Starting with a blind date with a female constable, you acquire the Nine Swords of Dugu.

Chapter Sixty-Five: Mingyu's Wedding Gown, Yin and Yang Without Limits

The white threads on his arms were spreading and climbing at an extremely fast speed, wrapping around, tightening, and digging into his flesh like living things.

Gu Guanqi's pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately activated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, causing the Wedding Dress True Qi in his dantian to suddenly erupt.

In an instant, the purest and most powerful true energy surged forth from the meridians, intertwining with thunder and fire, and exploded with a tremendous heat wave.

The white silk threads wrapped around the arms hissed and burned the moment they touched the intense true energy, turning into charred ashes that scattered all over the ground, leaving not even a trace of embers.

Duo Yu's figure had already floated back several feet, and with a light touch of her toes on the high-hanging iron chain, she stood firmly on it.

She looked down at Gu Guanqi from her high vantage point.

"Once you enter the Dao, you are indeed virtually invincible." Her voice echoed in the empty hall, carrying a strange sense of overlap, "But, that's all."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly opened her lips and let out a sharp, eerie whistling sound.

The sound was not like a human voice, but rather like the resonance of hundreds of insects flapping their wings and rubbing together, amplifying and echoing in the hall, piercing the eardrums.

At the same instant, the entire hall began to tremble violently.

From the cracks in the bricks and stones on the ground, from the fissures in the walls, from the mortise and tenon joints of the beams, from the window frames of the tall windows, rustling sounds came from all directions. The sounds were initially faint, like the rising tide, but in an instant they became overwhelming and deafening.

Gu Guanqi suddenly looked up.

In the dim light from the rooftop, one after another, black swarms of insects poured in from the cracks high above, dense and overwhelming, obscuring the already thin sunlight.

The flying insects were of various colors, and when their wings vibrated, they emitted a low buzzing sound. They gathered together like a moving black curtain, surging and pressing down on the center from all directions.

The ground was also moving.

From the cracks in the bricks and beneath the stone slabs, countless crawling insects surged forth like a black tide.

There were centipedes, scorpions, unidentified beetles, and multi-legged insects with a bluish sheen. Their legs scraped against the brick surface, making a fine, piercing sound, like thousands of files simultaneously polishing the stone slab.

The main hall was instantly engulfed by the swarm of insects, as if the entire building had transformed into a living insect nest at that moment.

"The Myriad Insect Gu Formation!" Gou Liu's expression changed drastically. Genuine fear flashed in her cloudy eyes as she exclaimed, "This is the strongest Gu formation of the Gu God Sect! She has actually infiltrated Qingtai Temple!"

Xuan Bei looked embarrassed.

Such a grand formation could not have been completed in just a few days; it would have taken at least years, yet he remained completely unaware of it.

At this moment, Gou Liu, Xuan Bei, and Lan Lan had all stopped fighting and gathered together.

As soon as the insect swarm arrived, Fang Shiming and the others retreated to the edge of the main hall behind a broken bronze pillar.

Gu Guanqi stood in the center of the hall, sword in hand. He wielded the Autumn Water Sword, and the sword energy swirled, forming a pale silver sword curtain around him. The swarm of insects that touched the sword curtain were instantly shredded and flung away, turning into a cloud of black mist that fell down.

but,

The insects did not attack them.

Instead, they immediately headed towards Duoyu.

At this moment, Duoyu is at the center of the vortex where the insect swarm gathers.

The flying and crawling insects swarmed towards her from all directions, covering her body in layers, rapidly accumulating, coalescing, and merging.

In just a few breaths, she was completely swallowed up by the swarm of insects, turning into a pile of insects several meters high.

The insects continued to surge inwards frantically, their surface constantly wriggling and churning, making a sickening rustling sound.

The next moment—

"boom--"

The swarm of insects suddenly exploded.

Countless black insects scattered in all directions, but they did not flee. Instead, the moment they flew out, they were drawn back as if by a magnet, surging wildly into Duo Yu's body from all sides. They pierced through her skin and seeped into her flesh, as if being swallowed whole by an invisible giant mouth.

