fierce battle
Kou Xiaobai and Xichi, who were patrolling the outer edge of the treacherous peaks, suddenly felt an unprecedented killing intent coming towards them.
"Get out of the way!"
With a cry of an eagle, both the human and the demon were thrown far away in a flash. At the critical moment, Xichi reacted quickly, grabbed the fragile Kou Xiaobai, and rolled several times until they hit a rock and stopped.
Boom!
Yingmou and Xiaolitian attacked simultaneously, their spears cutting through the enemy lines and their blades flashing like lightning. However, all their attacks were blocked by a strange weapon.
The two exchanged a glance, and the next second, the Gu King's lips curled into a smile, and an astonishing evil power swept across the sky, violently sending the two flying.
Almost simultaneously, the Queen of Gu moved with the sword, and the cold light in her shadowy eyes surged.
Ding! Bang!
Xiao Litian forcefully blocked the opponent's sword with his own blade, but felt a tightness in his chest and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
The next second, Yingmou seized the opportunity to raise her spear, unleashing a torrent of demonic power that crashed down upon the unmoving Gu King.
The Gu King didn't even lift his eyelids. His vision blurred, and a sharp pain shot through his wrist. The spear snapped his wrist and pierced through his shoulder.
"Mou!" Kou Qiyu, who arrived at the scene, was both shocked and furious.
Swoosh—
The Demon-Slaying Arrow drew a chilling glint. The Gu King swayed, and with a powerful swing of his Hundred-Bend Blade, he instantly severed the arrow. He glanced at Lan Fengguang out of the corner of his eye and saw that Lan Fengguang had appeared to his right at some point, his speed no less than that of a demon. The Demon-Slaying Sword was aimed directly at Lan Fengguang's throat.
Blood splattered instantly, the Gu King's neck tilted to the side, and before he could even rejoice at the sight, he was violently blasted away by the evil force of the Hundred Tribulations.
A shocking wound immediately appeared on his chest, and blood gushed out instantly.
Everyone was shocked and furious. As blood stained half of the Gu King's body, he was still smiling. He slowly straightened his head with one hand, and the potentially fatal wound disappeared rapidly in everyone's horrified gaze. Even the blood on his neck returned to his body.
"How...how is this possible?" Lan Fengguang exclaimed, his mouth agape in shock.
A chill ran down everyone's spine, and the atmosphere instantly froze.
Those were injuries caused by the Demon-Slaying Sword, which is still lethal to the Gu. Moreover, it was also poisoned with a special Gu poison that can suppress Gu. So why?
"Is that all you've got?" The Gu King sneered, taking a step forward. "Come at me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Litian gathered all his demonic power and brought his sword down.
Boom!
"Aaaaah! What is this?"
Countless demonic corpses suddenly appeared all around the precipitous peaks, surging in like a tidal wave.
The formation beneath their feet had no effect on them, and Kou Xiaobai, Xichi, Wu Fei, Hu Feng, and other demon tamers and demon servants quickly set up an attack to stop them.
"What's going on outside? It looks like a big guy has arrived!" Hu Feng frowned, eager to try.
Wu Feidong hid in hiding, crying out, "What a big guy! A deadly thing!"
"Don't go out! Master said to guard the inside!" Kou Xiaobai replied in the meantime.
With a single stroke, Xichi severed a demon corpse, his face so grim it was almost frozen.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I absolutely, positively won't go out!" Wu Fei swore to the heavens, making Hu Feng so angry he wanted to kick him a couple of times. "Useless!"
"Hey, I can hear you!" Wu Fei rolled on the spot and threw out a fire-chasing stone.
Bang bang bang
"This thing is really useful!" he exclaimed.
On the other side, Kou Huai was assigned to help He Wenwen at her residence when a demonic corpse, appearing out of nowhere, lunged at him menacingly.
Kou Huai, wielding a large knife in both hands, was hacking wildly at the demon corpse when he unknowingly encountered Xu Caiyou, who was also fighting fiercely at the door.
"Senior Brother Kou, what happened?" Xu Caiyou's face was covered in blood and she was almost crying.
Kou Huai didn't understand what had happened either. He kicked the demon corpse away and said with a dark face, "It seems like some deadly thing has come. How is your senior brother?"
