Although he had planned to investigate the Flower Wine inheritance ground, Fang Yuan couldn't find the time to do so. With his elder status, many were watching him, and with the busy schedule of the wolf tide, many battles had to be fought and he did not have an opportunity to leave.
By the time he returned to the rock crack's secret cave, it was over ten days later.
The end of summer, night time.
The rain just stopped, bringing the atmosphere of autumn itself.
In the sky, a golden moon was hanging, round like a plate, high up in the sky.
Hearing vague wolf cries mixed with the remaining crickets, Fang Yuan stood on a slope, turning back and observing.
Gu Yue village was bright with numerous lamps lighted. The torn walls had been fixed over and over, losing the peace and tranquility it once had. It was almost like a huge beast that had undergone numerous battles, lying on the ground gasping for breath.
"After my rebirth, even the wolf tide's progress has changed much. In my memory, the thunder crown wolf arrived three days ago, but now it is nowhere to be seen."
Fang Yuan took a look, before moving his sight. Tonight he had managed to squeeze out some time, and had to make good use of it.
A moment later, he entered the rock crack's secret cave again.
The cave entrance was purposely covered with grey ash. There had never been any footsteps on it, showing that this place was yet undiscovered.
This small kind of detection method could not be called professional, but Fang Yuan's experience placed them to good use.
Of course, he did not only have one method of precaution, and after several layers of checking, he finally confirmed that this secret cave was still safe for the time being.
He breathed a sigh of relief. After all, since his rebirth, many things had been altered. Especially during the wolf tide, Gu Masters moved around more frequently, so someone might have discovered this place.
He entered the tunnel and went into the second secret room. Pushing open the rock door, he entered the rock forest.
In the rock forest, the path that he once excavated was filled with jade eye stone monkeys again.
But the Fang Yuan now, is already a Rank three Gu Master. Although the Blood Moon Gu did not have the highest attacking power among the Rank three Gu worms, it was definitely far superior than the Moonglow Gu.
Fang Yuan spent six hours, exterminating almost ten groups of monkeys, reopening a path for himself.
He came to the most central area and stepped down the rough rock stairs, entering the third secret room. A rock door blocked his path, and on the rock door there was a carving —"Golden Centipede's cave is precarious, Earth Communication is the way to avoid the disaster." Last time, he had been stuck at this step.
But this time, he opened the rock door with no hesitation, striding into the darkness.
He held a torch that illuminated the surrounding ten steps.
This centipede cave was wide, having a height of three metres, and breadth of two metres. There were also many narrow paths that extended all over the place.
Wherever Fang Yuan walked, the fire would proceed to light up the place and dispel the darkness. Initially the cave only had the sound of his footsteps, but soon all sorts of noises came from all over the place.
The sound gathered into one collective body, continuously sounding. At the edge of the lighted area, he soon saw a large number of centipedes.
They were ferocious. It was only due to the bright fire that they did not attack Fang Yuan. But Fang Yuan knew that as time passed, the centipedes would increase in number, and with the back pushing the ones in front, this stalemate would soon be broken.
But he did not mind it.
If he was still Rank two with only the White Jade Gu's defense, he would definitely not cause such a commotion, attracting the movement of the centipede group. But now that he was Rank three, the Sky Canopy Gu's defense was enough for him to withstand the bites of the insects, and his only concern was the insect king of the place — Chainsaw Golden Centipede.
It had appeared!
Fang Yuan purposely used a trace of his white silver primeval essence from his aperture, releasing it into the air, exposing his Rank three Gu Master aura.
This aura caused the Chainsaw Golden Centipede to feel a strong threat. To it, Fang Yuan had stepped into his territory, and this "wild beast" needed to be eliminated immediately.
Fang Yuan stood on guard against it.
This Chainsaw Golden Centipede was around a metre long, its body as wide as two fists. It first landed at the fringe of the lighted area, coiling its body around it, like python ambushing its prey.
But in the next moment, it moved slowly with numerous legs sustaining its weight as it gradually got closer towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's Rank three aura only made it alert, and not afraid. If he was Rank four, it would not pressure Fang Yuan like this. If he was Rank five and only revealed a bit of that aura, it would run for its life.
Fang Yuan raised the torch high. As the fire burned, it illuminated the surroundings and the shadow's movements.
Under the glow of the fire, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede's exoskeleton emitted an eerie light. At the side of its body, there were silver coloured sawteeth. As it got closer, the sawteeth moved as well, looking like a slowed chainsaw, emitting a buzzing sound.
The other centipedes gathered towards Fang Yuan from the walls and the ground.
Some centipedes climbed to the ceiling, then dropped down, landing on Fang Yuan's shoulder and back.
Fang Yuan did not mind it; he activated the Sky Canopy Gu, and a thick white crystal light appeared on his body, the form of an armor subtly showing as it covered him fully.
The centipedes' poisonous limbs could not do anything against this white crystal armor.
The twisting and turning centipedes climbed on his face or behind his ears; it was a little disgusting, but Fang Yuan's endurance level was way beyond this, thus ignoring them completely. In his previous life, he had eaten almost anything in the wilderness, and even non-poisonous centipedes were eaten raw. In fact the taste was not that bad, almost a bit strange initially, but he got used to it after eating them for a while.
He only placed his attention on the Chainsaw Golden Centipede.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede moved gradually, reducing the distance between Fang Yuan and itself.
When there was a distance of three to four steps between them, Fang Yuan stopped the white silver primeval essence from leaking and this caused his aura to instantly weaken.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede acutely felt that, thus instantly increasing its speed, moving like a golden line.
Pew!
In the blink of an eye, it had shortened the distance, and coiled around Fang Yuan's stomach.
This speed was really fast. It first appeared motionless, then on the very moment it moved, it dashed through like a golden light.
When Fang Yuan managed to react, this Chainsaw Golden Centipede had already coiled around his waist like a snake, opening its mouth and attacking towards Fang Yuan's face.
Fang Yuan quickly stretched out both arms, grabbing the head of this golden centipede.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede struggled, and Fang Yuan who had the strength of two boars, felt that his strength was insufficient.
Especially when the Chainsaw Golden Centipede's two bladed edges started to move rapidly.
Clank clank clank!
A strong pulling and slashing force grinded at the white light of the Sky Canopy Gu.
At once, Fang Yuan's white silver primeval essence was rapidly used up as the white light grinded with the chainsaws, causing sparks to fly.
Fang Yuan's primeval essence was only initial stage light silver primeval essence, and with only 42% in storage, it could not support such an expenditure.
However, Fang Yuan was unfazed; even though he could not get free from the Chainsaw Golden Centipede, he had a trump card!
Spring Autumn Cicada!
He willed in his heart and the Spring Autumn Cicada's shadow appeared from his aperture.
The Spring Autumn Cicada was gradually recovering; its two wings were tender and new like fresh leaves, and at the same time its body had a royal wooden lustre. But overall, it still gave off a withered feeling of death.
It had recovered around 20%, thus its aura was much stronger.
Once this aura was leaked, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede that was struggling intensely immediately surrendered!
It was only a Rank three wild Gu worm. Against the aura of the Rank six Spring Autumn Cicada, it did not dare to move at all.
Fang Yuan felt it most evidently. Previously he was still gripping the Chainsaw Golden Centipede like a poisonous python, using all ways to prevent it from biting; the next moment, it had become a soft and harmless rope.
Fang Yuan smiled lightly, using his white silver primeval essence onto the Chainsaw Golden Centipede that had basically given up. Fang Yuan's will worked without obstacles, completely eliminating the wild consciousness it had.
In a few breath's time, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede was already refined by Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan let go of both hands. The Chainsaw Golden Centipede's numerous segments moved with rhythm, moving across the white protective armor and around Fang Yuan's waist, finally twisting and coiling around his arm. @@novelbin@@
The surrounding centipede groups went away like a receding tide.
The wild Chainsaw Golden Centipede, because of its natural consciousness, was able to dominate the insect group. But now that Fang Yuan's will replaced it, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede lost its ability to communicate and control the group.
Fang Yuan did not eliminate these centipedes, instead letting them leave. Maybe in another dozen plus years, a new Chainsaw Golden Centipede might be born. But this no longer had anything to do with Fang Yuan.
He let the Chainsaw Golden Centipede hang on his shoulder as he investigated deeper into the cave.
This centipede tunnel had a lot of paths, and after moving for a while, the main path split into three branches.
Fang Yuan first used the Earth Communication Ear Grass, and after a while, he eliminated the center path. Choosing the path on the right, he moved for half an hour and found a dead end. He could only backtrack and go through the left path.
By keeping the Chainsaw Golden Centipede, he could deter the centipede groups and cause them to move away from wherever he goes with the golden centipede's aura.
This greatly aided his search.
Not long after he entered the left path, the centipede group that moved away revealed a cave, and he found some clues there.
"These are signs of human construction!" Fang Yuan's heart was moved.
Very evidently, this path was dug out by the Flower Wine Monk initially using the Thousand Li Earthwolf spider.
Fang Yuan moved along this path at a slow pace, patiently investigating.
There were a lot of centipedes in this path, and this was another piece of good news for Fang Yuan.
This is because areas with insect groups living there allowed him to eliminate the possibility of placed traps.
This tunnel was longer than he expected, Fang Yuan spent over twelve hours and walked over three Li worth of distance!
The slope gradually moved down as Fang Yuan approached a deep underground area.
Every once in a while, he stopped and used the Earth Communication Ear Grass to eliminate any possible threats.
