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Chapter 352 I will settle accounts with you today.
Gu Shaoan's sudden appearance had already caused a change in the mood of Zhu Wushi and Pang Ban.

Upon hearing the strange noises outside the main hall again, the two reacted even more strongly than before, and almost immediately looked towards the outside of the main hall.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Wushi and Pang Ban saw two people slaughtering the archers of the Great Yuan Kingdom outside the main hall at a rate almost like mowing grass.

Meanwhile, several figures completely ignored the archers being slaughtered behind them, crossing the Zhenwu Hall with the casualness of a picnic.

When they sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from the two people outside the hall, Zhu Wushi and Pang Ban's expressions became even more solemn.

Looking at Gu Shaoan, who stood calmly like a pine tree inside the main hall, even though Zhu Wushi knew that the archers outside were being slaughtered, he dared not make a move.

However, Zhu Wushi dared not act rashly. Besides being cautious, a large part of the reason was that those archers were not his men to begin with, so their deaths were no big deal for him.

But Pang Ban is different.

Seeing the most elite archers of the Great Yuan Kingdom that he had brought being slaughtered at will, Pang Ban immediately snorted coldly and began to circulate his internal energy.

In an instant, a unique aura of heaven and earth was drawn in as Pang Ban's vital energy circulated.

However, before Pang Ban could rush out the door, he suddenly felt the air around him freeze, and his aura was locked in an instant.

A sudden feeling of unease, as if being targeted by a venomous snake, welled up from the bottom of my heart.

Sensing this unusual feeling, Pang Ban's right foot, which was about to be raised, suddenly froze, and he looked up at Gu Shaoan.

Just then, several figures completely ignored the archers being slaughtered behind them and casually crossed the Zhenwu Hall as if on a picnic.

When Zhu Wushi saw the leader, Gongzi Yu, his fist clenched tightly under his sleeve. He had just managed to maintain his composure.

As his thoughts raced, Zhu Wushi knew perfectly well that Gu Shaoan's presence on Wudang Mountain tonight was entirely due to Gongzi Yu.

But the next moment, a doubt arose in Zhu Wushi's mind.

Others may not know, but Zhu Wushi knows that everything that happened on Wudang Mountain tonight was secretly planned by Gongzi Yu.

He and Pang Ban were merely chosen to carry out the plan.

But here is the problem.

Why did Gongzi Yu suddenly seek out Gu Shaoan to disrupt his own plans?

Just as Zhu Wushi was racking his brains to figure out the current situation, Pang Ban glanced at Gongzi Yu and Gu Santong who had entered the main hall, and then turned his gaze back to Gu Shaoan.

"Are you really going to get involved in today's events?"

Gu Shaoan said calmly, "Leaving aside the relationship between Wudang and Emei, just considering the grudge between me and the Demon Master, does the Demon Master think I would stand idly by today?"

Upon hearing this, Pang Ban roared, "Fine! I'll settle all your old and new scores today."

Pang Ban's voice still echoed in the hall, and his majestic, mountain-like body had already taken the lead in launching an attack!

Without warning or needing to gather strength, the moment the thought arose, his inner energy exploded out of his body like a volcanic eruption! He didn't pounce directly on Gu Shaoan, but instead took a sharp step forward with his right foot!
"Boom--!"

This seemingly ordinary step appeared to shake the very foundation of the Zhenwu Hall! From the center of his toes, spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread for over ten feet across the hard bluestone floor.

A visible ripple of qi, mixed with deep purple-black demonic energy, spread across the ground, causing dust and gravel to rise up wherever it passed!

Using the immense force of the ground-shaking impact, Pang Ban's figure suddenly disappeared from the sight of the others around him.

When his figure was revealed in the next instant, he was already less than two zhang away from Gu Shaoan. When he swung his right fist, it seemed to be enveloped by a ball of purplish-black demonic flames, and he slammed it toward Gu Shaoan with a piercing shriek.

The force of the attack is already there before the person arrives!
A heavy, viscous, and terrifying aura, seemingly capable of sucking away souls, had completely enveloped Gu Shaoan within a radius of several feet.

The air became like a swamp, and the light seemed to be distorted and swallowed by the purplish-black demonic energy, becoming dim.

The moment everyone saw Pang Ban, they all felt a blur before their eyes.

The surrounding world instantly turned pitch black, and all that could be seen was a massive, sky-covering demonic fist that kept growing larger in their field of vision.

Just witnessing this scene, some martial artists within the Wudang Sect whose internal energy cultivation was only at the Acquired Realm or the Return to Innate Realm felt a tightness in their chests.

It can be used as a target for Pang Ban, at the moment when the spiritual energy spreads within Pang Ban's demonic seed.

Without Gu Shaoan's active control, the spiritual energy of the divine seed within his Shen Ting acupoint operated wildly on its own, so that Gu Shaoan was not affected by the spiritual energy accompanying Pang Ban's attack at all.

