Bai Ning Bing growled in a low voice, he was too close by, and after the ice bird exploded, he was hit by it too.
The impact caused him to fly up and then fall on the ground. At the same time, half of his left limb was frozen, losing its ability to fight.
"Divine opportunity!" Seeing this, Xiong Li's eyes shone with brilliance, shouting "Go die!" and his arms gathered to form another punch towards Bai Ning Bing.
This hit was too heavy, and as Bai Ning Bing was on the ground, the Water Shield Gu's defensive capabilities were less than half of the usual; if this hit his head, there was no doubt that he, Bai Ning Bing, would instantly die.
Seeing that Xiong Li's fist was about to hit Bai Ning Bing, Xiong Lin and Xiong Jiang both showed a joyful expression.
Only Fang Yuan stood far away with an indifference expression.
With his understanding of Bai Ning Bing, how could he commit such a beginner's mistake?
As expected, at this moment!
Bai Ning Bing suddenly struck; his right hand and forearm's flesh all turned into a transparent blue frosty ice, from outside his finger bones could be seen.
His fingers gathered straight, forming a palm blade and striking like lightning, puncturing Xiong Li's heart!
"Urgh!" Xiong Li's descending body came to a halt.
He stared with wide-opened eyes, lowering his head and staring at his chest in disbelief.
"How can this be?"
"Lord Xiong Li!"
With the sudden twist of events, Xiong Jiang and Xiong Lin could not believe it.
"You think my right arm was really broken by your punch? Naive! I already used the Rank three ice muscle Gu, and trained a body of ice muscles, this is the ultimate defense! The reason I pretended earlier was to give a certain someone a surprise." Bai Ning Bing slowly got up, showing disdain in his eyes, and at the end of his speech, he looked towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's expression was calm, staring at him too.
Plop.
"Bai… Ning Bing…." Xiong Li opened his mouth, saying his last words with difficulty. Bai Ning Bing's ice hand spread out some cold air and froze his heart, cutting off his life force!
"Scheming scumbag, I will fight it out with you!" Xiong Lin saw Xiong Li's death firsthand, and under the extreme pain and anger, he ignored his own danger and charged towards Bai Ning Bing.
"Xiong Lin, calm down!' Xiong Jiang acted in time, restraining Xiong Lin.
"Group leader is dead, we are no longer his match, quickly leave, I'll block him!" Xiong Jiang controlled his sadness and said.
"Brother Xiong Jiang…" Xiong Lin was dumbfounded, his eyes turning red.
Xiong Jiang shrugged his hand backwards and took a step forwards, blocking Bai Ning Bing.
Shadow Bond Gu!
The shadow below his feet suddenly came alive, distorting creepily, connecting itself to Bai Ning Bing's shadow.
"I have the Shadow Bond Gu! Once I get hurt, Bai Ning Bing takes the same damage. He won't kill me so easily. Xiong Lin, you are still young and have better talent than me or group leader, go away quickly!" Xiong Jiang's gaze was locked onto Bai Ning Bing as he shouted.
"Brother Xiong Jiang!" Xiong Lin's eyes were teary, he knew the weakness of the Shadow Bond Gu.
In the previous battle, Xiong Jiang had used the Gu worm too, but once Bai Ning Bing pulled sufficient distance, the shadow would split. Xiong Jiang saying this was just to console him.
Especially now, Xiong Jiang did not have enough primeval essence; he had already used up too much, and even the Roaming Zombie Gu had stopped working.
Xiong Lin's feet seems to have taken roots, as he refused to move a step. He turned around, staring at Fang Yuan, "Fang Yuan, why are the reinforcements not here yet?!"
Fang Yuan did not speak, only staring firmly at Bai Ning Bing.
Bai Ning Bing moved his right arm, and after a while, his right arm regained its fleshy state. He used a mocking tone, "Reinforcements? Hehehe, they would've come long ago if it was the case, but this is all a lie. Tsk tsk tsk, you are even more naive than the other one. You really think such a cheap method like Shadow Bond Gu can restrain me?"
He stared at the shadow in disdain, not giving a fuck.
"Fang Yuan, is this true?" Xiong Lin clenched his fist, eyes speaking fire as he asked furiously.
Fang Yuan did not care about him, but stared at Bai Ning Bing, his mouth curling into a smile, "That move earlier, it expended your primeval essence right? By now, how much primeval essence do you still have in your aperture?"
Bai Ning Bing's expression changed; the move earlier had caused a great consumption of his primeval essence, and Fang Yuan saw through it.
