Chapter 713: Chapter 221: Gu Cultivator Li Jiuqu_2
Over there, the Blood Shadow Cave Master was also severely depleted, with no strength left to fight, retreating weakly to the formation, sparking a wave of cheers.
The cheers reached the Liangzhu Country’s camp, sounding particularly harsh.
Zhao Xi frowned deeply. As the leader, he had to face the current predicament and solve the present problems.
“We lost the first battle, the situation is dire. We absolutely can’t lose the second one!”
As Zhao Xi looked around at the surrounding Nascent Soul Cultivators, hesitating, another cultivator flew out from the Thousand Peak Forest Alliance.
This person’s appearance was quite terrifying.
His body was hunched like an old ape, with corpse-blue skin covered in honeycomb-like holes, from which countless black maggots crawled in and out, consuming the decayed flesh and excreting poisonous silk to repair the body.
He had no hair on his head, replaced instead by a layer of translucent flesh membrane, under which three leeches could be seen swimming in the grayish-white brain matter, a nauseating sight.
His nose bridge was rotten and punctured, and his eye sockets were not filled with normal human eyeballs, but embedded with two venomous beehives. Phosphorescent green fire flickered in the hexagonal holes of the hives.
“I am Gu Cultivator Li Jiu Gu, hehe, who dares to face death?”
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth tore to his ears, revealing a mouthful of jagged black teeth, his tongue covered in a patch of grim green moss.
“Li Jiu Gu?!”
“It’s really him!”
“I didn’t expect him to be hiding in the Thousand Peak Forest.”
“Terrifying! This person is a Gu Cultivator, whose main cultivation technique is the ‘Ten Thousand Maggots Eroding Immortal Art’. To cultivate this technique, one must hollow out their bones and fill them with Immortal Maggot larvae, feeding them with their own Essence Blood to grow. The maggots’ bone-eroding poison can dissolve Magic Treasures and also chew enemy flesh to nourish the host.”
On the Liangzhu Country’s side, the cultivators discussed non-stop, each with a heavy expression.
In terms of reputation alone, Li Jiu Gu was notoriously infamous, wanted by several Cultivation Kingdoms, far more so than the Blood Shadow Cave Master.
Because of the Thousand Peak Forest’s loose environment, Li Jiu Gu hid there.
Now, in the second great battle, he appeared for the first time, catching Liangzhu Country off guard, and surprising the Thousand Peak Forest Alliance as well.
This was because Li Jiu Gu had kept his identity hidden before entering the fight.
Even Lu Hongtu had been kept in the dark. Seeing Li Jiu Gu now, he instinctively glanced at Lord Long.
Lord Long sat expressionlessly at the main seat.
The second great battle was of grave importance, especially concerning the Dragon King Giant Wood Mountain, so the entire Dragon King Temple took it very seriously. Lord Long primarily invited Young Master Shengxu, while Li Jiu Gu was heavily hired by other temple priests of the Dragon King Temple.
“Hehe, are you deaf or mute, can’t you understand me?”
Li Jiu Gu called out again.
Undoubtedly, Li Jiu Gu was a strong enemy!
The many Nascent Soul cultivators of Liangzhu Country looked at each other, finding it hard to decide.
Zhao Xi was also hesitating; in his view, no one had a definite chance of winning, and they might even lose their life!
At this moment, someone stepped forward voluntarily: “I’ll fight him.”
Everyone’s gaze immediately turned to the person who spoke, seeing him in a black robe with a parrot on his shoulder; who else could it be but Mo Yechen?
Zhao Xi: “You…”
Mo Yechen smiled slightly: “Lord Zhao, fellow comrades, rest easy. I’m taking the initiative to fight, not to die, but with some assurance of success.”
“Of course, if anyone here has more confidence than me, I, Mo Yechen, am willing to step down.”
No one responded.
Zhao Xi nodded helplessly, watching worriedly as Mo Yechen flew out of the city wall.
Li Jiu Gu had already called out twice, demoralizing the Liangzhu Country forces significantly. He couldn’t be allowed to continue.
Li Jiu Gu faced off against Mo Yechen.
“Fool coming to die, hehe, let me start with you.” Li Jiu Gu’s black robe billowed, and the holes all over his body let out cries like wailing infants.
The cries were so piercing they went straight to one’s heart, disturbing mana and affecting the mind.
Mo Yechen made no move; the parrot on his shoulder’s pupils gleamed with starlight, suddenly letting out a clear cry that pierced through the heavens and earth.
The parrot’s cry immediately revealed Nascent Soul level aura, its sound overwhelming the cries, scattering countless silver rays on the battlefield.
“This bird is actually a Nascent Soul level demon beast!” Ning Zhuo exclaimed.
