Chapter 617: 『Gu Lao』Self-Destructs, Old Bastard Capsizes

A mere mechanism, can it trap a Strong Martial?

Lu Zhigang exerted force from his wrists, but it was like hitting a copper wall or an iron barrier; the ring did not budge in the slightest.

"Zhigang, stop struggling. This is a torture device used by the Zhenxiong Yu to restrain Strong Martial prisoners. I, old Du, have tried; it cannot be broken."

After Du Taiyue revealed his fangs, the kindness and intimacy on his face were wiped away, revealing a ferocious countenance.

He flicked his sleeve, and the bowls and dishes on the table were shattered to dust, instantly cleared away completely.

"Today's banquet, what is being eaten is not food, but you!"

Du Taiyue grabbed Lu Zhigang, pressed him onto the wine table, and leaned down to open his mouth.

He unleashed the 'Snake Metaphor' secret technique; his chin split along the corners of his mouth, almost tearing all the way to the back of his neck.

The old beast was insane; he actually wanted to eat a living person raw. He was truly a wretch deserving of being struck by lightning.

Suddenly, Lu Zhigang smiled, "Du Taiyue, how about eating my fart?"

The next moment, his body flickered a few times, and *clatter*, the ring fell onto the table with a chime.

A living person had vanished into thin air.

Du Taiyue hurriedly looked around, but he did not find Lu Zhigang's whereabouts, thinking that he still had a trick up his sleeve, having secretly mastered this elusive Lightness Skill.

Right, Lu Zhigang had once broken into the Zhenxiong Yu to save Du Wuyao; it must have been then that he colluded with an alluring entity to obtain power.

"Lu Zhigang, do you believe that if I spread this matter, no matter how vast the world is, there will never be a place for you to hide?"

"Colluding with an alluring entity, even a Strong Martial cannot do it. Are there few Strong Martials imprisoned in the Zhenxiong Yu?"

"Get out here quickly! Do you believe I will kill all your people, Chan Juaner, and your adopted daughter, and your Servant Lineage?"

Suddenly, a voice came, "You can gamble on it. In the time it takes to kill them, how far can I escape!"

Du Taiyue's eyes lit up; he had found him. The young man was still unable to keep his cool, speaking out after being provoked by his few words.

Under his Strong Martial level perception, the source of Lu Zhigang's voice was in the air above his head.

Good lad, in such a short time he had already left the stone palace, and even drilled out of the thousand-meter swamp, appearing in the outside world.

Lu Zhigang was certain that he had to hide his tracks and would not dare to appear in broad daylight.

"Zhigang, you miscalculated!"

Du Taiyue took a breath and blasted open the great roof of the stone palace, shuttling through the viscous swamp mud; his figure moved like a loach, maintaining a fast speed at the speed of sound.

In a few breaths, he leaped and broke through the black water, catching up to Lu Zhigang's trail.

"Lu Zhigang, you cannot escape."

At this moment, Lu Zhigang was shuttling through the air above the black water like a swimming dragon, his speed having reached the supersonic level.

But Du Taiyue caught up to him by slightly increasing his speed, "Those little skills of yours were all taught by me. Zhigang, stop struggling, and merge into one with your master!"

Old beast, disgusting!

"So what if your Lightness Skill is powerful? You still cannot escape from the palm of my hand, old Du."

"Actually, that was not Lightness Skill, but projection flickering. Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. The important thing is, I didn't place the projection a thousand miles away, but left it here to wait for you. What do you think that was for?"

Lu Zhigang's voice was calm, causing a sinister warning sign to rise in Du Taiyue's heart.

Suddenly, a figure darted out of the swamp mud and grabbed Du Taiyue; its arms were as firm as iron, not moving a single bit.

Du Taiyue raised his eyebrows, "Strong Martial Third Heaven, is this your trump card?"

The one lying in ambush here was none other than the puppet made by Kunpengzi, Gu Lao Erdaimu.

"I, old Du, am currently suffering from five internal injuries and seven external wounds, but I am not someone a First Heaven can ambush. Zhigang, the backer you found is not very good."

