Corpse-eating insect

"Pop." The jar was opened, revealing a pitch-black opening from which a dense swarm of small flying insects crawled out.

The flying insects were only the size of flies, with a pair of transparent wings, but their bodies resembled pincers, and they had a pair of ferocious pincers on their mouths.

Although those flying insects were very small, their bodies were covered in patterns, especially on the pincers of their mouths, which carried a pale green liquid that emitted a foul odor, making one's skin crawl at the sight.

"Corpse-Eating Gu."

Elder Tu Fang's expression couldn't help but change. He recognized what those little flying insects were; it was a type of terrifying Gu.

They grew specifically by eating the flesh of corpses, reproduced very quickly, and their growth rate was also astonishing.

As for the speed of their growth, it depended on their feed, which was corpses. They were not picky; as long as it was a corpse, it would do, whether human or Demonic Beast. The more rotten it was, the more they liked it.

Because they had long been consuming the flesh of corpses, their pincers carried intense corpse poison. Usually, this corpse poison allowed them to better absorb rotten flesh.

However, if a living person were bitten by them, even a Tendon Transformation Realm expert could not withstand it. That kind of poison was almost impossible to cure.

Because once bitten by a Corpse-Eating Gu, the corpse poison on their pincers would immediately be injected into the person's body. Unlike ordinary venom, this poison did not attack the nerves or invade the internal organs, but directly corroded the person's Physical Body.

Once bitten by a Corpse-Eating Gu, a person's body would immediately necrotize, and in less than a few breaths of time, they would become a rotting corpse.

Because when Corpse-Eating Gu had no rotting corpses to eat, they could use their venom to create rotting corpses themselves, which made their poison exceptionally terrifying.

The most terrifying thing was that while their bodies were not strong, their pincers were comparable to steel and could easily pierce human skin.

That was why Elder Tu Fang's expression changed. However, if it were ordinary Corpse-Eating Gu, Tu Fang would not be too worried, because a Tendon Transformation Realm expert could easily shatter them into powder just by relying on the gale emitted by their weapons.

But the Corpse-Eating Gu in that person's hand was different; they had three different patterns on their bodies, which indicated that these Gu had advanced three times.

Gu cultivators usually put Gu together to make them kill each other; finally, out of thousands upon thousands of Gu, a king would be born.

After killing so many of its own kind, a faint pattern would appear on this Gu.

Then, the Gu with one pattern would be kept together and made to fight again. The Gu that survived in the end would have two patterns.

The Gu in the hands of that Daoist Practitioner actually had three patterns, meaning that the Gu in his hands were kings among kings.

Not only was their defense powerful, but their attacks would be even more sharp and peerless. What was most fatal was that in that jar of his, there were tens of thousands of Corpse-Eating Gu kings.

"Hahaha, kid, you have thoroughly angered me. I will let you taste the fear of ten thousand Gu devouring your body."

The Daoist Practitioner laughed wildly, but his heart ached incessantly; these Gu were his lifeblood.

His Family had spent hundreds of years cultivating them, only to have this small stock. It could be said that this was his strongest trump card. Because of this, other Daoist Practitioners were very wary of him, and no one dared to target him.

However, these Gu had a weakness: they were very difficult to cultivate because once they advanced to the insect king level, they had already reached their peak.

The toxicity in their bodies had also reached its highest point. Once released, it would take several years to replenish the toxicity.

The most fatal part was that his Soul power was insufficient, so he could only drive the Corpse-Eating Gu to attack. Those Corpse-Eating Gu could not be recalled until they had eaten all the corpses, so these Corpse-Eating Gu of his would foolishly release all their toxicity.

However, there was no other way; Long Chen's strength was too monstrous, especially the large saber in Long Chen's hand, which was simply impossible to block. One slash down was heavier than a mountain.

Now he could only accept his bad luck, hoping that after killing Long Chen, he could receive a reward from Ghost Eye Old Freak. If he were rewarded with a few powerful corpses, he wouldn't be at too much of a loss.

"Die!" The Daoist Practitioner shouted, hand pinching an incantation gesture. Tens of thousands of Corpse-Eating Gu flew out of the jar and flew towards Long Chen.

Even though Long Chen considered himself quite bold, seeing so many hideous-looking Corpse-Eating Gu, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.

He hurriedly retreated, suddenly feeling his arms go numb. It turned out that he hadn't activated his Divine Ring just now, relying entirely on the strength of his Physical Body to hack away. Now that the excitement had passed, he felt some soreness in his arms.

He hurriedly put Zhan Xie into his ring; carrying Zhan Xie would greatly limit his speed. Seeing the Corpse-Eating Gu flying over like a blanket, Long Chen hurriedly retreated and threw a punch.

"Whoosh." A gale flew past, slamming into those Corpse-Eating Gu. One had to know that Long Chen had now entered the 13th stage of Blood Condensation, and his fist wind could easily shatter rocks.

But those insects, which didn't look strong, were actually just knocked back, and then flew over as if nothing had happened.

Long Chen felt as if his punch had hit cotton; he couldn't use his strength at all and could only continue to retreat.

"Hahaha, it's useless. My Corpse-Eating Gu kings were selected from hundreds of millions of Corpse-Eating Gu. Just slowly wait for the arrival of death." The Daoist Practitioner, having been chased and killed by Long Chen for half a day, was overjoyed to see Long Chen being chased by the Corpse-Eating Gu.

Long Chen stared at these Corpse-Eating Gu and couldn't help but get goosebumps, although he didn't know the origin of the Corpse-Eating Gu.

