Chapter 140 Twilight

Dusk fell, and colorful lanterns were hung.

Guang Ming Bi Lei was bustling with noise. With a muffled thud, a sound rang out in the long sky above. The parading members of the clergy looked up one after another. Among the countless fireworks, they saw the most dazzling and eye-catching bundle.

That bundle of fireworks came from the deepest part of the Guang Ming Bi Lei, the temple.

The clergy believers who looked up didn't think anything of it, only assuming that the big figures in the temple had deliberately lit a bundle of soaring fireworks to cater to the atmosphere of the day. That was all. Nothing had changed in this world.

Only in a windy corner did a figure stop.

Gu Nanfeng stopped moving forward. He stood at the most remote exit of Guang Ming Bi Lei, just one step away from leaving this ancient city.

Even standing here, he could still clearly see the fireworks rising from the temple grounds.

The fireworks were beautiful, bursting with a "pop" and dyeing the twilight sky white.

The New Sun had not yet appeared.

This was the most conspicuous moment—

And the moment he had been waiting for.

"Your speed doesn't seem as fast as the legends say."

A voice came from the end of the block not far away. Gu Nanfeng looked in the direction of the voice, and Su Ye slowly walked out of the alley. He also noticed the fireworks, but only glanced at them briefly before withdrawing his gaze. Fireworks were nothing to pay attention to. He was more concerned about the man in front of him.

"From the west of the city, to the east of the city, and then to the south of the city."

Su Ye said leisurely, "You have changed thirteen routes in total. It seems you are very eager to shake me off."

Gu Nanfeng looked at the holy son in front of him and suddenly said, "You are more perceptive than I thought. I thought your reaction speed wouldn't be so fast."

"The Gu family mission has been holding back these past few days, waiting for today?"

Su Ye said indifferently, "Today is a good day, but not a good day for the Gu family."

He had already set up defenses.

If there was any disturbance at Red Lake, someone in the mental channel would remind him.

Everything was peaceful now.

That meant... everything was under control.

Even if he briefly left Red Lake, Elder Batu was stationed on the periphery of the temple.

Of course, there was also the Saint Adjudicator and the Great Elder.

Gu Nanfeng asked, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

Su Ye smiled, "Even a blind man can see that you want to raid the secret prison."

"You are a little smarter than I thought."

Gu Nanfeng nodded and said gently, "But only a little... If I were you, I wouldn't follow behind the target. I would directly guard the entrance of the secret prison. Although that wouldn't change the outcome, it would at least add a little resistance to the target."

"……?"

Su Ye frowned.

He suddenly realized that he had made a very low-level mistake, that he had been circling around Guang Ming Bi Lei with Gu Nanfeng for a long time, and finally arrived at the "south of the city," the farthest point from the secret prison.

If Gu Nanfeng moved now.

Then blitzing the secret prison would become a race against time.

If he could catch up, there would still be a chance to save it...

But if he couldn't catch up.

"Whoosh!"

Su Ye's expression changed drastically.

A gust of wind blew by, and Gu Nanfeng, who was standing in the south of Guang Ming Bi Lei, disappeared into the twilight with this gust of wind. At this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun just landed, and the sky ushered in a brief darkness. According to reason, the "New Sun" would rise from Sunset Mountain at this time. This was a miracle that had never been interrupted in ninety-three years.

But not long ago, the sun had set for an entire night.

Unfortunately.

Today... was the second night of sunset.

After dusk, it was the New Night. The clouds in the sky were thin, but the stars were shining, and mottled starlight fell, landing on the ground, appearing bright and pale.

Su Ye's face was even paler.

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Countless [Lanterns] floated on the shore of Red Lake. These were all seals made by the Guang Ming Bi Lei, and they were not usually used. They would only come in handy during the brief ten minutes when the New Sun and Old Sun alternated.

But today was the second night of sunset in Guang Ming Bi Lei.

Batu ordered people to release all the [Lanterns]. For a time, the night on the shore of Red Lake was torn apart by light and fire.

