu Shen was expressionless as he slowly took a step forward.

With this step, the "Blazing Fire" between his brows also swirled out.

His Blazing Fire was still at the seventh level, and he had not yet comprehended his own “domain embryo.” If he wanted to fight against a top expert like Suzaku, he had to use the Pure Land Domain!

“Whoosh—”

Wind and snow howled, and the Great Cold poured out.

In an instant, the fiery corridor was covered in ice and snow!

The two domains spread and collided in the void, bursting out with crackling sounds!

Ice and fire collided continuously!

The corridor was filled with flames and frost, stirring up the “sealed items” and “sealed array patterns” inside the building. Before long, cracks appeared everywhere on the walls… The clash between two top transcendents was not something this building could withstand.

In the end, this collision ended with both sides withdrawing at the same time!

“Bang!”

In the center of the corridor, Suzaku’s Divine Fire and Gu Shen’s Great Cold collided one last time, and both of their expressions changed slightly.

Suzaku groaned.

Gu Shen took a step back.

This collision appeared to be “evenly matched,” but in reality, it was not difficult to see that Gu Shen was at a disadvantage.

“This East洲 person is so young, yet he possesses such a powerful mental strength…”

The other spectators might not understand, but as the ruler of Rhein, He Chan saw more than just this. As far as he knew, Gu Shen was only twenty years old!

What kind of concept was this?

At the age of twenty, he could fight the Suzaku Envoy to a draw… Could this kid also be a top fourth-order?!

Most importantly, he couldn’t sense the depth of Gu Shen’s mental aura at all!

Judging from the domain collision just now, Gu Shen might really be a fourth-order!

After the collision, Suzaku’s gaze towards Gu Shen changed slightly.

He was wearing a ten-star robe, and this level of mental collision was nothing to him. All of the aftermath of the battle was absorbed by the robe… Gu Shen took a step back, but he hadn’t retreated half a step!

“As expected of an ‘S-rank.’”

Suzaku opened his mouth with a smile, as if the previous unpleasantness had never happened. “I heard that you went to North洲 not long ago… Was the spiritual domain you used just now a creation ‘bestowed’ upon you by the North洲 Queen?”

Gu Shen’s Pure Land World was filled with falling snow!

During the collision just now, he could clearly sense the biting coldness in Gu Shen’s spirit!

However, Gu Shen’s ability was “Blazing Fire”…

Obviously, this was an additional creation.

Genius freaks, those few people who could fight beyond their realm, always had their own good fortune, so this was nothing.

Gu Shen had it, and so did Suzaku.

“You seem to be meddling too much,” Gu Shen said, straightening his clothes and frowning in response.

He was indeed not Suzaku’s opponent yet.

However… this was because there was too much of a difference between him and Suzaku in terms of transcendent level!

His “Blazing Fire” hadn’t condensed a domain embryo yet. He was able to fight entirely because of the thrice-transcended “Pure Land Domain”!

How could Gu Shen tell outsiders about this kind of creation?

However, even if he didn’t say it, Suzaku would guess. The more he concealed it, the easier it would be for Suzaku to confirm his guess.

“He’s not willing to say? This must be the ‘domain enlightenment’ bestowed upon him by the Queen…”

Suzaku already had a conclusion in his heart. “This kid’s mental ability is fire, but his domain ability is ice and bitter cold… This kind of domain is obviously contrary to his own ability. It seems that he chose a creation that was not suitable for him in order to increase his strength.”

He had also heard about what happened in North洲.

Gu Shen’s name was now familiar to everyone in the five continents.

There were rumors that the North洲 Queen liked this young man very much, and even promised to give him the position of “Grand Duke” to keep him in Central City…

These rumors could not be confirmed.

However, today’s battle had given Suzaku a definite answer.

“Draining the pond to catch the fish… This so-called S-rank won’t go far.”

With this thought in mind, Suzaku’s attitude also changed.

“Gu Shen.”

He flicked his sleeves, retracted the flames around his body, and said indifferently, “Today’s occasion is not suitable for fighting. It would hurt our harmony.”

“Oh, really?”

Gu Shen also flicked his sleeves to retract his spirit, and calmly ridiculed, “You were the one who started the fight just now.”

