All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 150 An Endless Array of Hidden Cards (4000-word chapter)

"Who is it?!" Upon hearing this eerie voice, Zhou Qing felt as if his scalp was about to explode, and his body suddenly froze.

"Jie Jie"

A chilling laugh echoed in the stone chamber. Zhou Qing felt his limbs go numb and cold, and a chill ran straight to the top of his head.

A sense of terror filled his entire body.

I felt a strange sense of falling, as if I had stepped into thin air and fallen into an endless abyss.

Darkness surged in from all directions, threatening to engulf him completely.

Zhou Qing's vision became increasingly blurry.

Almost subconsciously, he used the Spirit Nourishing Technique, and a divine light surged from his body, finally converging at the center of his brow.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, the Spirit-Guiding Disc in Zhou Qing's arms emitted a clear sound and trembled slightly. The next moment, an invisible force surged forth and gathered between his eyebrows.

"This is.!!!"

The darkness before Zhou Qing's eyes vanished instantly, and his vision returned.

To his horror, he discovered that he had somehow entered the stone chamber and was now behind Wuchenzi and Chen Feng, his right foot already out, hovering in mid-air.

If he takes just three more steps forward, he will step onto the circular stone platform in front of him and come into contact with the handsome young man sitting cross-legged on the platform.

Deng Deng Deng!
Zhou Qing quickly retreated until he reached the door of the stone chamber. The inexplicable pressure on his body instantly dissipated, and the terrifying laughter that had been echoing in his ears also disappeared.

"Such powerful illusion magic?!"

Zhou Qing was sweating profusely, and his back was soaked with sweat.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that the handsome young man who was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the stone chamber seemed to have undergone some kind of change, but he couldn't remember what it was for a moment.

"A smile!!"

Zhou Qing suddenly realized that the handsome young man had been wearing a faint smile on his face, as if he were full of goodwill.

However, after Zhou Qing left the stone chamber, the handsome young man's left corner of his mouth slowly turned up, with a hint of sarcasm. His eyes were no longer smiling as before, and his gaze seemed to be focused on Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing felt as if he were being targeted by a venomous snake, and his body felt slightly numb.

"A third-tier Gu Master?! Venerable Xuanzhu?!"

Zhou Qing recalled what Wuchenzi had just said.

A third-tier Venerable is comparable to a Grandmaster among martial artists who has achieved the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. Their lifespan reaches four Jiazi (60 years), which completely surpasses the realm of normal people. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are another kind of being.

In a previous life, that would mean a person could live for three centuries.

Just thinking about the difference between the Bone Refining Realm and the Blood Exchange Realm made Zhou Qing dare not be careless in the slightest, not to mention that the difference between the Blood Exchange Realm and the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Realm would only be greater.

"This junior has unintentionally trespassed into this place and disturbed your cultivation, senior. I apologize to you." Zhou Qing calmed his mind and bowed to the handsome young man in the middle of the stone chamber.

"Please consider that this was an unintentional mistake and let me leave."

After saying that, Zhou Qing was about to leave the second underground level and return to the cold pool.

However, just as he made a slight movement, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from the blue-white stone steps leading to the ground behind him, and the entrance to the stone steps closed.

"The secret technique for controlling the mind and the divine weapon... it seems you, young man, have quite a background. It seems you are..." The voice from before appeared again, but without the previous mockery, carrying a sense of reminiscence.

"What exactly does the senior intend to do?" Seeing that there was no way out, Zhou Qing became much calmer.

"This young man has quite the temper." A voice, seemingly coming from nowhere, carried a hint of displeasure.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing said in a deep voice, "If you continue to delay like this, senior, I will not keep you company once the time limit for opening the cave is over."

"Do you think you can leave here without my permission?" the mysterious voice sneered.

"Then why don't you just take action directly, like you did with the two of them?"

Zhou Qing pointed to Wuchenzi and Chen Feng, who were standing motionless in front of the circular stone platform.

"Arrogant brat!" The mysterious voice turned stern.

At this moment, Zhou Qing's expression was somewhat strange, and he tentatively asked, "Could it be that senior doesn't not want to, but simply can't do it?"

"court death!"

boom!
A muffled explosion came from inside the stone chamber.

Wuchenzi and Chen Feng, who had been standing still, suddenly trembled violently.

The next moment, the two slowly turned around.

The two men's faces contorted. Wuchenzi, who had looked relatively normal before, now had spider-like pupils on his face, making him look extremely ferocious.

The two of them walked stiffly toward Zhou Qing for a few steps, after which their movements gradually became more coordinated.

Faced with this bizarre scene, Zhou Qing remained calm. He glanced back at the narrow, cramped corner behind him, and then walked into the stone chamber.

"It seems the junior was right."

After entering the stone chamber, thanks to the protection of the Spirit Condensation Technique and the Spirit Guiding Disc, the previous illusions did not occur.