Swoosh swish!
"What sound is this?" Fang Yuan eventually heard a weird noise.
Immediately, he noticed what it was.
"This is water... don't tell me?" His thought moved quickly as he had an idea.
At the end of the tunnel, he saw a crystal wall.
And behind the crystal wall, was water.
In the water, there was an ash-gray coloured river that flowed in a spiral, like a mini tornado, endlessly swirling in a self-sufficient system.
"As I thought, this is a natural essence spring!" Seeing this, Fang Yuan's attention was piqued.
Soon after, he saw that behind this watery crystal wall, there was something else in the spring.
A flower bud with the colours of blue and white following one another, was leisurely floating in the spring water.
"This... is actually the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus!" Fang Yuan was shocked!
Note: > This tunnel was longer than he expected, Fang Yuan spent over twelve hours and walked over three Li worth of distance! Li is 500 meters, I don't know why he took twelve hours just to walk 1.5km lol? It's not even an exaggeration.
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As Fang Yuan looked at the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, many doubts in his heart was cleared. He could roughly speculate what had happened.
Going back in time, a millennium ago.
A solitary Rank five Gu Master came upon Qing Mao mountain and incidentally found this underground natural spirit spring.
He was exulted and settled down here. He began merging the mortal villagers living around the foot of the mountain together, forming the prototype of Gu Yue village.
He took in over a hundred wives and concubines, wantonly spreading his bloodline.
He was the ancestor of Gu Yue clan, the founder of Gu Yue village.
Time passed by, and he passed away ending the first generation, then it was the second, third until it reached the fourth generation.
The fourth generation clan leader possessed an A grade aptitude and cultivated to Rank five, creating another golden age for the clan.
One day, a demonic path Gu Master came to the village.
He was bald and muscular, dressed in pink clothes and moved alone; his favorite hobby was to defile innocent women. It was the famous devil of the demonic path: Flower Wine Monk.
Who knew what fortuitous encounter this Flower Wine Monk had, to be able to know the recipe to refine Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. After many preparations, he only lacked a natural spirit spring to refine this flower Gu.
After looking all around, he finally chose Gu Yue village's spirit spring.
At first, he used the pretence of buying moon orchid to slowly approach the Gu Yue clan's higher-ups and get the details on Gu Yue clan.
Afterwards, in the battle with the fourth generation clan leader, he was able to achieve complete victory with his formidable strength. He had not only killed the fourth generation head, but also downed a large majority of the elders. However, his body was infected by the Moonshadow Gu.
Moonshadow Gu's ability was to restrict primeval essence and wasn't enough to be fatal. However, Flower Wine Monk couldn't wantonly slaughter if he wanted to refine the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, as that would attract a lot of attention and hinder the progress. Thus, he chose to do things from the dark.
He used the Thousand Li Earthwolf Spider to dig out a tunnel, secretly advancing to this area. Due to the thorough preparations he had made before and with the sufficient materials, he was able to refine Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus in the spirit spring.
The Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus has an extraordinary background. Its fusion recipe had been created many millenniums ago by a Gu Master of the righteous faction: Immortal Venerable Genesis Lotus.
Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus was only a Rank three flower Gu, but it had its advancement route and could become the Rank six Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus, which was ranked sixth among the list of Top Ten Great Immortal Gu rankings. Its worth was about the same as the Spring Autumn Cicada!
The Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus had a reputation as a portable spirit spring, because it could produce primeval stones.
However, its fusion process had an extremely high price.
To refine the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, there must be a natural spirit spring. This spring should be full of primeval energy, and cannot be a spirit spring that has been used for many years, with its reserves drying out.
After the fusion succeeds, this spirit spring will be thoroughly useless and will lose its ability to produce primeval stones, becoming just an ordinary spring.
A natural spirit spring is extremely valuable. One only needs to look at how this spirit spring has sustained countless Gu Masters of the Gu Yue clan for close to a millennium to realize this point.
Refining a Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus would completely destroy this spirit spring. But that was just the beginning. If it was to be advanced to Rank four, it would need seven spirit springs, nine at Rank five, and eleven for Rank six!
Apart from this, many extremely precious Gu worms would be needed as auxiliary ingredients.
"If I take this Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, it would be like carrying a mini-scale spirit spring with me. The Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus is only a Rank three Gu, so its daily primeval stones production can't compare to a normal spirit spring, but the amount will be enough to sustain my cultivation expenditure!"
This was just one of its benefits.
The primeval stones produced by Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus were a lot more than the earnings from the Nine Leaves Vitality Grass.
Primeval stones can not only help in advancing cultivation - they are also an exchangeable form of currency.
With the treasure lotus, Fang Yuan could decrease the amount of primeval stones he carried. The tusita flower could then be used to store various stuffs which could greatly decrease the burden on him.
"However....I heard that the fusion process of the treasure lotus is quite mysterious; it appears from nothing during which it transits between the astral and physical form. Ordinary people can't see it, and it can only be seen clearly through the crystal. This Gu is quite delicate and needs to be nourished within the spirit spring for nine days and nine nights until it grows out nine intact leaves, before it can be plucked and put into the primeval sea in the aperture. If one picks it up before the time is ripe, all their efforts would be completely wasted."
Fang Yuan didn't know the detailed recipe of Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus and only knew some insider rumors. He had no idea on how to advance it in the future.
Even so, this Rank three Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus would be of an enormous assistance to him.
He looked beyond the crystal wall and carefully observed; to his surprise, the flower only had eight and a damaged half leaf. There was only half a leaf left for the nine complete leaves.
Fang Yuan wasn't baffled by this.
Centuries had passed, the spirit spring's reserves had been consumed for four generations of time.
This Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus condensed the majority of the spirit spring's essence, constantly consuming the primeval stones produced by the spirit spring, and causing the spirit spring's reserves to further decrease. As a result, the treasure lotus slowly began to reverse the absorption, instead replenishing the damage to the spirit spring. By doing this, it was damaging itself; this was the reason for the damaged leaf.
"Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus must have nine complete leaves before it can be plucked. It only has eight leaves and a half now. I need to throw in primeval stones to the spring if I am to pluck it!"
Primeval stones were the crystallization of the spirit spring, they could provide the nourishment to the treasure lotus and let it grow again. @@novelbin@@
However, don't underestimate this half damaged leaf. It was sure to require large amounts of primeval stones for it to grow back!
"If I am not wrong, this crystal wall should be produced by a Moat Gu...." Fang Yuan tried to touch the wall, and found that this wall was real but also virtual, just like light and shadow; his hands went through the wall without any obstruction.
But he quickly took back his hand and didn't dare to go deep into the spirit spring.
Spirit springs should never be polluted.
He poured his primeval essence into the tusita flower and took out a primeval stone.
He threw the primeval stone through the crystal wall. As if the wall didn't exist, the primeval stone went through it and dropped into the spirit spring, striking onto the phantom figure of the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus.
Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus transited between blue and white and started shaking like water ripples. It digested the primeval stone in almost an instant.
After waiting for the flower to turn calm, Fang Yuan observe it attentively, but found no change in that damaged leaf.
His expression was calm. He started throwing in dozens of primeval stones but there was still no change to the damaged leaf.
Fang Yuan continued to throw in primeval stones while silently counting the number. When over five hundred primeval stones were thrown, the damaged leaf finally grew by a little.
After the sight of this scene, Fang Yuan couldn't help but feel slightly gloomy.
From this calculation, he had to throw in at least over fifty thousand primeval stones in at one time.
If he did it in batches and the time gap was long, Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus would consume itself to replenish the spirit spring as the clan continuously extracted primeval stones.
"Over fifty thousand primeval stones...I only have just over ten thousand with me and lack forty thousand more."
With his status as an elder, raising these forty thousand primeval stones wasn't really a problem.
The true problem, however, lay elsewhere. Once he took out this Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, the spirit spring would be completely useless and this was bound to attract the whole clan's furious and frantic investigation.
Fang Yuan had plentiful experience, but he had limited methods. If the clan investigated without any considerations, they were sure to find some clues. In fact, the clan's higher-ups were already suspicious of him, but their suspicions were temporarily suppressed by the wolf tide.
If the Flower Wine Monk's inheritance was exposed, Fang Yuan would definitely be the primary suspect.
Even if Fang Yuan secretly escaped, he would suffer the whole clan's reckless chase.
"I can't give up over the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. Even if I don't have its fusion recipe, who knows what the future holds? The problem is that once I take this Gu, it is akin to stabbing a hornet's nest and bringing calamity upon myself."
Fang Yuan secretly considered every situation and decided he had to wait for the best opportunity to appear, to take this Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus.
"This Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus should be the last inheritance of Flower Wine Monk. But there are many suspicious points to this; Flower Wine Monk would have come to this place to refine the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, so what kind of accident did he encounter to be so seriously injured that he had to hurriedly set up this inheritance before dying?"
Fang Yuan already knew the reason for the Flower Wine Monk to set up the inheritance.
It was to take revenge against the Gu Yue clan.
If Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus was to be taken out of the spirit spring - whether it was a success or failure - this natural spirit spring was bound to be useless.
Without the natural spirit spring, Gu Yue clan would have no foundation to stay here. It was only a matter of time before the clan broke apart.
"Forget it, I won't make any headway in my doubts without any new evidence. I should return to the village now." In the end, Fang Yuan shook his head and began to return back the way he came.
When he had just exited the rock crack, a loud and clear wolf howl continuously resounded.
"This sound!" Fang Yuan turned grim and quickly moved.
