Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 95: Eight Seconds to Build the Foundation

Bai Zijing and Shi Zong looked at each other, then Bai Zijing frowned and said:

"We want the blood and flesh essence so that we can consume it when we pass through the 700-mile strong wind formation. It can help us recover quickly when we are exhausted. Otherwise, it is impossible to take out such a treasure for exchange. Four bottles of blood and flesh essence are really not enough!"

Gong Tianwu said:

"So how much do you plan to get?"

Bai Zijing said:

"At least six bottles!"

Gong Tianwu said:

"You only gave me half a pot of Millennium Ice Liquid. Fill it up. I'll give you another good thing, the Blood and Flesh Lotus."

"The lotus seeds inside have the effect of strengthening the marrow. The healing effect is not as good as the essence of blood and flesh, but it is more effective in restoring energy and dispelling fatigue. In addition, the lotus pod itself without the lotus seeds can also have the effect of the essence of blood and flesh."

After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, Bai Zijing's eyes lit up and he said:

"Is there really such a good thing?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"You are lucky. The others definitely don't have it."

After inspecting the goods, the two parties reached a deal directly.

Because Bai Zijing always maintained a relatively humble and generous attitude and was willing to deliver the goods first, the transaction was finally completed very quickly.

After the transaction was completed, Shi Zong, who had been silent, suddenly said:
"Although Brother Xue is very powerful, he is also too cruel and ruthless in his actions."

"Although the owner of that fur shop is a ruthless businessman, his entire family has already knelt down and begged for mercy. Why are you still being unreasonable?"

Gong Tianwu gave him a deep look:
"First, the money box he took out seemed to be full. Apart from my three spirit stones, there were only four silver treasures, and the rest were all copper coins."

"Second, the two women who ran out crying smelled of ginger, especially the child, who had a very strong smell of ginger."

After saying this, Gong Tianwu turned around and walked away, disappearing into the darkness.

Bai Zijing glanced at Shi Zong at this time, and said with a smile:

"The price of furs is not cheap, so under normal circumstances, the amount of silver and treasures received should be quite a lot. The ratio of money and banknotes is indeed problematic."

"Children have poor self-control and cannot cry whenever they want, so ginger juice should be applied to their eyeballs, which makes them cry more sincerely and loudly, and their eyes become red and swollen."

"All this shows that the grandson had already made preparations and was just trying to exploit people's compassion."

Old Shi, don’t you understand?

"Bullying the market is not a crime punishable by death, but if you insult my intelligence, then I'll have to gamble on whether your life is strong or not. This Blood Five is not simple."

Shi Zong frowned and said:
"Is that fat shopkeeper really so cunning? Why didn't I see that?"

Bai Zijing said calmly:
"It's possible that Blood Five made a mistake. But what does it matter? Killing a wrong mortal is no different from stepping on an ant. By the way, big brother, have you found anything?"

As he finished speaking, a short and strong man suddenly emerged from the mud beside him. He shook his head and said:

"This kid is indeed only at the third or fourth level of Qi training. But the intuition he gave me is that he is very dangerous. I also used witch grass to tell his fortune, and the result is very bad."

Bai Zijing shrugged and said:
"Well, big brother's ability to predict the future is beyond doubt. It seems that we are destined to have no chance of making a fortune. To be honest, I don't want to fight with the people of the Blood God Sect. They are too difficult to deal with."

"But it doesn't matter. He had carefully examined the Millennium Ice Liquid before, so he must have a lot of aura on him. We can easily track him with the Black Moth Midge. This information should be able to sell for a lot of money, right?"

Shi Zong nodded and said meaningfully:

"The fact that he carries the essence of flesh and blood will attract a lot of attention, so I estimate that I can sell it for at least ten spirit stones."

"I'm going to make up for the money I lost to this guy from here."

***
As the saying goes, the road to the martial arts world is full of dangers and murderous intentions. This is really not an exaggeration at all.

Gong Tianwu thought he had been very careful, but after all, it was his first time stepping into this world as a cultivator. Of course, he could not guard against other people's deliberate actions.

