All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 99 Subduing the Demon (Fifth Update, Please Subscribe)

"This place has a unique charm," Zhou Qing remarked, only uttering the first half of his sentence.

Seemingly sensing something, the crimson flames in his sleeve began to stir restlessly.

Zhou Qing was currently on the edge of a shallow beach, in a densely wooded area.

Several hundred meters away, on the cliff to the north, five or six meters above the water, there is a cave, covered by weeds and dead trees growing on the cliff face.

It would be difficult to discover that there is a cave here unless you look closely.

Even with Zhou Qing's exceptional eyesight, he could only see a small portion of the cave through the gaps in the weeds and dead trees.

At first glance, it just looks like a recessed area on the cliff face, and it's hard to associate it with anything else.

'Is that the place?' Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

"Brother Qing, let's wait here. The mountain demon usually only appears after dark," Fu Zongchang whispered.

"Alright." Zhou Qing glanced southwest.

The three waited quietly.

Before long, the sun set and a full moon rose, its bright light spilling into the forest.

When the moon was high in the sky, Fu Zongchang stood up and said, "Let's go!"

"So urgent?" Zhou Qing, who was leaning against the tree trunk, looked up.

Half of his face was illuminated by the moonlight, while the other half was in the shadow of the tree trunk.

Fu Zongchang was taken aback upon hearing this, then nodded emphatically: "Time's up!"

“Okay.” Zhou Qing stood up, his face completely obscured by the shadow of the tree trunk.

The two Fu brothers, who were the first to get up and walk out, were now completely bathed in moonlight.

"Brother Qing? What are you waiting for?"

Seeing that Zhou Qing didn't move, Fu Zongming looked at him in confusion.

"coming!"

In the darkness, Zhou Qing moved.

He suddenly looked up, his leg muscles bulging with blood, and pushed off the ground with his right foot, bursting out of the shadows.

"bass!"

Along with it emerged a dazzling flash of sword light.

Under the moonlight, the astonished gazes of the two brothers were reflected on the eerie, deep blue blade.

puff!

Two blood-red swords shot into the sky.

When Zhou Qing appeared behind the two brothers, they covered their slit throats and turned around to stare at him intently.

"Ho ho."

Why?

A tingling, itchy sensation spread from the wound, and the two men's lips quickly turned purple and black, rendering them unable to speak.

"Take a deep breath, the pain will subside soon." Zhou Qing sheathed his sword and spoke softly, his expression neither sad nor happy.

thump!
The two brothers supported each other, collapsed together, and breathed their last.

"Hi~!"

The crimson flame on Zhou Qing's wrist fell off, and looking at the two corpses, it let out an excited hiss.

"Go."

Zhou Qing's voice lowered.

"You've harmed so many innocent people, this is partly your fault too."

The next moment, Zhou Qing suddenly paused.

"Why am I being so sentimental? What am I pretending to be, a virtuous gentleman?! They wanted me dead, so they died at my hands. That's all."

"Eat!" Zhou Qing ordered Chi Yan.

Crimson Flame burrowed into the two brothers' corpses, devouring their flesh and blood.

A moment later, Zhou Qing looked at the cliff face several hundred meters away.

The golden shadow flashed by in the moonlight.

A black beetle the size of a washbasin appeared at the entrance of the cave, its body facing the bright moon hanging high in the sky, its huge mouth opening and closing as if it were feeding.

In just a few breaths, the black beetle rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant creature over two meters long and over one meter wide.

"Is this the Corpse Worm Gu King?" A soft murmur came from not far from Zhou Qing's side.

Yao Xuewei appeared less than ten meters away from him without him noticing.

'Such powerful movement technique!' Zhou Qing was shocked.

"It seems Lin Tianzheng is inside the cave," Yao Xuewei said, frowning, seemingly ignoring the Fu brothers who had turned into mummies beside her.

"We need to find a way to lure him out to fight."

Yao Xuewei pondered.

"Leave it to me!" Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.

The situation inside the cave is unclear and it is indeed dangerous.

If he were to attack the Corpse Worm King, he would surely draw out Lin Tianzheng.

"My lord, seize the opportunity to strike!"

As soon as Zhou Qing finished speaking, he charged wildly through the grass and trees, his long sword scattering debris wherever it passed.

The Corpse Worm King also spotted Zhou Qing.

"hiss--!"

It did not stop absorbing the power of the moonlight, but raised its head and let out a sharp screech. The sound waves were so real that they rippled through the air and spread outwards.

Zhou Qing frowned, using his inner energy to protect himself, suppressing his instinctive urge to cover his ears.

"Boom!"

A series of booming sounds came from inside the cave.

Dozens of strangely shaped, stiff figures leaped out of the cave and crashed into the river. Soon, these figures reached the shallows where Zhou Qing was.