“I’m here today to apologize to Miss Lu.”

Suzaku gestured to his subordinates to send out the flower baskets, and smiled. “There are no eyes for fists and feet, and we accidentally missed during our spar. I hope Hua Zhi will accept these apologies.”

Liu Yi gritted her silver teeth in anger, but couldn’t say a word.

“It’s best if similar accidental injuries only happen once.” Suzaku looked at Gu Shen and asked calmly, “Mr. Gu, you wouldn’t want it to happen a second time, would you?”

“Brother Suzaku, don’t worry, there won’t be a second time.”

Gu Shen wasn’t angry and came to the flower baskets.

He glanced at them, and the flower baskets spontaneously combusted, quickly turning to ashes.

This scene changed the expressions of the transcendents behind Suzaku.

What did this mean?

Were they going to fight again!

“I heard that the prophets of the Source Tower once released a wave of prophecies. The future ‘envoys’ of the Source Tower will usher in a wave of reshuffling. Suzaku Envoy, I think a proud and domineering person like you should think that you are the one who can’t be replaced, right?”

Gu Shen looked directly at Suzaku and said calmly, “I wonder if you remember that I am a disciple of Master Chino of Seirei, and also the orthodox successor of ‘divination.’”

Suzaku’s eyes turned gloomy.

That’s right… Gu Shen’s identity made him very wary!

He had once made a special trip to the divination floor of the Source Tower, using his privileges to spy on Gu Shen’s fate!

If he was right, the other three star envoys would do the same!

And the other three would definitely “run into a wall” just like him.

Because Gu Shen’s fate was impossible to see through. This meant that he was either too close to the Fire Seed, or he had a close relationship with divination and knew how to protect himself!

Regardless of which one it was, it wasn’t good news for Central Continent!

“What do you want to say?” Suzaku asked unhappily, “So what if you inherited ‘divination’?”

“What I want to say is very simple.”

Gu Shen smiled. “Suzaku Star Envoy, you will be the first of the four envoys to be eliminated!”

“?!”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of those transcendents and followers of the Hong Pu Group changed.

Even He Chan’s expression turned pale.

These were not words they should be hearing!

Gu Shen’s words had a very “alarmist” meaning… This was completely destroying Suzaku’s Dao heart!

“You will be the first of the four envoys to be eliminated. You are not only doomed to be unassociated with the ‘Fire Seed,’ but also with the position of the four envoys!” Gu Shen continued to speak eloquently. “Your lifeline is broken in the middle, your forehead is dark, you have empty fire, but no destiny to support it. Think carefully about the good things you’ve done in the past few years. After losing the position of envoy, all the enemies you’ve offended will come knocking on your door. Will you be able to withstand them then?”

“Enough!”

“You’re talking nonsense!”

The Suzaku Envoy couldn’t help but shout angrily, directly interrupting Gu Shen.

“Tsk tsk.”

Gu Shen shrugged and said innocently, “I’m just telling the truth. Brother Suzaku, why are you still angry? You must know that there are countless people queuing up outside to have me divine their fortunes. This divination is worth a thousand gold.”

Suzaku was so angry that his eyes almost spewed fire.

“Earlier, you said that this kind of accident shouldn’t happen a second time… I think your good days are over. How could this kind of thing happen a second time?”

Gu Shen said indifferently, “Brother Suzaku, you can choose not to take Gu’s words to heart, but you must remember that if you encounter unlucky days where even drinking cold water gets stuck in your teeth, it’s best to hide in the Twin Gods Illusion and obediently be a tortoise.”

Good and bad words were all said by Gu Shen!

His intention was very simple!

It was to suppress Suzaku’s Dao heart!

The identity of the divination successor was useful enough when the other party cared enough!

Next, no matter what Suzaku did, it would be wrong… If he followed Gu Shen’s words, he would be following Gu Shen’s advice. If he went against it, it would only make his Dao heart more uneasy.

These words of attack caused Suzaku to lose his last bit of reason.

This confrontation had already been decided.

He knew that he wouldn’t be able to gain any advantage anymore, so he immediately led his subordinates and left straight away.

……

……

“That was refreshing.”