A strange, dark red luster permeated the depths of Duo Yu's eyes, carrying a chilling aura as if from the abyss.

then,

From the pores of her skin, countless pure white spider silks shot out instantly, gushing out like a cascading river, shooting straight to the sky, exploding in mid-air, and transforming into thousands of fine threads that shot out in all directions.

The spider silk clung to the walls, pillars, and roof of the hall, quickly covering the entire interior with a thick layer of white web. The layers of silk intertwined and overlapped, resembling a completely sealed white cocoon.

Another portion of the spider silk frantically wrapped around her body, enveloping her entirely in an ever-expanding white cocoon.

"retreat--"

Gu Guanqi let out a low shout, and suddenly raised his Autumn Water Sword, unleashing the full power of the Heavenly Flying Immortal move.

The sword light exploded like a bolt of lightning, carrying an ethereal and otherworldly charm, slashing towards the wall on the side of the main hall that was sealed with spider silk. Wherever the sword energy passed, the spider silk broke, shattered, and dissipated layer by layer, revealing a crack more than ten feet wide, through which the sunlight from outside poured in.

However, in the blink of an eye, new white threads emerged from the severed spider silk, quickly clinging, intertwining, and stitching together like living things, sealing the crack again layer by layer, even thicker and tighter than before.

"boom--"

A dull, loud bang.

The white cocoon suddenly took flight, like a giant white meteorite, hurtling towards Gu Guanqi's location with a sharp gust of wind.

At the same time, countless white spider silks shot out from the surface of the cocoon, like hundreds of thin snakes rushing out at the same time, covering the sky and enveloping Gu Guanqi from all sides.

Gu Guanqi neither retreated nor dodged, his Autumn Water Sword drawing a cold, sharp line of light in the air.

Another move, "Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens," was delivered with full force.

The sword light, like an inverted Milky Way, suddenly illuminated the dimly lit hall. The sword's momentum was ethereal and breathtakingly beautiful, yet it unleashed a sharp edge capable of tearing everything apart the moment it fell.

Wherever the sword light passed, the dense spider silk was shredded layer by layer, turning into white fragments that flew and scattered in the air. The tip of the Autumn Water Sword accurately pierced the front of the cocoon.

But as soon as the sword penetrated half a foot into the cocoon, it was held captive by a strange, sticky force. The shredded spider silk flakes suddenly froze in mid-air, then rolled back as if pulled by an invisible hand, frantically wrapping around Qiu Shuijian and Gu Guanqi's arms.

The white silk threads, as if alive, wrapped around the sword and quickly climbed up the blade, coiling around Gu Guanqi's wrists, forearms, and shoulders, tightening and binding layer upon layer.

Gu Guanqi snorted coldly, his body erupting with powerful true energy. He suddenly loosened his grip on the Autumn Water Sword, abandoning the sword and flying backward.

His figure drifted backward like a wisp of smoke, his clothes fluttering as he retreated several feet.

The moment he retreated, the cocoon, carrying layers of spider silk, chased after him, faster and more fiercely.

Just then, two figures darted out from the left and right simultaneously.

Master Xuanbei clasped his hands together, his gray monk's robe fluttering in the wind, and Buddhist light flowed around him. A golden Buddhist protective aura condensed in front of him, like a golden wall blocking the cocoon.

Gou Liu slammed her golden cane heavily into the ground, and a surge of powerful true energy flowed from the cane into the earth's veins. Countless cyan flying insects surged wildly from her sleeves and beneath her robes, like a cyan torrent sweeping towards the white spider silk, gnawing, eroding, and disintegrating the foundation of the spider silk.

However, in the next instant...

The white cocoon flew and crashed towards them.

"boom!"

The cocoon, carrying immense force, first collided with Xuanbei's golden Buddha body.

With a deafening roar, the golden aura trembled violently, cracked, and shattered in that instant.

Xuan Bei felt as if he had been struck by an invisible giant hammer. He spat out blood and flew backward, crashing heavily into the wall behind him that was sealed off by spider silk.

