Chapter 302: Chapter 212: White Jade Celestial Spider
The once-sinister aura, forged by the Pure Yang Fire, began to bizarrely transform and ascend!
CRACK!
The Spider Cocoon shattered. A streak of golden light shot out and hovered in mid-air.
It was the Golden Threaded Centipede!
But its form had changed drastically. Its body swelled to a foot in length, its entire form now bearing a dark golden sheen.
Its carapace was covered in dense, dark blue patterns. As its mandibles opened and closed, one could faintly hear the sound of wind and thunder.
The pressure it radiated had shockingly reached the level of a Third-Turn Gu General!
"A mutation! The Gu Insect has mutated!"
"To think it could draw upon such Pure Yang True Flame to temper its body... this Gu Insect’s potential is limitless!" everyone exclaimed, their faces pale with shock.
"...Sangjila, what kind of fortuitous opportunity did you stumble upon?!"
Shi Wei was also dumbfounded. He stared at the Golden Threaded Centipede in the air with its terrifying aura, then glanced at Qin Xuan, his mind a complete mess.
They all assumed the Golden Threaded Centipede had undergone an astonishing transformation, spurred on by the Pure Yang True Flame.
However, just as some Gu Cultivators were subconsciously moving forward to offer their congratulations...
SQUELCH!
AWOOOO—
Shrill, miserable wails suddenly erupted from all around!
All the Gu Insects in the valley that were participating in the Hundred Gu Festival suddenly underwent a bizarre change.
Lights of various colors suddenly spewed from their seven orifices.
Tens of thousands of streams of light—formed from Soul Essence and the essence of flesh and blood—flowed uncontrollably, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surging madly toward the Dark Gold Centipede in mid-air!
Even the White Jade Spider at the peak of Foundation Establishment could only let out an unwilling, mournful cry as all of its power was plundered.
Its massive body shriveled in an instant, leaving behind nothing but an empty shell.
The Golden Threaded Centipede, bathing in the vast torrent of energy, let out a satisfied hiss. Its aura climbed steadily, firmly stabilizing at the Third-Turn Realm!
"No! My Lifebound Gu!"
"What’s going on? Is the altar causing a backlash?"
"It’s that mutated Gu Insect! It’s devouring the power of all the other Gu Insects!"
Panic spread like a plague. Every Gu Cultivator could feel their spiritually-linked Gu Insect rapidly weakening and dying!
They stared in terror at the Dark Gold Centipede in the air and Qin Xuan on the ground below, their eyes wide with fury.
"Master Qin succeeded... Move! Activate the array!"
Seeing this, Wu Yuanji thought Qin Xuan had used the Demon Slayer Blood Talisman. He immediately sent a voice transmission to Qin Xin while simultaneously pinching a hand seal!
Qin Xin understood. With a series of flicks from her delicate hands, the Array Flags they had secretly planted flew out from the encampments of the cultivators from the Poisonous Miasma Forest and Red Flame Slope.
HUMMM!
A Blood Evil Spirit Trapping Array instantly rose, enveloping nearly half the valley.
A blood-red curtain of light sealed the area off, and a dense Evil Qi began to corrode the minds of the cultivators within the array.
"This is bad... It’s an ambush!"
"They’re all in it together!"
The surviving Gu Cultivators, both shocked and furious, summoned their Magical Artifacts and tried to break through the encirclement.
Meanwhile, the Purple Mansion Peak Master from Thousand Spider Ridge, who was presiding over the event, had been observing in secret, awaiting orders from his Sect Leader.
Now, seeing the Gu Insects being devoured in a massive backlash and watching two subordinate Village Chiefs suddenly activate an array, a realization flashed through his mind.
’That’s it! This must be the backup plan Sect Leader Yan arranged!’
’Use this mutated Gu Insect as a catalyst, devour the essence of all the other Gu, then have the ambushers clean up the scene and seize all the resources...’
’Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!’
Overjoyed, he immediately sent a voice transmission to the disciples under his command and the other three Foundation Establishment Elders.
"Cooperate with those two fellow cultivators! Clean out every outsider in the valley—leave no one alive! This is an order from the Sect Leader!"
And so, under the despairing gazes of the many Gu Cultivators below,
the cultivators from Thousand Spider Ridge, far from stopping Wu Yuanji and Qin Xin, turned on the others. Coordinating with the Blood Evil Array, they descended upon the cultivators from the other villages who were trying to resist or flee, like tigers pouncing on sheep!
"Thousand Spider Ridge! How dare you..."
"Why?! We’re supposed to be allies!"
"No—"
Screams, furious roars, and the death wails of Gu Insects merged into a cacophony.
Wu Yuanji and Qin Xin were also stunned. They exchanged a look, staring at each other in utter bewilderment.
’Could it be... that this Purple Mansion Gu Cultivator from Thousand Spider Ridge is also a member of our Holy Sect?!’
