"Kill!" Wang Da let out a low roar and fiercely dove down from the treetop through the air.
Seeing that he was about to approach his enemy, suddenly, three moonblades shot over abruptly, intercepting him mid-path.
"How is there a fourth Gu Master?" Wang Da's heart sank violently. He forcefully twisted his body in mid-air, narrowly avoiding two of the moonblades, but the remaining one was truly unavoidable and struck his left leg squarely.
Bang.
Wang Da smashed onto the ground. He lowered his head to look at his left leg; the wound on it was both deep and long, already dripping with fresh blood.
"Damn it…" Wang Da grit his teeth, and a thought moved in his heart, "Shadow Follower Gu!"
Instantly, he turned into a lump of dense black shadow, his speed surging violently as he retreated backward silently.
Right at this moment.
A Gu worm flew out through the air, and at the same time, an aged voice transmitted over—
"Flash Gu, explode."
The Gu worm abruptly exploded, forming a ball of blinding white light.
The white light made it impossible for people to look directly at it; appearing suddenly, it illuminated the dim forest into a patch of brightness.
"Ah!" Wang Da let out a miserable howl. Under the illumination of the white light, the black shadow his body had transformed into had nowhere to hide, and he was instantly beaten back to his original form.
Although the Flash Gu was only Rank one and was a consumable Gu worm, it perfectly countered Wang Da's Shadow Follower Gu. Once the black shadow was illuminated and dispelled by the incandescent flash, the Rank two Shadow Follower Gu would have to recuperate for three hours before it could be used again.
In nature, all things were balanced; one thing conquers another. Although the Shadow Follower Gu had strong stealth capabilities, its weakness was also significant.
After being countered, Wang Da's heart instantly sank to rock bottom.
This fourth Gu Master was evidently a notch more seasoned. Who knew what kind of Gu worm he used to remain concealed all this time; he was truly a formidable enemy. More critically, he, Wang Da, could temporarily no longer use the Shadow Follower Gu, which was equivalent to having his route of retreat cut off.
"This old man is Gu Yue Sou. Kid, if you tie your hands and transmit capture right now, perhaps my clan might still spare your life!" A Rank two Gu Master with white hair and silver beard appeared in Wang Da's vision.
"Spare my life, hmph, I'll kill you first!" Wang Da knew in his heart that if he was delayed, more Gu Masters would definitely encircle him subsequently. He had to resolve this fourth Gu Master as quickly as possible.
"My primeval essence only has twenty percent remaining. Whether it is for revenge or to save my life, I must first kill this obstructive old man!" Wang Da forcefully roused his spirit and pounced towards Gu Yue Sou.
Gu Yue Sou gave a cold snort. All over his body, whether it was the hair on his head or his body hair, it instantly grew wildly and entangled, forming a set of needle-like snow-white armor in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this change, Wang Da's expression changed instantly. This experienced Gu Master was just like a hedgehog, giving Wang Da a feeling of not knowing where to start.
His Rank two premier poison Gu, Love Separation, although possessing extremely violent toxicity that sealed the throat upon drawing blood, lacked the ability for forceful attacks and could only be used for sneak attacks.
Wang Da only had these two Gu worms, Love Separation and Shadow Follower Gu. If he had a defensive Gu worm, he wouldn't have been hit directly by the moonblade just now.
"Hmph, if I can't deal with you, I'll kill Fang Yuan first!" Wang Da was not stupid; three years of living had made him crafty and ruthless.
His feet moved swiftly, attempting to bypass Gu Yue Sou and directly attack the murderer who killed his whole family.
"Don't even think about it!" Gu Yue Sou activated his primeval essence, and from his needle-hair coat, two hair-bun spikes instantly extended. Rotating like spirals, they stretched out five or six meters in an instant, shooting towards Wang Da.
Wang Da lowered his body, brushing past the two snow-white hair spikes dangerously close.
On his hands, ten fingernails had extended to fully half the length of a palm. They were purple to the point of blackness, surrounded by smoke-like faint purple poisonous gas.
"Die!" Wang Da had already fought to madness, laughing hideously as he rapidly approached his target.
In his eyes, Fang Yuan's face was filled with shock and panic.
Bloodthirsty murderous intent had already filled Wang Da's mind. He seemed to be able to hear the sound of himself piercing Fang Yuan's skin and the latter breathing his last unwilling breath.
"In your dreams!"
Seeing that he was about to succeed, a figure suddenly flashed out, blocking Wang Da's path forward.
The fifth Rank two Gu Master rushed over from not far away!
"It's actually Love Separation?" This was a middle-aged man. Facing Wang Da's fierce and crazed charge, his face remained resolute and unmoving.
Stone Skin Gu!
The middle-aged man's primeval essence burst forth throughout his body. The dense red iron primeval essence steamed like mist, and his naked arms instantly transformed from natural yellow skin to a grayish-white. simultaneously, his arms expanded like inflated balloons, becoming a pair of thick, large stone arms.
The two sides charged closer and closer. Wang Da's expression was crazed and twisted, while the middle-aged Gu Master had a deep look on his face, extending his arms and opening his large hands to grab Wang Da.
"You want to catch me being this slow?" Wang Da couldn't help but reveal a mocking expression.