Even at this moment, Du Taiyue still held victory in his grasp, convinced that Lu Zhigang's confidence in turning against him was relying on this unknown Strong Martial First Heaven.

Before he was injured, he was a Strong Martial Third Heaven; even with injuries, he could easily eliminate it. However, Lu Zhigang did not intend to tangle with him or engage in some round-based combat.

He chose the simplest and crudest move, "Goodbye!"

Lu Zhigang flickered a few times, having activated the panel's projection function, recalling... the projection.

The location of this deployment returned to the stone palace a thousand meters deep in the swamp.

Because Du Taiyue had just broken the roof of the stone palace, the sealing effect was gone, and the surrounding silt was seeping into the interior through every opening. It looked as if the stone palace was about to become a giant light coffin, drowning everyone inside.

Chan Juaner, Lu Chongsheng, and Qiu Dajun kept dodging the silt seeping in from the cracks, but no matter how they shifted and moved, the space grew smaller and smaller, and they were on the verge of being buried alive.

*Swish! * Lu Zhigang appeared at the end of the passage, signaling them not to panic, and took out an activated Storage Pocket.

"Get in, I have a way to take you out."

After the three of them bumped into the Storage Pocket, Lu Zhigang counted down in his heart, "Three, two, one, time's up."

At the same time, high above in the sky, the puppet 'Old Gu' who was hugging Du Taiyue tightly had a pair of dead-gray eyes light up like candles, and spat out two words, "Kunpeng!"

The next moment, he resolutely chose to self-destruct.

With the realm of a Pseudo-Strong Martial, plus having consumed 2 Great Medicine Snow Bud Pills, his entire body's blood and Essence Energy were undoubtedly that of a Strong Martial First Heaven.

A self-destruction under these circumstances, even if there was a gap in realms, would be enough to give Du Taiyue a hard time.

"No, why are you self-destructing? Don't, stop!"

Du Taiyue had thought this nameless Strong Martial had designs on him and was thinking of testing the waters to take him down.

Who could have imagined that the other party was so crazy and fierce, self-destructing without a word.

Where is this a high and mighty Strong Martial? Even the most dedicated death soldier could not be consumed like this.

The aftermath of the explosion reached three to five thousand meters away on the ground. The black water and sludge of the Zhaohai had viscosity and cushioning power, but under the shroud of the shockwave, it smashed through a thousand-meter layer of swamp mud.

In the end, when it reached the location of the stone palace, the aftermath had weakened to almost nothing.

"It's done!"

Lu Zhigang activated the panel projection again, returning to the sky above the ground.

The air was still filled with the intense smell of burnt boards; these were the remaining traces after the puppet Gu Lao self-destructed.

Within a radius of several thousand meters, the black water swamp had been blown to pieces. After returning to calm, the landscape had changed; it was no longer the scene of water puddles and mud everywhere, but had turned into cracked, dried-up land.

The self-detonation of a Qiangwu Yichongtian is enough to rival a miniature nuclear warhead.

"Du Taiyue, you truly didn't die; I admire you, I admire you."

When Lu Zhigang found Du Taiyue, he was lying listlessly in a mud pit, without even the strength to lift a finger.

"Lu Zhigang, you have good methods, making a Qiangwu willingly self-detonate for you."

"Even I don't have such ability; falling into your hands is not a grievance!"

"The waves of the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, each new generation replaces the old; the era of Du Taiyue has ended, and next is you, Poison Goose, Lu Zhigang."

Lu Zhigang interrupted him, "Stop pretending, I know you are not as miserable as you appear on the surface."

The secrets confessed by Fu Manlun benefited Lu Zhigang greatly, and among them were several of Du Taiyue's life-saving methods.

Surviving the self-detonation of a Qiangwu Yichongtian was not a difficult matter for him.

"You even discovered this."

Du Taiyue took a deep breath and suddenly stood up, "Lu Zhigang, I must kill you."

(End of this chapter)