Chapter 165 Gu Shen… You’re Not Dead

"Gu Shen... you're not dead."

Yun Hu stared intently at the gaunt man before him.

Tanya exploded, and Sangzhou Grottoes sank.

The news of Gu Shen’s death spread throughout the Five Continents—

This event had passed for a full five years!

In these five years, the Envoy of the Source Tower had made no small mockery of the Nagano Investigation Team. This closed case had been closed for five years, and now he was seeing a living person!

Absurd, how utterly absurd?

"Sorry, I'm still alive."

Gu Shen spoke calmly. He tossed the Ring of Clouds onto Yun Hu's face, making a soft *smack* sound.

The latter’s expression grew even more gloomy and unsightly.

The moment Yun Hu saw the ring, he understood everything…

Silence reigned on the cloud ship. Every extraordinary individual present had heard of this name, but five years was too long, and many had forgotten Gu Shen.

Those who did remember vaguely recalled that this name had once resonated loudly across the Five Continents.

"East Continent... you really know how to put on a show..."

Yun Hu chuckled softly, "No wonder the investigation team went silent afterward..."

Gu Shen raised an eyebrow.

He didn't bother to explain, but instead squatted down, looking at this "old friend," the Envoy he hadn't seen in a long time, and quietly asked, "In these five years, you must have bullied Gu Xiaoman quite a bit, right?"

Yun Hu paused for a second.

In his mind, the name Gu Xiaoman had absolutely no connection to Gu Shen.

Back then, the Cloud Mirror mission had been sabotaged by an unknown "extraordinary individual from Guang Ming City."

In order to retrieve the mission objective, Zhuque had even died in Sangzhou Grottoes.

Later, Honglong safely returned with the little girl named "Gu Xiaoman," but no one knew what exactly happened in between. No one even knew who the "mysterious extraordinary individual" who had taken the objective was. All the truth was buried in the dust of history… The Sky God Seat was very kind to this exceptionally talented little girl, and the Guang Ming City delegation had come to Upper City to apologize.

Thus.

The karma was settled.

West Continent and Central Continent established a stable diplomatic relationship, gradually becoming allies.

"Gu Xiaoman... what's your relationship with her?"

Yun Hu looked up in astonishment.

*Slap!*

A slap!

Gu Shen casually delivered a slap, sending Yun Hu flying out. His head slammed heavily into the embedded alloy wall on the left side of the cloud ship.

He replied to Yun Hu with only two simple words.

"Guess?"

"Gu Shen!"

Having inexplicably received a slap, Yun Hu was furious. Countless clouds swirled behind him, entwining into a snow-white divine tiger, and his domain expanded!

But the next moment.

The pressure of the Great Accomplishment Pure Land descended!

The White Tiger shattered instantly.

*Slap!*

The second slap sent him from the left side of the cloud ship to the right.

"..."

The Envoy candidates on the cloud ship were dumbfounded by this scene.

In their hearts.

Lord Yun Hu was the embodiment of "invincible" in the mortal world!

Although he couldn't compare to the God Seats.

But he was one of the legendary Four Envoys!

The Envoy of the Source Tower, second only to one, above tens of thousands... wherever he went on any continent, he was a powerful figure revered by all!

The strongest of his rank, the strongest of his age!

Those extraordinary individuals in history who had steadily held the Envoy position for more than five years had all become titled, without exception. And Lord Yun Hu had been in the Envoy position for more than ten years... recently, there were even rumors that Lord Yun Hu was only one step away from being titled, which was why there was the current Envoy Trial!

How could a titled individual be beaten like this?

"I advise you to be honest."

Gu Shen looked sympathetically at Yun Hu, whose cheeks were swollen high and still bleeding, and said in a gentle voice, "Otherwise, the next slap might kill you."

Yun Hu, whose domain was completely crushed by the Pure Land, was now somewhat lost.

His whole being was in a daze.

His Dao Heart was close to collapse.

"How is this possible..."

"Is this really Gu Shen?"

"How could he be so strong?!"

Such questions constantly涌现 in the depths of Yun Hu's heart.

Five years ago, he had met Gu Shen and even had the idea of slapping this guy to death, but unfortunately, during that mission, he and Gu Shen didn't have the opportunity to confront each other directly.

At that time, half of the limelight of the younger generation of the Five Continents was stolen by Gu Shen alone.

Yun Hu considered himself a genius, and naturally, he was very unhappy with this scene.

However, he didn't think that Gu Shen was particularly impressive, especially the so-called "S-rank" that was repeatedly mentioned by everyone…

If he, Yun Hu, went to that damned extraordinary assessment of East Continent, wouldn't he be able to get an S-rank?

At this moment.

His confidence was shattered by Gu Shen's two slaps.

"Next, I'll ask, and you'll answer."

Gu Shen said calmly, "All these people on the ship should have participated in the hunt for Gu Xiaoman, right?"

"..."

With this question, the atmosphere on the ship changed somewhat.

After being enveloped by the Pure Land, the entire cloud ship felt like a frozen cellar.

The temperature here dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius.

Everyone was shivering, and their lips were frozen with a layer of bluish-black color.

Even those young geniuses whose extraordinary realms had reached the seventh or eighth level, protected by the embryonic form of their domains, were struggling to withstand it.

