Gu Heng faked a laugh and replied, "Ha ha, of course! After all, it's my job to look after my younger cousin!"
As he finished, he jumped on the arena in front of Gu Bei.
He didn't think that Gu Bei could possibly defeat him.
The fool would need to be a Dao of Dragon Realm expert to pass through the rank 7 artifacts he received from the mysterious stranger!
Even if he couldn't tell Gu Bei's cultivation realm, he didn't think that it was higher than his 8-Axis Heavenly Axis!
After all, though he wasn't at Gu Lan's level, he was still a genius!
How could someone easily cultivate faster than him?
Gu Heng saw the expressions of the the elders and the other members of the clan.
He didn't like the way they were looking at Gu Bei as if he was their savior!
He wanted to crush Gu Bei in such a way that he would never lift his head again!
He would teach him that even if Gu Lan was a Martial Ancestor, it was still him who would become the next Patriarch!
With such thoughts, Gu Heng's merged with his God Level Growth Rate Dragon Bloodline demon spirit.
Gu Bei shook his head, he wanted to play with him a little more, but if he wanted to show off his demon spirit, then he had the wrong opponent in front of him.
He also merged with his demon spirit, which was a mutated Bloodwing Saint Jiao-Dragon.
That shocked everyone, and the elders were now sure that Gu Lan wanted Gu Bei to be the successor of the clan.
His demon spirit was much stronger than Gu Heng's!
Now that he merged with his demon spirit, he could no longer hide his 3-Axis Heavenly Axis cultivation.
Most of the Gu Clan members were pleased that he reached that level despite being so young and that he integrated with such a powerful demon spirit.
His opponent though, took this as the signal to rush at him.
Gu Heng was now sure that he could crush Gu Bei with his cultivation!
When he was going to hit Gu Bei, the latter activated the first mutation of his demon spirit, growing out sharp spikes on his back.
Gu Bei didn't move and Gu Heng's hurted himself so much that his demon spirit howled in pain.
These spikes were so sharp that it penetrated through the other demon spirit like a hot knife in butter.
He didn't stop here, while Gu Heng was still howling in pain, Gu Bei took some distance and then came back to ram into him, sending him at the edge of the arena.
Gu Heng returned to his human form, then he was imitated by Gu Bei.
With a mocking smile, Gu Bei said, "Elder cousin Gu Heng, looks like your demon spirit isn't strong enough to spar with me. Maybe we should continue in our human form? Else I would win too easily…"
His eyes filled with hatred, Gu Heng couldn't even see that he was provoked by Gu Bei and rushed at him once again.
Both took their swords and started a weird duel.
Gu Heng couldn't land a single blow on Gu Bei.
The other seemed much more experienced than him, the difference between their skills was so wide that it was like seeing an adult playing with a child.
Still, even if all of Gu Bei's blows made contact, none of them were damaging Gu Heng.
It didn't take long for everyone to understand that the latter was clad in rank 7 artifacts.
Gu Bei also noticed it, but he still continued to play a little and waited to have more spectators.
When he felt that the number people watching the match stopped increasing, he jumped back.
As his opponent was using this chance to recuperate, Gu Bei concentrated and used all of his Heavenly Energy to send the sharpest wind blade he could form against him.
Feeling the sword intent coming, Gu Heng tried to block it with his sword but it was useless.
The wind blade cut his sword, the arm holding it and even his armor, leaving a mark across his chest and sending him out of the arena.
At first, the crowd became silent.
To break a full set of rank 7 artifacts with a rank 6 sword…
Doesn't that mean that he could kill a Dao of Dragon expert despite being only in the early stages of the Heavenly Axis Realm?
What would happen if he made a breakthrough to the Dao of Dragon or even the Martial Ancestor Realm?
When they remembered that it was a youngster of their own clan, their eyes sparkled.
Soon, a huge cheering sound was heard and everyone was applauding Gu Bei.
As for Gu Heng, nobody cared.
He could easily grow his arm back and heal himself, there was nothing to worry about.
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As the crowd calmed down, Gu Bei pretended to be embarrassed.
He rubbed the back of his head as he awkwardly said to Gu Heng, "Hehe, sorry about that, elder cousin Gu Heng. I thought that you were strong so I didn't hold back. I never knew you were that weak!"
Gu Bei then talked to Lu Piao, not caring about the hatred in Gu Heng's eyes.
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Just as Xiao Yan expected, a clan meeting was held and Gu Bei became the first-in-line successor of the Gu Clan.
What he didn't expect though, was that Li Xingyun chose this moment to challenge Li Yufeng.
It was another arrogant fool who also wanted to show off his demon spirit in front of the wrong person.
In the end, he got even more humiliated than Gu Heng as Li Xingyun's cultivation was at the peak of the Heavenly Axis Realm, just like himself.
During the fight, Li Yufeng didn't even manage to hit his opponent once.
Li Xingyun looked like a warrior who fought thousands of battles.
After the meeting of the Ashen Flames Family, Li Xingyun also became the first-in-line successor of his family.
Still, unlike Gu Bei, he didn't plan to fight with Li Yufeng.
He was already satisfied by the plans Xiao Yan had for the latter.