Chapter 305: Chapter 214: Tier Four Gu King (3)
Qin Xuan: "???"
’What the fuck, you absolute bastard!’
"Trying to run?" Elder Liey snorted, and a thin golden line shot out like a bolt of lightning.
"PFFT!"
The blood-red rainbow was pierced through by the Golden Thread Snake, and Wu Yuanji let out a muffled grunt.
His speed, however, didn’t diminish in the slightest. He smashed a hole straight through the rock wall and vanished.
Elder Liey’s face darkened. "There was another Demon Cultivator present?"
Qin Xuan remained silent.
Around them, the Cultivators from the various villages had all been slaughtered by the three Purple Mansion Elders and their grotesque Gu Insects.
However, Zu Li of Thousand Spider Ridge had also been killed in the chaotic battle. Granny Yin’s Soul-Devouring Bees bored into his orifices, sucked his brains dry, and he collapsed, dead.
Now, by the blood-soaked Ten Thousand Gu Pool, aside from the expressionless Yan Poshan on the high platform, only three Purple Mansion Elders remained: Elder Liey, Granny Yin, and Elder Tong Gu.
Qin Xuan, meanwhile, lay in a pile of corpses. He had suppressed all of his aura, and even his heartbeat had nearly stopped, making him seem no different from the dead around him.
With the aid of the Ten Thousand Forms Blood Talisman, his imitation of death was so perfect he seemed more lifeless than the actual corpses.
’Damn it, Wu Yuanji, just you wait. The moment I get back to the Holy Sect, you’re the first one I’m coming for!’
Qin Xuan kept his eyes tightly shut.
He wondered if he should use the Cyan Cicada Shell now.
’Three Late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators and one Golden Core... a direct confrontation would be suicide.’
’But the consequences of using this life-saving trump card are unpredictable.’
Just as his nerves were stretched taut,
VMMMM!
A faint yet exceptionally clear pulse reached his mind.
’It’s the Golden Threaded Centipede. It’s still here!’
Qin Xuan was shaken to the core. He cautiously extended his Divine Sense along that thread of connection to investigate.
In the deepest part of the Ten thousand Gu Pool, blood-red energy swirled into a vortex, gestating a massive, shapeless phantom that radiated a terrifying aura.
’A Tier Four Golden Core Gu King is forming!’
The Dark Gold Centipede, meanwhile, was latched onto the back of the Gu King’s phantom like a parasite, the eerie blue, web-like patterns on its carapace glimmering faintly.
Far from being devoured, it was silently siphoning away the phantom’s Essence, its own aura slowly intensifying.
’What an impressive Third-Turn Gu General! After its mutation, this Golden Thread Gu’s potential is on par with the Purple Extreme Thunder Eagle!’
Qin Xuan was overjoyed.
Meanwhile, Yan Poshan’s attention was completely fixed on the forming Gu King, leaving him oblivious to the tiny anomaly among the sacrificial offerings.
"Hahaha! The Gu King is about to be born! The heavens have blessed my Ten Thousand Gu Sect!"
Yan Poshan shot to his feet, his face a mask of fanaticism and greed as he stared at the Gu King’s phantom in the pool, which grew more solid by the second.
He had waited far too long for this moment!
His hands formed a series of seals as his Golden Core Magical Power surged forth, transforming into streams of black Runes that flew into the Ten Thousand Gu Pool.
Yan Poshan then opened his mouth and puffed out his chest, unleashing an immense suction force that enveloped the Gu King’s phantom.
He intended to devour the nascent Tier Four Gu King directly, using its origin to strengthen his own Dao Foundation!
However, at the exact moment the Gu King’s phantom was forcefully pulled and about to break the surface of the pool, disaster struck!
At the core of the Gu King’s phantom, a tiny, multi-colored speck of light suddenly erupted.
The combined venomous resentment of countless dying Gu Insects, triggered by Yan Poshan’s own power, erupted in a violent backlash!
"Argh—"
The ecstasy on Yan Poshan’s face froze, replaced by utter agony.
His expression was one of pure disbelief.
Grotesque, multi-colored markings instantly appeared all over his skin as vile-smelling Poison Blood spewed from his orifices.
The venomous resentment surged back against the flow of his Magical Power, viciously corroding his Golden Core.
"No... Impossible. I clearly..."
Yan Poshan tried to suppress it with his Cultivation Technique, but in the next instant,
"THUD!"
This Golden Core Gu Cultivator, who had dominated a swath of the Southern Border, saw his Dao Foundation crumble and his Golden Core become corrupted in the blink of an eye. He fell, stiff as a board, from the high platform.
His aura vanished completely. He died with his eyes wide open.
This sudden, shocking turn of events left the three surviving elders—Elder Liey, Granny Yin, and Elder Tong Gu—utterly stunned.
After a moment of dead silence, a covetous glint flashed in Elder Liey’s eyes.
"The Sect Leader... The Sect Leader suffered a backlash! The Tier Four Gu King is now ownerless!"
Granny Yin let out a sinister cackle. "I’ve been stuck at the Late-stage Purple Mansion for a hundred years! It is my destiny to have this treasure and achieve my breakthrough!"
Elder Tong Gu’s voice was sharp. "Enough talk! It’s every man for himself!"
The three of them lunged toward the Gu King’s phantom in the Ten Thousand Gu Pool simultaneously.
