Light Fortress-Chapter 1391 - 173: Death Is Not the End (Part 2)

The Jiadi Saint couldn’t hear anything.

Gu Shen slowly emerged from the darkness of the eaves, no longer concealing his face, aura, or identity.

"It’s really you..."

The shadow trembled inside.

At the same time, the ominous feeling in his heart reached its peak.

Revealing one’s true face meant... a fight to the death was imminent!

"Yes, it’s me."

Gu Shen said calmly, "How do you want to die?"

"Tear!"

His response was a sudden, dazzling flash of silver blade light!

Breaking Source started it.

The shadow didn’t choose to retreat; he followed the guidance within and opted for a desperate counterattack. His choice was correct because the "Pure Land" had completely encompassed this small courtyard. If the shadow decided to avoid the fight and escape, the only consequence would be one.

Death!

Of course.

The choice now... is essentially the same.

Gu Shen chuckled softly, his body swaying slightly, perfectly dodging the blade, then pressing out with a single palm.

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

The Breaking Source missed, the second blade specialized in tearing through matter, slashed at Gu Shen’s forearm!

Clang!

Metallic sheen and sparks flew!

In this world, some materials are incredibly hard to destroy.

For instance, the "nameless hard iron" Gu Shen brought from the Tundra’s tomb bottom. The shadow’s unexpected strike, with its "tear" trait, landed on the forearm covered by "Iron Throne" only produced a dull ringing!

In the end, Gu Shen was unscathed, only a corner of his sleeve was shredded!

From the start of this confrontation, the shadow had no chance of winning!

Underneath the black clothing, apart from the iron-scaled skin covering his body, Gu Shen also wore the Sixth-Order Source Armor gifted by the North Continent... This was top-level protective equipment capable of withstanding the frontal explosion of a "child," comparable to a Titled Level’s explosive power!

An ordinary Fourth-Order couldn’t even hope to break through the defenses!

"Boom!"

Gu Shen took the shadow’s twin blade slash head-on, then simply stepped forward.

Gathering power, he punched!

This punch exploded with a cannonball-like sound, striking the opponent’s abdomen, causing the shadow to bend and fly backward, crashing against the small courtyard, causing the walls to crumble while blue frost spread.

Great Cold Frost and Snow formed a large surrounding circle!

This was the domain application Gu Shen comprehended after fighting with the Vermilion Bird in the Northern Ridge—

Since the Nanli Token can form a barrier, so too can his "Pure Land"!

Before the battle began, the deep courtyard of residence W4 had already been completely shrouded by Gu Shen’s "Pure Land" domain, becoming a perfectly closed single combat arena!

"You can’t escape."

Gu Shen said calmly, "If you want to live... you’ll have to fight desperately. Give it a try, maybe there’s a slight chance."

He extended his hand, beckoning the shadow to stand up.

Gu Shen never showed mercy to such enemies; on ordinary days, he would have simply killed them with one strike.

But now he was in the Breakthrough stage.

Although there were many Fourth-Order opponents, high-quality life-and-death battles were hard to find.

A shadow assassin who believed in the light, when truly desperate... should unleash considerable power. If this shadow’s will to live was strong enough, it might aid Gu Shen in his Breakthrough.

"Aaaaaa—"

A surge of anger flared up in the shadow’s heart. He was the temple’s most prized genius assassin, when had he ever experienced such humiliation!

Breaking Source was reversed, instantly slashing in a circle.

The "coldness" surrounding him shattered instantly!

He stepped on the frost and snow, exploding with incredible speed, the twin blades instantly slashing out nearly a hundred blade lights—

"Screech screech screech screech!"

The blade lights danced like fluttering butterflies. Gu Shen, hands behind his back, retreated calmly, slightly furrowing his brows.

He abandoned other offensive means, choosing only to wield "Chi Huo" to fight!

A wisp of flame, guided by his mind, sketched in mid-air, dancing alongside the blade light slashed by the shadow!

For a moment, the small courtyard filled with a dazzling dance of blade light and raging fire.

The shadow’s blades were fast, but... not fast enough!

This was an assassin lurking in darkness, seeking a kill with a single strike.

Once engaged in a direct battle... no matter how determined to die, it couldn’t change one fact.

The first strike out of the sheath was the strongest, each subsequent strike weaker. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

These blade lights no longer had the eerie precision Gu Shen witnessed during the shadow’s assassination of the Vermilion Bird in the forest.

In a frontal confrontation, the pressure the shadow applied was negligible; it was indeed a life-or-death battle, but thinking it would aid in a Breakthrough was wishful thinking.

Gu Shen stopped retreating, suddenly halting his steps.

Ahead were hundreds of interconnected blade lights, with both Breaking Source and tearing blades unleashed. Ultimately, Gu Shen still, as before, extended an arm, employing the simplest and most brutal method—

Use overwhelming force to overcome all techniques!

Iron-scaled skin and Sixth-Order Source Armor directly withstood all Breaking Source’s tearing attacks.

The courtyard resounded with myriad crisp clangs.

Finally, the small courtyard returned to tranquility.

Gu Shen’s palm rested on the shadow’s forehead.

He said calmly, "What a pity, given the chance... you were useless."

Chi Huo burned.

The shadow’s eyes widened, his pupils engulfed by intense flames.

"The Southern Continent’s envoy should be arriving soon."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Otherwise you wouldn’t die so easily in the real world. I would use the torture suffered by the ’Neutrals’ on you... let you taste the pain of having your eyes gouged and limbs severed. But no worries, we’ll have the chance to make up for this regret soon."