Chapter 913

"So that's how it is!"

The Second Captain's mind flashed with sudden understanding—but it was already too late…

Because the bloodied hand of Yue Zhu Gui had already covered his face.

The next instant.

Boom!!

The body of Second Captain Wu Lao exploded violently, turning into a shower of black blood.

A Yun-level warrior had fallen just like that!

"Wu Lao!"

"Big Brother Wu Lao!"

"This monster!!"

The other three shouted in unison with fury, rushing toward Yue Zhu Gui at the same moment, three long swords striking from three different angles.

Years of joint combat had forged perfect synergy among them, completely sealing off all escape routes for Yue Zhu Gui.

But at that very moment, they felt it—the same sensation Wu Lao had felt before dying, or rather… they felt Yue Zhu Gui's method of attack!

It was the manipulation of blood!

As they attacked, the blood inside their own bodies suddenly surged uncontrollably.

The rapidly flowing blood reached extreme temperatures in an instant, then secreted a thick black viscous fluid that enveloped and infected the red blood, and… burst outward from their bodies!

Sssss!!

All three men's right hands, holding their swords, simultaneously spewed black blood—blood that should have been scalding hot but had been instantly cooled by the black secretion.

This violent transformation was like molten lava suddenly subjected to extreme super-cooling, instantly solidifying into bizarre high pressure that ruptured through the human body's surface, causing infection and destruction.

All three were Yun-level warriors; after personally experiencing Yue Zhu Gui's attack, they immediately understood what was happening.

But the cost of knowing the truth was that all three were already infected by Yue Zhu Gui's blood—and with no idea how to counter this cursed wound, the time left for them to move freely was nearly gone.

"How could this be?! That Yue Zhu Gui, after transformation, injured all three Captains at once!"

"What level of power does this thing even have?! Its strength is utterly terrifying!"

"Fourth Captain, Fifth Captain, Sixth Captain, we're coming to assist you!"

"Everyone, follow me! The enemy is only one strange foe! Give the three Captains a chance to strike!"

The Lan Shan team members all trusted their Captains' strength!

Because they were Yun-level warriors—nearly the pinnacle of power even across all of Qing Guo.

Aside from the elusive Yu-level warriors, Yun-level warriors were the peak powerhouses most people ever encountered.

Under this belief, everyone trusted their Captains' power.

As for reinforcements from other departments, since their own strength fell short of Lan Shan's Captains, they naturally placed all their hopes on the Captains.

Yet…

"Don't come closer!"

"Fall back!"

"Stay away from here!"

The three Captains, clutching their wounds, retreated rapidly from Yue Zhu Gui and immediately shouted warnings to their approaching comrades.

Having understood Yue Zhu Gui's method of attack, they realized numbers meant nothing against him.

But it was already too late—the surging crowd had already surrounded Yue Zhu Gui, pushing the three Captains further back.

"A correct judgment... what a pity..."

Yue Zhu Gui spoke slowly at that moment.

Then he turned, facing the team members who had encircled him in three layers, and snapped his fingers.

"... All beings are equal."

Almost the instant Yue Zhu Gui finished speaking.

Boom!

The nearest Lan Shan team member exploded on the spot, bursting into dozens of chunks of black rotting flesh that splattered onto those around him.

Black blood oozed from each chunk of black rot, dripping onto people's bodies.

Those touched by the rotting flesh screamed in horror, frantically scraping it off and throwing it away—but… it was already too late.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Everyone who had been touched by the rot or the black blood exploded in turn, becoming a second wave of contamination.

Then a third wave, a fourth, a fifth…

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The sound of human bodies bursting like popping beans continued without end.

In just a few breaths, the once tightly encircling three-layered formation of Lan Shan's private courtyard had become a ground littered with rotting corpses—no intact bodies remained.

The entire scene was a sea of corpses, rotting flesh covering the earth, black blood staining everything—nearly a vision of hell.

And standing atop this hellish ground was only the bloodied figure of Yue Zhu Gui, bearing the black moon mark on his forehead.

"No… no no no! No!!!"

The Fourth Captain stared at the scene before him, watching his former subordinates fall like grass, sacrificed without meaning.

Anger finally overcame reason—he roared and charged wildly at Yue Zhu Gui, only for Yue Zhu Gui to glance sideways at him.

Boom!!

His chest burst open with a bloody wound in a thunderous blast, black blood pouring out as if from a waterfall, flowing endlessly from his chest. After staggering two steps, this Blue Reef Fourth Team Captain, a Cloud-rank martial artist, collapsed to the ground and fell dead with unclosed eyes.

The Fifth Team Captain and Sixth Team Captain had just been immersed in the hellish slaughter of the Moon Lord Gu, and when they came back to their senses, they saw their brother had lost his mind and gone up to deliver another head.

The Fifth Team Captain and Sixth Team Captain were slightly more rational. They exchanged a glance and almost immediately reached a consensus.

Clutching the already blackened wound on their wrists, they almost simultaneously fled in different directions.

Meanwhile, the Moon Lord Gu over there was dealing with the injured Third Team Captain, Wu Lao.

After the Moon Lord Gu's bloody hand pressed down on Wu Lao, whose eyes had lost their light and who was nearly mentally stunned, Wu Lao's body erupted with a skyful of black blood, swayed twice, and collapsed to the ground.

When the Moon Lord Gu turned back to look for the Blue Reef Fifth Team Captain and Sixth Team Captain, he discovered the two had fled in two different directions.

Without the slightest pause, the Moon Lord Gu aimed at the Fifth Team Captain's direction, extended a slightly trembling right index finger, closed only his left eye, as if aiming at something.

By the instant his slightly trembling finger suddenly went still—

Bang!

The Fifth Team Captain's knees suddenly burst open with two black bloody holes, and he collapsed to the ground.

Black blood flowed out from the hollowed knee area, and the Fifth Team Captain's heart was filled with panic and Zhenjiu.

This Moon Lord Gu, this leader of the Black Moon organization, was more terrifying than he had imagined, more terrifying than anyone had imagined!

But the death he had anticipated did not arrive.

He could not even sense the Moon Lord Gu's aura approaching.

In his moment of confusion, a human head suddenly flew from high above, fell, and rolled to his side.

At just one glance, the Fifth Team Captain's pupils sharply contracted.

Because it was his brother's head—Blue Reef second-rank Blue Guard, the Sixth Team Captain's head.

The Sixth Team Captain, who had split up and fled with him, was also dead…

The Fifth Team Captain's eyes gradually welled up, spilling black blood.

That was not him transforming into a Gu, but the black blood Gu curse pollution within his body had nearly reached its limit, about to infect his entire body.

(End of this chapter)