From waterfowl, it began to transform into the Great Sun Golden Crow.

Miasma filled the air, and Gu Heting surveyed his surroundings.

He coughed lightly before placing the wings on the girl's chest. Her heartbeat temporarily stabilized, and she coughed up the mouthful of black blood. Although the spiritual energy was weak, it wasn't chaotic.

He's barely hanging on; it's just a matter of whether he can make it through the night.

The surrounding trees rustled.

Gu Heting frowned, sensing something was amiss. Using his Qi Refining realm spiritual vision, he saw the corpses on the tree, their finger joints moving. These people were confirmed dead.

Yet they are still driven by some kind of creature.

"This is....?"

The feeling was strangely familiar; the events of the day before yesterday left Gu Heting with a lingering unease. That rogue cultivator had been left with his skin torn and bleeding.

A centipede was born from her belly.

At that moment, all the corpses convulsed eerily. Centipedes emerged from their throats, one after another. In this deathly silence, Gu Heting had only one thought.

run

If we don't run away, are we just going to stay here and eat dry food?

The girl lay down on a branch of a mangrove tree.

Gu Heting struggled internally for a moment, pursed his lips, and after thinking for only three seconds, he made up his mind.

The art of water power.

The surging water swept up the girl's body, and Gu Heting's small bird-like feet stomped across the lake surface as he rushed along the miasma.

The corpses behind him all stood up. These Qi Refining rogue cultivators even possessed some memories of their past lives.

They even copied the original techniques exactly.

Four long swords shot out of the water.

The rogue cultivator, a corpse demon, formed hand seals, causing his longsword to drift like a falling leaf. The golden sword gleamed with a cold light, but after a moment, it was corrupted by ghostly energy.

Four longswords, formed by the Qi Refining cultivator's array, came from all directions, blocking Gu Heting's escape route.

Gu Heting remained remarkably calm.

He lightly skimmed the water with his wings, gliding across the lake's surface. With a flick of his wrist, a water blade appeared, accompanied by the sound of wind cutting through it. The four fine iron longswords clashed together.

"Its power remains undiminished."

"I underestimated them. These people are very troublesome. They are as powerful as ever in life, and they are ignorant and painless after death."

"In that case, we'll see you off."

All eleven people were at the Qi Refining stage, and in terms of strength, they were not much different from Gu Heting. It was then that these Qi Refining stage cultivators began using magical artifacts.

Gu Heting manipulated the water, drawing a thin line in the twilight sky. The speed was incredible, too fast to be seen.

One of them was the one who used those four Vajra Flying Swords.

A line of blood slowly appeared on the top of the cultivator's head as he used the Vajra Flying Sword.

After all, it was already a dead body.

His eyes showed no shock, no expression, only numbness.

The blood vessels on his forehead burst open little by little.

Along with the bloodline, white centipedes littered the ground.

"Taking down one isn't enough, especially since I have a burden to carry on with me now."

Gu Heting still saved the little girl who was barely clinging to life. But now they were truly surrounded by enemies. If things continued like this, there wouldn't even be a sliver of hope.

The two Qi Refining Blood Corpses began using fire techniques. Gu Heting sneered; two Qi Refining cultivators were actually challenging him to a fire technique contest.

He was just looking for someone to practice his Fire Serpent Technique on.

Like fire, it departs from the sun and transforms into a moth.

Two Qi Refining cultivators, one spewing out enormous flames, the other scattering firefly-like flames across the sky.

The attack was meticulous and thorough.

This attack caused Gu Heting to frown.

"Ha, even two dead men know how to cooperate. Interesting."

But that's all for now.

"Twin Snakes Seeking Flowers, Glazed Fireworks." Two small-winged birds led two fiery snakes. How could the skills awakened by the Phoenix Carrying a Book be compared to these ordinary techniques?

His technique is the Crimson Serpent Glazed Technique.

It comes from his magic touch.

These two unorthodox martial arts techniques also wanted to clash with him. The two fire snakes flicked their tongues, and the giant waterfall of fire collided with each other.

The two infected corpse immortals were not as powerful as Gu Heting.

The moment the moves collided,

The fire serpent broke through the two's fire techniques. The Glazed Fire Serpent faced the challenge head-on.

Gu Heting's Glazed Fire Serpent can even be used to refine elixirs in a cauldron.

These two hearts are being burned by fire serpents.

As the two burned, they roared with resentment.

Gu Heting found it very strange.

Why would someone who is already dead roar?

But upon closer listening, it was discovered that the sound was not a roar, but rather the white centipede inside the abdomen struggling.

They struggled and tore at each other, mimicking the sounds of roaring.

The sound sent chills down Gu Heting's spine.

"Ugh, who else is this?"

The two corpse immortals had just died, but Gu Heting, who raised his head, was shocked again.

Good guy.

Various martial arts techniques flew through the sky, dust swirled, and wind blades were wrapped around them. The roots of the green trees transformed into wooden swords. Golden spirit stones shattered like shooting stars.

The remaining nine Corpse Immortals all used their respective techniques.

They're not very bright; they just want to end the fight in one go.

"Heh, the dying really don't know fatigue. They come out in full force, without any regard for the consumption of spiritual energy. What's the point of fighting like this?"

That being said.

Gu Heting still mobilized all his spiritual power, maximizing his water magic. He even summoned a water dragon resembling the whale Li Na.

A massive water jet surged towards the chaotic array of martial arts techniques.

With a loud bang.

The explosion resounded throughout the mangrove forest, blasting several already-dead cultivators into the air. The rest floated in mid-air.

The Corpse Immortal remained unresponsive, like a mechanical puppet.

Gu Heting at the last moment of the attack,

He used his little beak to pick up the girl's body. They plunged into the water together. Moments later, they disappeared into the turbulent waters of the red forest.

Sunset over the marshland.

The setting sun bathed the earth in its golden light. Gu Heting lit a torch, which was then used to stitch up the girl's wounds, bit by bit.

The strenuous exercise had caused many of his wounds to reopen.

Now only the final step is needed.

By channeling some spiritual energy, she can have the will to live.

"The heart meridian was damaged due to excessive fright."

"How could a person go to the mangrove forest?"

The customer stopped and ate a Spirit-Replenishing Pill. This kind of pill is specially prepared for cultivators whose spiritual energy is rapidly depleted and on the verge of exhaustion.

Once a pill is swallowed, spiritual energy can be infused into the parched dantian.

At least there was still a faint flow of spiritual energy in the dantian and dantian.

"I'm sorry, young lady. I'm just a demon cultivator. I can only infuse you with a little spiritual energy. I've done my best."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have stubbornly resisted; that was a Corpse Immortal."

Gu Heting remained silent.

He closed his eyes and held his breath, transferring the spiritual energy of his body to the little girl.

One incense stick, two incense sticks, three incense sticks.

Time passed little by little.

Until finally, the sun had set.

The sunset, like a drop in boiling water, was beautiful. The sun hung high in the sky, only half of it visible.

The purple mist overlapped with the afterglow of the setting sun.

Although it was deadly, it was actually quite beautiful.

Looking at this deadly sunset.

Gu Heting sighed for no apparent reason.

"This is so troublesome, it's taken up a lot of my time."