The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 171 The Annihilation of the Gu Clan and Meeting the High Priest

Seeing that the people behind him were about to catch up, the man gritted his teeth and tried to rush towards the terrifying-looking Li Zhen.

The person in front looks intimidating, but he's alone, so he might survive if he gets past him. However, there are too many people behind him, and once they catch up, he'll definitely have no chance of survival.

Just then, Li Zhen suddenly asked, "Dr. Yuan Zhenxia?"

Yuan Zhenxia was overjoyed: "You know me?"

Li Zhen stepped aside to make way: "They're catching up soon, you guys go first."

Yuan Zhenxia was taken aback.

He was a decisive man and didn't waste any time. He grabbed the woman in his hand and walked past Li Zhen, running towards the other side of the path.

He glanced at the backs of Li Zhen and the other two before disappearing into the tall weeds with the woman.

The little ghost holding the cat and the mahjong ghost appeared in front of Li Zhen, their figures flickering a few times before disappearing into the dense forest.

The eerie fog spread rapidly through the grove.

The appearance of evil spirits usually causes drastic changes in yin energy, which in turn leads to the appearance of mist.

If the Mahjong Ghost and the Little Ghost are willing, they can create a fog that obscures the view under special circumstances.

A loud shouting came from ahead.

Li Zhen led the vampire and the banshee forward.

The satiated ghost fetus extended a tentacle from the vampire's back and gently wrapped around Li Zhen's arm.

Li Zhen glanced at the runes on his right arm.

Lines of golden text appeared before his eyes.

Yuan Zhenxia narrowly escaped, but was filled with fear of the immortal ancestor worshipped by the Gu clan. He knew the Gu clan's evil intent had already enveloped them, but he was powerless to do anything about it. He pleaded for the elimination of the Gu clan's ancestor and the complete annihilation of the Gu clan.

After reading the mission information, Li Zhen was somewhat surprised.

In previous missions, he was at most tasked with eliminating the summoner's fear and the underlying causes of strange events. This time, however, he was tasked with completely annihilating a tribe.

This Gu clan has at least several hundred members; killing them all would definitely result in a bloodbath.

The Gu clan must have committed some terrible sins to have provoked such a strong reaction from the runes...

Based on past experience, rune-issued quests involving killing usually target evil spirits with serious sins.

This task is perfect for Detective Li, who needs fresh blood right now.

He recalled the plot of "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley".

The plot is quite simple.

In his quest to find a special medicine, Yuan Zhenxia, ​​a doctor and adventurer, ventures deep into northern Southeast Asia and encounters the cold-blooded and ruthless Gu tribe.

The professor leading the group was very wary of the Gu Clan and strictly forbade Yuan Zhenxia and the others from contacting them. However, Yuan Zhenxia and the others did not listen to the professor and went to spy on the Gu Clan's sacrificial ceremony at night.

Seeing that the Gu Clan's Grand Wizard Agula wanted to sacrifice the former clan chief's daughter, Bazhu, to the evil ancestor, Yuan Zhenxia couldn't bear it and sneaked into the Gu Clan's sacrifice site to save Bazhu. In the end, the professor and others were all killed, while Yuan Zhenxia himself, under the terrible blood curse, managed to escape back to Hong Kong Island.

A year later, the blood curse took effect, and Yuan Zhenxia was near death. He was informed by Bazhu's fiancé, Heilong, that he had to return to northern Southeast Asia to find a way to break the curse.

When Li Zhen watched this movie, he was still young. At that time, in addition to being impressed by the various heavy-handed scenes, he also had a deep memory of the innocent professor and others who were killed by Yuan Zhenxia's willful actions.

Naturally, what impressed him most was the female lead who appeared at the beginning of the movie, Wesley's cousin Rainbow.

The impression I got here wasn't a good one, but rather one of disgust.

The woman, a reporter, knocked out a policewoman who was supposed to be disguised as a nurse to rescue the hostages during a kidnapping case. She then disguised herself as a nurse and went with Yuan Zhenxia to the place where the hostages were being held. However, due to her lack of professionalism, she was exposed by the kidnappers, which resulted in a policeman being hit in the head by one of them.

Li Zhen was so angry with this woman that his liver ached.