"he……"
After the demon corpses poured into the courtyard where Xiao Cangdao and the others lived, Mie Chenhuan was the first to rush out.
"The Gu King! It's the Gu King!" Fu Yi had already brought Shui Buyun back, but the Gu King arrived right after the two entered the dangerous peaks.
Shui Buyun's face was grim. "Gu King, I'm looking for him!"
"Wait!" Fuyi was too late to stop her.
“If the Gu worms are so powerful, then the Gu King…” Xiao Cangdao said anxiously, “I’ll go outside and take a look.”
"What are you doing running off to join in the fun?" Mie Chenhuan, covered in blood, flicked away a demon corpse. "There's all this stuff outside now. You stay here and clean it up. I'm going out... no, you're coming with me!"
He pointed at Ye Honglanzhi, who simply nodded and left one after the other with Mie Chenhuan and Shui Buyun.
"I'm going too." Yue Qing had already killed a bunch of demon corpses, and upon hearing this, she also chased after them.
"I—" Xiao Feilian was momentarily agitated, but was stopped by Fuyi, "Everyone get out, who will deal with these demon corpses inside? Don't forget, our people also live here."
Xiao Feilian was taken aback and exchanged a glance with Xiao Cangdao.
The internal demons and zombies have rampaged through the area, and almost everyone who is able to move has taken up arms to fight them.
At the entrance to the perilous peak, the Gu King slashed down with his blade, sending Xiao Litian and Yingmou flying. Immediately afterward, Lan Fengguang and She Liuying simultaneously intervened to restrain the Gu Queen.
But the Queen of Gu moved incredibly fast. Just as a sword was about to strike She Liuying, a flash of cold light appeared as fast as lightning.
bite!
"Aqua!"
The water vapor in the air condensed rapidly and exploded in front of the Gu Queen.
The Queen of Gu paused, her vision blurred, and Shui Buyun slashed her throat with his sword.
His appearance instantly attracted the attention of the Gu King. Yingmou and Xiaolitian joined forces again, unleashing a tremendous demonic force that slammed into the Gu King. The sky and earth changed color, and the wind and clouds surged. However, the Gu King only took a small step back, and Baizhe Guahantian struck back.
Two earth-shattering forces collided violently, their force sweeping across the area. The surrounding air seemed to be sucked away instantly, leaving everyone breathless and their minds blank.
Yingmou and Xiaolitian were violently thrown back and forth, their backs slamming heavily against the rocks, sending shards of rock flying. Yingmou was covered in blood, and his right arm was basically useless. Looking back on his life, apart from the Evil Phoenix Emperor, he had never encountered such a powerful opponent.
Back then, he followed the Demon Lord out of the Rift Ridge to besiege and kill the Evil Phoenix Emperor. That battle was one of the most extraordinary in his life. It was the first time he realized what true power was. As a result, the Demon Lord died tragically, and he was also seriously injured and on the verge of death.
Perhaps out of sheer unwillingness, he dragged his heavily injured body back to Xixi Ridge, but he went the wrong way and was rescued by the then young Kou Qiyu.
Having survived, he was too ashamed to return to Xixi Ridge, so he entrusted his life to his savior.
Unexpectedly, after many years, he felt that deep-seated fear again, an opponent he might not be able to defeat even if he risked his life.
"Cough cough cough..." Ying Mou casually wiped the blood from his lips, then looked up at Kou Qiyu, whose face was deathly pale, and said, "Untie him!"
Kou Qiyu's expression changed. "What do you want to do?"
“My death will also affect you, so I’m breaking the contract.” Yingmou glanced at him, then turned her gaze back to the Gu King, who was being blocked by the crowd.
Kou Qiyu's pupils suddenly contracted, and his lips trembled slightly. Without Yingmou saying anything more, he naturally felt the terrifying power emanating from the Gu King.
“If I die, I can’t protect you…” Yingmou picked up the spear again with his left hand, his body covered in blood but appearing even more upright and arrogant. “That’s the limit of what I can do, Kou Qiyu. I, Yingmou, am not willing to live a life of dishonor; I will die fighting!”
I've lived so many years longer than I should have.
