Rumble—
The earth suddenly overturned, rocks and soil shot out, and the ground caved in with a roar.
Just as everyone thought an earthquake had struck, a deafening roar exploded, and from countless dust and debris, a gigantic spider, comparable in size to a small mountain, emerged from underground, appearing before everyone's eyes.
"This... this is a Rank Five Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider!"
The Bai Family Clan Leader shouted in alarm.
Clan Leader's gaze, however, was fixed on the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider's back, where a familiar figure sat—thin as a youth, yet exuding an indescribable aura of power.
"Hahahaha! It's Gu Yue Fang Yuan! Fang Yuan, quickly help us exterminate these shameless scoundrels from Bai Family Village! I won't hold you accountable for deserting in battle!"
Clan Leader shouted loudly.
The other Elders were also ecstatic:
Gu Yue Village had gained a Rank Five combat force. In the future, they would surely have the strength to unify Qing Mao Mountain, occupy three origin springs, and leap from a medium-sized Family to a large Family.
But Yuan Fang paid no attention to this.
He sat on the back of the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider, not even sparing a glance for the crowd, and directly urged the wolf spider towards the Thunder Crown Head Wolf.
The Thunder Crown Head Wolf was already on its last breath, but its remaining combat power was still terrifying. It struggled to lift its head, glaring unwillingly at Yuan Fang, letting out a whimpering growl. Just as it was about to spit out a lightning ball, it was firmly sealed by the spider silk shot from the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider.
The wolf spider continued to spray silk, wrapping the Thunder Crown Head Wolf into an impenetrable cocoon.
Everyone was silent, not daring to step forward or speak, only wanting to see what Yuan Fang intended to do.
The Blood Droplets in the air circled and danced around the Thunder Crown Head Wolf, buzzing, as if venting their dissatisfaction at not being able to devour its flesh and blood.
"Hmph! Noisy mosquitoes!"
Yuan Fang raised his hand, and the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider beneath him immediately spat out silk to weave a net, covering all the surrounding Blood Droplets.
The Blood Droplets flew around, trying to escape, but were stuck to the spider web, unable to move.
"spring autumn cicada."
With a thought, Yuan Fang immediately activated the immortal gu's aura to refine one of the Blood Droplets. The Blood Droplet struggled violently during the refinement process, full of unwillingness.
The Blood Droplet crashed frantically within the spider web, but it was ultimately a Rank Five Gu. The spring autumn cicada couldn't refine it instantly, but Yuan Fang had many ways.
With a hint of malicious amusement, he flicked that Blood Droplet with his finger.
The Blood Droplet struggled desperately, its mosquito legs flailing wildly, but it could not pierce Yuan Fang's Bronze Skin Body. In the end, it exhausted itself to the brink of death, its mosquito legs no longer able to move.
Seeing this, Yuan Fang immediately refined it, taking this Blood Droplet into his aperture.
"One Blood Droplet is enough. After some time, it will naturally form a swarm. As for the rest, I'll use them for Gu Refining! Blood Refining Great Method!"
As Yuan Fang's words fell, he began blood refining the Thunder Crown Head Wolf. The Gu worms on the Thunder Crown Head Wolf sensed that their host's time was up and fled from its body, but all were stuck by the spider silk and instantly refined by Yuan Fang.
"Fang Yuan! What exactly do you want to do! It's one thing for you to secretly take the Thunder Crown Head Wolf's Gu worms, but you even dare to covet our ancestor's Blood Droplets! Are you even human?!"
Clan Leader cursed angrily, while Bai Ning Bing beside him burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! Fang Yuan, you are indeed interesting! You even dare to covet an ancestor's Gu, so I naturally can't lose to you."
With that, Bai Ning Bing turned and darted towards Bai Family Village.
"Oh no! Lord Bai Ning Bing has been led astray by Fang Yuan! Quickly stop him!"
The Bai Family Elders exclaimed in shock and hurriedly gave chase. Yuan Fang, however, paid no mind to this. He simply dismounted the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider, letting it assist the Gu Yue Clan Members, while he focused on Gu Refining.
What he wanted to refine was the Rank Five Blood Aperture Gu.
Yuan Fang first reverse-refined all the remaining Blood Droplets into blood path gu material, then used the Thunder Crown Head Wolf as a cauldron, activating the Blood Refining Great Method. The Thunder Crown Head Wolf let out a mournful cry, struggling continuously in the blood-red light.
After a series of complex refining steps, a sudden burst of light erupted from his palm, and the Rank Five Blood Aperture Gu was formed.
Yuan Fang threw his head back and laughed madly. The Gu Yue Clan Members looked at his frenzied appearance, each with fear on their faces.
"It's over, it's over! Lord Fang Yuan must have been led astray by Bai Ning Bing and gone mad too!"
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared—it was a Cunning Lightning Wolf, slightly smaller than the Thunder Crown Head Wolf, and behind it, there was actually another Thunder Crown Head Wolf!
"Damn it! It's two Beast Kings! Could it be that Xiong Family Village has already been destroyed?"
Someone exclaimed in shock.
"Gentlemen, do not worry. Quickly order a feast to be prepared, awaiting my triumphant return!"
