I Have Medicine

Chapter 579 - (The Great Battle Ends) Divine Eyes Evolve Again.

Warning: This chapter contains scenes of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

The Celestial Realm member of the foreign race didn’t look any different from the others—only more powerful in presence. So Gu Zuo merely glanced at him before focusing his gaze on the Blue-Eyed Tribe expert.

One Noble Realm cultivator, two Celestial Realm cultivators—without exception, all three possessed double pupils.

Had it not been for the Blue-Eyed Tribe’s naturally inferior physical prowess and combat strength compared to other foreign races, the sheer power of these three alone would have been enough to give the human experts a massive headache.

However, though the three of them were indeed capable and possessed formidable soul-capturing abilities, the experts from Eight Desolations City were trained through brutal battles and had indomitable wills—they were the least susceptible to mental attacks. Even when caught in a soul-capturing attempt, they would recover in less than a blink. As a result, the three Blue-Eyed tribesmen couldn’t gain the upper hand over the humans and had to ally with the other two foreign races, leading to a prolonged stalemate.

At the same time, eight powerful figures appeared in front of Gu Zuo, Gongyi Tianheng, and the others. They stood directly opposite the nine foreign experts, their mutual hostility completely undisguised.

As Gu Zuo observed, the Giant Rock Tribe had indeed only sent one Noble Realm cultivator. Though the combined aura of the foreign experts seemed slightly stronger than that of the human experts, in terms of overall momentum, neither side could suppress the other.

Gongyi Tianheng and Wu Zhenhuang moved to stand at the outermost edges of the human formation. Facing them was a Celestial Realm expert.

The two had agreed beforehand—they would take on the Celestial Realm Blue-Eyed tribesman. The Blue-Eyed Tribe’s support abilities were troublesome, yet their overall combat strength was average. It was more efficient to leave the stronger opponents to the Eight Desolations City experts, maximizing the cost-performance ratio.

As usual, there was no need for words. In the blink of an eye, the top-tier fighters from both sides surged forward, launching into fierce combat!

Without hesitation, Gongyi Tianheng slammed his palm forward. Several massive blood-red palm imprints, brimming with overwhelming power, encircled the Blue-Eyed tribesman from all directions. At the same time, Wu Zhenhuang thrust a long sword from his palm. The blade, cold and sharp, carried a chilling murderous aura as it stabbed directly toward the opponent’s chest!

But the Blue-Eyed expert was, after all, a Celestial Realm cultivator—far from ordinary. The gap in cultivation realms was not easily overcome. Though one attack was overwhelming and the other cunning, which should have made victory a certainty, the Blue-Eyed tribesman twisted his body, slipping out of the red palms’ encirclement. With his other hand, he swiftly raised a shield and forcibly blocked the strike to his chest.

At this exact moment, the Blue-Eyed cultivator raised his eyes.

Gongyi Tianheng, directly facing him, had the protective eye mask he wore emit a crisp shattering sound—it had broken completely!

Gu Zuo’s pupils contracted sharply at the sight.

The Blue-Eyed Tribe’s Celestial Realm cultivator’s soul-capturing gaze had grown stronger. That eye mask could only block a single attack!

Gu Zuo dared not delay—he raised his eyes as well. Faint blue light shimmered in his pupils.

Even though Gu Zuo was floating far outside the battle, his psychic reach was vast. When using his divine eyes to unleash soul-capturing power, the area of effect was also considerable.

Thus, a strange wave of power surged forth, instantly enveloping Gongyi Tianheng. Should another soul-capturing attack from the Blue-Eyed Tribe come, this power would block it completely—far more effectively than the eye mask.

However, this power was not something just anyone could use. It required a massive amount of energy to sustain. Supporting one person like Gongyi Tianheng was manageable, occasionally aiding Wu Zhenhuang too, but protecting thousands? Not a chance—unless Gu Zuo reached the peak of the Spirit Psyche Realm. But if he got that far, he’d be able to “look and defeat” all Blue-Eyed tribesmen in a single glance. He wouldn’t need to empower warriors at all.

For now, Gu Zuo was fully focused on assisting Gongyi Tianheng.

With this mysterious force in place, when the Blue-Eyed tribesman tried a second soul-capturing gaze at Gongyi Tianheng, the moment his power approached, it immediately dispersed.

In this instant, a trace of apprehension appeared in the Blue-Eyed expert’s heart.

He’d never thought much of the eye mask—it could only block one attack. But the sudden emergence of this strange power from the human youth posed a genuine threat. It seemed to stand above his soul-capturing strength, as if, for a moment, it could command his very ability to submit.

Cautiously, the Blue-Eyed expert began scanning his surroundings.

He could tell—this was a psychic power from another human cultivator! Who is it? As he looked around, he quickly spotted a youth floating in the distance. Though the boy’s eyes looked no different from a normal human’s, they glimmered with a light that instinctively made him feel fear and dread.