When he reached the riverbank outside of the rock crack, he could smell a thick odor of blood.
Sounds of cries, yells, wolf howls and explosions could be heard even though there was still some distance to the village.
Fang Yuan concealed his figure and climbed a hill.
It was early in the morning and the first rays of sunlight had just broken out of the sky.
Countless wolf packs were rushing towards the Gu Yue village like a flood.
Fang Yuan's gaze swept past them, then his body trembled.
In the rearmost part of the wolf packs, he saw a lightning wolf that was as large as a small hill.
Myriad beast king: Thunder Crown Wolf!
It was tall and slim, had strong limbs and its whole body was covered with eerie blue scales. Tufts of golden wolf fur could be seen on its claws and tail.
The fur on its head were all stiff and upraised, forming a towering crown.
It was crouching on the ground and was still like a sculpture. The frenzy lightning wolves and bold lightning wolves around it constantly howled, serving to show its elegance and nobility.
Just by sitting there, it had already brought a great mental pressure to the Gu Yue clan.
"The myriad beast king has finally arrived, it is the decisive moment for the survival of the Gu Yue village!" Fang Yuan gazed towards the village; innumerable Gu Masters were in fierce battles, using all of their strength to block the frantic charge of the wolf tide.
Suddenly, around ten figures flew out of the village and rushed against the wolf tide, charging towards the Thunder Crown Wolf.
They were all elders and in front of them was the clan leader Gu Yue Bo!
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If one wants to fight against the thunder crown wolf, one must strike first. Its strength is just too great, and if it was let into the village, it would definitely cause great losses and damage.
This group's capabilities were huge. With the Rank four clan leader Gu Yue Bo as the leader, and his elders as his support, they were a strong attacking force.
The wolf tide was surging violently, yet they went against it with careful and compact cooperation. As if the group was a warship, splitting the waves apart, advancing bravely forward.
Wherever they went, they were practically sweeping everything away in their path!
The closer they got to the thunder crown wolf, the more the pressure coming from the wolf tide increased.
Gu Yue Bo was calm and composed. Suddenly he stretched out his right palm, and slashed in front of him.
Swoosh!
A golden coloured moonblade, as big as a grown adult, formed in a split second and flew out towards the front.
Swooosh swoosh swoooosh!
After flying out for a few meters, this moon disk suddenly went through a change, and from one blade it turned into three.
Three moonblades flew alongside each other, bringing about the sound of the wind whistling as it plowed open three bloody paths like knives cutting meat apart.
Many wolves fell without exception. Broken limbs flew into the air, and blood-curdling cries sounded non-stop.
A frenzy lightning wolf roared and started rushing over fiercely towards the Gu Masters from the right side."Let me!" A clan elder suddenly went from a thin and dry appearance, turning into a huge fat man in one breath.
With a bang, he used his round belly and sent the frenzy lightning wolf flying away.
The frenzy lightning wolf had come in a torrential rush, and the greater the strength of collision the stronger the bounce back was. It was thrown across high into the air, cutting an arc and then finally falling down hundreds of meters away.
The other elders were displaying all sorts of abilities.
There were some with long hair like needles, continuously shooting out and sweeping away lightning wolves.
Some of them had their bodies covered in light armor, forcefully bearing through the wolves' tearing and biting.
The thunder crown wolf went from a half-sitting state, and slowly got onto its feet. It firmly stared at the Gu Masters rushing towards itself, and the wolf's dark eyes flashed with warning.
It opened its mouth and let out a low roar, revealing its sharp and jagged wolf fangs.
Each of the frenzy lightning wolves and bold lightning wolves that heard its roar immediately got up and rushed towards the Gu Masters.
The Gu Masters were instantly slowed in their charge, receiving great obstruction.
"Clan leader!"
"I'll leave it to all of you, clan elders!"
"You have to win..."
Numerous eyes flashed and gathered on them. Unknown number of rallying cries and shouts sounded from the the depths of the clansmen's hearts.
This was the most crucial battle.
If they lose the battle, the entire clan would face the danger of being wiped out. If victory was assured, then they would have held against the hardest moment of the wolf tide.
This was the battle that would decide the life and death of the Gu Yue clan!
None of the elders backed off. They pushed forward, while drenched in blood. Even though they did not lose any numbers, none of them were spared from injury. @@novelbin@@
They eliminated all the obstacles around them, until they faced the thunder crown wolf, then charged towards it.
Therapy Light Gu.
Suddenly a middle-aged female clan elder stretched out both her hands, and a pure white, warm light bubbled forth. The light first flowed onto the clan leader's body, and then reflected onto each of the other clan elders.
This was a Rank three healing Gu with area-of-effect properties, and it could instantly cause the wounds on Gu Masters to stop bleeding. Light wounds would be recovered completely, while heavy wounds would be healed by half.
"Continue fighting!" Gu Yue Bo roared loudly.
Five clan elders swiped their arms as they heard the signal, and sent a moonblade flying towards the sky.
Suddenly a clan elder roared as all the muscles on his body erupted and expanded three times, becoming a white fur giant ape.
It jumped in front of the group, its hands joined together.
Gu Yue Bo stepped onto its two hands, and with a low roar, the ape kicked from the ground and stretched out its waist, using all the strength in its body to toss Gu Yue Bo into the sky.
Moon-invite Gu.
Gu Yue Bo spread out his left hand; it was giving out a hazy, whirlpool-like purple moonlight.
The moonblades that the clan elders had shot towards the sky were all absorbed and annexed by this purple moonlight.
"SLASH!"
Gu Yue Bo's eyes shone as he shouted in a thunderous volume, splitting the air with his palms from up to down.
Pew!
Winds and thunder resounded as a purple moonblade, larger than a horse carriage, flew towards the thunder crown wolf.
This moonblade looked slow but was actually fast, and in a split second, it struck its target.
The thunder crown wolf howled and at the last moment, a thunder light armor appeared on its body.
Bam!
In the next moment, an intense explosion occurred as the sky was engulfed in eerie blue lightning pitting against the purple alluring moonlight.
Numerous people squinted as the shockwaves spread from the impact, sending the ordinary lightning wolves in the vicinity flying.
When the intense light dissipated, the Gu Masters were already engaging in battle with the thunder crown wolf.
The clan elders were all extremely experienced and well coordinated with each other.
An aged old master with floating white hair shot out needles from it endlessly like rain.
On another side, a female Gu Master blew out flames from her nostrils like lingering snakes, and she spouted a wave of orange flame and assaulted two sides at the same time.
There were another three Gu Masters - one turned into a white ape, while another turned his muscles into steel from head to toe as they both tried to curb the thunder crown wolf. The other Gu Master tossed out unending numbers of Puppet Gu, pouring his primeval essence and turning them into vine armoured grass soldiers or wooden servants with red spears, using them as fodder to attract the incoming assault.
Healing Gu Masters stood at the outer circle, using Therapy Light Gu from time to time. Beside them were defensive Gu Masters, giving them care and protection.
The thunder crown wolf had been beaten badly. Its right front limb had a huge wound, the blood flowing non-stop. This was the outcome from the attack of the purple moonblade a moment ago.
It roared continuously as it had fallen into the Gu Master's well planned trap. Even if it had the spirits to fight back, there was not much it could do.
The Gu Masters weaved and jumped around it like fleas on a cat or dog. They continued to move around and pulled space as they worked with completely chemistry.
But the good situation did not last, for the thunder crown wolf slowly began to adapt, while the wound on its body did not stop healing.
It was clear that it had a healing Gu on its body. This was very bad news.
The healing Gu's existence would mean that this is a war of attrition.
Wild Gu could just use the natural essence straight from the air, while Gu Masters could only use primeval essence from their own apertures.
After the battle reached fifteen minutes later, the thunder crown wolf suddenly howled towards the sky, and a torrent of lightning flashes enveloped its whole body, while its speed sharply increased onefold.
The elder who had turned into a white ape could not dodge in time. Unable to react to this change, he was bitten by the thunder crown wolf and his skull was torn into two by the wolf's tugging.
The thunder crown wolf had torn a line in the battlefront, and with continuous swipes of its tail, purplish blue electric currents rushed forth; the Gu Masters could only back away non-stop.
In this dangerous moment, the clan leader Gu Yue Bo stood out.
He was a Rank four expert with powerful attacks and superior defense, like the center pillar of the group, using all his strength to salvage the situation.
Mountain rocks broke and shadows dissipated as group battles enlarged. The aftermath ravaged the battlefield, and not a single lightning wolf dared to enter battle.
The situation of the battlefield only became more desperate. The thunder crown wolf's injuries became heavier and worse, the bleeding unable to stop, and bones could be seen in the deeper wounds. At the same time, the Gu Masters also suffered heavy losses — so far they had already lost six clan elders. If not for the village's clan elders' immediate and urgent dispatch, coming in to aid the fight, the battle might have long collapsed.
"Everyone, stand strong, holding is the key to victory!" Gu Yue Bo killed until his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse as he gave his all to arouse morale.
But at this moment, the thunder crown wolf suddenly went berserk, and its body was enshrouded in a layer of bright red light.
Rank four Berserk Gu!
The thunder crown wolf's strength, speed, agility and other attributes suddenly rose to twice the original base.
Boom!
There was a loud noise as it swiped its right claw, turning a clan elder into complete meat mush.
With a flick of its tail, the sound of wind erupted and an electrical net flew out, trapping a field of grass and wooden puppets, then burning it all into charcoal.