The middle-aged Gu Master's arms were already wrapped in a layer of extremely thick stone skin; even his, Wang Da's, fingernails could not pierce through. But because these stone arms were too heavy, their speed was too slow. Wang Da felt he could completely easily dodge them.
"Is that so? Jade Wind Wheel!" The middle-aged Gu Master suddenly gave a low shout. Suddenly, a pair of jade-green whirlwinds, appearing like two armbands, manifested and circled around his stone arms.
The speed of the stone arms surged instantly!
"How can it be… Ugh!" Wang Da's face was full of astonishment. Swept by the stone arms, he was instantly sent flying sideways.
The middle-aged Gu Master's combat experience was extremely rich. If he had used the wind Gu, Jade Wind Wheel, right from the start, Wang Da would not have fallen for it so easily.
Wang Da was swept away by the heavy stone arms, tumbling onto the ground, dizzy and disoriented. His chest, which had taken the hit, felt a wave of oppressive pain.
Pfft.
He struggled to crawl up, unable to hold back a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Only five percent primeval essence left, I'm going to die." He checked his aperture again and couldn't help but smile tragically. Seeing Fang Yuan not far away, a smear of crazed resolve surfaced on his face again. "Even in death, I will drag you down to be buried with me!"
Ahhh!
Disregarding his injuries, he fiercely charged out to kill.
"Stop him!" The middle-aged Gu Master was greatly anxious. He was purely a close-combat Gu Master and had no ranged attack Gu worms. For a moment, he was beyond his reach.
That elderly Gu Master had already caught up. The white hair all over his body condensed into bundles of finger-sized spiral needles. The sharp needles flew like spirit snakes, extending five or six meters away, catching up from behind and piercing through Wang Da's body.
But Wang Da paid it no heed and still charged straight out.
"Die!" He shouted wildly, his ten fingers having already grown to a full half-meter in length.
The middle-aged Gu Master rushed up urgently. Seeing this scene, his expression changed; he was already too late to stop it.
Seeing that Wang Da was about to succeed, unexpectedly, a burst of blue jade light suddenly erupted from the opposite side.
"Jade Skin Gu!" Under the stimulation of life and death, Fang Zheng let out a hysterical scream.
In an instant, the skin all over his body turned into a sheet of solid jade skin.
Wang Da's ten fingers were like blades, stabbing towards him. Although Love Separation lacked the ability for forceful attacks, the Jade Skin Gu was ultimately a Rank one Gu worm and could not withstand Wang Da's fingernails.
Roar!
Seeing that Fang Zheng was about to perish, the elderly Gu Master shouted anxiously, his eyes bulging wide. Let more snow-hair sharp needles spray out, thoroughly piercing through Wang Da's body.
Then the hair needles moved like snakes, piercing from Wang Da's back through to his chest, then winding around his neck, his arms, and his legs.
Boiling hot blood gushed out from Wang Da's body, dyeing the white hair red in an instant.
His whole body was entangled by white hair, just like that wild boar that fell into the trap and was impaled by green spear bamboo spikes; his charging momentum halted abruptly, making it difficult to move even a step.
An extremely intense dizziness assaulted him. Wang Da gave a tragic smile; he knew death was imminent.
Truly unwilling ah!
His vision blurred into a patch. At this moment when death arrived, the most profound impression in his memory surfaced once again.
"Wan'er…" He couldn't help but call out his wife's name. A knife was held in his hand, piercing through his wife's body.
"Why?" His wife looked at Wang Da, astonishment and incomprehension surfacing on her delicate and beautiful face, staring tightly into Wang Da's eyes.
Wang Da's eyes were completely red, his whole body trembling, as he squeezed three words out from his clenched teeth: "I am sorry."
His wife smiled slightly; the smile was filled with love, without a single drop of hatred.
"I understand," she said.
She wanted to extend her right hand to caress Wang Da's face one last time before dying.
But halfway there, her hand fell.
Killing his wife to seize her heart, refining Love Separation; from then on possessing power, stepping onto the demonic path!
Do you regret?
Since then, Wang Da asked himself countless times.
Regret!
Regretting so much that living was worse than dying, so he swore to himself that he must protect his only remaining family properly!!
But.
But…
"If everything started over, Wan'er, I would still do this…" Unrestrained tears gushed out from Wang Da's crimson eyes.
Fang Zheng stared with wide eyes, watching. His whole body flashed with jade light.
From start to finish, he remained in deep confusion and suspicion.
A strange Gu Master charged crazily towards him, posturing as if he wanted to hack him into a thousand pieces. But precisely, Fang Zheng did not know him at all.
The dense aura of death stimulated Fang Zheng so much that his whole body could not move. His mind was blank, and he could only subconsciously activate the Jade Skin Gu with all his might.
Wang Da's ten fingers pierced through the jade skin, penetrating one centimeter deep, and then moved no more.
He died.
When he died, his face was covered in tears!
"Is it finally… over?" Fang Zheng gasped for breath mouthful after mouthful, his eyes losing focus, appearing extremely vacant.
Then a wave of intense dizziness rushed over.
Thump.
He also collapsed onto the ground.
Love Separation, the number one poison of Rank two; although it did not piece through all of the jade skin, the toxin had already entered his body.