A clang!
The sound of a saber's hum echoed through the backyard. Gu Yuan transformed into a streak of bloody light, charging straight at the white-clothed concubine. His body, enveloped in an extreme Yang and potent blood energy, melted gaping holes into the ghostly domain the concubine had become, revealing the original scenery.
"Why! Why! I did nothing, why must you kill me!"
The white-clothed concubine shrieked, her voice brimming with resentment.
She had done nothing, yet she was subjected to such torment. Merely for a face, a figure, she was to be tortured to death.
Gu Yuan's expression remained unperturbed as he heard her cries. He sympathized with her plight, but that did not mean he wouldn't kill her.
Regardless of the reason, humans and specters were like fire and water, irreconcilably opposed.
Gu Yuan understood that the white-clothed concubine's situation was due to her lack of strength.
If she had been a martial artist, would the primary wife have tormented her to death?
Clearly not. In this world, strength was the foundation of everything.
The white-clothed concubine's beauty and alluring figure would have been an advantage on Blue Star, but in this world of blood energy, it was her fatal flaw.
Without the strength to control such beauty, she could only become a concubine, subjected to the humiliation of others. This was reality.
Gu Yuan's eyes held a chilling coldness. Witnessing such a vivid example before him fueled his desire for strength even more. He wanted to become the supreme expert in all the myriad heavens and realms, unconstrained by anyone.
This was his Martial Path!
His Martial Path was also influenced by the Martial Ancestor of All Heavens, who was a supreme expert. Otherwise, his Martial Path, once cultivated, would not be so powerful in all the myriad heavens and realms, subtly being known as the foremost in combat.
Gu Yuan even harbored a thought: when he possessed sufficient strength, he wanted to have a battle with the Martial Ancestor of All Heavens. However, Gu Yuan knew well that this was merely a distant dream, something impossible to achieve. But as a human, one must have dreams, mustn't they?
Numerous insights flashed through his mind, yet Gu Yuan's saber remained unaffected. Wrapped in blood energy, the saber was like a flaming blade, slashing directly at the white-clothed concubine.
In that instant, the blood energy within Gu Yuan roared furiously. Several streaks of bloody saber energy, radiating scorching heat that distorted the air, appeared around the white-clothed concubine.
Ah!!
"All humans deserve to die!!!!" The white-clothed concubine let out a piercing shriek. If an ordinary person were present, their brain would have been shattered into pulp by this sound.
However, Gu Yuan, encased in blood energy, felt only a slight ripple on his protective layer as the tangible sonic wave generated by the concubine impacted him.
Boom!
The bloody saber energy instantly collided with the white-clothed concubine, causing a massive explosion. Yet, Gu Yuan sensed that the concubine had not been harmed at all. The moment the bloody saber energy neared, its speed became incredibly fast.
It vanished from its position in an instant, and the resulting explosion was merely the result of his saber energies colliding with each other.
Gu Yuan's spiritual sense detected a chilling figure appearing behind him.
Engaging his waist, Gu Yuan instantly twisted his body, his saber following suit. Before this, Gu Yuan directly utilized his blood energy to extend the length of his saber to ten feet.
With such a sudden increase in reach, Gu Yuan didn't believe this concubine could escape.
The white-clothed concubine's hands transformed into large black claws, attempting to ambush Gu Yuan's back. But sensing Gu Yuan's saber attack, she instinctively tried to flee.
However, Gu Yuan's saber was faster.
The saber, following its momentum, directly struck the concubine's waist.
Like cold water encountering hot oil, the blood energy and Yin energy, being utterly incompatible, directly caused an explosion.
Bang!
Gu Yuan, unfazed by the resulting explosion, lunged forward. His saber became a blur, unleashing a flurry of fierce saber lights that enveloped the white-clothed concubine before him.
Countless bloody saber energies erupted simultaneously, slashing towards the white-clothed concubine in an instant.
For a time, the sounds of explosions were incessant.
The explosive damage Gu Yuan generated was an anomaly, not all blood energy and Yin energy would explode in such a manner.
The primary reason was the immense Yang nature of Gu Yuan's cultivation technique, the 《Extreme Yang Art》, which was inherently incompatible with the extreme Yin nature of Yin energy.
This caused a small-scale explosion. As Gu Yuan's realm advanced and he mastered the extreme Yang intent contained within his blood energy, this would no longer occur.
Gu Yuan's eyes were sharp and cold. His arms continuously swung, his sinews bulging, his muscles swelling. The blood energy within him circulated wildly, providing him with the most solid support.
Ten slashes! Fifty slashes! One hundred slashes!
Gu Yuan unleashed a full hundred slashes, each imbued with his full power. By now, the ghostly domain transformed by the white-clothed concubine had been shattered into pieces by Gu Yuan's crisscrossing bloody saber energy.
Finally, with a deafening roar, it dissolved into a mass of black Yin energy and dissipated into the air.
The white-clothed concubine, meanwhile, was enveloped by the hundred saber strikes Gu Yuan had unleashed.
A bloody red sphere formed, within which the contained blood energy continuously shredded the white-clothed concubine. Wisps of black Yin energy occasionally leaked from the sphere, only to be annihilated by Gu Yuan's blood energy.
Soon, the saber energy sphere dispersed, leaving behind only black ashes, imbued with potent Yin energy. These were excellent materials for refining artifacts. Gu Yuan collected them in a special porcelain bottle, which he could later exchange for contribution points.
With the white-clothed concubine slain, a wisp of black airflow flowed into the jade pendant at Gu Yuan's waist.
The Yin energy shrouding the prince's manor also slightly dissipated. However, specialized personnel would still be needed to clear the remaining traces.
Gu Yuan stood in place, his eyes half-closed, sensing the surroundings. He felt no dense Yin energy, confirming that no specters remained within the prince's manor.
He took a step and approached the withered well at the center of the backyard, which was likely where the primary wife had disposed of the corpse and where the concentrated Yin energy had originated.
However, this Yin energy, like the Yin energy that had shrouded the exterior, lacked the most crucial element – the white-clothed concubine. It was like water without a root, posing no threat. It would only require a little time to be eradicated.
Gu Yuan did not wait for others to handle it.
He clenched his fist, and surging blood energy flowed from within his body, condensing on his fist to form a small bloody sun.
With a single punch!
It transformed into a bloody beam of light, containing Gu Yuan's most potent and Yang blood energy. It directly struck the withered well, colliding with the Yin energy within, resulting in a massive explosion!
Gu Yuan's expression shifted slightly. He tapped his foot lightly and instantly rushed out of the backyard, leaving the prince's manor.
Behind him, a small, blood-red mushroom cloud appeared!