"Get out, get out of here, get out of here now!"
Shang Gongji roared in a heart-wrenching rage.
To my utter surprise, I neither died from the siege of the evil creatures nor from the chaos of the earth's fissure.
To think that he would die just as he reached the exit, being torn apart by a beast-like monster!
As the throbbing of the pseudo-fire heart in his chest grew weaker and his breathing became more rapid, Shang Gongji felt his vision go black, and everything was over.
"Wait... You're Li, Li Shubo, yes! You're Li Shubo, right!"
Suddenly, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, Shang Gongji shouted a question at the monster in front of him.
Upon hearing the familiar name, the monster unusually stopped moving.
The next moment, the monster rolled on the ground in agony, letting out a shrill scream. It kept banging its head against the stone wall, as if trying to remember something.
Just as Shang Gongji breathed a sigh of relief, a sudden feeling of suffocation washed over him. He reached out to grab something, but ultimately, his raised hand slowly fell...
The false fire has been extinguished.
The story of Shanggong Ji has come to an end.
After struggling for a while, the three-armed monster reverted to its insane state.
After groping around for a while, it began to devour Uemura Ki's body...
Meanwhile, Gu Yuan was hiding under the corpse of the Iron Man Evil, smearing a large amount of black soil and sand on his body.
His malevolent aura effectively concealed Gu Yuan's true presence, preventing the monster from finding him.
Although the Great Golden Gate had been opened, Gu Yuan was in no hurry to leave.
This body has reached its limit, and its spiritual root has been destroyed.
If I go out now, even if I receive treatment, my path of cultivation will inevitably come to an end.
After all, for the cultivators of Wuxin City, spiritual roots are the foundation of cultivation. Losing a spiritual root is even more painful than being killed.
But Gu Yuan had no such concerns.
It's just a spiritual root. If your innate spiritual root has some flaws, just discard it and get a new one.
With so many hidden treasures in this world, why should I, Gu Yuan, worry about not finding a new spiritual root?
The most urgent task is to take it a step further and improve ourselves.
but....
My body is still too weak at this time.
Therefore, Gu Yuan must absorb all the evil energy within these two evil objects!
Although his body was being assimilated by the death row, Gu Yuan still roughly estimated that he should be able to hold out until the end...
Gu Yuan's dantian is now completely empty, and his previous spiritual roots have been almost entirely depleted. The power of the Spirit-Subduing Pestle is indeed formidable, but its side effects are far too great...
Now, the evil energy is absorbed into the body, and with the aid of the "Heart Sutra of Wandering Evil and Taking Into the Body," the evil energy is allowed to circulate throughout the body.
The loss of his spiritual roots simply means that Gu Yuan can no longer cultivate further.
However, the solid foundation laid previously will not disappear.
Even if it means being corrupted by evil energy and losing his mind, Gu Yuan is determined to swallow all of it!
This process was undoubtedly extremely painful, and previously one could only buffer the damage caused by evil energy by circulating spiritual power and mental techniques.
But now Gu Yuan can only rely on his willpower to persevere.
The evil energy of the two second-tier evil creatures relentlessly eroded Gu Yuan's consciousness, and Gu Yuan dared not relax for a moment.
If one is not careful, it could lead to utter ruin.
Gu Yuan didn't even have time to check how much he had improved; he could only protect his mind...
At this moment, the three-armed monster seemed to have devoured Shanggong Ji's corpse completely.
The arm that had been severed earlier has now grown back.
However, the monster's appearance has become even more ferocious than before. If an ordinary person were to see this monster, they would probably think that an evil creature had escaped from the death row.
But what's truly baffling is that this monster possesses an extremely pure spiritual energy!
The monster did not give up and was searching everywhere for Gu Yuan's whereabouts.
But after several searches, they still couldn't find Gu Yuan.
Actually, that's not the case. Gu Yuan was always near the monster, since the remains of the Iron Man were too close to the positions of Shang Gongji and the others.
If the monster hadn't been blind, and if Gu Yuan hadn't been so composed, they would have been discovered.
Countless times, monsters have stood there dumbfounded in front of Gu Yuan. Anyone else would probably have interrupted the absorption and fled in panic...
Gu Yuan didn't care at all, he just kept absorbing the nutrients. Compared to his previous calm and composed demeanor, Gu Yuan was now working even harder.
One wrong step and you're doomed.
After wandering around for a while, the monster seemed to think that Gu Yuan was dead or had gone somewhere else.
So, following their instincts, they walked toward the Great Golden Gate. The moment the monster stepped out of the gate, several cultivators stationed outside immediately sensed that something had rushed out.
The cultivator seed who was rescued last time is still unconscious. Although there are signs that he has been drugged, he is still not fully conscious.
Even so, the four great families still gave the first cultivator to find the boy a valuable reward.
This has made many people extremely envious.
So, everyone excitedly headed toward the direction they sensed, but as soon as they got close, a strong smell of blood hit them.
The sight that came into view made the hairs on the heads of all the cultivators stand on end!
Several first-tier academy cultivators who arrived earlier lay in pools of blood, some even decapitated, their deaths gruesome!
"What exactly is this place...?"
The cultivators looked around in shock, wondering, "Could it be that demonic cultivators are lying in ambush here?"
"There's a noise! Who's there!"
Something suddenly stirred slightly among the blood-stained bushes. The nearest cultivator quickly made a hand gesture and chanted an incantation, summoning a spiritual sword that pierced the bushes.
In an instant, a figure leaped out from the bushes!
The target was the cultivator who had made the move, and the cultivator seemed to have forgotten to resist due to surprise, and was thus tackled to the ground.
Immediately following, screams and the sound of bones cracking rang out simultaneously, and the surrounding cultivators turned pale with fright.
"Quickly, call for help! This is an evil creature!"
"Where's the team leader? Where did all the team leaders go?"
No sooner said than done.
A figure arrived in an instant, throwing out a bundle of bronze ropes that firmly bound the four-armed monster on the ground.
"It is... the head of the Li family!"
"Lord Li Canguang! It's Lord Canguang! Lord, please quickly slay this evil creature that has appeared out of nowhere!"
"snort!"
The newcomer was none other than Li Canguang, the current head of the Li family. He easily subdued the monster in front of him, and the monster could not break free from the copper ropes no matter what it did.
Li Canguang then threw out another bronze bell, which enveloped the monster. With a wave of his sleeve, he pocketed the bell.
"You have all been frightened."
The head of the Li family smiled slightly at the crowd, stood with his hands behind his back, exuding an air of otherworldly grace, while the academy's cultivators cheered enthusiastically.
But if someone were behind the Li family patriarch, they would have noticed that his hands were trembling slightly, and his heart was in turmoil...