All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 151 Failed Spirit Seizure, Fourth-Order Mystic Spider? (Thanks to the Sleeping Foodie Alliance Leader)
"Luckily, I'm a cut above the rest."

Zhou Qing was filled with emotion.

Although I felt that exploring unknown caves might be dangerous, I never expected to encounter such a troublesome thing.

A normal Bone Refining Realm martial artist would probably fall for the illusion in the very first wave and wouldn't even have a chance to fight the Blue and White Spider.

"Daoist Master, Brother Chen, I will ensure you are laid to rest in peace."

Zhou Qing took a breath and went to the corpses of Wuchenzi and Chen Feng. He searched their bodies and put all their belongings into the storage space of the Spirit Guiding Plate.

Then, he came to the edge of the circular stone platform, looked at the corpses on the ground, and released the Golden Silkworm Gu and Crimson Flame to explore the way.

After confirming there were no traps, he lifted the white cloak with a large hole in it, revealing an ice-blue skeleton in front of him.

Zhou Qing squatted down and carefully examined the skeleton.

The ice-blue skeleton still felt warm to the touch.

"This is."

Suddenly, as Zhou Qing was groping on the lumbar vertebrae of the ice-blue skeleton, he pried off a long, thin, ice-blue jade slip.

"Could this be a secret technique left behind by that Venerable Xuanzhu?"

Zhou Qing's heart stirred. The importance of being able to hide the jade slip in his body was self-evident.

"Let's see what happens after we go outside."

Zhou Qing resisted the urge to check immediately. He felt that the place was eerie, and no one knew if there was a trap left in the jade slip. It was better to play it safe.

"Get out. Why isn't the entrance open yet?!" Remembering the need to leave this place, Zhou Qing immediately looked at the closed staircase at the entrance of the stone chamber. Even after killing the blue and white spiders, the entrance still hadn't opened.

"Could there be another organization involved?"

Zhou Qing put away the jade slip, the corpse, and the white cloak together. After searching around, he found nothing like the leather bag Gu, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

He then began to search the walls, trying to find a way to leave the area.

click!
However, after touching all the walls around him, he found no mechanism.

"Judging from this, it must be either a roof or a stone platform."

Zhou Qing arrived at the circular stone platform in the middle of the stone chamber, looked up at the seamless ice crystal ceiling, and then began to explore around the platform.

Still nothing.

"Then all that's left is the roof."

Zhou Qing raised her head again.

"Go!" Zhou Qing commanded the golden silkworm worm to fly up to the ceiling.

Suddenly, the golden silkworm seemed to have discovered something and began to gnaw at the ice crystals on the ceiling with its sharp mouthparts.

A large amount of ice chips fell down.

After being continuously gnawed by the golden silkworm worm, a hole the size of a thumb appeared in the ceiling.

Click, click, click!
The next moment, centered on the thumb-sized hole, countless cracks spread across the entire ceiling in an instant, like a giant spider web.

"This is..." Zhou Qing's eyes widened suddenly. Through the dense cracks, Zhou Qing saw the outline of a giant spider appear above the ice crystal ceiling.

boom!
The entire ice crystal ceiling shattered with a deafening roar, and a giant blue-white spider with a diameter of over five meters crashed down.

"Damn it!"

Zhou Qing immediately dodged away, and the Corpse Worm Gu King merged with the Wood Spirit Corpse again, activating its Vajra Body, and blocked Zhou Qing's way.

However, apart from creating a large crater in the ground, the giant blue-white spider made no other move.

Zhou Qing controlled the Wood Spirit Corpse to go forward and check. As soon as his palm touched the body of the giant blue and white spider, a layer of white frost instantly formed, and his entire arm was quickly covered with ice crystals.

The spirit immediately activated its true essence, and with a shake of its shoulder, the ice crystals shattered and fell down.

"Dead?!" Zhou Qing was overjoyed. Could this giant blue and white spider be left behind by the Xuan Spider Venerable? Even its corpse could freeze the arm of the Wood Spirit Corpse. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be a third-order Gu worm.

“I’ve really made a fortune this time!”

Indeed, risks and rewards go hand in hand.

Rumble!
Just as Zhou Qing was about to put the giant blue-white spider into the storage space of the Spirit-Guiding Disc, a loud rumbling sound rang out.

Zhou Qing turned his head and saw the closed staircase at the entrance of the stone chamber slowly opening.

"The door is open?!"

Suddenly, Zhou Qing heard a slight sound. He turned his head and saw that a crack had appeared on the top of the giant blue and white spider's head.

A barely perceptible blue phantom flashed out and appeared above Zhou Qing's head in an instant.

"not good!"

Zhou Qing's expression changed drastically. He immediately activated the Spirit Condensation Technique to its maximum, and the Spirit Guiding Disc flew out from his chest and protected the top of his head.

hum!
The divine power within him was continuously released, forming a golden shield around his body.

Swish!
As the Wood Spirit Corpse soared into the sky, its full-force attack, enough to instantly injure an ordinary Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master, struck empty air, its body passing directly through the blue phantom.

"You've got quite a few tricks up your sleeve, young man," a sinister laugh came from the shadowy figure above.

Zhou Qing stared intently and saw a strange phantom with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider hovering above his head.

"Boom~"

The divine light released by the Spirit-Guiding Disc, and the golden shield formed by divine power, were as fragile as bubbles, bursting instantly.

However, when the eerie phantom appeared in front of Zhou Qing after passing through multiple defenses, it had already shrunk by two-thirds.

The remaining third collided directly with Zhou Qing's body and appeared in his dantian the next moment.

The eerie phantom transformed into an ice spike, piercing the white acupoint above Zhou Qing's dantian, seemingly trying to penetrate into it.

