Chaotic Times and Disasters: I Hunt Down Martial Arts Masters and Become a God

The three rested for a while. Leo leaned against the pile of rubble, scratching at his bronze hammer that had been cracked by the python's tail, wincing in pain.

Suwen lay on Fu Qing's lap, her face still pale, but her breathing had become much more steady.

After Fu Qing put the last Qi-replenishing pill into her mouth, he held her hand tightly. Her fingers were cold, but her pulse was still beating.

After an unknown amount of time, Suwen's eyelashes twitched, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was Fu Qing looking down at her face, and the second thing she saw was the Leo's big lion head with one swollen eye, leaning closer.

"Awake?" Fu Qing's voice was a little hoarse.

"Um."

Suwen propped herself up from his lap, looked down at her blood-stained white robe, then at the giant python's corpse on the ground and the lingering light of the Five Elements runes on the stone pillar, and remained silent for a moment.

"The copper plate cannot be used for the time being."

"Never mind the bronze plate for now..."

Fu Qing helped her up. "Can you stand up?"

"able."

Suwen's legs swayed slightly when she stood up, but she quickly regained her balance.

She walked to the stone platform, looked at the jade box, reached out and gently brushed the lid open.

Inside the jade box lay a liver the size of a fist, its surface shimmering with a pale green halo. A thousand years had passed, yet this remnant remained as vibrant as when it had just left the human body. The surface of the liver was still pulsating slightly, each pulsation releasing a wisp of life essence of the utmost purity.

Suwen reached out and took out the remains, holding them in his palm for careful examination.

A pale green halo shone on her pale face, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

"You already have one of the five internal organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—that are the remains of the Medicine Immortal. Once you have collected all the remains, the poison in your body will be completely eradicated."

"But even if I collect them all, I need to figure out how to use them first. This thing isn't something you can just swallow; if you swallow it, you'll die... I need to use medicinal energy as a guide to slowly introduce the life essence of the remains into your body. The process will take a long time and will be extremely painful."

"Anyway, you always make me hurt. From the first generation of compressed medicine to now, when has it not hurt? I'm used to it."

Fu Qing took the remains from her hands, carefully placed them back into the jade box, closed the lid, and put the jade box into his pocket.

Just as the jade box was placed in his bosom, the door of the stone palace was suddenly smashed open from the outside.

The heavy stone door burst open as if it were made of paper, and amidst the flying debris, an old man in a black robe covered in blood staggered in.

High Priest.

His black robe was torn to shreds by the sword energy, blood was still seeping from the wound on his chest, and his protective Gu energy was completely broken.

His eyes were fixed on the jade box in Fu Qing's arms.

"That's a sacred object from the Valley of Ten Thousand Gu..."

The high priest's voice was hoarse and sinister, "I took a blow from Zhang Wukai at the valley entrance just to rush back and retrieve it. I didn't expect you to arrive before me. Well, at least there's an unexpected bonus!"

Fu Qing was startled and drew his cold iron sword.

Leo stood up from the pile of rubble, clutching the cracked bronze hammer in his hand.

Suwen lifted the bronze plate. The runes on the plate had faded, but they could still barely support a very thin layer of medicinal aura.

The high priest said no more and struck out with his palm.

He was a Golden Body Realm expert who had taken the Savage Gu. Although he was seriously injured by Zhang Wukai and his cultivation level dropped significantly, and his protective Gu Qi was also broken, the power he was unleashing at this moment was still far beyond that of an ordinary Gang Qi Realm expert.

The surging Gu power rushed in like a tide. Fu Qing blocked it with his sword, but was blasted away and crashed into the stone wall. His back smashed the luminous Ganoderma lucidum on the stone wall, and the broken pieces of fungus fell down one after another.

Leo mustered his courage and charged from the side, smashing his bronze hammer into the high priest's back.

Without turning his head, the high priest slapped him and his hammer away with a backhand.

Leo's massive body smashed through several stone pillars, and demonic blood flowed from its mane.

Suwen activated the copper plate to create a protective shield of medicinal energy, but the high priest glanced at it coldly and casually flicked the shield with a finger.

The moment the golden light shattered, Su Wen groaned and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth; he almost dropped the bronze plate.

Fu Qing climbed out from the rubble, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and charged forward again with his knife.

The high priest sneered, flicked his sleeve, and the Gu worms poured out of his sleeve like a dark cloud, tens of thousands of Gu worms rushing towards Fu Qing.

However, as soon as the Gu worms touched Fu Qing's skin, they emitted white smoke, stiffened, and fell off.

The high priest frowned and released several more Gu worms of higher rank, but the result was the same: they emitted white smoke upon contact with Fu Qing's blood.

