Mad Dragon gets out of prison and marries a beautiful CEO.

Chapter 97

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a half step forward with his right foot. The moment his boot crushed a fallen leaf, the swarm of black insects coiled beneath his feet seemed to receive some kind of command, surging out from both sides of the tree trunks and the woodland by the roadside, like two black rivers flanking him from the left and right.

The rustling sound of the insects moving was like the rising tide, growing louder and denser.

There was incense powder around the car to ward off evil spirits, so there was no need to worry about the safety of the people inside.

All we need to do is kill this old bastard, and the crisis will be over.

Chen Li did not retreat, but charged forward. The cold glint of his short blade seemed capable of cutting through the moonlight filtering through the gaps in the forest, creating a gap in the vanguard of the insect swarm that was flanking him from the left.

Master Guigu formed hand seals, his ten fingers flying across the page as he produced a series of incantations, his lips moving to emit short, sharp chants.

The locust tree lying across the road trembled violently. Countless bumps suddenly bulged on the rough bark, bursting open from the inside out. Hundreds and thousands of white maggots, each as thick as a thumb, crawled out of the trunk and wriggled toward Chen Li.

The maggots were translucent, and dark green fluid could be seen flowing inside them, each drop filled with highly poisonous venom.

"roar--"

Chen Li unleashed a powerful lion's roar.

Wherever the sound waves touched, the dark green liquid inside the translucent maggots suddenly boiled and burst open in large pieces, splashing onto the road with a sizzling sound.

Master Guigu's expression darkened, he withdrew the magic seal with his left hand, and suddenly clenched his right hand.

The Crimson Serpent, Chen Li's natal Gu, shot out from his sleeve, aiming straight for Chen Li's throat.

The Gu power amplified on the night of the full moon brought the Crimson Serpent's explosive power to its peak. Its body traced a crimson arc in mid-air, and the purple saliva between its fangs trailed a thin rainbow in the moonlight.

As Chen Li dodged to the side, he swung his short blade precisely at the snake's vital spot.

The red-banded snake twisted its body in mid-air, barely avoiding the blade tip, but the tip of the blade still grazed its belly, scraping off a layer of scales and almost peeling off a layer of snake skin.

After landing, the snake quickly coiled into a circle, its raised head hissing at Chen Li, its speed noticeably slower than when it had unleashed its power.

When Master Guigu saw the bloodstain on the scale of his natal Gu, the composure in his eyes finally shattered.

He let out a low growl, clasped his hands together, and a wisp of black mist emanated from his palms, enveloping the Crimson Serpent's body and forming a flowing black barrier.

At the same time, the rhythm of the incantation he was chanting suddenly accelerated, like a handful of sand rubbing rapidly on a porcelain surface, extremely grating.

Chen Li felt his eardrums being pierced by the sound, but an even stronger impact came from the ground beneath his feet.

The insect corpses, insect eggs, and white maggots shattered by the sound waves—all the remains of the Gu creatures—simultaneously began to release a pale purple mist, surging from all directions toward where Chen Li stood, instantly enveloping him in the poisonous gas.

He held his breath, channeled his inner energy to its maximum to protect the pores on his body, and at the same time, pinched three silver needles between three fingers, infused them with inner energy, and then threw them out.

The silver needles shot into the purple poisonous mist in a triangular pattern, and their momentum did not diminish after passing through the mist, heading straight for Master Guigu's three vital acupoints.

When Master Guigu saw the silver needles coming, he hastily withdrew one hand to block them, and black mist rolled in his palm to meet the three silver needles.

He groaned the moment the first nail pierced his palm, and the barrier of black mist cracked open.

The second one pierced through the gap, grazed his left shoulder, and left a charred needle hole in the fabric of his shoulder.

He bit the end of the third needle with his teeth, but the residual force of the needle tip made his teeth numb, and a trickle of black blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, Chen Li had already stepped out of the poisonous fog's reach, his short blade in hand, and was only three steps away from Master Guigu.

Master Guigu still had the silver needle between his teeth, and the red snake in his sleeve was thrashing about, trying to pounce again. However, his spell was interrupted three times by Chen Li's sound waves and the silver needle, disrupting his rhythm and greatly reducing the attack power of his natal Gu.

The snake's head had just been raised when Chen Li sliced ​​it off with a single stroke. The snake was very clever and actually twisted its body to dodge, which greatly surprised Chen Li.

Knowing he was at a disadvantage, Master Guigu bit down hard with his jaw, spitting out a mouthful of black blood, and then fiercely dug his left hand into his lower abdomen.

That's the dantian where the natal Gu is parasitizing.

The red-banded snake was forcibly activated by its master's blood essence, causing its body to swell up. Bright red blood beads seeped from the gaps in its scales, and the entire snake seemed to be enveloped in flames as it lunged at Chen Li again at three times the speed of before.

Chen Li did not take the blow head-on.

The instant the snake's head lunged at him, he flipped to the side, his short blade slicing down the snake's body along the midline, from seven inches below the head to the tail.

The red-banded snake let out a sharp hiss, and a deep, bone-revealing gash appeared from its mouth to its belly.

The moment his natal Gu was severely damaged, Master Guigu arched his back as if struck by lightning, spat out a mouthful of black blood, and staggered backward.

His face was deathly pale in the moonlight, and the Gu energy swirling around him was rapidly dissipating like a punctured air sac. A red snake lay limply at his feet, its body still twitching, but the luster of its scales was visibly fading.

Chen Li stood three steps in front of him, his short blade hanging down, the tip still dripping snake blood.

The moonlight filtering through the dense forest illuminated his features clearly. His body bore traces of insect scum and poisonous fumes, but there was not a single wound.

Chen Li looked down at him, his voice calm:

"Your natal Gu is connected to you by fate. Tonight is the full moon, and its power is at its peak. But if you don't have the ability to withstand that power, it will still turn against you."

Master Guigu lay on his back on the road, black blood still gushing from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were cloudy, and the sinister sharpness he had just exuded had shattered, leaving only a withered and old body trembling.

The red-banded snake at his feet stopped struggling completely, its body fading from crimson to grayish-white, like a wick that had been drained of its oil.

Chen Li squatted down and used the tip of his blade to pry open Mr. Guigu's collar, revealing the Gu Master's mark shaped like a coiled centipede below his collarbone.

The mark is fading, and the color of the edges is changing from dark red to light pink, indicating that the life force of the natal Gu is about to be completely cut off.

Master Guigu's cloudy eyes were fixed on Chen Li's face, his voice hoarse and weak:

"Who...whose disciple are you?"

"Knowing won't stop you from dying."

Chen Li raised his foot and broke his neck.

Everything quieted down, filled with the refreshing coolness of the mountains.

He pushed the tree trunk blocking the road to the side, turned around, walked to the car, opened the door, and got in.

Chen Jia watched the battle intently, stunned and speechless, and has yet to regain his composure.

"it's over?"

"Um."

Chen Li started the car, the headlights suddenly turned on, and music started playing. Only then did Chen Jia's tense shoulders and back slowly relax.

The wheel hub rolled over Mr. Guigu's corpse, the sound of bones cracking was jarring, and the car lurched slightly.

Chen Jia seemed to imagine what would happen under the car, so she quickly covered her mouth. The car drove quite a distance before things calmed down.