These lights and flames contained the power of faith of the Guang Ming Bi Lei, and at this moment, they were definitely not just playing a simple "lighting" role—

"Guang Ming Bi Lei is trying to quietly build a 'barrier' to block what is happening on the shore of Red Lake from the perception of the deep water area and cut off the connection between this place and the outside world."

Chu Ling's voice rang in Gu Shen's mind.

Gu Shen looked up.

He pinched a strand of blazing fire from between his eyebrows, flicked his fingers, and shot it out. The dim sky was ignited by the blazing fire, and the [Lanterns] that were swaying and rising were also ignited...

In an instant, the sky above Red Lake became a sea of fire.

Under the reflection of this sea of fire, the remaining clouds of the late night were like burning flames, and the mottled starlight was like a sharp arrow.

"As you said, I have cut off the spiritual network connection between Su Ye and the temple, but it can only last for a short 'five minutes'." Chu Ling continued, "I don't know if this five minutes is enough."

"For Gu Nanfeng, this time is enough."

Gu Shen said softly, "The moment he left the temple, he knew what would happen today... Seeing the light and fire of Red Lake ignite, he must have started to act."

With that said, he withdrew his gaze and turned it to Jia Wei in front of him.

The surface of Red Lake seemed to have frozen into solid ice.

Jia Wei stood on the surface of the lake, inviting himself to step onto this lake full of the power of Guang Ming Bi Lei's faith.

Guang Ming Bi Lei was looking for the successor of the Underworld King.

Jia Wei believed that he was the successor of the Underworld King—

He gave a way to verify it.

Countless eyes fell on Gu Shen, and they were all waiting for Gu Shen's response.

Batu was exasperated and wanted to raise the [Lanterns] again, but the entire sky above Red Lake was boiling and surging under the burning sea of fire. The subsequent [Lanterns] were also burned clean by the blazing fire. The live broadcast of the deep water area was still clear at this moment, and everyone saw the second night of sunset in Guang Ming Bi Lei.

He also saw Gu Shen's chosen response.

Gu Shen chose to move forward.

He walked onto Red Lake.

The surface of the lake was very flat, without a single crack.

Jia Wei's face, which was covered by the Bright Light Armor, could not be seen, but the Light Piercing Spear looked a little dim under the reflection of the blazing fire.

Gu Shen not only walked onto Red Lake, but also walked very steadily, and every step did not create any ripples.

Judging from the performance of stepping on the lake alone.

Gu Shen's state of mind was clearer and his spirit was more stable than the six finalists who fell into the water earlier—in the words of Guang Ming Bi Lei, it was called "close to light."

He looked at the man in front of him and said with a smile.

"So... am I the Underworld King?"

Jia Wei's throat trembled slightly, and his eyes showed confusion and incomprehension for the first time.

In fact, such thoughts had flashed through his mind more than once.

When Yao Jin came to him, he was thinking... why did he receive the Guang Ming Bi Lei's guidance of "assassinating Gu Shen" in the Sangzhou Cave? Why was that guidance so clever and so timely?

As a Great Knight.

He only had one choice, which was to accept.

But at this moment, his understanding deviated from the guidance, and he could not understand the reason for this phenomenon.

He chose to hold the spear.

He firmly believed that under Gu Shen's face, there must be a deeper and darker face hidden, just like what he saw when he participated in the war against the Underworld King...

The Underworld King was buried with countless ominousness and disasters.

This could not be hidden no matter what.

He decided to pierce Gu Shen's disguise and also pierce Gu Shen's chest!

Just like... six years ago!

"Kill!"

The Saint Adjudicator's roar pierced through Red Lake, and the Light Piercing Spear suddenly flashed at this moment, instantly piercing Gu Shen's black shirt, but Jia Wei stopped abruptly and swept back. He aimed his spear at his back again. The black shirt that had been pierced earlier had dissipated into bubbles in the night—

Gu Shen put his hands together.

Clang!

An extremely harsh sound of metal clashing rang out on the lake.

Of course, it was impossible for Gu Shen to use his flesh to directly receive Jia Wei's Light Piercing Spear. He knew very well what kind of opponent he was facing.

Under the cover of countless iron scales.

