Chapter 105: The black dragon of the Devil's Reverse Scales tightly wrapped around Gu Congxing. ...

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The fingers that were casually rubbing the blood suddenly changed their movements and actually pinched Gu Congxing's jaw.

“Ahem, get out of here…!”

Gu Congxing's eyes flashed fiercely, and the Whale-Slaying Sword moved silently, suddenly stabbing towards Lin Ya's back!

He frowned and had to dodge. Gu Congxing immediately turned around and distanced himself from him.

Lin Ya looked at his actions, smiled nonchalantly, and even brushed off the dust on her sleeves with some leisure.

"Don't struggle. You're well aware of the difference in strength between you and me."

Gu Congxing held the sword in both hands, his fighting spirit remained unchanged, and he actually raised his lips to respond.

"Well, there is indeed a huge gap."

Lin Ya paused what he was doing and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"That's why... we need to fight side by side!"

Before Gu Congxing finished speaking, the ground around Lin Ya suddenly cracked, and dark brown vines instantly penetrated through!

"What?! How is that possible?!"

How come Zhong Ming came here so quickly!

Gu Congxing raised his sword silently.

The sword style of the Infinite Art of Phantom Sword attacks from high altitude. Not only is its power astonishing, but the sword light is also conspicuous. How could my junior brother not notice it?

His dark eyes moved slightly, and Gu Congxing saw that he was dodging the dragon blood vine's upward movement, and immediately threw out his long sword and pierced Lin Ya's right arm!

"Ahhh! Asshole—"

He roared and tried to pounce here, but more and more dragon blood vines kept emerging and entwined around him relentlessly, making him unable to move!

“Senior Brother!!”

Zhong Ming flew over shouting. As soon as he landed next to Gu Congxing, he saw the wound on his body. His pupils suddenly shrank, and he immediately turned around and flew towards Lin Ya!

"Rinya...how dare you hurt my senior brother!!"

The dark brown dragon blood vine seemed to have drunk all the blood. Its sharp thorns were like sharp teeth, piercing and curling up from all directions, tearing bloody wounds all over Lin Ya's body!

Lin Ya cried out in pain, and the magic power in his body surged, actually shattering the vines that bound him!

But just as he was about to break away, he saw the calm and composed Zhong Ming coming straight at him with a sword in his hand!

He immediately swung his whip to block, but was still hit by Zhong Ming!

“Crack!”

The long sword that should have penetrated Lin Ya's heart was blocked by an invisible force, and only left a bloody wound on his body!

"Junior brother, he's wearing a golden jade robe! Attack his limbs and neck!"

Gu Congxing's voice came from behind, and Zhong Ming's wrist direction immediately changed, and the long sword slashed directly at Lin Ya's neck. The thick dragon blood vine also flew up and stabbed his limbs like a living thing!

Lin Ya gritted her teeth and resisted, but her movements were disrupted by the dragon blood vine, and she was at a disadvantage after only a few rounds of fighting with Zhong Ming!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Lin Ya roared loudly, and his long white hair suddenly spread out in all directions. The Jiaojin whip in his hand shone with blood, and his strength suddenly increased, forcing Zhong Ming to retreat!

"Junior brother, use the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique!"

Gu Congxing has come to the side of the two men, holding up the Whale-Slaying Sword!

Zhong Ming acted without hesitation and swung his sword at the same time as Gu Congxing!

“Liuyun Wanxiang!!”

It was as if flowing clouds suddenly appeared, the golden sun reflected on the spear, and two powerful swords were slashed out at the same time, attacking from the front and back!

“Ahhhhhh!”

There was no way to avoid it, Lin Ya was hit by two sword intentions and immediately let out a series of screams!

Smoke and dust rose up, and the fallen Lin Ya was surging with demonic energy and turned into a dragon!

The blood-stained silver dragon took off its golden jade robe and flew into the sky like lightning!

"Don't even think about escaping!!"

Zhong Ming immediately stood up and gave chase, but saw that the silver dragon suddenly swung the long red whip at him!

“?!”

Zhong Ming was about to swing his sword to cut the long whip, but he saw it suddenly explode!

The surroundings were suddenly shrouded in a blood mist. Zhong Ming immediately held his breath but still inevitably inhaled some of it.

"Junior Brother!"

Pure spiritual power immediately surged towards this place and dispersed the blood mist.

