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

Mei Qi, on the other side, reacted only half a beat slower than Yuwen Ruo.

The moment the crystalline light entered her body, she realized something was wrong. Her Heavenly Enchantment True Qi and Seductive Arts instinctively began to erupt, attempting to dispel the eerie chill with the fire of passion.

However, the moment the thought arose in her mind and she made the slightest initial movement, a chill emanating from the deepest part of her consciousness swept over her! Her delicate body trembled violently, then froze completely, her face still bearing the marks of surprise and a hint of flush that had just risen as she tried to fight back. She was as if frozen in time.

"This...this is...the 'Spirit Gu Ice Soul' that has been lost in the Southern Frontier for so long? No...no...it's more like the legendary..."

In the final moment before her thoughts completely froze, a vague and horrified idea flashed through Mei Qi's mind, but she ultimately couldn't understand it. The methods Qin Ling'er used were too ancient and too bizarre, far beyond her comprehension.

Subduing the two men seemed like a trivial matter to Qin Ling'er.

She didn't even glance at the stiff Yuwen Ruo and Mei Qi again, as if they were just two insignificant decorations.

She turned around, her gaze returning to the jade-white spiritual embryo, its radiance dimmed by the golden light seal. At this moment, the golden light seal, transformed from the coiled dragon seal activated by Yuwen Ruo, had become illusory and transparent, its power greatly diminished, having lost the continuous support of Yuwen Ruo's true energy and spiritual power.

Qin Ling'er stretched out her small hand and easily pierced through the thin golden light barrier, gently grasping the palm-sized spirit embryo.

The moment her fingertips touched the spiritual embryo, another extraordinary phenomenon occurred!

The jade-white spiritual embryo, which had been quiet and even somewhat "fearful" under the suppression of the Holy Emperor's Seal, seemed to sense the same aura when it came into contact with Qin Ling'er's palm. It trembled slightly, then became completely quiet, as docile as a fledgling returning to its nest.

There was also a layer of soft, pure pale golden light, like a thin veil, emanating from inside the spiritual embryo, actively wrapping around Qin Ling'er's arm, as if it were getting close, or as if it were... resonating.
In the distance, Yuwen Ruo, whose body was completely frozen and whose thoughts were almost stopped, but who retained a vague perception of the outside world due to some strange state, was filled with a huge wave of shock and incomprehension!

This innate spiritual embryo is a wondrous creation born from the ancient Void Profound Sacred Land, nurtured for millions of years by absorbing the primordial energy of the secret realm through its entire core spiritual vein! The primordial power of "space" and "creation" contained within it is pure and vast, yet extremely unstable.

Even the three holy lands had to prepare special secret techniques and treasures before daring to attempt to contact and suppress it; they would never dare to grab it with their bare hands like this! This is because the spiritual embryo itself is a huge and unstable energy source. If one is not careful, it may cause the source to go berserk and backfire on oneself!
But this mysterious little girl before him had so casually and effortlessly caught the spirit fetus in her hand? And judging from the spirit fetus's reaction, it showed no rejection or aggression whatsoever; on the contrary, it appeared unusually docile and affectionate?! How could this be?!
Only now did Yuwen Ruo belatedly realize a more serious problem—he and Mei Qi had been instantly subdued by this strange little girl, their lives completely in her hands!
Now is not the time to think about how to fight for the treasure, but how to save their lives! If this little girl were to kill them now, the two of them would be powerless to resist and would die instantly!

Just as Yuwen Ruo's heart was filled with fear and despair, Qin Ling'er had already put away the tiny spiritual embryo.

She then turned her head again, glanced at Yuwen Ruo and Mei Qi who were standing motionless, and her ethereal voice rang out calmly.

"My master only told me to fight for this item, but didn't say what to do with you two after I got it."

She tilted her head, as if thinking, and then made a decision.

"You will remain here for now. Your fate is in the master's hands."

After speaking, she didn't linger, her small figure transforming into a pure ray of light, seemingly composed of countless tiny specks of light.

With a "whoosh," it flew towards the direction where Gu Sheng and the Bone Demon were fighting, its speed astonishing, and it disappeared into the depths of the hall in an instant.

Yuwen Ruo and Mei Qi were left standing like two lifelike ice sculptures in the center of the empty and dilapidated hall. Only a faint sense of awareness remained deep in their consciousness as they silently endured the torment of time passing in endless cold and fear.