Facing Pang Ban's punch, Gu Shaoan remained calm and composed. He casually took a half-step forward with his left foot, and as his toes landed, a mellow yet incredibly powerful surge of internal energy was released as Gu Shaoan raised his hand.

"Ang~"

A powerful, majestic, and infinitely majestic dragon roar suddenly burst forth from his chest and resounded throughout the entire Zhenwu Hall!
The powerful true energy and unique palm force poured out like a tide, converging into a dragon-shaped energy that was nearly five zhang in size, with the dragon's body circling around Gu Shaoan.

The dragon's head enveloped Gu Shaoan's palm, roaring as it charged toward Pang Ban's fist as Gu Shaoan struck.

"Boom~"

Before the fist and palm even made actual contact, the two opposing yet equally powerful energies collided violently in mid-air.

Like a thunderclap from the heavens, the sound suddenly exploded in the hall, causing all the Wudang disciples inside to experience a ringing in their ears.

At the center of the clash between Gu Shaoan and Pang Ban's fists and palms, space seemed to distort and collapse for a moment. A ball of energy, more than ten feet in diameter and mixed with gold and purplish-black, suddenly appeared and then exploded.

"Whoo~"

The extremely violent turbulent energy flow, like an out-of-control hurricane, swept wildly in all directions from the point of impact. The surface of the nearby palace pillars was scraped away by the gale, revealing fresh wood shavings inside.

The windows on both sides of the main hall shattered simultaneously, sending countless dust and wood chips flying into the night sky outside.

At the very heart of this destructive storm, Gu Shaoan remained unmoved, while Pang Ban, after a moment of stunned silence, suddenly took a half-step back.

Feeling the tingling sensation in his fist and his entire right arm, Pang Ban suddenly looked up and stared intently at Gu Shaoan, who remained calm and composed.

His eyes flashed with a fierce demonic light, a mixture of surprise, anger, disbelief, and a deep-seated horror.

Pang Ban had already experienced Gu Shaoan's "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms" on the Golden Summit of Emei Mountain last year.

However, Pang Ban was certain that the power of the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms" that Gu Shaoan used back then was definitely not at the level it is now.

That palm strike not only contained more power and energy than before, but most importantly, it gave people a completely different feeling.

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms that Gu Shaoan used on the Golden Summit, while equally powerful and fierce, always carried a sense of weakness, as if he had deliberately restrained his strength. But now, Gu Shaoan's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms were full of power, even more fierce and fierce.

It truly possessed a kind of unstoppable, powerful, and domineering force.

This also meant that his palm strike force overwhelmingly surpassed the punch that Pang Ban had unleashed using the "Dao Xin Seed Demon Technique".

Gu Shaoan took in Pang Ban's reaction and sneered inwardly.

From that punch just now, Gu Shaoan could clearly feel that Pang Ban, who had cultivated the "Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique," had indeed greatly improved his strength.

But the key point is that in the year or so since his battle with Pang Ban on the Golden Summit of Mount Emei, Gu Shaoan's own strength has improved even more.

With a single palm strike, Gu Shaoan repelled Pang Ban, and his lips parted slightly.

"If the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique only has this much power, today the Demon Master will probably not be able to escape alive from me like he did on the Golden Summit of Emei."

The light, casual words immediately made Pang Ban's expression darken.

Before Pang Ban could think any further, Gu Shaoan's figure suddenly swayed, his body like a shapeless cloud floating in the sky, or like a reflection in the water being ruffled by the wind, becoming blurry and distorted, until he disappeared without a trace in front of Pang Ban.

Having experienced his first encounter with Gu Shaoan, the moment Gu Shaoan disappeared from his sight, Pang Ban's internal energy surged wildly as he suddenly looked up.

Sure enough, Gu Shaoan had moved to the top of his head, like a falling comet.

At this moment, Gu Shaoan looked down from his high position, his golden and white robes fluttering in the turbulent air currents of demonic energy below, which only made him appear more elegant and otherworldly.

His face was expressionless, his eyes indifferent like a god looking down upon the mortal world. He casually raised his right palm, palm down, and slowly pressed it against the Baihui acupoint on the top of Pang Ban's head.

The palm movements appear gentle and slow, without any trace of worldly concern, even conveying a sense of ethereal beauty and purity.

The seemingly light press contained layers of boundless palm force, like the reversed Milky Way or the collapse of Mount Buzhou, carrying an aura of indifference to all things, transcendence, yet domineering power.

Before the palm even arrived, a pure, lofty, yet arrogant aura had already spread out, causing Pang Ban to feel a chill in his heart.

As the palm pressed down, a peculiar aura began to gather wildly from the surroundings.

Pang Ban sensed it clearly; these auras were distinctly the power of heaven and earth.

With the support of the surrounding天地势 (heaven and earth forces), an invisible force, like a domain, suddenly spread out from Gu Shaoan as the center, enveloping Pang Ban.

As the surroundings were filled with these special energies, Pang Ban clearly felt the air around him suddenly become heavy and viscous, as if it had turned into an invisible mountain.

