All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 204 Terrifying Ink Dragon

"A second-tier Gu worm!!" The four people's expressions changed drastically when they saw the suddenly appearing crimson centipede. They were on high alert and immediately took out the second-tier consumable Gu worms they used to save their lives.

"hiss--!"

Upon seeing the four people suddenly appear, the Heavenly Fire Centipede let out a hiss, revealing its ferocious nature.

Its carapace was charred black, and the remaining power of heavenly lightning continued to attack its body. The pain made it increasingly irritable, and violent fire-attribute true energy rapidly gathered in its sharp mouthparts.

In an instant, a terrifyingly high temperature spread out, and a heat wave that seemed capable of melting people rushed towards them, causing the four of them to feel suffocated.

"Crimson Flame! They are not the enemy, come back." At this moment, Zhou Qing emerged from the stream and stopped the Heavenly Fire Centipede.

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly True Fire that Chi Yan had just gathered quickly dissipated.

Then its terrifying body, which was over three zhang long, shrank continuously, turning into a centipede about a foot long, which Zhou Qing then retrieved into his Yuanqiao to recuperate.

"Zongzheng, they were all taken by you." After Zhou Qing retrieved the Heavenly Fire Centipede into his Yuanqiao, Wanqi Bowen finally came to his senses. He looked at Zhou Qing and asked, his voice trembling slightly.

“I wanted to make a deal with the three of them, to split the Life Leaf in half, but they still wouldn’t agree. So I’ll just have to let them die.” Zhou Qing calmly squatted down and began groping the three charred corpses.

"Found it!" Zhou Qing found the hidden Vitality Leaves in the female Gu Master's leather pouch. He took out the four Vitality Leaves, which exuded vitality.

Watching Zhou Qing skillfully loot the corpse, Wan Qibowen's face paled, and he regretted contradicting him earlier.

At this moment, he looked at Wanqi Yushu and Wanqi Qingshi beside him and found that their expressions were also somewhat unpleasant.

Zhou Qing didn't have time to examine them closely. He collected the leather pouches containing Gu from the three corpses and then looked at Wan Qiwenlan beside him.

"Wenlan, come here and collect the tiger demon's corpse first. We'll distribute it when we get back."

"Here it comes! Brother Zongzheng!" Wanqi Wenlan hurriedly ran to Zhou Qing's side and picked up the tiger demon's corpse floating in the stream.

"I never expected Senior Zongzheng to have such a powerful weapon hidden away! No wonder my father told me to never clash with him and to listen to him," Wan Qiwenlan thought to herself.

Seeing the three arrogant people turn into three corpses in an instant, Wan Qiwenlan recalled her father's admonition.

Actually, she didn't quite like him at first either.

However, Wanqi Zongxuan had warned her not to get into a conflict with Wanqi Zongzheng, which is why she acted so friendly.

In retrospect, being obedient is indeed an advantage.

"I'll keep these four Vitality Leaves for now, you don't have any objections, right?" Zhou Qing put the Vitality Leaves into the leather bag Gu.

"No!" Wan Qibo shook his head vigorously.

"No objection!" Wanqi Qingshi was a little scared. In the battle outside the ancestral hall, Zong Xuan didn't just hold back, he let the enemy go all out.

“These Life Leaf naturally belong to the clan!” Wan Qiyu said solemnly, cleverly stating his position first.

His original goal was to cultivate high-quality Vitality Leaves, hoping to try to cultivate a second-tier Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass.

However, he also knew that it was very difficult to cultivate a second-tier Nine-Leaf Vitality Leaf, otherwise his father, Wanqi Yunting, would not be the only one in the entire Ice Cloud Mountain Stronghold to possess the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass.

Moreover, the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass in his father's possession was a reward given to him by the previous clan leader, not something he cultivated himself.

Now, Wanqi Yushu has discovered that the value of Wanqi Zongzheng far surpasses that of high-quality Vitality Leaves, and is even greater than that of Tier 2 Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass.

Because his father already possessed the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass, it would eventually be passed down to him.

Wanqi Zongzheng's current strength is already enough to rank him among the last elders. With his talent, breaking through to the second tier is only a matter of time. His future is limitless.

If they can win him over in advance, his father might have a better chance of winning the position of clan leader in the future.

At this moment, Wanqiyushu no longer had any intention of competing with him; she only wanted to befriend him.

"Hmm." Zhou Qing responded indifferently. He hadn't originally planned to share the Life Leaf with the four of them. After all, they hadn't contributed to the final battle, so it was already considered quite generous of him to receive a portion of the Tiger Demon Meat.

Of course, if elders such as the clan chief or school elders ask for it, he will naturally give it to them.

High-quality, vibrant leaves are hard to find, but not impossible.

After all, these people's personal relationships are very important.

Although the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass is good, a second-tier Gu worm cannot be cultivated simply by nurturing it.

Compared to the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass, the most important thing for Zhou Qing is to first feed the Tai Sui with Tiger Demon meat to cultivate the Tiger Demon Tai Sui, and then use the Tiger Demon Tai Sui to improve his martial arts.

Whether it's the follow-up techniques of the White Cloud Palm Technique or the transformation from the Hundred Poisons Mixed Body to the Poison Dragon Golden Body, both require the flesh and blood of highly poisonous beasts for assistance.

Compared to searching for large quantities of poisonous insects to refine poisons, or using Gu poison that causes great damage to the body, the toxicity of Tiger Demon Tai Sui can be adjusted by feeding it, and it can provide a long-term, continuous supply of flesh and blood of similar quality, which is of utmost importance to Zhou Qing.

