"Get out of here, get out of here right now." Gu Yu was truly terrified. Even in his previous life, he had never seen a woman like this.
"Gu Lang, how could you talk to me like that?" Ri Jiu looked aggrieved.
"If you don't leave soon, I'm afraid I'll lose control again." Gu Yu said through gritted teeth, looking at Ri Jiu. "If you really don't care, then stay."
"Alright, if you really don't like me, then I'll be leaving now." Ri Jiu turned and walked out of Gu Yu's room, a smile appearing on her face as she stepped out the door.
“I thought you were so difficult to deal with! You’re not so great after all!” Ri Jiu murmured. “Are you really my Achilles’ heel? Can the High Priest really save my clan? If your prophecy is true, even if I, Tu Shan Ri Jiu, die and perish, it will be worth it.”
Seeing Ri Jiu leave, Gu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The most terrifying thing in this world is indeed a woman. Even when facing Hou Jing, he, Gu Yu, was not as fearful as he was now.
The Dragon Division was eerily quiet in the dead of night. Not long ago, many students were training late into the night, but these past few days no one dared to go out. Cultivation is important, but life is even more important. What's the point of cultivation if you don't live?
However, there are always some stubborn people who, perhaps because they have some urgent business or because they feel they are not so unlucky, will still go out, which results in them turning into dried corpses and lying in some corner.
In the pitch-black night, a dark figure moved stealthily through the Dragon Clan. His aura was completely concealed, and even his figure blended into the darkness. At this moment, Gu Yu was sitting in his room. He had just taken out a few clumps of life essence to cultivate when he felt a dark figure suddenly flash past the window. In the instant the shadow passed by, several blood-red threads spread towards him.
Gu Yu immediately stood up, his aura spreading out and forming a protective shield. However, the red threads instantly pierced through the shield and swept towards him, binding him tightly. A suction force came from the threads, and Gu Yu immediately felt his source energy being devoured, and even his essence, energy, and spirit were uncontrollably draining away.
"This is the Nightmare Clan?" Gu Yu was immediately shocked. If his memory served him right, this was the Nightmare Clan's doing. The Dragon Division actually had Nightmare Clan members, so all those students who died in the Heavenly Dragon Division were killed by the Nightmare Clan.
Thinking of this, a powerful aura suddenly emanated from Gu Yu's body. With the amplification tripled, Gu Yu's aura surged forth, instantly shattering the red silk threads. He immediately slipped out of the window and chased after the dark figure in the distance.
However, the shadowy figure was extremely fast, and Gu Yu's speed was simply no match for it. In just a few breaths, the shadowy figure vanished without a trace.
Having lost his target, Gu Yu stopped and unleashed his spiritual detection power, but he couldn't detect anything at all.
The Nightmare Clan excels at assassination, and their speed and ability to conceal their presence are among the best of all the Source Gate races.
This race is very troublesome; their practice of devouring the cultivation of others is even more unique, and it's no different from cannibalism.
Gu Yu began searching aimlessly. He needed to inform Shi Polu of the news about the Nightmare Clan from the Dragon Tribe as soon as possible, otherwise more people would be killed.
Just as he was about to leave to find Shi Polu, the figure of the Nightmare Clan suddenly appeared behind him, and a sharp spike gleaming with cold light stabbed towards the back of his head.
A wooden sword suddenly appeared in his hand. Gu Yu turned around quickly and slashed out, instantly shattering the Nightmare Clan member's figure.
Gu Yu retreated instantly. If he thought he had killed this Nightmare Clan member, that would be a huge joke. He had only just killed the afterimage left behind by the other party.
However, based on the assessment, the Nightmare Clan member was not very strong, probably around the fourth level, and Gu Yu could barely put up a fight against him.
Just as Gu Yu retreated, the Nightmare Clan member instantly transformed into two afterimages, one on the left and one on the right, rushing towards Gu Yu, accompanied by countless blood-red threads.
"Eight Directions Heaven-Reaching Shield." Facing the countless blood-red threads sweeping towards him, Gu Yu's wooden sword suddenly emitted bursts of energy, and countless sword energies appeared around him, instantly transforming into a shield composed of sword energies, protecting Gu Yu inside.