"Shadow Eyes!" Kou Qiyu did not break the contract on his own initiative, but he could feel the surging demonic power emanating from the other party, a determination to perish together with him.
"stop!"
The Gu King's blow landed heavily on Shui Buyun, whose vision went black and who coughed up blood. But Shui Buyun still grinned maliciously at the Gu King, "You think...you think killing me will make Axin like you? No, she'll only...cough cough...hate you even more...hahaha..."
Upon hearing this, the Gu King's face twisted into a ferocious grin. "Then I will grant your wish!"
Boom!
A ball of flame descended from the sky, crashing heavily towards the Gu King. Mie Chenhuan promptly pulled Shui Buyun out of the attack range.
Amidst the flames, a cry of an eagle soared into the heavens. The Gu King, oblivious to the approaching demonic power, fiercely unleashed a strike.
"Shadow Eyes——"
Kou Qiyu roared, feeling as if all his strength had been drained, and the pain was so intense that he felt like he was suffocating.
But then I heard a helpless sigh from Yingmou in my mind, "Why do you do this to yourself..."
The eagle soars through the sky, then swoops down.
With power enough to destroy the heavens and earth, everyone instinctively retreated. A blinding white light exploded in mid-air, and the area within a hundred miles was destroyed in an instant.
As this force descended, time seemed to pause, and consciousness struggled desperately between daze and clarity.
After a long while, the blinding white light was gradually dispersed by the wind, and a long spear fell silently. Only then did some people slowly come to their senses, their bodies soaked in cold sweat, their hearts pounding wildly.
The surroundings were silent, as if there were no living creatures.
"What……"
Xiao Litian, who was closest, spat out a mouthful of blood, his back turning crimson. In the dust and smoke, his vision blurred as the Gu Queen's swift sword flashed like a shadow. Xiao Litian barely managed to defend himself and involuntarily retreated.
"How is this possible?!"
Mie Chenhuan was just as stunned.
The next second, the Gu King spotted the unconscious and seriously injured Shui Buyun and ignored Mie Chenhuan as he charged towards him.
But in Mie Chenhuan's eyes, the Gu King was coming directly for him.
The eyes on the gnarled roots of the old tree spun wildly, and Mie Chenhuan exuded deathly aura as he gathered all his strength to unleash a slash.
boom!
Mie Chenhuan's vision went black as he was blasted away by the Gu King, but at the same time he regained a little of his sanity. The Gu King's power seemed to be a bit weaker than before, and the area from his left shoulder to his chest was black, which seemed to be his blood.
Is the Gu King injured?
Mie Chenhuan landed in a sorry state. The next second, Ye Honglanzhi and Le Qing attacked in turn, while She Liuying seized the opportunity to shoot the Demon-Slaying Arrow. Although the Demon-Slaying Arrow could not kill the Gu King, the Gu King was trying its best to avoid it.
On the contrary, Lan Fengguang, who was struggling to get up, was in a worse state; the wound on his chest had begun to turn black.
"Be careful, don't get hurt by him!"
Lan Fengguang forced himself to stand up, but everything went black before his eyes. A hand quickly reached out and supported him. "Master!"
Lan Xun and Lan Qizheng also rushed over, covered in blood.
"Master, the demon corpses inside have been almost dealt with!"
"Master, how did you get so badly injured? I can help!"
The two disciples rushed forward, and Lan Fengguang tried to stop them, but everything went black before his eyes, and he coughed up blood.
He touched the warm hilt of the Demon-Slaying Sword, recalling the first time he received it.
"So heavy!"
"This sword... can kill demons?"
"Lifespan doesn't matter. As long as I can kill demons and protect the Yang Palace, isn't that what we demon slayers are supposed to do?"
"What kind of demon master are you if you're afraid of death? Especially a demon slayer!"
Lan Fengguang gritted his teeth, tightened his grip on the sword, and thought, no matter what kind of Gu or Gu King he was, he had to die!
boom!
Ye Honglanzhi and Le Qing were thrown out heavily. Le Qing's vision went black, and just as the Hundred-Bend Slash landed, Ye Honglanzhi desperately pulled her out.
Ye Honglanzhi was covered in blood. She had used all her strength to save Le Qing. In her last moments, the Gu King's ghostly figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
Death can happen in an instant.
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