"I can't keep up, my puppets are already used up!" The elder cried out, frightened.
With the situation rapidly changing for the worse, the terror of the myriad beast king was fully unleashed, leaving everyone in despair.
Gu Yue Bo's eyebrows were locked tight, and it seemed like he was about to break his teeth from gritting, when he suddenly yelled, "Trap it, use the Iron Chain Snake!"
As the clan elders heard this, they were awed in their hearts.
Early during the start of the wolf tide, they had already displayed countless of battle tactics; this was a method that must only be used when there was no other choice!
"Wind Snare Gu!" An elder cried out, and from his nostrils came a green breeze, wrapping around the thunder crown wolf's claws.
"Swamp Gu!" Another elder roared and crouched down, bringing his two hands down and slamming on the ground. Instantly, the earth below the thunder crown wolf turned into mud.
With these simultaneous attacks, the thunder crown wolf's movements were slowed at that moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the other elders all stretched out their hands, and from their sleeves and pants, waves of black shadows shot out.
The black shadow was about the size of a fist, and each length was around two meters long. On close inspection, one would see that each black shadow was a snake Gu.
This snake was shaped like an iron chain, its whole body a gloomy black. Coils of metal rings were strung and connected together, and only the snake head looked normal.
As it flew out, the snakes wriggled on the ground, quickly climbing onto the thunder crown wolf's body.
Their heads and tails then connected and mutually fit together, forming a metal net in the blink of an eye, taking root from the ground and trapping the thunder crown wolf on the spot.
But this situation was only temporary, for as the thunder crown wolf struggled continuously, one by one, the iron chains would break off. In just five to six minutes, these metallic snakes would completely disintegrate away, no longer trapping the thunder crown wolf.
"Chi Guang, Suo Ping, stay here and stop the wolf pack from attacking the metal chains. The rest of you, fall back to the village with me!" Gu Yue Bo shouted. He actually had chosen to retreat.
However the other clan elders did not show any surprised expressions; they had already known the clan leader's intention.
They hurried back to the village, and immediately a clan elder came up towards them and said, "Lord clan leader, everything has been prepared!"
Gu Yue Bo nodded, commanding the group to go to the clan pavillion.
In the plaza before the clan pavillion, there was already up to a hundred Gu Masters seated on the ground.
These Gu Masters were mainly those who were seriously hurt and could not enter battle in a short period of time. Each of their faces carried a calm expression of facing death without fear. Meanwhile for those who still had the ability to battle, they were fighting away on the front lines.
With the battle reaching this moment, the clan had already given its all. In this dire situation, even the mortals had been mobilized. Using each and every single human life to be turned as a meat wall, obstructing the wolf tide for the time being, this gave the Gu Masters some time to recuperate and regroup.
Gu Yue Bo and the clan elders went into the ancestral halls of the clan pavillion.
Under the memorial tablets of their ancestors, they all sank to their knees on the floor."To the great ancestor above me, we descendants are greatly ashamed! The wolf tide is turbulent, and the village has fallen into the situation of life and death. We beseech our great ancestor to come and give us a hand!" When Gu Yue Bo finished speaking in a low voice, the ancestral hall fell into deep silence.
Drip drop.
A few of the clan elder's blood seeped out from their hastily bandaged wounds, dripping onto the floor.
Gu Yue Bo and the rest of the clan elders held their breaths, not even daring to pant or breathe loudly.
Back in the day, when the first generation clan leader felt his death approaching, he set out to leave the village. Before his departure, he left a testament behind. It spoke that if the clan would ever fall into the danger of perishing, they could pray before his memorial tablet. At that moment, Gu worms would descend from the sky and help the village through the difficult situation.
Throughout history, the Gu Yue clan had suffered through major crisis a few times, and they had dealt with the calamity this way.
This was the Gu Yue clan's last trump card!
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In the ancestral hall, it was deadly silent. The clan elder and clan leader lowered their heads like a big rock was weighing on their heart.
After a Gu Master dies, the Gu worms they leave behind will still have the person's will remaining. They cannot be considered wild Gu worms, and have had lost their ability to use the natural essence in the air.
These Gu worms can be considered a extension of life of that particular Gu Master.
Everyone's heart was uneasy.
The first generation clan head had passed on for at least a thousand years, so were the methods that he had left behind still effective? No one knew.
After all, since the last crisis, it had already been two hundred years.
"Why did they retreat?" On the slope, Fang Yuan saw this scene and grew suspicious.
In his previous life, his cultivation was too low, thus he could not learn about the clan's secrets.
But soon his body shook, discovering that a group of flying worms had descended from the sky.
"This is..." Fang Yuan eyes squinted as cold light shone.
There were up to a hundred Gu worms flying around in a cluster, forming a red cloud, descending and landing on the village square.
Buzz buzz buzz...
The noises emitted by the insect group entered the ancestral hall, and the clan elders raised their heads, showing a frantically overjoyed expression.
"Thank you great ancestor, for the protection!" Gu Yue Bo's heart felt at ease as he paid his respects before getting up.
"Go, go and see," the clan leader sighed. On his face, there was happiness, solemness and grief, a complicated expression.
Leaving the ancestral hall and standing on the building's stairway, everyone could see that on the village square, there was a red tornado rampaging.
These Gu worms were only around the size of a fingertip. They were shaped like locusts, with a scary face and was red all over.
They entered the bodies of the Gu Masters sitting on the square, extracting their blood and primeval essence. In a few breath's time, one insect multiplied into more worms.
Thus, the Gu increased greatly in numbers as time went by. There were constantly new Gu worms being produced, flying into the Gu Master's skin and flying out, and then digging in again.
In the village square, miserable cries and cold groans sounded, but not one Gu Master fled.
Before they came, they were already informed by the clan elders. For the clan, they willingly tributed their bodies to feed the Gu, using their own sacrifices to bring about the survival of the clan.
"These are all good lads of our clan!" Gu Yue Bo seeing this muttered in a low voice, as the hand holding onto the railing shivered slightly.
The other elders showed a painful expression, but did not say anything.
This situation was exactly as recorded in the clan memorials. The first generation ancestor had left behind these Gu worms, and they required Gu Master's lives to feed. Only then are they satisfied and will help the clan to defend against external enemies.
After these flying Gu were full and satisfied, they flew up again with an even greater presence; in the blink of an eye, they had grown in number over tens of times!
What was left on the square were piles of white bones as the Gu flew out like a tornado, rampaging through the wolf packs outside the village.
"The Blood Guillotine indeed..." Fang Yuan who was standing on the slope saw everything and thought in his heart.
This Blood Guillotine is a Rank five Gu. Its usability and feeding are fused into one; it was a very strange Gu.
They specialized in consuming a Gu Master's life-bound origin blood, and after feasting, they would start to multiply, from one to two, two to four...
If they were hungry and couldn't find food, they would start to eat each other, reducing the size of their group to sustain the expenditure they needed in moving around.
At its peak the Blood Guillotine could engulf the skies and lands, destroying villages in their path, and were more fearsome than many Rank six Gu worms. When it was weak at only one or two in number, they would barely have any power and is worse than a Rank three Gu.
Especially when this Blood Guillotine Gu advances into the highly acclaimed Rank six demonic Gu, Blood Deity. Among the Top Ten Great Demonic Gu in the world, it ranks 7th.
In his previous life, when Fang Yuan created the Blood Wing demonic sect, he first wanted to refine the Blood Deity instead of the Spring Autumn Cicada. However, because of circumstances and many other reasons, he could only reduce his expectations and refine the Spring Autumn Cicada.
This group of Blood Guillotines numbered up to tens of thousands. Like a tornado sweeping the battlefield, everywhere they went, wolf packs howled and wailed.
They flew left and right, entering the lightning wolves' bodies and in a few breaths' time, the lightning wolves' blood would be completely absorbed.
But this beast blood could not allow the Blood Guillotine to multiply. Only a Gu Master's origin blood that contains primeval essence could achieve this effect.
One after another, lightning wolves were reduced to dry corpses, lying on the ground and losing their lives.
Only the bold lightning wolves and frenzy lightning wolves' lightning currents could resist this Blood Guillotine.
However, they could only electrocute a small number of flying insects, before an overwhelming number of Blood Guillotines would rush up and suck them into dry corpses.
Howl!
The steel web broke completely as the thunder crown wolf regained its freedom, howling in anger.
The Blood Guillotine detected it and it gathered quickly, forming a large red cloud and engulfing the thunder crown wolf completely.
The thunder crown wolf's tail swung around as blue lightning currents shot out and turned hundreds and thousands of Blood Guillotines to crisps.
The popping sound was just like firecrackers going off.
A gust of wind blew, bringing along the horrible burnt smell of the roasted Blood Guillotines.
The Blood Guillotine was indeed a Rank five Gu, but without a user, it could only attack head on. The thunder crown wolf had several Rank four Gu residing in it, and some had a wide area attack method, countering this Blood Guillotine.
The flying insects moved like a red cloud as the thunder crown wolf's hill-like body howled and struggled, creating a havoc.
At this moment, the thunder crown wolf's large body became its weakness as the fingertip-sized Blood Guillotine took advantage of it. @@novelbin@@
The battle was intense. As large numbers of Blood Guillotines fell on the ground, the thunder crown wolf's armor was broken through, and some Blood Guillotines drilled their way in and started to suck blood wantonly.
Without any other choice, the thunder crown wolf could only spray lightning plasma on its own body, electrocuting these Blood Guillotines.
But this way, its surface muscles were all fried, emitting a fragrant cooked meat smell.
