Killing Gu
The white-clad woman, Gu Hou, who had been quietly guarding the cave, suddenly opened her eyes. A demon had appeared in the northwest direction and was fighting with Gu Ye.
Is this another conspiracy by the Demon Master? The Queen of Gu moved and appeared at the cave entrance just as Xiao Litian brought down his sword.
Ding! Bang!
The two exchanged blows quickly and then separated just as fast.
Only one person came? The Queen of Gu had a thought and swung her sword. Xiao Litian did not fight head-on, but nimbly dodged the attack and instead made a move to rush into the cave.
Is he going to attack the Gu King?
Does he already know?
The Gu Queen didn't have much time to think. She was a puppet body created by the Gu King. Unlike the Gu Women, she had no self-awareness; her consciousness was the Gu King's consciousness.
After meeting with Shu Huixin, the Gu King was clearly stimulated and fell into a deep sleep again, leaving only a trace of consciousness to control the Gu Queen and preserve his physical body.
The day he was supposed to awaken had already passed by much earlier than expected, and he could no longer rely too much on the power of the demonic gu, otherwise he would also become a demonic gu puppet.
The Gu King naturally understood this, but she didn't believe the news could spread so quickly.
Xiao Litian attacked ruthlessly. Because the Gu Queen was wary of the Gu King, she could not stray too far from the cave entrance and could only defend by attacking.
"Will this method work?" Lan Fengguang asked, somewhat agitated. "My senior sister and I will both stay, but what if..."
Among the demon-slaying weapons, only his and Sheliuying's weapons, after being coated with a potent poison that counters demonic worms, can inflict irreparable damage on them. Therefore, Lan Fengguang couldn't understand why he or Sheliuying weren't chosen to participate in the battle this time.
"Those three are quite strong; they should be able to handle Gu Master without any problem. As for Xiao Litian, he's just luring and hindering the woman in white; I believe he won't be in any danger," Kou Qiyu said.
"Since we can't kill the Gu King in one fell swoop, let's find a way to eliminate the remaining Gu offspring first, isn't that what we agreed on before?"
"That being said, we must also guard against other Gu foes joining forces..." Lan Fengguang said, sounding somewhat unsure of himself. He also recalled the last time when they tried to kill the Gu King, but the woman in white took advantage of their vulnerability instead.
After killing a demon and Old Xu, Lan Fengguang sighed again, thinking of Old Xu. "I heard from Caiyou that He Wenwen has resumed her research on Gu poison. That child... sigh..."
Since then, those who went to visit He Wenwen returned to find that she seemed like a different person, her calmness frightening.
Looking back at He Wenwen, everyone agreed that the real He Wenwen was the one with the bad temper who would curse, while the one now seemed alive but was like a walking corpse.
"What about the other offspring?" Lan Fengguang took a deep breath, pulling himself out of his increasingly deep thoughts. "Can we kill both offspring in one go?"
Kou Qiyu shook his head. "We've had too few encounters with the other one. Le Qing and She Liuying are mainly just closely monitoring her actions. It's better to avoid confrontation if possible."
As he spoke, his gaze turned to the northwest, the border between Tunning Bend and Wuyin Mao. Tunning Bend, which had been almost razed to the ground by Gu Lang, was filled with a desolate and deathly aura.
Gu Ao slowly opened her eyes, her whole body tensing up silently.
They attacked Master Gu?!
Deep in the forest, Gu Master was driven to madness, stirring up the shadows of the trees, and the Gu Woman and Gu Man he had just killed emerged from the depths of the forest once more.
Mie Chenhuan met Gu Lang's thin-winged blade with a single slash. The demonic energy surged, and with a loud boom, his tiger's mouth went slightly numb. Although this Gu Lang was an imposter, he was still able to use 50% of Gu Lang's strength.
"Damn Gu worms!" Mie Chenhuan cursed under his breath. Suddenly, he felt a chill down his back. Without looking, he flipped over to avoid it. A blanket of silver frost fell down fiercely. The Gu woman's alluring figure flashed away, and a giant dandelion transformed into countless hair-like ice crystals that shot out.
Whoosh whoosh——
These ice crystals naturally inherited the power of the Gu Woman. Just now, Yingmou was careless and took a hit, and his entire right arm was frozen.