The moment Gou Liu's swarm of insects touched the cocoon itself, it was backlashed by an even more powerful force. Countless blue flying insects were shattered into dust, and she herself staggered backward, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her golden cane plowed a deep groove into the bricks in front of her.

The cocoon, still brimming with momentum, shot straight at Gu Guanqi like a white meteor.

Gu Guanqi steadied himself, and the True Qi of the Wedding Dress circulated wildly within his dantian. The extremely powerful and yang energy erupted within him like a volcanic eruption. Between his palms, a blazing flame suddenly condensed, with lightning leaping and dancing within it, crackling and popping.

Flaming Blade!

With a single palm strike, a massive fiery palm print materialized in mid-air, imbued with the power of thunder and fire, like a miniature sun descending to earth, and slammed down fiercely onto the cocoon.

"boom!"

The fiery palm print collided head-on with the cocoon, and a scorching heatwave instantly engulfed the entire hall. The white spider silk covering the surface of the cocoon burned, broke, and turned to ashes under the intense heat of the thunder and fire. Dense cracks appeared on the surface of the cocoon, spreading in all directions like a spider web.

The cocoon was swatted away, tumbled twice in the air, and crashed heavily onto the ground in the distance, scattering a cloud of broken bricks and ashes.

But at the same time,

The spiderweb walls covering all four sides of the main hall moved simultaneously at that moment.

The white threads suddenly contracted, condensed, and curled up as if they were alive, peeling off from the walls, pillars, and roof, transforming into several huge white chains, each as thick as an arm, whipping towards Gu Guanqi from all directions with a sharp whooshing sound.

Gu Guanqi moved like a wisp of smoke, using his Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) to its fullest extent, weaving and dodging among the chains. The first chain grazed his shoulder, shattering a stone pillar behind him; the second chain swept across, which he dodged by bending low; the third, fourth, and fifth chains came simultaneously from all directions, blocking all his escape routes.

He stopped dodging.

He stretched out both hands, his fingers like hooks, and firmly grasped the incoming white chains, pulling hard.

His profound true energy erupted.

Then, he added his own divine power.

"Boom—"

The entire hall trembled violently at that moment, pulled by that enormous force; beams and pillars broke, walls tilted, and tiles fell in a flurry.

Several main beams snapped under the immense tension, the roof collapsed with a roar, and broken tiles, wood, and bricks poured down like a torrential rain.

But amidst the billowing smoke and collapse, all the white spiderweb chains simultaneously disintegrated, transforming into countless fine threads that converged from all directions, like an invisible white giant hand clenching tightly.

In the blink of an eye, they wrapped around Gu Guanqi layer upon layer, frantically entwining and intertwining to form a new white cocoon, completely sealing Gu Guanqi inside.

At the same moment, the cocoon containing Duo Yu also collapsed. Terrifying white spider silk surged out of her body like a river bursting its banks, covering the cocoon that had enveloped Gu Guanqi, layering, wrapping, and reinforcing it.

The cocoon expanded continuously, eventually becoming a giant white cocoon taller than two people, its surface gleaming with a translucent luster, like jade or solidified liquid. The spider silk tightened and compressed more and more during the wrapping process, sticking together and solidifying into a hard, unified whole.

The main hall has completely collapsed.

Broken bricks, broken wood, and shattered tiles piled up into ruins, and smoke and dust lingered in the afternoon air for a long time.

"Splash—"

In a corner of the ruins, three figures struggled to crawl out from the rubble. Gou Liu still held her golden cane in her hand, but her face was ashen, blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and black, poisonous blood oozed from the wound on the back of her hand.

Master Xuanbei's gray monk's robe was tattered and worn, with a dent in his chest, and he coughed up blood with every breath.

Lanlan was protected by the two people. Although she was covered in dust and her clothes were tattered, she was not seriously injured. At this moment, she was staring wide-eyed at the center of the ruins.

There, a huge white cocoon stands amidst the collapsed bricks and stones, like a silent white tomb.

Duo Yu stood beside the cocoon, her long hair slightly disheveled, her face somewhat pale, but a cold smile lingered on her lips.

She raised her right hand, her fingers slightly spread, her palm facing the cocoon, using some secret method to reinforce the bindings inside.