Gu Congxing came to his side and asked anxiously: "How are you? Are you injured?"

Zhong Ming sensed it for a moment, and his brows slowly frowned.

"It's a heart-eating poison... but it's not fatal in the short term. Unfortunately, I let him escape. I'm sorry, Brother."

He lowered his eyes, as if filled with guilt.

"Detoxification is important! Let's go back first!"

Gu Congxing grabbed his hand and flew towards the Demon City.

"The Golden Jade Robe has been obtained, the spy has been exposed, and the purpose of this trip has been achieved. Why should you blame yourself, little brother?"

Zhong Ming didn't say anything, but just looked at his flying black hair and silently tightened his arm.

***

The next day.

In Fengyue Demon City, in Xuanri Inn, Gu Congxing woke up from a deep sleep.

After the two returned to the Demon City, they came to the largest inn. Gu Congxing swallowed the healing elixir and gave Zhong Ming the detoxification pill, and then fell into a deep sleep after regulating his breathing.

Junior brother is not in the room.

Although he claimed yesterday that he was much better, his face still looked pale. I'm afraid he was just making up his mind because he was afraid of worrying me.

He disappeared before daybreak. Could he have gone to find a poison doctor? Or was he in danger again?

Gu Congxing immediately turned over and opened the door to look for his figure.

He came to the corridor and was about to go downstairs, but he saw that the light in the room at the end of this floor was on, reflecting two tall figures.

Gu Congxing took a quick glance and felt that the place looked familiar, so he moved closer to it.

"...Your Excellency, are you satisfied with this?"

The faintly heard smiling words made Gu Congxing stop in his tracks.

It’s the city lord Kuang Ye!

"Stop talking nonsense. Hand over the Qingyang Pure Spirit Amber."

"Oh, you're so impatient! You're so gentle in front of that person."

Gu Congxing's eyes turned slightly, and he stopped moving forward and completely concealed his presence.

"Your Excellency, you have reaped a great deal. You have obtained a magic weapon, busted a spy's lair, and even won the favor of a beautiful woman. Could you at least give me some of your broth?"

Zhong Ming's voice sounded slower, he must have gotten the Qingyang Jingling Amber.

"I originally lent you the Jade Robe to lure out those hyenas. Don't even think about it."

"whispering sound."

"The new mineral vein discovered on the south side of Zhangwei Mountain will be left to you."

Kuang Ye's voice immediately became excited: "That's more like it. It's worth it for me to accompany you to perform such a big show. However, what I want most is something else..."

"What did you say?"

"I heard that the Demon Lord is full of hatred for the enemy he captured. Seeing that he looks so delicate and tender, I am really worried that you will cause him to die. How about-"

The room fell into silence for a moment, followed by a surge of demonic energy!

"court death."

The surging demonic energy instantly attacked Kuang Ye, but also broke open the half-open door!

“Crack!”

The wooden door slammed heavily against the wall, revealing a figure standing quietly not far away.

“…Senior Brother?!”

Zhong Ming opened his eyes wide in horror and stood there in a daze.

"Hehehe... It seems that I shouldn't appear next." Kuang Ye smiled maliciously, jumped out of the window, and disappeared without a trace.

Gu Congxing still stood there, not moving.

The dark eyes stared at Zhong Ming, cold and gloomy, like a deep pool in the night.

No wonder.

He also felt something was strange. This trip was too efficient. He had just learned the clue about Qingyang Jingling Amber and now he could find traces of spies.

In less than two days, these two extremely difficult tasks were completed.

It turned out that this was all a premeditated drama.

He curled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery, raised his sleeves and turned to leave.

“Senior Brother! Senior Brother——!”

Zhong Ming immediately rushed over and grabbed Gu Congxing's wrist.

"Let me go!"

Gu Congxing suddenly shook off his hand and turned to look at him.

"Although I had some suspicions in my mind, I never expected that the Demon Lord would be so meticulous and ruthless."

"Even I am just a pawn used by you to lure the enemy!"

"No!" Zhong Ming immediately shook his head repeatedly, "No! No! Brother——!"

His face was pale, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked at Gu Congxing with pleading and panic eyes, just like an abandoned dog begging its master.

Gu Congxing clenched his fists and his voice was slightly cold.

"You could have taken the Qingyang Pure Spirit Amber directly, but you put on this show for your own selfish desires. Do you really never care about Master's life or death?"

