At this moment, Jie Shi also unleashed his full power.
He hovered in the air, standing in place, and the surrounding sky began to ripple and churn. Then, the space around him started to collapse and shatter, and the invisible heavenly force transformed into tangible energy that materialized around him.
At first, the heavenly force swirled around him like a vortex, whipping up fierce gales. Then the force transformed into a dragon-shaped blast of wind that shot forward, crashing head-on into the oncoming Gu Tianchen.
"BOOM!"
The two forces collided with an earth-shattering roar. The powerful ripples were so overwhelming that even Jie Shi couldn't withstand them—he was knocked back several steps through the air, his face turning pale, a trickle of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
As for Gu Tianchen, he fared far worse. He sprayed a massive mouthful of blood, his once-pristine white robes now soaked and stained crimson. His aura had weakened to the extreme, and like a kite with its string cut, he plummeted toward the ground—severely injured and utterly stripped of his ability to fight.
"Elder!" Seeing this scene, the Spirit World Guild Leader and all the presiding elders' faces changed dramatically. One after another, they shot into the sky, transforming into streaks of light as they rushed toward Gu Tianchen.
But Jie Shi simply wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then swept his sleeve, and a torrent of overwhelming force erupted outward.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Ugh—!"
Before the Guild Leader and the presiding elders could even reach Gu Tianchen, they were struck by the force Jie Shi unleashed. One by one, they spat blood and went flying backward, crashing hard into the ground—all of them gravely injured, either dead or on the verge of death.
Immediately after, Jie Shi reached out with a reverse grab, and the torrent of power transformed into a violent suction force, pulling the still-falling Gu Tianchen toward him.
Once Gu Tianchen was close, Jie Shi seized him by the waist with a single hand, then raised him high overhead. Looking down at the members of the Spirit World Guild below, he bellowed:
"Chu Feng!!"
"Where is Chu Feng?!!"
"Chu Feng, get out here right now! If you don't show yourself, I'll kill Gu Tianchen!!"
With that, Jie Shi's other hand shot out and clamped around one of Gu Tianchen's arms. Then, with a sickening rip, blood sprayed in an arc as Jie Shi tore Gu Tianchen's arm clean off.
"NO!!!"
At that moment, everyone in the Spirit World Guild completely broke down, screaming and crying out in desperation.
"Hahaha, Chu Feng, you coward—are you too scared to come out?"
"Then remember this: everyone here today is dying because of you."
Facing the desperate cries of the guild members, Jie Shi only grew more excited. Then, before everyone's eyes, he ripped off Gu Tianchen's other arm just as ruthlessly.
Jie Shi was utterly merciless. Each time he called out for Chu Feng, he would inflict another brutal act upon Gu Tianchen. In the end, he tore off all four of Gu Tianchen's limbs one by one.
"No! Please—I'm begging you, please let the Elder go!!"
"Lord Jie Shi, we're begging you—please don't do this to our Elder!!"
At this point, the members of the Spirit World Guild were on the verge of complete collapse. They wept and screamed, some even begging for mercy. Not just the women—even the elder-level figures, old men with weathered faces, had tears streaming down their cheeks.
They simply couldn't bear it—couldn't bear to watch their own Elder be tortured like this, dismembered in his final years, denied even the dignity of a whole body in death.