Meanwhile, Gu Sheng's battle with the Bone Demon was also nearing its end.

The continuous high-intensity dodging and resisting the long-range sniping of the sacred weapon "Star Eclipse" cost Gu Sheng a considerable price.

He had six or seven bloody holes pierced by the blood arrows. Although he was rapidly repairing them thanks to the Daoist essence of longevity and his powerful blood and qi, each repair consumed a large amount of true qi and life force.

In particular, the trace of the "Erosion" Daoist essence contained in the "Star-Eroding" arrow was extremely troublesome, like a bone-deep sore, constantly eroding his wounds, slowing down the healing speed, making his recovery slower and slower, and his aura also dropped significantly.

Bone Demon's condition was also poor. After drawing the bow over a hundred times in succession, although "Star Erosion" mainly consumed the remaining Holy Realm power within the bow and the true energy drawn from his fused Blood Fiend power, it also took a huge toll on his own essence, energy, and spirit.

His face was pale, his arm holding the short bow trembled slightly, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead; he was clearly at his limit. But the ferocity in his eyes remained undiminished as he stared intently at the weakening Gu Sheng, like a bloodthirsty wolf eyeing its wounded prey.

"Kid, your regenerative abilities are almost at their limit, aren't they? How does it feel to have your life force constantly being drained by the 'Erosion' power?"

The Bone Demon, panting heavily and grinning maliciously, once again strained to draw back the dark bowstring. The crimson runes on the bow arm had dimmed considerably, but a thinner yet more condensed crimson light was still gathering.

"This arrow will send you to meet the King of Hell!"

He used his last ounce of strength to completely destroy Gu Sheng.

However, at this very moment—

A pure ray of light arrived in an instant, landing beside Gu Sheng and revealing Qin Ling'er's small figure.

"Ling'er?"

Gu Sheng turned his head and saw that Qin Ling'er was unharmed, a questioning look flashing in his eyes.

Qin Ling'er nodded gently, her ethereal voice directly entering Gu Sheng's mind.

"I got the item. The other two are currently under my control and unable to move."

"it is good!"

A glint flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes, and a huge weight was lifted from his heart.

He looked again at the Bone Demon, who was about to fire its final arrow, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

“Then… it’s time for me to finish here too.” The moment the words fell, the “Northern Star God-Slaying Sword” in Gu Sheng’s hand, which had been maintained by his inner energy, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly intense light!
The light was no longer pale gold, but a deep, dark gold that seemed to devour all light. More complex and mysterious patterns appeared on the sword, and an indescribable, ancient and sharp aura, as if it originated from the beginning of creation, suddenly spread out!
Just as Gu Chi was about to release the string, his expression suddenly changed drastically! He sensed the earth-shattering change in the aura of the longsword in Gu Sheng's hand, and that the aura around Gu Sheng, which had been somewhat weakened, was now rising instead of falling, as if in a final burst of energy, even more profound and terrifying than when they first clashed!
"Wait a minute! This kid has a trump card! He's been feigning weakness the whole time?!"

A terrifying thought flashed through the Bone Demon's mind like lightning.

Before he could think it through, and before he could release the last arrow—

Behind Gu Sheng, in the void, a blurry, fleeting image of a giant cauldron, seemingly surrounded by nine ancient dragon shadows, appeared and disappeared in an instant! The image appeared quickly and disappeared even faster, so quickly that Gu Chi almost thought it was a hallucination caused by his own eyes.

But the instant the giant cauldron phantom appeared, an indescribable, vast aura, seemingly capable of suppressing all realms and melting the universe, like a trace of a sleeping ancient god awakening, though so faint as to be almost imperceptible, made the Bone Demon's soul tremble, and its movements involuntarily slowed by half a beat!
Meanwhile, the wounds on Gu Sheng's body that had been eroded by the power of "corrosion" and were slowly healing were visibly and terrifyingly fast as this vast energy was leaked away!
His newly formed skin shimmered with a healthy, pale golden glow, as if he had never been injured! His entire spirit and energy soared to an unprecedented peak at this moment, even faintly surpassing the realm of the Grandmaster!

"not good!"

The ghosts and demons were filled with dread, and alarm bells rang wildly in his mind! He could no longer care about gathering the last arrow and instinctively tried to retreat!

However, it was too late.

"One step, and you're at the ends of the earth."

