Empress: My husband is too strong, I can only lie down and relax.

Chapter 41 Ancient Ruins, Slaying Yun Yanran!

Not only that, he also discovered that Gu Jiancheng, who was already at the top of the list, had an astonishing score of 630,000 points!

That's almost twice as much as Mo Shang!

"No, that's absolutely impossible."

"Lord Wu, is there something wrong with the list?"

Finally, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master regained his senses and roared at the white-robed elder.

"It shouldn't be. The nameplate was personally crafted by the Lord of the Manor, so there's no way it could be wrong. At the very least, we can guarantee that Gu Jiancheng obtained a great deal of ferocious beast energy."

The old man in white narrowed his eyes slightly; he didn't believe it either, but he couldn't prove it.

Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Ye Liangchen again.

It's no coincidence that Gu Jiancheng surged to first place right after he was eliminated.

"Master, we have indeed encountered countless ferocious beast auras!"

Ye Liangchen was surprised that Gu Jiancheng had surged to the top of the leaderboard, and then recounted everything that had just happened.

But upon hearing this, everyone became even more puzzled...

Meanwhile, at the Ancient Beast Abyss.

Looking at the updated points leaderboard on the nameplate in their hands, Su Wanzhi and the others were all astonished.

"Good, good, good! This Senior Brother Gu is really unpredictable. We were just worried about him, and now he's directly climbed to the top of the list!"

"Senior sister, how did he do that?" Su Wanzhi asked Yun Shuiyao.

But Yun Shuiyao simply let out a sigh of relief, then shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

She didn't care what achievements Gu Jiancheng made, as long as she was sure he was alright.

“Then you stay here, I will go deeper into the world.”

"protect yourself."

After saying this, Yunshuiyao leaped up and headed towards the depths of the Beast Abyss.

She had confirmed the safety of all the disciples of the Tai Xuan Sect. The next four days were not only crucial for the ranking competition, but also because Gu Jiancheng was located on the other side of the Beast Abyss, and she needed to get there as soon as possible.

Beast Abyss, Central Region.

Mo Shang's black ribbons fluttered in the wind as he stood proudly on the cliff, holding a trident, gazing into the depths of the Beast Abyss shrouded in fierce mist.

"The rankings have changed, haven't they?"

Suddenly, Mo Shang spoke.

Yun Yanran behind him trembled slightly, then pursed her lips and said, "Yes, someone has reached the top of the list."

"Hehe, as expected, it's Yunshuiyao, isn't it?" Mo Shang remained calm and composed.

"No, no, it's Gu Jiancheng."

"Who?" Mo Shang was taken aback upon hearing this, and turned his face slightly to the side.

He seemed to have heard the name before, but he couldn't remember it...

At the same time, Gu Jiancheng had already put away the Nine-Bend Demon Lotus in front of the cliff.

Now, nourished by the Blood River of the ferocious beast, this lotus has become even more alluring, and its grade has even been upgraded.

Even those at the Dao Palace Realm would find it impossible to resist the allure of the Nine-Bend Demon Lotus now, and its fragrance spreads even more rapidly.

"It is indeed necessary to speed things up."

Gu Jiancheng muttered something, then threw the nameplate into the Langhuan Pendant, and with the Nine-Bend Demon Lotus in his hand, he activated his Dao Palace Realm speed and sped towards the core.

He needs to hunt more ferocious beasts to ensure he obtains more beast cores and maintains an absolute lead in points!

As for the mineral veins, let the silver ant mine them slowly.

Thus, over the next two days, apart from Yunshuiyao, all the prodigies from various sects in the central region of the Ancient Beast Abyss discovered an extremely strange thing.

That is, they are encountering fewer and fewer ferocious beasts!

This not only caused Mo Shang and Xing Feng to slow down their scoring speed, but even on the fifth night of the competition, Yun Shuiyao's score had surpassed Mo Shang's, and she had moved into second place!

But looking at Gu Jiancheng, who is at the top of the list, his points have even reached 1.8 million!

This score is higher than the combined scores of the bottom nine!

Xing Feng, a member of the Heavenly Sword Sect, stood atop a towering peak, gazing down at the densely packed skeletons of ferocious beasts, his facial muscles twitching involuntarily.

"Damn it, I'm too late again!"

Starting from the third day, he noticed that he encountered fewer and fewer ferocious beasts, but he could find large numbers of their corpses along the way.

This led him to conclude that Gu Jiancheng must be right in front of him.

No matter how fast he increased his speed, he could never catch up.

He couldn't understand how Gu Jiancheng could kill so many ferocious beasts.

This is simply unbelievable.

But what he could never have imagined was that Gu Jiancheng had already reached the core area of ​​the Ancient Beast Abyss...

"Oh? There's an ancient city here?"

At this moment, Gu Jiancheng looked at the ancient city before him, which resembled a black behemoth crawling on the earth, and his expression changed slightly.

This was the first ancient ruin he had ever seen in the Ancient Beast Abyss.

The ancient city was pitch black, as if it had been soaked in blood and turned ink-black after being weathered by endless wind and frost.

But this color made the not-so-large city appear even more desolate and eerie.

Moreover, the ancient city was currently shrouded in a magical array, and energy ripples would occasionally spread outwards.

