We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

In the space, invisible wind blades attacked like a torrential rain, striking the beggar's body and leaving him covered in wounds.

The beggar gritted his teeth and persevered, but he knew he couldn't hold on for long.

He could feel his life slipping away rapidly.

"No, I'm not reconciled!"

The beggar looked at Kitagawa Yu with a face full of resentment, never expecting that Kitagawa Yu would be the final victor.

Kitagawa Yu noticed the beggar's gaze but didn't speak. Instead, he stood there with a cold smile. How could he not know what the beggar was thinking?

Unfortunately, sometimes the ending is just that unexpected.

In the end, the one who survived was neither Wenren Qingqiu nor the beggar, but him, who had one foot in the coffin.

Moreover, he was also the one who ultimately obtained the other two Gu worms.

"It's you, Gongyang Hao! If it weren't for you, Kitagawa Yu would be dead today!"

The beggar's breath grew weaker and weaker, lingering on Kitagawa Yu for a moment before turning to the pale-faced Gongyang Hao.

The beggar's Gu worm had caused him great harm. Although he managed to stop it, it had also consumed too much of his vital energy.

He was covered in sweat, as if he had just finished a long and arduous battle, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

"Even if I die, you won't get away with it!"

The beggar roared angrily. Knowing that he could no longer harm Kitagawa Yu, he decided to settle for second best and attack Gongyang Hao.

If you can't kill Kitagawa Yu, can you at least kill Gongyang Hao?
Having exhausted his last bit of Yuan Power to activate the Deadly Gu, an invisible and eerie energy instantly swept towards Gongyang Hao with lightning speed.

Kitagawa saw this but did not intervene.

He was eager for Gongyang Hao to die a miserable death, so he naturally wouldn't help him now, even if Gongyang Hao begged for mercy.

"Ok?"

To his surprise, Gongyang Hao showed no intention of begging for mercy; instead, he seemed resigned to his fate.

This startled him slightly.

Suddenly realizing something, he shouted, "Oh no!"

The beggar's impending death made him so complacent that he overlooked a very important piece of information: Gongyang Hao had planted a life-for-life Gu on the two of them.

Once Gongyang Hao dies, the life-for-life Gu worm will take effect, and the cost of death will be transferred to him and the beggar.

The beggar must have known this, which is why he attacked Gongyang Hao before he died.

He was destined to die anyway. After killing Gongyang Hao, not only might Gongyang Hao die, but Kitagawa Yu might also die.

If both of them were dead, then everyone would be happy.

Even if Kitagawa Yu didn't die, he would still be injured due to Gongyang Hao's influence.

Such injuries would take an ordinary person at least a year or two to recover from, let alone Kitagawa Yu, who was nearing the end of his life.

If the other party has not obtained the Gu Immortal inheritance, then the fate awaiting him is to wait for death.

If Kitagawa Yuu had obtained the Gu Immortal's inheritance, then he would only be considered unlucky.

In any case, it was a way of venting my anger.

Of course, there is another situation.

That means Gongyang Hao didn't die, and Kitagawa Yu won't be affected either.

But this seemed impossible to him. His final, deadly blow, delivered with all his might, was not so easily blocked!

As the deadly Gu was about to strike Gongyang Hao, the beggar smiled with relief.

Finally, I can breathe my last.

He slowly closed his eyes, letting the wind blades cut through his body, his consciousness becoming blurred.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kitagawa Yu's flustered expression and Gongyang Hao's terrified face.

For some reason, he noticed that the corners of Gongyang Hao's mouth seemed to be slightly curved.

"Is he laughing?"

The beggar had this thought in his mind, followed by deep doubt.

What is Gongyang Hao laughing at?
Who are they laughing at again?

Unfortunately, these questions were destined to accompany him as he departed, never to be answered.

The beggar died.

In less than a breath, Gongyang Hao also died.

After Gongyang Hao died, the Gu worms took effect, exchanging one life for another.

Kitagawa Yu was ultimately too late and failed to save Gongyang Hao in time.

After Gongyang Hao's death, the life-for-life Gu worms, which were originally intended to affect two people, were directly applied to Kitagawa Yu due to the beggar's death.

In an instant, Kitagawa Yu felt his life slipping away.

At his level, any loss of life would be taken seriously.

"Damn it!"

Kitagawa Yu cursed angrily. Now that things had come to this, all he could do was try to stop the harm caused by the life-for-life Gu.

Fortunately, among the Gu worms that Gongyang Hao had given him was a seventh-level healing Gu worm, and this Gu worm was just right to make up for the loss of life essence.