"I can't die!" Gu Ye felt an astonishing demonic power surging towards him with intense killing intent. He desperately stirred the illusion tree and attacked the three demons.
"Why should I die?" He gathered all his evil power and expanded the area of the illusionary tree. "I did nothing wrong. Is it wrong to want to live with dignity?"
The illusory trees surged forth, covering the sky and the earth. Shadow Eyes pierced the alluring body of the Gu Woman with a single spear thrust, but the Gu Woman raised her eyes and gave him a meaningful, cold smile. Then, she twisted her body, and the illusory trees instantly filled her body, with giant dandelions bursting forth with icy energy.
swish swish
Seeing this, Yingmou withdrew quickly. Almost simultaneously, Ye Honglanzhi slashed Gu Nu's throat with her sword. Gu Nu paused, then quickly shrank into the illusion tree. In the blink of an eye, she materialized again from behind Yingmou.
"careful!"
Ye Honglanzhi narrowly avoided the attack of the Illusion Tree. With a glance, she saw Gu Lang's thin-winged blade fall fiercely. He swayed, and Mie Chenhuan met it with a blade. With a sweeping force, Gu Lang's face became ferocious, and his evil power surged. Mie Chenhuan was instantly blasted away by him.
"This fight will never end. We need to find that Gu worm first!" Ye Honglanzhi shouted as she dodged Gu Lang's dangerous attack.
"I know that without you saying it!" Mie Chenhuan wiped the blood from his lips, his hand holding the knife trembling slightly, the eyes on the blade darting around.
"Make way!" Mie Chenhuan sang loudly.
Yingmou, who had just been repelled by the Gu woman's dandelion attack, paused for a moment and immediately replied, "What are you trying to show off for? Want to fight one-on-one?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his feigned relaxed expression suddenly turned grim, and Mie Chenhuan exuded an aura of death, the eyes on his blade beginning to spin wildly.
Ye Honglanzhi managed to extricate herself from her fight with Gu Lang, but suddenly her vision blurred.
The illusory tree that had just surged forth suddenly stopped moving after coming into contact with Mie Chenhuan's death aura.
A large mass of death energy spread out, and from within that dark death energy, the old tree's roots burst forth with an astonishing green light, cleaving Gu Lang's body in two at the waist with a single strike. This time, however, Gu Lang was not absorbed by the Illusion Tree.
The Gu Master, hiding deep within the Illusion Tree, coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"How could this be? How could this be!"
My nerves were on edge, and the suffocating despair of being on the verge of death instantly surged into my heart.
What did he do wrong?
In the dead of winter, every household is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. He only wanted to beg for a bite to eat, so why was he treated like this?
“I raised you to adulthood without asking for anything in return. At least when I am old and unable to move, I was able to give you a meal. Is that wrong?”
He was turned away at the door, and the snow fell all over him, but nothing was colder than his heart.
"Am I wrong to imagine that individuals can live with dignity?"
He didn't want to eat that demonic gu. He had seen examples of failures where the victim's body was covered in sores that it was a pitiful sight. But he still underestimated Liao Wanchuan's ambition and forcibly forced the demonic gu down his throat.
"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, why does it hurt? Who? Anyone will do, kill me, kill me now—"
"No! I'm alive again! I don't want to die again! I—"
A chaotic mind, gripped by extreme fear.
With a "poof," a semi-transparent bulge appeared on the back of Gu Ye's neck, as if it were about to devour his head bit by bit.
"Aaaaaahh ...
The Gu Master, writhing in agony, let out a miserable scream. Suddenly, countless thick, illusory trees burst forth from his center, enveloping him layer by layer.
At this moment, the Gu woman and Gu man were also absorbed by the Illusion Tree, and their lower bodies were all connected to the branches of the Illusion Tree.
The Gu Master and Gu Woman attacked simultaneously, and in the next moment, a swarm of dragonfly claws and rapidly spreading rat-head flowers surrounded the three of them.
boom!
"What are these things!" Shadow Eyes roared, sweeping away a swarm of dragonfly claws with a single shot, only to be bitten hard by a rat-headed flower that suddenly pounced at his feet.
Before Ye Honglanzhi could answer him, the sword light flashed like lightning and cleared away a large patch of rat-head flowers. When she looked up, the Gu woman's features were distorted, and dandelions fell fiercely.