Even with Gu Jiancheng's Insightful Eyes activated, he discovered that not only did this ancient city contain an extremely powerful aura of ancient beasts, but it also concealed an extremely obscure and mysterious energy.

Even his divine eyes could not discern anything at this moment.

"Hehe, this is getting interesting."

Withdrawing his gaze, Gu Jiancheng chuckled and headed towards the gate of Gu City.

He was the first disciple of the four sects to arrive here, even though there was a high possibility that there were ferocious beasts at the Dao Palace level within this ancient city.

However, this posed no threat to Gu Jiancheng, who had already advanced to the Dao Palace Realm.

Besides, he still has the Langhuan Pendant, so even if he can't win, protecting himself isn't difficult.

A moment later, Gu Jiancheng stood in front of the city gate, spent 1000 favorability points to exchange for a copy of the 'Yin Yang Heavenly Observation Technique' from the system, and then immediately began to learn it.

Although this technique is only the first volume, it contains all the inheritances related to arrays, including Earth-rank array talismans and other array-related techniques.

1000 points of favorability are definitely not cheap, but it's always good to have more skills, and you'll have to master them sooner or later anyway, so Gu Jiancheng only felt sorry for him for a second.

Immediately, using his rudimentary understanding of the art of observing the heavens, he placed his hand on the city gate and began to break the formation. In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he pushed open the city gate and entered.

Then the city gates closed again, and the restrictions were restored to normal.

Immediately afterwards, the entire ancient city trembled slightly, seemingly accompanied by the roars and howls of ferocious beasts, but after only a moment, everything returned to normal.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Thus, on the sixth night, three figures appeared almost simultaneously in front of the ancient city.

Following behind Mo Shang, Yun Yanran, filled with resentment and jealousy, looked at Yun Shuiyao walking towards them, her beautiful face contorted with a fierce expression.

"Yunshuiyao?"

"You actually dare to show your face in front of me?"

Yun Yanran raised her long sword and pointed it at Yun Shuiyao.

"The grudge of having my soul stolen should be settled today."

But Yun Shuiyao's steps did not stop at all, and she continued to move forward.

"Yun Shuiyao, you are indeed very strong now, but I still have Brother Mo Shang to help me. You have no right to be arrogant in front of me!"

Yun Yanran was shocked and furious, and her aura continued to rise.

"Mo Shang? Third on the leaderboard? He's still far behind Jian Chengke." Yun Shuiyao sneered.

"Shut up!"

"Your husband cheated by using talismans; he's no match for my brother Mo Shang!" Yun Yanran roared.

This was her and Mo Shang's final guess. In short, they absolutely did not believe that anyone could hunt ferocious beasts at such a speed to gain points.

"Further words are useless; let's see if he can save your life!"

hum!

At this moment, Yun Shuiyao had clearly lost all patience. Her purple spear suddenly rose, and the phantom of the Nether Phoenix Soul flashed above her head. Then, terrifying Netherworld energy poured into the spear, which in the next instant transformed into a dazzling spear light and shot out!

"Mysterious Condensation Breaks Through the Azure Sky!"

This is the supreme skill of Xuan Ning Peak. Although it is only a high-grade Xuan-level inheritance, Yun Shuiyao has cultivated it to the Great Perfection realm.

In fact, there was already a hint of 'momentum' in that spear's edge.

In an instant, the void seemed to shatter, the air turned into frost, and the rocks underfoot cracked under the force of the spear.

Even though Yun Yanran had unleashed her strongest sword strike immediately, the sword energy was like a clay chicken or a clay dog, and was shattered in an instant!

"Brother Mo Shang, save me!"

Yun Yanran looked horrified.

To her surprise, Mo Shang, who was standing in front of the city gate, seemed not to hear her and did not even turn around.

boom!

The next moment, before she could even crush the nameplate, Yun Yanran was annihilated by a single shot, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

Only when Mo Shang, standing before the city gate, raised his halberd and dispersed the aftershocks did he turn around.

At the same time, Wuchen from Mount Fanjing and Xingfeng from the Heavenly Sword Sect also descended.

They witnessed this scene firsthand.

At this moment, looking at Yunshuiyao, his expression was extremely cold and stern.

This rising star of the Tai Xuan Sect has such terrifying combat power?

Even they might not have been able to withstand that shot safely.

What surprised them even more was that Mo Shang of Ziwei Pavilion, who was theoretically the strongest fighter, did not intervene to save Yun Yanran.

Why not take action?

Yunshuiyao held the purple spear, her imposing aura undiminished.

"No other reason than that trash is not worthy of entering this city."

"Gentlemen, let's join forces to break the formation. This city is no small matter."

Mo Shang, holding the trident, spoke calmly.

It seems that Yun Yanran's death had nothing to do with him.

"Join forces?"

"Break the formation?"

The three of them exchanged a glance and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.

Who would have thought that there would be a day of cooperation?

“That’s right. My mastery of formations is unparalleled in the four sects, so you only need to assist me from the side.”

Mo Shang nodded, his tone extremely calm, and then turned around, about to raise his hand to break the formation.

"Buzz!"

But at that moment, the ancient city stone gate behind him suddenly opened slowly amidst a buzzing sound!