Gu Sheng uttered four cold words. The next moment, he took a step forward!
This step was like shrinking the distance to an inch, or like a teleportation technique; the distance of hundreds of feet seemed to disappear beneath his feet! His figure was like a ghost, instantly traversing space and appearing directly in front of the Bone Demon, who was about to retreat, less than three feet away!

The two were so close that Gu Chi could clearly see his own face, filled with horror and despair, reflected in Gu Sheng's deep eyes.

"cut."

The longsword in Gu Sheng's hand, bursting with a dark golden, intense light, slashed out horizontally with a speed that was both extremely simple and incredibly fast, exceeding the limits of human thought!

Where the sword light passed, there was no earth-shattering sound, no dazzling phenomenon, only a tiny, almost invisible, pitch-black spatial rift that quietly appeared and extended along the trajectory of the sword's edge.

The Bone Demon felt a chill on its neck, and all its senses, all its power, and all its consciousness were swallowed and severed by that tiny yet incredibly deep black crack at that moment.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only a hissing sound came out of his throat.

He looked down and saw his vision shifting away from the ground, and a headless, burly body gushing blood.

"...Saint...Realm...Hand..."

The few words, fragmented and indistinct, dissipated into the air as his consciousness went completely dark.

"boom!"

The massive head and mangled body of the Bone Demon crashed heavily onto the cracked and scorched ground below almost simultaneously, kicking up a cloud of dust. Blood quickly stained the ground red, and this Venerable Realm Level 3 expert, who hailed from the Heavenly Star Holy Land, was infamous and wielded a sacred weapon, had perished.

Gu Sheng sheathed his sword and stood there, the terrifying aura that had surged around him receding rapidly like a tide, his face slightly pale. Just a moment ago...

He used a trump card he rarely used after forging his Dao body—extracting a trace of extremely weak, almost negligible primordial power from the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron to empower himself. Only then did he unleash a speed beyond the limit and a sharpness that could cut through everything in an instant, killing the Bone Demon, who was wielding a Saint Realm divine weapon and was still dangerous despite being in poor condition.

If Bone Demon hadn't been overwhelmed by the "Star Erosion," and if Qin Ling'er hadn't brought back good news in time, allowing him to unleash his full power without restraint, he might not have used this trump card.

"Master, since you have such powerful methods, why didn't you use them in the first place? You suffered so many injuries for nothing."

Qin Ling'er flew to Gu Sheng's side and looked at the wounds on his body that, although healed, still had faint traces of blood. Her clear eyes were filled with a hint of confusion and a touch of heartache.

Gu Sheng gently exhaled a breath of stale air and shook his head.

“Yuwen Ruo and that woman from the Heavenly Demon Holy Land may not be without a Holy Realm divine weapon or trump card similar to ‘Star Eclipse’. The three Holy Lands each have their own agendas and may not fully trust each other. It’s always better to conserve strength to deal with possible variables than to reveal all their trump cards from the start and fall into a passive position.”

He glanced at Qin Ling'er and added.

"Furthermore, I wasn't sure beforehand whether you could succeed, or whether I would need to finish the battle quickly to support you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ling'er wrinkled her small nose slightly, seemingly a little dissatisfied with Gu Sheng's "distrust" of her, but she quickly regained her composure.

She stretched out her hand, and in her palm, the jade-white innate spiritual embryo quietly emerged, radiating a soft and pure light.

“Master, this is the ‘treasure’ in the secret realm. It… is like one of my kind.”

Qin Ling'er's voice carried a rare, complex emotion.

"It has already begun to take the form of a 'spiritual embryo,' containing a vast 'space' and 'creation' origin. Unfortunately, at the beginning of its birth, its 'soul' was completely erased by some force, leaving only a pure 'shell.'"

Later, it was suppressed by the seal containing the Holy Emperor's will, and the last remaining chance for it to regain its spirituality was completely extinguished. From then on, it could never give birth to its own consciousness.

She paused, looked up at Gu Sheng, her eyes clear and earnest.

"However, this pure 'shell' containing a vast source of power is of great use to me. If I can slowly refine and fuse it, perhaps... it can help me complete an important transformation, make up for the losses from the self-destruction of my spiritual embryo, and even go further. However, this process may take a very, very long time."

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng looked at the spirit embryo in Qin Ling'er's palm, which resembled a sleeping infant, and then at Qin Ling'er's pure yet expectant eyes, and sighed inwardly. (End of Chapter)