Thus, after killing Xiong Li, he did not strike again, but used the talking time to recover.
He laughed heartily, nodding, and confessed, "Not bad, my primeval essence is running dry, I left my right limb unused to lure you to attack. But you didn't fall for it. Hehehe, the real battle is just starting, isn't it?"
However, Fang Yuan did attack but not towards Bai Ning Bing, but towards his own allied.
With two moonblade, two heads flew away, and blood spewed!
This moment, Bai Ning Bing's iris shrunk to pin-size, his face changing colour.
Fang Yuan's moonblade did not attack him, but was aimed at Xiong Jiang and Xiong Lin's head.
Neither of them had anticipated Fang Yuan's betrayal; Bai Ning Bing's pressure was overwhelming, and their full attention was focused on him.
Even though Xiong Lin had been asking Fang Yuan when the reinforcements would arrive, the moment Bai Ning Bing spoke, his attention shifted completely.
Bai Ning Bing's face was pale as he vomited a mouthful of blood, and at the same time, his ears, nose and eyes had blood traces.
Ever since the battle started, this was the most severe injury he had sustained.
Shadow Bond Gu!
With the shared damage effect, when the Shadow Bond Gu Master sustains an injury, the chain-linked Gu Master takes 10% of the damage. Now that Xiong Jiang is dead, his injuries were connected through the shadow and transmitted to Bai Ning Bing.
This injury with a direct effect, even if Bai Ning Bing had the Water Shield Gu, it cannot block against it.
Fang Yuan charged towards Bai Ning Bing.
Bai Ning Bing getting such an injury, his body was wavering, and his head was dizzy, his battle strength dropped drastically. Seeing Fang Yuan attacking, he retreated immediately.
"Bai Ning Bing now is my turn." Fang Yuan chased relentlessly.
Bai Ning Bing gritted his teeth, escaping silently. His footsteps were messy, but he forced himself to focus.
Although he knew he was a dying man and did not fear death, he was not stupid, and with such a dangerous situation, his heart grew calmer.
Another point to note is that Fang Yuan could have caught up to Bai Ning Bing with his physique, but chose to hold back in order to keep Bai Ning Bing alive.
Bai Ning Bing and Fang Yuan moved closely, traversing the valley.
As time passed, Bai Ning Bing's injuries slowly recovered, and his nose and eyes stopped bleeding. Slowly his footsteps became more composed.
He did not simply run away, but during this time, used his Gu worm to heal his body's injuries.
Fang Yuan knew about this and even wanted it to happen — after all, if Bai Ning Bing bled out on him, that would be truly disappointing.
Still, Fang Yuan had to act — if not, Bai Ning Bing would be suspicious of him chasing.
Therefore, Fang Yuan sent a moonblade, around the size of a face, flying; it flew across the sky, emitting a buzzing sound.
Bai Ning Bing heard this sound and tried to dodge, but his arm still got sliced away.
An injury appeared and blood poured out, but the wound was quickly covered by a layer of frost, stopping the bleeding.
Bai Ning Bing had obtained the Ice Muscles, and once this was achieved, it was like the Black and White Boar Gu's strength increase — it required no primeval essence to sustain.
But Bai Ning Bing's heart continued to sink.
Before his old injuries healed, new ones would come; evidently, Fang Yuan wanted to slowly grind him to death!
"Hehehe, there has never been anyone who forced me into such a state! Fang Yuan, you… are interesting. Once I recover adequately, I'll definitely kill you!!" Bai Ning Bing screamed in his heart as he ran.
The killing intent from Fang Yuan had him feel suffocated.
This to him, was an unprecedented experience.
The thick aura of death made his body shudder, and it developed a twisted sense of excitement.
Behind him, Fang Yuan was chasing and getting closer.
"Take this!" He suddenly flicked his wrist, and threw a black coloured Gu worm.
Fang Yuan's steps came to a halt as if an enemy had appeared, but once he got closer, he found out that this was the Plunder Gu from Xiong Zhan.
Splat.
With a light sound, Fang Yuan caught this Gu worm in his hands.
The Plunder Gu was a black beetle, and at a normal size, its head had a pair of metal antenna, and its back had white spots.
Once the Spring Autumn Cicada revealed its aura, Fang Yuan easily refined this Plunder Gu and kept it in its aperture with some use of its primeval essence.
He continued chasing.
"Hehe, finally the Plunder Gu. If I sprint to him at full speed, could Bai Ning Bing even throw more Gu worms to me?" Fang Yuan pondered.
But he ultimately rejected the idea — after all, a moment's greed could jeopardize the bigger picture.