Over the past three months, Fang Yuan didn't remain idle. Instead, he made extensive use of the refinement materials he had obtained from Jia Fu. During this time, he created several new Gu and re-refined some existing ones, significantly enhancing their power.
Rank 5: Invisible Steps Gu, Falcon Wings Gu, Freezing Volcano Gu, River Swallowing Toad, Wind Blade Gu, Lightning Sense Gu, Golden Bear Gu, Beggar Moth Gu, Illuminati Gu, Fear Gu, Clear Mind Gu, Awaken Cloud Gu, Regeneration Gu, Starlight Gu, Gather Light Gu, Golden Armor Gu, Fixed Star Gu, Seven Shining Stars Gu, Inch of Time Gu
Rank 4: Under The Sun Gu, Inch of Time Gu
Rank 3: Two Inch of Time Gu, Two Primeval Elder Gu, Blood Sucker Gu
Rank 1: Cleansing Water Gu, Liquor Worm
Fang Yuan looked at Bai Ning Bing, who was bleeding, and coldly asked, "So, do you still want me to kill you?"
Bai Ning Bing, though injured and weakened, glanced at Fang Yuan. Despite being younger, Fang Yuan's strength was overwhelming, and that realization stung. With a determined expression, he replied, "I will defeat you."
Fang Yuan shook his head, his tone almost pitying. "If you truly wish to survive, you must break through to Rank 4 in the next few months. Otherwise, you will definitely die." With those words, Fang Yuan's silhouette blurred, and he activated the Invisible Steps Gu. In an instant, he vanished without a trace, as though he had never been there.
Just as Fang Yuan disappeared, a voice echoed through the stillness, "Keep this meeting a secret if you truly wish to live."
The silence returned to the area. The forest, once filled with Gu Masters from the Gu Yue, Bai, and Xiong clans, was now eerily quiet. All of them were dead. Their bodies lay lifeless, blood having evaporated from them as if they had never existed. Only Bai Ning Bing remained, alone in the midst of the carnage.
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Six months flew by in no time.
Five months ago, Fang Yuan had ventured into the forest, where he eliminated the Gu Masters there. Some of the Gu Masters who had been battling the Wolf King were also killed in the process. Along the way, he wiped out all the wolves and looted the Gu Worms from the fallen Gu Masters.
Afterward, he had wiped out the Xiong Clan, and it was then that his aptitude reached 100%, or rather, 99.9%.
With Cleansing Water Gu, he cleansed his aperture and entered Closed Door cultivation to nourish his aperture walls.
Now, after five months of intense cultivation, Fang Yuan had advanced to the Rank 5 Upper Stage.
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The Bai clan's spirit spring was raging like the boiling water.
All of a sudden, the springwater rose up like a tidal wave.
After it reached a certain height, the spirit spring scattered and splashed in all directions. A slender white snake, its whole body covered with snow white scales, tread on the waves and revealed its elegant appearance.
Its eyes were like jade, cold and indifferent. On the two sides of its head were a pair of long whiskers, floating like celestial ribbons.
Rank five white form immortal snake Gu!
"I pay respects to Great Immortal!" Bai clan leader emotionally kneeled on the ground, and at the same time anxiously urged, "Bai Ning Bing, why are you not kneeling down?"
"I will never kneel before a Gu!" Bai Ning Bing coldly snorted, his body standing upright and tall.
Although the white form immortal snake Gu released an ethereal cold grandeur with heavy killing intent concealed within, Bai Ning Bing was not the least bit afraid. His two blue pupils directly stared at its snake eyes.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
The spirit spring and the Bai clan leader had become insignificant background objects.
Under the bright moonlight, the picturesque youngster with blue pupils and the silver whiskered white snake gazed at each other.
After a good while, the white snake suddenly gave a long cry and turned into a white rainbow, slamming into Bai Ning Bing.
Bai Ning Bing's body jolted. The white light entered his aperture and turned into a white snake.
The white snake occupied the central area of his primeval essence, and with its tyrannical attitude, all the surrounding Gu were immediately forced to the side.
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In the azure blue sky, numerous clouds were floating aimlessly.
The elderly Gu Master rode on top of the white crane.
His hair was white, and so were his eyebrows. As he sat on a giant crane, his right palm opened with a Kinship Blood worm Gu.
This Gu was crystal clear, like a red agate. Its shape was like a cicada, emitting a glow at times, pointing towards the Gu Yue village.
"Divine Investigator Tie Xue Leng, we must eliminate this demonic Gu Master who is wreaking havoc in the Qing Mao Mountain."
"I suspect that this Gu Master might not be any weaker than you," the elderly man said to the person standing next to him.
Tie Xue Leng was elderly man. He was tall and his back was ramrod straight, giving a sense of being as steady as a mountain and as profound as a deep pool.
The most eye-catching part was the copper mask that he was wearing on his face. The mask was of a plain design and gave an antique feeling.
There were three openings on it, revealing the wearer's eyes and mouth. His eyes showed the vicissitudes of life and revealed a grand and righteous aura. His lips were pursed up, the contour in between as sharp as a blade, hinting at his firm willpower.
The mask didn't cover his ears, exposing his greying temple hairs and revealing that he should be of an older age.
And beside Tie Xue Leng, there is a young girl cultivating on the cranes.
She was Tie Ruo Nan. Her eyebrows were as upright as a sword.
And she had a slightly dark complexion with similarly pursing lips, her entire body releasing a sharp and professional aura.
Tie Xue Leng replied, "It doesn't matter. All Demonic Gu Masters are the same."
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