The wolf tide's attack on the village had already stopped.
Under the thunder crown wolf's command, numerous lightning wolves attacked the insect group instead.
The Gu Masters could be said to have escaped death, and many held their breaths as they watched this intense and tragic battle nervously.
The insect group was like a death plague. Numerous lightning wolves would rush in and drop dead soon after.
However, the lightning wolves' sacrifice also caused the insect group to face high expenditure.
The Blood Guillotine dropped in numbers. The original dense cloud had turned into a thin fog, and soon it was reduced to a small tornado still flying in the air.
The thunder crown wolf struggled and escaped, its mouth howling as it ran with all its speed.
The blood in its body was almost half gone. Now its body felt soft and tired, while its running speed was not even 10% of the usual speed, and the lightning currents flowing on its body also became extremely scattered.
As the leader of the wolf packs, the escape of the thunder crown wolf caused the other lightning wolves' fighting spirit to diminish, and they also escaped all over the place.
"We finally did it..." The Gu Masters seeing this, became blank as some just collapsed on the ground, unwilling to get up.
"I'm actually still alive!" Many Gu Masters' expression was complicated; some were filled with happiness while also in grief.
Through the wolf tide, many clansmen were sacrificed!
Buzz buzz buzz...
The scattered Blood Guillotine group flew high into the sky, flying one huge round around the Gu Yue village before vanishing into the clouds.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan's eyes shone with a complex thought.
The defeat of the thunder crown wolf meant the village was now safe. In fact, most of the wolf packs were dead or injured, so they no longer had such a huge number.
This wolf tide, could be said to have been over.
However, wolf packs bear grudges, and as long as this myriad beast king is not dead, during the next wolf tide it would attack once again. After many years of recuperating, it would become even shrewder and stronger.
In the current situation, it was at its weakest. Killing it now and getting the Gu worms on its body, can help replenish some of the clan's losses.
"Yao Zhong, Ge Yan, you two stay behind and take care of the situation. Other clan elders, follow me and assault the thunder crown wolf!" Gu Yue Bo hurriedly ordered, before leading the remaining seven elders capable of fighting out of the village and towards the direction that the thunder crown wolf escaped in.
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, weighing in his heart, "Although the clan's power is greatly reduced, the current situation is not in a mess. Moreover, this Blood Guillotine has a suspicious origin, I better follow the clan leader and check out the situation."
Saying so, he went into stealth mode and went down the slope.
The Stealth Scales Gu and the Thunderwings Gu cannot be used concurrently. Thunderwings Gu was a Rank three Gu, and once activated it forms a pair of lightning wings that cannot be hidden by the Rank two Stealth Scales Gu.
Against the Rank three clan elders, the Stealth Scales Gu's hiding ability was not effective.
Fang Yuan could only follow their tracks and keep a distance between them, not daring to get close.
When the thunder crown wolf attacked, he was still in the rock crack secret cave and did not participate in the battle. If he appeared now, it would attract the rage of the clan head and clan elder, and if they questioned him, he would have not been able to explain himself.
The injuries of the thunder crown wolf were very severe, so it could not move fast. After half an hour, Fang Yuan could hear that there was the sound of fighting and scolding ahead of him.
He went there in stealth, getting onto a mountain rock, observing the Gu Masters' fight.
The thunder crown wolf lay on the ground with many new injuries on its body. Blood was flowing non-stop as it was gasping for breath. Its dim eyes showed that it was very near death.
"Old geezer Bai, you and your guys sure have the face, coming here to take advantage of the situation!"
"Hehehe, Gu Yue Bo, that's not the right thing to say. This thunder crown wolf was obviously stopped by us, get a clue and fuck off!"
Gu Yue Bo and the Bai clan leader were at a standstill, wary against each other.
The wolf den had three thunder crown wolves, all myriad beast kings, each having their packs of tens of thousand lightning wolves. But they did not glue together, and neither could they suppress one another.
The wolf packs' movements relied on working together. The three thunder crown wolves had intelligence, each targeting the three large "beast groups" to hunt.
In their eyes, humans were also wild beasts, and even prey.
In their understanding, the wolf tide was a massive hunting session.
On Qing Mao mountain, the Xiong, Gu Yue and Bai clan were able to live for hundreds of years. Naturally, they all had their trump cards.
Xiong clan was the weakest, still resisting the wolf tide with difficulty even now. The Bai clan had risen these years, and their cumulative strength had exceeded the Gu Yue clan. After killing a thunder crown wolf and pushing back the wolf tide, the Bai clan leader brought his clan elders to Gu Yue village, trying to find some opportunities.
To think that there really was such a chance! Thus they blocked the thunder crown wolf in this valley.
The thunder crown wolf's body had many Gu worms, and some were even Rank four. The thunder crown wolf's blood, bone, eye and fur were all precious refinement material. The Gu Yue clan naturally would not let go of them, and under intense anger, they attacked.
"Hehehe, Fang Yuan you really came. I've waited for so long!"
On the mountain wall, a cold laughter was heard.
Fang Yuan raised his head, only to see a white clothed young man descending from the sky as an iceblade slashed towards his face with resolution.
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His hair snowy white and his orbs blue, a one-arm figure in white.
Who else could it be but Bai Ning Bing?
Before the ice blade touched his body, Fang Yuan could feel a cold eerie feeling assaulting him from behind like a comet striking the earth, full of cold killing intent.
Fang Yuan's irises were black in contrast, unmoving in danger, leaping backwards and injecting primeval essence into the Sky Canopy Gu, creating a white armor to protect himself.
Bam! The iceblade struck the ground heavily, and at that instance a bunch of white icicles grew from the ground, erupting upwards.
Swoosh!!
The sharp icicles stabbed upwards at the direction Fang Yuan was retreating towards, creating an icy path.
Fang Yuan easily somersaulted and avoided them.
The mountain path was narrow, so he slid down towards the valley along the edges.
"Hehehe, Fang Yuan oh Fang Yuan, why is it that everytime I see you, I feel that intense urge to kill you? Mmm, tell me!" Bai Ning Bing excitedly shivered as he laughed maniacally.
His laughter attracted the gaze of the other Gu Masters in the valley.
Seeing Bai Ning Bing and Fang Yuan, their expressions were different.
"Lord Bai Ning Bing, let me assist you!" A Bai clan Gu Master who originally stood at the side shouted and struck towards Fang Yuan.
"Clan leader, it is our clan's Fang Yuan!" Gu Yue clan's Gu Masters shouted.
"I know." Clan leader Gu Yue Bo's expression was uncertain, and he dodged the Bai clan leader's attack as he decided, shouting, "Get the materials into our possession first!"
Fang Yuan had mysteriously vanished before the wolf tide arrived, causing the Gu Yue higher-ups to feel highly doubtful of him. In addition, the intense pressure from the Bai clan Gu Masters resulted in no one going to reinforce Fang Yuan.
Bai Ning Bing saw help arrive and flew into a rage, shouting at the person, "Scram, this is my battle, don't interfere!"
"Lord Bai Ning Bing, you lost an arm and have reduced battle potential. You are the hope of our Bai clan, you cannot be lost. Let me sweep this obstacle for you!"
The Bai clan Gu Master shouted as he leapt, charging towards Fang Yuan.
He activated his Gu worm, both hands glowing with a orange yellow light.
Bam!
He lightly patted the ground, and the light entered the earth. Instantly, a lump grew from the earth.
The mud lump advanced towards Fang Yuan as it got bigger.
Suddenly the mud lump exploded, revealing a yellow mud arm.
This arm was humongous, as tall as an adult as it grabbed towards Fang Yuan. Its power and presence caused others to feel suffocated.
Fang Yuan snorted in disdain.
Seeing this arm grab at him and about to succeed, a dark golden light suddenly shot out from his aperture, turning into a shiny ribbon of light, wrapping around Fang Yuan's body. @@novelbin@@
The big arm reached his body but was twisted by this dark golden light, breaking and collapsing.
"Oh? What Gu worm is this?" Bai Ning Bing showed shock on his face.
The dark golden light dispersed, revealing the true form of the Gu.
It was over a metre long, as wide as two fists. Its dark golden exoskeleton displayed dominance as its sharp razor blades at the side of its body shone with cold light.
Chainsaw Golden Centipede!
"Come," Fang Yuan shouted, extending his right arm, his fist clenched.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede's numerous segments climbed up his body nimbly, its body twisting and turning like a snake, coiling around his right arm.
Its mouth opened and swallowed Fang Yuan's right fist in one mouth, all the way until half his forearm was swallowed.
Fang Yuan's arm swung, and the metre-long golden centipede moved its tail. In the air, it drew an arc, emitting a crisp sound.
At this moment, the golden centipede shrunk its body to the max, its near-two metre length shrinking to one meter and a half. At the same time its feet shrunk into the exoskeleton, leaving behind only two rows of razor blades.
At one glance, Fang Yuan looked like he was holding a dark golden-silver bladed, giant hiltless sword!
The reinforcement Gu Master was shocked, he had never thought that the Chainsaw Golden Centipede could be used like this.
The Gu Master's raising Gu, refining Gu, using Gu — all three required deep research. Fang Yuan's method was innovative and unheard of, using his imagination to the limit.
But actually, this method was not invented by Fang Yuan.
Three hundred years later, a new demonic faction talent, the 'Chainsaw Mad Demon' would use the Rank four Chainsaw Killer Centipede, one of the advancement paths of the Rank three Chainsaw Golden Centipede.