Seeing Zhong Ming's sudden look of surprise, Gu Congxing said:

"No, you don't care about me either. You deceived me like this... and I wronged you—" I am so worried about you.

He gritted his teeth and swallowed the rest of his words.

“Let me go!!”

"Don't go! Senior Brother!" Zhong Ming grabbed his arm again, but he didn't dare to use force. He just held it tightly and said repeatedly, "I was wrong, Senior Brother! I shouldn't have lied to you! But I never thought of putting you in danger. I would rather die than let anything happen to you!"

"Brother, I have never thought of not saving Master. I, I just want you to stop being afraid of me through this trip—"

His voice was almost pleading. Gu Congxing was being dragged by him, his heart raging with anger, and he just wanted to leave this place first.

"Let me go!"

Seeing that he was determined to leave, Zhong Ming suddenly exerted force and held him in his arms!

"Brother, if you're so angry, just beat me to death! You saved my life, and now I'm just returning it to its rightful owner!"

"Zhong Ming! Are you really crazy?!"

Gu Congxing wanted to push him away, but he was held even tighter.

Zhong Ming did not let go even when he pushed and hit him. His dark golden eyes gleamed fiercely, and he argued with him as if he had given up on himself:

"Yes! I am crazy! Not only crazy, but also insane. My crimes are heinous and I deserve to be killed by everyone!"

"you--!!"

"Brother! Isn't it the same with you? You trust our eldest brother so much that you risk your life for our master. You even stabbed me for Si Junjian, the half-demon who is as unacceptable to the righteous as I am!"

"What about me?! Why are you so defensive and testing me everywhere? You used your invisibility talisman twice, why don't you trust me? You wanted to escape the first time we met again. I endured everything all the way, even my face changed to what it was before, and you still want to leave——"

"Gu Congxing, do you still have a heart?!!"

“Snap—”

A loud slap echoed in the empty room.

Gu Congxing and Zhong Ming were both stunned.

He just wanted to push away Zhong Ming, who was approaching ferociously, but he suddenly leaned forward and received the palm on his face.

"You..." Gu Congxing's words stuck in his throat.

Zhong Ming still looked like he had been beaten, with his face turned to the side, and a bright red slap mark suddenly appeared on his fair face.

He was silent for a long time, blinked slowly, and then the corners of his lips raised and he burst into laughter!

“Gu Congxing, Gu Congxing——!”

He was chanting Gu Congxing's name as if he wanted to crush it between his lips and teeth. His golden eyes suddenly shot out, and although they were filled with tears, they revealed a threatening cold light!

Gu Congxing was shocked and couldn't help but take a step back.

This action completely enraged Zhong Ming. Magical power surged throughout his body, and the poison planted in his body was instantly ignited, and he began to reveal his original form of a black dragon!

"roar--"

Every scale of the pitch-black dragon was flashing with a faint cold light, and its huge body almost filled the floor of the spacious room. He roared, and his golden vertical pupils were like torches, staring at Gu Congxing!

As if being strangled by an invisible giant hand, Gu Congxing screamed silently in his heart, but in reality he could not move at all!

The slippery dragon tail had actually wrapped around his waist, tightly wrapping around him in circles!

The dragon's tail rubbed against his chest and collarbone. The cold touch made Gu Congxing shudder all over, and he actually overcame his fear in an instant. He cursed loudly: "Zhong Ming! You damn dragon! Let me go!"

But the shackles on my body did not loosen, but became tighter.

Not only that, Zhong Ming's originally clear golden eyes gradually became cloudy, and even flashed with a faint red light!

That damn poison not only caused him to reappear as a dragon, but also drove him crazy!

Gu Congxing was surrounded by layers of enemies. Looking from above, it was like he had fallen into a monster's trap, right in the middle, surrounded by enemies on all sides.

“Ugh… cough cough cough!!”

The wounds on her body had not yet fully healed, and as he clung to her tighter and tighter, it became increasingly difficult for her to breathe.

“Zhong, Zhong Ming…!”

Gu Congxing gritted his teeth and looked at him, golden spiritual power surging around him.

He didn't know what his expression was at the moment, perhaps embarrassed or weak, but he still opened his eyes wide, trying to make the most ferocious and majestic appearance -

"Zhong Ming! Do you really want to kill me?!"

After he said this, he became furious, felt a sweetness in his throat, and spit out blood.

The scarlet blood fell on the black dragon scales, surprisingly bright.