"A womanizer like that deserves this fate." Her voice was colder than yours, filled with hatred.

Gou Liu gritted his teeth, his face grave, and said, "Master Xuanbei, our desperate struggle is against the ultimate form of the Thousand Spider Silk Gu, which contains terrifying poison. If we are trapped for even a moment, we will be poisoned beyond cure, our consciousness will be extinguished, and we will have no chance of survival!"

Having said that, Gou Liu gripped his cane and rushed out quickly. Master Xuan Bei also put his hands together, and a beam of Buddhist light condensed in his palms as he rushed out with all his might.

Duo Yu didn't turn her head, but gently waved her left hand—

Three white spider silks shot out from her fingertips.

at the same time,

The members of the Heavenly Demon Sect rushed out to stop Gou Liu and his two companions.

On the ruins, the smoke and dust gradually settled, and the afternoon sun peeked through the gaps in the clouds, falling on the giant white cocoon, giving it a faint glow.

Just then, Duo Yu's expression changed slightly.

She felt a chill.

A bone-chilling, pure, and extreme cold emanated from the cocoon, covering the entire cocoon with a fine layer of frost.

Then, another wave of intense heat emanated from the other side.

The terrifying heatwave erupted, causing the cocoon to show signs of melting.

This intense heat and the chilling cold were completely opposite, yet they formed a strange resonance as they alternated.

The two energies, Yin and Yang, constantly shift and change within the cocoon, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes above, sometimes below. They are like two intertwined dragons, chasing, colliding, and weaving in the narrow space.

Duo Yu's pupils contracted sharply. She tried to urge the spider silk to tighten further, but to her horror, she found that the spider silk was no longer under her control.

They become extremely fragile under the alternating impacts of cold and heat, as if they might shatter at any moment.

The next moment, two completely opposite forces converged simultaneously, colliding violently at the core of the cocoon and merging together.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth.

The enormous white cocoon burst open from the inside in that instant.

The terrifying shockwave, carrying shattered spider silk and bricks, swept in all directions, like an invisible bomb exploding in the center of the ruins.

A surge of air and dust filled the sky.

Gou Liu and Xuan Bei reacted the fastest, activating their true energy to defend themselves, but they were hit head-on by the shockwave. They were sent flying like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily into the pile of rubble at the edge of the ruins, almost losing their footing.

Lanlan was thrown over several times by the blast wave, but fortunately Gou Liu used his cane to shield her at the last moment, so she was not seriously injured, but she was still in a lot of pain all over her body.

The members of the Heavenly Demon Sect were not spared either.

Fang Shiming was the first to be hit, and was sent flying several feet backward by the overwhelming force. The other disciples were also thrown out and rolled several times in the ruins before barely coming to a stop.

The ruins were cleared away in an instant.

The accumulated ruins were scattered in all directions by the shock wave, revealing a cleared and broken blue brick ground, filled with smoke and dust.

Above the smoke and dust, a figure slowly drifted down.

It was Gu Guanqi.

He slowly descended from the sky, his robes shattered in the explosion, his long hair disheveled, his upper body bare, revealing a well-defined, muscular physique.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the clouds and fell on him.

His skin was as white as jade, with a warm glow, and the ends of his long hair swayed gently in the wind.

He floated down slowly from the air, his upper body bare but not disheveled. His eyes were extremely calm, with a pure transcendence.

this moment,

Everyone looked at Gu Guanqi,

The thought involuntarily arose in my mind: even a god descending to earth couldn't compare to this!

Duo Yu reacted the fastest. The moment the cocoon exploded, she flew out and landed on a broken tree trunk, her toes touching the edge of the bark, her body swaying slightly.

Her face was extremely pale, and a trickle of black blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, clearly indicating that the backlash from the exploding cocoon had caused her considerable internal injuries.

Her gaze fell on Gu Guanqi, scanning him from head to toe, before she slowly spoke, her tone flat and unreadable: "Very good, very good, you are really very good!"

She stood up straight, her tattered clothes swaying gently in the wind.

"It seems I cannot kill you today without using the power of the Dao Entry Realm."