But in this life, Fang Yuan using it at this point is really unprecedented.
"I shall let you guys have a taste," Fang Yuan smirked, using the primeval essence in his aperture and injecting them into the Chainsaw Golden Centipede's body.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The Chainsaw Golden Centipedes' two rows of razor blades started to move violently, emitting a wild sound, causing others' heart to shiver upon hearing.
Thunderwings Gu!
Fang Yuan's eyes shone with determination as a pair of eerie blue thunderwings formed on his back with a crisp sound.
Whoosh!
The thunderwings flapped, causing Fang Yuan to shoot out like lightning.
Fast! Fast! FAST!
The speed was so fast that the Bai clan Gu Master's iris shrunk as he felt a chill.
The smell of death was so close, and he shrieked as he used his strongest Gu; a thick yellow light appeared on his body.
The yellow light was like armor, except that before it fully materialized, Fang Yuan had already gotten close.
His black hair danced in the wind, his eyes like lightning, looking like a demonic god that emerged from nightmares, killing his way into the mortal realm!
His movements were violent, and he completely exerted his muscles. As they tightened up, he used the strength of two boars to their limit.
The golden centipede-like sword, waved like a golden shadow in the air. The razors rotated violently, slashing towards the Bai clan Gu Master's waist.
Crack!
The yellow light armor broke under the slaughter of the chainsaw - it was never fully formed in the first place. At this moment, it scattered instantly.
The razors entered the meat as if it was cutting butter, and as Fang Yuan flicked his wrist, the chopped up meat flew all over the place along with the blood. The Gu Master's spine smashed and his intestines were grinded to a pulp.
The Bai clan Gu Master's upper half of the body flew into the air, while his lower half remained on the spot.
Plop.
He stared with wide-opened eyes, staring in fright at his lower half, dying in extreme fear and shock.
This commotion caused the fighting among the two clans to stop temporarily. They all looked towards Fang Yuan, sending shocked, angered gazes.
This Bai clan Gu Master was also a Rank three elder, and was slightly famous.
But under Fang Yuan's aggressive, dominant attack, he was instantly killed.
Fang Yuan's body was still blood bathed, with the Bai clan Gu Master's flesh still sticking to his clothes. The Chainsaw Golden Centipede's two edges were still rotating violently, and with such ferocity, it caused everyone to look away.
"What a great Gu worm!" Bai Ning Bing shouted, his eyes showing insanity and excitement.
"Fang Yuan, you did not let me down indeed! Come battle!" He shouted, his passion blazing like flames, striking towards Fang Yuan.
"Noisy fucker." Fang Yuan's expression was cold as ice, turning around to counterattack.
Bam!
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede and the iceblade collided. With a cracking sound, the razors cut into the iceblade and caused it to shatter into pieces.
In the next moment, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede broke through the iceblade and swept across Bai Ning Bing's face.
Bai Ning Bing's expression changed as he resolutely let go of the iceblade and retreated backwards, almost two metres of distance away.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede when shrunk was only 1.5m. Adding on Fang Yuan's right arm, there was still a little distance before it could reach Bai Ning Bing. But Fang Yuan willed, and the Chainsaw Golden Centipede suddenly extended itself.
"This?!" Bai Ning Bing was dumbstruck and did not anticipate this turn of events.
He was hit on the chest by the centipede's tail. Even with his ice muscles protecting his body, there was still a large cut on his body.
At that instance, he felt a strong force assault him, and he was unavoidably sent flying, landing on a huge rock behind him.
Blood splattered on the rock's surface, but his ice muscles soon stopped the bleeding.
Bai Ning Bing coughed intensely and was about to get up, but suddenly he heard a thunderous sound.
The sound was right beside his ear, and an unprecedented sense of danger entered his heart.
Bai Ning Bing's iris shrunk as he did not even raise his head, but frantically rolled away.
BAM!
In the next moment, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede descended from the sky. With its imposing aura, it struck the ground that he was at a moment ago.
The razors rotated violently, and the huge rock broke into pieces.
"If this hit landed on my body... I'm afraid..." Bai Ning Bing's heart chilled, and a sense of anger stemming from his indignant nature rose.
Ever since his battle with Gu Yue Qing Shu, he had stopped suppressing his cultivation, and let it rise naturally.
Although he lost a limb, he had his complete cultivation, but was still suppressed by this Rank three initial stage Fang Yuan!
Indignant! Humiliation! Rage!
"KILL!" He growled, his wrist turning and injecting primeval essence into the iceblade Gu, forming a brand new iceblade.
Seeing Bai Ning Bing come closer, Fang Yuan laughed coldly and attacked with all he had.
He had obtained the Black and White Boar Gu, thus his strength was greater than Bai Ning Bing. At this point when waving the Chainsaw Golden Centipede, it was as light as a tree branch.
Cut, slash, hack, twist, turn, the Chainsaw Golden Centipede rotated violently, moving as agile as a bee in Fang Yuan's hand. At times it appeared heavy like an elephant, sometimes ferocious as a tiger, and sometimes flexible like a snake.
The most crucial point was, the golden centipede followed Fang Yuan's will, extending and shrinking at times, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter, sometimes straight sometimes curly. That made it hard for Bai Ning Bing to adapt, and he could barely defend himself.
He cried and screamed as he retreated gradually, his body filled with injuries. His white battle robe had turned into a beggar's attire.
Fang Yuan moved like a black wind, his expression cool as he displayed an extremely profound sword technique, saber art, axe and rod skills. He fused all these skills into one, turning the Chainsaw Golden Centipede into a lethal weapon!
A Gu depends on who the user is.
"Good on you, Fang Yuan!" Bai Ning Bing shouted after numerous iceblades broke; he finally realized that he could not go head on against Fang Yuan.
His body was bathed in blood and the ice muscles' defense was almost broken, but this led out his immense battle passion.
If close range won't do, then long range it is.
Blue bird ice coffin Gu!
Bai Ning Bing pulled some distance and spit out several times.
Several flying birds flapped their wings and flew towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan did not fluster. With an unchanging expression, his left arm moved and the blood colored moonblade stopped these ice birds in their tracks, causing them to explode in mid-air.
People were normally proficient in using moonblades on only one arm, but Fang Yuan had such a rich battle experience, and even his left arm could completely shoot out moonblades without any deviation.
Bai Ning Bing seeing that did not work, used the Icicle Gu.
Icicles flew and mixed in with the blue birds to form a barrage attack.
Fang Yuan's long range attack was solely moonblade, thus he only chose to block the most dangerous ice birds. Against the icicles, he dodged some while tanking the others with his Sky Canopy Gu.
Bai Ning Bing finally had a bit of an upper hand and wanted to increase his advantage, but Fang Yuan suddenly laughed coldly and shrugged his right hand, causing the Chainsaw Golden Centipede to detach and burrow its way into the ground.
This hidden threat was too much.
Bai Ning Bing was dumbfounded at this, scolding loudly as he quickly took steps back!
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"You forced my hand!" Bai Ning Bing gritted his teeth, forming an iceblade.
At the same time, he activated his Swirl Gu and Fierce Wind Gu.
The white iceblade storm appeared once again!
At first it was just a small gust, but very quickly, the size expanded and the icy winds roared as the blizzard spread. The floor was slowly covered in hard ice, preventing the Chainsaw Golden Centipede from emerging and attacking.
This iceblade storm is a unique move of Bai Ning Bing's. Evidently it showed the battle talent of the Northern Dark Ice Soul physique.
This was formed by the Iceblade Gu, Swirl Gu and Fierce Wind Gu. When used together, it created something that could attack and defend. Without two or more defense Gu working together, one cannot resist it.
The fierce winds roared and the ice blades froze all in its path. The white storm assaulted like a huge beast awakening, opening its mouth and devouring Fang Yuan.
These three Gu together form a ferocious offensive technique that can freeze all life. Even with the Sky Canopy Gu's defense, Fang Yuan would probably be unable to block it.
The storm approached, but Fang Yuan showed a look of disdain.
The thunderwings behind him instantly flapped, pulling a large distance away from this iceblade storm.
Times were different now. If this was the past, his movement speed would be lower than this storm, but now the storm could no longer catch up to him.
Fang Yuan's eyes shone with brilliance as he turned his direction in mid-air, and flew towards the valley.
The iceblade storm chased him relentlessly.
"Don't come here!"
"Fuck off!!"
Whether it was the Bai clan Gu Masters, or Gu Yue clan, both were scolding and shouting.
Fang Yuan laughed coldly, continuing his charge.
The iceblade storm had an imposing aura as it continued to chase Fang Yuan while Bai Ning Bing's laughter was heard from within.
"Don't think of getting any further!" A Bai clan Gu Master blocked Fang Yuan's path.
Fang Yuan's hand hooked, and from the ground a thick and long golden line jumped out and landed on his right arm, like a large sword.
Buzz buzz buzz!!
The rampaging sound from the razors caused the Bai clan Gu Master's eyelids to shiver.
Fang Yuan held the Chainsaw Golden Centipede in his right hand as blood light shone in his left - he was using the Blood Moon Gu but not shooting it. His body was covered in a white coloured armor, and thunderwings sparked behind his back. His black hair flew in the wind, and behind him there was a mountain-sized white storm.
His presence was overwhelming with his eyes emitting sharp killing intent, as if he was charging through the desert, a general with seven victories under his belt. Stomping all his enemies into minced meat, and chopping any opponents into broken bones.