The pair of dark golden vertical pupils suddenly shrank, then suddenly widened and turned completely red!

Seeing its appearance, Gu Congxing couldn't help but laugh at himself.

How could he forget that once the demons go berserk, they will become furious at the sight of blood and will be impossible to stop them!

The ferocious dragon head was approaching rapidly, with its bloody mouth wide open towards him.

Gu Congxing looked at the sharp fangs that were flashing with cold light and was unexpectedly calm.

He closed his eyes.

Zhong Ming was taught by him personally, whether it was the mental method or the sword technique, he taught them all personally.

We lived together for five years, from when he was fourteen to nineteen, during which time we didn't see each other for over a year. Then came the long seven years of separation.

The meeting is too short, but the separation is too long.

We met again, but ended up in this situation.

Gu Congxing's eyelashes were a little wet, but the spiritual power around him became more and more condensed, and golden light overflowed from his hands.

The Demon Lord, who is close to becoming a god, going mad will undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the already precarious world of cultivation.

It was he who decided to conceal his identity as a junior disciple and promised to stay by his side to protect him and prevent him from falling into the evil path...

But he left. Before leaving, he stabbed his junior brother with a sword, making him extremely sad and angry.

Gu Congxing suddenly opened his eyes, tears welling up in his eyes, but his expression was resolute!

If his junior fellow apprentice could not recover, he would endanger the world and Gu Congxing would be to blame.

Since that's the case, why not go to the underworld together? We can stay together on the road to the underworld!

He had made up his mind, just waiting for the sharp teeth to bite his throat, and then he would unleash all his spiritual power!

"roar--!!"

Xuanlong let out a sad and fierce roar, but turned his head away abruptly and passed by Gu Congxing's body!

“Ka-!!”

He actually bit his own dragon body!

The extremely hard scales were suddenly pierced, and blood gushed out in an instant!

Gu Congxing watched all this in horror, completely unaware that the dragon's body had loosened its grip around him. Everything in his eyes slowed down like an illusion: dragon scales fell, fangs pierced, and flesh and blood blurred...

“Crack.”

A strange yet familiar sound was heard, it was... the sound of bones breaking!

“Zhong Ming——!!!”

The voice that seemed to be held suddenly burst out, and Gu Congxing pounced out like a stream of fire, with only the broken body in his eyes!

"Shut up! Shut up right there!"

He pried open Xuanlong's sharp teeth with both hands, but couldn't move them at all!

No, absolutely not!

Is there any way, any way to stop this...

Let him wake up, wake up!

A faint light suddenly appeared in his sight. Gu Congxing looked closely and caught sight of a golden magic weapon in the corner of the room.

——Brahma bell.

Originally tied around his junior apprentice's neck, the Brahma Bell fell to the ground after he transformed into a dragon! This Brahma Bell, crafted by him personally, can restore sanity!

Gu Congxing felt as if he had seen his savior coming. He immediately summoned the Fanyin Bell in front of him and activated it with all his strength!

"bell--"

It was not the sound of a crisp bell, but rather the sound of Buddhist bells colliding in a temple.

The Sanskrit bell floated in the air, emitting waves of flowing clear light.

The golden body of the bell slowly emerged from the turbid vertical pupils, the ears hidden in the mane trembled, and the clenched fangs loosened.

"Junior Brother——!"

Gu Congxing was so happy that he almost cried.

The dark golden vertical pupils turned, reflecting the figure of Gu Congxing.

“Senior Brother…”

Xuanlong finally sent out a complete byte.

Gu Congxing's brows relaxed. He was about to continue when he saw Zhong Ming's body move and suddenly let out another roar!

"Junior Brother!?"

"Don't, don't come over here—"

The majestic and terrifying Xuanlong twisted his body, and the red light in his eyes flickered. When he was conscious, he suddenly stabbed his throat three inches below with his sharp claws!

“Zhong Ming——!”

His movements were so sudden and swift that Gu Congxing had no time to stop him and could only watch him peel off the scale!

A palm-sized black crescent scale suddenly flew into Gu Congxing's arms, but the flesh where the scale was pulled off immediately began to bleed profusely!

Perhaps it was the huge pain brought by the sudden blow to the most vulnerable part that woke him up. Zhong Ming let out a long roar, and suddenly the devilish aura surged, and his body shrank back into a human form!