The crimson threads were instantly shut out. Before the shield formed by the blade energy, the point where the threads touched the shield was reduced to dust by the sharp impact of the blade energy.
Gu Yu gripped the wooden sword. His Eight Directions Heavenly Shield was not just a defensive move; it could also be used offensively. By gathering the sword energy together and transforming it into a shield, he could also unleash all the sword energy in an instant.
Of course, if the opponent's attack power is strong enough, his sword aura shield will be destroyed in an instant, and there will be no way to launch it again. However, it is obvious that the Nightmare Clan in front of him does not have that strength.
"Eight Directions Sky-Piercing Slash!" Gu Yu's aura suddenly surged, and countless blade energies swept outwards. When the Nightmare Clan saw this, they tried to retreat and dodge, but it was too late. Two afterimages disappeared instantly, and his true body was also hit by the blade energy, flying backwards in an instant.
The moment Gu Yu saw the Nightmare Clan's true form, he gripped his wooden sword and charged towards him like lightning, the sword radiating an astonishing energy fluctuation.
"Open the heavens." A massive blade of energy slashed down, and the Nightmare Clan member's pupils contracted. A cold thorn appeared in his hand, and countless blood-red black mists emanated from his body, accompanied by dense red threads.
"All things in the universe." Instantly, the crimson black mist and crimson threads intertwined rapidly, transforming in an instant into a crimson skull that rushed towards the blade's energy.
boom…………
A loud bang was heard, and the Nightmare Clan member crashed straight to the ground, while Gu Yu was also thrown into the air by the shock.
This Nightmare Clan member was the one who had possessed Jiang Tianchen's six-pointed star. At this moment, he crashed heavily to the ground, his aura chaotic. Looking at Gu Yu in the air, he was shocked.
No wonder Jiang Tianchen, the host, was defeated by Gu Yu. Even he would have difficulty defeating him unless he could quickly recover his cultivation.
Gu Yu tumbled several times in the air before regaining his balance. Once he was steady, he charged towards the six-pointed star on the ground once more.
Seeing Gu Yu rushing towards him, Liu Mang's pupils shrank, and the next second his body instantly turned into countless wisps of blood-red mist, each wisp of mist having a blood-red thread on it.
"Heavenly Demon Disintegration!" Liu Mang shouted, and Gu Yu slashed the ground with his sword, the huge tremor resounding throughout the Dragon Clan.
As the dust settled, Gu Yu frowned. The six-pointed star had fled. The Nightmare Clan, Nightmare Demon Clan, Nightmare Wraith Clan, and Nightmare Demon Tribe all belonged to the Heavenly Demon Clan. Although their combat strength was not the strongest among the various clans, they were definitely the most disgusting.
Putting aside the matter of devouring others' cultivation, just considering the escape aspect, the Heavenly Demon disintegrates into tens of thousands of threads in an instant. As long as one thread escapes, he can survive. Of course, his cultivation will be greatly damaged, but as long as they preserve their lives, they can recover quickly by devouring others' cultivation.
At this moment, Gu Yu did not notice that there were more than a dozen desiccated corpses around him, and the threads left behind by the disintegration of the Heavenly Demon were converging on him. Since they did not cause any harm, he did not dispel them, unaware that trouble was about to come.
"It really is you." The old and frail Li He spoke first, followed by a large group of people, all of whom were high-ranking members of the Dragon Clan, as well as some people at the Vertebra Realm.
“I told you it was him,” Zuo Lengfeng also stepped forward.
At this moment, Gu Yu suddenly sensed something was wrong. In this situation, the Nightmare Clan's purpose was not to absorb his cultivation, but to lure him here and then frame him for everything.
"Gu Yu, is it really true?" With such conclusive evidence, even Shi Polu had no choice but to believe it. What could be better than seeing it with one's own eyes?
"If I say it wasn't me, would you believe me?" Gu Yu asked Shi Polu.
