Gou's Liver Experience in the World of Demons and Demons

"Go away!"

The middle-aged man was terrified and frantically swung his longsword, unleashing sharp blades in an attempt to force the vines back.

However, he forgot that there were still nine Divine Flame Qi Swords waiting for their chance.

"puff!"

A golden sword of energy seized the opening and instantly pierced his chest.

Golden flames spread rapidly across the wound, scorching his flesh.

"what"

The middle-aged man let out a shrill scream, his internal energy instantly became chaotic, and the blade light he had unleashed shattered in mid-air.

"No, I'm not reconciled."

He looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, where golden flames had spread throughout his body.

"I'm clearly already at the Heavenly Martial Realm."

Gu Sheng walked slowly closer, his eyes as cold as ice.

"A realm that is forcibly elevated is ultimately illusory."

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Countless thick vines seized the opportunity to entwine around the middle-aged man's limbs and torso, their sharp barbs piercing his flesh and blood, frantically draining his blood and life force.

"You won't let me go."

The middle-aged man's struggles grew weaker and weaker, and his voice became hoarse.

"I am willing to offer all my treasures."

Gu Sheng looked at him expressionlessly.

"late."

In just a few breaths, the middle-aged man's body visibly shriveled up, eventually turning into a lifeless mummy.

The Heavenly Demon Vine vines glowed with a dazzling blood-red light, making them appear even more eerie.

Gu Sheng stared at the Heavenly Demon Vine before him; its golden and red patterns shimmered with an eerie luster in the sunlight.

The crimson color was fading at a visible speed, replaced by a brilliant gold, like molten gold flowing across the surface of the vines.

"interesting."

Gu Sheng smiled slightly and lightly touched the surface of the vine with his fingertips.

He could feel the surging vitality within it, which was several times stronger than that of ordinary Heavenly Demon Vines.

"Having absorbed the essence of the ancient divine phoenix, it is indeed extraordinary."

As if responding to his words, the Heavenly Demon Vine trembled gently, and a vine intimately wrapped around his wrist.

Gu Sheng could clearly sense that this mutated Heavenly Demon Vine was much more intelligent than its ordinary counterparts.

"Toughness increased by 30%, absorption speed increased by 50%"

Gu Sheng closed his eyes and sensed the information transmitted by the vines.

"If he fully advances, he might be able to withstand attacks from a Heavenly Martial Realm expert."

A quarter of an hour later, the Heavenly Demon Vine completed its advancement.

On the surface, it only appeared to have increased in size, but Gu Sheng, through his mental perception, discovered that its internal structure had undergone a qualitative change.

A golden crystal the size of a grain of rice condensed at the core of the vine, emanating a faint aura of a divine phoenix.

"it is good!"

Gu Sheng nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand to retract the Heavenly Demon Vine into his body.

He could sense that this spiritual plant could restrain at least one or two early-stage Heavenly Martial Realm experts.

"On the surface, Tianyou City only has one Heavenly Martial Realm expert, and at most one or two more in secret. Now I am capable of protecting myself."

He looked up to the north, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

In this life, he vowed to forge an unprecedented path to heaven.

The strongest Earth Martial Realm technique of the Longevity Cult is an indispensable part of his plan.

Just then, the innate spiritual embryo in the sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled.

"Master, there is an unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy ten miles to the due north, with a concentration at least a hundred times that of the outside world!"

"Oh?"

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow.

"Spirit Gathering Pool or Spirit Gathering Lake?"

"Uncertain, but since the spiritual energy has condensed into mist, there must be some rare and precious treasures among them!"

Without further hesitation, Gu Sheng flashed and transformed into a streak of light, heading north.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the foot of a deep valley.

"This is."

Gu Sheng's pupils contracted slightly.

The scene before my eyes was breathtaking. The entire valley was shrouded in milky white spiritual mist, and the spiritual energy at the valley entrance was almost condensed into a liquid state, refracting seven colors of light under the sunlight.

He immediately felt as if every pore on his body had opened up.

This breath of spiritual energy is comparable to a low-grade spirit stone!
"If one could cultivate here..."

As Gu Sheng was pondering, his expression suddenly hardened.

"Who?"

A clear, cold female voice came from the valley, and then a white figure broke through the spiritual mist and stood in mid-air.

It was a woman, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, dressed in white, with a face as exquisite as a painting, yet as cold as ice.

She wore a silver badge on her chest, engraved with the same Tianyoumen symbol as the middle-aged man from before.

"People from the Heavenly Nether Sect?"

Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself.

"And he's at the Heavenly Martial Realm. It seems this is the hidden powerhouse of the Heavenly Nether Sect."

The woman's phoenix eyes held a hint of arrogance as she coldly stared at Gu Sheng.

"Who are you? Why are you trespassing on the forbidden grounds of my Heavenly Nether Sect?"

Gu Sheng bowed respectfully, neither humble nor arrogant.

"My name is Gu Sheng. I happened to pass by this place and noticed the unusual spiritual energy, so I came to investigate. I was unaware that this place is a forbidden area of ​​the Tianyou Sect. I apologize for any offense I may have caused."