This overjoyed him: "Hahaha, Heaven hasn't forsaken me!"

He couldn't wait to activate his Yuan Power and begin refining the healing Gu worm.

Before long, he successfully refined the Gu worm and established a connection with it.

Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Gu worms to heal and began to fight against the Gu worms that traded lives for lives.

At the same time, he used other Gu worms on his body to assist this Gu worm.

The damage caused by the "Life for Life" Gu is long-lasting. If it were any other Rank 7 Gu Master, they would probably have been killed by the Gu worms the moment Gongyang Hao died.

Unfortunately, Kitagawa Yu was a Rank 9 Gu Master. Even if he was a Rank 9 Gu Master whose life was about to end, he was still a Rank 9 Gu Master.

The life essence of a ninth-level Gu master is far more powerful than that of a seventh-level Gu master. This is why even with the use of the "Life for Life" Gu technique, it was impossible to kill Kitagawa Yu immediately.

On the contrary, it is possible that the effects of the "life for life" curse could be erased by them through various means.

That being said, it will take a considerable amount of time to erase this influence.

However, Kitagawa Yu believed that it wouldn't be long; at most, he would be about 70-80% recovered in a day.

Then I can take the Gu worms back and start the Gu Immortal inheritance to participate in the assessment.

And so he stayed in the cave, quietly healing his wounds.

not far away.

"Do you want to take action?"

Duan Tiandao transmitted his voice, asking, "Now is the perfect opportunity to make a move against Kitagawa Yu."

Even without Su Chen personally taking action, he alone could have dealt with Kitagawa Yu.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen shook his head: "There's no need to take action!"

Kitagawa Yu only had three Gu worms on his body, far from enough to qualify him to take action.

Even if you kill him, you still need to kill two other people to collect enough Gu worms, which is unnecessary for him.

It would be better to wait until they all return before taking action; otherwise, it will be too late.

And at that time, perhaps there would be no need to take action at all.

Because he had already set up enough methods within Mount Jiuhua to silently remove the Gu worms without being detected.

After receiving Su Chen's reply, Duan Tian Dao didn't mind and continued, "Then shall we go back to Jiuhua Mountain?"

There's no point in staying in the cave any longer; we might as well go back to Jiuhua Mountain and check on the situation.

Anyway, Kitagawa Yu will return to Jiuhua Mountain in the future.

Su Chen thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he nodded: "Okay, let's leave first."

"Who?" Before they could make a move, the three of them suddenly heard Kitagawa Yu's angry shout.

Su Chen was stunned.

He was certain that he had not sent any messages or revealed any scent.

Logically speaking, Kitagawa shouldn't have been able to discover them.

But Kitagawa Yu's voice made him stop what he was doing and turn around to look.

As he expected, Kitagawa Yu only noticed something was wrong, but did not discover them.

Seeing that Kitagawa Yu was just bluffing, Su Chen didn't care, shook his head, and prepared to leave.

But suddenly, he stopped moving again.

"what happened?"

Duan Tian Dao noticed Su Chen's unusual behavior and couldn't help but ask.

"Something's wrong."

Kuroiwa Masato also noticed something strange, so he turned around and looked in the direction where Kitagawa Yu was.

After noticing this, Duan Tiandao followed their gaze.

Upon seeing this, he immediately frowned.

What came into his view was an extremely abrupt and bizarre scene: a person who had been dead suddenly stood up.

It didn't just stand up, it came back to life.

This person was not a beggar, but Gongyang Hao.

Gongyang Hao's unusual behavior immediately caught the attention of the others.

"He's not dead?"

Su Chen's senses were the most acute, and he immediately noticed the strangeness.

Just now he clearly sensed that Gongyang Hao had no breath left and was already dead, but now he is standing alive.

"Is it a resurrection gu?"

Black Rock Master murmured to himself, as if he had thought of something.

The Resurrection Gu, also known as the Eight-Turn Gu Worm, functions as its name suggests: it can bring the dead back to life.

But this kind of Gu worm has disappeared for countless years. In the era when he roamed the Ten Thousand Mountains, no one had ever heard of obtaining this kind of Gu worm.

The difference between the Resurrection Gu and other Gu worms is that it requires joint refining.

The Resurrection Gu was originally a third-stage Gu worm, which could only be used to treat injuries at the beginning.

It is very effective because it can heal any injury.

However, it is slightly inferior to a true resurrection gu.

The only way to truly bring it back to life is to continuously refine the Gu worms together.

The difficulty of combining and refining is extraordinary; the success rate decreases by half with each successful combination.

From 100% for the third to the fourth stage, to 50% for the fourth and fifth stages, then to 25% for the fifth and sixth stages, and so on, getting lower and lower.

