Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 357 Break
"kill him."

When Shen Jichi's first attack failed to kill Gu Jingnian, mysterious whispers filled the entire cave.

It was Gun Gong, who was suppressed under the stone platform, who issued the order, not only to Shen Jichi, but also to Eunuch Xu.

"Kill him immediately, otherwise, you will find it much harder to kill him."

While Eunuch Xu was still hesitating, Shen Jichi had already launched a series of attacks. In an instant, rocks swirled and lightning flashed around Gu Jingnian; not to mention flesh and blood, even solid iron would be crushed into powder in this chaos.

However, amidst the falling rubble and dust, a figure still stood out.

Gu Jingnian did not fall.

He was covered in wounds, his body a bloody mess, with not a single piece of intact flesh visible. He was teetering on the brink of death, as if he were about to die at any moment.

But to Shen Jichi and Eunuch Xu’s horror, his wounds were healing themselves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He opened his eyes, his gaze still bright and piercing, revealing an almost obsessive tenacity.

"Go to hell."

Shen Jichi roared angrily, raising his hands high, even his full head of red hair stood on end, and all the light in the cave gathered together, crashing down on Gu Jingnian like thunder.

The rest of the cave had darkened, but above Gu Jingnian's head it seemed as if the entire sky was shining down, the light so intense that it was blinding and threatening to melt him at any moment.

Xu Gonggong watched this scene in shock, then protected Wei Chan and retreated, preparing to escape the battle.

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise.

The intense light that had been focused on Gu Jingnian dimmed, but the palm of his hand shone as brightly as the sun.

Shen Jichi's attack caused him intense pain, and to alleviate this pain, he struck the stone platform again with a heavy palm.

The stone platform made a cracking sound.

The light blade overflowed from Gu Jingnian's palm and spread out along the cracks in the stone platform.

"Click...click..."

A huge rock with a stone pillar and a carved mythical beast on it crashed down from the edge of the stone platform.

"boom!"

Gu Jingnian struck again, and the stone platform began to shatter with a deafening roar.

"Can't!"

Eunuch Xu was greatly alarmed and cried out, "No! If the stone platform collapses, it won't be able to suppress Gun's power..."

Their feet swayed violently, and before they could finish speaking, a burst of laughter filled the cave.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Gun Gong was slowly standing up, pushing and shaking the entire heavy stone platform upwards. The cracks were getting bigger and bigger, and the broken stones were slowly falling down.

Gu Jingnian also knew that his two palm strikes had actually helped Gun Gong. He frowned slightly and looked around, seeing that red mist was constantly overflowing from the giant furnace and flowing towards Gun Gong at an even faster speed.

Clearly, this is also the source of Gun's power.

Gu Jingnian raised fiery wings behind him, and with a flap of the wings, he flew towards the top of the giant furnace on the other side.

"You dare to do that, you brat!"

Shen Jichi caught up, and the light blade in his hand transformed into a spear, stabbing it fiercely into Gu Jingnian's back.

Despite his serious injuries, Gu Jingnian ignored them and flew to the top of the furnace.

At this moment, the blood mist had once again condensed into a small red pill the size of a grain of rice. Seeing Gu Jingnian reach out, Shen Jichi caught the pill in mid-air.

"Oh!"

The noise was deafening.

It was Gu Jingnian who struck the giant furnace with his palm.

The furnace was hollow, like a drum, and its sound was deafening.

But the furnace, made of some unknown material, was even harder than the stone platform and was not cracked by the blow.

Shen Jichi then realized that Gu Jingnian wanted to smash the giant furnace to prevent Gun Gong from breaking free of the suppression, and intervened again to stop him.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The sounds were incessant, both from Shen Jichi's attacks hitting Gu Jingnian and from Gu Jingnian frantically smashing the furnace.

Blood gushed from Gu Jingnian's mouth, landing on the furnace wall and turning into mist with a "sizzle".

He was finally about to give up, but he stubbornly raised his hand and slammed it down with all his might.

He was determined to stop the furnace in order to save the few people he still cared about. If he couldn't get a solution from Shen Jichi, he would smash it.

"Oh!"

A cracking sound was heard.

Gu Jingnian fell down along with the broken furnace wall.