The moonlight illuminated the highly decomposed faces of these people, as well as their bodies that gleamed with a metallic sheen like black iron.

As the zombies approached, a strong stench assaulted the senses.

Zhou Qing held her breath.

Faced with the onslaught of zombies, he always stayed on the perimeter to avoid being surrounded.

The long sword struck the zombies, producing a metallic clang and sparks flying.

However, as Zhou Qing exerted his strength, one zombie after another was decapitated by him.

The wriggling corpse worms crawled out of the skull.

Crimson Flame excitedly caught up with the fleeing corpse worms and feasted on them.

In just a few dozen breaths, Zhou Qing had killed all the zombies.

"Hiss—!!" The Corpse Worm Gu King let out an even sharper hiss.

This time, seven or eight more zombies ran out of the cave.

These zombies were relatively intact, their bodies gleaming with a bronze sheen.

Zhou Qing stepped forward, sword in hand.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"So hard!" Zhou Qing's expression changed.

The long sword, though capable of leaving deep wounds on the necks of these zombies, could not behead them in one strike.

He had to strike the same spot three or four times in a row to decapitate a zombie.

A nick quickly appeared on the blade of the demon-slaying sword.

Zhou Qing untied the wooden box from his back and took out an official knife.

The chilling glint of blades reappeared in the arena.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the official's knife broke, and the last zombie was also killed by Zhou Qing.

This time, the Corpse Worm King did not summon zombies again, but stopped absorbing the power of the moonlight.

"I never expected anyone would find their way here."

A surprised voice came from behind Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing felt his hair stand on end and used his lightning-fast movement technique to flash dozens of meters.

He stared intently at it.

An elderly man dressed in a Taoist robe, with white hair and beard, slowly walked over, carrying a bronze cauldron the size of a palm in his hands.

The person who arrived was none other than Lin Tianzheng.

However, his appearance has changed drastically. He is now thin and wiry, with sunken eyes, a bluish-black complexion, and almost only the whites of his eyes are visible, with his pupils tinged with an eerie purple.

"You're Wei Sheng's disciple? You smell of Gu worms! It seems so familiar."

Lin Tianzheng's voice was low and hoarse, with a strangely withered quality.

"Is this what you're talking about?"

With a wave of his hand, a pink butterfly the size of a washbasin flew out from Zhou Qing's sleeve.

As the butterfly flaps its wings, a faint pink mist drifts by.

"This is—! A poisonous flower butterfly?! And a mutated poisonous flower butterfly?!"

Lin Tianzheng neither dodged nor avoided, took a deep breath of mist, stared intently at Er Qing, then turned to look at Zhou Qing, his expression gradually becoming crazed.

"Why?! Why?! Why are you yelling at me?!"

Lin Tianzheng was so excited that he let out a beast-like roar and charged at Zhou Qing like a madman.

"Buzz!"

A series of sharp, piercing sounds echoed through the open, shallow waters.

"Zheng——!"

Immediately following was the sound of a sword ringing out!
The silvery-white sword light seemed to blend into the moonlight.

"Pfft!"

Yao Xuewei, dressed in flowing white robes, appeared like a celestial being descending from the heavens, her sword sweeping westward.

Lin Tianzheng's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, one arm shot into the air and fell to the ground.

'So hard!'

Yao Xuewei's eyebrows shot up, and an astonishing aura erupted from her.

She hadn't expected that her full-force sword strike would only sever one of her opponent's arms.

If Lin Tianzheng were to combine with the Corpse Worm Gu King, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with him?

Just as Yao Xuewei was about to speak, Zhou Qing had already engaged the Corpse Worm Gu King.

A butterfly the size of a washbasin spun out silk threads, blocking the Corpse Worm King.

The ferocious Corpse Worm King immediately launched a fierce attack on Zhou Qing.

In just a dozen or so rounds, the demon-slaying blade in Zhou Qing's hand shattered into pieces.

Left with no other choice, he could only take out a black harpoon, similar to a trident, and use it as a substitute for a sword, employing sword techniques.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Despite the Corpse Worm King's incredibly sharp mandibles, the harpoon withstood its rapid and relentless attacks, sparks flying and deafening roars echoing continuously.

"What a fine weapon!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

The berserk Corpse Worm King attacked even more fiercely, and Zhou Qing was put on the defensive for a time.

On the other side, Yao Xuewei firmly suppressed Lin Tianzheng.

boom!
A silver-white sword aura, over three feet long, crashed down, striking Lin Tianzheng squarely in the chest and leaving a terrifying, deep wound that exposed bone.

Using the terrifying power of the sword energy, Lin Tianzheng plunged into the river and then fled back to the cave.

"I'll leave this to you!" Yao Xuewei followed closely behind into the cave.

After Yao Xuewei left, Zhou Qing revealed all his cards.

(End of this chapter)