The difficulty of refining it to the eighth level is self-evident.

For this reason, the resurrection gu is extremely rare, and it may not appear for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Unexpectedly, it has now appeared.

Moreover, the fact that it happened to a seventh-level Gu Master is truly unbelievable.

But upon closer reflection, it's not so surprising that Gongyang Hao possesses the Predictive Gu.

The reason for this is simply the wonderful application of foresight.

It can not only help the Gu Master avoid misfortune and attract good fortune, but also play a significant role in many situations.

Perhaps Gongyang Hao was able to foresee the future and thus succeed repeatedly in refining the Gu that brings the dead back to life.

Kitagawa Yu was equally astonished by Gongyang Hao's miraculous return from the dead. He reacted quickly and immediately realized the reason: "You actually still have the Resurrection Gu on your body!"

He couldn't hide his surprise. How could this kid have so many Gu worms that didn't match his strength?

And each one is so precious!

A feeling of joy immediately welled up in his heart.

Even if you're resurrected, the final outcome is still to die again.

At that time, wouldn't all the Gu worms on Gongyang Hao's body be at my disposal?

Wonderful!

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Yu not only didn't get angry, but instead smiled.

But soon, his smile came to an abrupt end.

"You, what did you do to me?"

Kitagawa Yu's expression suddenly changed. Just now, he felt the Yuan energy in his body flowing away at a speed like a collapsing dam.

His body, which was gradually recovering, was injured again, and the injury was even more serious than before, causing him to vomit black blood.

Gongyang Hao, as if he had known this beforehand, muttered to himself, "Kitagawa Yu, you call yourself a hero of your time, but alas, you are still one step behind!"

He glanced at Kitagawa Yu, whose face was ashen, and a cold smile appeared on his face.

His smile faded, and his eyes welled up with memories of the past.

During his recollection, he murmured to himself, "I remember that a long time ago, our clan lived a carefree and happy life in Wujue Mountain. But one day, a group of men in black rushed into the mountain village. They didn't rob or steal, they just burned and killed. My parents, brothers, friends, and lovers all died unjustly in this massacre, but I escaped because I inherited the family's legacy."

Later, I finally obtained the Nine-Turn Gu Worm of my family, the Predictive Gu. After leaving the ancestral land, I learned that all my relatives and friends had died overnight, and I was the only one left alive in the entire Gongyang clan.

Can you imagine that kind of pain? It's like I'm the only person left in the world!
This is worse than death!
I was depressed for a long time, but then I realized that I should avenge my family.

The problem is, I have no idea who did it.

Later, in a hidden compartment of a stone chamber, I learned about the past of the Gongyang Clan and the grudges between the Gongyang Clan and the four major families.

This makes me suspect that it was people from your four major families who made the move back then!

Gongyang Hao raised his voice, his face contorted in a ferocious expression, and questioned:
"Why, why won't you let us go even after we've already gone into hiding? Why do you want to exterminate us all? Why do you want to wipe out our entire Gongyang clan? Why? Why the hell is this happening?"

Kitagawa Yu's eyes flickered, but his expression remained calm: "So?"

He neither admitted nor denied it.

But in Gongyang Hao's eyes, this was tantamount to tacit agreement.

"So? That's why I set up this whole scheme today, with the aim of killing the people from your four great families."

Gongyang Hao grinned.

"The first one is Wenren Qingqiu, then you, then Mingyue and Zixia, anyway, all four of you will die."

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Yu frowned.

"So, the so-called Gu Immortal inheritance is just a smokescreen for you?"

His tone was strained; he didn't believe Gongyang Hao was responsible, nor did he think the other party could have done it.

Gongyang Hao denied it, saying, "No, but thanks to the inheritance of the Gu Immortal, I was able to set up this scheme."

"continue."

Upon learning that it was not Gongyang Hao who did it, Kitagawa Yu calmed down.

Gongyang Hao snorted coldly: "I know you want to stall for time, but it's fine. There are some things I've been holding back that I can't bear to say. Saying them will make you die knowing why."

"Heh." Kitagawa Yu's eyes flashed coldly.

Gongyang Hao continued, "After learning that a Gu Immortal inheritance would appear in Jiuhua Mountain, I began making arrangements six months in advance."

First, they seized the Netherworld Yin Gold Insect, then set up a plan at Five Absolutes Mountain, while also searching for the Life-for-Life Gu and the Resurrection Gu.

Fortunately, I was lucky and managed to finish everything within a month.

Everything is ready; we can head to Mount Jiuhua now…” (End of Chapter)