Chapter 60

"Master, why, why did Gu Gu suddenly disappear? He was fine just a moment ago, why did he suddenly vanish into the black curtain?"

Gu Xuyao entered the range of the poisonous gas, and the Blood Arena naturally could not capture his movements, so it assumed Gu Xuyao was dead.

Ling Sanshi could not understand this situation either. He looked up at the Blue Supervisor, who was equally puzzled.

"Supervisor, could this be a mistake by the Blood Arena?" The five people above had been closely watching Gu Xuyao's movements. His water bubble suddenly bursting left them all very confused.

The Blue Supervisor shook his head. "Impossible, how could this array make such an easy mistake? There have indeed been similar cases in the past, but we recently had a high-ranking expert from above reinforce the primordial energy. It's impossible for it to go wrong again." As he spoke, the Blue Supervisor looked down at the location of Taiheng Sect.

"Ha!"

At the same time, in the ancient wet forest, Gu Xuyao was completely unaware of the situation outside. He was only focused on attacking the cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall!

As the roar shook the heavens, the cultivator was indeed frightened, but he was after all a Jade Lustrous stage cultivator, equivalent to a Root Birth realm cultivator in the physical cultivation path. He felt a wave of stench, which slowed Gu Xuyao's speed. The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall took the opportunity to leap backward, dodging Gu Xuyao's fatal strike.

"It's you!" The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall recognized Gu Xuyao's appearance, his face full of surprise. "Hmph, even if it's you, what does it matter? You've made such a big commotion; you will definitely die here today." As he spoke, the cultivator began to use the poisonous gas to attack.

The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall's primordial energy contained toxins, so it was absolutely impossible to clash directly. Gu Xuyao moved like a monkey, dodging all of the cultivator's attacks as he leaped up and down.

Seeing the situation, the cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall was also quick to act, flying directly toward the boiler.

"I have at most thirty breaths to resolve this..." The roar was so loud that Gu Xuyao thought he could kill him with one strike, but the result was somewhat unexpected. Therefore, he had to kill this person within thirty breaths, or his entire plan would be ruined.

With that thought, Gu Xuyao drove his flying sword to intercept the cultivator.

The roar shook the heavens, and his fists moved swiftly. For the second attack, Gu Xuyao was no longer afraid of the stench!

"Looking for death!" The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall cursed under his breath, but his hands did not stop. He cast a series of spells, and a centipede the size of a finger flew out of his mouth, heading straight for Gu Xuyao!

A poisonous creature! It was clear that the centipede's toxicity was lethal. It was a life-bound poisonous insect he had raised with his own essence blood, clearly meant to force Gu Xuyao to back off!

Gu Xuyao had encountered such situations more than once, but his choice was always the same.

Charge forward without hesitation!

He gripped the long saber in his hand and precisely slashed at the poisonous insect. However, only the sound of metal clashing was heard, and the poisonous insect remained unscathed!

Not only that, the poisonous insect then climbed along the blade and onto Gu Xuyao's hand. The insect, shaped like a leech, opened its sharp mouth and bit down hard on Gu Xuyao's hand, burrowing into his flesh!

"Ha ha ha, you think you can kill my precious insect with such a treasure? You are too naive. Once it reaches your third eye, it will inject the poison into your immortal root. At that time, even the gods cannot save you!"

The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall laughed as he used his primordial energy to tangle with the flying sword. In fact, the flying sword posed little threat to him; Gu Xuyao's control over it was too weak, so the cultivator was relatively relaxed.

He was right; Gu Xuyao could feel the insect moving through his body, the pain intensifying as it approached his heart.

"If this continues, I probably have only five breaths left to live, but..." The situation had not developed as Gu Xuyao had hoped, but he had a plan.

"Hmph, knowing you are about to die, have you decided to stop? It's useless; even if you beg for mercy, I won't stop the insect. Breakthrough? Ha ha ha, it's nothing!"

Gu Xuyao stopped his pursuit and landed on the ground. The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall saw this and became even more taunting.

Slowly, Gu Xuyao took out the long spear on his back, slightly raising his head. His mind locked onto the cultivator's position. At this moment, the poisonous insect had reached his neck, forming a bulge that was chilling to behold.

The cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall also sensed something amiss. The aura from the long spear in Gu Xuyao's hand made him uneasy, but he did not fly away; he only frowned at Gu Xuyao.

"What, you're not leaving?" Despite the poisonous insect almost reaching his brain, Gu Xuyao was not panicked. "Just as I thought, your poisonous insect is powerful, but it has significant limitations. One of the main ones is that you cannot be too far from it, or it will not obey your commands, right?"