After all, Gong Tianwu is a human, not a god. It is impossible for him to calculate everything, and it is even more impossible for him to really see through all the evil tricks in the world.

After separating from Bai Zijing and others, Gong Tianwu put a talisman on himself to make himself look light.

The blood wheel in the dantian began to rotate slowly, continuously absorbing the nearby spiritual energy of heaven and earth for its own use, allowing Gong Tianwu to run forward quickly under the effect of the light body talisman, and his speed had already exceeded that of a warhorse running at full speed.

However, running at this speed is not strenuous for Gong Tianwu. The approximate consumption is equivalent to that of an ordinary person taking a walk after a meal, and he can easily keep running for three or four hours.

Here, the advantage of cultivators over warriors is obvious. Basically, cultivators can reach this level after five years of practice.

If a warrior wants to run like this, he must at least reach the middle stage of Ming Jin, which requires at least twenty years of hard training on average!

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu saw a snow rabbit digging something in the field next to him. It must be turning over moss under the snow.

The key point is that this snow rabbit is as big as a dog, its eyes emit a faint green light, and bursts of white air come out of its nostrils.

Seeing this scene, Gong Tianwu immediately thought that this was most likely a snow rabbit monster, because they live in extremely cold places all year round.

If you catch it and eat it, it can effectively improve your resistance to cold. Of course, this is only limited to the first two or three times.

In addition, Gong Tianwu has the attribute of "gluttonous stomach", so the cold resistance bonus he can obtain is definitely more than normal.

If the others can add 5% cold resistance by eating it, then Gong Tianwu should be able to reach about 9%.

Obviously, Gong Tianwu would never give up this gift from nature, and he immediately rushed towards this guy.

As a result, when the snow rabbit monster saw Gong Tianwu coming, it didn't show any intention of running away. It just grinned, revealing its sharp white teeth, and actually sprayed a breath of black icy air directly at Gong Tianwu.

The appearance of this mysterious icy gas looked like ice fog, and it was approaching Gong Tianwu rapidly. It was mixed with a large amount of hail, ice cubes, and ice cones, which were aimed at Fang Linyan and smashed towards him. An ordinary person would even die with a bloody head.

But who is Gong Tianwu? He moved away from the side with a flash of his feet, and at the same time, he lightly tapped his index finger, and immediately a blood arrow shot out.

After the blood arrow technique was fired, it immediately caused a translucent wave in the air. What was even more exaggerated was that a shrill hissing sound was heard in the ears, just like the whistling arrows shot by the army.

Such power made the snow rabbit monster feel threatened. It kicked its legs and quickly ran away.

However, Gong Tianwu's attack was so fast that it barely avoided the vital points by surprise, but its abdomen was still pierced.

But even with such serious injuries, this guy's escape speed was astonishingly fast, and he disappeared quickly in the distance with a flash of snow.

However, Gong Tianwu walked forward calmly at this time, and could see a little blood splattered on the snow, like red plums, and even saw the dripping blood quickly spreading to the distance.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was 90% confident that he would be able to capture it successfully. He smiled and said to himself:

"After being hit by my enhanced blood arrow technique, the blood all over your body will be boiling hot. You actually dare to run so fast. You are afraid that you will not die fast enough." Then Gong Tianwu calmly followed the blood trail towards the distance, as if he was strolling in the garden, and walked less than three or four miles.

Then they saw the snow rabbit monster lying on the ground, twitching and gasping, with a large amount of white steam coming out of its mouth and nose. It looked like boiling water, and it was obviously in a dying state.

Gong Tianwu walked forward and made a virtual grab with his hand. He saw a large amount of blood spurting out of its mouth, nose, and ears out of control. However, they converged in the air like snakes and entangled with each other, finally forming a bright red and clear blood ball that was slowly rotating.

This blood-controlling technique is a magical power derived from the blood wheel force, but Gong Tianwu is too weak and can only use it on those who are dying or dead.

If it were a big boss in the battle hall using it, with one grab, he could make the blood in the enemy's body coagulate like lead and mercury, or boil like magma. That would be considered a great achievement.

