Light Fortress-Chapter 1552 - 244: Tiger Taming (First Update)
"Gu Shen... you’re not dead."
Cloud Tiger stared fiercely at the man with a sallow face before him.
Tanyao erupted, Sangzhou Cave sank.
News of Gu Shen’s death spread across the Five Continents—
This matter has been over for five years!
For these five years, the Source Tower Divine Envoy hasn’t stopped mocking the Changye Investigation Team, this cold case had already been closed for five years, yet now he saw the living!
Absurd, how absurd?
"Sorry, I’m still alive."
Gu Shen spoke indifferently, throwing the [Cloud Ring] at Cloud Tiger’s face with a soft slap.
The latter’s expression grew even darker and uglier.
The moment Cloud Tiger saw the ring, he understood everything...
The Cloud Ship fell into dead silence, each Transcendent present had heard of this name, but five years is long, and many had forgotten Gu Shen.
Those who remembered, only vaguely recalled that this name was once very prominent in the Five Continents.
"East Continent... you really know how to act..."
Cloud Tiger chuckled softly, "No wonder the investigation team has been silent since..."
Gu Shen raised his eyebrow.
He was too lazy to explain, squatting down, he looked at this "old friend," the Divine Envoy he hadn’t seen in a long time, and gently greeted, "In these five years, you must have bullied Gu Xiaoman a lot, right?"
Cloud Tiger froze for a second.
In his consciousness, the name Gu Xiaoman was not connected to Gu Shen at all.
The [Cloud Mirror] mission from those years was sabotaged by an unknown "Transcendent from Light City."
To retrieve the mission target, Zhu Que even died in Sangzhou Cave.
Later, Red Dragon returned safely with the little girl called "Gu Xiaoman," no one knew what actually happened in the process, nor did anyone know who that mysterious Transcendent who acted and plundered was, all truths were buried in the dust of history... The Sky Divine Throne exceptionally favored this gifted little girl, the Light City delegates especially went to the Upper City to apologize.
Thus.
The cause and effect ended.
West Continent and Central Continent established a solid diplomatic relationship and gradually became allies.
"Gu Xiaoman... what does she have to do with you?"
Cloud Tiger looked up with a shocked expression.
Slap!
An ear-splitting slap!
Gu Shen casually slapped him, sending Cloud Tiger flying sideways, his head smashing heavily into the left inlaid metallic wall of the Cloud Ship.
He responded to Cloud Tiger with only two simple words.
"Guess?"
"Gu Shen!"
Cloud Tiger, suddenly slapped for no reason, was burning with fury, countless cloud-like fumes gathered behind him, forming a snow-white divine tiger, domain spreading!
But in the next moment.
The pressure of Great Achievement [Pure Land] descended!
The white tiger shattered instantly.
Slap!
The second slap sent him from the left side of the Cloud Ship to the right side.
"..."
The divine envoy candidates on the Cloud Ship watched this scene, thunderstruck.
In their hearts.
Lord Cloud Tiger, among the mundane, was the embodiment of "invincibility!"
Although he couldn’t compare to the Divine Throne.
But he was one of the legendary four divine envoys indeed!
Source Tower Divine Envoy, second only to one, above millions... no matter which continent he traveled to, he was a revered strong figure!
Strongest of the same rank, strongest of the same age!
The Transcendents in history who firmly held the position of divine envoy for more than five years all became Titled without exception, and Lord Cloud Tiger has been on the position of divine envoy for more than a decade... Lately, there have been rumors constantly spreading saying Lord Cloud Tiger is just one step away from Titled, leading to the present divine envoy trial!
Titled, how could he be beaten like this?
"I advise you to behave."
Gu Shen looked at Cloud Tiger’s blood-spattered, swollen cheeks with sympathy and softly said, "Otherwise, the next slap might kill you."
Cloud Tiger, whose domain was thoroughly crushed by Pure Land, was already somewhat lost.
His whole being was in a bewildered state.
That Dao heart was near collapse.
"Impossible..."
"Is this really Gu Shen?"
"How could he be so strong?!"
Deep in Cloud Tiger’s heart, such questions kept surfacing.
Five years ago, he had seen Gu Shen, even had the idea of slapping this guy to death, unfortunately, in that mission, he never had the chance to directly confront Gu Shen.
Back then half of the limelight among the younger generation in the Five Continents was taken by Gu Shen alone.
Cloud Tiger prided himself as a prodigy, naturally very upset seeing this.
Yet he never felt Gu Shen was that formidable, especially that oft-mentioned "S-grade"...
He could go to East Continent for that lousy Transcendent test, didn’t he also have an S-grade?
At this moment.
His confidence was shattered by Gu Shen’s two slaps.
"I will ask, and you will answer next."
Gu Shen said calmly, "Everyone on this ship has participated in the hunt for Gu Xiaoman, right?"
"..."
With this question, the atmosphere on the ship changed a bit.
After Pure Land enveloped it, the entire Cloud Ship was like falling into an ice cave.
The temperature here dropped to minus thirty degrees.
Everyone shivered, their lips covered in a layer of blue.
Even those young prodigies whose Extraordinary Realm reached seven or eight levels, with domain embryos to protect them, found it hard to withstand.
But no one dared make a sound.
