Stronger by Killing

Chapter 358 - 274: Gu Zhan, You’ve Gone Too Far

"Rumble... rumble..."

The thunderous sound of hooves crashed like mountains and seas, sending tremors across the ground. As a loud shout came from outside, many people in the square couldn’t help but look over.

Niu Pei and Jin Yuanbao, who were in the corner, stopped their discussion and glanced over, only to see billowing clouds of dust outside, an overwhelming momentum.

Jin Yuanbao suddenly sighed and said, "What a pity. The one Nangong loves is Sword One, not Gu Zhan. If it were Gu Zhan, Nangong would surely survive this ordeal today!"

Niu Pei nodded, saying, "With Gu Zhan’s domineering nature, if Nangong were his woman and this mess happened, he wouldn’t care about right or wrong—he’d back Nangong to the end. But that Sword One is hard to figure out."

Jin Yuanbao said, "I doubt Sword One will come today. With his timid character, he wouldn’t even fight back when bullied by Wei Zi’ang, and always relies on Nangong to stand up for him. With what’s happening today, I bet he won’t dare get involved."

Niu Pei said in a deep voice, "If Sword One doesn’t show up today, I’ll look down on him for the rest of my life!"

"He doesn’t have much of a choice," Jin Yuanbao replied. "His mastery of Sword Dao is incredible, but he still isn’t unmatched in the Martial World. Even if he did come, he couldn’t save Nangong. Besides, Sword King City definitely wouldn’t let him come. If he really goes all out to rescue Nangong, wouldn’t that mean an all-out war between the two sects? And Nangong is now accused of colluding with Demon Dao and killing her master!"

Niu Pei snapped coldly, "I get the logic, but Gu Zhan doesn’t have as much backing as Sword One—and I still think if it were Gu Zhan, he wouldn’t think twice in this situation!"

Jin Yuanbao nodded, "I agree. It’s just a pity it’s not Gu Zhan... Hmm," Jin Yuanbao suddenly froze, surprised. "Something’s not right!"

"What is it?" Niu Pei raised his head in surprise and instantly his face lit up with excitement. He exclaimed, "Gu Zhan couldn’t possibly be here to snatch someone, could he!"

At this moment, in the square, many people stood up, startled.

A bunch of people were asking the same question as Niu Pei.

Because Gu Zhan arrived in spectacular fashion,

Hundreds of Embroidered Uniform Guard Death God Battalion riders led the way. Behind them, no less than a thousand elite fighters, each brandishing a Steel Saber and carrying weapons on their backs, all came with murderous momentum. Especially the several hundred Death God Battalion in front; crossbows, shields, armor—all fully equipped.

Gu Zhan rode at the very front, mounted on a tall, muscular Red Fire Dragon Steed clad in heavy armor, every step sounding heavy on the stone slabs.

Arriving at the edge of the square,

Gu Zhan didn’t dismount, but spurred his horse forward without concern,

Dozens of Light Armored Cavalry spread out in a line, with the rest of the troops behind marching in perfect order, following right behind Gu Zhan, moving forward without hesitation,

The invited disciples from various sects quickly moved aside. The many Qianyu Sect disciples tried to block the way, but Gu Zhan ignored them completely, riding high and crushing past. Those Qianyu Sect disciples had no choice but to scatter and step back.

At this point,

Everyone present realized something was wrong and all glanced toward the Qianyu Sect’s upper echelons.

At the very front of the square, many tables had been arranged,

The Qianyu Sect Grand Elder, leading the Qianyu Sect core members, sat at the central seats.

Right now, Qianyu Sect Grand Elder Lian Nanfeng looked grave. Others didn’t know why Gu Zhan was coming in so fiercely, but he did. Immediately, he rose and led several people toward Gu Zhan—including his main disciple Yu Cheng.

"Palm Seal Gu, honored guest, forgive me for not welcoming you sooner!"

Lian Nanfeng started bowing to Gu Zhan from afar as he approached.

To be fair, Gu Zhan held the highest status among those attending this trial today.

Gu Zhan was the Palm Seal of Beidou Bang, one of the five top factions—a role equal to Vice Gang Leader. Among all the others, only heads of other top factions could out-rank him, but today, the representatives from those top factions were just Elders.

Among the other super first-rate or first-rate sects, quite a few Sect Leaders came, but their standing in the Martial World was naturally no match for Gu Zhan.

So Lian Nanfeng personally welcoming Gu Zhan made perfect sense.

"Boom!"

As Gu Zhan halted, all his troops stopped promptly behind him. The synchronized movement and imposing aura felt immense; hundreds of Red Fire Dragon Steeds pawing at the ground, the presence was overwhelming.

Gu Zhan stayed mounted, holding a horsewhip in his hand, leaning forward slightly, looking down at Lian Nanfeng’s group. He spoke calmly, "My presence here today—what’s really going on, would you all care to enlighten me?"

Lian Nanfeng hurriedly cupped his hands, "Palm Seal Gu, my deepest apologies. I failed to govern my sect properly, leading my disciples astray, causing misunderstanding between our two factions. I’m truly sorry. I’ve already severely punished the offending disciples, and after the Qianyu Sect resolves its matters today, I was planning to bring the culprit to Beidou Bang to apologize!"

Gu Zhan gave a slight laugh, saying, "No need for all that trouble. We can settle things right here and now."

"Well..." Lian Nanfeng seemed troubled. "Palm Seal Gu, my sect has suffered misfortune—a traitor appeared, colluded with Demon Dao and murdered her master. We must deal with it. Could the old man be allowed to clean the house first...?"

"What’s that got to do with me!"

Gu Zhan’s voice grew stern, "Your Qianyu Sect’s affairs are not my concern. Why should Beidou Bang wait for you? I’ll say this once: a life for a life is only fair. Today your disciple Yu Cheng led a group to kill six of my Beidou Bang disciples. Hand those culprits over to me, and I’ll leave at once—won’t interfere with your business!"