"Lord Fang Yuan, why do you say that?"
"The overall situation is set; today we shall surely win!"
No sooner had he spoken than the two Ten Thousand Beast Kings rushed forward, carrying a fierce, murderous aura.
"Gu Yue Fang Yuan! Where the hell do you get your confidence!"
Clan Leader's voice trembled, cold sweat constantly dripping down his forehead.
"Fang Yuan's aura... this is..."
The Bai Family Clan Leader also turned pale with fright.
Yuan Fang's aura suddenly soared, leaping from Rank Four initial stage all the way to Rank Four middle stage, then to Rank Four high stage, finally stabilizing at Rank Four Peak!
Rank Four Peak—genuine and true!!!
"Hahahaha! I am Rank Four Peak, who dares to kill me? Who can kill me!"
Yuan Fang's aura suppressed the entire scene like Mount Tai, causing even the Cunning Lightning Wolf to retreat a few steps in fear.
It turned out that the Rank Five Blood Aperture Gu Yuan Fang had just refined had an effect comparable to the Stone Aperture Gu. It could instantly push a Gu Master's cultivation to the Peak stage without major side effects:
It could stabilize the aperture, preventing it from being ruptured by the spring autumn cicada, and also preserve most of the aperture's foundation, allowing Yuan Fang to continue cultivating.
The only drawback was that it would cause Aptitude damage. At this moment, Yuan Fang's Aptitude was rapidly declining.
"Gu Yue Chi Lian, give me your Pure Water Gu!"
"But Lord Fang Yuan..."
"Give it to me!"
Though Red Snake was unwilling, he handed over the Pure Water Gu. Yuan Fang immediately activated the Gu worm to cleanse his aperture, and the damage to his Aptitude finally stopped, but the Pure Water Gu also collapsed and dissipated as a result.
Even so, his Aptitude still dropped by two points, from 90% A-grade to 88% A-grade.
The Cunning Lightning Wolf roared and pounced at Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang, however, was unfazed. A pair of Bone Wings suddenly grew from his back, and he charged directly towards the Thunder Crown Head Wolf, while letting the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider restrain the Cunning Lightning Wolf.
Seeing this, Clan Leader and the Bai Family Clan Leader no longer fought amongst themselves, turning their spears in unison to assist Yuan Fang in battling the Thunder Crown Head Wolf.
"Killer Move—Heaven Shaking Earth Moving!"
"Killer Move—Arrow Wave!"
The Gu Yue and Bai Family Elders all made their moves, jointly assisting the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider in besieging the Cunning Lightning Wolf.
The Cunning Lightning Wolf was momentarily helpless against this giant spider, so it immediately spat out a cloud of thick smoke, which instantly enveloped the surroundings, obscuring everyone's vision.
"Oh no! It's the Rank Four Wolf Smoke Gu!" someone exclaimed in alarm.
Yuan Fang's expression remained unchanged. He raised his hand and activated a Killer Move:
"Foul Wind Gu, Blood Wash Gu, Blood Water Gu, Blood镇 Gu. Killer Move—Bloody Storm!"
A foul wind suddenly rose, piercing directly through the thick smoke and dispersing the Wolf Smoke Gu's mist.
Immediately after, a torrential blood rain poured down. Wherever it passed, the battlefield was instantly washed into an ocean of blood.
"bone dragon gu!"
As Yuan Fang let out a low growl, the Thunder Crown Head Wolf could no longer hold on, collapsing to the ground and dying. The Cunning Lightning Wolf, seeing the unfavorable situation, turned and fled, not even having the courage to look back.
"Trying to run? Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider!"
With a thought from Yuan Fang, the Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider immediately spat out a giant net, firmly covering the Cunning Lightning Wolf.
Yuan Fang then slapped out a Five-Clawed Bone Dragon Imprint, heavily smashing it onto the Cunning Lightning Wolf. The other Gu Masters also made their moves, various attacks falling upon the Cunning Lightning Wolf.
"iron chain gu!"
Finally, the Cunning Lightning Wolf was wrapped in layers of spider silk and entangled by over thirty iron chain gu, completely losing its ability to resist. It was captured alive by the crowd and escorted back to Gu Yue Village.
Seeing Yuan Fang's formidable strength and witnessing the rising power of Gu Yue Village, the Bai Family Clan Leader could only unwillingly submit, promising annual tribute, only asking for a truce between the two families.
In this battle, Yuan Fang gained a lot:
Nine Rank Four Gu worms, fifteen Rank Three Gu worms. Most of them were sold. The core Gu worms he ultimately kept were these:
Rank Four Thunder Shield Gu: Can condense a lightning-attribute shield to resist powerful enemy attacks;
Rank Four Wolf Taming Gu: Can enslave a Ten Thousand Beast King-level wolf Yao Beast;
Rank Four Thunder Crown Head Wolf Strength Gu: Can increase the strength of a Thunder Crown Head Wolf;
Rank Four Electric Eye Gu: Can greatly enhance vision, allowing clear sight of objects several kilometers away;
Rank Three Furious Electric Wolf Strength Gu: Can increase the strength of a Furious Electric Wolf.