His face darkened, and he stopped releasing the Gu worms. Instead, he activated the natal Savage Gu within his body. His muscles bulged and his veins protruded, and his martial arts cultivation was forcibly enhanced by the Savage Gu. Each palm strike was heavier than the last.

Fu Qing faced off head-on.

The blade clashed with the palm strike, sending shards of stone flying everywhere.

He was forced backward, the bluestone slabs beneath his feet were cracked one after another, and his tiger's mouth was shattered by the impact.

However, his health and mana continued to recover under the buff of [Blue Overlord's Robe], and his sword strikes became heavier with each strike as the [Combat Thrill] effect stacked up.

Leo struggled to climb out of the rubble, and with his last bit of strength, he raised the bronze hammer and smashed it down on the back of the high priest's head.

The high priest raised his hand to block, and the bronze hammer was sent flying and smashed into the stone wall. The Leo constellation was also sent flying again by the residual force.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Wen crushed a concentrated medicinal energy pill, and the medicinal energy surged into the wound on the High Priest's chest. His protective Gu Qi had not yet healed after being split open by Zhang Wukai, and the medicinal energy seeped in, causing him severe pain in his meridians.

The high priest grunted, forced Fu Qing back with a palm strike, and looked down at the knife wound on his chest that was still bleeding.

The medicinal energy was seeping into his meridians along the wound, and the speed at which the Gu Qi could repair itself was far slower than the speed at which it was destroying his meridians.

The high priest struck again with his palm, but this time the force was slightly weaker than before.

Fu Qing parried with his sword, taking a half-step back, but he was no longer thrown back; he withstood the impact.

A hint of surprise flashed in the high priest's eyes.

From this moment on, the battle turned into a pure war of attrition.

Although the High Priest's cultivation level was high, his injuries were too severe. With each exchange, his combat power dropped. Although Fu Qing's cultivation level was low, his blood and qi were almost limitless. The [Blue Overlord Robe] allowed him to recover quickly after each injury.

With each strike of the sword and each palm strike, the two exchanged blows for hundreds of rounds in the stone hall, leaving dozens of footprints of varying depths on the floor.

Finally, the high priest, panting heavily, showed signs of exhaustion for the first time on his withered face.

Fu Qing's sword momentum did not weaken; on the contrary, it surged upwards with the stacking of the [Combat Excitement].

Eventually, the high priest realized something was wrong.

This human's swordsmanship is not just about fighting; he uses the power of his palms to temper his swordsmanship, making each strike heavier and faster.

The high priest tried to pull away, but Fu Qing's knife had already gripped him.

The thirteenth strike cleaved through the high priest's tattered protective Gu aura, while the fourteenth strike landed on the old wound on the high priest's chest.

The high priest let out a piercing scream as he was cleaved away and crashed into the stone wall. His black robe was soaked with blood. He tried to stand up, but his legs kept trembling.

At that very moment, a new power suddenly erupted from Fu Qing's body, and the system indicated that the progress bar was full.

The third level of Gangqi!

The high priest stared wide-eyed, filled with horror.

He had lived in the Southern Frontier for hundreds of years and had seen countless geniuses break through in battle, but he had never seen anyone advance to the next level while fighting him to the death.

He glanced at the blood on Fu Qing's body and suddenly froze.

He took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming brightly, his pupils reflecting Fu Qing's magnified bloodstains.

After a moment, he suddenly closed his eyes and burst into laughter.

He finally understood why his Gu worms were ineffective against Fu Qing.

It wasn't that Fu Qing used any medicine, nor that he wore any armor.

It was his blood.

His blood contains a type of poison.

The undisputed king of all poisons in the world—the Temple of the Five Internal Organs.

The high priest suddenly threw his head back and let out a hoarse laugh, which echoed in the empty stone hall, making the remaining runes on the stone walls tremble.

"The Temple of the Five Internal Organs, so that's how it is! A descendant of the Feng clan! You are a descendant of Feng Changyang! Hahaha, how laughable, how laughable! The High Priest of Ten Thousand Gu Valley spent his whole life dealing with Gu worms, and in the end, he died at the hands of the Feng clan's Temple of the Five Internal Organs!"

"How laughable! But I won't let you live much longer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the high priest took his last breath and exhaled a cloud of white mist.

The white mist was extremely fine and dense, carrying a chilling, malevolent aura that rushed straight towards Fu Qing's face.

Fu Qing tried to dodge by turning to the side, but the white mist seemed to come alive and entered his mouth, nose, and skin, leaving several very faint grayish-white lines on his body before disappearing in a flash.

The high priest swayed twice and then collapsed with a thud.