Chapter 168: Not Letting a Single One Go
Tang Rao pursed his lips, smiling brilliantly.
Compared to those in the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains who breed flesh beasts, your understanding of flesh beasts is laughably pitiful.
This is the flesh beast you've nurtured, and you're actually asking me what I've done to it.
Really bloody foolish...
"Ah!!"
"Don't!"
"Make it stop..."
"Don't kill me..."
Screams of the Wangu Sect members echoed continuously.
They could've never imagined that the Gu Worms, which were once bound to them in life and death, would turn to attack their own.
"Kill! Leave none alive!"
The people of Yin Yang Valley instantly gained overwhelming momentum.
Originally outnumbering their foes and now with a Foundation Establishment peak Gu Worm rebelling and attacking, it couldn't be more exhilarating.
In less than two minutes, over a hundred Wangu Sect members were reduced to just over thirty, and almost twenty of them were killed directly by Chu Xiong's Gu Worm.
Quite an injustice, really.
On the side of Yin Yang Valley, it seemed there were no casualties yet.
This kind of battle was an outright massacre.
"Break from the fight, go!" The remaining thirty or so had completely lost their will to fight and began to scatter in all directions.
Of course, escape carries risks and should be handled with care.
During the escape, another ten were killed outright, leaving only about twenty who managed to get away.
As for Chu Xiong, he too fled for his life.
But the direction he chose was deeper into Yin Yang Valley.
"Focus on purging Chu Xiong first, let the others go," Tang Rao called out.
Everyone in Yin Yang Valley, including Fang Rujing, nodded subconsciously and moved swiftly towards the depths of the valley.
Chu Xiong, that scourge, could be a real problem if he killed any weaklings within Yin Yang Valley.
A cold sneer appeared on Tang Rao's lips as he disdainfully glanced outside the Mountain Gate of Yin Yang Valley.
Escape?
Can you really escape?
I, Tang Rao, have never spared a life when I could triumph over a seventh-level Foutu.
So, I'm sorry, but... you all must die.
After everyone from Yin Yang Valley left the Mountain Gate, the ground beside Tang Rao burst apart, and a huge, disgusting shadow emerged from underground.
The Abyssal Worm.
"These are for you," Tang Rao pointed at the hundreds of adherent Gu Worms too petrified to move and said lightly.
"Roar!!" The Abyssal Worm let out a delighted roar and its body shook violently.
Then, an invisible Soul Power spread towards the Gu Worms.
In just a few seconds, the hundreds of Gu Worms burst open almost instantaneously, and their life essence was absorbed by the Abyssal Worm.
"And those twenty who ran away, finish them off," Tang Rao gave another command to the Abyssal Worm.
Naturally, the Abyssal Worm was more than happy to oblige; aside from its fear of Tang Rao, everything else was just food to it.
After dispatching the Abyssal Worm, Tang Rao turned to enter Yin Yang Valley; there was still a Chu Xiong issue to deal with.
...
"Damn it... What the hell happened! Where are my people? Someone come!" Roars filled the chamber of Long Jianchuan.
Long Jianchuan heard the noise outside, but not a single person came to tell him what was happening.
He felt like someone completely insignificant, thoroughly excluded from everything.
All of this was caused by that trash, Tang Rao, all of it!
At this moment, Long Jianchuan's hatred for Tang Rao had reached an obsessive level.
If possible, he wanted to skin Tang Rao alive and devour his flesh, bite by bite!
"Bang!" Suddenly, a loud noise came; the door was kicked open and then slammed shut again.
"Come and die, tell me what exactly is happening outside!" Long Jianchuan roared furiously, his sanity on the brink of collapse.
A shadow abruptly appeared beside Long Jianchuan.
With his right hand dripping with fresh blood and a ruthless and venomous look in his eyes, it was the elusive Chu Xiong.
At this moment, Chu Xiong had raised his left hand, ready to smash Long Jianchuan's skull.
"Tang Rao! Did Tang Rao send you to kill me? To hell with Tang Rao, even if I become a ghost, I won't let him off!" Long Jianchuan felt Chu Xiong's murderous intent, and once again, he dumped the blame on Tang Rao.
Hearing Long Jianchuan's words, Chu Xiong's descending hand abruptly stopped.
"Do you have a grudge against Tang Rao?" Chu Xiong asked coldly.
"Nonsense, I and he are irreconcilable enemies; I want to exterminate his ancestors for eighteen generations! Come on, kill me!" Long Jianchuan glared with bloodshot eyes, utterly insane.
Chu Xiong squinted his eyes, finding it interesting that he had encountered an enemy of Tang Rao.
This hatred was even more extreme than his own. Could it be that Tang Rao had killed this Long Jianchuan's parents?
"Want revenge?" Chu Xiong inquired.
"I won't let him off even if I become a ghost!" Long Jianchuan gritted his teeth with hatred, but then was suddenly taken aback, "Who exactly are you?"
He noticed something was amiss. If this person were sent by Tang Rao to kill him, there was no need to have this conversation.
"Me? You don't need to know who I am, but you want to kill Tang Rao, and I want to kill Tang Rao too. How about we collaborate?" Chu Xiong revealed a sinister smile on his face.
"Collaborate? How do we collaborate?" Long Jianchuan furrowed his brows.
"Of course, like this!" Chu Xiong scoffed, stretching out his left hand as his index finger abruptly burst, oozing foul-smelling blood.
Bang!
The next moment, Chu Xiong forcefully shoved his bloody index finger into Long Jianchuan's mouth.
Gulp... Gulp...
Long Jianchuan glared, feeling his throat fill with strong vital essence, which then flooded his body.
Extremely disgusting, yet at that moment, he was completely paralyzed.
As for Chu Xiong in front of Long Jianchuan, his body rapidly withered away, his skin on his face and hands cracking and peeling away like dry clay.
Five minutes later, only a thin skin of Chu Xiong remained.
"Kid... this is... our collaboration... Kill Tang Rao within seven days! Then bring his head back to Wangu Sect for the antidote; otherwise, the Blood Covenant will backfire, and you will die with no place for your spirit to rest, haha... hahaha...!" Chu Xiong's voice echoed in Long Jianchuan's head.
And as his voice faded, Chu Xiong's body completely disintegrated into a pile of white ashes.
Chu Xiong knew very well that being inside the Yin Yang Valley, he could at most kill a few insignificant people, but in the end, he would still be discovered and captured or killed.
Rather than that, it was better to gamble it all.
Long Jianchuan hated Tang Rao to the bone and was also a member of the Yin Yang Valley. By aiding him to become strong and letting him slay Tang Rao, the chances would be much higher.
As for the seven-day ultimatum he mentioned, it was a complete deception.
Within seven days, whether he returned to the Wangu Sect with Tang Rao's head or not, he was doomed. The Blood Covenant... had no antidote.
"Jie Jie..." Long Jianchuan clenched his hands, feeling the endless power in his body, laughing in a way that made people shudder.
"Don't worry, Tang Rao will certainly die within seven days," Long Jianchuan licked his bloody tongue.
...
"Still no sign of him?" Inside Yin Yang Valley, Fang Rujing's expression was ugly.
It had been two hours already, and there was still no sight of Chu Xiong; it was unknown where this guy was hiding.