"Just passing by?"

The woman gave a cold laugh.

"It's too much of a coincidence that a cultivator at the Earth Martial Realm would appear alone in this desolate wilderness."

Gu Sheng noticed that as the woman spoke, her right hand had already quietly rested on the hilt of her sword at her waist. Her aura was concealed, yet it harbored a hidden killing intent.

He knew that if he made the slightest move, the other party would strike swiftly.

"A token from Tianyoufang?"

The woman gave a cold laugh, her slender fingers lightly stroking the jade pendant hanging from her waist.

"Coincidentally, I also obtained it from Tianyoufang. But the opportunity in this valley is only enough for one person to enjoy."

Before she finished speaking, her true energy suddenly erupted, and the pressure of the third level of the Heavenly Martial Realm surged towards Gu Sheng like a tidal wave.

The pebbles on the ground shattered under this pressure, making a series of tiny cracking sounds.

Gu Sheng frowned slightly, but his feet remained firmly planted.

The nine great grotto-heavens within his body quietly activated, dissolving the oppressive force into nothingness.

"Why must you be so domineering, fellow Daoist?"

Gu Sheng's voice was calm.

"This valley is rich in spiritual energy, enough for both of us to cultivate. Wouldn't it be better if we each took what we needed and didn't interfere with each other?"

"Noisy!"

A cold glint flashed in the woman's eyes. She pointed her right hand like a knife and unleashed a jet-black blade of light, the air ripping out with a piercing tearing sound.

Gu Sheng slightly turned his body, and the blade's edge grazed the hem of his clothes, leaving a mark about a foot deep on the rock wall ten feet behind him.

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and a golden light flickered in his left sleeve.

"Since you insist on this, fellow Daoist..."

Gu Sheng sighed, then suddenly took a step and shot up into the air like an arrow.

"You're courting death!" the woman shouted, waving her hands in quick succession. Three blade beams, even more solid than before, formed a triangular shape, blocking all of Gu Sheng's escape routes.

At that very moment, all nine of Gu Sheng's inner sanctums opened, and his true energy surged forth like a volcanic eruption.

He formed hand seals, and nine crimson, blood-red divine flame swords instantly materialized in front of him.

"The Northern Star Immortal-Slaying Sword!"

With a low shout from Gu Sheng, the nine sword qi were divided into three groups of three swords each, precisely aligning with the three blade beams.

The moment the sword's edge clashed with the blade's light, a deafening roar erupted in the valley.

The woman's initial disdainful sneer froze on her face.

Her pupils suddenly contracted as she watched in disbelief as her blade's aura was brutally shattered by those seemingly ordinary qi swords, which, undiminished in momentum, turned and attacked her from behind.

"How can it be?!"

The woman exclaimed in surprise and hastily unleashed several more sword beams to block the attack, while simultaneously retreating rapidly.

The moment Gu Sheng landed, he leaped up again, his left arm radiating golden light.

A golden vine as thick as a bowl shot out from his sleeve, growing rapidly in the wind. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into dozens of ferocious vines hundreds of feet long, each covered with dark red barbs, exuding a chilling and malevolent aura.

"Heavenly Demon Vine, go!"

Upon seeing this, the woman's expression changed drastically, and a long, blackish-purple knife suddenly appeared in her hand.

As soon as the blade was drawn, the surrounding spiritual energy became chaotic, and faint purple lightning crackled along the blade's edge.

"The 'Purple Fiend', a divine weapon of the Grandmaster level?"

Gu Sheng's eyes narrowed, and his vigilance increased significantly.

To possess such a treasure, this woman's background must be extraordinary.

"You've managed to force me to unleash the Purple Fiend; you should be proud of yourself!"

The woman gave a cold shout, and with a sweep of her long sword, a huge purplish-black sword aura roared out, instantly severing the first seven vines that attacked.

Dark red liquid spurted from the severed vines, and when it fell to the ground, it corroded deep pits.

Even more horrifying was that the severed vines regrowed at a visible speed, returning to their original state in the blink of an eye, while even more vines shot out from Gu Sheng's left arm, engulfing the woman.

A cold glint flashed in the woman's eyes, and the long sword in her hand gleamed with a chilling blue light, its tip pointing directly at Gu Sheng's throat.

She originally thought it was just an ant that could be easily destroyed, but she never expected that the other party would have such troublesome methods.

"You mere Earth Martial Realm cultivator dares to be so insolent before me!"

The woman gave a cold shout, and her sword flashed like a rainbow, instantly severing three attacking vines.

Gu Sheng smiled slightly, took three steps back, and kept his distance from the woman.

"The people of Tianyou Sect are indeed domineering. However, it is still unknown who will live and who will die today."

"Insanity!"

The woman laughed in anger, her sword speed suddenly increased, and the blue sword energy crisscrossed, cutting down all the surrounding vines.

However, the broken vines wriggled as if they were alive after they fell to the ground, and new branches quickly grew from the broken ends, producing even more vines in the blink of an eye.

