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Chapter 471: Chapter 266: Breakthrough to True Body

Having Zhou Dingding give up the high-grade Spiritual Soldier for several Tripod Cauldrons was, naturally, Gu Zheng’s instruction.

Divine Strange Sound Transmission!

In front of everyone, the master and disciple had put on a show.

Zhou Dingding didn’t break character for a second.

Or perhaps, she was simply being herself.

Showing devotion to Gu Zheng was what she truly wanted to do!

Since Gu Zheng wanted those Tripod Cauldrons, she decisively made the trade.

...

"How embarrassing."

Facing the crowd’s stares, a gratified and moved Gu Zheng clasped his fists in a salute to the Yang Family Patriarch and the family’s old ancestor. "I do indeed have a fondness for collecting Ancient Tripods. I never expected this girl to remember... *sigh*!"

"Haha, no need to sigh, Gu King. This is a wonderful virtue, worthy of praise."

The Yang Family Patriarch boomed with laughter.

"A great master produces a brilliant student. With Zhou being so devoted, you should be happy, Gu King."

"Indeed. Compared to Zhou, my own ungrateful disciples fall far short."

"Gu King, since you’re fond of Ancient Tripods, my family happens to have two that I would be willing to gift to you!"

"I believe my family has an Ancient Tripod as well!"

"..."

As the crowd chimed in, one after another, they began revealing that they too had Ancient Tripods they wished to gift him.

Gu Zheng, of course, politely refused.

He was using it as an excuse for now, but it wouldn’t be long before everyone learned the truth.

’Fond of Ancient Tripods?’

’Yeah, right.’

...

The Yang Family’s old ancestor was magnanimous. As soon as the sparring competition ended, he presented several Tripod Cauldrons, including the Sword South Tripod, to Zhou Dingding as her reward.

Zhou Dingding then presented them to Gu Zheng in a public display of devotion.

And with that, the Nine Tripods were finally assembled!

But the eight-hundredth birthday celebration was not over yet.

The banquet lasted for three days before guests finally began to take their leave.

Just as Gu Zheng was about to bid farewell, a Grand General from the Yang Family’s Dragon Guard Bureau rushed over, leaned in, and whispered a few words into the ear of Patriarch Yang.

"Patriarch Yang, I happen to have some free time. If you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask," Gu Zheng said directly, not bothering to hide that he had overheard the report.

"Excellent!"

Patriarch Yang was decisive as well. "Then we’ll have to trouble you, Gu King!"

The Grand General of the Dragon Guard Bureau had reported that in the north, south, and southeast of the Shang Country, a fourth-rank Domain had appeared and Evil God Avatars had descended.

The northern fourth-rank Domain, being underground, had gone unnoticed when it first formed and had now become a fourth-rank passage.

From the other side of this passage, Demon Fiends were now pouring out ceaselessly.

The emerging Demon Fiends were none other than the Devouring Insect Race!

Since Gu Zheng had overheard, he naturally had to get involved.

The Yang Family couldn’t have been happier about this.

Fourth-rank Domains, fourth-rank passages, and Evil God Avatars all required a King’s Body to hold the line and suppress them.

The Yang Family had a limited number of King’s Body experts.

They were overjoyed that Gu Zheng was willing to help.

And so.

Gu Zheng first sent Gu Wan’Er and Zhou Dingding back to Qingshi County in the Jing Country.

He then returned to the northern part of the Shang Country and descended upon the fourth-rank passage.

Deep within a deserted mountain, from five wide-mouthed caverns beneath the earth, tens of thousands of members of the Devouring Insect Race swarmed out continuously.

On the surface, personnel from the Shang Country’s Demon Slayer Bureau had raised an Array to defend and launch counterattacks.

With the Devouring Insect Race numbering in the tens of thousands, even Heroic Body Realm experts would have to retreat without the aid of an Array.

The moment Gu Zheng arrived, he unleashed his Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade and executed the Ten Thousand Blades Heaven Slaughter.

SWOOSH~~

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The light of his blade tore through the sky, transforming into thousands of smaller blades that vanished into the void and reappeared within the army of the Devouring Insect Race.

Amid a series of sharp, slicing sounds, over ten thousand of the Devouring Insect Race were killed in a single breath.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +2]

[Demon Points +1]

[Demon Points +1]

...

WHOOSH!

His figure flickered. As he moved, Gu Zheng slashed out once more.

Myriad motes of Sword Gang fell like raindrops from the sky, scattering across the ground, tearing through the void to strike the members of the Devouring Insect Race one by one.

Spirit Capturing! Spirit Capturing!

He harvested wave after wave of Demon Points, yet the number of Devouring Insect Race members showed no signs of diminishing; they continued to pour out in massive droves.

Despite this,

The corners of Gu Zheng’s mouth curled upward. The more members of the Devouring Insect Race there were, the happier he became!

SWOOSH~~~

The light of his blade tore through the sky, splitting into thousands of copies that slashed into the Devouring Insect Race’s ranks, annihilating them by the thousands.

Spirit Capturing, reaping the rewards!

Another wave of Demon Points.

The Demon Slayer Bureau team on the ground no longer needed to intervene.

They simply stood their ground, watching from behind the Array’s protective barrier as Gu Zheng hovered in the air, swinging his blade. Each slash sent out countless rays of light, annihilating swathe after swathe of the Devouring Insect Race.

The moment any of the Devouring Insect Race emerged from the caverns, they were annihilated. They emerged, they died!

"This... Which King’s Body expert is this?"

"I don’t know. I don’t think there’s a blade-wielding King’s Body expert this powerful in our country."

"Of course there isn’t! This is the third stage of the King’s Body! Look, he’s mobilized all the Power of Heaven and Earth, and the Devouring Insect Race can’t snatch even a sliver of it. Not that they need the Power of Heaven and Earth, mind you. Those things have the ability to devour Vitality. Their plundering power is extremely tyrannical and potent. With so many of them together, we wouldn’t have lasted a minute. But now it’s fine. With this third-stage King’s Body expert here, however many come, that’s how many will die!"

"..."

...

SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!

Underground, rays of blade light shot back and forth, slicing large swathes of the Devouring Insect Race in two.

Spirit Capturing! Reaping Demon Points!

The total number of accumulated Demon Points reached 480,000!

SWOOSH~~

Blade light crisscrossed as Sword Qi raged.

SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!

Total Demon Points: 490,000!

SWOOSH!!

SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!

Total Demon Points: 500,000!

SWOOSH~~!!

SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!

Total Demon Points: 520,000!

At that moment, a brand-new Demon Technique materialized and flooded into his Sea of Consciousness.

Yang Reaches Yin!

’I finally got it.’

’The Exotic Insect, the Demon Technique, and the True Skill, the Nine Breaths Nine Insect Divine Skill.’

’With all the pieces assembled, I can now condense the Death Divine Seed.’

"HISSSSSS—"

"ROAR!!"

A piercing shriek, so jarring it could make one dizzy or even feel like their head might explode, suddenly echoed from deep within the earth.