Although he is currently in Bingyun Mountain Village, a world dominated by Gu Masters, he naturally still needs to take care of his martial arts cultivation if there is a way to improve it.

If he cannot open his second Yuan Aperture and break through to the second-tier Gu Master level, no matter how many second-tier Gu worms he cultivates, he won't have enough true essence to activate them. The number of Gu worms he already possesses far exceeds that of others of the same tier, especially now that he has two second-tier Gu worms: the Ice Fiend Gu and the Heavenly Fire Centipede.

The Ice Fiend Gu can be fed the essence blood of the Ice Soul Mystic Spider, ensuring a food supply for a considerable period. However, the Heavenly Fire Centipede needs to go out and find its own food.

Improving one's martial arts cultivation can also significantly enhance one's true essence.

"Let's go check out the lair where the tiger demons live; maybe there are still some Life Leaves there." Zhou Qing used the Corpse Dissolving Water to dissolve the three charred corpses. Once the corpses turned into pus and completely merged into the earth, he walked towards the four people.

The skillful movements made the four of them's eyelids twitch.

“No need to look anymore. I just released the burrowing rats to check, and there are no Life Leaves there.” Wan Qiwenlan shook her head.

"Alright, let's go down the mountain then." Zhou Qing nodded.

"Yes! We need to get down the mountain as soon as possible. The commotion here was too great and might attract high-level beasts."

Furthermore, it is unknown whether any elders of the three members of the Beast Soul Clan are waiting for them at the foot of the mountain. If this becomes known, it could lead to conflict between the Beast Soul Clan and the Ice Spirit Clan.

Although we hold an overwhelming advantage against the Beast Soul Clan individually, if Zong Zheng's true strength is revealed, we might truly find ourselves besieged by all four clans once we enter the secret realm.

Wan Qiyu's expression was solemn.

Zhou Qing glanced at him but didn't say anything.

"Don't worry, we will absolutely not reveal what happened here today. As for the secret realm, the elders and clan leader will probably tell you when we get back to the stronghold," Wan Qiyushu quickly explained, seemingly knowing what Zhou Qing was thinking.

"Hmm." Zhou Qing didn't say much and hurried down Baiman Mountain with the four of them.

As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw Wanqi Zongbo coming to greet them.

"Come with me quickly!" Without saying a word, Wanqi Zongbo told the five people to follow him away.

However, the next moment, a deafening roar suddenly came from the sky, a dragon's roar resounded through the heavens, and a terrifying black cloud covering a radius of a hundred feet appeared out of thin air.

"Look! What's that?!" Wan Qiwenlan exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Qing stared intently, his pupils dilating suddenly. What covered the sky wasn't dark clouds at all; it was clearly an overwhelming swarm of black insects.

At this moment, a huge 'dragon head' suddenly emerged from the sea of ​​insects, but it had no horns. It was more than twenty feet long, with only half of its body protruding from the sea of ​​insects.

"It's that black dragon from Baiman Mountain! Could it be that the commotion just now alerted it? Damn it!" Wanqi Zongbo's face was ashen.

"Oh no! It's coming this way!" Seeing the black dragon and the sea of ​​insects rapidly descending, Wan Qibo was terrified and turned pale with fright.

Zhou Qing felt a chill run through his body, his hands and feet felt numb, and his body felt rooted to the spot, unable to move. He understood that the black dragon's strength was too great; its mere aura made him feel suffocated.

"Evil beast! Stop being so presumptuous!"

Just as the black dragon was rapidly descending with the sea of ​​insects, a loud shout suddenly came from the clouds not far away.

Immediately afterwards, an old man with white hair flew out, and under his feet was an Ice Soul Gu that resembled a hexagonal snowflake ice crystal.

"It's the clan leader!" Wan Qiwenlan exclaimed. The white-haired old man was none other than Wan Qizongyuan, the clan leader of the Ice Spirit Clan.

"The clan leader has actually come too!" Wan Qiyushu felt a sudden sense of relief. Although his father was a strong contender for the next clan leader, he had to admit that Wan Qizongyuan was still the number one in the Ice Spirit Clan and one of the top experts in the entire Wuxi and Qilian Mountains.

"You guys go first." Wanqi Zongyuan waved his sleeve in the sky, and a palm-sized ice crystal dragonfly descended from the sky, landing beside the five people below. It then rapidly expanded to the size of a house.

"Hurry up!" Wanqi Zongbo urged the five to leave.

The five people immediately jumped onto the Ice Crystal Dragonfly Gu.

"Zongbo, you come too!" Wanqi Zongyuan shouted, his expression extremely solemn as he looked at the black dragon and the sea of ​​insects.

"Yes!" Wanqi Zongbo didn't say much, jumped onto the Ice Crystal Dragonfly Gu, and used his true essence to quickly leave the Baiman Mountain territory.

At this moment, Zhou Qing, with the powerful vision granted by his eagle eye, watched the rapidly shrinking scene behind him.

Just before he disappeared from sight, Wanqi Zongyuan saw the ink dragon, which was dozens of feet long, reveal its full form, and a sea of ​​insects engulfed Wanqi Zongyuan.

The Ice Crystal Dragonfly Gu was extremely fast, and it returned to Ice Cloud Village in less than three hours.

As soon as Wanqi Zongyuan returned to Bingyun Mountain Village, he entered the ancestral hall and rang the bell to summon the elders.

A moment later, he left again on the Ice Crystal Dragonfly Gu, accompanied by Wanqi Zongxuan and Wanqi Yunting.

"I hope they're alright." Zhou Qing stared solemnly at the three figures as they disappeared.

The black dragon gave him a terrifying feeling, seemingly exceeding the scope of the second tier.

(End of this chapter)