Chapter 1289

Elder You immediately took out several talismans and ignited them one by one.

Bizarre Five Elements and Eight Trigrams spells were cast on "Shi Gu" one after another.

But the spells entered the dead flesh like spring water into a quagmire; only the ripples of the spells were seen, but no lethality was visible.

On the contrary, "Shi Gu" actually absorbed a portion of the spiritual power remaining from the spell's vibration into its body.

Although the absorption rate was very low, probably less than one percent of the spell's power, it still made Elder You's pupils shake:

"The power of the spell was actually converted into... spiritual power..."

Even though Elder You had been a long-time elder of a demonic sect.

Here in the Great Wilderness, he had also made many deals with high-level corpse cultivators of the Yin Corpse Sect, and he had seen many types of walking corpses, iron corpses, copper corpses, and strange corpses.

But this "corpse" in front of him still exceeded his cultivation knowledge to a certain extent.

It was clearly a corpse, but its aura was obscure, with no smell of decay.

It was clearly an evil method, gloomy and eerie, but there was not much evil aura.

And, it was clearly a corpse, yet it was using spiritual power for energy.

Now, for some reason, this corpse seemed to have undergone some kind of evolution, and even the power of "spells" showed signs of being absorbed.

This kind of "corpse refining" method was truly unimaginable.

The person who refined this kind of "zombie" must have extremely profound attainments in the corpse path and must have comprehended some kind of law power that ordinary people find difficult to understand.

Elder You tried to "struggle" a few more times.

He used talismans and spells a few more times, but to "Shi Gu," it was really no different from scratching an itch.

Without using magic treasures, Elder You was simply no match for Shi Gu.

Even if he broke the rules and used them, Elder You was not sure he could really "kill" Shi Gu.

And his natal magic treasure, the ancestor had warned him repeatedly not to use it until he had truly cultivated it, otherwise it would ruin the big plan...

Elder You frowned.

"Shi Gu" didn't care about that; it only cared about killing.

And ever since Mo Hua also had the Twelve Meridians Taotie Spirit Skeleton Array carved on him, there seemed to be a connection between master and servant, and "Shi Gu" itself had undergone some wonderful changes, and its lethality had risen to another level.

In less than a hundred rounds, one of Elder You's arms was torn off by "Shi Gu."

And there was a bloody wound on Elder You's abdomen.

This wound was only two inches away from his dantian; if he had dodged a little slower, he would have been pierced through the abdomen by Shi Gu's corpse claw, and his Jin Dan would have been dug out.

Elder You was shocked and hateful.

So far, he had been walking between black and white, eating both righteous and evil, doing so many deals, and being able to handle things with ease, he had never been so seriously injured.

Even his Jin Dan was almost dug out...

But amidst his anger, he also maintained enough reason and clarity.

He knew he was no match for "Shi Gu."

And what was more dangerous was that his cause and effect must have been "exposed," otherwise it would be impossible for him to be blocked at the door.

This was a killing trap aimed at him; delaying for a minute meant the crisis would increase by a minute.

Elder You first crushed a jade order, summoning a seven-colored light bell to protect his body.

Then he ignited a book order, calling for help, and finally grabbed with one hand, conjuring a cloak with flowing wind light, and put it on.

"Shi Gu" rushed up and slammed a fist onto the seven-colored light shield.

The seven-colored shield trembled but remained unharmed.

Elder You inside the shield breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could catch his breath.

The Taotie patterns on Shi Gu's body flashed like a roaring beast, its power flowing, and it threw punches with both left and right fists simultaneously, throwing a dozen punches in a short time.

After these dozen punches were thrown, the seven-colored light shield instantly shattered into dust.

Elder You's heart suddenly hung in his throat. A glimpse from the corner of his eye happened to meet "Shi Gu's" deep blue eyes, and his heart went cold.

"Shi Gu" threw a punch directly at Elder You's head.

If it hit, his head would surely bloom.

Elder You knew in his heart that his head would not bloom.

But he would also lose the most important life-cultivation technique, his lifelong cultivation path would be trapped and take a turn for the worse because of this, and it would never be recovered.

This was truly more uncomfortable than killing him.

In a hurry, a flying shuttle-chain hammer magic treasure flew across the air and hit "Shi Gu's" fist.

Shi Gu's fist was deflected and didn't hit Elder You.

Elder You also took the opportunity to retreat a few steps, putting distance between himself and Shi Gu.

As the escape light flickered, three Jin Dan cultivators protected Elder You.

These three were all wearing black robes and masks, their faces unclear, but their cultivation was very impressive—two late-stage Jin Dan and one mid-stage Jin Dan.

These were all "black-robed guards" recruited by the Hua family with spirit stones to do shady business.

This was in the Hua family's stronghold.

If it weren't for the fact that Elder You usually did "confidential" things himself, isolated from the outside, and didn't let outsiders disturb him, otherwise, before he ignited the book order, someone would have come to rescue him long ago.