He was half-kneeling on the ground, with the dragon horn on his forehead that had not been retracted. The dragon tail behind him lay limply on the ground, and every slight movement left a trail of blood.

"Junior Brother!"

Gu Congxing was heartbroken. He stepped forward immediately, but saw Zhong Ming slowly raise his head.

There were still dragon scales on the sides of his neck, his dark golden vertical pupils were dim, and even his voice was weak when he spoke.

"...That's my only heart-protecting scale... Giving it to anyone is like giving them an extra life..."

He had just opened his mouth to say a word when blood started to flow from the corner of his mouth.

"Brother... I have concealed many things from you before, which is my fault... But my sincerity towards you has never been false."

"I have nothing... What I can give you is the best I have... Please don't despise me."

Gu Congxing was already in shock. He threw himself under Zhong Ming, hugged him as he tried to dodge backwards, and said in pain:

"How could I dislike it! How could I possibly dislike it! Your Heart Scale is the most precious treasure in the world, but I want you to live well even more!"

Gu Congxing's hands holding the scales were shaking constantly.

"H-How do I get it back to you?"

Zhong Ming kept struggling backwards, but Gu Congxing held him tightly, so he leaned against him in despair and shook his head.

"...It's useless. Once the reverse scale is out, there's no going back."

"Brother, kill me now while I'm awake."

Gu Congxing's breathing suddenly stopped.

"What did you say?"

Zhong Ming closed his eyes and rubbed his head against Gu Congxing's neck, just like when they were teenagers.

But what he said was completely different.

"Brother... I have killed too many people in the past seven years... The heart-eating poison has penetrated deep into the lungs and can awaken the cruel desires in people..."

"If you don't kill me, once the pain subsides... cough cough, if I lose my mind, the consequences will be unimaginable..."

Gu Congxing listened to his intermittent words, and his heart fell into the abyss.

My limbs were getting colder and colder, they didn't feel like my own anymore, and I could hardly move.

"There must be other ways..."

But Zhong Ming did not respond to him immediately as usual, but sighed deeply.

"Brother... let's do it."

At least, in the end, I can still be your hero in slaying demons and defending justice.

“No, how could this be——!!”

They had clearly gone through so many difficulties and had reached this point! They had already recovered from their original form and returned to their human form!

My heart was aching and my vision was going dark, but a voice suddenly sounded in my head.

From far to near, it becomes clearer and clearer.

【……host】

【Host! ! 】

The system's voice suddenly rang in his mind, and Gu Congxing was startled.

The system that hadn't appeared since he restored all his cultivation and magic weapons actually reappeared at this moment!?

[Host! There is another way to help him survive this disaster without dying!]

Gu Congxing's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"What can we do?!"

[There's more than one kind of desire. As long as he releases his strong desires besides the desire to kill, the poison will wear off and he'll be safe!]

[After testing, it turns out that Zhong Ming's strongest desire is not to kill, but to love you!]

These words were like a slap in the face, shocking Gu Congxing so much that he saw stars and his whole body stiffened. He couldn't help but ask, "What did you say?"

The system did not repeat itself, but continued hurriedly:

Love and hate are two sides of the same coin, but lust is one. Host, he has suppressed his desire for you for so long that he doesn't even dare to try. If you ignite this desire, the desire to kill will naturally be diluted.

Gu Congxing already understood the system's implication while still dizzy.

So this is what my junior brother thinks of me?

It's not attachment, nor is it the reliance on fellow disciples, but love?

Those physical intimacy actions are not just acts of coquettishness, but are they driven by real lust?

Many scenes from the past were suddenly reconstructed, and Gu Congxing stood there for a moment, with the sound of weak struggle coming to his ears again.

"Brother, hurry up...do it!"

Gu Congxing suddenly came back to his senses.

He loosened his embrace a little, raised his head slightly and looked at Zhong Ming face to face.

So many years have passed, and he has grown from a young boy barely taller than his shoulders to a tall and handsome figure, and has become a feared Demon Lord...

Why, you still crying?

Why do I still feel pity?

Although they were clearly in this bamboo building, it seemed as if time had gone back and they were still at the blood-filled cold spring on Zhuoguang Peak.

The monster-like boy and the boy in silver robes were reflected in the blood fountain, blending closely together.

“Senior Brother…”

The blood-stained thin lips opened and closed, and Gu Congxing stared at them for a moment.

Raise your head and tilt upwards.

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