I wonder if I'll be able to see that woman here...

Yuan Zhenxia visited northern Southeast Asia twice.

Having only met once, Li Zhen couldn't tell how many times this was.

But that's not important.

The important thing is to find a suitable place to be buried.

The Gu clan's sacrificial site should meet the following conditions...

In this movie, although the tribe is called the Gu tribe, only the tribe's great shaman Agula knows the art of black magic. The most terrifying thing in the tribe is the ancestor who is said to be unkillable.

From Li Zhen's perspective, Agula's black magic was quite powerful, but his skill in black magic was actually just average.

However, he was very interested in the special little ghosts that humans had consecrated, as well as the immortal ancestor of the Gu clan.

A man dressed in black with a red headband rushed out of the fog in a panic and head-on towards Li Zhen.

The vampire, ravenous for blood, swiftly stepped forward, grabbed the man who tried to resist, and bit his neck, sucking his blood voraciously.

The man's screams echoed through the grove.

Several more men, armed with knives, clubs, and torches, emerged from the mist in fear. Upon seeing this scene, they immediately ran back into the mist without saying a word.

……

The leader of this adventure to northern Southeast Asia was a highly respected professor who was very familiar with the situation there.

Besides Yuan Zhenxia, ​​the professor was accompanied by other security personnel and his students, totaling more than ten people.

Their camp was located in a valley a few kilometers away from the Gu clan.

Yuan Zhenxia and the others heard the sound of drums used for sacrifice coming from the Gu clan at dusk.

Knowing how terrifying the Gu clan was, the professor immediately changed his expression and warned everyone not to come into contact with them.

Who knew that Yuan Zhenxia and the others did not listen to him and sneaked off to the Gu Clan's place at night to spy on their sacrificial activities.

After seeing that the Gu Clan was going to use a living person as a sacrifice, the others were unwilling to go and went straight back to the camp. Only Yuan Zhenxia sneaked into the Gu Clan's sacrificial site to save the person.

Yuan Zhenxia did not regret saving people, but was worried that his actions would implicate the professor and others.

He originally thought that the Gu Clan's worship of the evil god was just a charade, and that he could easily slip away once he sneaked into the altar and saved the person. Who knew that the Gu Clan's altar really contained such a terrifying thing.

When Yuan Zhenxia, ​​panting, pulled the woman named Bazhu back to the camp, the worried, bearded professor immediately surrounded them with his men.

Yuan Zhenxia quickly recounted what had just happened.

Upon hearing that Yuan Zhenxia had actually dared to sneak into the Gu Clan's sacrificial ground, the professor felt a chill in his heart.

Upon hearing Yuan Zhenxia's words, the professor immediately ordered, "Get in the car! We're leaving right away!"

Someone hesitated and said, "Professor, our camp... we don't want so much stuff?"

"No, no! Give up everything! Leave now!"

The professor, looking anxious, grabbed Yuan Zhenxia's arm and hurriedly walked towards the large truck used to transport the goods.

The campground was lit up with camping lights, which contrasted sharply with the mountains outside, making the professor very uneasy.

The others realized the seriousness of the situation, quickly gathered their personal belongings, and ran towards the truck.

These people are often active in the wild, and they are agile, climbing onto the truck in just a minute or two.

After Yuan Zhenxia pushed Bazhu into the car, hesitantly asked the professor, "Professor, the person who blocked the Gu clan for us..."

The professor said urgently, "I don't know where that person came from. You've seen how terrifying the Gu clan is. Just assume he's dead."

He got into the driver's seat of the truck and slammed the door shut.

He adjusted the rearview mirror and noticed that Yuan Zhenxia hadn't gotten in the car. Speechless, he pounded on the car door and shouted, "Get in! What are you waiting for?"

Yuan Zhenxia waved his hand: "You guys go first, I'll go back and check on the situation over there. I'll be fine on my own."

"We're not going to deal with you anymore. If you survive, come find us at the usual place."

The professor wasted no time and drove the truck shakily back the way he came.

Yuan Zhenxia stood there, watching everyone leave.

Just as the truck was about to enter a dry riverbed, Bazhu, who was sitting in the back of the truck, suddenly jumped off the truck amidst the gasps of the crowd.