That is the greatest threat to the Blue-Eyed Tribe!

The Blue-Eyed expert made a split-second decision. Using an incredibly agile movement technique, he evaded Gongyi Tianheng and Wu Zhenhuang, stretching out a massive hand toward Gu Zuo!

Against the backdrop of that enormous hand, Gu Zuo appeared tiny and helpless. As a pharmacist, his psychic cultivation was strong, but once someone closed in on him, it would be easy to suppress him.

At this moment, it looked like he was about to be swatted to death by the Blue-Eyed expert—

*Whoosh!*

A scorching golden-red light streaked through the air with unstoppable force. It was an arrow—an arrow filled with terrifying heat!

The arrow’s power was enough to rival or even exceed the Celestial Realm. Under its might, that giant hand was instantly blown to pieces!

Gu Zuo felt a surge of turbulent energy explode above his head, pausing the motion of his body as he was about to retreat into his Medicine Hall. He turned to look in the direction the arrow had come from. Without a doubt, the one who had protected him was none other than his big brother—Gongyi Tianheng.

At this moment, Wu Zhenhuang, whom the Blue-Eyed expert had just bypassed, was frozen in shock.

The moonlit, graceful young man—normally smiling with composure—was now expressionless, his gaze deep and still. Between his brows was a terrifying sense of impending disaster, and his whole body radiated a storm-like pressure! It was anger—an intense fury that had settled into a quiet, ocean-deep, unfathomable rage.

After that first arrow, Gongyi Tianheng immediately drew his bow again. The tip of the arrow was aflame with golden-red fire so hot it seemed to melt the very air around it. His draw speed was terrifying—each arrow held power exceeding the Celestial Realm, and each one was fired in less than a second!

The Blue-Eyed expert sensed mortal danger after the first shot. He dodged the second arrow, but the third and fourth came in quick succession. He found himself completely overwhelmed—several times, he was scorched by the golden-red flames. And once they touched his body, they spread instantly, forcing painful screams from him. The smell of burning flesh filled the air, chilling the soul and making one’s scalp tingle with fear.

Yet the arrows did not stop. Their energy didn’t weaken in the slightest.

Because of that, the Blue-Eyed expert couldn’t find even a second to put out the flames or tend his wounds. He was forced to dodge while enduring the burning agony!

At the same time, a furious roar erupted from another side of the battlefield:

“It’s you—it’s you who killed so many of my tribesmen!”

On the Giant Rock side, their Noble Realm expert was tied up in battle and couldn’t break free. But among the remaining Celestial Realm experts, one finally snapped. With rage overtaking reason, he broke away from his human opponent and charged toward Gongyi Tianheng!

Naturally, the human expert wouldn’t let him go unopposed and gave chase. But suddenly, a river of blood appeared in front of the Giant Rock expert.

The origin of the blood river was unknown—it manifested without warning. But the moment it spread across the Giant Rock tribesman’s path, countless whirlpools formed within it, and from them surged hundreds of crimson human-shaped figures at the Atomic Realm and above. These blood-forms charged fearlessly at the Giant Rock expert. Even when he smashed them with his massive hands, they simply re-formed and launched themselves again!

This brief interruption gave the human expert enough time to catch up and guard the far end of the blood river, attacking ferociously. The Giant Rock tribesman had no choice but to defend himself, forced into a chaotic retreat.

Meanwhile, Gongyi Tianheng was still shooting—arrow after arrow.

By now, the Blue-Eyed expert had been scorched into sluggishness, unable to dodge like before. Each arrow struck a different part of his body, burning deep, gaping holes in his flesh. He struggled uselessly, screaming in pain.

As for the Blue Eyes… he couldn’t activate them anymore.

At last, one of Gongyi Tianheng’s arrows struck the Blue-Eyed expert directly in the heart—with a convulsion, he collapsed and died!

At this moment, the expert’s body had been charred like translucent glass—bones, flesh, and hair all fused into a grotesque mess. Compared to the foreign races or wild beasts melted by poison, this was even more horrifying and miserable.

Only then did Gongyi Tianheng slowly lower his bow.

Wu Zhenhuang, watching from the side, didn’t even know what to feel.

He had never seen a Ascendant Realm martial artist defeat a Celestial Realm Blue-Eyed cultivator in one go. Though driven by rage, this was strength—undeniable strength. Not to mention, when Eight Desolations City gathered intelligence on this guardian lord, they’d already learned that he wielded at least two distinct powers—the golden-red flame, and the blood river, which he had once used during the Prodigy Monument battle.

So, while this young guardian was shooting down the Celestial Realm foreign cultivator, he even used a blood river to block a Giant Rock expert of the same realm! Such ability—unheard of!

