Gu Hao!
Also known as Prince Hao!
Fourth on the Prodigy List!
At twenty-one years old, he was conferred the title of prince, making him by far the youngest prince in the history of the Ancient Clan!
At the same time, he was a Sabre Emperor!
He proved his emperorship with the sabre at twenty-one!
The moment he achieved emperorship, he was immediately conferred the title of prince!
Everyone was somewhat shocked, for no one had expected the Ancient Clan to actually send this person!
They were determined not to let Ye Guan reach Qingzhou!
Qiao Xingyao looked at Gu Hao in the distance, her brows deeply furrowed!
She had not expected Gu Hao to come either!
She hesitated for a moment, then transmitted her profound energy voice to Ye Guan, “This person is named Gu Hao. He belongs to the Ancient Clan, one of the four super clans of the Guanxuan Academy’s main branch. The Ancient Clan is currently one of the most powerful families in the Guanxuan Academy, one that even the cabinet fears!”
Ye Guan watched the approaching Gu Hao in silence.
A super clan!
One that even the cabinet feared!
The true big shots were gradually appearing!
At that moment, Gu Hao stopped. He looked at Ye Guan in the distance and chuckled lightly, “Young Master Ye, you probably will not have the chance to visit Years Cave Heaven! Because today, you will die here!”
As he spoke, he glanced around. “This place, with its brilliant starlight, can be considered a decent resting place!”
Ye Guan looked at Gu Hao. “I think exterminating your Ancient Clan should not be too difficult either!”
Qiao Xingyao turned to look at Ye Guan, her face full of astonishment!
Gu Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, the smile on his face gradually turning cold.
At that moment, Ye Guan said calmly, “Who cannot boast?”
“Pfft!”
Qiao Xingyao burst out laughing. Feeling it inappropriate, she quickly tried to hold it in, but could not, and ended up laughing so hard that her chest trembled slightly. What a magnificent sight!
Qiao Xingyao looked at Ye Guan, her eyes smiling. This Young Master Ye was truly too amusing!
He was really quite different from those rigid sword cultivators!
Gu Hao stared at Ye Guan. “You must understand that some boasts cannot be made! Otherwise, you…”
Ye Guan suddenly shook his head. “Prince Hao, did you come here to chat with me, or to kill me? If you came to kill me, please use your sabre, not your mouth, because your mouth probably cannot kill me!”
At these words, some people in the shadows nodded repeatedly!
This Ye Guan was straightforward enough!
Damn it!
You came to kill someone, not to chat!
Would it not be better for everyone to be direct?
Gu Hao looked at Ye Guan, his gaze sharp as a blade, extremely piercing.
Ye Guan turned to Qiao Xingyao. “Miss Qiao, please step aside!”
Qiao Xingyao nodded, then retreated to the other side with Ji Xuan.
In the field, only Ye Guan and Gu Hao remained.
Gu Hao stared at Ye Guan. Suddenly, he charged forward, drew his sabre, and slashed!
Chi!
At this moment, the space before this slash was as fragile as paper, instantly torn apart!
The sabre had not arrived, but its momentum had!
The powerful sabre momentum was like ten thousand mountains pressing down, intent on crushing a person. Terrifying beyond measure!
Sabre momentum suppression!
This was meant to suppress Ye Guan’s speed!
At that moment, Ye Guan suddenly stepped forward and thrust out with his sword!
With this sword, he chose to meet it head-on!
As the sword thrust out, powerful sword momentum instantly surged forth!
Sabre and sword clashed directly!
Boom!
Suddenly, a burst of sword light and sabre light exploded before the two. The energy sword in Ye Guan’s hand instantly shattered!
But almost at the same instant, Ye Guan vanished from the spot!
Gu Hao reacted extremely quickly, spinning around fiercely and slashing down with his sabre!
Chi!
A sabre beam swept down, tearing space apart!
Boom!
A residual shadow retreated violently in succession!
It was Ye Guan!
