Chapter 1289: Killing With a Borrowed Knife

Translator: CinderTL 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Gu Huang understood the situation clearly. His strength was inferior to both Wang Qiuyue and Tang He. If Jian Xiao left, he would be left alone, and he wouldn’t even be able to protect his own life, let alone compete for the treasures in the Right Ear Chamber.

However, he was confident in pursuing Gou Jun.

The only threat Gou Jun posed was the void fiend hidden within his body. As long as he prepared beforehand, the void fiend wouldn’t be able to harm him.

Moreover, killing Gou Jun would not only avenge his previous blood feud but also allow him to obtain the void fiend and the treasures Gou Jun had taken from the Left Ear Chamber—a truly multi-pronged victory.

Gu Huang entered the tunnel, following the winding passage. He soon emerged from the tunnel and found himself outside the Immortal’s Tomb.

He looked up at the sky, where the Xun Heaven Divine Ox stood.

Seeing the serene sky with no unusual phenomena, Gu Huang’s tense heart relaxed slightly. He had been worried that the death of the mutilated corpse would enrage the Xun Heaven Divine Ox, causing it to break free from its seal. If the Xun Heaven Divine Ox were to escape, even a Body Integration Stage cultivator like him would be doomed.

But for now, the Xun Heaven Divine Ox seemed normal.

He fully extended his divine sense to search for Gou Jun’s trail, but Gou Jun had already escaped his divine sense’s range and vanished without a trace.

Gu Huang’s gaze darted between the east and west.

Eastward lay the foul qi miasma; westward, the Gang Qi Waterfall. Both paths led to the surface.

After a moment’s hesitation, Gu Huang soared into the air and headed west. Though he had never personally visited the Gang Qi Waterfall, Heng Ziping’s description suggested it was far less dangerous than the foul qi miasma.

If Gou Jun wanted to escape quickly, he would undoubtedly choose the Gang Qi Waterfall.

Gu Huang soon arrived beneath the waterfall, where gang qi gushed forth from two caves. A look of urgency flashed in his eyes. The moment the gang qi erupted outward was the best chance to leave this place. If Gou Jun escaped to the surface, finding him again would be far more difficult.

Gu Huang charged directly into the Gang Qi Waterfall, riding the wind currents as he soared upward.

Before he had ascended even ten thousand miles, he spotted a figure a dozen miles above him—it was Gou Jun.

"Gou Jun, the debt of your severed arm from years ago must be repaid in blood today!"

A longsword materialized before Gu Huang, its murderous aura piercing the gale as it hurtled toward Song Wen.

With the shadow void’s aid, Song Wen sensed Gu Huang’s approach the moment he was spotted.

"He really came after me," Song Wen thought, his heart sinking. He had long anticipated Gu Huang’s pursuit.

As a cultivator at the Body Integration Stage, Gu Huang’s escape speed far surpassed Song Wen’s. Trying to shake him off would be a fool’s errand.

The only saving grace was that Jian Xiao hadn’t risen with Gu Huang, giving Song Wen a chance to escape.

Song Wen hadn’t sought a hidden place to temporarily conceal himself and avoid Gu Huang’s pursuit, mainly because he feared Gu Huang and Jian Xiao might block the exit of the Turbid Spirit Realm. If they did, Song Wen would be trapped within the realm. Therefore, he had to reach the exit as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, a Minor Teleportation Talisman appeared in Song Wen’s hand.

He had already used ten Minor Teleportation Talismans on this journey, leaving him with only sixteen. He should have been conserving them, but the Substitute Puppets, due to the suppression of divine sense by the gang qi, could only teleport a few miles at a time. This left him with no choice but to rely on the Minor Teleportation Talismans.

Each Minor Teleportation Talisman could teleport him roughly three hundred miles. While he couldn’t control the direction, it would be enough to temporarily evade Gu Huang.

Just as Song Wen was about to activate the talisman, he noticed the gale’s wind speed rapidly decreasing.

"The gale is about to change direction!"

The thought flashed through Song Wen’s mind, and a cold glint flared in his eyes.

If the gale changed direction, it would mean he couldn’t temporarily pass through the Gang Qi Waterfall and escape to the surface. But it also presented him with an opportunity to ambush Gu Huang.

Song Wen flipped his hand, stowing the Minor Teleportation Talisman. His body rapidly swelled, transforming into a three-zhang Giant Corpse.

While the Undying True Corpse Transformation didn’t boost his power as dramatically as it had during his nascent soul stage, it still enhanced his physical strength and power.

Just as he transformed into a three-zhang Giant Corpse, a flying sword pierced through his skull.

"Hmph! Let’s see how many Substitute Puppets you have!"

Gu Huang, seeing how easily he had "slain" Gou Jun, naturally suspected that his opponent had used a life-substitution art to escape death once again.

His divine sense swept the area, searching for Song Wen’s trail.

Suddenly, his vision darkened. A three-zhang Giant Corpse appeared directly above him.

The Giant Corpse’s bloody maw gaped wide, its fangs bared in a grotesque snarl. Nine tentacles sprouted from its head, making it look utterly bizarre.

These tentacles were in a semi-transparent state, rendering them almost immune to the gale’s effects.

They trembled slightly, emitting a sharp, buzzing sound that mingled with the howling wind, creating an especially grating cacophony.

"I’ve already been ambushed by a void fiend once. I wouldn’t be caught off guard again," Gu Huang sneered.

A silver-gray light suddenly erupted from his chest, emanating from a fist-sized treasure pearl.

He had been concealing the pearl beneath his robes, ready to activate it at any moment.

The silver light enveloped his entire body in an instant, yet a flicker of pain still flashed in his eyes.

Clearly, the treasure pearl couldn’t completely block Shadow Void’s divine sense attack. Moreover, Gu Huang’s divine soul was already wounded, like a weathered ruin on the brink of collapse. Under the impact of Shadow Void’s divine sense assault, it immediately began to falter.

But this was no cause for alarm!

As long as they eliminated Gou Jun, all threats would naturally vanish.

Ignoring the searing pain in his Sea of Consciousness, Gu Huang channeled his spiritual power to control the flying sword he hadn’t yet recalled, directing it toward the Giant Corpse’s back.

The Giant Corpse neither dodged nor defended, instead spreading its withered arms wide like a giant bird and lunging downward.

It reached Gu Huang’s cocoon-like mana shield a moment before the flying sword, slamming into it with brute force.

The mana shield trembled violently but didn’t shatter. However, a mountain-crushing force surged through it.

Gu Huang suddenly realized that the gale had abruptly changed direction at that moment, combining with the Giant Corpse’s impact to throw him completely off balance. He was swept away by the gale, spiraling deeper into the vortex.

A scene flashed through his mind: the Xun Heaven Divine Ox’s massive nostrils swallowing the gale.

He immediately understood the enemy’s intention.

Gou Jun wanted to force him into the Xun Heaven Divine Ox’s body, using the beast to kill him.

Gu Huang immediately poured all his spiritual power into resisting the gale’s pull, but the vast gale was not so easily overcome.

Fortunately, the flying sword suddenly pierced through the Giant Corpse’s heart.

Countless Sword Qi erupted from the sword, instantly shredding the Giant Corpse into minced meat, thwarting its plan to continue battering Gu Huang’s mana shield.

(End of the Chapter)

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