Sun Lingtong’s face also changed slightly: “I didn’t see through its foundation back then.”
Previously, Du Tiechuan had sent four armies to invade the Thousand Peak Forest, to probe the enemy’s military deployment.
Ning Zhuo used a Talisman to teleport to the Red Flower Camp to assist Mu Lan in shooting down Di Lu and defeating the Ancient God Cang Yue, later receiving the order to retreat through the parrot’s transmission.
Therefore, Sun Ning, Mu Lan, and Zhang Zhongyi had all encountered this parrot once.
Li Jiu Gu’s body trembled slightly.
His crying method was suppressed, and in his frustration, he pulled out a Magic Treasure.
The Rot Immortal Poison Basket!
The poison basket was woven from the spines of cultivators, containing thousands of poisonous gu, including rotten skin worms, decayed flesh maggots, and bone-eroding centipedes.
In the depths of the basket, a queen maggot was hiding, capable of controlling all poisonous insects within a hundred miles, forming a swarm.
Li Jiu Gu shook the Rot Immortal Poison Basket.
An immense swarm of poisonous insects surged out like a pitch-black river.
The swarm collided and rubbed their shells, creating a screeching metallic noise. The maggots’ mandibles spewed out a vast amount of purple mist, withering vegetation wherever it passed.
Mo Yechen quickly retreated, trading space for time.
He still did not attack, the parrot on his shoulder flapped its wings and screeched, forming semi-transparent ripples.
The swarm hit the sound waves, exploding in large numbers, spurting grim green and withered yellow liquid everywhere in the sky.
“Heh heh heh,” Li Jiu Gu sneered, channeling his Divine Sense into the swarm.
The next moment, a dozen gu insects flew out from the swarm.
Rotten skin worms led the charge, corroding the sound waves, decayed flesh maggots exploded near Mo Yechen, releasing toxic gas, and bone-eroding centipedes tried to burrow into Mo Yechen’s body, only to be swallowed whole by the parrot.
Once the insects entered the bird’s stomach, Li Jiu Gu immediately lost his close connection with them.
This made the infamously evil demon path Gu Cultivator frown deeply.
The watching cultivators on both sides revealed a look of surprise.
Sun Ning and Sun Lingtong also noticed something peculiar.
Sun Lingtong blurted out: “No wonder he volunteered; it turns out this parrot can restrain gu insects.”
Ning Zhuo nodded, focusing more on Li Jiu Gu: “This is the first time I’ve seen a Nascent Soul level Gu Cultivator.”
His heart stirred, feeling somewhat complicated.
For some reason, he seemed to have a special sentiment towards Gu Cultivators.
Seeing the gu insects were ineffective, Li Jiu Gu immediately cast spells, attacking both man and bird.
Mo Yechen finally made his move, casting spell after spell, entering into a fierce battle.
Li Jiu Gu’s gu insects astonished the onlookers, while Mo Yechen raised a black tide, devouring light, hiding himself, standing steadfastly.
Li Jiu Gu’s strength was indeed formidable, clearly surpassing Mo Yechen.
But Mo Yechen, with the help of the parrot on his shoulder, managed to hold his ground.
This bird pet of his not only had Nascent Soul level strength but also had a restraining power against gu insects.
Man and bird supporting each other, they really brought the battle to a standstill with Li Jiu Gu.
Observing for a long time, Lu Hongtu transmitted through Divine Sense to Lord Long: “Li Jiu Gu is all name but no substance, he can’t even take down Mo Yechen. Time is tight, our Nascent Soul level advantage might be lost due to the Liangzhu Country’s reinforcements.”
Lord Long nodded and immediately ordered other cultivators to join the battle.
“I am the Demon Heart Cave Master, come out and face me!”
“I am Gu Ya of the Cangyue Tribe!”
“I am the old woman Bi Tengyi, who wants to try me?”
“Gao Cuo here, please enlighten me.”
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In an instant, nearly ten Nascent Soul cultivators were dispatched.
Zhao Xi’s expression was extremely grim.
The number of Nascent Soul cultivators on Liangzhu Country’s side was significantly fewer than the Thousand Peak Forest. Being tightly grasped by the enemy on their weak point felt truly uncomfortable.
At this critical moment, a female cultivator stepped forward.
“Foreign barbarians, so arrogant.”
“I am the princess of this country, and I shall teach you a lesson!”
It was none other than the Mechanical Princess Shuang Ling speaking.
She flew into the high sky, releasing hundreds of flying Mechanical Fairies, circling around her.
“Come, all of you at once!” Shuang Ling provoked the many Nascent Soul cultivators of the enemy.
She was actually going to fight them all by herself!