But no one dared to make a sound.

In their view, the current Gu Shen was even more terrifying than the red shadow who had been hacking at the ship with a knife earlier, far more terrifying!

Dong Se Yue and Hiddal were even more pale, looking at Yun Hu with almost pleading eyes. Gu Shen had come to settle accounts. In this final moment, they didn't expect Gu Shen to show mercy, but only hoped that Lord Yun Hu could provide protection…

However, Yun Hu didn't even look at the enforcers on the cloud ship.

After being slapped twice.

His whole body began to tremble, staring angrily at Gu Shen, but in reality, the depths of his pupils were filled with fear.

Yun Hu had fallen into a state of madness.

His Dao Heart was shattered, and countless waves surged in his mind.

"Gu Shen is too much stronger than me..."

"I can't withstand even one move..."

"Can't withstand even one move..."

These waves surged up, repeatedly washing over him.

That proud and arrogant Dao Heart began its final struggle.

"No..."

"I'm not reconciled..."

"I, Yun Hu, am a genius who will achieve the position of the Wine God in the future!"

"How can I lose to Gu Shen?!"

Those mad, furious, and fearful pupils gradually changed from chaos to unity.

The layer that had trapped Yun Hu for so long shattered with a *crack*.

The first layer of domain, Tian Yun (Sky Cloud), and the second layer of domain, Bao Hu (Raging Tiger), began to merge at this moment.

"Gu Shen!"

Yun Hu suddenly raised his head and roared!

His Dao Heart, which had been on the verge of shattering, broke through in desperation and was reborn in the Sea of Death.

At this moment, the scale of his spiritual sea suddenly expanded, and the frozen domain that had been suppressing him was now broken free—

Breakthrough!

Yun Hu broke through! Achieving the Title!

Countless heavenly clouds swirled and swept down from the sky in an instant, entwining the collapsed and broken cloud ship. The Tian Yun (Sky Cloud) and Bao Hu (Raging Tiger) domains perfectly merged, instantly shattering the frost. Yun Hu stood up very powerfully. After breaking through, he was full of vigor and controlled the clouds.

The enforcers of the Source Tower saw hope.

Unfortunately.

Hope shattered in the next second.

*Slap!*

Gu Shen expressionlessly delivered the third slap.

Yun Hu, who had just stood up, didn't have time to dodge at all. The countless clouds wrapped around him for defense couldn't even block it for a tenth of a second—

This slap was wrapped in flames and was much heavier than the previous two combined.

*Bang!*

Yun Hu flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the cloud ship!

His Dao Heart was completely shattered. The pupils that had ignited with fire now became extremely dim. Looking at the figure walking towards him step by step, Yun Hu subconsciously curled up his body. He didn't even have the courage to look up at Gu Shen again...

"I told you to be honest, otherwise the next slap might take your life."

Gu Shen frowned and asked, "Why didn't you listen?"

Yun Hu was more durable than he had imagined.

This slap contained the Great Accomplishment domains of both Blazing Fire and Pure Land…

But it had to be said that this guy was indeed a rare genius. No wonder he was an Envoy chosen by the Source Tower. He was able to forcibly break through at this juncture.

If he wasn't mistaken.

Those clouds just now were a sign of the merging of two domains.

Had he advanced to become a titled individual?

Gu Shen stroked his chin, recalling the scene when Chu Ling had asked him about his strength before entering the Ice Sea Ruins.

At that time, his estimate was that he could easily beat up a fourth-order Transcendent.

Looking at it now.

This evaluation was still objective and fair.

"Don't... don't kill me..."

There was no more furious sound on the cloud ship, only painful begging.

Yun Hu knew that countless gazes were watching him…

He was a genius.

He was bullshit genius!

If he had known he would encounter Gu Shen, if he had known he would be beaten like this, he would rather have fought alongside Xuan Gui in the snowy mountains and see if he could repel the red shadow.

What kind of monster was this?

After he was promoted to the title, he still couldn't withstand even one slap?

Yun Hu began to beg for mercy.

The people on the cloud ship were even more disheartened.

They had never experienced such great despair.

Gu Shen squatted down and said, "Tell me, who bullied Gu Xiaoman?"

"Don't kill me..."

"Don't kill me..."

Yun Hu's spirit had collapsed.

No matter what Gu Shen asked, he kept repeating just this sentence.

"..."

Gu Shen was a little helpless.

He shook his head and finally stretched out a hand, pressing it on Yun Hu's head.

Blazing Fire灌顶 (Empowerment)!

Since Yun Hu was unwilling to speak, he would find the answer himself… Forcibly reading the memory of a titled Transcendent had a very high probability of failure, but after all, Yun Hu's spiritual sea had collapsed at this moment, and he had no power to resist.

Gu Shen very smoothly broke through the defenses of his mind.

After a few seconds.

Gu Shen withdrew from Yun Hu's spiritual sea.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the enforcers on the cloud ship.

"Heh..."

A mocking and cold laughter echoed within the cloud ship.

The tons of clouds that had been brought by Yun Hu, originally intended to protect everyone in the ship, now spontaneously combusted and turned into smoke!

The icy purgatory retreated at this moment.

But what replaced it was a scarlet flame with a temperature of ten thousand degrees!

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