Seeing this, Gu Hao was delighted. He charged forward and slashed again!
Pressing the advantage!
But just then, Ye Guan vanished from the spot once more.
Chi!
A sword light directly reached Gu Hao’s front!
Gu Hao sneered and did not retreat, for he had discovered that Ye Guan’s energy sword could not withstand his sabre at all!
Head-on clash!
Ye Guan simply could not match him directly!
Boom!
Ye Guan’s energy sword was shattered again, but at that moment, Ye Guan appeared behind Gu Hao like a ghost. Gu Hao reacted extremely quickly and spun around fiercely. However, Ye Guan did not strike but retreated instead. Seeing this, Gu Hao was stunned. In the next moment, his expression changed dramatically!
At that instant, a sword had silently arrived behind him!
Man and sword separated!
Ye Guan was the bait, the sword was the killing move!
The sudden turn of events caused Gu Hao’s expression to change dramatically. At this moment, it was too late for him to turn and defend.
Wait for death?
Of course not!
In the gaze of everyone present, Gu Hao actually stood motionless, allowing the sword to pierce his nape!
Boom!
A black light suddenly surged from Gu Hao’s body, then formed armour that protected his entire body.
Boom!
The energy sword pierced the black armour. The energy sword trembled violently. Then the black armour directly unleashed a black light that struck the energy sword!
Boom!
The energy sword shattered!
Seeing this, Ye Guan glanced at the black armour on Gu Hao. The armour was pitch black throughout, inlaid with scales of unknown material. On the surface of the scale armour, a faint flowing light emanated. At a glance, one knew it was no ordinary item!
“Emperor-tier!”
Someone in the field exclaimed!
In the shadows, the crowd shook their heads.
This Gu Hao was, after all, a Sabre Emperor, yet he wore emperor armour. He was truly too afraid of death!
Of course, this was not wrong, but the crowd had too high expectations for Gu Hao.
Everyone wanted to see a battle like Ye Guan versus Cao Bai, not a competition of equipment! One must know, the Sword Sect might not be as wealthy as the Ancient Empire, but it was certainly not poor either. Yet when Cao Bai fought Ye Guan, he had not worn any protective armour!
Ye Guan looked at Gu Hao, his expression quite calm.
It was perfectly reasonable for the other to wear equipment!
After all, equipment was also a form of strength!
At that moment, Gu Hao suddenly raised his head to look at Ye Guan in the distance. He grinned, “You do not mind me wearing emperor-tier armour, do you?”
Ye Guan said, “I do mind!”
Gu Hao was stunned!
Ye Guan looked at Gu Hao. “I mind, so are you going to take it off?”
Gu Hao laughed, “Of course not!”
Ye Guan said calmly, “Then why ask? Were you hoping I would say I do not mind? If I said I do not mind, would that make you feel better?”
Gu Hao stared at Ye Guan and was about to speak when Ye Guan shook his head. “Using equipment is perfectly reasonable. After all, it is also a form of strength! But after using it, you ask your opponent if they mind. This is like a woman from the pleasure quarters who reforms, finds an honest man, then asks that honest man, ‘Do you mind that I was once in the pleasure quarters?’”
Everyone: “…”
Gu Hao was about to speak when Ye Guan continued, “Wanting to use it yet fearing others will criticise is like being a whore yet wanting to erect a chastity arch! Such hypocrisy. How did you prove emperorship with the sabre? Are all emperor realms in the Guanxuan Universe so worthless?”
Ye Guan spoke resoundingly, every word piercing straight to Gu Hao’s heart!
Gu Hao’s expression became extremely unsightly!
In truth, he had not intended to use it. After all, he wanted to openly and honourably slay Ye Guan and win beautifully!
But he had not expected Ye Guan’s speed to be so fast!
In that critical moment earlier, if he did not use it, he would have lost!
When he asked Ye Guan, he wanted to gloss over it, but he had not expected Ye Guan to question him like this!
