vstars Chapter 272 Advancement
Chapter 272 Advancement
On the following road sections, even when there was a fork in the road, the two did not slow down at all.
This is because sparse gray blocks have begun to appear in the originally empty passage.
The blocks look extremely regular, and are particularly eye-catching in the Gu God Palace where even ordinary stones are rare.
And these small cubes are the God-stealing Gu that have not yet hatched.
After it is born, with continuous advancement, its outer surface will continue to increase until it becomes a spherical polyhedron as shown in the War God's Soul.
When Tu Zhan first came here, he was only a third-level Gu Master. He must have been affected by the God-stealing Gu and was parasitized unknowingly.
After returning, he was able to make rapid progress and achieved the middle stage of Rong Shen. If he had not come back here, he might have been able to escape with his life.
Unfortunately, the Tianji Gu worm sheath in his body was obtained here. After he promised to bring Li Zhaoxing here, his death was doomed.
It was as if everything was arranged by the Queen Insect of the Soul-stealing Gu, just to let him go back.
Not only do we have to wait for him to come back when he gets fatter, but we also want him to bring more people with him.
Li Zhaoxing was also unlucky. Before he could find any clues about the fifth-level Tianji Gu, he was ambushed by Tu Zhan who had lost his mind.
Although his fighting ability was average, his escape ability was first-rate. Unfortunately, he was caught off guard and was severely injured by Tu Zhan. Ultimately, he failed to escape and was beaten to death by Tu Zhan.
If he was luckier and could hold on a little longer, waiting until Fang Xiao and the other two arrived, he might still be able to survive.
He was carrying the Tianji Gu, but ended up like this. I wonder if he had ever predicted that he would end up like this.
As for Fang Xiao and the other two, they were still moving forward at this time. The number of Soul-Snatching Gu distributed in the passage was gradually increasing, and even second-level ones had begun to appear.
However, without being awakened by the queen insect, these soul-stealing insects were all in a dormant state, so they did not react at all after their appearance.
"The lair of the Soul-stealing Gu is probably not far away, Fellow Daoist Fang, the rest will depend on your methods."
"Don't worry, there's no need for you to help me, I can wipe out this place by myself."
Fang Xiao's answer was full of confidence.
Since there are benefits, it doesn't matter if you put in some effort. When the time comes to distribute the harvest, you will naturally get a bigger share.
Besides, there was no need for Luo Tianshan to remind him. As early as when the God-stealing Gu appeared in the passage, he had already performed the Chi Nian Sword Technique.
All the soul-stealing poisons encountered along the way were easily destroyed by Nian Jian.
Therefore, even Luo Tianshan, who was in the late stage of Rong Shen, did not realize that Fang Xiao had already taken action.
But as they continued to go deeper, the number of God-stealing Gu increased, and they didn't even have a place to stay.
In some places, the walls have even been piled up so high that the passage is almost completely blocked.
Fang Xiao simply looked down upon these low-level poisonous insects, but they were really an eyesore when placed here.
He had no choice but to sacrifice the Map of the True Shape of the Five Mountains, and store them all in his internal space to refine them. As expected, he ended up refining a pile of dregs and didn't get much useful stuff at all.
But Fang Xiao really couldn't understand how the mother insect of the Soul-stealing Gu could reproduce so much without any resources.
He guessed that there might be other things in this nest.
Driven by curiosity and desire for treasure, he immediately began to move forward step by step.
The Mind Sword was sweeping in front, while the Five Mountains True Shape Map was clearing the back, and before they knew it, their speed had increased a lot.
However, before long, something strange happened ahead.
Fang Xiao only felt an invisible wave coming from deep in the passage, and the remaining Soul-stealing Gu seemed to be awakened instantly by it, and actually began to roll on its own.
"Fellow Daoist Fang, the Soul-stealing Gu has awakened. Perhaps you have dealt with too much and the mother insect has sensed it."
Luo Tianshan, who was following behind him, reminded.
"I can see that it's better if it finds it. It saves me from having to look for it everywhere. It's just the right way to get it all at once."
Before Fang Xiao finished his words, there were bursts of rumbling sounds coming from deep in the passage, and then countless poisonous insects were seen rolling away at a rapid speed, like waves of gray tides rushing in.
He also felt that there was some kind of strange power emanating from the Divine Gu and was gathering at an extremely fast speed.
"Is this the kind of power that can capture people's minds? How can I let you do what you want?"
Fang Xiao immediately pushed the Chi Nian Sword Technique to its extreme, and the coverage of the sword intent also expanded rapidly. All the Soul-Snatching Gu in it were within the attack range of the sword.
Even though the Soul-Snatching Gu had lost its mind, it was still pushed forward by its peers behind it, gradually pouring into the Five Mountains True Shape Map, and was all reduced to ashes in less than a breath.
It was as if there was a crusher standing in front of Fang Xiao and Luo Tianshan, and anything that approached the two would be crushed by it.
After losing its master, the gathered power to take away the soul began to dissipate on its own before it could touch Fang Xiao.
Not only did he fail to get much closer to Fang Xiao, he was constantly pushed forward by him.
"It's true that the power of the Soul-stealing Gu is hard to defend against, but as long as it doesn't get close to us, it can do nothing to us."
While dealing with the current situation, Fang Xiao still had time to tell Luo Tianshan his views.
"That's true, but such a large number of poisonous insects is not something that ordinary people can handle. Fellow Daoist Fang needs to be on guard against the approach of fourth-level beings."
Luo Tianshan only saw that Fang Xiao used some kind of artistic conception, but he couldn't understand how he did it specifically, so he could only remind Fang Xiao to be careful.
After all, his own spiritual consciousness cannot be released externally, so even if a fourth-level soul-stealing Gu really approaches, it will not be able to detect any trace.
It is quite appropriate to use Fang Xiao's sword intent field to deal with this situation.
Fang Xiao nodded in agreement. Although he was surrounded by sword power and the Five Mountains True Shape Map, he could not be careless.
If either of them gets distracted, it will cause big trouble.
Just in case, he directly summoned the Dharmakāya and Xuanyuan Daotai, and filled the channel with the power of the Five Elements' magnetism.
Even the Void-Cutting Sword Formation was set up, with countless sword threads disappearing into the space.
The four methods seemed particularly crowded in this narrow passage, but they did not interfere with each other.
To be honest, even if Luo Tianshan attacked him, Fang Xiao would not be able to hurt him at all even if he stood still for a while.
Fang Xiao walked faster and faster, and the scattered light of escape was gradually condensing. Under the astonished gaze of Luo Tianshan, he escaped.
However, Luo Tianshan did not say much, believing that Fang Xiao's control over the situation would not put him in jail.
He immediately took off and followed.
As the speed of the two of them increased, the poisonous insect in front of them shattered before it could even react.
They gradually stopped until there was no way out ahead.
Looking at the massive amount of poisonous insects emerging out of nowhere before them, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other.
"Another space portal."
"Could it be that all the Gu insects with names and surnames in this Gu God Palace are placed in independent spaces?"
"I'm not sure about this either. The eight major tribes, and even the families within the tribes, are very secretive about the gains from the Gu God Palace. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."
"It seems that this Gu Ancestor values these Gu insects very much."
Then he walked straight towards the space portal. Before he arrived, the mighty sword intent had already invaded it.