Remaining calm in the face of danger, Gu Xuyao saw the weakness in the poisonous insect from the cultivator's actions. At this moment, the poisonous insect was almost at the end of his neck, very close to his third eye!

"You said I was looking for death." Gu Xuyao raised his long spear. "Now, let's see who dies!" The long spear shot through the air! Although Gu Xuyao had only one breath left, if the cultivator did not move, he would die in one breath. But if he moved, the poisonous insect in Gu Xuyao's body would be unable to continue moving!

In the end, his own life took precedence, and the cultivator from the Poison Sand Hall chose to flee!

With a "Boom," the long spear missed, but it split a large tree in two.

Sure enough, once the cultivator left the range of the poisonous insect's control, the bulge on Gu Xuyao's neck stopped moving.

Quickly, he used the long saber to cut a small opening and removed the poisonous insect from his body, throwing it to the ground.

This ambush had failed. He had planned to kill the cultivator and then seize the pot of poisonous gas, but the plan could not proceed smoothly.

"Hmm?" Gu Xuyao picked up the long spear from the ground. Suddenly, a deadly aura came from behind him. Instinctively, Gu Xuyao twisted his body and darted to the side!

Despite this, a sharp blade still cut across Gu Xuyao's chest, though only a shallow wound.

After a few rolls, Gu Xuyao felt he had put some distance between himself and the attacker, who did not continue the attack.

"It's you!" As the saying goes, enemies always meet. The person who ambushed Gu Xuyao and now stood calmly before him was none other than Bai Xing, who had almost killed him before!

Bai Xing had a clear wound on his right hand, deep to the bone, indicating he had also been in a fierce battle.

"Hmph, you managed to dodge that. Not bad, you've improved." As he spoke, Bai Xing threw a clump of something to the side.

Gu Xuyao glanced at it; it was a human head, the one who had left the wound on Bai Xing's right hand.

"Without improvement, how could I take your life? I noticed you love to take heads. It seems I'll have to follow your example this time." Gu Xuyao said, a slight smile on his lips. He slashed the air with his saber, holding it in front of him.

Bai Xing let out a deep laugh.

"Just you? You're still lacking. You should think about how to deal with the two angry cultivators from the Poison Sand Hall behind you." As he spoke, Bai Xing took out a pill the size of a pebble and threw it to the ground, causing a cloud of smoke to rise.

When the smoke cleared, he had already leaped to a tree, looking back at Gu Xuyao before moving away.

How could Gu Xuyao let Bai Xing go? He coldly snorted and was about to chase after him, but as he was about to climb the tree, a wave of stench hit him.

"Senior Brother, that's Gu Xuyao. He attacked me just now and wasted my life-bound poisonous insect!"

Due to the distance, Gu Xuyao landed safely without being hit by the primordial energy attack, but he was now at a disadvantage, facing two opponents.

"Hmph, it was you who threw a leaf to distract me, wasn't it?" The cultivator called Senior Brother had a sharp face and a monkey-like appearance. "We didn't kill you in the Thousand Death Ridge out of mercy. Now, you've foolishly entered the ancient wet forest, which is already stupid enough. You even dared to attack us. You have some nerve, hah! But it's no big deal. Since you're here, I'll use you as a test subject for the 'Salamander Poison Water.'" As he spoke, he took out the green bamboo chopstick Gu Xuyao had seen before.

It seemed the "Salamander Poison Water" was the pot of foul-smelling poison water. From his actions, it appeared he intended to use the poison water to create a puppet to attack Gu Xuyao.

Sure enough, as he chanted and waved the bamboo chopstick, Gu Xuyao heard the sound of boiling water.

"Obey my command, appear now!" After finishing the spell, the poison water a mile away gathered into a column and landed beside the cultivator.

The water formed a human shape, featureless and emitting a foul odor.

"Hehe, the thing Master gave me is indeed useful. Salamander Poison Water, obey my command and destroy the cultivator in front of you!" The cultivator pointed at Gu Xuyao.

The situation was dire, and Gu Xuyao gripped his long spear tightly. The bright silver spear was now covered in cracks, having reached its limit after two uses. It could probably be used one more time at most. The flying sword at his waist and the long saber on his back did not seem capable of defeating two opponents and winning.

But the Salamander Poison Water did not move, remaining in place without any reaction.

The cultivator frowned, took out the green bamboo chopstick, and waved it in the air, pointing at Gu Xuyao again.

"Salamander Poison Water, attack quickly, attack the person in front of you!"

As before, the poison water puppet did not move, only slowly turning its head to look at the cultivator giving the orders.

"Damn it! Why are you looking at me? I want you to kill him. Can't you see who I'm pointing at? Him!"