What shocked Wu Zhenhuang the most wasn’t just Gongyi Tianheng’s overwhelming power, but the sheer internal energy such powerful martial techniques must consume. Even someone at his higher cultivation level couldn’t manage something like that… yet Gongyi Tianheng didn’t look the slightest bit fatigued?

Incredible—utterly unbelievable.

What Wu Zhenhuang didn’t know was that Gongyi Tianheng possessed six Qi Seas, each one hundreds of times stronger than the average martial artist’s. These Qi Seas stored massive amounts of internal energy, and the energy quality was enhanced further by the integration of chaotic power. As a result, his techniques didn’t consume nearly as much as one would expect.

Whether it was a drawn-out battle or a full-force attack, Gongyi Tianheng had no fear when he made a move.

Soon after, he flashed over to Gu Zuo’s side.

He pulled Gu Zuo’s arm, wrapping him firmly in the crook of his own, his face still showing no trace of a smile.

Gu Zuo’s scalp tingled. “Big Brother, I’m fine—you know I am…”

Gongyi Tianheng closed his eyes briefly, then said softly, “But I was still worried.”

Gu Zuo felt a deep sense of guilt. “…I’m sorry.”

His combat experience was still too shallow—and he wasn’t a battle-type cultivator to begin with. In fact, he understood very clearly: this time, he’d just been lucky. If it had been a stronger enemy, and his brother couldn’t save him in time, or if his mental reaction speed couldn’t outpace the enemy’s move, then he might not have even made it into the Medicine Hall in time!

Clearly, after this incident, he couldn’t focus solely on pharmacy anymore. At the very least, he had to train to buy himself time in a crisis.

Seeing that Gu Zuo was genuinely reflecting, Gongyi Tianheng slowly let him go. “Ah Zuo, be more careful.”

Gu Zuo nodded frantically. “Yes, Big Brother. I understand, Big Brother.”

Gongyi Tianheng’s expression eased slightly as he refocused on the battlefield.

Although the other experts were locked in fierce combat, they had still witnessed this scene. Those foreign cultivators—especially the Blue-Eyed Tribe—were nearly beside themselves with rage when they saw one of their own reduced to such a pitiful state. Their eyes were bloodshot with hatred, wishing nothing more than to tear Gongyi Tianheng to pieces! The other two races’ experts were also filled with fear and wariness toward Gu Zuo. They wanted to eliminate Gongyi Tianheng with a single strike—but right now, they were all still entangled with the human experts. It was eight against eight. With the numbers balanced, the humans weren’t the least bit afraid.

Soon, the battle among the experts reached a fever pitch. Both sides unleashed their fiercest abilities, each strike deadly. Dodging was extremely difficult, with danger lurking in every move.

Gongyi Tianheng’s gaze swept across the foreign races—it turned cold.

Then, a massive bow once again appeared in his hands. He aimed it at the foreign experts and pulled it back swiftly!

*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!*

Three arrows in rapid succession!

This time, Gongyi Tianheng targeted the two Blue-Eyed Tribe experts.

But he wasn’t trying to injure them—he had only one goal: force them into the attack range of the human cultivators!

Among the Blue-Eyed experts, the one at the Noble Realm reacted decently—he struck out sharply and managed to deflect one of the arrows. But he didn’t realize that the real purpose of the arrow had just been to draw his attention. The two remaining arrows—one from the left, the other from behind—forced the Celestial Realm Blue-Eyed expert to dodge diagonally forward to the right.

Exactly where his human opponent was waiting.

The human expert was extremely skilled at seizing opportunities. He swiftly slapped open the gourd at his waist and splashed its contents at his opponent! This medicinal concoction had been refined by Gu Zuo using rare and precious herbs—highly effective even against the Blue-Eyed Tribe’s double-eyes tribesmen. The moment it scattered, the enemy before him was instantly wracked with intense agony.

The Blue-Eyed expert’s skin began to melt!

The saying goes, “Strike while the enemy is down.” A veteran like this human cultivator would never miss such a chance. He immediately swung his massive hammer—one blow, and the Blue-Eyed expert’s head was smashed to pulp!

The corpse fell, splattering into bloody mush on the ground.

Just like that, another Blue-Eyed expert fell.

The next moment, this human expert quickly rushed off to support his fellow warriors. Before he left, he even tossed a compliment back to Gongyi Tianheng: “Good kid! Well done!”

In stark contrast, the Blue-Eyed expert at the Noble Realm realized too late that he’d been tricked. Trapped in combat with a human, he could only watch helplessly as another of his people perished—his heart twisted in grief. But that was all he could do: watch.

Gongyi Tianheng said nothing. He simply kept drawing his bow and firing. Each time, it was a volley of three arrows, and his targets remained the Celestial Realm foreign cultivators.