Gu Guanqi's pupils contracted slightly, and he became alert and ready for battle.

Within his dantian, the two forces of extreme yang and extreme yin, namely the Wedding Dress Divine Skill and the Bright Jade Skill, had achieved an unprecedented balance. With the Innate Skill as a harmonizing agent, the three true energies intertwined and merged with each other.

at this time,

He had fully entered the Yin-Yang Limitless Realm he had previously speculated about, and every move he made was incredibly powerful. His mind and fighting spirit had reached an unprecedented height.

He raised his head, his gaze fixed on Duo Yu.

Filled with fighting spirit, he also wanted to know how far he was from entering the Dao in his current state of Yin-Yang Wuji!

In the very next instant,

Duo Yu suddenly spread her arms, and a torrent of white spider silk burst forth from her body, gushing out like a flood bursting its banks. It swept across the sky and in all directions, instantly kicking up clouds of dust that blotted out the sun and shrouded the entire ruins in a white web of silk and smoke.

Gu Guanqi suddenly raised his hand and unleashed a flaming palm print. The intense lightning and fire palm force tore a rift in the spider silk and dust in front of him.

However, Duo Yu's figure had already disappeared into the vast white chaos.

She actually ran away!

Gu Guanqi was slightly taken aback. He had been waiting for Duo Yu to unleash a move even more powerful than the Thousand Spider Silk Gu from before.

I never expected them to just run away like that!

immediately,

He realized what was happening and used his full power of the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) to fly out like a streak of light, passing through layers of spider silk and dust, chasing after the direction in which Duo Yu had fled.

He was incredibly fast, and within a few breaths he had reached the edge of the ruins.

He saw Duo Yu's back, struggling through the woods, where was the slightest trace of her earlier air of superiority.

Gu Guanqi had already understood.

This Duo Yu has never reached the Dao Realm; he was faking it from beginning to end to create psychological pressure on him and affect his fighting spirit.

Immediately, as he chased after them, he quickly raised his hand and flicked his fingers repeatedly.

The Finger Flicking Divine Power.

Three strands of true energy shot out from the fingertips, silently and swiftly like shooting stars, forming three ripples in the air under the sunlight.

The next moment,

The first burst of true energy accurately struck the back of Duo Yu's head.

Duo Yu's body stiffened abruptly.

The second one followed immediately, penetrating her vest.

Her body swayed, and she was turned around by the immense force, falling backward.

The third burst of true energy pierced through her chest at the same instant, exiting her body from the location of her heart.

Duo Yu staggered, as if all her strength had been drained, and fell forward, crashing heavily into the forest, kicking up a cloud of dust. Blood gushed from three wounds on her body, spreading a small patch of dark red among the grayish-white gravel.

Gu Guanqi flew over quickly.

However, even after suffering such a fatal blow, Duo Yu was still alive. She rolled over, got up, and tried to run away.

Gu Guanqi's figure flashed out like a meteor, and he arrived in front of Duo Yu in an instant.

He raised both palms simultaneously and pressed them onto Duo Yu's body. A surge of powerful Mingyu True Qi erupted from his palms and instantly poured into Duo Yu's body, freezing her eight extraordinary meridians in that instant.

At this moment, Duo Yu had very little true energy left in her body and was unable to resist Ming Yu's true energy. Then, her entire body was frozen.

Immediately, Gu Guanqi struck out with his palm, and Duo Yu's entire body exploded, instantly breaking into four pieces, still sealed by ice, slowly melting in the sunlight.

Gu Guanqi took a deep look, then turned and quickly flew back.

at this time,

The Heavenly Demon Sect members are being besieged.

Because the guards from the Martial Alliance and the martial monks from Qingtai Temple had already arrived.

Gu Guanqi quickly used a few finger flicks to cripple the men, leaving them collapsed on the ground. They were then swarmed and subdued by the crowd.

Everyone looked at Gu Guanqi, and Xu Sheng and Pang Mao quickly came over and asked, "Alliance Leader, are you alright?"

