Chapter 162: Heaven-Man Gu Soldiers

Since the Great Shamans brought along were all dead, the Miao King had completely lost her channel of communication with Li Miao.

When they met, Li Miao would deal a killing blow.

Ji Tianrui knew what kind of person Li Miao was, and naturally, the Miao King knew as well.

He did not care for power, his own martial prowess was unfathomable, his temperament was arrogant and ruthless, he had a self-consistent way of conducting himself, and he was not pedantic in the slightest.

To deal with villains, one could use profit; to deal with petty people, one could use threats; to deal with those seeking fame, one could promise them reputation; to deal with those who act for justice, one could humble oneself and claim to be helpless, or use the lives of others as a threat.

But a person like Li Miao was truly impervious to both soft and hard tactics.

He had no intention of reasoning with the Miao King, nor did he want to gain any benefits, much less put himself in a position of "justice."

He felt the Miao King deserved to die; regardless of her hidden difficulties or conditions, Li Miao would crush everything in his path to kill her.

Everyone in this world had a price, and Li Miao was no exception.

He came to kill her simply because he felt she had too much blood on her hands and would kill too many people in the future.

Therefore, human lives should be able to stop Li Miao.

But the Miao King vaguely felt that if she were worth a thousand lives in Li Miao's heart, even if she held nine hundred and ninety hostages, Li Miao would strike without hesitation.

Now that Li Miao had forced his way to her doorstep, how could she have time to test how many lives she was worth!? And how could she have the energy to find so many hostages!?

Facing such an opponent, even the Miao King could not help but grit her teeth.

The Great Shamans of the Twelve Sect Branches had sealed her perception; during that time, only Ji Tianrui sent news from time to time, and the rest of the time she remained in a dormant state.

Having finally woken up, the moment she opened her eyes, Li Miao was causing trouble at her home!

Where could one even reason with that!?

"Fine, fine!"

"Since we must decide who lives and who dies, let's see who can survive!"

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Li Miao followed behind the fluorescent Gu insects released by the old man, moving forward all the way.

As Li Miao went deeper, this cave gradually became more spacious. By now, it could accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

The surrounding stone walls were not smooth; Li Miao reached out and touched them, finding them covered in overlapping marks like pinecones, with countless small holes above them.

Li Miao walked another few dozen steps and suddenly heard a sound coming from far ahead.

"Heh, finally starting to make a move."

Li Miao sneered and tightened his gloves.

He had worn those gloves since leaving Shaolin, and they had been stained with the blood of at least a hundred people. After the battle with the Great Shamans of the Twelve Sect Branches just now, plus the blood of that group of venomous snakes, they had become increasingly scarlet.

Dense footsteps came from ahead.

A pale head appeared in Li Miao's field of vision.

Boom!

Li Miao raised his hand and struck with a Profound Heaven Finger.

Before the body even appeared, the head had already exploded.

But inside the skull, there were no brains, but countless insects falling out like flowing water, crawling toward Li Miao along the ground.

Afterward, three pale, stark-naked human figures appeared in close pursuit.

Their bodies were withered and thin, without a trace of fat. Their skin clung tightly to muscles as dry and vigorous as bamboo. There was not a single hair on their bodies, and even their chests and crotches were flat and smooth, with no distinction between male and female.

On their faces, the eyelids and lips had been stripped away, exposing the gums and eyeballs to the air. Several pairs of pale pupils looked at Li Miao.

"That's it? Feudal zombies?"

Li Miao sneered and raised his hand to strike with a "Profound Heaven Finger."

Slap.

Clatter—

The sharp True Energy struck one of the heads, but failed to make it explode entirely.

Flesh and blood splattered, and the skull cracked open, revealing a hole the size of a fist, exposing the intertwined insects inside.

The injured human figure swayed and then stabilized its stance.

Then, it lunged forward, crawling on the ground, and pounced toward Li Miao!

"Roar!!"

This thing's speed was incredibly swift, reaching Li Miao in an instant!

Li Miao stomped on the ground and then braced his fist horizontally.

Step forward, Parry and Punch!

He smashed his fist onto the thing's shoulder!

Limbs twisted, flesh and blood splashed, and the thing flew backward, smashing into the ground.

Yet it struggled a few times, flipped over, and stood up.

Its lifeless pupils looked at its own right arm, which was hanging limply, and it bit down on it, shaking its head violently, tearing it off by force!

Having taken a blow from Li Miao, this thing could still move.

Because the injured right arm was useless and would only interfere with its own actions, this thing had actually torn off its own severed limb and thrown it onto the ground like trash.

"Jin Gang."

Li Miao smiled.

"So, this is your trump card."

"Heaven-Man Gu Soldiers."

The condition for the Miao King's exchange with Li Miao was a Gu insect capable of storing the Heaven-Man realm.

And on Mount Taishan, Lan Lechuan's "Sumeru" was also taken away by Yun Zelin using a Gu insect.

So, it was reasonable for the Miao King and the Ming Sect to have a few Heaven-Man realm Gu soldiers.

However... how could these three Heaven-Man Gu soldiers possibly stop Li Miao?

Swish!

Before the process could even be seen, only a gust of wind was heard, and Li Miao had already crossed a distance of several zhang, appearing in the midst of the few Gu soldiers.

Left palm as a saber, right fist as a spear!

Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber!

Stepping on the Moon and Breaking the Clouds Spear!

These were not profound, just ordinary Wu Gong found in the Jianghu.

But it all depended on who was using them!

Three Gu soldiers: two Sumeru, one Jin Gang.

Li Miao intended to take out the two Sumeru ones first!

The palm saber swept across, from the left shoulder to the abdomen.

The fist spear thrust out, piercing straight from the chest to the back.

Clatter—

Squish—

One Gu soldier's chest and abdomen were ripped open, revealing bloody, white ribs, with internal organs rolling out and blood spraying.

One Gu soldier had a large hole in its chest; behind it, Li Miao was clutching a "thump, thump" beating tumor of flesh in his hand.

Boom.

Flesh and blood squeezed out from between Li Miao's fingers; that heart had already been crushed into meat paste by Li Miao.

At this moment, the Jin Gang Gu soldier finally reacted, let out a roar, and turned to pounce toward Li Miao.

Li Miao was about to withdraw his hand to defend, but he felt a momentary delay.

The two Gu soldiers Li Miao had attacked had actually raised their hands in unison, locking onto Li Miao's arms.

They were risking their lives, but they could only lock Li Miao for an instant.

In that very instant, the Jin Gang Gu soldier had already reached Li Miao.

At close range, a hole suddenly burst open in the Gu soldier's chest!

Swish!

From that wound, a centipede a foot long, red and white, suddenly darted out, baring its ferocious mouthparts and pouncing toward Li Miao's face.

This was the Miao King's killing move.

The Miao King had never expected these few Gu soldiers to stop Li Miao.

Even Heaven-Man Gu soldiers only had the advantage of being tough-skinned. With dull consciousness and unable to use Wu Gong, they were a world apart from ordinary Heaven-Man experts.

Using Wu Gong to deal with Li Miao was like showing off one's axe before a master.

Only witchcraft, which had absolutely nothing to do with Wu Gong, had any hope of defeating Li Miao.

"Heh."

Li Miao chuckled.

And then he exerted force suddenly!

The dark, mysterious tight-fitting garment on his body was creaking and groaning from being stretched by his suddenly swelling muscles.

The two Gu soldiers locking onto him were lifted up by him entirely and smashed toward the centipede!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 163 =====