Gu Shen clenched the extremely blazing holy light spear with force. If Jia Wei moved forward, he would retreat. Wherever the two passed, the red lake water carrying the meaning of light continued to explode.

The two major realms of [Blazing Fire] and [Pure Land] descended at the same time.

Half of the falling lake water was evaporated into blazing vapor, and the other half was frozen into ice shards.

The elemental erosion of the two major realms also spread along Gu Shen's palm.

At this moment, the two were connected by a long spear, and the ultimate erosion of ice and fire took the "Light Piercing Spear" as a bridge.

"Chichi."

"Crack."

Half of Jia Wei's [Bright Light Armor] was enduring the scorching of high temperature, and the other half was enduring the fluctuation of extreme cold—

His speed did not weaken at all, but instead became faster!

This spear pierced through several miles, carrying Gu Shen directly into the heart of the lake. Just as he was about to crash into the fog, Gu Shen stepped heavily on the lake water, as if stepping on the ground. He continuously unloaded his strength as he retreated. At this moment, he had unloaded most of the killing intent of the Light Piercing Spear, and what remained was a hard hit!

Clang!

Gu Shen crossed his hands and directly broke the tip of the "Light Piercing Spear"!

Jia Wei's pupils shrank.

This spear was condensed from his first realm, [Light Piercing]. The reason why he could run rampant among the fourth-order transcendents was because of this first realm, [Light Piercing], which specialized in defeating elemental transcendents.

The Light Piercing Spear could ignore elements and directly hit the true body!

Back in the Sangzhou Cave.

He almost killed the Vermilion Bird Divine Envoy with one spear!

However, Gu Shen had long observed the battle between Jia Wei and Vermilion Bird in the Sangzhou Cave, so he did not use the so-called "elementalization" to dodge, but instead continuously used two elements with completely opposite properties to "quench" Jia Wei's first realm.

Everything in the world generates and overcomes each other.

The pursuit of sharp "Light Piercing" will be broken if it is not able to defeat the enemy with one strike, but is entangled by the two corrosive elements of "Blazing Fire" and "Silent Snow"!

After the spear tip was broken.

Gu Shen did not retreat, but stepped forward.

Countless silver lights gathered in his palm.

With the blessing of [Truth], he punched out heavily!

Jia Wei realized that something was wrong at the first moment. The tip of the Light Piercing Spear was broken, and he hurriedly blocked, wanting to imitate the previous scene of resisting the "Blazing Fire"—

But this time.

Gu Shen's fist was too fast.

And it was very direct, without any detours.

With a "thump", like knocking on a war drum, Gu Shen punched Jia Wei's helmet directly. The Red Lake garrison was caught off guard and was chiseled out hundreds of meters, like a stone thrown into the lake and skipping across the water, rising and falling. He finally struggled to support his head and stand up with difficulty.

"Buzzing..."

Jia Wei's head was trembling. His expression was very gloomy.

After so many years of fighting enemies.

This was the first time he had seen such barbaric boxing, attacking his head directly? Did Gu Shen not know that he was wearing the S-class seal [Bright Light Armor]?

"This punch is for my friend... He said he really wanted to beat you up. This punch just fulfills his wish."

Gu Shen's voice sounded from afar.

Friend?

Jia Wei felt ridiculous. He inexplicably thought of the guy who had been staring at him earlier. Could Gu Shen be talking about Song Ci?

"Heh..."

He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and shook his head, making himself much clearer.

After seeing Gu Shen, Jia Wei couldn't help but sneer.

This punch just now made his head dizzy... but Gu Shen also paid the price.

He saw it very clearly that Gu Shen's left hand was bleeding!

Hitting the Bright Light Armor required suffering several times the force of the countershock—

This was the power of the S-class seal!

Gu Shen noticed Jia Wei's gaze.

He glanced at his bleeding palm expressionlessly, waved it indifferently, and under the cover of the fire of life, the blood was quickly burned dry, the scab fell off, leaving not even a trace of white.

After this punch.

The silver light in Gu Shen's palm gradually condensed into a big bow.

He drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and said indifferently, "Next, I will use my method... to solve you."

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