"AHHH!" The Bai clan Gu Master felt an impossible pressure as veins popped on his forehead, and he suddenly shouted loudly, edging himself on.
But as he shouted, seeing Fang Yuan was rushing towards himself without pause, he suddenly shut up and ran away.
He was scared!
The fear in his heart eroded his fighting spirit.
Fang Yuan did not care about him, instead rushing over towards the thunder crown wolf who was on the verge of dying.
Winds blew as his charging was fearsome, and everywhere he went, Gu Masters avoided.
The thunder crown wolf forced itself to focus, turning its head towards Fang Yuan. Lightning gathered on its teeth; the myriad beast king's pride refused to let itself die so easily. Even through death will it retaliate!
Fang Yuan was seemingly about to collide onto the thunder crown wolf like a meteor hitting earth, but at the last second he suddenly jerked his leg and rushed up into the sky, flying out of the valley at a steep angle.
He had just flown out of the valley when an intense explosion occurred behind him.
The thunder crown wolf's cries fused with the sound of the ice blade storm.
A move like the iceblade storm could be said to be Bai Ning Bing's masterpiece, but it had weaknesses too - it could not be easily displayed or stopped.
Of course, this storm knocking into the thunder crown wolf was also due to Bai Ning Bing's personality.
The thunder crown wolf was heavily suppressed by the white storm.
It was already going to die, but now it could resist no further. Its armor was cut into pieces and blood and flesh flew all over the place, revealing its white skeleton, which was quickly minced into bone matter.
"Damn it!" Seeing this, the Gu Yue clan's side all swore.
The Bai clan Gu Masters also showed a pained expression.
With Bai Ning Bing doing this, after the thunder crown wolf dies there would no longer be any valuable loot left on its body.
But Bai Ning Bing did not mind it. Instead he rotated even faster, enjoying the feeling of devastating a myriad beast king.
Gu worms turned into rays of light one after another, flying out of the thunder crown wolf's body.
These wild Gu worms had all resided in the thunder crown wolf's body, using each other to work together and survive. Now that the thunder crown wolf was dying, they were like crewmen on a ship, abandoning the sinking ship and escaping for their lives.
"Catch them!"
"Quick, stop these Gu!"
The two clans shouted at once.
The situation went into chaos again as clan elders attacked each other in attempt to hinder the other. The two clan leaders could not split themselves, thus finally, only two or three clan elders with movement-type Gu managed to fly out of the valley.
The wild Gu worms ran everywhere and Fang Yuan focused and observed, trying to discern them.
"What a pity my recon Gu is Earth Communication Ear Grass, it cannot increase my vision. There is definitely a healing-type Gu on this thunder crown wolf, but whether I can catch it or not, it's up to fate!"
This was betting purely on luck, but Fang Yuan had no choice.
Recon-type Gu worm, there were all sorts of them, but right now he only had the Earth Communication Ear Grass.
His thunderwings spread and he rushed towards the closest Gu worm.
This Gu's body was covered in a blue light, trying to fly far away.
Fang Yuan rushed up, opening his hand and grabbing it.
Whoosh!
Its body emitted an intense electric current and assaulted Fang Yuan.
Thunderwings are formed by lightning, it has speed but is not flexible. Fang Yuan groaned as he used the Sky Canopy Gu to endure this attack.
He could forcefully grab this Gu, but he wisely chose to give up.
The ability of this Gu was already exposed; it was able to use electric currents to attack enemies, so this was obviously an attack-type Gu, but Fang Yuan wanted a healing Gu instead.
Fang Yuan gave up on it and approached another Gu worm.
When he got close, he saw this Gu's appearance, a body that seemed to be made of light blue glass, flying in the air with a semicircle shell that had turtle shell markings.
Thunder Shield Gu!
This was a defensive Gu, able to form a semicircle lightning shield.
Fang Yuan gave up once again, looking around and finding his third target.
But at this time, a white shadow came from the valley, holding an iceblade and shouting Fang Yuan's name.
Fang Yuan sighed, knowing that lady luck was not on his side. He could only take the best alternative, reaching and grabbing towards the Thunder Shield Gu right next to him.
Thunder Shield Gu created a lightning shield, its eerie blue lightning sparking as it tried to resist Fang Yuan's hand.
Fang Yuan sneered, releasing the Spring Autumn Cicada's aura. Suddenly the Thunder Shield Gu became tame like it died, dispersing its shield and falling towards the forest.
Fang Yuan waved and grabbed it in his hand, releasing his primeval essence and instantly refining it.
Stealth Scales Gu!
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"Fang Yuan!" Bai Ning Bing shouted, as his eyes shone with lightning.
This is the Rank three Lightning Eye Gu, using the power of lightning to break through stealth.
But it did not have see-through vision. Fang Yuan noticed this, and although he was stealthed, he could also use the forest to conceal himself. Bai Ning Bing's gaze swept through the environment and angrily growled as he had no findings.
Fang Yuan found a hidden spot, instantly sitting down and activating the tusita flower, making it spit out primeval stones.
Although he was Rank three, his aperture only had 42% primeval essence storage, and though he had the upper hand during the previous battle, it could not be sustained. Right now, his aperture only had a thin layer of primeval essence left, being around 3%.
Gu Masters needed primeval essence to activate Gu worms.
Without primeval essence, Gu Masters' battle strength would drop drastically. In fact in extreme situations, they were even worse than mortals.
The primeval stones continued to shrink, the natural essence injecting into Fang Yuan's body. The primeval sea in his aperture started to rise gradually.
Back then, when he was Rank one or two and using the primeval stone to replenish his primeval essence, it was very noticeable. But now that he was Rank three, as the Gu Master's primeval essence quality is greatly improved, more primeval stones are required and a longer time is needed to replenish it.
Sounds of Gu Masters battling continued to be heard. After eight or nine minutes, Fang Yuan replenished the primeval essence in his aperture back to the limit.
He came out of his hiding spot, discovering that five clan elders had died.
Among them, three were from Gu Yue clan, two from Bai clan.
Each clan elder was the clan's asset. To think that so many were sacrificed this time.
Gu Yue Bo and the Bai clan leader's battle was very intense. They were feeling heartache from their respective losses, thus getting more aggressive in their attacks.
Other than this, there were three fighting groups surrounding the wild Gu worms.
Ordinary Gu Masters do not have the Spring Autumn Cicada's help to capture wild Gu worms, thus it was troublesome.
To catch the Gu worm, they cannot deal heavy blows. Instead, they need to gauge the strength they use.
Eight to nine Gu worms had flown out of the thunder crown wolf. It was not certain how many Gu worms they had captured, but three still remained right now.
The clan elders surrounded these three Gu worms, striking as they blocked the worms while facing obstruction from the other party. This caused the scene to be at a stalemate, neither sides able to gain anything.
"Water Cage Gu, trap it!" A Bai clan Gu Master shouted, spitting out a water ball.
The ball increased in size until it was over two metres, covering the Gu worm completely and trapping it inside.
Bam!
In the next moment, a golden moonblade flew towards the water ball cage and burst it open by force.
The Gu worm flew away, escaping with its life.
Seeing this Gu worm fly away, the Bai clan Gu Master cursed. To think that a Gu worm at his mercy got away just like that!
The Gu Yue clan Gu Masters were even more furious. These Gu worms were originally their battle rewards, but now that the Bai clan interfered, they could not gain anything.
"Bai clan scoundrels, shameless dogs, go to hell!"
"Gu Yue clan, you guys are finished. Our Bai clan will definitely rise up and stomp you all to the grounds!"
Both sides were furious, full of hatred and madness. They had battled till their eyes turned red, and only fighting remained in their minds.
Fang Yuan saw the Gu worm fly away, thus he had no choice but to look at the other two groups. There was still a Gu worm at each of their encirclement. There might be a healing Gu worm, but it was unlikely.
Fang Yuan knew that this world did not have things like 'a wish coming true', but even so he wanted to try.
Just when he was about to rush up and attack, he heard a wolf's howl like a military horn, spreading out in rhythm, rising and falling in succession.
Soon after, tons of lightning wolves rushed down like tide water.
There was no lack to the sound of bold lightning wolves and frenzy lightning wolves, but the one that made everyone's expression change was the mountain-like giant wolf.
Thunder crown wolf!
"There's a fourth thunder crown wolf?!" The clan elders shouted as they could not keep their calm anymore.
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Wolf packs were on the move, rushing in like the tide.
The situation turned for the worst, and the two clan leaders and their elders' expressions changed.
Although both clans managed to resist the wolf tide, it was through a dangerous battle and were pyrrhic victories. Now that there is a new strong wolf tide, they had no way left to resist it.
At once, both clans subconsciously stopped battling.
"The reports said there were three thunder crown wolves right?" A clan elder screamed in panic.
"No, this thunder crown wolf has lots of injuries, and the size of the wolf pack isn't very large either," Gu Yue Bo forced himself to remain calm and analysed.
"Don't tell me, this is the thunder crown wolf that attacked the Xiong village?" A clan elder slapped his forehead as he shouted.
This was very possible, and most likely the truth.
The clan elders were feeling solemn as one said, "The fact that they appeared here, doesn't that mean the Xiong clan already..."
"That goddamn Xiong village, how can they be so useless? Not even able to resist a wave of wolf tide!" someone scolded.
But some were optimistic, "You see, this thunder crown wolf's forelegs are injured, the muscles have all shrivelled!"
They followed the voice and observed, regaining some lost morale.
It was true.