When faced with the essence of this blood ball, the people of the Blood God Sect would often hold it in their palms and absorb it slowly, but Gong Tianwu relied on the powerful ability of his gluttonous stomach and swallowed it all in one gulp.

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu felt a chill in his stomach, which was surprisingly comfortable.

Then he walked forward, skinned and gutted the dead snow rabbit monster, made a bonfire, let the flames half-extinguished, and then roasted it directly.

Barbecuing such large prey is actually very time-consuming, and it can only be described as a slow and careful job.

After about ten minutes, Gong Tianwu took the sizzling snow rabbit demon off the grill, and said with a sneer on his face:

"You've been following me for so long, why don't you come out? I'm going to eat the barbecue and then I'm going to do some breathing exercises. I can't let anyone stare at me at that time."

Everything around was silent, except for the howling and murderous sound of the cold wind sweeping across the desolate snowfield.

Gong Tianwu didn't say much at this time. He suddenly turned around and ran towards the west. This move could be said to be sudden and unprepared, extremely sudden.

Seeing that Gong Tianwu had instantly run a hundred meters away, a figure finally exploded with a "pop" in the snow in the distance and chased after Gong Tianwu.

Because Gong Tianwu's escape speed was extremely fast at this time, the figure knew that if he was further away from him, it would be difficult to catch up.

But just when the figure in pursuit was putting all his effort into it, Gong Tianwu suddenly kicked the rock in front of him in a very strange way.

The rock exploded instantly, and he used the momentum of the kick to completely stop running forward, then counterattacked the man who was chasing him.

The man chasing him was called Shi Gong. His cultivation had already reached the middle stage of foundation building. However, he suffered a hidden injury ten years ago and had been vomiting blood secretly ever since. His cultivation had now regressed to the initial stage of foundation building.

After inquiring from many sources, Shi Gong heard that his injuries would require a large amount of blood and flesh essence to heal, so he spent a huge price to buy information about Gong Tianwu and chased him all the way.

He was also extremely cautious in his actions, and believed that even a lion would fight a rabbit with all its might. So when faced with Gong Tianwu, who was at the third level of Qi Refining, he actually quietly chased and observed him for hundreds of miles before taking action, in order to avoid any chance of failure.

But what Shi Gong didn't expect was that this guy who was at the third level of Qi Refining was actually setting up a trap!

But he immediately revealed a sinister smile, and swung his hand. Suddenly, a thunderbolt appeared in the palm of his hand, condensed without dissipating, and turned into a long electric whip that swung out, curling and stretching in the air, and lashed out fiercely.

This whip is the magical power that Shi Gong has practiced for 130 years: Thunder Snake Whip! !

This blow can break not only the flesh and blood body, but even the hardest rocks.

Shi Gong was confident: let alone an enemy at the third level of Qi Refining, even an enemy of the same level would be severely injured by this whip!
After all, I am also at the foundation-building stage, which means I am definitely one major realm higher than the other party. It can be said that the gap between us is so huge that it cannot be widened.

This kid seems to be fighting back and trying to survive, but in fact he is just courting his own death.

But what happened next second shocked Shi Gong. The other party actually took the whip.

Amidst the swirling electric light, the clothes on his shoulders were torn to pieces, revealing large patches of black ash, but a faint illusion of translucent armor appeared that blocked most of the power of the attack.

"What the hell is this?!"

The next second, what appeared in front of Shi Gong was the bright light of a knife.

A terrifying blade of light slashed down towards his forehead.

Shi Gong screamed, and suddenly a turtle shell flew out of his arms.

This tortoise shell is a unique magic weapon refined by Shi Gong, which has the ability to automatically protect its master. It quickly rotated and grew larger, with a bronze glow on its surface, and then it aimed at the knife light.

But what was unexpected was that the knife light actually dissipated directly under the impact of the turtle shell, and a steel knife was broken with a "crack" sound and flew into the sky.

This is because this slash was just a feint, the purpose of which was to force Shi Gong to take defensive measures.

