All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 48 Killing Lin Qiu
"So, your uncle must have at least the strength of the Bone Refining Realm. Senior Brother Lin thinks too highly of me," Zhou Qing said, shaking his head.

"Every year on the night of the full moon, the Corpse Worm Gu King needs to leave its body to absorb the power of the moonlight for half an hour, and this process cannot be interrupted."

In other words, during that half hour, his strength was only at the Refining Muscle Realm.

Even if the Corpse Worm King strengthened his physical body, he would at most reach the Perfection of Tendon Refining, and would definitely not reach the combat power of the Bone Refining Realm.

Lin Qiu sneered.

"How do you know he doesn't have any other Gu worms on him?" Zhou Qing asked back.

"Hmph! Do you know how difficult it is to cultivate a Gu worm! If he had other Gu worms, why would he release a hundred Green Silk Gu to gamble on refining wine worms?" Lin Qiu sneered.

"If I said I didn't want to get involved in this mess, I wonder if Senior Brother Lin would let me off the hook."

Despite Lin Qiu's eloquent words, Zhou Qing did not believe him.

"Do you think that after all I've said, I'll give you a choice?" Lin Qiu's face darkened. "If you don't cooperate with me, then you're my enemy."

"Since that's the case, then I'll respectfully accept your offer." Zhou Qing said with a look of fear and some difficulty.

"With my current strength, I'm afraid I'm no help to Senior Brother Lin, right? At the very least, I need to break through to the Flesh Refining Realm, or even the Tendon Refining Realm, before I can even fight your uncle."

“You don’t need to worry about that. Here is a hundred taels of silver, enough for Junior Brother Zhou to break through the flesh barrier. We’ll discuss the specific plan after you successfully break through.” Lin Qiu took out a silver note from his pocket.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Lin! I will definitely follow your lead!" Zhou Qing was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to receive him.

"Junior Brother Zhou, don't be anxious." Lin Qiu withdrew his hand and then took out a black pill from his pocket.

“Only after Junior Brother Zhou takes this Seven Insect Corrupting Heart Pill will he be considered one of us.”

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

"Don't worry, the Seven Insects Corroding Heart Pill only requires taking the antidote once a month to prevent the poison from taking effect. Junior Brother Zhou was able to subdue the Golden-backed Centipede, so he should be able to withstand most poisons. Even without taking the antidote, at most he will feel like he is being slowly sliced ​​to death all over his body."

Lin Qiu tossed the pill over in a calm tone.

“Okay! I’ll take it!” Zhou Qing took the pill and gritted his teeth.

"Those who understand the times are heroes, Junior Brother Zhou," Lin Qiu nodded in satisfaction, but the next moment, his expression suddenly changed.

"Oh!"

Zhou Qing suddenly threw the pill he was about to eat at Lin Qiu, and a handful of lime spilled from his sleeve.

"Wow~"

Lin Qiu raised his hand to cover his eyes with his sleeve, and at the same time, he quickly retreated. Facing the lime powder that Zhou Qing had scattered, he pulled on his collar, took off his shirt, and rolled it up forcefully to block all the remaining lime.

The next moment, Lin Qiu threw away his clothes covered in lime, and struck out with his palm, creating gusts of wind.

"Crack!"

A popping sound, like popping beans, filled the air.

Lin Qiu's right palm swelled up, becoming as white as jade.

Bang!

Zhou Qing raised his sword to slash, but Lin Qiu struck the blade with his palm. A powerful force traveled from the blade to his arm, and he felt a numbness in his hand. The sword fell to the ground instantly, and he staggered back several steps.

Having landed a successful blow, Lin Qiu immediately closed in and delivered another palm strike.

Zhou Qing used the White Cloud Palm technique and struck back with his palm.

"Oh!"

Another exchange of blows, and Zhou Qing was once again repelled, his face flushing red.

"Junior Brother Zhou, I'm giving you one last chance. Otherwise, you'll die!" Lin Qiu's face was gloomy. He said he was giving him a chance, but he showed no mercy in his actions.

"Don't push your luck!" Zhou Qing roared, as if he had lost his mind.

"The strong can do whatever they want. Ah!" Lin Qiu sneered as he struck out with a palm. The next moment, he suddenly jerked his right arm and abruptly withdrew his hand.

Lin Qiu raised his hand and looked down, only to see a bloody hole in his palm, the blood at the wound quickly turning black.

Seeing Zhou Qing's calm expression, and noticing that he had put on a light gold glove on his right hand at some point, with a copper ring resembling a ring on his middle finger, inlaid with a jet-black scale, he looked nothing like the desperate person he had just been.

Lin Qiu was furious, "You dare to scheme against me!"

He circulated his qi and blood to force out the toxins that had seeped into the wound, and then attacked again.

This time, he used all his strength.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Zhou Qing did not engage in a direct confrontation; while dodging, he fired three hidden arrows.

This time, Lin Qiu did not choose to take the hit head-on, but stopped to dodge the hidden arrow.

As he circulated his qi and blood, preparing to kill Zhou Qing, he suddenly felt his steps falter and a tingling sensation came from his right hand.

Looking up, I saw that the wound on my right hand, which had been forced to expel the toxins, had turned purplish-black and was spreading towards the back of my hand.