This thunder crown wolf's hind legs were developed, but its forelegs were smaller, with shrunken muscles. This caused it to only use the back legs when running, jumping forward like a kangaroo.
"Wait, this doesn't seem like a thunder crown wolf..." Bai clan leader suddenly thought of something, shivering.
"Lightning lycan!" Fang Yuan had an answer already.
Five tigers one lamassu, three hounds one molossus, ten wolves one lycan.
The lycan was also a type of wolf, but it was far smarter than a wolf by many times, and was usually the strategist of a wolf pack. The lightning lycan before them seemed like a thunder crown wolf in appearance, thus a recon Gu Master's confusion is very common. But it was a true blue myriad beast king, and had intelligence no less than men!
This lightning lycan, although inferior to an ordinary thunder crown wolf in terms of physical strength, had human intelligence and was far more dangerous than a thunder crown wolf. With a huge army of lightning wolves to command, it was no wonder that the Xiong clan was exterminated by them.
"Go!" Fang Yuan spread his wings and flew into the sky.
These elders here had undergone long battles, and their battle strength was greatly eroded. They could not deal with the wolf packs, and more crucially, their misgivings towards each other made it hard for the two sides to work together.
Fang Yuan turned around and left; the myriad beast king was no joke. Even though there was still two wild Gu worms flying around, he couldn't care less.
He had to leave immediately, for any later and he might not have the chance!
Knowing one's limits and being able to let go and give up, this is the number one criteria to roam the world.
"Retreat, the wolf tide is huge, we cannot do anything to it."
"Get back to the village and plan our defenses!"
Even though the clan elders have not realized the lightning lycan's identity, they all had retreating thoughts.
But at this time, the lightning lycan growled, opening its huge mouth.
Its wolf fangs were sharp as a dagger, and in between, a black lump appeared out of nowhere, forming into a black ball in an instant.
Pew!
The black ball shot out, drawing a curved black trajectory in the air and smashing on the ground.
"It missed?"
"This thunder crown wolf is finished, its aiming sucks!"
The clan elders shouted about, but Fang Yuan flew even faster.
Bam!
The black ball of mist exploded and under that intense impact, the black mist spread all over the place.
The speed was faster than the eye could see. In a short moment, it covered over a hundred li (one li = 500m) of radius."This is the Rank four Wolf Smoke Gu!" Fang Yuan's heart sank; he had made the most logical response at the first moment. But the black wolf smoke spread too fast, completely enveloping him.
At once, he felt like he was standing in the middle of the night sky, seeing nothing but darkness. Everywhere was thick smoke, making breathing difficult, and was extremely uncomfortable.
But thankfully he had the Thunderwings Gu, so as long as he flew up, he could get out of the wolf smoke's range.
Crack!
In the next moment, a lightning bolt struck, splitting the thick black smoke apart like a thunder snake or a raging dragon, travelling over a hundred li and assaulting Fang Yuan head on.
The lightning lycan attacked.
The lightning was so fast a person could barely react to it.
But at this crucial moment, Fang Yuan's battle instinct surpassed the speed of his thoughts, reacting in advance.
Thunder Shield Gu!
Sky Canopy Gu!
A round lightning shield appeared in front of Fang Yuan, and on his body a white armor appeared as well.
The raging lightning shone at an eye-piercing brightness like a heavenly dragon roaring, ramming onto the lightning shield.
The shield lasted less than a second before it broke under the intense force of the lightning.
The lightning landed on Fang Yuan. At that moment, even though he already shut his eyes, he still felt the light piercing through his pupils.
A intense force assaulted him, causing him to fall.
He was about to faint as the electric currents moved, paralyzing his muscles, almost causing him to forget to breathe!
Plop, he landed on the ground.
He finally only managed to regain consciousness after intense pain surged through him like waves.
He endured the intense pain and numbness, and tried to get up.
The Thunder Shield Gu was already dead, while the Thunderwings Gu was hit and barely held onto life; it was impossible to use anymore. The Sky Canopy Gu was injured heavily too, looking rather dispirited. After all, it was hit by such a strong electric current.
The lightning lycan's attack emitted a Rank four Gu worm's full power.
The more a Gu worm advances, the bigger the difference between realms.
For the attack of a Rank four Gu worm, at least two Rank three Gu would be needed to defend against it. However, the Lightning Shield Gu died because the previous battle had already caused it to sustain much injuries.
"To think that this lightning lycan thought so highly of me..." Fang Yuan laughed bitterly, observing the surroundings.
His surroundings were dark, full of thick smoke; Fang Yuan was unable to tell directions. @@novelbin@@
"Be careful, that thunder crown wolf became smaller, it is now as small as a normal lightning wolf and is hiding among the pack," A clan elder shouted at this time from the smoke.
Fang Yuan heard it and his iris shrunk.
This lightning lycan was too crafty, and very sinister. It probably wanted to eliminate all these Gu Masters, and when it attacked Fang Yuan, it showed that it did not want to let a single one of them off.
The surroundings quickly shone with countless wolf eyes.
The sounds of their growls and the sound of the wind from wolf packs running about were all heard by Fang Yuan.
Under such a dark environment, the Gu Masters' vision is greatly obstructed. But the wolf packs were unaffected, because they had given up on smell and gained excellent vision.
"I have to get out of here quickly. Who knows if I will encounter that lightning lycan? Even if I do not meet it now, just being surrounded by the wolf packs when I only have 40% primeval essence, it is insufficient to sustain my expenditure!"
Fang Yuan quickly considered in his heart, then he activated the Earth Communication Ear Grass.
Over ten roots grew out from his ear and extended outside.
Many voices were heard. There were wolf cries, battle noises, clan elders' frantic growling and lightning wolves' sad cries when dying.
Too confusing!
The Earth Communication Ear Grass' range was huge, but it could not discern small details.
Fang Yuan frowned, only listening to a direction with less noises.
But quickly he encountered a pack of over one hundred wolves.
Lightning wolves ran from the black smoke, each ferocious as ever.
Fang Yuan summoned the Chainsaw Golden Centipede and activated the Sky Canopy Gu.
The razors rotated violently and the centipede was like a large sword, cutting through the black smoke and landing on the wolf's bodies, causing a rain of blood and bones.
Fang Yuan attacked like a boat trying to row uphill, eliminating his obstacles.
Numerous lightning wolves died under the Chainsaw Golden Centipede. But then the second, third... they continued to assault him.
"This lightning lycan is too sinister and diabolic, actually making the lightning wolves surround us from the back." Fang Yuan had been moving in one direction, and after rushing for a while, he realized the truth at once after he kept encountering lightning wolves.
He battled as he retreated. After a while, he was bathed in blood.
The pressure was too large, the surroundings were covered in darkness; he was unable to see anything. Wolf packs rushed in from all directions, and it was difficult for him to deal with it alone.
"Gu Yue Bo, what do you say?" At this time, the Bai clan leader said from within the dark smoke.
"Alright, let's work together and get out of this first!" Gu Yue Bo shouted, quickly replying.
This was the forced circumstance of the situation — only through cooperation can they have a chance of survival.
Otherwise, by fighting alone, they would soon expend all their primeval essence on the lightning wolves and be turned into food. That would surely be a bad ending.
Howl!
"Fuck!"
In the next moment, with a wolf's cry, an intense explosion was heard and the two clan leaders shouted, no longer able to organise the clan elders.
Evidently, the lightning lycan came out and did a sneak attack.
It had a man's intelligence after all. Once it attacked, it was able to interfere with the two clan leader's plan, and ruined the flow of the clan elders' resistance.
Without the two clan leaders to suppress the scene, how can the clan elders work sincerely together?
This was a huge question.
"I'm unable to go on. My primeval essence expenditure is too high, I need to borrow strength from others!" After killing for a while, Fang Yuan felt exhaustion.
He had the strength of two boars, but now he felt extremely sore all over.
His primeval essence was no longer enough. He had injuries all over him, but he was forced to stop using the Sky Canopy Gu.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede's body was dim, its razors already in bad shape. In a short period of time, it had killed up to a thousand wolves, and within that number, there were bold lightning wolves as well.
A few of them were harder than steel, because they had a defensive Gu.
The Chainsaw Golden Centipede was not invulnerable, and without razors, its attack strength would be greatly reduced, quickly becoming useless.
Fang Yuan did not prolong any battles; he quickly moved as he fought.
He relied on the Earth Communication Ear Grass to analyze the situation. Once he heard a frenzy lightning wolf's footsteps, he would change directions and try to avoid them.
The frenzy lightning wolf was a thousand beast king, he could not fight it alone. Once he was pulled into battle, he would fall into encirclement, and that would be a dead end.
"I'm not satisfied!" From the thick smoke, a clan elder cried as his voice came to an end.
From the black smoke, the wolf packs attacked, and many clan elders died by the wolf's mouths, growling in helplessness and indignance.
"I can't hold on much longer either!" Fang Yuan felt the aura of death, but he was still calm; the more dangerous it is, the calmer his mind.
His heart did not waver at all. In his previous life, he had been in worse situations.
The situation right now was still not that bad. With the two clan leaders fighting the lightning lycan, Fang Yuan still had a chance.
"Oh? Fighting sounds ahead." Fang Yuan heard the noise and changed his direction. He was at his limits, so no matter if it was the Gu Yue clan or the Bai clan Gu Masters, they were useful to him either way.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Far away, he heard this Gu Master screaming, battling relentlessly.
Fang Yuan sprinted over, and suddenly came to a stop.
Bai Ning Bing!
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