Seeing Suzaku return in defeat, Liu Yi couldn’t help but laugh.

“It’s not that simple.”

Gu Shen looked at Suzaku’s departing figure and said calmly, “This person is a madman. He doesn’t care about the cost or consequences… That’s why he dared to release his domain in front of everyone, trying to control the situation.”

Releasing the domain meant he didn’t want to waste any more words!

Once his domain was successfully unfolded, enveloping Gu Shen and the others within it.

Then in today’s confrontation, Gu Shen would fall into a complete disadvantage…

Hearing this, Liu Yi asked worriedly, “Yes, he’s really a madman. Gu, were your words just now a bit risky… What if he lost his mind and attacked?”

Gu Shen smiled.

“He wouldn’t dare.”

In the end, Suzaku’s “domain unfolding” failed and was completely blocked by Gu Shen’s “Pure Land”!

This also meant that Suzaku knew that he couldn’t completely control the situation.

Strength was the greatest power!

Under these circumstances, Suzaku knew that continuing to fight head-on wouldn’t do him any good… He had to face not only Gu Shen alone, but also a “White Cat Mask Transcendent” who was equally unfathomable standing next to Gu Shen.

Chu Ling’s spiritual aura was truly immeasurable.

This was the biggest reason why Suzaku took a step back in the end.

He couldn’t afford to lose.

“If we really fought… Even if Chu Ling and I worked together, we might not be able to win against him.”

Gu Shen said silently in his heart.

The four envoys, the ten-star transcendents of the Upper City, should correspond to the eleventh level of the deep sea… Suzaku’s strength was probably not much different from Zhong Yuan, Living Fish, and the others.

This guy was at least as strong as the captain of North洲!

“I need to speed up the domain comprehension of ‘Blazing Fire.’ If I can comprehend the complete domain of ‘Blazing Fire,’ then I will be a transcendent with two domains, a true ‘fourth-order powerhouse’!”

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He thought this trip to Central Continent would be easy… But in reality, he still encountered many troubles.

Now, although he had the “Pure Land Domain” and thrice-transcended power, these methods were not enough to face a true fourth-order powerhouse!

“I can’t rush it, I have to take it one step at a time… I have to start with the domain embryo first.”

Gu Shen felt that he had gained some comprehension from the clash with Suzaku just now.

Suzaku and he had the same ability, which was fire!

When he collided with him, the domain that Suzaku unleashed was filled with an extremely overbearing sense of aggression, almost swallowing him… This was the first time Gu Shen had felt such a unique sense of domain.

This time in Central Continent, Gu Shen had seen "Ian", fought with "Owl", and then collided with "Suzaku's" domain. These small things had given Blazing Fire a lot of "inspiration."

The path of a transcendent's cultivation was pieced together by countless small inspirations.

He was already eager to start seclusion.

……

……

After leaving the building, Suzaku returned to the Source Tower at light speed.

He didn't stop and went to see the seer immediately.

The words Gu Shen said made him uneasy… But when he stated his intention, the answer from Mist Sea made him even more uneasy.

"Lord Suzaku, do you think what he said is true?"

Mr. Yan raised his cloudy eyes with a smile.

Familiar spiritual aura filled the air.

Suzaku knew the moment he stepped into the Mist Sea that Yun Hu had come here before him.

Was Yun Hu also here to divine this matter?

"Mr. Yan…" he said with a gloomy expression, "I'm looking for you to divine, not to speak in riddles."

"But divination is a riddle."

Mr. Yan smiled. "You don't understand the principle that a hexagram cannot be fully calculated, do you?"

“……”

Suzaku fell silent.

But everyone could see that this silence came from fear.

After a few seconds, Mr. Yan looked at the "young envoy" who was afraid in his heart and said with a smile: "I can't see through Gu Shen's fate, and I can't see through the fate of you four…"

Suzaku, with cold sweat on his forehead, said in a hoarse voice: "So, what Gu Shen said is false."

Mr. Yan just smiled and did not answer.

“Clang clang clang…”

The sound of chains and shackles was crisp. He stretched out his finger and pointed to his chest.

This was his final answer.

Some things—

If you believe it, it's true.

If you don't believe it, it's false.

(End of this chapter)