Normally, Ye Guan should have said he did not mind!
Then he could have brushed it off lightly!
But Ye Guan said he minded!
This was awkward!
Gu Hao took a deep breath, steadied himself, then looked at Ye Guan. “You want to shatter my Dao heart!”
Ye Guan shook his head. “You think too highly of yourself!”
Gu Hao grinned. “As you said, equipment is also a form of strength. I have equipment, that is my strength too. If you are dissatisfied, you can use equipment as well!”
He was giving up all pretence!
Ye Guan shook his head and glanced around. “This person can actually be fourth on the Prodigy List. Has the Central Divine Continent truly run out of talent?”
Gu Hao was about to say something when a voice suddenly came from the side. “Stop talking!”
Gu Hao turned to look. Not far away, a youth approached. The youth wore white robes and held a long spear.
Seeing the youth, Gu Hao’s pupils contracted sharply. “Jiang Fan!”
Jiang Fan!
At these words, someone in the field exclaimed again, “Third on the Prodigy List, the unrivalled spear cultivator Jiang Fan!”
Jiang Fan looked at Gu Hao with undisguised contempt. “Hurry back and be your comfortable prince. Stop embarrassing our Prodigy List here!”
Gu Hao’s expression immediately darkened. “Jiang Fan, you dare belittle me!”
Jiang Fan stared at Gu Hao. “Do you dare a life-and-death battle? Just you and me, no involvement of any clan forces!”
At these words, Gu Hao’s expression immediately became unsightly. He did not dare!
A flash of disdain appeared in Jiang Fan’s eyes. “Gu Hao, do not think everyone is unaware of how you reached fourth on the Prodigy List. Besides this divine armour, you have a super-divine armour too, do you not? Back then, you relied on that super-divine armour to exhaust Brother Qin Gu and win. Everyone did not expose it out of respect for your Ancient Clan, but we never expected you to truly think yourself somebody!”
Gu Hao stared fixedly at Jiang Fan, his expression extremely dark.
This showed him no face at all!
Jiang Fan continued, “If you are dissatisfied, then a life-and-death battle. You can use your super-divine armour. I am not afraid!”
Super-divine armour!
Ye Guan glanced at Gu Hao’s storage ring but said nothing.
This person was very wealthy!
Gu Hao suddenly sneered. “Jiang Fan, a life-and-death battle with you is not impossible, but I am currently in a life-and-death battle with this Ye Guan. You will have to wait!”
At these words, Jiang Fan’s brows immediately furrowed. “You truly are no man! I have insulted you so much, yet you still will not fight me. You truly disgrace your Ancient Clan’s Crown Prince Gu Tai. A peerless figure like him actually has a good-for-nothing cousin like you. Truly embarrassing!”
The crowd also shook their heads. The other had insulted you so much, yet you still would not accept the challenge. This was truly too humiliating!
Gu Hao directly ignored Jiang Fan and turned to Ye Guan beside him. “Come, let us continue! You may use equipment. Do not say I bullied you. Of course, if you do not have any, that is your own affair!”
Ye Guan glanced at Gu Hao. “I will not use equipment!”
Gu Hao said coldly, “You refuse to use equipment because you look down on me, is that it?”
Ye Guan said, “Then you can also not use equipment!”
Gu Hao was slightly stunned, then said angrily, “Stop playing these tricks with me. Use it if you want. In any case, I will use mine!”
As he spoke, he suddenly charged forward and slashed at Ye Guan with his sabre!
At that moment, Ye Guan also vanished from the spot!
Seeing Ye Guan actually intending to clash directly, Gu Hao immediately sneered. You poor sword cultivator, not even having a decent sword, yet you still want to clash directly with me?
Are you worthy?
But just then, the energy sword in Ye Guan’s hand suddenly changed to the Path Sword!
He had not wanted to use this sword!
But this fellow seemed very rich!
Since that was the case, he could only reluctantly use it once!