Gu Guanqi waved his hand, reached out and pulled the Autumn Water Sword, buried in the ruins, into his hand. Then he walked towards the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect and said, "Fang Shiming, right? You should know the current situation. I ask, you answer. If you answer readily, I'll give you a quick death. If you don't answer readily, I have many ways to make you wish you were dead. Of course, you can also try to see if you can commit suicide in front of me!"

Gu Guanqi had overheard Gou Liu's conversation with Fang Shiming in the main hall, so he knew that this person was the left protector of the Heavenly Demon Sect, named Fang Shiming.

Fang Shiming collapsed to the ground, his face ashen, and said, "Alliance Leader Gu, I'm just an clerk, and I don't know much. Our Heavenly Demon Sect was defeated by the Shaking Mountain Sect back then, and we've been hiding for nearly a hundred years, always seeking an opportunity to restore our sect."

However, the Hanyue Sect is growing stronger and stronger, and our chances of successfully restoring our sect are extremely slim. About a year ago, the Holy Maiden Duoyu approached our deputy sect leader and we reached a cooperation agreement: we would help her control the Miao village and help her break through her cultivation level; in return, she would help us defeat the Hanyue Sect. It's that simple.

Gou Liu walked over and asked, "What's going on with the Miao King? How many people in the Miao village are being controlled by Duo Yu?"

Fang Shiming said, "I don't know the specifics of the Miao King, but he was probably secretly replaced by Duo Yu. The Miao King secretly holds Duo Yu in high esteem. As for the Miao village, if I'm not mistaken, at least half of the twelve elders have been controlled by Duo Yu using Gu worms!"

Gou Liu asked, "What is she going to do?"

Fang Shiming said, "First, control the Miao village, then control the Gu God Sect. Those with higher cultivation levels who can't be controlled will be killed. Kill you, kill Mu Jianjia, then elect someone who can be controlled as the sect leader. Then, integrate the power of the Miao village, then control the martial arts alliances of Qing and Yun states. With our Heavenly God Sect, we can contact the demonic forces to besiege the Han Yue Sect, and finally unify the martial arts world of Qing, Yun, and Hong states!"

Gou Liu said in a deep voice, "She certainly has a lot of ambition."

Fang Shiming said, "So, her purpose in coming here to seize the Nirvana Gu is to break through to a higher level. I don't know exactly what she'll break through, but I heard her say that once she does, she'll have the qualifications to become the number one in the world!"

Gu Guanqi immediately understood.

This Yu's Life and Death Zen Divine Skill should have reached a critical point, just like Xuan Xin back then, stuck at the final step of dying first and then being reborn. Therefore, it is waiting here for the Nirvana Gu to be reborn.

Subsequently,

Gou Liu asked Fang Shiming a few more questions.

Fang Shiming was quite straightforward; knowing he couldn't survive or escape, he confessed everything in detail.

At last,

Gu Guanqi kept his promise and gave them a quick death.

Gou Liu and Lan Lan hurriedly ran to Xuan Xin's body to retrieve the Nirvana Gu.

Gu Guanqi then used his internal energy to heal Abbot Xuanbei's injuries.

"Alliance Leader Gu, are we still going to Hongzhou?" Xuan Bei asked.

"Go," Gu Guanqi said. "The matter in Miao Village has not been completely resolved yet. Moreover, Senior Gou Liu is currently seriously injured and holds a treasure like the Nirvana Gu. The risks are great. It would be better if I escorted him personally."

Xuanbei said in a deep voice, "Alliance Leader Gu is a man of chivalry and righteousness, and I admire him greatly."

Gu Guanqi chuckled softly.

Escorting Gou Liu was secondary; his main purpose was to go to Hongzhou to collect the matchmaking reward, and at the same time, see if he could go on a blind date with Lanlan's cult leader master, which might trigger a five-star reward.

He is now very eager for a five-star reward.

Having just fought with Duo Yu, he was already clear that there was definitely a gap between him and a martial artist who had entered the Dao Realm. After all, although he had killed Duo Yu, he still acknowledged that Duo Yu's strength was not much weaker than his own.

Duo Yu is still pursuing the Dao Realm.

This is enough to demonstrate the power of the Dao Entry Realm, which is definitely above his!