As soon as he felt the resistance on the handle of the knife, Gong Tianwu immediately threw the knife away, bent down, and then pounced forward.

The whole person's movements are as agile as a civet cat and as fast as a cheetah. He is full of terrifying explosive power and has a natural beauty that is one with the world.

This is the powerful strength of the Martial Saint. He has already separated from the "small self" in his body and started trying to integrate into nature, learning from the heaven and earth, pursuing the state of harmony between man and nature.

At the same time, Gong Tianwu activated the sound attack technique and shouted "Kill"!
After this shout was uttered, it seemed as if a sharp thorn pierced into Shi Gong's ears, but it was effective for less than half a second.

But what Gong Tianwu wants is this half-second delay!

The dagger held in Gong Tianwu's right hand had already stabbed directly up, and the Qingxie robe worn by Shi Gong had excellent protection against all kinds of magical powers and spells, but it was helpless against physical attacks.

So, the next second, Shi Gong was stabbed deeply into the lower abdomen by the dagger, all the way to the handle!

What's even more vicious is that Gong Tianwu then exerted force in his palm, and the dagger exploded inside Shi Gong's body. Dozens of sharp fragments of different sizes flew around at high speed, cutting around.

Shi Gong screamed in pain from his internal organs and instinctively moved his hands down to protect the wound on his lower abdomen.

At this moment, Gong Tianwu slid quietly behind him, stretched out his hands like lightning, held his chin, and turned him to the side.

With a crisp "click" sound, Shi Gong's head was cruelly bent 180 degrees. His eyes quickly became dim and lifeless, and his body went limp, twitching helplessly occasionally.

Eight seconds!!

In just eight seconds, a foundation-building master died at the hands of Gong Tianwu!
Only then did Gong Tianwu let out a long breath, took out a pill and swallowed it, then treated the wound on his left shoulder.

What had previously appeared on Gong Tianwu’s body was the Martial Saint’s iconic skill: Battle Armor!

If the innate masters rely on a breath of innate qi, then the Martial Saint can interact with the heaven and earth all the time, and his innate qi is inexhaustible.

Therefore, once entering into battle, a layer of armor formed by innate energy will appear on the body surface of the Martial Saint, which has a strong resistance to all kinds of damage.

However, Shi Gong was practicing a rare lightning-related magical power, so even the battle armor could only absorb 60% to 70% of its power. The remaining power also caused considerable damage to Gong Tianwu.

This battle seems to be a crushing victory, but it is actually quite dangerous!
In simple terms, if Shi Gong knew from the beginning that he was facing a Qi Refining Level 3 + Martial Saint dual cultivation pervert, then he would have at least a 90% chance of winning.
It was a pity that he was planning to capture the man alive and interrogate him for the essence of flesh and blood, but Gong Tianwu approached him unexpectedly.
It was like a well-dressed Lucky Lady meeting a Weapon Master with three phases and a Ruined King, but the two were still within three steps of each other.
***
After killing Shi Gong, a prompt suddenly appeared on Gong Tianwu's retina:
"You killed the Foundation Establishment cultivator Shi Gong. This person will kill Zhushan's deputy sect leader Yang Jie thirteen years later, and then stir up trouble in the world."

"After forty-three years, he realized that the catastrophe had come, so he gritted his teeth and made one last stand, secluded himself, and eventually died in seclusion."

"You gained six karma points."

Next, Gong Tianwu searched Shi Gong’s body again and found out that this guy was a poor man!
Apart from a bottle of ordinary elixir, the most valuable thing on him was the damaged Qingfei robe, which he decomposed into five Zhenlong points.

But at this moment, Gong Tianwu received another reminder from Kang:
"Do you want to consume five causal points to trigger a related opportunity?"

Gong Tianwu's eyes widened immediately. He had only needed one causal point to trigger the opportunity before, so why did he need five this time? Was it the evil inflation or was the opportunity this time too great?
If it were before, Gong Tianwu would probably have been reluctant to do so, but now he has a guaranteed twenty-five causal points for killing Yaqi, so he can certainly afford to lose a mere five causal points!
(End of this chapter)