Each arrow’s power still rivaled that of the Celestial Realm, forcing those engaged with the human fighters to constantly dodge—giving the humans a much easier time fighting back.

Roughly an hour later, all of the Celestial Realm foreign experts had fallen. The human experts had only sustained non-lethal injuries, mostly from the their final counterattacks.

Gradually, only the Noble Realm cultivators remained.

The human Celestial experts exchanged glances, then split off without hesitation to aid their own side. These Celestial Realm “pests” might not normally even warrant a glance from the Noble Realm foreign tribesmen—but now, they became the last straw breaking the camel’s back.

Below the main battlefield, the foreign races were no match for the humans either.

Countless wild beasts lay dead. Countless foreign warriors had fallen. The humans’ losses were far lighter in comparison. Those foreign races who once strutted arrogantly—who treated humans like food and playthings—had now become prey themselves. They fought back desperately, but by now, even resistance was a struggle.

Up above, the foreign powerhouses noticed the dire situation below. Their rage surged like wildfire, and in the heat of battle, many began to show signs of desperation, willing even to self-detonate to drag humans down with them.

However, every time an foreign expert tried to self-destruct, a sharp arrow would come streaking in from afar—disrupting their vital energy and giving the human warriors time to retreat safely.

As the saying goes, “The first attack is vigorous, the second weakens, and the third is exhausted,”—after several failed self-destruction attempts, the foreign races had drained much of their vital energy. Finally, after several human powerhouses risked serious injuries, the remaining enemies were thoroughly annihilated!

And still, not a single human cultivator had fallen.

At this point, the great battle between humans and the foreign races had finally drawn to a close.

Scattered survivors from the foreign races, seeing the tide turning, tried to flee. But when several massive palms descended from the sky, they were all flattened into meat paste, with no chance of true escape.

The human experts flew over, full of praise for Gongyi Tianheng and Gu Zuo:

“This time, it’s thanks to Lord Guardian and Pharmacist Gu. Because of your help, the losses of Eight Desolations City’s forces were minimized to the extreme. From now on, these foreign races are almost entirely wiped out—they’ll never be able to stir up trouble again!”

But Gongyi Tianheng said, “This credit is too great.” He hesitated slightly, then added, “There is still a Noble Realm powerhouse in Rock City, along with over ten thousand Giant Rock Tribe members. That threat should also be dealt with.”

The human experts laughed heartily:

“Of course! Leave that to us. For now, you all should return to the City Lord’s mansion and rest. Once we’ve handled the Giant Rock Tribe, we’ll return and share a fine drink together!”

Gongyi Tianheng naturally agreed without objection.

Then, the human powerhouses quickly flew off. Wu Zhenhuang also instructed his deputies and strategists to swiftly clean up the battlefield and bring the war to a formal end.

All the human cultivators were in high spirits.

Only Gu Zuo felt… something was wrong.

Gongyi Tianheng immediately noticed the change. He flashed to Gu Zuo’s side, half-embracing him and letting him lean against his arm.

Right now, Gu Zuo felt countless cool, subtle streams of energy flooding in from all directions—pouring into the embryonic form of his Divine Eyes!

What… is this?

A few streams would’ve been nothing. But now, so many were surging in at once that his eyeballs were wracked with piercing pain!

Gu Zuo murmured inwardly: This is bad!

Could something be wrong with his Divine Eyes?

He didn’t dare delay. Forcing himself to stay calm, he immediately released his psychic power, searching all around for the cause—probing carefully.

Then he realized: These energy streams… were actually coming from the corpses of the Blue-Eyed Tribe.

More precisely, they came from the blue pupils of those who had awakened their powers. After death, the essence of their pupils dissolved into streams of power—and these now flowed into Gu Zuo’s Divine Eyes!

In an instant, Gu Zuo understood—this was a chance for his Divine Eyes to advance!

Without hesitation, he naturally began circulating the Lingshen Hantian Technique to refine the blue-pupil energy. Just as he expected, as he refined them, the stabbing pain in his eyes gradually subsided—only a faint swelling remained—but his vision was becoming noticeably sharper.

Gu Zuo was greatly relieved.

He recalled that earlier, he had sensed a slight suppressive effect his Divine Eyes had on the Blue-Eyed Tribe. Though not especially strong, it was still present. Originally, he had planned to hold back this effect as a trump card—only to be used if the Blue-Eyed Tribe pulled out some deadly secret weapon and things went south for the humans. But unexpectedly, the human side had performed far better than he anticipated—so he’d never needed to use it.

Now, most likely because the giant eye he used to forge his Divine Eyes came from the Blue-Eyed Tribe’s own pupil power, once the clan perished, that power returned to him in a sort of blood sacrifice, feeding into his Divine Eyes!

Thus, Gu Zuo stopped overthinking and focused entirely on refining the energy.

After all—with his big brother guarding him—he had absolutely nothing to worry about.