But he possessed the memories of the Pill Emperor and was too sensitive to things like poison. He knew that the venom of these Corpse-Eating Gu carried terrifying corrosiveness, and there was no absolute antidote.

Even if there was, he wouldn't have time to concoct it. While dodging, he swung his fists, using his fist wind to force back those Corpse-Eating Gu.

But the Corpse-Eating Gu were everywhere. Long Chen's fist wind couldn't possibly cover 360 degrees without blind spots. Once a single Corpse-Eating Gu got through and bit him, he would be done for.

"Struggling is futile. You might as well quietly enjoy the pleasure of death, hahaha." The Daoist Practitioner laughed crazily.

The hearts of the Elders on the Righteous Path side tightened. If Long Chen died, it would be a huge blow to all the Righteous Path Disciples. The true rhythm would very likely become unbalanced immediately, and the advantage previously built up would be wiped out.

"Long Chen won't be in trouble, right?" Even Elder Tu Fang was a bit uncertain. Although it was rumored that a Heaven and Earth Anomaly would not die at the hands of others, such things were limited to legends; no one had ever witnessed the growth of an Anomaly, otherwise why would Ling Yunzi take such a big risk to confirm it?

Now that Long Chen was being chased by the sky full of Corpse-Eating Gu, it was clearly a desperate situation, and his destruction was basically a matter of time.

Other Disciples were also fighting desperately. Let alone not being able to see his situation, even if they knew, they couldn't help. Now, a strange balance had appeared on the battlefield.

If Long Chen died, the battlefield would immediately become unbalanced. If Long Chen killed that Evil Path Disciple, the scales of victory on the battlefield would immediately tilt towards the Righteous Path.

Just when everyone on the Righteous Path side had their hearts tightened, Long Chen suddenly shook his head. When had he become so stupid?

"What does shaking your head mean? Have you accepted your fate?" The Daoist Practitioner asked with a cold laugh.

"A guy wearing a green hat has no right to make sarcastic remarks. Watch me break these idiotic bugs of yours."

Long Chen snorted coldly, suddenly raising his sword-like eyebrows as a powerful energy rose within him. "Pill Flame!" Hum! The terrifying blue flames, like a volcanic eruption, instantly covered an area of a hundred zhang. The terrifying high temperature caused the world to distort.

The moment Long Chen summoned the Pill Flame, the sky full of blue flames directly swallowed those Corpse-Eating Gu.

"Chi chi chi…" Those Corpse-Eating Gu immediately fell from the air to the ground. One had to know that the Fire Lizard Blue Flame was ranked 97th on the Beast Flame Rankings, and its power was extremely terrifying.

The flames immediately burned the transparent wings of these Corpse-Eating Gu to ashes. However, it had to be said that these Corpse-Eating Gu were very powerful. Long Chen's Fire Lizard Blue Flame could instantly melt rock, but those Corpse-Eating Gu stubbornly persisted in the fire for two breaths before being burned to death.

"Ah… My Corpse-Eating Gu!" The Daoist Practitioner couldn't help but scream crazily. These were his lifeblood; using them to attack Long Chen already made his heart ache immensely. Now, the Family fortune accumulated over hundreds of years had been burned by Long Chen in one fire. He was almost driven mad with anger.

This turn of events stunned everyone. Seeing that Long Chen was about to lose his life to the Corpse-Eating Gu, a shocking reversal suddenly occurred. In one breath, the Corpse-Eating Gu were wiped out. This was simply too shocking.

Tu Fang couldn't help but smile bitterly, gently patting his chest. Am I just worrying about nothing? It's been confirmed so many times that Long Chen is an Anomaly, so what am I still worried about? This reversal by Long Chen completely put Tu Fang at ease because Ling Yunzi had staked everything on Long Chen for this battle, so he had to worry. However, through this, he finally understood that he was someone who never learned from his mistakes and had been worrying needlessly too much.

"I'll fight you to the death!" The Daoist Practitioner's eyes were blood-red, holding that serrated long sword in his hand, and he charged at Long Chen.

According to normal thinking, Long Chen had broken his strongest means, so he should be like the other Daoist Practitioners, fighting conservatively and waiting for others to break this balance. Unfortunately, he no longer had normal thinking. On one hand, it was because his heart ached for the Family's hundreds of years of accumulation being destroyed in one go. On the other hand, those Corpse-Eating Gu had a connection with his Soul. The death of these Corpse-Eating Gu had messed up his nerves. Carrying his sword and charging towards Long Chen, at this moment, he only thought of killing Long Chen.

Long Chen snorted coldly. His Fire Lizard Blue Flame was fine for burning bugs, but it was useless against a powerful Daoist Practitioner, just a waste of Spiritual Qi.

Hum! The Divine Ring appeared behind him, and the Fengfu Star spun rapidly. The Spiritual Qi in his body surged out like a tsunami, its terrifying Aura shooting straight into the sky, causing the clouds in all directions to move.

"Careful!" Ghost Eye Old Freak noticed something was wrong immediately and couldn't help but scream, roaring a warning.

It was unknown whether it was the voice of Ghost Eye Old Freak that warned the Daoist Practitioner, or if Long Chen's Aura had shocked him awake. When he saw Long Chen's long saber pointing at the sky, like a Heavenly God descending to the world, he couldn't help but be terrified.

The Daoist Practitioner almost instinctively wanted to retreat, but unfortunately, Long Chen did not give him that convenience, and the Zhan Xie in his hand fell like a bolt of lightning.