CHAPTER 494: CHAPTER 271: BATTLE WITH CHU XINGCHEN

Although Gu Sheng’s cultivation was slightly inferior, he often relied on his powerful physique and uncanny movement technique to turn danger into safety.

Just when everyone thought the battle would descend into a stalemate, Chu Xingchen suddenly activated the Dragon Ball. The lightning in the heavens above grew even fiercer, as if it aimed to devour Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng’s expression grew grave. He knew this was Chu Xingchen’s killing move.

Hardening his resolve, he decided to take a risky gamble. In secret, he activated the Purple Vine Demon Soul stored within his spatial ring, preparing a "surprise" for Chu Xingchen.

Just as Chu Xingchen’s lightning was about to strike Gu Sheng, Gu Sheng suddenly employed the Shadow Concealment Skill and vanished on the spot.

Chu Xingchen was startled, but it was already too late to withdraw his attack.

At that moment, Gu Sheng reappeared, now behind Chu Xingchen.

Wielding the Thirsty Blood Battle Axe, he swung fiercely toward Chu Xingchen’s back.

Chu Xingchen reacted swiftly, dodging like a flash of lightning. A dangerous aura swept over him, and he instinctively sensed that something was amiss.

Just as he prepared to counterattack, a powerful corrosive force suddenly surged from behind him.

Turning his head, he saw a thick purple vine coiling around him, rapidly corroding his flesh.

Startled and horrified, Chu Xingchen hadn’t expected Gu Sheng to possess such a method.

He struggled desperately to break free of the vine’s grasp, but it was too late.

The corrosive force of the vine was impossibly strong, reducing his body to nothing but decay in an instant.

Chu Xingchen’s soul fled his body, his eyes filled with bitterness and terror.

Glaring at Gu Sheng, he roared in fury, "Gu Sheng, you are ruthless!"

Gu Sheng sneered coldly. "Chu Xingchen, in this world, the victor is king, and the defeated are nothing! This is your fate!"

With Chu Xingchen’s demise, the elites of Chu Country and the prince’s forces began to crumble rapidly.

Gu Sheng and his allies seized the moment, launching a pursuit that annihilated this contingent of enemy troops in one fell swoop.

The Purple Vine Demon Soul rampaged across the battlefield, its overwhelming power leaving everyone in awe.

Its massive body swept through the battlefield like a colossal purple dragon, each swing accompanied by agonized screams and the extinguishing of countless lives.

"Chzzt, chzzt, chzzt..."

Wherever the vine passed, only bare bones remained, as though life had never existed there to begin with.

Its corrosive force had reached an astonishing level; even heavily armored soldiers couldn’t withstand it for more than a moment.

Standing to the side, Gu Sheng’s gaze was piercingly cold.

He could feel the deep bond between himself and the vine—an almost blood-linked connection that filled him with unwavering confidence in the creature.

"Gu Sheng, this Purple Vine Demon Soul is too frightening. We must find a way to deal with it!"

A high-level martial artist from Chu Country furrowed his brow in deep concern.

Gu Sheng sneered. "If any of you think you have what it takes, feel free to try."

Before his voice had even faded, several more high-level martial artists charged at the vine.

Armed with a variety of weapons, they attempted to sever the vine.

The vine’s surface was incredibly resilient—no matter how sharp the weapons, they could barely scratch it.

Instead, the vine’s tendrils quickly coiled upward, binding those martial artists tightly.

A potent corrosive force emanated from the tendrils, instantly reducing those martial artists to white bones.

The shocking scenes left the Chu Country leaders dumbfounded.

Nobody could have imagined the Purple Vine Demon Soul would be this formidable.

Just then, a martial artist from the Marrow Refining Realm, brandishing an enormous scythe, charged at the vine.

His eyes gleamed with determination as if confident he would triumph over the Purple Vine Demon Soul.

"Take this!"

He shouted powerfully, his scythe slicing through the air with a fierce wind, aiming straight at the vine.

The vine, sensing the power of this strike, quickly contracted its form, dodging the fierce blow.

The martial artist seemed to have anticipated this. With a sudden pivot, he swung the scythe again, this time cleaving into one of the vine’s tendrils.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound echoed as the vine’s tendril was severed in two by the sharp scythe.

Gu Sheng’s expression darkened. He could feel the sharp pain transmitted from the vine.

That agony seemed to strike directly at his soul, almost unbearable.

"The host and the vine are one; its injury reflects onto me," Gu Sheng thought grimly to himself.

Taking a deep breath, he forcefully suppressed the pain in his heart and stared icily at the Marrow Refining Realm martial artist.

"Impressive technique!" Gu Sheng chuckled coldly. "But just you alone isn’t enough to deal with the vine."

The martial artist appeared equally serious. "Gu Sheng, this Purple Vine Demon Soul is indeed powerful. But I’m no easy prey. Today, let me put an end to it!"

With these words, he swung the scythe again, charging straight for the vine.

Gu Sheng also moved, joining the vine to face the enemy together.

Under the joint assault of Gu Sheng’s Great Vajra Palm and the vine, the martial artist quickly fell.

"Swoosh!"

The Jade Maiden Sword swept out, unleashing a mighty stream of Sword Qi that cleaved the martial artist in two. Blood splattered everywhere in a gruesome spectacle.

Gu Sheng stood at the center of the battlefield, with the vine whipping around him wildly. Each vine moved like a serpent darting from its hole, so fast they were nearly impossible to track with the naked eye.

His eyes glinted coldly, while his heart remained calm.

Princess Zishuang stood nearby, utterly entranced by the sight. She clapped her hands lightly and praised,

"Gu Sheng, you are indeed the pride of Liang!"

Emperor Yun Wu of Liang was even more ecstatic, shouting in excitement, "To have a son-in-law like Gu Sheng! The future of our Liang Kingdom is limitless!"

Unmoved by their words, Gu Sheng focused his mind, and the vine’s tendrils burst apart like a volley of arrows. Each segment transformed into a streak of purple light, darting toward the Chu forces.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Everywhere the streaks of purple light passed, soldiers from Chu screamed and collapsed. Their bodies swiftly corroded into white bones under the vine’s effects.

These blood-soaked and horrifying scenes caused the morale of the Chu army to plummet dramatically.