Indeed, no matter how powerful one was in life, after a long time has passed since death, one is not so terrifying.

"Humph!"

The mysterious man snorted coldly and said nothing.

However, Wuchenzi and Chen Feng launched an attack on Zhou Qing.

Wuchenzi held his whisk and waved it continuously, sending out condensed needle-shaped streams of true energy.

Zhou Qing, wielding the Heavenly Centipede Blade, unleashed blade energy to clash with the enemy while dodging attacks.

Whoosh whoosh!
A sharp whooshing sound rang out behind Zhou Qing. Without turning his head, he used the Heavenly Centipede Blade in his hand to block behind him.

clang!
With a loud bang, a golden longsword was blasted away.

The scabbard on Chen Feng's back was empty at some point, and the divine weapon silently flew behind Zhou Qing, ready to launch a sneak attack.

However, after Zhou Qing cultivated the Spirit Nourishing Technique, his five senses were further enhanced. In addition, in this environment, he naturally maintained a state of high concentration at all times and was very sensitive to the slightest movements around him.

As he knocked the golden longsword away, Zhou Qing didn't forget to use his Lightning Speed ​​Step to dodge the flying needles of true energy released by Wuchenzi.

Ding Ding Ding!
The walls of the stone chamber were made of an unknown material; even the flying needles of true energy released by a Bone Refining Realm martial artist could not damage them in the slightest. After the flying needles struck the walls, they emitted a sound like metal clashing before disintegrating.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing quickly retreated and fought with his back against the wall, thus eliminating the need to defend one direction.

As the battle dragged on, Zhou Qing discovered that both Wuchenzi and Chen Feng possessed considerable strength and long-lasting energy, showing no signs of weakening despite wielding their divine weapons for so long.

"Senior, please don't force yourself. Let's sit down and have a proper talk."

While fighting the two, Zhou Qing did not forget to provoke the mysterious person hiding in the shadows.

boom!
The mysterious man remained silent, while Wuchenzi and Chen Feng intensified their attacks.

Zhou Qing began to focus on dealing with the two of them.

At this moment, gusts of icy blue cold air gradually emanated from the stone chamber.

Suddenly, Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened. He seemed to see a transparent thread connecting the backs of Wuchenzi and Chen Feng's heads, extending all the way to the top of the stone chamber.

Through the cold air, Zhou Qing saw more and more threads on Wuchenzi and Chen Feng's bodies.

Not only that, but more and more threads extended down from the ceiling of the stone chamber, converging towards Zhou Qing's position. "Spider silk, huh?"

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

Whoosh whoosh!
He brandished the Heavenly Centipede Blade, unleashing the first move of the Crescent Moon Blade Technique.

Dozens of scarlet sword energies shot out.

Puff puff puff!

Spider silk is extremely strong; it takes several sword strikes hitting the same spot to cut it.

As the chilling aura continued to spread, Zhou Qing released the Corpse Worm Gu King from the Wooden King Cauldron.

He pressed the thumb-sized Corpse Worm King onto his chest.

The Corpse Worm Gu King's six pairs of pincers stretched out like springs, then contracted, slowly piercing into Zhou Qing's chest, finally lodging in Zhou Qing's ribs.

Swish!
As true essence was poured into the Corpse Worm Gu King's body, a golden hue appeared in the center of the Corpse Worm Gu King's pitch-black carapace, and this golden hue quickly spread in all directions.

In an instant, the Corpse Worm Gu King transformed into a golden beetle with a metallic sheen. In just a few breaths, Zhou Qing's skin also turned golden, as if it had been coated with a layer of gold paint.

An extremely fierce aura rose from his body.

Since he didn't yet know the mysterious person's background, Zhou Qing didn't immediately use the trump card, the Wood Spirit Corpse, as he wanted to conserve his true essence.

However, in order to resist the cold, he still used the Corpse Worm Gu King, merged with the Corpse Worm Gu King, and gained the blessing of the Vajra Body.

At this moment, the originally biting cold air had a much weaker effect on Zhou Qing.

Ding Ding Ding Ding!

With the blessing of the Vajra Body, the power of the Heavenly Centipede Blade also increased greatly. The violent blade energy swept through the entire secret chamber, dispelling most of the cold air that had gathered around Zhou Qing.

One of the blades of energy, after severing several spider silk threads, struck the handsome man sitting cross-legged on the stone platform in the middle of the stone chamber.

The handsome man's head rolled to the ground with a thud, and the next moment, his once elastic skin instantly decayed, turning into a grayish-white skull.

thump!
Immediately afterwards, the handsome man's body also fell off the stone platform.

Behind his white cloak, there was a hole the size of a washbasin, inside which huddled a blue-white spider the size of a human head.