Shi Gu's corpse only acted on orders; seeing three strong enemies blocking it, it was not afraid and just kept killing toward Elder You.

Elder You took a step back.

The three black-robed guards protected Elder You behind them, each driving their magic treasures to fight with Shi Gu.

These three were all body cultivators, and their magic treasures were all close-combat entanglement types—one was a flying shuttle-chain hammer, one was a large ring knife, and one was iron arm armor.

The three joined forces, and their lethality was even higher.

No matter how strong Shi Gu was, it was ultimately just a corpse, and it was suppressed for a while.

Seeing this, Elder You, who originally wanted to escape, also stopped, and a hint of "evil thought" couldn't help but arise in his heart:

"This Shi Gu corpse contains mysteries; if I capture it alive and dissect it, maybe I can find the root of this 'mystery'..."

"Once the research has results, if I can replicate this kind of 'corpse,' even if the power is only one-tenth, with the Hua family's financial resources, 'mass-producing' them could forge a terrifying 'undead army'..."

"This is much stronger than the corpse soldiers in the corpse path."

"With this undead army, the Hua family can do more, and the plot can be even bigger..."

Elder You felt hot in his heart and immediately ordered: "Capture this corpse for me; I want to take it away."

The three black-robed guards were somewhat hesitant.

Elder You said: "Double the reward."

The three black-robed guards' eyes lit up, and they immediately stopped holding back, using all their bottom-of-the-box means.

They no longer spared spiritual power; talismans and magic treasures were driven to the extreme, and one person even took life-risking pills.

Wealth moves people's hearts; the Hua family's reward was simply too generous.

Doubling it was enough for them to struggle less for a hundred years.

Shi Gu was suppressed even more severely.

It was just a "corpse," with only the advantage of thick skin and flesh, being able to carry and fight; it had no other killing means.

Therefore, after fighting for hundreds of rounds, Shi Gu's movements gradually slowed down, and the spiritual power in its body gradually had a trend of being exhausted.

Seeing this, Elder You was slightly happy in his heart.

Shi Gu's corpse could be called a "killing machine," and it would be invincible on a meat-grinder-like battlefield.

But this strength was only on the battlefield; it was ultimately just a lump of stupid "dead meat."

In the confrontation of true experts, it had no great advantage.

Sure enough, after fighting for hundreds more rounds, Shi Gu's movements suddenly stopped, and the blue light in its eye sockets dimmed.

The three black-robed guards were overjoyed to see this and took out a cold iron chain, wanting to step forward and tie Shi Gu up.

Elder You smiled slightly, but the next moment, he felt something was wrong in his heart and said:

"Careful!"

Before the words fell, the deep blue light flashed again in Shi Gu's eye sockets.

This wisp of blue light carried a hint of soul-stirring eeriness.

The three Jin Dan black-robed guards all had a moment of distraction. The next moment, blood exploded, and the weakest one, the black-robed Jin Dan holding the large ring knife, who was only at the mid-stage of Jin Dan, let out a scream. When he looked down, he found his abdomen was empty.

And the Shi Gu opposite was already clutching a Jin Dan in its bloody hand, gnawing on it...

All the cultivators present turned pale.

This bloody scene instantly woke Elder You up.

He suddenly realized that Shi Gu might just be a lump of "dead meat," but the one manipulating Shi Gu was that insidious and unpredictable Divine Blessing who was good at manipulating people's hearts!

In other words, this Shi Gu seemed to be a dead object, but it was also an insidious and ruthless corpse itself.

"Must escape!"

Under the condition of being calculated in advance, every extra thought he had could be used by that Divine Blessing.

This is the most terrifying thing.

Elder You no longer hesitated and immediately drove the clear wind light robe on his body, and his movement technique instantly became more than a notch faster.

Seeing that Elder You was about to escape, "Shi Gu," which had just eaten a Jin Dan, immediately flashed with a bloody wind and killed toward Elder You again.

But before it reached Elder You, it was blocked by the other two late-stage Jin Dan black-robed guards.

Their companion's Jin Dan was dug out, and the other two black-robed guards were shocked and angry, fighting Shi Gu to the death regardless of everything.

Taking advantage of this gap, Elder You no longer hesitated.

He knew this was his last chance to escape.

If he were any slower and let this Shi Gu eat another Jin Dan, he probably wouldn't be able to leave today.

Shi Gu fought fiercely with the two late-stage Jin Dan.

Elder You didn't care about their victory or life or death. With the blessing of the clear wind robe, he quickly left his room and escaped to the ground along a secret path.

Just after reaching the ground, his ears were full of shouting and killing sounds again.

Looking around, it was a sea of fire.

Someone was killing his Hua family people, burning his Hua family stronghold, and robbing his Hua family's things.

Elder You's heart was dripping blood.

But he couldn't care about these, because the person leading the burning, killing, and looting was exactly the number one lackey under the Divine Blessing—Lu Gu.

Elder You continued to flee in a panic.

During this period, barbarian soldiers and generals of the Shu Gu Tribe kept killing him, but they were all repelled by Elder You.

