leonardwarren Chapter 144 Bloodbath Against Qin Kun
Chapter 144 Bloodbath Against Qin Kun
Qin Kun stood at the entrance of the stone chamber, his hands tucked into his sleeves, his face expressionless. He looked at the four corpses on the ground as if they were piles of garbage. Then, the corners of his mouth slowly curved into a smile—not one of anger or fear, but a strange, satisfied one.
"You've got some skills." His voice was soft, as if he were talking to himself. "No wonder that old bastard Qin Cang fell into your hands."
He paused for a moment, then his smile deepened.
"But do you think you can beat me like this?"
He raised his hand and clapped. The applause echoed through the passageway, deep and slow, once, twice, three times. The stone chamber door swung open completely.
The scene inside made Su Ling'er's face turn deathly pale instantly.
In the center of the stone chamber was a massive blood pool, square in shape, its walls constructed of black stone blocks inscribed with demonic runes that glowed a dark red light under the patina of the blood. The liquid in the pool was not water, but blood—fresh, viscous, and still steaming. A layer of grayish-white foam floated on the dark red surface, releasing a nauseatingly sweet and pungent stench when the foam burst.
Immersed in the center of the blood pool was a colossal creature—a gigantic, jet-black Gu worm. Its body was several meters long and thicker than a water bucket, covered in a hard shell covered with dense, black bristles, the tips of which were barbed and gleamed with a ghostly blue light in the dim glow of the blood pool. Countless tiny Gu worms crawled and burrowed in and out of its body, making a rustling sound, like countless fingers rubbing sandpaper. Its head had no eyes, only a massive mouthpart filled with circular serrations that spiraled inwards, seemingly bottomless.
Gu Mother.
Dozens of living people were bound around the blood pool. They were chained to stone pillars, their wrists slashed, and blood dripped into the pool through tubes. Their faces were ashen, their lips purple, and their consciousness was blurred. Some had already fainted, while others had their eyes open, but they were unfocused, staring blankly at the ceiling, their lips moving slightly as if they were saying something unintelligible.
"I've nurtured this Gu Mother for a full ten years." Qin Kun's voice echoed in the stone chamber. He raised his hand, as if caressing a precious work of art. "Using the essence of a thousand people as a catalyst and fusing with the secret techniques of the evil race, it's no longer an ordinary third-tier Gu worm."
He looked at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with fervor.
"Today, you will become nourishment for the Gu Mother, helping it break through to the fourth tier!"
Before he finished speaking, he leaped into the blood pool. Blood splashed up, landing on him and flowing down his black robe. He walked through the blood pool, his steps heavy, towards the Gu Mother. His hands formed strange hand seals, his ten fingers twisted at unnatural angles, and he chanted obscure, evil incantations, each syllable low and hoarse, like an echo from the depths of the earth.
The Gu Mother moved.
Sensing its master's call, its massive body slowly rose from the blood pool. Blood slid down its hard shell, revealing a jet-black carapace covered in eerie patterns—not natural, but etched on, the incantations of the evil race, identical to those on the blood pool's stone walls. It opened its enormous ring-shaped mouth and let out a piercing hiss. The sound didn't originate from its throat, but from every segment of its body, every piece of its carapace, every bristle simultaneously, like countless needles piercing the eardrums, sending chills down one's spine.
Dark green venom gushed from its mouthparts like a high-pressure water jet, shooting straight towards Su Muyue. The venom landed on the ground, instantly corroding a large pit in the bluestone pavement; the pit walls were blackened and charred, with white smoke still rising from the edges.
"Mu Yue, set up an array to suppress the Gu Mother!"
Lin Chen shouted and charged forward. He unleashed the full power of his Star Step, leaving two deep footprints in the ground beneath his feet. He raised the Star Sword high above his head, and silvery-white star energy condensed on the blade into a refined sword rainbow. Unlike the previous overwhelming galaxy phantoms, this was a thin, silvery-white line, like a needle, a beam of light, or a scalpel.
He bypassed the trajectory of the venom spray, cutting in from the flank of the Gu Mother, his sword rainbow slashing directly at the weak point where the Gu Mother's head and torso connected.
Su Muyue moved the moment Lin Chen uttered his first words. Twelve array flags fluttered in the air, each landing precisely on a key node around the blood pool—the core node where evil energy flowed within the underground lair, which Chu Fan had previously marked on the map. The instant the flags touched the ground, the runes on their surfaces lit up simultaneously, and golden array patterns spread outwards from the base of the flagpole, like countless golden chains, weaving together to form a massive cage.
A high-grade Xuan-level Gu-suppressing formation. It's not the Su family's ancestral formation, but a composite formation she newly deduced by combining ancient formation principles obtained from the secret realm cave, specifically designed to suppress large Gu worms.
Layers of golden array patterns overlapped, extending from the ground to the top of the stone chamber, firmly trapping the Gu Mother in the center. The righteous energy flowing across the array patterns continuously scorched the Gu Mother's body, causing black smoke to billow from her hard shell, emitting a sizzling sound like meat being fried. The Gu Mother writhed in agony, her massive body charging wildly through the array. Each impact created ripples on the array patterns, causing the golden light to dim and brighten repeatedly.
Chu Fan squatted beside Su Muyue, his palms pressed against the ground, continuously pouring spiritual energy into the array patterns. He repaired the gaps corroded by the Gu Mother's venom and reinforced the nodes cracked by the impact. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, falling to the ground and quickly being evaporated by the array's high temperature.
"The formation won't hold for much longer!" His voice was strained, and he spoke twice as fast as usual. "The Gu Mother's venom is too corrosive! The formation patterns are dissolving rapidly! At most, half an incense stick's time!"
Su Ling'er took out all the Pure Yang Pills from the medicine box and counted them—seven in total. She held all seven pills in her palm, the pills digging painfully into her skin. She walked to the edge of the blood pool, aimed at the Gu Mother's head, and threw all seven pills at once.
"Lin Chen! Use the Star Qi to ignite the Pill Fire!"
Seven Pure Yang Pills scattered in the air, arranged in a fan shape. Lin Chen raised his hand and unleashed a burst of star energy. The silvery-white energy precisely struck the pill in the center. The moment the pill shattered, the exorcising power of the star energy resonated violently with the pure Yang medicinal power of the pill, triggering a chain reaction of explosions.
Seven pills exploded simultaneously, their blazing white flames coalescing into a roaring fire dragon. The dragon opened its maw and swept towards the Gu Mother. The firelight illuminated the entire stone chamber, turning everyone's faces pale. Engulfed in flames, the Gu Mother let out a mournful howl, its massive body thrashing violently in the firelight, splashing blood from the blood pool several meters high. The bristles on its body were scorched, its hard shell cracked, and black pus oozed from the fissures, emitting a suffocating stench.
Leng Feng stood at the forefront of the group, his battle blade forming an impenetrable wall of blades. Countless low-level Gu worms flew out of the blood pool, like clusters of black clouds, swarming towards the group. His blade was too fast, so fast that the blade itself was invisible, only a blur of silvery-white light could be seen. The Gu worms collided with that blur of light, like moths to a flame, shattering with crackling sounds, black fragments and green sap flying through the air. But the number of Gu worms was too great, endless, killing one batch only to have another surge in. His shoulders, arms, and back were already covered with countless tiny wounds from the Gu worms' bites, the wounds turning black and purple, the Gu poison corroding his body.
He gritted his teeth, the knife never stopping.