When they saw thousands of personal guards being wiped out in an instant, everyone below was stunned.

They did not recognize Jiang Cheng, but they knew Gong Qing.

The Gong Clan was exterminated over a billion years ago, leaving her as the only survivor.

What kind of expert could she possibly know with her mere Emperor Realm Second Layer?

Seeing her return with people, everyone thought she was overestimating herself, walking right into a trap.

Who would have known...

This 'helper' of Gong Qing was absurdly strong.

A lone person could actually contend with the personal guard army of the Realm Master. What kind of combat power was this?

And Gong Qing herself was equally stunned.

She finally understood why Sect Leader Jiang dared to come here so directly.

What kind of power was this?

Could it be Emperor Realm Fourth Layer?

Emperor Realm Fourth Layer, that's truly lord-level strength!

She felt it was entirely too unreal to have unknowingly befriended a lord.

However, Brother Cheng, who was in the midst of the fierce battle, wasn't happy at all.

He was actually hoping to be killed once and then cheat the system.

That would be much easier, just die and not have to exert so much effort to win the battle.

The result was, he couldn't die even after half a day.

Not only that, this battle was a tough one.

Because the strength of both sides was not much different.

With his Tier Ten Immortal Sword, he indeed had the combat power of the early-stage Emperor Realm Fourth Layer.

But facing Tu Xing, who was late-stage Emperor Realm Third Layer and wielded a Tier One True Artifact, he also qualified to battle an Emperor Realm Fourth Layer.

Moreover, he had another seven Emperor Realm Third Layer experts as helpers.

Therefore, they were locked in a bitter struggle with Brother Cheng.

The fight was so intense that the heavens and earth seemed dark and sunless.

Brother Cheng was covered in blood, feeling like crying without tears.

With his deep foundation, he wouldn't be exhausted even if the fight lasted for years.

It's just that he didn't want to try so hard!

Yet, if he didn't fight hard and let himself be killed intentionally, the system would regard it as suicide.

So he could only continue fighting.

For someone who often dealt instant kills, this was a troublesome battle.

From sunset to sunrise, only then did the first commander fall.

The balance of the battle slowly began to shift.

Even so, it took until the third day that he finally managed to arduously kill Tu Xing, getting his True Artifact — Cyan Radiance Shattering Glass Sword.

This sword's amplification of the Ice Rule and martial techniques was as much as double that of a Tier Nine Immortal Sword.

Imagine the addition to combat power.

Upon acquiring it, Brother Cheng immediately refined it.

He certainly didn't want to meet other late-stage Emperor Realm Third Layer experts and have to fight for days again.

If he had this sword during the battle just now, he would have won long ago.

After swiftly collecting the spoils and exchanging the unused Immortal Artifacts, he had accumulated over ten thousand Immortal Yuan Points.

"Alas, finally have some assets to do big things."

He just floated mid-air, opened the skills upgrade panel.

Completely ignoring the crowd still staring at him from below.

The first skill he upgraded was Ice's Profound Pattern.

This was the True Ice Realm, where the world owned the Ice Origin, so enhancing this rule greatly aided in battles.

The current progress of Ice's Profound Pattern was still Seventh Layer 10%.

Going from the current progress to the Eighth Layer was quite simple, only needed 90 billion merits, which is 9 Immortal Yuan Points.

After pressing one-click upgrade, Ice's Profound Pattern smoothly reached the Eighth Layer.

He immediately felt everything around becoming different.

Ice Power was exceedingly active around him, he could clearly feel the distance between himself and the World Origin narrowing.

In fact, the world's insight into Ice Power at Emperor Realm Fourth Layer, was equivalent to the level of the Eighth-Layered Profound Pattern.

In this sense, Jiang Cheng was almost stepping into the Emperor Realm Fourth Layer.

However, his Immortal Power and Divine Soul Realm had not reached it, still requiring lots of pills as before to level up.

Reaching the Eighth Layer obviously couldn't satisfy this brother.

From the Eighth Layer to Ninth Layer, each 1% required 100 billion merits, totaling one trillion, which is 1000 Immortal Yuan Points.

Pressing the next one-click upgrade, his Ice's Profound Pattern successfully reached the Ninth Layer, once again greatly enhancing his insight into the Ice Rule.

"The improvement process is indeed simple and unembellished."

This realm had already left Emperor Profound Fourth Layer far behind.

Beyond the Ninth Layer, there was the Tenth Layer.

However, upgrading this layer was very difficult.

Each 1% required 1000 Immortal Yuan Points.

He closed the panel, spending another 80 Immortal Yuan Points to upgrade the Tier Ten Swordsmanship to Tier Eleven, then spent 7000 points to elevate the Immortal Thousand Splendor Sword Scripture to Tier Twelve!

It should be known that the previous Emperor Realm Fourth Layer lord used Tier Eleven Swordsmanship.

"Finally have a bit of a sense of security!"

Brother Cheng expressed his appreciation for the system's enhancement feature.

He didn't have to search the world for cultivation technique manuals to cultivate, didn't need to comprehend or feel anything, nor required any crucial advanced treasures.

What he needed to do was to diligently earn Immortal Yuan Points.

Simple and brutal.

As of now, if he encountered himself a few minutes earlier, he could defeat a few of hims.

Only then did he notice Gong Qing had already brought Chao Guang before him.

Brother Cheng deliberately left him alive, which he found very amusing.

Chao Guang had tried to escape when he saw things were going south, only to be captured back by Gong Qing.

Seeing him again, Brother Cheng couldn't help but smile.

"It's really quite fated for me to show off in front of you once more!"

He turned Chao Guang's earlier words back on him.

"How do you feel now?"

What could Chao Guang feel? His greatest support had been eliminated, now he was left with only fear and despair.

He wouldn't dare say 'feeling fantastic' like Brother Cheng.

If he had known Tu Xing couldn't handle it, he would have fled as far as possible.

Why return to call for reinforcements?

Facing the predicament where he was at the mercy of others, he perceptively knelt again with a thud, sobbing and kowtowing.

"Was it wrong?"

"Wrong, wrong!"

"Have you submitted?"

"Submitted, submitted, this time I really have!"

Seeing Brother Cheng seemed to have the intention to let him go again, Gong Qing felt a bit regretful.

If she had known earlier, she would have finished him off when she caught him.

Keeping him alive would surely bring disaster!

Advisor Gong bitterly advised: "Senior, this person really cannot be kept, he will certainly continue to stir trouble..."

Lord Jiang nonchalantly replied: "With my strength, do I still need to fear him?"

Chao Guang, desperate to live, said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, this time I will truly reform, be a good person, and never go against you, senior, again."

Hearing this, Brother Cheng frowned.

"Do you mean you won't send anyone to kill me again?"

Chao Guang, with a bitter expression, said: "How dare I? Besides, I can't call anyone anymore. I know I was wrong..."

"Really can't call anyone?" Jiang Cheng's tone changed.