What were originally just a few dozen vines had grown to over a hundred in the blink of an eye, densely surrounding the woman.

"This is... the Heavenly Demon Vine?"

The woman's pupils contracted slightly as she finally recognized the legendary ferocious creature.

She was secretly alarmed, but dared not pause her swordplay for even a moment.

"You actually manage to control such an evil creature!"

Gu Sheng did not answer, but focused entirely on controlling the Heavenly Demon Vine's attack.

He knew perfectly well that if he were to lose focus even slightly when facing a Heavenly Martial Realm expert, he would be doomed.

The vines surged like a tide, and the woman's sword flashed like lightning, each strike severing several vines.

But once one is cut off, two or three more will grow back. In no time, the number of vines has reached several hundred.

"Damn it!"

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the woman's forehead, and her breathing began to become erratic.

Although she was a powerful expert at the fourth level of the Heavenly Martial Realm, the consumption of true energy by the divine weapon of the Sect Realm in her hand was astonishing. After unleashing hundreds of sword strikes in succession, the true energy in her body was already showing signs of depletion.

Gu Sheng keenly sensed that the regeneration rate of the Heavenly Demon Vine was beginning to slow down, and thought to himself.

"It seems that with the current strength of the Heavenly Demon Vine, it is already at its limit to deal with the fourth or fifth level of the Heavenly Martial Realm."

His eyes were like torches, fixed on the woman's every move, his right hand quietly forming a hand seal, ready to unleash the Nirvana Three Transformations at any moment.

Forty-five Beichen Zhuxian swords were already hidden in her sleeves, ready to be unleashed, waiting for the woman to reveal a weakness.

The woman's face grew increasingly grim. She had considered breaking free, but these damned vines were simply too numerous and dense, giving her no chance to escape.

What alarmed her even more was that the boy opposite her had hardly used up any energy except for the first time he used a martial skill, while she herself was forced into a sorry state by these vines.

"We can't delay any longer."

The woman's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. Suddenly, she bit her tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the sword.

"Bloodthirsty Soul-Burning Technique!"

With a sharp shout, the woman's inner energy instantly turned blood red, and her aura surged like a volcanic eruption.

She's risking serious damage to forcefully increase her strength and break through!
Gu Sheng's eyes narrowed, and the sword technique in his right hand was already formed.

"It's now!"

However, at this critical moment, a vine that had been lying in wait suddenly sprang out from the ground and wrapped around the woman's ankle like a venomous snake.

The sharp barbs pierced through flesh and bone without mercy.

"what!"

The woman cried out in pain, and the surge of energy within her body suddenly stopped, then receded rapidly like the receding tide.

To her horror, she discovered that the secret technique she was practicing, which was only halfway through, had been abruptly interrupted, and the backlash made her meridians feel as if they had been struck by lightning.

"How can it be?!"

The woman's face was filled with disbelief.

"How could my secret technique have been discovered?"

Gu Sheng was also stunned, but quickly came to his senses.

"The toxicity of the Heavenly Demon Vine?"

On the vine that was wrapped around the woman's ankle, dark sap was being injected into her body through the barbs.

The woman's originally fair skin turned a strange bluish-black color at a visible speed.

No, this is not.

The woman's voice began to tremble. She felt a strange poison spreading through her body, causing her internal energy to stagnate and her meridians to become blocked.

Sensing the weakening of its prey's energy, the Heavenly Demon Vine lunged forward like a shark smelling blood, its hundreds of vines swarming to entangle the woman.

The "splatter" sound of barbs piercing flesh was incessant, and the woman let out a shrill scream.

"Stop! I am the granddaughter of the Heavenly Nether Sect's patriarch! If you kill me, your entire sect will be wiped out!"

The woman struggled and screamed, her voice filled with unprecedented fear.

Gu Sheng sneered.

"When you were trying to kill me just now, you didn't think about showing any mercy."

"I can give you treasures. Cultivation techniques, anything is fine."

The woman's voice grew weaker and weaker, and her skin withered away at a visible rate.

The Heavenly Demon Vine greedily absorbed the life force of the Heavenly Martial Realm expert, and an eerie red light emanated from the surface of the vine.

In just a few breaths, a living Heavenly Martial Realm expert was turned into a pitch-black dried corpse.

With a "thud," the mummified corpse fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

Gu Sheng approached to examine it, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Is this color a sign of poisoning?"

He crouched down and poked at the fragments of the mummified corpse with the tip of his sword, discovering that not only was the exterior pitch black, but even the inside of the bones was inky.

"It seems that the Heavenly Demon Vine has acquired toxicity after advancing, and it even appears to be able to break through martial arts secret techniques?"

Gu Sheng looked thoughtfully at the Heavenly Demon Vine wrapped around his arm, recalling the Five Poisons Cult warriors it had devoured before.

"Could it be because he absorbed too many poisonous martial artists' techniques?"

The Heavenly Demon Vine seemed to sense its master's gaze, nuzzling his wrist in a fawning manner, completely unlike its previous ferocious appearance. (End of Chapter)