To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 362 Six-Winged Golden Cicada

The southern part of the Wu Kingdom is covered with continuous mountains, and miasma lingers year-round.

The Gu God Sect is located deep in the poisonous miasma of Wan Gu Ridge. The entire sect is built against the mountain, and the buildings are all constructed of dark, gloomy wood, with carvings of Gu insects and strange beasts on the eaves.

Li Mengchan sat cross-legged in the deep hall, her brows furrowed and her fists clenched as if suppressing something. From within her dark robes, faint chirping of insects could be heard from time to time.

Suddenly, a feeling of palpitation struck him, causing him to open his eyes abruptly.

"Could something have happened to those four?" Li Mengchan muttered to herself.

But before he could finish his thought, he sensed two streaks of light approaching from afar, one of which was none other than the Returning Cloud Sword Lord.

"Oh no!"

Li Mengchan instantly realized that something must have happened to the four of them, otherwise Guiyun Sword Lord would never have appeared here, let alone with another Nascent Soul cultivator.

Upon arriving outside Wan Gu Ridge, Gui Yun Sword Lord, without saying a word, raised his hand and unleashed a dazzling sword light, heading straight for the gate of the Gu God Sect.

Unexpectedly, the miasma in the mountains was instantly stirred up, churning and condensing into the shape of a giant scorpion-like worm, which swallowed the sword light with its miasma and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hmph?" Guiyun Sword Master raised an eyebrow and was about to make another move.

Gu Fan reached out to stop him: "Grandmaster, let me do it."

In terms of cultivation alone, the two are already equals, but Gu Fan is a disciple of Xuanji Zhenren, so his seniority is relatively low. Moreover, he has received much care from Guiyun Jianjun, so he addresses Gu Fan as his grandmaster.

Upon hearing this, Guiyun Sword Master withdrew his sword and stood with his arms crossed, waiting for Gu Fan to make his move.

Gu Fan stepped forward slowly, quietly activating his Myriad Manifestations Eye to scan the mountain-protecting array before him.

The hazy poisonous miasma gradually disappeared, revealing intricate array patterns that covered the entire Ten Thousand Gu Ridge. At the center of the array was the source of the miasma, and a scorpion-shaped spiritual light was swimming within the array patterns.

"I see, this formation is quite ingenious." Gu Fan nodded in admiration.

The Gu Shen Sect's protective mountain array is of the fourth rank, comparable to the Zhou Tian Yun Forbidden Array. Its unique feature is that it contains an array spirit, just like the Lingxiao Sect's Cloud Whale.

The form of the Gu worm that was just revealed was the reaction of the array spirit.

Unfortunately, the flaws in the formation were clearly visible to him.

Having understood the principles of the formation, Gu Fan took out a formation flag and gently shook it. The flag then grew to about ten feet in size, resembling a long spear.

He then flung it out, and the battle flag landed straight in a blind spot, disappearing into the miasma.

Just as Guiyun Sword Master was wondering about this, a mournful insect chirping suddenly rang out from the mountains.

"Now!"

Gu Fan let out a low shout, and a gray-brown mountain phantom appeared in his palm, drawing in the spiritual energy from all directions, and smashed it down towards the landing point of the array flag.

"Boom!"

The deafening roar echoed across the surrounding area, causing the entire Ten Thousand Gu Ridge to tremble violently. Countless Gu worms scattered and fled in all directions, and the sect cultivators were filled with fear and unease.

Centered on the point where the mountain peak landed, the air waves spread out in layers, sweeping away the miasma along the way.

"Impressive technique!" Guiyun Sword Lord's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in admiration.

Gu Fan smiled faintly.

The first array flag is solely for locking onto the location of the array spirit, pinning it down and creating a flaw in the array's operation.

The subsequent phantom mountain peaks are the real killing move to break the formation.

Earth is the origin of all things and the root of the earth. This supernatural power was the fusion of fire and earth, which formed a boundary upon landing and could suppress spiritual energy and seal off a region.

It can both trap the enemy within the boundary and break through the formation by force.

Its name is—【Guixuchu】.

With this attack, a huge gap was torn open in the Gu God Sect's protective mountain formation, and the formation spirit was also pinned to the ground by the mountain, unable to move.

Seeing this, Li Mengchan could no longer restrain herself and leaped out of the formation.

"Have you two come here today to fight me to the death?"

Li Mengchan's face turned ashen, and she spoke in a cold voice.

He had previously thought that with the Gu God Sect's protective mountain formation, the two would retreat after a long and unsuccessful attack, but he did not expect that the opponent's method of breaking the formation would be so powerful.

What alarmed him even more was that he had never seen this Nascent Soul cultivator who had broken through the formation before.

