Gu Yuan's mind immersed itself in his consciousness, feeling an immeasurable blade light illuminating everything, like the scorching sun hanging high, like stars exploding. That instant's brilliance reached eternity!
It contained an unspeakable grandeur and might, an unspeakable solemnity and desolation, an unspeakable detachment and loftiness.
It was as if the Heavenly Emperor sat enthroned in the nine heavens, striking down with a blade to end all life, or as if a divine being split the sky with a blade, a single strike that severed the nine heavens, shattered the star sea, and annihilated the divine emperor!
The boundless blade intent, the incomparably resplendent will of divine might, and the immensely vast dao essence were all constantly impacting Gu Yuan's mind.
The object emitting all this power was a small, crystal-clear jade blade, suspended in the air within Gu Yuan's mind.
However, the current Gu Yuan did not even possess the qualification to unleash such a strike.
Gu Yuan glanced at the time; it was already past six in the morning.
There was still time, and he intended to familiarize himself with his remaining martial skills.
He had comprehended many martial skills, but they were scattered and disorganized. He would need to integrate them later to truly transform them into his martial dao.
While familiarizing himself with the martial skills, Gu Yuan suddenly recalled what Gu Shao Shang had told him yesterday: "Relying on oneself is better than relying on gods." However, according to the insights within Gu Yuan's mind, one had to reach the Qiong Tian Realm to transform it into true martial will, allowing one to "invoke gods" for oneself. But Gu Yuan was still far from that realm.
Past seven o'clock, Gu Yuan left the dormitory and headed to the arena for the competition.
However, he did not have a match today. He was going to watch because Qin Er Lang and the others had matches.
At exactly eight o'clock, Gu Yuan arrived at his designated spot, the timing being perfect.
Watching the match that had just begun, Gu Yuan nodded, "As expected of me, I managed the timing perfectly."
Gu Yuan scanned the spectator seats. The competitor seats, which had been packed earlier, were now somewhat sparse. After greeting a few others, he began to quietly await the start of the matches, while secretly continuing to familiarize himself with the new cultivation system.
The first match was Wu Gui's.
Wu Gui bared his teeth, greeted the group, and then walked towards the stage.
His opponent turned out to be a gentle-looking young lady.
The two stood on the stage. Wu Gui appeared harmless, causing the young lady opposite him to unconsciously relax her guard.
But when the referee gave the command:
"The match begins!"
Wu Gui's fingers changed rapidly, and he commanded, "I command the power of the Three Mountains and Five Peaks to be bestowed upon me!"
Streams of earthy yellow energy surged from the ground.
*Crackling—*
A series of bone-cracking sounds echoed. His body rapidly expanded and grew taller. His skin transformed from its original fair and tender state to an earthy yellow. His black hair, which reached his waist, was also covered with an earthy yellow halo. A brown mountain-like mark appeared on his forehead, and a rolling aura swept out in all directions.
At his command, the formerly thin figure instantly transformed into a three-meter-tall muscular giant.
The gentle-looking young lady, who had seen him as a graceful young master, watched as he instantly became a three-meter-tall muscular giant before her eyes. Her mouth slowly opened, and she gazed up at the giant before her, her face filled with shock.
"......"
On the referee's platform, everyone gasped. This transformation truly shocked even those old veterans with extensive experience.
A middle-aged man asked with some uncertainty, "This seems to be a secret technique from the human world?"
Dao Kuang nodded and said, "I didn't expect even this hidden organization to appear. I haven't seen such a shocking secret technique in a long time."
As the spectators on the referee's platform murmured, Wu Gui on the stage continued his movements, a somewhat ferocious smile on his face.
With a single step, the five-meter area beneath his feet instantly rumbled. This was only because the arena material was too hard and did not shatter like ordinary ground. His figure transformed into a stream of light, heading towards the gentle woman who had already adjusted her state.
The three-meter-tall giant Wu Gui instantly reached the front of the blue water curtain formed by the young lady's true qi. He unleashed a punch, and a power measured in millions of pounds erupted. The air around his fist was instantly compressed, emitting a sonic boom and forming layers of white waves that swept in all directions.
*Boom!!!*
Wu Gui's fist directly struck the pale blue water curtain. The water curtain began to shake violently, and ripples spread continuously across it.
The gentle woman within the water curtain's face suddenly turned pale. Although the vast majority of the power was blocked by the water curtain, even a small portion that seeped through was something she, a frail woman, could not withstand.
After all, even the Flesh Giant, who was more powerful than Wu Gui at that time, could not withstand his punch.
Fists rained down like a barrage. The water curtain shook violently but always maintained its last shred of sturdiness, preventing it from shattering.
The gentle woman inside felt waves of attacks assaulting her, making her unable to cope, and her internal body churned like a stormy sea.
Wu Gui abruptly stopped his attack. In his muscular giant form, his face was somewhat wild, and two streams of white vapor shot out from his nostrils.
He bent his knees slightly, his body transforming into a stream of light, and shot up tens of meters into the sky.
His three-meter-tall body directly smashed down towards the gentle woman, who was trying to reorganize her attack.
*Boom!!*
"Command: Divine Mountain Fall!"
*Whoosh!*
Wu Gui took a deep breath in mid-air. His legs suddenly swelled as if inflated. The originally earthy yellow muscles transformed into a black obsidian hue, radiating an aura of indestructibility.
The gentle woman, who had just recovered her strength, looked up at Wu Gui rapidly descending from above with a look of terror. She began to overload her internal true qi, forming a water curtain above her head that was twice as thick as before.
*Collision!*
*Rumble!*
The entire area within a radius of tens of meters violently shook. The pale blue water curtain was directly crushed and shattered by the boundless giant force, transforming into rolling water mist that swept across the arena.
A gentle breeze swept across the arena, and the water mist dissipated. Everyone leaned forward to examine the situation on the stage.
They saw that Wu Gui, who had been a muscular giant, had returned to his original form. The gentle woman was directly taken by the guarding referee, who used his true qi to lift her into mid-air. The woman was unharmed, merely knocked unconscious by the extremely powerful force.
After handing the woman over to the arriving medical personnel, the referee raised his hand and announced Wu Gui's victory.
Wu Gui smiled and waved to the audience. It had to be said that Wu Gui's contrasting persona had quite a few female fans.
Gu Yuan, watching from the competitor seats, looked at Wu Gui's smiling face and shook his head with a smile. He was always so unexpected. Gu Yuan had originally thought Wu Gui would choose to end the battle with a technique Gu Yuan hadn't seen before, like the Sword Control Technique from earlier. He hadn't expected it to be the same old way, transforming into a muscular man and crushing his opponents, as if it brought Wu Gui great pleasure.
Gu Yuan smiled, shook his head, closed his eyes, and continued to familiarize himself with the newly comprehended martial skills. Feeling the vital energy within his body, he wondered with some anticipation who would be the first opponent of the Blood Qi Dragon.