Boom—
A large clearing was blasted open deep in the forest, with phantom trees dancing wildly, and demonic, evil, and deathly auras intertwined, accompanied by billowing smoke.
"The one in the middle!" Ye Honglanzhi and Yingmou exchanged a glance, and the other immediately understood and joined Ye Honglanzhi on the left and right to restrain the Gu woman and Gu man.
Mie Chenhuan's eyes were already slightly red. He ignored the Rat-Head Flower and the Dragonfly Claw. In an instant, the blade flashed, and deathly energy spread, landing directly on the thick illusion tree in the center.
boom!
In an instant, the earth shook violently, and an astonishing aura of death and evil exploded in mid-air.
After a burst of thick smoke, Kou Huai, who had been ignored by Gu Ye and the others, finally scrambled to the illusion tree that had enveloped Gu Ye. When the crisscrossing branches appeared in front of Kou Huai, he felt a dizzying sensation and was hit hard in the chest, almost making him vomit blood.
"Oh my god... cough cough cough..."
He only carried a short sword with him when he went out. Although it was also a demon-slaying weapon, and He Wenwen had ruined it, he still thoughtfully coated it with the most potent Gu poison.
Hearing the fierce battle not far away, he struggled to climb out after being stuck upside down in the tree branch for a while. He picked up the short sword and brandished it at the tree trunk, saying, "Why didn't I bring a big sword as tall as a man? How am I supposed to fight with something this small?"
As he spoke, he saw the surrounding phantom trees beginning to stir again. Without thinking, he gripped his sword with both hands and thrust it down fiercely.
"Ahhh—"
The Gu Master inside the Illusion Tree had completely lost its human form, and the translucent moth-like Gu worm on its head let out a shrill scream.
Gu Ye's pupils trembled wildly, and his body was wreaking havoc with evil power.
Kou Huai was suddenly and violently struck by the illusionary tree.
The Illusion Tree, which was attacking Yingmou and the others, paused its movements. Yingmou and Ye Honglanzhi attacked at the same time, while Mie Chenhuan took the opportunity to break into the interior of the Illusion Tree.
The illusion tree contracted rapidly and began to retreat quickly.
Run! Run! Run!
He has to escape! He can't die!
They can't die!!!
Driven by an intense will to survive, Gu Ye retreated recklessly, while the surrounding illusory trees desperately tried to stop Mie Chenhuan from attacking him.
At that moment, Kou Huai, who had gotten up, picked up his short sword again and stabbed it into the illusion tree.
The sharp pain acted directly on his brain, and the terrified Gu Ye twisted and deformed all over. Five or six branches of the Illusion Tree pierced through Kou Huai's body and pinned him firmly to the trunk of the Illusion Tree.
Kou Huai coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his vision went black.
"It hurts...it hurts so much..."
His entire body was pulled backward by the illusionary tree, blood flowing all over the ground, but he was unable to pull the branch that was stuck in his body out.
At the same moment, a flash of cold light streaked past, and Ye Honglanzhi charged in from the right, severing the tree branch binding him with a single sword stroke.
Kou Huai rolled to the side, covered in blood, his consciousness beginning to blur from the pain.
Ever since the demonic insect invaded, he has never broken his bond with Ah Chong, always fearing that he might accidentally die. But now, he even has the thought that it would be better to die.
"Hey! Kou Huai!"
While blocking the attacks of the Illusion Tree, Ye Honglanzhi tried to help up Kou Huai, who was covered in blood.
Kou Huai hissed and forcefully pulled out the thickest branch that was stuck in his heart. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and pulled out several more branches. The wound began to heal under the effect of the symbiotic relationship between the insect and the tree.
He struggled to his feet and saw Huan Shu, driven to the brink, rushing madly towards Mie Chen Huan. Mie Chen Huan's condition was already somewhat abnormal; to be precise, he seemed to be on the verge of losing control.
"I can't die, I won't—"
The Gu Master's head was throbbing with pain, and the fleshy moth on the back of his head was almost fully formed. It moved its soft, fleshy wings, and its scarlet eyes suddenly widened.
That was the despair and fear that Gu Ye felt before his death.
"Aaaaaah! Let's die together then—"
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