Chapter 037: The Gap

There's a saying that goes, when two meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins!

Wang Bo and Gu Xingwen are now like two people meeting on a narrow path, but for them it is not the brave who wins, but the one with greater strength.

And now, the one with greater strength is naturally Wang Bo.

He admitted that Gu Xingwen had gained formidable strength through the power of the demonic pearl, but in terms of sheer physical force, Gu Xingwen was far inferior to him.

Because now, Wang Bo's strength has still leaped to over twenty tons.

A casual strike could burst the air, shatter steles and split rocks with ease.

The instant the two collided head-on, Gu Xingwen suffered near-annihilation; the immense force instantly overwhelmed his own, and Wang Bo's steel-like body was even more terrifying.

He was like a genuine cannonball, slamming fiercely into Gu Xingwen.

Although Gu Xingwen had gained immense power, he was still flesh and blood. In this situation, his skin cracked, his bones shattered, and his internal organs were crushed. With a thunderous boom, he flew into a room of the side courtyard, smashed through the wall, flew out of the courtyard, and landed in a broad corridor.

Waah!

Gu Xingwen lay on the ground, his whole body convulsing. He opened his mouth and vomited a large amount of fresh blood, which even contained fragments of internal organs.

Right now he was like a fragile object, as if a light touch would shatter him into pieces.

...Lost, I lost?

"How is this possible? How could I lose? I actually lost to an ordinary person?"

Gu Xingwen lay on the ground, filled with disbelief. Ever since he obtained that treasure, he had grown unimaginably powerful, nearly godlike, able to kill a large group of ordinary people with a mere gesture.

He was no longer like ordinary mortals; he had transcended.

He should now be a god, a demon, an invincible powerhouse under heaven.

"But, why, why did I lose? I couldn't have lost. I should have won. How could I lose to an ordinary person? I am the strongest."

Gu Xingwen howled madly in his heart, but the severe injuries on his body rendered him unable to move.

His bones were shattered, his muscles torn, his skin cracked open, and even his internal organs were ruptured. He was utterly finished, like a puddle of mud, unable to move an inch.

Now, he is merely a lingerer with one foot already in the realm of death.

Wang Bo looked at Gu Xingwen lying on the ground, his heart utterly unmoved. If Gu Xingwen had fought him with hit-and-run tactics, Wang Bo believed Gu Xingwen could have dragged it out for a few more rounds.

But unfortunately, this fellow was far too confident in his own strength, and came straight at him head-on from the start.

Wang Bo admired his courage.

Unfortunately, the facts proved that courage is courage and strength is strength; courage cannot be transformed into strength—at least, Gu Xingwen did not yet have the ability to turn courage into strength.

So it was only natural that he was defeated.

"Heh heh heh..."

Just at that moment, Wang Bo suddenly heard a low, deep laugh. He looked over and found that Gu Xingwen, on the verge of death, was not afraid but instead laughing, laughing even as he coughed up blood.

Especially the look in Gu Xingwen's eyes as he watched Wang Bo—a very eerie look, so eerie that Wang Bo could not ignore it and even felt a faint creeping sensation deep inside.

So Wang Bo quickened his pace toward Gu Xingwen, wanting to find the demon bead on Gu Xingwen's person as quickly as possible.

However, when Wang Bo had just taken a few steps, he suddenly felt a powerful malice emanating from Gu Xingwen.

This malice was so palpable, so immense.

It was as if thousands upon thousands of malicious intentions had gathered together, forming a vast malice that stared fixedly at Wang Bo, seemingly wanting to devour him completely.

Confronted by this invisible malice, Wang Bo couldn't help but halt his steps.

Immediately after, Wang Bo saw Gu Xingwen's body begin to rapidly improve, as if undergoing ultra-fast regeneration—shattered bones mended, cracked skin healed, and in just a few breaths, Gu Xingwen's body was as good as new.

Even more importantly, he actually levitated.

His head was up and his feet were down, the tips of his toes suspended three feet above the ground, a strange smile on his face.

The smile made Wang Bo's scalp tingle.

At this moment, Wang Bo no longer detected the slightest human aura from Gu Xingwen.

It was as if Gu Xingwen had shed his human body and become a complete and utter aberration.

“I should thank you!”

Gu Xingwen opened his mouth to speak. His voice was no longer hoarse but sounded like a normal person's, yet it carried a cold, gloomy air, as if a dead man were speaking.

If it weren't for you, I might still be tangled up in trivial things, but now I have cast aside those trivialities and truly evolved.

"From this moment on, I have left humanity behind. I am now a demon, a demon among demons!"

He raised his head, closed his eyes, and breathed gently, as if celebrating his own rebirth. The boundless moonlight cascaded from the sky and seeped into Gu Xingwen's body.

At this moment, Gu Xingwen appeared, unexpectedly, with a somewhat sacred bearing.

Wang Bo asked cautiously, "So, you're no longer human?"

"That's right." Gu Xingwen smiled, a very attractive smile, his complexion ruddy, his skin crystalline, his eyes bright and piercing. He had been reborn, transformed from a half-dead, zombie-like creature into a bewitchingly handsome man.

This feeling made Wang Bo exclaim how unscientific it was.

This kind of transformation is just too terrifying.

It's as if Ni Dahong turned into Wu Yanzu, completely unreasonable.

That's not the same person at all.

Whoosh!

At that moment, Gu Xingwen suddenly vanished from Wang Bo's field of vision. Even with Wang Bo's dynamic vision, he could not track Gu Xingwen's figure.

"Now, I am a demon, a demon above humans."

A voice sounded from behind Wang Bo, and immediately after, Wang Bo felt a pain in his back, as if something had torn through his indestructible steel body, driving straight in, and then burst out from his chest.

Wang Bo looked down and saw an arm.

This arm had effortlessly pierced through his chest, dealing him devastating damage.

Wang Bo could even see threads and strands of blood trickling down his arm and dripping onto the ground.

He had not imagined that Gu Xingwen, after his transformation, would be so terrifying; his steel body, capable of withstanding cold weapons, was actually breached by the opponent with a single hand.

This is simply too terrifying.

Especially the opponent's speed—he simply had no way to track it.

This was a crushing defeat, a thorough and utter crushing defeat.

Wang Bo had to admit that at this moment, Gu Xingwen was stronger than him, terrifyingly strong.

Then, Wang Bo felt a tremendous force erupt, flinging him away. He crashed into a rockery, shattering it, producing a huge roar that shook the entire street.

“Now, you should understand the gap between you and me.”

Gu Xingwen hovered high in the air, looking down from above at Wang Bo, half-buried in the rubble, a smile on his face, as if mocking, yet as if pitying.

"Humans cannot defeat demons. You are powerful, but unfortunately, I am even more powerful. From today onward, I am the one and only demon, the demon who reigns supreme over all under heaven. The entire world shall kneel at my feet."

Gu Xingwen spread his arms wide, as if embracing the entire world.

Wang Bo sighed and said with difficulty, "What a pity. Just now, you should have crushed my heart directly."