dmims 530.1 Needle Power
530.1 Needle Power
Then Mu Gu met Xiao Yan's gaze, and to his disbelief, Xiao Yan's deep eyes held only an unusual calmness. That calmness was even somewhat strange; Xiao Yan seemed completely unconcerned about his physical injuries.
Anxiety instantly filled Mu Gu's chest. He didn't know which step he had overlooked, but in this intense battle, he had no time to analyze it carefully, and Xiao Yan's next attack came almost instantly.
Xiao Yan's body was pierced through, yet he felt no pain. He couldn't use his Dou Qi, but the transfer of his injuries remained. Before entering the Pill Gathering, he had already used up one of his clay puppets. The reason he suffered such a severe injury was entirely intentional.
"Go," Xiao Yan said softly.
Xiao Yan has finally found the best opportunity to unleash his true trump card—the Hidden Shadow Needle!
A needle-like shadow silently darted out from between Xiao Yan's brows, its tip creating barely perceptible ripples in the air. Even with his senses fully activated and without the slightest lapse in concentration, Elder Mu Gu barely detected the needle's shadow. He only vaguely sensed a soul force rushing towards him, and to his naked eye, he only perceived a slight fluctuation in the light before him.
The needle appears without a trace, killing without a sound!
The two were so close that before Mu Gu could react, the gray needle, which was so thin that even his soul could hardly perceive it, had already quietly reached three inches between his eyebrows.
Then both of them clearly heard a faint hissing sound as the gray needle pierced Mu Gu's forehead bone, followed by a massive explosion of countless soul threads in Mu Gu's mind.
"This is... a Heaven-rank Soul Skill?!"
Mu Gu's cloudy pupils reflected the gray trail left by the needle's tail. He tried to use the Soul Palace's secret technique to seal the soul power invading his mind, but he was shocked to find that the Hidden Shadow Needle had already split into countless soul threads, making it impossible to block. Those souls, finer than a hair, were like sharp blades, rapidly spreading through his mind.
Mu Gu's withered face flickered in and out of focus amidst the dissipating soul light, his consciousness rapidly fading away. He was like a drowning man, desperately trying to mobilize his internal fighting spirit, but was blocked by the gray mist and unable to move.
He struggled frantically using every means he could think of to try and slow the eruption of the soul threads, but to no avail.
Xiao Yan retreated three steps, and the terrifyingly exaggerated injuries to his body were now visibly healing. At this moment, Xiao Yan remained focused on Mu Gu, still unsure of the true power of the Hidden Shadow Needles.
However, Mu Gu's soul power fluctuated, its struggles growing weaker with time. The last wisp of his remnant soul struggled to coalesce into a human face, but before that狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face belonging to the Soul Palace Venerable could utter a curse, it was completely shattered by the remaining shockwaves of the Hidden Shadow Needle. A storage ring inlaid with a skull emblem clattered to the ground, only to be caught in mid-air by Xiao Yan using his soul power.
With his soul dissipated and consciousness vanished, all that remains of Mu Gu is his physical body standing here.
The densely packed soul chains began to dissipate with Mu Gu's death, leading Chen Xian and the other two in the distance to mistakenly believe that Mu Gu had killed Xiao Yan. They also rushed over at top speed; the aftershocks had been too strong for them to intervene, and they were now hoping to gain some credit.
Halfway through the flight, Chen Xian's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost. Although Xiao Yan had a shocking wound on his chest, he was still able to stand firmly. But Mu Gu, a powerful expert renowned throughout Zhongzhou, had already fallen to the ground, his life hanging in the balance.
"How is this possible? Could it be that Mu Gu was really killed by him???"
The three of them were abruptly brought to a halt. Chen Xian watched all this, his mind churning wildly. Xiao Yan's injury was truly horrific; half of his chest had been pierced.
Chen Xian was eager to deliver a fatal blow to Xiao Yan, as he didn't believe Xiao Yan could kill Mu Gu without paying a price. The sight of Xiao Yan before him confirmed his suspicions; while Xiao Yan was indeed stronger, Chen Xian was also a genius, and had fought opponents of higher levels before.
The opportunity to kill a Dou Zun, a level above him, was now before him. Although the risk was great, the reward was still considerable. Ultimately, spurred by the prospect of killing Xiao Yan and the enticing reward, Chen Xian decided to make his move.
Before Chen Xian could even call out to the two elders, he heard Xiao Yan's icy words, the killing intent in his voice enough to send chills down one's spine: "Since you summoned this uncle of mine, you may all travel together to the Yellow Springs."
Xiao Yan's bloodshot eyes were fixed on Chen Xian, who was so frightened that he reached for the teleportation talisman in his sleeve. Meanwhile, three thin strands of soul energy, barely perceptible even to Mu Gu, had already shot out, piercing the three of them precisely and swiftly between their eyebrows.
Chen Xian felt a sharp pain between his brows, and the soul power in his mind was completely churned into a chaotic vortex. Then, the lofty goal hidden in his heart vanished along with his life. Three corpses fell from mid-air. These three mortal souls, whose battle qi was suppressed, were easy for Xiao Yan to kill. Xiao Yan was not a bloodthirsty person, but he had already let Chen Xian go once, yet Chen Xian did not stop and instead continued to attack him. Xiao Yan would never let such a person go.
With the three of them lying on the ground, there was no further movement, only the faint sound of the mountain wind blowing by.
Having accomplished everything, Xiao Yan was finally able to catch his breath. This battle was definitely the most dangerous and difficult one he had faced since breaking through to the Dou Zun realm and the Spirit Realm Soul.
Mu Gu, as his opponent, exerted considerable pressure on him; there was still a significant gap between the mid-stage and early-stage Spirit Realm. If Xiao Yan had simply wanted to leave, it wouldn't have been difficult, but since he had set his sights on killing Mu Gu from the start, the difficulty increased dramatically. Fortunately, through his immense restraint and by utilizing his unknown ability to manipulate injuries with his clay puppet, he finally managed to completely annihilate Mu Gu here.
For both the teacher and the Dan Society, Mu Gu's death was a good thing.
Now, Xiao Yan finally has time to find out why the devouring ability on his arm suddenly went berserk.
Xiao Yan's gaze fell upon Mu Gu's corpse. In fact, when his devouring ability was activated, he had also accurately located Mu Gu's position. The feeling was strange, as if something on Mu Gu was attracting him.
The figure who had been watching everything still seemed somewhat unsatisfied: "Well done, but ending the show like this is a bit premature..."