Ignoring Bazhu, the professor, upon hearing the commotion, glanced back in the rearview mirror before driving the truck away.

Facing the approaching Bazhu, Yuan Zhenxia said helplessly, "Why did you jump down? It would be safer if you left with them."

Baju stubbornly said, "I'll go back with you and take a look."

"Wait for me here. I'll run back and check by myself. I can run faster than you." Yuan Zhenxia looked around, walked to a tent, and picked up a flashlight.

“I know about the Gu Clan.” Bazhu also picked up a flashlight. “Without me to take you, you might get lost.” Yuan Zhenxia shook his head helplessly.

He went into the tent and grabbed a first-aid kit, then hurriedly ran back the path he had come from.

Baju followed behind him.

Even as they ran closer to the grove, Yuan Zhenxia and his companion still heard no sound.

Recalling the screams he heard when he left, Yuan Zhenxia felt something was very wrong.

Bazhu also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere here.

"Why didn't they make a sound when so many people were chasing them?"

"They went back without catching us?"

“Impossible. The High Priest will not let us off the hook. You disrupted the ritual, so the High Priest will be even less likely to let you off the hook.”

“Your ancestor… no, there’s a strong smell of blood.”

Yuan Zhenxia carefully walked towards the source of the bloody smell and found a corpse lying on the ground in the waist-high weeds.

He turned the body over and his heart skipped a beat when he saw the corpse's face.

Bazhu, who was standing behind Yuan Zhenxia, ​​let out an "Ah".

The two who had seen the Gu clan's "ancestor" were also quite frightened by the mutilated appearance of the corpse.

The two wouldn't have been so shocked if their faces had been mutilated by a sharp weapon or smashed by stones.

The problem is that the corpse's face is covered with grotesque, bloody gashes, as if it had been torn apart by some man-eating beast, leaving it unrecognizable.

Only half of the corpse's face remained, barely concealing its teeth; sharp tooth marks were clearly visible through the mutilated flesh.

Not only the face, but also the neck and shoulders of the corpse were covered with sharp teeth marks. In some places, the bones had been bitten into pieces, exposing the white bones.

The flesh exposed from the wounds on the corpse was also almost deathly pale.

There wasn't much blood under the body.

"Your ancestor has escaped?" Yuan Zhenxia asked Bazhu.

Suppressing her nausea, Bazhu denied it, saying, "The ancestor couldn't possibly have escaped. He only awakens to eat flesh and blood during sacrifices. Looking at him... it looks like he was bitten to death by some wild beast. This place is near a primeval forest, and wild beasts are very common here."

Yuan Zhenxia said solemnly, "I don't know what kind of beast would dare to attack so many people and still succeed."

Baju said, "It might be related to that person."

"That person isn't from the Gu Clan, nor from any of the nearby tribes?"

"Probably not."

Yuan Zhenxia did not speak again.

He looked ahead and found two more bodies.

These two corpses, like the previous one, were horribly mutilated beyond recognition, and there wasn't much blood visible beneath them.

Yuan Zhenxia knew that there would be even more bloodshed ahead.

The well-informed Yuan Zhenxia was not shocked by too many things, but the way these corpses died really broadened his horizons.

Later on, several more ways to die were added.

Two of the bodies bore horrific penetrating wounds.

Another body had its entire chest caved in, as if it had been hit by a car.

When Yuan Zhenxia and his companion emerged from the grove, they had already seen more than ten corpses.

There may be some bodies they haven't seen.

Smelling the blood in the air, Yuan Zhenxia said, "Many of your Gu clan members have been killed..."

“They didn’t kill them all. The Gu Clan has more than just this many people.” Bazhu sneered. “They all deserved to die. You have no idea how many atrocities they committed.”

"If you knew that the High Priest's imps need to be re-refined every three years, at the cost of the fresh blood of many children, you might also want to kill them all."

Yuan Zhenxia frowned and said, "So cruel, no one could stop him?"

Baju sighed, “When my father was alive, he could barely keep the high priest in check, but now that he’s gone, no one can keep him in check.”

Yuan Zhenxia frowned.

Near the open space where the Gu clan was holding their sacrificial ceremony, Yuan Zhenxia and his companion finally caught up with the murderer—

Under the moonlight, a humanoid monster was biting the neck of a screaming man.