"This is..." Lin Qiu was shocked. Although he was not a formal Gu Master and did not have a natal Gu, he often dealt with poisonous creatures and practiced the Poison Palm of Baiyun Martial Arts School. What kind of poison could be so terrifying?
Lin Qiu immediately gathered his qi and blood into his right palm, and at the same time took out an antidote pill and poured it into his mouth.

Once the tingling sensation in his right hand subsided slightly, Lin Qiu took a leather bag from his waist and flung it at Zhou Qing.

"Oh!"

The leather bag burst open in mid-air, and swarms of flying ants swarmed out.

Zhou Qing scattered the last packet of poison powder, but the flying ants were completely unaffected. "Hiss!"

At this moment, the crimson flames inside Zhou Qing's package burst forth, leaping into the air and charging into the swarm of flying ants.

Soon, the flying ants abandoned their pursuit of Zhou Qing and instead turned their attention to attacking Chi Yan.

"Crench!"

A sickening scraping sound emanated from the swarm of flying ants.

"Oh!"

A cloud of purple poisonous powder spread out from Zhou Qing's side.

Although he tried his best to avoid it, he still got a lot of poison powder on his body.

At that moment, a hand wearing a white boxing glove emerged from the poison powder and struck Zhou Qing squarely in the chest.

clang!
Lin Qiu grunted, and Zhou Qing's outer hemp clothing was shattered by his palm strike, revealing a light gold inner armor. Not only that, but there was also a steel plate placed behind the inner armor.

Lin Qiu struck the steel plate with all his might, causing it to dent, but the force of the blow also made his arm go numb.

Despite being stronger, he managed to follow Zhou Qing without being detected, but when it came to a real fight, he suffered setbacks at every turn.

Moreover, the fact that he, a martial artist at the Body Refining Realm, could not completely overwhelm Zhou Qing, a martial artist at the Skin Refining Realm, made him even more convinced that Zhou Qing had a great secret.

At this moment, Zhou Qing took the initiative to strike forward with his palm.

Both of them learned the White Cloud Palm Technique, and their moves were identical.

Zhou Qing's palm strikes were clearly more skillful and his transitions were better, but Lin Qiu's level was higher.

"puff!"

After exchanging more than a dozen blows, Zhou Qing coughed up blood and turned to run away.

"Where do you think you're going!" Lin Qiu roared, leaping high into the air and striking Zhou Qing in the back with a palm.

However, just as his body left the ground, his ankle was gripped by a powerful force.

Looking closely, he saw a green caterpillar about a foot long in the grass, and it was the caterpillar's glistening silk threads that had wrapped around his ankle.

"Green Silk Gu?!"

Lin Qiu was both surprised and delighted. This Green Silk Gu was so big, it could be called the King of Green Silk Gu, right?
According to Lin Tianzheng, the Green Silk Gu is only the lowest level of Gu worm, and no Gu master would be willing to regard it as their natal Gu. However, if it is the Green Silk Gu King, then it is a different story.

"Catch him!"

Lin Qiu flipped his palm over, and a palm-sized Green Silk Gu appeared in his palm.

At this moment, the foot-long green silk Gu suddenly raised its head and emitted a high-frequency, sharp sound.

Lin Qiu frowned slightly, puzzled.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his palm. Looking closely, he saw that the Green Silk Gu he had recently subdued was attacking him. The silk threads it spat out pierced through the wound in his palm, going right through his entire hand.

Immediately afterwards, the silk thread wrapped around the palm of the hand and then suddenly tightened.

With each pull and tug, excruciating pain pierces the heart.

"what!"

Lin Qiu slapped the Green Silk Gu in his hand to death.

Whoosh!
Taking advantage of the moment, Zhou Qing shot a hidden arrow from behind him.

Lin Qiu ducked to avoid the attack, but then the Green Silk Gu King flew over and wrapped its silk threads tightly around his wrist, instantly causing him to lose his balance.

"Pfft!"

Zhou Qing suddenly swung his knife, slashing down at the back of Lin Qiu's neck, but the blade got stuck in his neck bone.

Lin Qiu turned around to counterattack, but Zhou Qing immediately withdrew his knife.

"Ah!!" He waved his hands wildly, sending the Green Silk Gu flying.

Zhou Qing watched as Lin Qiu waved his hands wildly until the poison took effect, and due to excessive blood loss, he became motionless.

boom!
Zhou Qing didn't go over; instead, he picked up a large rock and smashed it at Lin Qiu's head from a distance.

They only stopped when they had smashed the back of his head open, oozing grayish-white brain matter.

Zhou Qing stepped forward, pulled out the long knife that was stuck in Lin Qiu's neck, then turned his body over and began to search his body.

Two hundred taels of silver notes, a dozen or so pieces of loose silver, a tattered leather book, a pair of boxing gloves, three porcelain bottles, two leather bags, and a secret manual.

At this moment, the flying ants beside Lin Qiu seemed to have lost much of their ferocity after Lin Qiu's death, and were all killed and devoured by Chi Yan.

"Eat up! Don't waste food!" Zhou Qing said to Er Qing.

"Gu~gu~"

Erqing devoured Lin Qiu's essence and blood.

Once Lin Qiu had turned into a dried corpse, Zhou Qing used the corpse-dissolving liquid he had found on his body to dissolve the corpse.

After disposing of the body, Zhou Qing quickly left the scene.

(End of this chapter)