“Minister Shi, we saw this with our own eyes. This kid’s primordial spirit is very strange. He can fight five other people with one hammer, and his progress is extremely fast. He must be practicing evil arts and devouring the cultivation of others,” Li He said.
“That’s right,” Zuo Lengfeng echoed, and the others also began to discuss among themselves.
"Gu Yu, why did you do this?" Shi Polu frowned and questioned Gu Yu.
“Hehe…” Seeing Shi Polu’s expression, Gu Yu understood. “If you want to find fault, you can always find a reason.”
"Minister Shi, take this kid down first, don't let him get away." After Li He finished speaking, the group immediately surrounded Gu Yu.
"I believe it wasn't you." Just as the group surrounded him, Zui San suddenly appeared, and the aura he exuded forced them to stop in their tracks.
“Zui San, stop fooling around. The evidence is right in front of you,” Li He said to Zui San.
"If it were you, or even you all doing such a thing, I would believe it, but I don't believe him." Zui San looked at everyone and said, "Gu Yu is indeed strange, but in the battle of the Northern Snow Mountain Source Gate, he did his best. When Mo City was in crisis, he took the lead and was not afraid of death. Even if such a person cultivates evil arts, he would never absorb the cultivation of his own kind."
"Then how do you explain this?" Li He asked, then sized up Zui San, his eyes narrowing. "Zui San, your identity is special. You used to disregard everything, but now you've suddenly jumped out and possess such great strength. I suspect you might be with him..."
Li He's words immediately aroused everyone's suspicion.
"Ridiculous." Upon hearing Li He's words, Zui San glared at Li He.
"It's impossible for him." Shi Polu spoke up at this moment. If Zui San was practicing evil arts, that was simply impossible. Only two people in the entire Dragon Clan knew Zui San's identity: one was Long Aotian, and the other was Shi Polu, the successor of the White Tiger. What kind of evil arts could he be practicing?
"I'm protecting him today. No one, not even one of you, can touch him," Zui San said coldly.
"Zui San, don't rely on your strength and look down on us." Li He said, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
“That’s right. So many students in the Dragon Division have died. If we let the real culprit go unpunished, how can we face them? How can we face their parents?” Zuo Lengfeng said righteously. Everyone knew that Gu Yu and he were at odds and had a grudge.
“Very well, then you can give it a try.” Zui San didn’t waste any words. His aura immediately emanated from his body, and the aura of a quasi-king caused the surrounding people to retreat one after another.
"Minister Shi, what should we do?" Li He looked at Shi Polu. There really wasn't a solution. None of the remaining members of the Dragon Division were a match for Zui San.
"Zui San, you mustn't act recklessly." Shi Polu was also forced to retreat by Zui San's imposing aura, but he still shouted at him.
"Shi Polu, don't be senile. Even if we are mistaken, do you think the others are?" Zui San said to Shi Polu. In Zui San's eyes, Shi Polu was indeed senile.
"Hmm!" Shi Polu frowned. He suddenly realized something. Yes! His judgment could be wrong, but could the Azure Dragon Guardian's judgment be wrong?
"Let's retreat first and wait for Minister Long to return," Shi Polu said.
"Minister Shi, what if more students die tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the day after that? We can't let the real culprit go free," Li He said hoarsely.
“Li He, it’s not that I don’t care, but if you can beat him, then go and capture him. Anyway, if I can’t, then you guys can,” Shi Polu said. Even if they all went together, could they withstand one punch from Zui San? Zui San was indeed a quasi-King Realm cultivator, but Zui San could fight against a King Realm cultivator.
"How can we bow down to the powerful? Even if I, Li He, die today, I will never let the real culprit continue to harm others." With that, Li He charged towards Zui San. He released his aura, which was also very powerful, but it was nothing in front of Zui San.
With a single palm strike, Zui San pinned Li He to the ground. Li He struggled fiercely, but to no avail.
"Aside from being a bit muddle-headed, you're not a bad person." Zui San muttered to himself as he looked at the indignant Li He. The next second, he exerted force, and Li He fainted.