"Damn it!"

Zhou Qing felt a tearing pain coming from his Yuanqiao point. He immediately began to consume his true essence without regard for the cost and began to attack the ice spikes.

However, it was too late. The ice spike pierced through the white light membrane on the surface of the Yuanqiao (acupoint) and penetrated inside.

As the ice cone entered the Yuan Aperture, it transformed into a strange phantom once more. At this moment, the strange phantom merged into the True Essence, and the blue and green True Essence within the Yuan Aperture was quickly tinged with a layer of white frost, which then rapidly condensed.

"Two hundred years! I have finally! Finally!"

The mysterious man's gleeful laughter echoed in Zhou Qing's mind.

However, the smile didn't last even a moment before it turned into a scream.

"Ah! Why?! You possess a Yuanqiao (primordial aperture) but lack the aptitude of a Gu Master?! Who exactly are you?!"

The true essence condensed in Zhou Qingyuan's orifice thawed rapidly, and the white stain gradually faded away.

When the eerie phantom reappeared, it had shrunk to the size of a fist.

puff!
The eerie phantom transformed into an ice spike and struggled to break through Zhou Qing's primordial acupoint, escaping from his body. At this moment, he was only the size of a thumb, and his entire body was almost completely transparent.

Whoosh!
The eerie phantom lunged at the nearby Wood Spirit Corpse.

Zhou Qing's expression changed drastically, and he immediately controlled the wooden spirit corpse to fly away and dodge.

"Hey! Stop right there!"

An angry voice echoed in the stone chamber.

Just before the eerie phantom was about to disappear, he finally caught up with the Wood Spirit Corpse.

However, just as he burrowed into the head of the Wood Spirit Corpse, he encountered the Corpse Worm Gu King head-on.

Left with no other choice, the eerie phantom merged with the Corpse Worm King.

At this moment, Zhou Qing suddenly realized that his connection with the Corpse Worm Gu King was rapidly weakening.

Through blood ties, he allowed the Wood Spirit Corpse to expel the Corpse Worm Gu King from its body.

Although he couldn't control the Wood Spirit Corpse flexibly without the Corpse Worm King as a medium, the Wood Spirit Corpse had no will, so he could barely manipulate it through the Blood Refining Technique.

Anyway, he can multitask, and controlling the Wood Spirit Corpse won't affect him.

Zhou Qing reached out and grabbed the Corpse Worm Gu King, injecting the remaining true essence into its body in an attempt to re-establish contact.

"Stop, junior!!"

As true essence was injected, a sharp sound suddenly appeared inside the Corpse Worm Gu King's body.

Zhou Qing ignored it and continued to inject his true essence.

Seeing his true essence rapidly depleting, he took out a porcelain bottle and poured out two Qi-restoring pills to replenish his consumed true essence.

"Young hero, wait a moment! Let's talk this out!"

Seeing that Zhou Qing ignored her, the sharp voice softened instantly.

At this moment, the Corpse Worm King emitted a powerful force and began to struggle violently.

Zhou Qing was unable to subdue the Corpse Worm Gu King for the time being, so he could only control the Wood Spirit Corpse beside him to hold it tightly.

"The treasures and secret techniques of Venerable Xuanzhu are all here! Let's make a deal! As long as you..."

Under the immense power of the Wood Spirit Corpse, even the Corpse Worm Gu King's body was squeezed and creaked.

Under the control of the Wood Spirit Corpse, Zhou Qing ignored his pleas for mercy and finally refined the Corpse Worm Gu King once again.

Through re-establishing contact with the Corpse Worm Gu King, Zhou Qing discovered that another consciousness was hidden within the Corpse Worm Gu King.

Clearly, even after refining the Corpse Worm Gu King, he had not completely eliminated the mysterious man.

"Now you can speak," Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.

"Youngster! Things have come to this! You still can't do anything to me!"

A sharp sound came from inside the Corpse Worm King.

"Then I hope you can continue to live even after you lose this body!"

Zhou Qing's voice was icy cold.

Kaka!

The Wood Spirit Corpse gripped the Corpse Worm King with all its might, seemingly wanting to crush it.

Zhou Qing, on the other hand, held the Heavenly Centipede Blade high, and violent blade energy rapidly condensed on the blade, ready to be unleashed.

"and many more!"

Seeing that Zhou Qing seemed determined to abandon the Corpse Worm King and put it to death, the mysterious man immediately backed down.

"Who exactly are you? What is your relationship with Venerable Xuanzhu?!"

Zhou Qing asked in a deep voice, without putting down the Heavenly Centipede Blade in his hand, nor letting go of the Wood Spirit Corpse.

"I am Venerable Xuanzhu! To be precise, I am one-third of Venerable Xuanzhu!" the mysterious man said hastily.

"One-third? What do you mean?" Zhou Qing said coldly.

"The Venerable Xuanzhu was severely injured by his enemies and could not be cured, so he wanted to seize the body of the Ice Soul Xuanzhu and transform it into a Gu worm to rebuild his cultivation."

However, the Ice Soul Spider's divine soul was extremely powerful, and the Spider Venerable's attempt to seize its spirit was not entirely successful; the divine soul merged with the Ice Soul Spider.

After that, a third consciousness was born within the Ice Soul Spider's body, and that was me.

I inherited some of the memories of Venerable Xuanzhu and Ice Soul Xuanzhu.

Therefore, I say I am one-third of the Mysterious Spider Venerable.

Zhou Qing pondered, "Ice Soul Mystic Spider... is it really a third-tier Gu worm?"

"no!"

"no?"

"It's level four!"

"What?! Fourth-order?!"

Zhou Qing looked incredulous.

(End of this chapter)