In their view, Gu Shen at this moment was far more terrifying than the Red Shadow who had slashed the ship earlier, far more terrifying!
Dong Lai Yue, Sidal were even paler, they almost looked at Cloud Tiger with eyes of prayer, Gu Shen came for reckoning, at this last moment, they did not hope Gu Shen would stay his hand, they only hoped Lord Cloud Tiger could provide Sanctuary...
However, Lord Yun Hu did not even look at the Cloud Ship enforcers.
After being slapped twice.
His entire body began to tremble, glaring at Gu Shen as if in fury, but deep in his pupils, there was only fear.
Yun Hu fell into a frenzied and deranged state.
His Dao heart fractured, and waves surged in his Heart Lake.
"Gu Shen is far stronger than me..."
"I can’t withstand even a single move..."
"Not even one move..."
The waves surged repeatedly, washing over him time and again.
The proud and arrogant Dao heart started its final struggle.
"No..."
"I am unwilling..."
"I, Yun Hu, am a genius destined to achieve the Divine Position of the Lord of Wine!"
"How can I lose to Gu Shen?!"
The chaotic, furious, and terrified pupils gradually became unified.
The boundary trapping Yun Hu for so long broke with a crack.
The first layer of the domain [Heavenly Cloud], and the second layer [Fierce Tiger], began to unite at this moment.
"Gu Shen!"
Yun Hu suddenly raised his head and roared out in anger!
His Dao heart, once on the verge of shattering, made a breakthrough in desperation, reborn in the Dead Sea.
At this moment, his Spirit Sea expanded rapidly, and the frozen domain that had him tightly restrained was shattered and broken—
Breakthrough!
Yun Hu broke through! Achieving a title!
Countless heavenly clouds swirled and swept, falling from the Skytop in an instant, enveloping the collapsing Cloud Ship, uniting the [Heavenly Cloud] and [Fierce Tiger] domains perfectly, shattering the ice swiftly, and Yun Hu stood up powerfully. After breaking through the boundary, he was energetic and governed by Fang Yun.
Those Source Tower Enforcers saw hope.
Unfortunately.
Hope shattered in the next second.
Slap!
Gu Shen, expressionless, sent a third slap out.
Yun Hu, who had just stood up, had no time to dodge. The countless cloud energy surrounding him for defense couldn’t even block for 0.1 seconds—
This slap, enveloped in fiery light, was much heavier than the previous two combined.
Bam!
Yun Hu flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the Cloud Ship!
His Dao heart completely shattered, and the pupils that once ignited with firelight turned incomparably gray. Seeing the figure walking step by step towards him, Yun Hu instinctively curled up his body, lacking even the courage to look up at Gu Shen again...
"I told you to be honest, or the next slap might take your life."
Gu Shen frowned and asked, "Why don’t you listen?"
Yun Hu was more durable than he imagined.
This slap contained the Great Achievement Domains of Chi Huo and Pure Land...
But there’s no denying it, this guy is indeed a rare genius, worthy of being chosen as a Divine Envoy by the Source Tower, able to forcefully break through in such a critical moment.
If he wasn’t mistaken.
Those clouds just now were the manifestation of two domains uniting.
Is this advancement to a title?
Gu Shen rubbed his chin, recalling the scene before entering the Ice Sea Ruins, where Chu Ling asked about his strength.
At that time, his estimate was that he could easily overpower a Fourth-Order Transcender.
Looking at it now.
This evaluation remains fair and just.
"Please... don’t kill me..."
No more furious roars echoed on the Cloud Ship, only the pitiful pleas for mercy.
Yun Hu knew there were countless gazes fixed on him...
He was a genius.
He was a so-called genius!
If he had known he’d encounter Gu Shen, if he had known he’d be beaten like this, he would rather have fought alongside the Xuan Turtle on the snowy mountain to see if they could repel the Red Shadow.
What kind of monster is this?
Even after advancing to a title, he couldn’t withstand a single slap?
Yun Hu began to beg for mercy.
The hearts of those on the Cloud Ship were filled with utter despair.
They had never experienced such overwhelming hopelessness.
Gu Shen crouched down and said, "Tell me, who bullied Gu Xiaoman?"
"Don’t kill me..."
"Don’t kill me..."
Yun Hu’s spirit had already collapsed.
No matter what Gu Shen asked, he repeated the same sentence over and over.
"..."
Gu Shen felt somewhat helpless. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
He shook his head, finally reaching out a hand to place it on Yun Hu’s head.
Chi Huo Overhead!
Since Yun Hu was unwilling to speak, he would find the answer himself... Forcibly reading the memory of a Titled Transcendent had a high failure rate, but with Yun Hu’s Spirit Sea already collapsed and without any power to resist, it wasn’t a problem.
Gu Shen broke through the Heart Sea defense very smoothly.
Several seconds later.
Gu Shen withdrew from Yun Hu’s Spirit Sea.
He turned his head slowly, looking at the enforcers on the Cloud Ship.
"Heh..."
A mocking, icy laugh echoed within the Cloud Ship.
The countless clouds, brought by Yun Hu intending to protect those aboard, suddenly ignited without reason, turning into smoke!
The icy purgatory retreated at this moment.
But replacing it was a crimson flame with a temperature of ten thousand degrees!