As a Hua family elder, Elder You had impressive means, and he had quite a few good things on him.

Plus, the clear wind light robe he was wearing was also a treasure for escaping, so he was not easily caught.

After so much trouble, Elder You finally escaped the blockade and encirclement.

Reaching a mountain peak, with no one around, Elder You looked back and saw the Hua family's stronghold in a sea of fire amidst the howling sinister winds.

This stronghold he had painstakingly managed for a long time was lost again.

The accumulated wealth was also being robbed by others.

The business failed, and both people and goods were lost; for Elder You, it was no different from cutting his flesh and drinking his blood.

He hated it to the extreme, and anger burned in his chest.

Suddenly, his heart tightened again, and he turned to look at the other side.

On the other side, it was also a mountain peak, pitch black in the night, with nothing.

But Elder You suddenly felt that in the dark night, there seemed to be a pair of eyes silently watching him at this very moment.

These eyes were cold and majestic, like a deity in the sky, overlooking the humble sentient beings.

Elder You's anger gradually subsided, and fear began to spread in his heart.

"It's that Divine Blessing!"

He actually dared to lead troops personally to this Ghost Cry Mountain boundary to encircle and suppress him!

Elder You really wanted to rush over and kill this Divine Blessing at all costs, but he still had some reason left in his heart.

He knew that he was exposed to the Divine Blessing's vision and would never have a good end.

Sure enough, gloomy killing intent came from afar.

I don't know if it was the corpse Shi Gu or the living lackey Lu Gu.

In the dark, there seemed to be a wisp of obscure killing intent locking onto him.

Elder You dared not delay any longer and immediately turned and fled at all costs.

This was also the first time in his life that he had fled in a sorry state in front of a "Foundation Establishment."

But at this moment, the pressure behind him was too strong, strong enough to make Elder You forget that this barbarian Divine Blessing was actually just a Foundation Establishment.

And when he reached an open place, with the blessing of the clear wind light robe, Elder You was indeed like a gale, his escape speed extremely fast.

In just a few blinks, even his shadow was gone.

Mo Hua watched Elder You disappear silently and calculated in his heart.

Shi Gu could not be too far from his control range, and Lu Gu had to preside over the battle, so no one could really catch Elder You.

The big tiger could go after him, but Mo Hua was not at ease.

This Elder You might have other life-saving means; if he were really pushed to the limit, no one knew what would happen.

Mo Hua didn't care about Elder You for the time being and let him escape; anyway, the causal line was in his hands.

The fire in the distance was still spreading, but the battle was already nearing its end.

In the stronghold, those who should have escaped had escaped, and those who couldn't escape were either dead or injured.

This stronghold had basically been captured.

Mo Hua patted the big tiger.

The big tiger yawned, slowly stood up, carried Mo Hua, and walked toward the captured Hua family stronghold with majestic steps.

In the stronghold, there were still some remaining resistance forces.

These forces included Hua family cultivators and cultivators hired by the Hua family.

But more were the local tribal forces of the third-grade Ghost Cry Mountain boundary that had surrendered to the Hua family.

So at this moment, these tribal cultivators of the Ghost Cry Mountain boundary saw with their own eyes the Great Wilderness Holy Tiger with white and bright fur in the dark night.

And the "Divine Blessing" adult sitting on the back of the Holy Tiger, who was rumored to be carrying out the Divine Master's order to unify the wilderness.

Previously, they regarded this Divine Blessing adult as an "enemy" of aggression.

They thought this so-called Divine Blessing was an evil and hypocritical puppet.

But when they truly saw Mo Hua's solemn face and golden eyes with their own eyes.

And the big tiger under Mo Hua, which was not bound by any constraints, holy and solemn, with terrifying momentum, like the Great Wilderness "Holy Beast Bai Hu."

All verbal descriptions were already pale.

They were full of shock, threw away their weapons, knelt on the side of the road, and bowed down to the Holy Beast Bai Hu and the Divine Blessing adult on the back of the Holy Beast.

Faith was like a spark, spreading from ten to a hundred.

More and more Ghost Cry Mountain barbarian cultivators surrendered to Mo Hua.

And the remaining resisting Hua family and the cultivators hired by the Hua family, seeing that the situation was gone, also gave up resistance.

Thus, this Hua family stronghold was completely controlled by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua asked Lu Gu and others to search for various cultivation materials and concentrate the looted spirit stones to give to him.

He wanted to use these spirit stones to feed his Twelve Meridians Taotie Spirit Skeleton Array.

At the same time, there was another important thing...

In the stronghold, various inheritances looted by the Hua family also fell into Mo Hua's hands.

These inheritances were varied, with everything.

But Mo Hua had a guess beforehand, so he only ordered people to gather some inheritances related to the "bone carving" secret method together.

He wanted to know why Elder You, or the Hua family, wanted to collect "bone carving" type inheritance secret methods in the Great Wilderness.

What is the significance of bone carving inheritance?

Is there any other unspeakable secret hidden in it...

(End of chapter)