Rank Three Wolf Walk Gu: Can greatly increase movement speed;
Rank Three Wolf Belly Gu: Storage capacity not inferior to the doushuai flower.
Besides these, all other Gu worms were sold to the Family, exchanged for 600,000 primeval stones.
After the demise of the three Thunder Crown Head Wolves, Qing Mao Mountain finally struggled through the most tragic Wolf Tide in history.
After the Wolf Tide ended, Yuan Fang planted the Rank Four Wolf Taming Gu on the Cunning Lightning Wolf. Although he successfully tamed the beast, it also placed a huge burden on his soul.
For a beast taming Gu Master, the stronger the soul, the larger the scale of the beast group that can be controlled. The Cunning Lightning Wolf originally had 8,000 Electric Wolves, six Furious Electric Wolves, and forty-two Bold Electric Wolves under its command, but with Yuan Fang's current soul strength, he simply couldn't control such a massive wolf pack.
For this, Yuan Fang decided to use the war to deplete some of the wolf clan's combat power.
Xiong Family Village was actually not destroyed. Instead, they used a Rank Five Gu left by their ancestors to conceal the entire village, thus escaping the Wolf Tide.
After the Wolf Tide, Yuan Fang used the excuse that Xiong Family Village had violated the Three Clans Great Alliance, leading his wolf pack and Gu Yue Clan Members to conquer Xiong Family Village. He also ordered Bai Family Village to send troops under the name of Sect Master.
The people of Xiong Family Village were completely dumbfounded:
After narrowly escaping a great calamity, they were now attacked by a coalition army. Yuan Fang took advantage of this war to both deplete the number of wolves and release that Rank Five Blood Droplet, allowing it to continuously devour flesh and blood, expanding the blood dropper swarm.
Xiong Family Village was simply powerless to resist several Rank Four Gu Masters, coupled with the overwhelming force of the Rank Five Blood Droplet and the Rank Five Thousand-Mile Earth Wolf Spider. In an instant, it was declared destroyed.
In this battle, Yuan Fang lost three thousand Electric Wolves, three Furious Electric Wolves, and twenty-eight Bold Electric Wolves. Under his command, only one Cunning Lightning Wolf, five thousand Electric Wolves, three Furious Electric Wolves, and fourteen Bold Electric Wolves remained.
However, the blood dropper swarm grew rapidly in this battle, reaching three thousand in number.
Yuan Fang also didn't stop cultivating. Two months later, his cultivation successfully broke through to Rank Five; he also used the bone flesh reunion gu to help Ancient Moon Fangzheng's cultivation rise to Rank Four initial stage; Clan Leader, with Yuan Fang's help, nurtured his aperture, and his cultivation first entered Rank Four Peak.
In addition, Yuan Fang continued to temper his strength using the Rank Four Thunder Crown Head Wolf Strength Gu and the Rank Three Furious Electric Wolf Strength Gu.
With the strength of one Thunder Crown Head Wolf and one Furious Electric Wolf, a single punch would cause flesh and blood to splatter, its power terrifying.
At this time, Gu Yue Village welcomed its third Rank Five powerhouse in history—the seventeen-year-old Gu Yue Fang Yuan.
Clan Leader immediately relinquished the position of Clan Chief, and Yuan Fang thus became the new Clan Chief of the Gu Yue Clan.
"Now that our Gu Yue Village has annexed Xiong Family Village and captured countless prisoners, Internal Affairs Hall Elder, what are the results of the population count for these past few months?"
Yuan Fang sat high in the Clan Leader Pavilion, with a group of Elders standing below. The Internal Affairs Hall Elder recorded the statistical results on an Information Path Gu and presented it to Yuan Fang for review:
One Rank Five, two Rank Four, fifty-four Rank Three, seven thousand eight hundred sixty-seven Rank Two, three hundred forty-one Rank One, over twelve thousand Mortal Martial Artists, and about fifty to sixty thousand ordinary Mortals.
"Alas! Although our clan has a Rank Five powerhouse and two great Rank Five combat forces, we lack the population and resource foundation of a large Family. Currently, there is an overstock of Gu worms in the clan. I propose forming a Caravan with the Jia Family and Zhang Family to sell some Gu worms in exchange for resources."
The speaker was Gu Yue Qing Shu, whose cultivation had reached Rank Three middle stage. Yuan Fang was about to agree when a paper crane gu suddenly flew into the Clan Leader Pavilion and landed steadily in his hand.
This was a secret letter from the Dark Hall Elder, with only five words written on it:
Iron Divine Constable has arrived.
"What! Iron Divine Constable!"
Yuan Fang suddenly stood up. He knew in his heart that Cold Iron Blood must have detected traces of the Blood Sea Legacy, which was why he specifically rushed to Qing Mao Mountain and entered Gu Yue Village.
Once the blood dropper swarm was discovered, he would surely be doomed.
"It's fate! In the original work, Cold Iron Blood would come to Qing Mao Mountain. In this life, even if I didn't kill Jia Jin Sheng, he still came."
Yuan Fang sighed, "I have steadily grown stronger, yet I still cannot escape the schemes of fate!"