Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 303 Lost? The Lost Gu!
Before long, a light and cheerful flute melody drifted from the sky, echoing the chanting behind them. A swarm of Gu worms danced gracefully to the sound of the flute. Duan Huaige looked up and saw Gongshu Jiuyuan and Lan Tumi from Miaojiang descending from the sky on flying kites, landing lightly in front of everyone.

"Who said we were filled in a well?" Lan Tu Mi smiled charmingly, her tone flippant. "Looks like some of the younger brothers don't have much confidence in us."

"See? I told you justice might be delayed, but it will never be absent!" Zhang Zhiyao was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes. Luckily, she had managed to hug Duan Huaige's waist tightly, otherwise he would have thrown her to be sacrificed.

The thought of what would happen if she fell into the hands of her beloved "mother" and "older sister," two powerful and ruthless individuals, made the wicked little Taoist priest feel a sudden chill of fear.

"Where have you been? Why are you only arriving now!"

"We've been monitoring her the whole time, but from above," Gongshu Jiuyuan said proudly, pointing to her flying kite. "This young lady can now make her kite invisible; a single flight only costs one spirit stone!"

So they went to join the Air Force! Duan Huaige thought to himself, why didn't you say so sooner? I thought you'd been killed by the night watchman.

The Buddhist disciple Wuxiang and Kunlun Lin Zhaoran, who were behind him, also joined the battle. Wuxiang waved his hand and revealed a parchment scroll, on which was written:

[Apologies everyone, we were a little late because we went to follow a clue.]

"It's alright, hurry up and take care of the opponent in front of us!" Duan Huaige said quickly. "There's some distance between here and the residential area, so you need to act fast!"

The Buddhist disciple Wuxiang nodded. Although he did not open his mouth, the chanting of Buddhist hymns emanated from him. Amidst the boundless Buddhist light, the White Tiger Demon Corpse suffered injuries. Its body was as if it had been scorched by the blazing sun, and its clothes began to turn to ashes.

"No! Ah Bao! You...you all have to die!"

The night watchman puppet roared, its body swelling several times its original size. It swung its enormous arm, attempting to kill the Buddha's disciple, Wuxiang, with a single blow. Behind Wuxiang appeared a gigantic Vajra phantom, its eyes wide with fury, which withstood the attack. Meanwhile, the other teammates were also busy, each deploying their respective weapons.

Miao Jiang Lan Tu Mi manipulated the Gu worms to bite the girl's corpse. After all, the night watchman was a puppet, and using Gu was not very effective. But the female corpse was different. She had many ways to turn the corpse into a pool of blood.

The seven people present were all prodigies in their respective fields, possessing extraordinary strength. Working together, dealing with a night watchman puppet that had already been severely injured by Zhang Tianshi seemed to be no difficult task.

And indeed, the group quickly discovered a hidden breach in the puppet's chest, pierced by the Thunderclap Cave, and tacitly chose to launch a concentrated attack. The battlefield was divided, preventing the Night Watchman puppet from supporting the female corpse.

Zhang Zhiyao watched with envy, sighing repeatedly, "I don't know which bastard sealed my eight extraordinary meridians. It's like there's a membrane separating us; I can't use any spiritual power at all. Otherwise, this would be the perfect opportunity for our Celestial Master's Mansion to strike, hitting the bullseye every time..."

Duan Huaige was slightly taken aback upon hearing this: "Your spiritual veins have also been sealed?"

He suddenly felt that Zhang Zhiyao's description of having his spiritual power sealed was somewhat similar to his own. A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, as if he was about to grasp something, but he was just a little short.

"Yeah... If I hadn't been assigned this unlucky role, I would have been a force to be reckoned with long ago... Sigh, the boss is almost over, I'm afraid neither of us will have a chance to get a top spot in this trial... Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!"

Duan Huaige was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Actually... this matter shouldn't be so easily resolved..." Before he could finish speaking, a pair of wooden puppet hands grabbed Duan Huaige, and the little black-hearted girl he was holding lost her grip and fell onto the other hand. Zhang Zhiyao turned his head in a daze and said, "Wait... Gongshu Jiuyuan, why are you grabbing me? Grab them!"

"I've got you in my sights." Gongshu Jiuyuan smiled slightly and said, "If I don't catch you, how will your 'good mother' and 'good sister' fight with all their might?"

Zhang Zhiyao: "???"

As Zhang Zhiyao fell into Gongshu Jiuyuan's hands, the battle situation changed instantly. Lan Tumi, who was originally focused on fighting the female corpse, suddenly triggered the Gu worms and attacked her own teammate. Quanzhen Sect's Li Hezhen then turned his attention to attacking the unsuspecting Lu Mingyi.

In a great shock, Lu Mingyi of the academy hastily summoned the "Five Sacred Mountains Manual" to try to defend himself, but he was no match for Li Hezhen's Heavenly Dipper Sword Qi and was injured and killed on the spot.

Qin Shuangjiang swung her sword to kill the Gu worms and withdrew from the battlefield. The Buddha's body shone with golden light as he barely resisted the invasion of the Gu poison. Kunlun Lin Zhaoran was also severely injured by the Gu poison, and his face quickly turned blue.

Zhang Zhiyao: ? No, this isn't right... We agreed to work together to subdue the demon, so why is someone suddenly turning against us!
And it wasn't just one person who turned against them!
In contrast, Duan Huaige appeared much calmer. He said with a helpless expression, "It really was you... I'm quite curious, who exactly turned you against us?"

"Is this important?" Although Duan Huaige had little ability to resist, Gongshu Jiuyuan's puppet still restrained him, not giving him the slightest chance to make a comeback: "You just need to obediently hand over the item."

"What do you want? The Vermilion Bird charm?"

"We want the Vermilion Bird Town item, and we also want something else." Gongshu Jiuyuan smiled and said, "Give up, you have no choice."

"I do not understand what you are saying."

"Stop playing dumb! Where did you put the incomplete map of the Jiangshan Sheji Tu that Zhang Tianshi gave you? Handing it over might ease your suffering."

Upon hearing this, Duan Huaige sighed: "Taiqing, I knew it was you who did it..."

Seeing these three betray him, Duan Huaige suddenly understood many things—the "loss" that Zhang Tianshi secretly wrote before his death might mean the loss of the Gu, but he didn't have time to finish writing it.

When he and Zhang Tianshi went to explore the dry well at night, they may have encountered Lan Tumi from Miao territory and Li Hezhen from Quanzhen Sect. This explains why Zhang Tianshi's fatal wound was caused by a sword.

He should have guessed it long ago: among the experts who entered this place, besides Miss Shuangjiang, the only one who used a sword was Li Hezhen!
These people assumed that Zhang Tianshi had given the fragment of the "Map of Mountains and Rivers" to Duan Huaige, but they couldn't find it on him. To prevent Duan Huaige from choosing to refuse to cooperate, Lan Tumi used the Loss Gu to seal Duan Huaige's memories for three days! She attempted to gradually guide Duan Huaige to find the fragment of the map himself.

He was now very curious about what methods Taiqing had used to control these three prodigies whose temperament and willpower were far beyond ordinary people, or rather... what bargaining chips she used to bribe them.

(End of this chapter)