Guiyun Sword Lord sneered, "When you attacked Taihe Mountain, did you ever expect this day to come? Those four have already been beheaded. I have come here to send you to join them."

Li Mengchan was greatly shocked upon hearing this.

He had anticipated that the four men would suffer a setback, but he never expected that they would be completely wiped out.

They're all useless!

Li Mengchan cursed inwardly, looked at Guiyun Sword Lord, and said in a hoarse voice, "If I, Li, swear that I will never speak again, then I will give up my life!" Guiyun Sword Lord had no patience to wait, and the sea of ​​sword light instantly spread out, with thousands of sword lights slashing towards Li Mengchan.

At the same time, Gu Fan raised his hand and unleashed the Crimson Gold Divine Lightning, which was none other than the Azure Netherworld Guidance.

Despite being attacked from both sides, Li Mengchan remained calm and composed. Her sleeves billowed out suddenly, unleashing a torrent of Gu worms. However, unlike the ones she had seen before, these were all crimson scorpions with wings on their backs.

The scorpion's stinger gleamed with a cold, dark green light as it charged straight at the sword light and divine lightning.

The sword light struck the scorpion's back, leaving only a white mark without breaking its shell. It wasn't until several sword energies passed that it was finally shattered into several pieces.

The Azure Nether Force exploded with a deafening roar, blasting a group of poisonous scorpions to charred black, but more poisonous scorpions immediately filled the empty spaces.

Gu Fan even discovered that some scorpions took the opportunity to devour the remains of their own kind, and then their bodies suddenly swelled by three-tenths of an inch.

In the blink of an eye, the swarm of scorpions circled around and pressed down on the two of them.

But Li Mengchan's offensive was not over yet.

He took out a pale bone whistle, brought it to his lips and blew it. Invisible sound waves spread in all directions, and the entire Wan Gu Ridge instantly became agitated.

Within the crevices of rocks and the muddy pools of withered leaves in the mountains, countless large and small Gu insects rose into the air, gathering into a thousand-foot-long black cloud that blotted out the sky.

Amidst the swarm of Gu worms, Li Mengchan said coldly, "You two have trespassed into the Ten Thousand Gu Ridge. Don't you know you're courting death?"

"What use are these poisonous insects if I kill you?"

Guiyun Sword Lord sneered, then transmitted his voice to Gu Fan: "Help me stall for a moment."

Gu Fan understood immediately and stepped forward to block their path.

Flames rose from his palm, carrying within them a wisp of golden light—the purest yang energy.

The firelight and the pure yang energy slowly condensed, transforming into a simple and elegant two-foot-long bell. The bell's body was entirely golden, and its surface was engraved with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars.

Gu Fan flicked his finger lightly, and a loud, resounding bell rang out.

Boundless radiance spread with the sound of bells, sweeping across the swarms of Gu worms that blotted out the sky.

As if encountering their natural nemesis, the swarm of Gu worms hissed and fell from mid-air, and even the approaching scorpions emitted white smoke and dared not advance rashly.

The melodious sounds of the bells and drums resonated, and the ten directions were purified.

With pure Yang fire energy, clear and penetrating, it protects itself and purifies all evil.

This is 【澄明御】!

Gu worms are inherently afraid of the sun and prefer the yin. Gu Fan rang the bell repeatedly, and no matter how much Li Mengchan urged them with her bone whistle, the gu worms still cowered and did not move forward.

At this moment, Guiyun Sword Lord finally made his move.

The scattered sword light and sea of ​​clouds suddenly gathered together, all condensing on the sword finger.

Li Mengchan was terrified when she saw this, because she had seen this sword strike before; it was the same killing move that severed Tian Shizi's arm.

Having learned from past mistakes, how could Guiyun Jianjun let him dodge so easily?

A flash of cold light disappeared in an instant, and Li Mengchan let out a scream.

A smooth, open path appeared between the two, and all the Gu worms along the way were chopped into dust.

Li Mengchan's body was neatly split in two from her left shoulder to her waist. Her upper body shattered into a bloody mist, while her lower body remained suspended in mid-air.

Just then, Gu Fan's gaze sharpened, and he saw a six-winged golden cicada, about an inch in size, crawl out from the mangled body.

"Buzz"

As the cicadas began to chirp, the two of them suddenly felt a sharp pain in their minds.

Gu Fan felt a flash of golden light before his eyes, and then he noticed a golden cicada phantom appearing at the edge of his sea of ​​consciousness. The cicada opened its mandibles and bit into his sea of ​​consciousness, and intense pain immediately spread.

"It wants to devour my consciousness?"

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"No, it's trying to possess me!"