Dashing Student-Chapter 715, Slaying the Gu Demon
"Roar!"
The rotting three-meter-tall body of the Gu Demon forcefully squeezed and burst the cave's rock wall, with debris raining down like a storm!
Hundreds of twisted human faces emerged on its surface, each emitting a different pitch of mournful wails. The piercing sound waves shattered the stalactites from the cave ceiling!
"Retreat!" Chen Nan pushed Hu Die towards the fissure behind, yet he stepped forward to face the monster!
His right foot crushed the ground's blue stones, and the muscles in his left arm were twisted like steel, forming a visible wall of air in front of him!
"Boom!"
The putrid giant claw collided with the air wall, producing a deafening explosion!
Chen Nan's feet carved two deep grooves into the ground, and his back slammed against the rock wall!
Web-like cracks quickly spread across the rock wall behind him, and the falling rubble was pulverized into dust by the Protective Gang Qi before it could reach him!
"Senior Chen!" Hu Die cried out in surprise as Chen Nan suddenly grinned. His blood-stained teeth were strikingly white in the dim cave!
The muscles in his right arm suddenly swelled three times, and an intense True Qi appeared on the surface of his skin: "Break for me!"
Crack!
Amidst the teeth-gnashing sound of bones cracking, the Gu Demon's wrist bone shattered on cue, spraying putrid green bone marrow onto the rock wall, instantly corroding it into honeycomb-like holes!
Seizing the opportunity, Chen Nan grabbed its broken forelimb, exerting force with his waist and hips, causing the ground to collapse thunderously as he swung the colossal creature over his head, smashing it fiercely against the cave wall!
"Bang!"
The entire mountain body trembled, as the Gu Demon's body created a five-meter diameter web-shaped depression in the rock wall!
However, its abdomen suddenly split open into a cross-shaped wound, and thousands of venomous insects poured out like a black waterfall, the buzzing of their wings instantly filling the entire cave!
"Ten Thousand Gu Devouring Heart?" Chen Nan chuckled scornfully and suddenly tore apart his shredded upper garment, revealing the phantom of the Six-winged Gu King on his chest!
The phantom squirmed as if alive, emitting a sharp screech!
The venomous insects instantly turned as if they had encountered a natural enemy and flew madly toward their master!
For the first time, the rotten face of the Gu Demon displayed a look of terror!
Chen Nan seized this fleeting opportunity, compressing his leg muscles to the extreme like a spring, shattering the ground's blue stones into dust at the moment of force!
His entire form became a residual shadow, and his right leg cleaved against the Gu Demon's neck with a piercing sonic boom!
"Splat!"
Pieces of decaying flesh flew, and with this kick, the Gu Demon's head was almost sent flying!
Yet from the severed neck shot out several dozen chains of flesh and blood, each chain ending with a fierce white fang, biting through Chen Nan's limbs in an instant!
"Gah!"
Chen Nan groaned, feeling all the blood in his body being frantically siphoned!
He endured the excruciating pain, suddenly biting into the nearest chain, and with his neck muscles bulging, he bit through the arm-thick chain!
Black blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, yet his gaze became increasingly frenzied!
"Not enough strength, you wretch!" Chen Nan laughed wildly as he tore off the chains on his body, his hands pierced into the Gu Demon's chest, his entire arm enveloped in golden flames, a symbol of True Qi driven to its peak!
As he grasped the pulsating Crystal Core, Chen Nan suddenly felt countless vengeful spirits surging through his palm!
His eyeballs instantly turned bloodshot, with black blood oozing from his orifices, yet a sinister smile curved his lips: "Want my body? Let's see who has the bigger appetite!"
The King of Ten Thousand Gu within him fully awakened, and the Six Wings spread angrily, devouring the invading spirits furiously!
The two forces battled within his meridians, and Chen Nan's skin occasionally bulged with fist-sized lumps, as if countless venomous insects were coursing beneath!
"Boom!"
Finally, the explosive energy shattered the surrounding ten-meter rock walls, and Chen Nan's kneeling figure slowly stood amid the dust!
The Crystal Core in his hand had turned into a translucent emerald green, with ancient runes flowing on its surface!
When Chen Nan turned around, Hu Die's pupils constricted sharply, shocked to see Chen Nan's right eye transforming into a slit pupil like a reptile!
The verdant iris glowed with a faint cold light in the dim cave, while his left eye remained a round human pupil, with a lingering intent to kill in its black-and-white gaze!
This eerie contrast made the girl involuntarily step back half a step.
"It's over!" Chen Nan grinned, his blood-stained teeth particularly striking in the firelight!
He suddenly collapsed powerlessly to the ground, his back slamming against the rock wall, dislodging a cascade of shattered stones and dust!
His chest heaved violently, his Adam's apple bobbing as he greedily swallowed the blood-tinged air!
His right hand still gripping the Crystal Core tightly, with dark green slime seeping through his fingers!
He was very fortunate to have reached the Qi Refinement Sixth Layer, otherwise, even if he fought desperately, it would have been impossible to slay the Gu Demon with just his Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivation!
Hu Die noticed the deep wound on his left shoulder, with dark red flesh rolling, yet strangely no blood flowed!
Her heart ached, and she trembled as she tore off her sleeve, "Chen... Brother Chen, let me help you bandage..."
"No problem." Chen Nan waved his hand as the Crystal Core suddenly refracted peculiar spots of light in his palm!
The spots of light danced on the rock wall, vaguely forming some kind of ancient rune pattern!
Hu Die, attracted by the phenomenon, couldn't help but move closer to observe: "Does this stone glow?"
Chen Nan flipped the Crystal Core, discovering a liquid-like substance flowing slowly inside!
When the light penetrated, the runes on the rock wall transformed as well!
"This thing doesn't seem like a natural mineral!" He flicked his finger, and the Crystal Core emitted an ethereal hum, with faint echoes coming from the cave's depths!
Hu Die suddenly pressed her hand to her heart, as her silver Miao necklace moved automatically without wind.
"The Heart Connecting Gu has reacted!" She walked quickly to the cave's depths, stopping at a moss-covered rock wall, the necklace pendant pointing straight towards the rock surface: "Father... is behind here!"
Chen Nan frowned and approached, and just as his palm touched the damp rock wall, the entire stone surface rippled like water.
The Crystal Core in his hand burned intensely hot, with runes appearing on its surface that matched those on the rock wall perfectly!
With a soft "pop," the solid rock transformed into a swirling chaotic vortex, faintly revealing the sight of a twisted passage within!
Hu Die's silver adornment suddenly floated up, with the thin chain stretched taut, as if pulled by an invisible force!
Pale purple mist wafted out from the vortex, bearing a peculiar scent that Chen Nan had never smelled before—like aged medicinal wine mixed with some metallic aroma!
"Space-Time Rift!" Chen Nan's Adam's apple bobbed as the Crystal Core in his hand tremored wildly, seeming to resonate with the vortex!
The moss on the rock wall withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the stones at the vortex's edge began to crystallize!
He instinctively grabbed Hu Die's wrist: "Be careful, what lies behind might be..."
Before he could finish, the vortex suddenly expanded threefold, its powerful suction instantly sweeping up all the debris on the ground!
Chen Nan only had time to shield Hu Die in his embrace, and the two were pulled into the bizarre, distorted space!
In his last glimpse, he saw the runes on the Crystal Core light up, forming a sinister Gu insect totem!
