Chapter 491: Chapter 169: Arriving at Great Zhou Imperial City! The Rising Mushroom Cloud! (10,000-word Mega Chapter, Subscription Requested)_3
The talisman Fan Wu took out emitted a faint glow, forming a barrier of light that protected him inside.
The swarm of Gu worms blown toward him collided with the glowing barrier around him and instantly turned to ash upon contact, like moths to flame.
But other disciples of the Blood Gu Sect weren’t so quick to react.
Even if they had been that quick.
They lacked the power to resist!
Panic and horror were painted across the faces of the remaining disciples of the Blood Gu Sect. They no longer chanted any mantras in their minds, each desperate to flee for their lives.
Still, they were too slow.
"Aaaaahh!!!" In the blink of an eye, the dense swarm enveloped their bodies, and one after another, the disciples let out blood-curdling screams.
They frantically swatted at the Gu worms on their bodies, but no matter how hard they struck, they couldn’t rid themselves of them.
The intense pain from their skin toppled them to the ground, where they writhed, struggled, and screamed in agony.
"Aaaaahh! Don’t... don’t eat me! Don’t eat me anymore! Elder, Sect-in-Charge! Save me, please save me! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die at all!"
"The Gu... the Gu worms are burrowing into my body! Hiss ahhhh! They’re eating my flesh!!!"
"Elder, save me!!"
"Don’t come near me, keep away! You damn worms, scram, all of you scram! Don’t come closer! Don’t touch me!!"
"Aaaahhhhhhh!!!"
"..."
Piercing screams after screams could break the heart of the one who heard them and bring tears to the one who listened.
The old Elder had not imagined things would turn out this way, witnessing his subordinates being devoured by the dense swarm of Gu worms into nothing but skeletal remains.
He firmly believed that the Gu worms hidden within the formation were enough to consume an entire army of a thousand.
Yet, so many Gu worms were simply blown away by the breath of the man before him? Even the insects scattered back preyed nearly clean on his men!
The Elder’s face was full of disbelief.
It was just a breath! A mere breath could achieve such an extent? What a joke!!
Was this man really human?
Not far from the Elder.
A Sect-in-Charge of the Blood Gu Sect... that is, the middle-aged man who managed to save his own life by hastily using a few talismans, had a look of lingering fear as he gazed at the large pile of ash beneath his feet.
These remains of the Gu worms had risen high enough to bury his knees! Had he not reacted a bit quicker, he feared he would have met the same fate as the others... exactly the same!
The Sect-in-Charge of the Blood Gu Sect incredulously watched Fan Wu ahead, who seemed particularly at ease.
He felt the breath Fan Wu had exhaled.
Seemed to be just an effortless blow.
Without expending any mana or physical strength.
"This..."
He swallowed hard.
His face etched in shock.
The middle-aged man couldn’t help but blink, trying to convince himself that what he was seeing was an illusion. But no matter how often he blinked, the scene before him remained the same.
Hm?
That’s not right!
The middle-aged man suddenly realized the scene before him did change—the sight of Fan Wu, who had been standing in front of the thatched cottage...
Suddenly vanished!
Where is he?
"Elder, this man..."
The middle-aged man wanted to warn the old Elder, but before he could finish his sentence, he felt a shadow loom behind him, enveloping his figure.
The cold sweat that broke out had already soaked his clothes, and a strong sense of danger told him there was danger behind him.
He hurriedly attempted to turn and strike.
Not hoping this strike would push the other back, just that this desperate move might provide a chance for survival.
Unfortunately, his actions.
Were still too slow.
Before he could turn around, Fan Wu’s hand was already placed on his head. As Fan Wu grasped the middle-aged man’s skull, it was as if he was holding a ball of appropriate size.
The middle-aged man, whose head was completely enveloped by a palm, was petrified on the spot.
At that moment, the Elder nearby finally reacted, casting his disbelieving gaze behind the middle-aged man.
The Elder felt a surge of horror because he couldn’t discern how Fan Wu had moved.
How swift must that speed have been?
He couldn’t imagine.
Immediately... The Elder could only watch as Fan Wu’s fingers tightened slightly, and a head the size of a fist exploded right before his eyes, the esteemed Sect-in-Charge of the Blood Gu Sect dying on the spot!
The Elder’s skin trembled with fear, and the smugness and smiles on his face had completely disappeared by now.
He couldn’t smile.
There was nothing to be smug about.
Fan Wu’s strength surpassed his expectations. The Elder hadn’t believed that even after consuming the Gu God, he still couldn’t make out Fan Wu’s movements. The gap between him and Fan Wu resembled a chasm.
Such a chasm couldn’t be narrowed by a mere Gu God.
Damn it!
How could this be?
Surveying the corpses and skeletal remains around him and the headless, directionless Gu worms scurrying in all directions, the Elder’s expression was as ugly as it could be.
