Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

"Gu Insect Duel" is a very ancient game from the southern border region.

The principle is similar to that of "Pokémon battles".

Both Gu Masters unleash their tamed Gu worms for a turn-based battle; they can switch Gu worms with elemental advantages or disadvantages during the battle, but will lose the first move opportunity; completely eliminating the opponent's Gu worms is considered winning a round.

The competition consists of three rounds, with the winner determined by a best-of-three format.

Black Tiger walked into White Fairy Village again with his head held high and chest puffed out.

He glanced around at the dilapidated and desolate village and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. He felt that leaving Baixian Village and joining the wealthy and powerful Heiyun Village was the best decision he had ever made in his life.

"snort!"

The villagers who passed by did not shy away from casting disdainful glances at him, and many more gritted their teeth and muttered under their breath that he was a "traitor" and an "ungrateful wretch."

Black Tiger was too lazy to bother with these people.

In his view, the direction in which money flows is the direction of civilization.

If they continue to follow Bai Xianzhai and guard this broken mountain, they will never have a chance to rise above their circumstances.

It would be better for Run to go to Black Cloud Village. Although his social status would be lower, he would live a more comfortable life there!

Moreover, it won't be long.

Everyone in Baixian Village must die.

If I had stayed here back then, wouldn't I have been buried with them?

"What a pathetic bunch of people from the lowlands."

Black Tiger's eyes held a condescending pity as his gaze swept over the several pretty girls in the village, a lewd smile creeping onto his lips.

"In a couple of days, I'll probably be able to trade a pot of beef for a beautiful wife in Baixian Village, right?"

Black Tiger couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

The first battle begins!

Shangguan Yunque blew the bone flute at her waist. The clear and melodious sound of the flute rang out, and a group of small insects carrying scorching flames flew out of the pottery jar at her waist.

This is her most prized natal Gu – the Burning Star Worm!

This type of worm can synthesize special chemical substances within its body. After mixing through the nozzle at its tail, a violent oxidation-reduction reaction occurs, spewing out flames at temperatures of thousands of degrees.

It can basically suppress more than 90% of the Gu worms in southern Xinjiang.

Black Tiger slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a string of tiny insects that emitted a faint white light.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding villagers burst into laughter.

"Black Tiger, why did you bring out these glowing 'light-up bugs'? Just to make up the numbers?"

"Isn't this a recipe for defeat?"

"Exactly, exactly! The Star-Burning Bug could burn all these Lamp-Lighting Bugs to ashes in one move. These are low-level Gu worms that can't even defend themselves..."

With both sides' Gu worms in place, the next step is to determine who goes first.

Shangguan Yunque lightly twirled his fingertips, and the flute melody turned again, causing the burning star insects to dance gracefully in the air.

In a mere second, the burning star bug drew a smooth figure eight in the air, its speed leaving trails of fire as afterimages.

Clearly far superior to the slow-moving lamp crickets on Black Tiger's side.

Therefore, in this round, Shangguan Yunque attacks first.

Shangguan Yunque: "Burning Star Bug, use—Ignite!"

boom--

The sparkling insect instantly spewed out scorching flammable liquid, which landed precisely on the lampfly, and a raging fire instantly erupted.

The air was filled with the aroma of roasted protein, making the villagers around swallow hard.

As expected—the lampbug was dead.

The winner of the first round is Shangguan Yunque!

"good!!"

The villagers erupted in thunderous cheers.

"good!"

Black Tiger clenched his fists excitedly and shouted "Good!"

Shangguan Yunque: ?

She stared at him suspiciously, and asked coldly, "Black Tiger, you lost, what's there to be so happy about?"

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Black Tiger's back. His heart skipped a beat as he suddenly realized a fatal problem—even if Shangguan Yunque had a pig's brain and won so easily, he would definitely be able to see that he was deliberately letting him win, and there was definitely a conspiracy involved!

No, we have to win a game, or the show can't go on!

Black Tiger swallowed hard, then reluctantly pulled out his most treasured Gu worm—the "Holy Swift Gu."

The second duel begins!

"Heh... This time, I must win, then pretend to be unwilling, and finally deliberately lose to Shangguan Yunque..." Black Tiger quickly calculated in his mind.

This time, his Divine Swift Gu was far faster than the Burning Star Worm.

The initiative fell into Black Tiger's hands.

Black Tiger: "Divine Swiftness Gu, use 'High-Speed ​​Combo'!"

Shangguan Yunque: "Burning Star Bug, use 'Flame Shield'!"

Black Tiger: ? ? ?

Holy crap, your Gu worms even have such advanced defensive skills?!

The flame shield perfectly blocked the high-speed combo.

The Starfire Bug took advantage of the gap in its parry.

He then sprayed the burning liquid onto the Sacred Swift Gu, regaining the initiative.

It also applied a burning debuff to the opponent.

Shangguan Yunque: "Burning Star Bug, use 'Fully Combust'!"

With the gushing out of large amounts of oxygen.

The burning liquid attached to the Swift Gu instantly erupted into extremely high-temperature flames.

In the blink of an eye.

The Sacred Swift Gu was roasted into a pile of charred ashes.

Black Tiger: ...

Shangguan Yunque frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Black Tiger deliberately lost to me; there must be a trap here. I must proceed with caution...

"One more round!"

Black Tiger clung tightly to the large steel canister containing the communication equipment, his eyes red and swollen.

"One more round! You can't play like that..."

Shangguan Yunque: ...

Okay, looks like I was overthinking it.

"Give it to me!"

Shangguan Yunque kicked him away and snatched the large steel can away.

She carefully unscrewed a crack, leaned in to smell it, and found it colorless and odorless. When she opened it completely, she found it to be completely empty, with nothing inside!

"Damn it, I've been tricked again..." Shangguan Yunque turned his head sharply, only to be shocked to find...

The sparkling insects he had released were falling to the ground one by one.

His whole body was convulsing, and he could no longer move.

What...

Suddenly, she felt a tightness in her throat, as if a huge rock was pressing on her chest, and her breathing became difficult.

"Oh no...it's...poisonous!"

whoosh-

The large willow tree in the center of the village seemed to sense the host's crisis.

Countless branches surged forward instantly, tightly binding Shangguan Yunque's body.

A surge of pure life energy flowed continuously into her body.

They were forcibly keeping her alive.

Inside the makeshift tent at the foot of the mountain, Gu Yue Fang Yun had been keeping a close watch on the village's movements using his Gu worms. Seeing this, he abruptly stood up, seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and sternly ordered, "Everyone, activate your Blood Gu worms—force your way through White Immortal Village!"

boom--

With the blood worms' frenzied onslaught.

The protective barrier surrounding Baixian Village shattered at that moment!

Countless bloodthirsty blood worms surged into the village like a tidal wave.

Wherever it passed, the grass and trees withered and turned black instantly.

"Sister... Waaah... Sister—!"

Shangguan Yunyan was so frightened that she fell to the ground crying, trying to crawl to her sister's side on all fours.

Shangguan Yunque strained to open his eyes wide and saw a blood worm opening its blood-red maw, viciously biting at his sister's neck.

"No...no—! Sister...quick...run..."

She screamed with all her might, but could only manage a faint, breathy sound.

"Waaah... Sister, what's wrong, sister..."

Yunyan was crying so hard that she was trembling all over, completely unaware of the death that was right in front of her.

Just as the blood worm was about to bite Yun Yan's neck.

A loud voice resounded through the sky.

[Smash! —Valudo!]