"Anyone else want to try?" Zui San asked, his gaze sweeping over the crowd. But the moment he looked at them, everyone immediately lowered their heads. What a joke! Li He, who had charged ahead, was now lying on the ground like a dead dog. Who among them would dare to rush forward? Although they wouldn't die—Zui San certainly wouldn't kill them—it would be pointless to invite trouble!
"It's pathetic that there's only one brave soul among them." Zui San shook his head in disappointment as he looked at the Dragon Division, which hadn't seen anyone step forward.
"You've gone too far! You've gone too far!" At this moment, another old man stepped forward. He was also an old instructor in the Dragon Division. His strength was slightly inferior to Li He's, but he was still a Five-Chip expert. He instantly charged towards Zui San.
The same scene repeated itself, and everyone mourned for him.
"Anything else?" Zui San looked at the crowd again.
"Is that Zui San?" A female voice suddenly came, and then a woman walked out, staring intently at Zui San.
Zui San's gaze followed the sound, and he suddenly froze, "Qing'er? Is that you?"
The woman frowned after hearing Zui San's words. "So it really was you?"
"Qing'er." Upon hearing the woman's words, Zui San seemed to lose his soul and rushed towards her.
"Qing'er, is it really you?" Zui San hugged the woman tightly, tears already streaming down his face.
Pfft...
The next second, a dagger pierced his chest, but he did not push away the woman in his arms, letting the blood flow freely.
"I am not Qing'er, Qing'er is my mother." The woman said calmly, then a powerful aura emanated from her body, causing Zui San to stagger backward. "It was you who killed my mother and my father. You deserve to die."
puff…………
A mouthful of blood spurted from Zui San's mouth. Gu Yu rushed forward and supported Zui San, injecting several wisps of life essence into Zui San's body. However, the woman's dagger pierced Zui San's heart meridian, which even a quasi-king could not withstand.
“Cough cough cough…” Zui San coughed violently, but his eyes were fixed on the woman. “Impossible, this is impossible, you are definitely not Qing’er’s child, impossible.”
Gu Yu also glanced at the woman. This woman's cultivation level was actually at the fourth level, but she was no more than thirty years old. Gu Yu knew without thinking who Qing'er was, since he had heard Qinglong talk about her. Even if Zui San was not a hundred years old, he was close to that age. Qing'er had been dead for sixty years. How could she have a daughter who was less than thirty years old? This did not make sense!
"Xiang Mo, what you have done is outrageous! You forced my mother into this, you deserve to die!" The woman said, and charged at Zui San again with a dagger in her hand.
Upon seeing this, Gu Yu rushed forward and swung his sword at the woman.
boom…………
After each of them took a few steps back and regained their balance, the woman charged at Zui San again.
This time, however, Gu Yu did not step forward, because someone moved—Shi Polu. He instantly blocked the woman and unleashed a palm strike, sending her flying backward.
"I don't care what grudges you have. Zui San is the deputy minister of my Dragon Division. If you make another move, I won't hesitate to take you down," Shi Polu said coldly.
He roughly guessed the woman's identity, but he also felt that it didn't make sense.
The others in the Dragon Clan were also caught off guard by this sudden turn of events.
What's with all this talk about Qing'er and how she killed his mother and father? What is all this nonsense? However, some of them had heard of the name Xiang Mo before.
"Xiang Mo, I will kill you one day." The woman glanced at Zui San with hatred, then turned and left.
"Who exactly are you?" Zui San, seeing the woman leave, endured his injuries and struggled a few times before spitting out another mouthful of blood, becoming completely listless.
"Your heart meridian is injured, and you need to heal as soon as possible," Gu Yu said to Zui San.
"I must find out who she is." Zui San didn't care about anything else. He tapped his body a few times with his fingers to stop the bleeding. Then he moved to chase after the woman, but before he could take a few steps, he spat out another mouthful of blood, his body stiffened, and he fell straight to the ground.
Gu Yu rushed forward to check, and when he saw that Zui San's lips had suddenly turned black, Gu Yu's expression changed immediately. It was poisoned; the woman's dagger had even been poisoned.
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