Shen Miao and the Xuan Ran Army's strange beast were repeatedly knocked away. It seemed as if the other party was toying with them, not in a hurry for them to kill them, but just wanting to see them make a fool of themselves.
Time and again, Shen Miao got up from the ground, only to see the strange smiles of those orcs.
She gritted her teeth and spat a mouthful of bloody saliva onto the ground.
Laugh, damn it! You really think she can't handle them? If she doesn't show some real skills, you'll really think she's a pushover!
Shen Miao went all out, conjuring a cannon from her spatial storage and firing a shell at several orcs.
The orcs had never seen anything like it before, and they were completely unprepared, staring at it curiously as if it were some kind of toy.
However, after the shells landed, one of the orcs had his leg blown off. The strange orcs finally realized that this thing was not to be trifled with. The leader's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Shen Miao, as if he wanted to tear her to pieces.
Shen Miao smiled.
She didn't care about being bullied or not; as long as she could win, she would do anything.
Shen Miao aimed at the orcs, preparing to fire a second cannonball. But having learned their lesson, the orcs had become smarter and began to spread out. The leader of the orcs, in particular, was extremely agile. He was not afraid of the cannonball and instead took long strides, quickly approaching her.
He looked like he was trying to steal her cannon!
Shen Miao was shocked, never expecting that there were people so fearless of death.
However, since she was not afraid of death, she didn't hold back. Shen Miao aimed at the approaching orc leader and fired a cannonball at him fiercely!
The orc leader leaped and bounded with great agility, but Shen Miao kept her eyes fixed on him and kept hitting him. The orc was hit and his movements slowed down.
Shen Miao was secretly delighted, for no flesh and blood body could withstand a cannonball.
She was focused on dealing with the orc leader. Once the leader was dead, the other orcs wouldn't be a threat, and she could eliminate them one by one.
As Shen Miao was making plans in her mind, she heard Qing Chen exclaim, "Shen Miao, be careful!"
Shen Miao was surprised and looked up to see that the orc leader who had been hit by the cannonball was charging at her again, and this time he was even faster than before.
"Oh no, it's the power of the Beast God! He has unleashed the power of the Beast God!" Lin Shousheng exclaimed.
Shen Miao didn't know what the power of the Beast God was, but at this moment, she only felt that the speed of that beastman had far exceeded that of a normal person.
He arrived almost in the blink of an eye. In her panic, Shen Miao fired a cannonball, but before it could even be fired, the orc grabbed the cannon barrel with his bare hands and deformed it in an instant.
Shen Miao gasped.
My God, what terrifying power is this? Is the person in front of me even human?
Shen Miao was so shocked she could hardly speak. The orc leader seemed surprised by his own abilities, glancing at his hand in astonishment before quickly striking Shen Miao with a palm, sending her flying.
Shen Miao fell heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and couldn't get up for a long time.
She deeply felt that she had suffered internal injuries.
The orc leader started targeting Lin Shousheng and his group again. The orc, who had awakened the power of the Beast God, dealt with the injured Qingchen and his group with almost no effort. Before long, the group was all tumbled together.
The strange orcs clapped their hands and laughed loudly.
Shen Miao tried her best to sit up. No matter what, she still wanted to try, but she was too badly injured and couldn't get up no matter what.
The orc leader walked towards them, preparing to deliver the final blow and send them all flying into the sky!
At the critical moment, the Gu Master uttered some words, and a jet-black snake suddenly darted out from his back, viciously biting the orc leader's neck.
The orc leader, who had been incredibly arrogant just moments before, was now desperately shaking the snake, while the Gu Master kept his eyes closed, chanting incantations and similar phrases.
The snake bit harder and harder, and no matter how the orc leader tried to shake it off, he couldn't get rid of it, and he screamed in pain.
But soon, he could no longer make a sound, because his face turned bluish-black, and his entire upper body was quickly covered in bluish-black. The orc leader could no longer stand firmly, staggered, and knelt on the ground.
The snake was still desperately clinging to his neck, and Shen Miao couldn't tell if it was just her imagination, but she felt as if the snake had entered the orc leader's neck, because the part of its body that was exposed seemed to have shortened.
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed inside; the orc leader's neck was swollen terribly. He clutched his neck, only able to make hoarse sounds, his eyes wide like copper bells.
After the Gu Master's last incantation, the snake completely burrowed into the orc leader's body. The orc leader fell heavily to the ground, his eyes wide open, and he was gone.
Those strange beastmen witnessed this scene and were so frightened that they ran away in terror. They didn't dare to come up again and scattered like birds and beasts with a scream.
Shen Miao breathed a long sigh of relief; she had been given a second chance at life.
But soon, the Gu Master next to her suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed limply to the ground.
"A Gu Master!" Shen Miao exclaimed in surprise.
Their lives were saved by the Gu Master today. If it weren't for the Gu Master, they would probably already be dead souls under the hands of that strange beastman.
Shen Miao laboriously moved to the Gu Master's side and asked Lin Shousheng, "How is the Gu Master? Why did he vomit blood?"
Lin Shousheng was also seriously injured, but he still managed to support himself and let the Gu Master examine him.
At this moment, the Gu Master's eyes were closed, his whole body was drenched in sweat, and there was blood on the corner of his mouth. He looked as disheveled as could be.
"We've been attacked by the backlash," Lin Shousheng said in a heavy tone.
Shen Miao asked, "Why? He clearly won."
He commanded the snake to kill the orc leader, so he should have been fine.
Lin Shousheng shook his head and said in a heavy tone, "That snake is his natal Gu, which cannot be used under normal circumstances because the natal Gu is connected to the life of its master."
Hearing Lin Shousheng say this, Shen Miao understood, and her gaze towards the Gu Master was filled with complex emotions and gratitude.
"Uncle Lin, is he alright?" Shen Miao was more concerned about this question.
Lin Shousheng said, "The person will recover, but their power will greatly decline, and they will no longer have a natal Gu."
Shen Miao listened, unsure what to say. In her view, as long as one was alive, everything was alright. But for a Gu Master, losing their natal Gu would probably be a huge blow.
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