This seemingly casual palm strike, in Pang Ban's perception, was filled with countless variations, almost completely sealing off Pang Ban's escape route.

No matter how he tried to dodge, the hand that was pressing down on his head from the air could always follow up immediately, until it landed on the top of his head.

"The Ultimate Demon Returns to its Origin!"

Realizing there was no way to avoid it, Pang Ban let out a low roar.

With a low growl, Pang Ban crossed his arms above his head. The surging, purplish-black demonic energy around him, along with his condensed, almost tangible spiritual energy filled with chaos and a devouring intent, did not expand and crush outward as usual. Instead, it strangely and frantically collapsed inward.

It was as if an invisible black hole had suddenly appeared inside him, gathering all his vital energy and spiritual energy at the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.

In an instant, three feet above Pang Ban's head, space violently distorted. The viscous, almost liquid, purplish-black demonic energy, mixed with countless twisted and howling demonic phantoms, spun and compressed at high speed, forming a wall of energy no more than three feet in diameter, yet as solid as if it were cast from obsidian.

As soon as the wall of qi took shape, it emitted a heart-palpitating repulsive force, which actually caused Gu Shaoan's downward palm strike to pause.

Gu Shaoan had not seen Pang Ban use this move during their last encounter.

This move is clearly a martial art from the "Dao Xin Zhong Mo Da Fa" (Great Method of Planting Demons in the Heart of the Dao).

"You want to compete with me in traction?"

Gu Shaoan sneered inwardly, and his Yin and Yang energies instantly burst forth from his body, instantly drawing away the suction force emanating from the Qi wall above Pang Ban's head.

Gu Shaoan's light and graceful palm strike landed without any obstruction on the wall of qi above Pang Ban's head.

Immediately afterwards, in the eyes of the surrounding Wudang disciples and Gongzi Yu and others, Gu Shaoan's fair palm was not repelled by the powerful repulsive force of the qi wall, nor was it violently shattered with a loud bang.

Instead, it felt like pressing into a strange, viscous substance that was being heated to the point of boiling!

The solid, purplish-black qi wall began to indent clearly at the point where it touched Gu Shaoan's palm.

The energy material in the depression lost its original obsidian-like hard luster and became twisted, undulating, like mud in a deep pool stirred by an invisible force.

The highly compressed demonic energy and spiritual energy were forcibly pushed out and squeezed to the surroundings by Gu Shaoan's palm strike, but due to the viscosity of the energy itself and Pang Ban's efforts to maintain it, it violently rolled and resisted!
an inch!
Two inches!

Three inches!

With most of Gu Shaoan's hand and part of his wrist submerged in the viscous, churning purplish-black energy swamp, the protective energy wall condensed by Pang Ban using the "Dao Xin Seed Demon Technique" began to surge like boiling asphalt before collapsing with a deafening roar.

The vast and chaotic purplish-black demonic energy and the remaining spiritual energy, freed from their restraints, poured out and swept wildly in all directions like a flood bursting its banks, forming a chaotic energy shockwave mixed with pale golden purifying light. It swept across the hall, causing the clothes of the people in the distance to flutter and their cheeks to sting!

Gu Shaoan's hand, which had pierced through all obstacles, landed lightly and directly on the spot where Pang Ban's hands were crossed above his head to block, amidst the dissipating and surging purple-black energy.

"boom!"

The actual contact detonated all the power that had been blocked and compressed by the protective energy wall!
A mixed force, far more condensed, more domineering, and heavier than the one that had previously emanated through the wall of qi, seemed to have found its final outlet, pouring into Pang Ban's body without reservation, flowing down his crossed arms!

"Uh--"

Pang Ban trembled violently as if struck by lightning. His crossed arms, which were used to block, involuntarily bent downwards the moment they made contact. His majestic body, as if struck by an invisible giant mountain, sank sharply downwards!
"Boom——"

The already cracked ground beneath his feet could no longer withstand the sudden increase in terrifying pressure, and it shattered and collapsed completely.

Pang Ban's feet, along with his ankles, sank into the ground more than three inches deep in an instant. The hard stone slab cracked radially around his feet, with the cracks extending several feet away.

A sensation mixed with soreness, numbness, swelling, and pain, along with a dull tremor that penetrated straight to his internal organs, poured in from the top of his head and instantly spread throughout Pang Ban's limbs and bones. His blood and qi surged violently, and an abnormal crimson color suddenly flashed across his purplish-black face, which he forcibly suppressed.

The surging demonic energy around him dimmed and became disordered for a moment.

Pang Ban suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Shaoan, who, with the force of the recoil, had floated back down like a feather and gracefully stood back on an upright candlestick. For the first time, his eyes, which were burning with demonic light, were filled with shock and horror like a tidal wave!

"How could his strength have increased so much as well?"

　The battle strategy was adjusted several times, and the details were written a bit more thoroughly! That's why the update is a little late! Sorry!
　
(End of this chapter)