He actually shattered the giant furnace with his bare hands. Ironically, his power came from the pills refined in that furnace, which were imbued with the spiritual energy of this world and the essence of countless strange beings and beasts.

The shattered furnace wall crashed to the ground, the beams of light disappeared, and the strange beasts entangled by the beams also fell to the ground. Some were smashed into dust, while others remained alive, emitting painful cries.

Gu Jingnian tried to wave his fire wings, but he was already exhausted.

He fell to the ground, right in front of Gun, who was being suppressed by the stone platform.

Gun was carrying the stone platform, trying to escape, when he watched helplessly as Gu Jingnian smashed the furnace that drew power from him, and he immediately flew into a rage.

"A mere ant dares to offend the gods."

As he said this, lightning flashed in Gun Gong's eyes, and he roared, causing thunder to rumble.

Amidst the lightning and thunder, the place where Gu Jingnian stood was instantly turned into a scorched wasteland.

Gu Jingnian was also gone; he must have been burned to ashes by the lightning.

Shen Jichi stood in mid-air, looking at the spot where Gu Jingnian had disappeared, and only then did he realize that Gu Jingnian was dead. Suddenly, he heard a conversation.

What are you doing here?

"I will follow Huang Hu to save the young master."

Shen Jichi turned his head and saw Gu Jingnian being led by a tall, thin man, standing not far from the ruins of the furnace.

Then, figures appeared in the ruins.

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"Sir, are you okay?"

Supported by Gao Changan, Gu Jingnian was teleported to another location amidst the thunder and lightning. Turning his head, he saw Huang Hu suddenly appear and rushing towards him.

Behind Huang Hu were Feng Niang, Miao Chun Niang, Lao Hei, Yan Er, Luo Xia, Qin Er, and others.

Upon seeing them, Gu Jingnian unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn't sure at first, but now it seems the two furnaces are connected in parallel; if one is destroyed, the other will also be destroyed.

"Why are you here?"

"I saw the detective walk down from the corpse gate, and I knew that was the way to find the young master." Huang Hu patted his chest and said, "After all, I am a spy from the Kaiping Division, nothing can stump me..."

"spread!"

Before the words were even finished, a thunderbolt crashed down on them, and everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Gu Jingnian caught his breath and unfurled his fire wings again, blocking most of the attacks for them.

However, Gun Gong's strength also made him feel that he was difficult to deal with.

Just then, Eunuch Xu did something unexpected: he picked up a dagger, cut open his own hand, and smeared the cut on the rock wall.

Wherever Eunuch Xu stained with his blood, light shone through the blood, gradually forming a heart-shaped pattern, just like the chisel marks on the stone platform.

"open!"

As soon as he said that, the beams of light on the rock wall wrapped around Gun Gong like threads.

Gun Gong roared, and his spirit began to visibly wane.

Shen Jichi looked back, and because there was a wisp of Gun Gong's essence in his body, a look of pain appeared in his eyes.

Taking advantage of the moment, Huang Hu hurriedly said, "Quickly, let's go! It's too dangerous here. Let's save the young master!"

The group then rushed toward the crumbling White Bone Gate.

"Walk."

Fengniang rushed to Gu Jingnian's side, grabbed his wrist, and said, "Let's leave first."

Gu Jingnian refused to leave. He turned back and looked around, finally spotting a figure.

"You go first." He released Fengniang's hand, gave her a push, and said, "I have some things to do, I'll be there in a bit."

"you……"

Before Fengniang could speak, Gu Jingnian beckoned for Luoxia to take her away.

After everyone had passed through the bone gate, Gu Jingnian immediately flew towards the figure in the distance who had just gotten up from the ground.

"Are you ok?"

Hearing the question behind her, Pei Nian turned around, a smile immediately appearing in her eyes, and said leisurely, "What do you think?"

Gu Jingnian was taken aback, sensing something was amiss, and asked, "Who are you?"

"What? If it weren't for me, Pei Nian would be dead. You should be grateful to me."

Although her tone was gentle, there was a hint of arrogance in her voice; she was clearly Li Shuangyun.

Gu Jingnian's eyes then showed a look of wariness.

Li Shuangyun turned to look at the dramatic changes in the cave and murmured, "Do you know what's going on? We're about to start refining this enormous essence. It seems this entire cave is a furnace."

(End of this chapter)