Lack of talent? I'll buy a year's worth of cultivation for one dollar!

Gu Yuan stood still.

His plain white robe no longer fluttered.

Those deep eyes, which contained the very essence of the universe's birth and death, were now fixed intently on Su Yu's palm.

Staring at that absolute darkness that represented annihilation.

There are no rules.

No energy.

A flow without cause and effect.

That was the purest, most utterly annihilating spear intent, without the slightest trace of impurity.

silence.

This small world, constructed by the laws of the realm master, fell into a deathly silence that lasted for half an incense stick's time.

Su Yu remained calm, his deep, restrained eyes showing no emotion.

He stood there quietly, holding up the darkness, waiting for the sect leader to continue.

at last.

"well……"

A long sigh, filled with endless complexity and vicissitudes, slowly escaped from Gu Yuan's mouth.

The sigh broke the deathly silence of the small world.

The sand grains suspended in mid-air, having lost the support of the laws of nature, plummeted down with a soft rustling sound.

A particularly helpless, bitter smile appeared on Gu Yuan's eternally unchanging face.

He looked at Su Yu.

In his eyes, there was that sense of looking down on someone who was once the master of the realm and an elder.

At this moment, it completely vanished.

Instead, there is a true sense of equality.

"you!"

Gu Yuan pointed at Su Yu with his finger, his tone carrying three parts self-mockery and seven parts admiration.

"I've seen many prodigies."

"I have personally taught those peerless geniuses who are said to appear only once every few eras."

Gu Yuan shook his head.

"But, a prodigy like you..."

"I have truly never seen anything like it before!"

In that instant, Gu Yuan's mindset underwent a dramatic change.

He no longer regarded Su Yu as a young junior who needed to be disciplined and tempered.

He comprehended the profound meaning of the realm master in half a day.

Subdued the strange thunder in a second.

Now, after just one glance, he instantly crossed the insurmountable barrier and comprehended the essence of the Annihilation Spear.

Faced with this monster that defies the fundamental logic of the universe.

beat?

That would be utterly self-humiliating.

Gu Yuan took a deep breath and suppressed his majesty as a realm lord.

He had already regarded the eighteen-year-old boy in front of him as a fellow traveler on the path of martial arts.

"That's enough."

Gu Yuan's expression returned to its calm and composed state.

"Now that you've crossed this threshold..."

"Then I will teach you the true method of applying this profound mystery of Nirvana."

Gu Yuan put his hands behind his back, and his voice became exceptionally solemn.

"Use the will of martial arts to unleash the power of profound techniques."

"In essence, it is the rule of energy."

"When you used your ultimate technique before, you were using your primordial blood to fill the energy gap. This is like trying to forcibly move a star with your physical body—it's strenuous and unsustainable."

"And now."

"Use the intent of annihilation as the core."

"The intent of the gun itself is a rule that erases everything."

Gu Yuan slowly raised his right hand.

"When the rules are established, the destructive energy of the profound mystery has a core. It no longer requires you to provide massive amounts of vital energy."

"It will automatically draw upon the fundamental laws of the universe and transform them into the most lethal killing move."

"Not only can it maintain its power."

"It can even make the ultimate technique more powerful than before."

The words fell.

Gu Yuan gently swept his left hand across the void.

hum.

A strange stone, its entire body a deep, dark black, its surface covered with natural star patterns, appeared out of nowhere on the red earth between the two of them.

As soon as the stone appeared, the surrounding space creaked under its weight.

It was as if even the laws of space could not bear its weight.

"This item is called the Star Abyss Immortal Stone."

Gu Yuan looked at the stones on the ground, his tone calm.

"It comes from the deepest reaches of the starry abyss on the edge of the universe."

"Its hardness has reached an extreme that defies common sense."

"Even a true peak World Lord level expert, with a full-force attack, cannot leave even a single white mark on its surface."

Gu Yuan provided a precise positioning.

"This is an immortal-grade forging material."

"Only an immortal being can forge and shatter it."

Su Yu's gaze sharpened as he looked at the dark, murky stone.

Immortal-grade material.

This means that its defensive capabilities have reached the ceiling of the laws of the universe.

Gu Yuan didn't offer any further explanation.

He raised his right hand again.

Five fingers, loosely clenched into a fist.

hum-

The intent of annihilation fist took shape suddenly in the palm.

It was a darkness that erased all cause and effect and nothingness.

Followed by.

A flash of dark purple lightning appeared in Gu Yuan's eyes.

"In recent years, when I had nothing to do, I also tried to comprehend the thunder laws of the Grand Elder's lineage."

"Although it has not been pushed to its ultimate limit."

"but."

Suddenly, a wisp of extremely violent dark purple tribulation lightning leaped up from Gu Yuan's fist.

"Attach it to the intent of the Annihilation Fist, and use it as a weapon of slaughter."

"The speed and penetration of lightning, combined with the annihilation of annihilation."

"Its power is unparalleled."

Gu Yuan's expression remained composed.

He did not unleash any earth-shattering aura or blood pressure.

It did not trigger any vast domains.

He simply raised his fist.

Facing the Star Abyss Immortal Stone on the ground.

It smashed down casually.

boom.

A dull thud, as if striking the depths of the soul.

There was no leakage of residual energy.

There was no violent oscillation in space.

All the power, all the rules, were perfectly concentrated into a single point at the moment of contact.

Gu Yuan withdrew his fist.

Hands behind back.

Su Yu looked down.

On that Star Abyss Immortal Stone, which is said to be so difficult for even a peak Realm Lord to leave a white mark on.

A clear crack appeared.

The crack is not deep.

But it really did crack.

This means that Gu Yuan, who was only at the level of a World Lord, unleashed a terrifying destructive power comparable to that of an Immortal-level expert with this punch!

"This is the power of the combination of will and profound mystery."

Gu Yuan spoke in a calm tone, as if he had only done a trivial matter.

"No original blood was consumed."

"The sheer number of rules is enough to shake even immortal-level materials."

Then.

Gu Yuan flipped his wrist.

An ancient jade slip floated into Su Yu's hand.

"This is my cultivation experience regarding the combination of will and profound mysteries."

"Take this and study it carefully."

Gu Yuan looked at Su Yu, his expression becoming extremely serious.

"However, I must remind you."

"This road is difficult."

"Extremely difficult."

Gu Yuan raised one finger.

"Because you are going to combine the intent of the Annihilation Spear with your profound fusion technique."

"This involves three extremely complicated levels."

"First layer, parallel."

"You need to simultaneously maintain the stripping away of martial will and the collapse of profound energy. Doing two things at once will only lead to a backlash of mental energy if you are not careful."

Gu Yuan raised his second finger.

"The second layer, fusion."

"You need to forcefully inject the power of the profound technique into the framework of the spear intent. Both are extremes of destruction, with extremely strong exclusivity. The fusion process is extremely dangerous. Once it gets out of control, you will be blown to nothingness by your own power."

Finally, Gu Yuan raised his third finger.

A deep sense of apprehension flickered in his eyes.

"Third layer, replacement."

"This is the most crucial, and also the most fatal, step."

"You need to completely cut off the energy supply from the source blood, and at the moment when the profound meaning is about to collapse, use the power of the rules inherent in the spear intent to replace the original energy circuit."