Chapter 146 - 92: This Sweep of Mine Might Land on Your Graves

Chapter 146: Chapter 92: This Sweep of Mine Might Land on Your Graves

Gu Xiangzhu: "One!"

The Mother Gu: "..."

"Two!"

"..."

"Three!"

"Four!"

Gu Xiangzhu had no intention of listening to its explanation and continued her relentless countdown.

The Mother Gu’s voice grew shrill. "Saintess! The Gu Insects in the Black Fog Space are all directly controlled by my Child Gu! We’re separated by the black fog—it might not listen to me..."

"Five!"

"Six!"

"Seven!"

The Mother Gu could not hold out any longer. "Saintess, I’ll listen to you—"

BOOM!

A fierce surge of palm energy struck.

The Mother Gu exploded on the spot.

Huangfu Song slowly withdrew his palm, his expression so grim it looked like it could drip water. A One-Day Flower-Blooming Gu, gone just like that. His heart ached with the loss.

His voice was grim. "I offended you once, you destroyed one of my Mother Gu. We’re even!"

"Even?"

Gu Xiangzhu’s smile was mocking. "Guardian Song, you’re the one who destroyed this Mother Gu, not me! Besides, even after losing one, you can just cultivate a Sub-Insect from the black fog into a new Mother Gu. It will just cost you something, that’s all. And you think that’s enough to trade for my dear boy’s life?"

Huangfu Song finally snapped, his voice ringing with fury. "Gu Xiangzhu! How can you even call yourself a member of our Holy Sect when you favor an outsider like this?"

Gu Xiangzhu looked as if she’d heard the most absurd joke. "How ridiculous! I already had an excellent plan in place. You’re the one who endangered a comrade for your own selfish desires, consequences be damned. And now you’re trying to sling mud at me?"

Huangfu Song shot back, "A plan? What plan could be better than keeping the formula in our own hands? With this alchemy method firmly in the grasp of our Holy Sect, think of how many low-level disciples we could develop!"

"And what about an Alchemist? Do you have one?"

"I... We will in the future!"

"Hahahaha!"

Gu Xiangzhu let out a frustrated laugh. "How could our Holy Sect have a member as stupid, vicious, reckless, and glory-hungry as you?"

Huangfu Song’s tone grew even darker. "Then what? We wait for the Emperor to take it, leaving us no room to grow? If you really want to save Zhao Ci, just make your move. I’d love to see if that worthless piece of jade of yours can help him fend off a hundred Cultivators of the same rank!

I hand-picked every single one of those experts specifically for the Tenth Prince.

Not a single one of them is an easy opponent.

It took me a great deal of effort to plant the Gu Insects in them!"

’Although the Mother Gu is dead,’ he thought, ’as long as the Gu Insects inside can devour Zhao Ci’s Spirit Platform, I have plenty of ways to read his memories.’

’Then Gu Xiangzhu will have her hands tied, too afraid of the collateral damage to do anything to those Gu Insects.’

But Gu Xiangzhu just sneered. "Oh? You think those weaklings inside are enough to kill Zhao Ci?"

"Hm?"

Huangfu Song’s heart suddenly tightened. ’Why does she seem so confident?’

’Could it be... that Zhao Ci really has some trick up his sleeve that I don’t know about?’

Of course, he didn’t know.

Right now, Gu Xiangzhu was cursing up a storm in her head.

’A First-Grade Flesh Soul, a Celestial Demon Body, plus the soul resonance from my own Soul Mist... I do have some confidence I can help Zhao Ci escape.’

’But why hasn’t that little brat crushed the warm jade yet?’

’Idiot!’

’Such an idiot!’

’Has that boy’s mind already been corrupted by the markings of the Celestial Demon Body?’

’Does he really think he can take on a hundred experts by himself?’

...

「Inside the Black Fog Space.」

In the ravine, two great fires spread toward each other, baking the entire chasm in scorching heat.

Finally, in a single instant, the two fires merged, consuming most of the ravine.

The blaze, like a wild beast, had sought to devour everything in its path. But with nothing left to sustain it on either side, its fuel exhausted, it could only begin to wane.

As the flames gradually died down, Zhao Ci could finally see the hazy figures on the other side of the fire.

The last fifty or so men controlled by the One-Day Flower-Blooming Gu had gathered together, just as he’d expected.

"Your Highness!"

Kan Luotang felt her throat go dry. "Is this really going to work? Maybe you should give the Luojingyi back to me!"

"Give it back? In your dreams!"

Zhao Ci’s brow furrowed. "Are you saying you don’t believe I’m a real man?"

Kan Luotang was at a loss for words. "I..."

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

At a moment of life and death, her fiancé in name only was trying to prove to her that he was a real man.

As the fire shrank, Zhao Ci’s right hand tightened on his spear. His body grew more and more excited. The coordinated surprise attacks with Kan Luotang had been highly efficient, but they lacked the thrill of a head-on slaughter.

The markings of his Celestial Demon Body were not satisfied.

It seemed to crave the high-intensity thrill of being bathed in blood.

He turned to Kan Luotang. "Everything’s burned. Can you still determine our direction?"

Kan Luotang nodded firmly. "Yes!"

"Excellent!"

Zhao Ci said with a serious expression, "Just stay back and direct me. If you have the strength to spare, use your lightning arts to take out anyone who poses a threat! I’m putting my full trust in you, but you have to trust me, too. I really am a real man!"

Pfft!

The sight of him so earnestly insisting he was a real man finally made Kan Luotang laugh.

But as soon as the sound escaped her lips, her eyes began to sting, and two streams of tears slid down her cheeks.

’Grandfather’s divination was too uncannily accurate,’ she thought. ’Even though I knew what the reading meant, I was powerless to change it.’

’This time, the danger revolves around Zhao Ci.’

’I wanted to draw the danger onto myself, but I hesitated, and Zhao Ci stopped me.’

’But... how can we possibly win?’

She had already seen that while these men were all below the Physical Body Realm, not a single one was a pushover.

And under the control of the One-Day Flower-Blooming Gu, their coordination had reached a terrifying level.

The fire was dying down. Zhao Ci took a deep breath. "I’m going in."

Kan Luotang nodded. "Okay."

Zhao Ci smiled, raised his long spear, and stepped onto the smoldering ashes.