After the man's screams ceased, the humanoid monster tore him in two.

Tiny drops of blood seemed to be blown onto the faces of Yuan Zhenxia and his companion by the breeze, and the peculiar smell of blood was so strong that it made them feel suffocated.

Yuan Zhenxia shone his flashlight on the monster, and through the open black robe, he could see the monster's mouthful of fangs and the tattered bandages wrapped around its head, which had been stained crimson.

"What kind of monster is this? It looks even more terrifying than your ancestor..."

Somewhat frightened, Yuan Zhenxia pulled Bazhu and kept backing away.

The blood-sucking zombie, exuding a menacing aura, didn't sniff in Yuan Zhenxia's direction but turned and walked to the other side.

After walking for a while, Yuan Zhenxia finally saw two figures waiting ahead.

One of them was Li Zhen, who looked like a dead man, and the other was a female demon dressed in a black robe.

The red-eyed bat then stood on the banshee's head.

When Yuan Zhenxia appeared next to the vampire, Li Zhen noticed him. Otherwise, the vampire, which had consumed so much blood and whose aura was becoming increasingly violent, would not have ignored the blood offered to him.

Li Zhen looked at Yuan Zhenxia and said indifferently, "Yuan Zhenxia, ​​why don't you leave?"

“I want to see if you’re alright.” Yuan Zhenxia cautiously approached Li Zhen. “If I just left like that, I wouldn’t be Yuan Zhenxia.”

Li Zhen withdrew his gaze and walked towards the Gu Clan.

Yuan Zhenxia, ​​who was following behind, glanced at the vampire zombie: "This monster is a zombie? I heard that in the mysterious Miao region, there are corpse drivers who can turn the dead into zombies that can walk and jump."

Li Zhen casually said, "This is a zombie, but I'm not a corpse driver."

Upon hearing Li Zhen speak, Yuan Zhenxia quickly said, "My friend knows me? Although I have many friends, I don't really have any impression of them. However, I still want to thank my friend for helping me this time. If it weren't for my friend, I would definitely be in trouble, and I might even have dragged others into it."

Li Zhen didn't say anything.

Yuan Zhenxia couldn't help but ask, "What's your purpose in coming here, friend? It can't be just a coincidence that you ran into me, can it?"

Li Zhen's voice remained indifferent: "If I said I came here specifically to save you, would you believe me?"

Yuan Zhenxia was taken aback, then laughed and said, "I believe you, why wouldn't I?"

"This is the territory of the Gu Clan. Be careful, my friend. The high priest has a terrifying little ghost that is said to be able to cast spells. There is also a terrifying ancestor in that sacrificial site."

Baju added, "That little devil is terrifying. It can kill people as soon as it appears. I have never seen anyone who can fight back against that little devil."

"The ancestor is even more terrifying. It is said that the ancestor has existed for countless years. As long as the Gu clan continues to sacrifice living people to the ancestor, the ancestor will live forever."

"My father told me that our ancestor has turned into a terrifying evil god."

Having witnessed the terrifying power of evil gods, Li Zhen naturally wouldn't believe that this so-called ancestor was an evil god.

Given the power of that ancestor, he was simply not qualified to visualize it.

However, Li Zhen was quite interested in the so-called Gu clan's sorcery and the evil spirits that might exist behind it.

"Well done! Bazhu, you dare to betray the Gu Clan!"

A sinister voice suddenly rang out.

Numerous torches appeared on the flat ground ahead. A man wearing a cloak and with long hair stood with his hands on his hips, looking at Bazhu with a sinister expression.

Baju took a step back in fear.

Yuan Zhenxia stood in front of Bazhu.

"Who gave you the audacity to come back and see me? Who gave you the audacity to leak our Gu clan's secrets to outsiders? Was it him?"

The long-haired man looked at Li Zhen and said with a sinister smile, "Kid, you killed so many of my Gu clan members, why aren't you running away? Do you really think our Gu clan is made of clay? It's better that you're here, so I don't have to go out and look for you."

Half of the people standing behind him were men who had been terrified by Li Zhen and had barely escaped with their lives.

When they saw Li Zhen again, they were all so frightened that their legs trembled uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)