The spider's body was crystal clear, like ice crystals, without any sense of ferocity. Instead, it looked like a finely carved jade artifact.

As the handsome man's body fell, the blue-white spider sprang to the top of the stone chamber, spraying out countless crystalline silk threads that formed a dense, impenetrable net that descended upon Zhou Qing.

At the same time, Wuchenzi and Chen Feng also launched an attack on Zhou Qing. Their faces were completely distorted and deformed, turning into spider forms.

Don't blame me.

Zhou Qing sighed inwardly and launched the first attack on Wuchenzi and Chen Feng.

He had no grudge against the two of them, and in fact, he obtained the Fire Cloud Mushroom and the Blood Jade Mushroom because of them.

At this moment, the two were clearly completely assimilated by the blue and white spider and were beyond saving.

He had no choice but to kill them to free them.

clang!
Facing the oncoming golden longsword, Zhou Qing leaped into the air and slammed his palm down hard on the arrow. A powerful force burst forth, causing the golden longsword to dim and fly backward.

Swish~!
A flying needle, emerging from a blind spot, grazed Zhou Qing's chest, tearing his clothes and revealing his golden skin and the golden beetle attached to his chest.

"Gu worms?! So you're the Gu Master all along?!"

The surprised voice was tinged with joy.

The blue and white spider on the top of the stone chamber flew down.

However, the next moment, its body stopped in mid-air, because the golden cloud formed by the golden silkworm worm caught it.

"Kaka!"

A sickening gnawing sound rang out.

Ding Ding Ding!
In a short while, a large number of golden silkworm worms fell from mid-air, their corpses turning into blue-white ice lumps that shattered into eight pieces upon hitting the ground.

While the Golden Silkworm Gu was dealing with the blue-white spider, Zhou Qing quickly dealt with Wuchenzi and Chen Feng.

He severed all the spider silk surrounding the two men, and the Heavenly Centipede Blade pierced their chests, penetrating their hearts.

Thank you very much.

On his deathbed, Wuchenzi seemed to have found liberation.

Chen Feng, on the other hand, fell backward.

Buzz!

After consuming the essence and blood of two Bone Refining Realm martial artists, the Heavenly Centipede Blade blazed with a bright red light and emitted a series of clear chimes.

Zhou Qing turned to look at the blue and white spider. In just ten breaths, most of the hundreds of golden silkworm worms had died or been injured.

The blue and white spider, however, only suffered a minor skin injury, from which a little white blood oozed out.

Seeing that Zhou Qing had already dealt with Wuchenzi and Chen Feng, the blue-white spider went berserk, spewing out dense spider silk.

Puff puff!
Hundreds of golden silkworm worms were pierced through by the sharp spider silk and quickly frozen into ice lumps.

Seeing that the Golden Silkworm Gu worms were about to be wiped out, Zhou Qing immediately ordered the last remaining mutated Golden Silkworm Gu worm to control the other dozens of Golden Silkworm Gu worms to retreat and return to the Wooden King Cauldron.

Freed from the restraint of the Golden Silkworm Gu, the Blue-White Spider suddenly pounced on Zhou Qing below, its four pairs of legs spread out to the maximum, resembling a blue-white facehugger.

Kaka!

However, before the blue-and-white spider could even land, it was firmly grasped by two large, emerald-green hands. Its body, as hard as metal, creaked under the weight of the emerald-green hands.

At the critical moment, Zhou Qing used his last trump card: the Wood Spirit Corpse.

"A second-tier corpse refinement?!"

The blue-and-white spider was filled with shock and rage. It spoke in human language and struggled violently.

The wooden spirit corpse's hands, which were like iron clamps, were actually forced open slowly by this force.

"So strong!!"

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened, and he no longer held back his true essence.

Swish!
As the true essence in the Yuanqiao was consumed like flowing water, the Corpse Worm Gu King merged with the Zhimu Spirit Corpse and activated the Vajra Body.

The once emerald-green spirit corpse was now tinged with a golden hue, and its power instantly rose to another level.

"Ah!!" The blue-white spider roared in pain as it was squeezed by this terrifying force. Fine cracks appeared on the skin that had been bitten by the golden silkworm worm, and white blood kept gushing out from the cracks.

"You brat! How dare you!"

Bang!
As the Wood Spirit Corpse unleashed its full power and true essence, the Blue-White Spider's head was crushed and exploded, spraying white blood and crystalline internal organs all over the ground.

After the blue-and-white spider's blood and internal organs fell off, they quickly solidified into ice crystals, emitting an astonishing chill.

"Did it?"

Seeing this, Zhou Qing did not step forward.

Seeing that the blue and white spider corpse in the hands of the Wood Spirit Corpse had lost its life force, Zhou Qing put it into the Wood King Cauldron.

They even collected every last drop of blood and internal organs that had frozen into ice crystals on the ground.

(End of this chapter)