abnabooks Chapter 145 The Gu Mother goes berserk
Chapter 145 The Gu Mother goes berserk
Qin Kun stood atop the Gu Mother's head, while the Gu Mother beneath his feet struggled frantically, causing his body to sway. However, his feet seemed nailed to the Gu Mother's carapace, remaining motionless. The speed at which his hands formed hand seals increased rapidly, until only a blur remained. The evil incantations he uttered grew more urgent, as if he were racing against something.
The Gu Mother's aura surged. Its charred, hardened shell began to peel away, revealing a newly formed carapace beneath. This new carapace was thicker, darker, and shinier than the old one, and the runes on its surface were denser and more eerie. Its body expanded, growing from several feet long to nearly ten feet, its torso as thick as a house. It suddenly swung its tail, the massive tail section slamming heavily onto the runes of the Gu-suppressing array like an iron whip.
click-
The shattering sound wasn't a single sound, but a series. Countless cracks spread outwards from the point of impact in all directions, like fissures on ice, instantly covering the entire array. The golden light dimmed at the cracks, and the array patterns peeled away piece by piece, like shattered glass.
Su Muyue was struck by the backlash of the formation. Her chest felt as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood, her throat sweet. She staggered back a few steps, her knees buckling, and she almost fell. The formation flag in her hand was dim and lifeless, the runes on its surface dimming one by one like extinguished lamps.
"Muyue!"
Lin Chen felt a surge of anxiety and instinctively took a step towards her. But Qin Kun had already leaped down from above the Gu Mother's head, his palms brimming with intense evil power, blocking Lin Chen's path.
"Your opponent is me!"
Qin Kun grinned maliciously, extending both palms simultaneously. Evil energy condensed in his hands, forming a gigantic ghost claw. The claw had five distinct fingers, nails like knives, and thick knuckles, resembling the hand of a demon reaching out from the depths of hell. The ghost claw, carrying a ferocious aura capable of devouring everything, slammed towards Lin Chen's face. Wherever the claw passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a piercing shriek.
Lin Chen gritted his teeth and turned around, gathering all his stellar energy into the sword. The Star Martial Core within his dantian spun rapidly, and silvery-white energy surged from his dantian, flowing along the twelve meridians and converging at the sword tip. The Star Origin Technique was activated at full power, and the strongest killing move—the Star River Myriad Tribulations Slash—was poised to be unleashed.
The sword is drawn.
There were no overwhelming phantoms of starry skies, no deafening roars. Only a thin, silvery-white sword rainbow, like a needle, like a beam of light, like a silver thread, silently met the enormous ghostly claw.
The moment the ghost claw collided with the sword rainbow, the entire stone chamber fell silent.
There was no sound, no light, no shockwave. It was as if time and space had frozen in that instant.
Then, everything erupted simultaneously.
boom--!
A violent energy shockwave spread outwards from the point of impact, hurling blood from the pool several meters high, splashing onto the ceiling before crashing down. Cracks spread across the stone walls like a spiderweb, and rubble fell from the ceiling. The surrounding iron cages were overturned by the shockwave, and the civilians inside screamed in terror.
Lin Chen was jolted back, each step leaving a deep footprint in the ground. He took seven steps back before regaining his balance. A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth, dripping down his chin onto his collar, a result of excessive consumption of his star power.
Qin Kun was also in bad shape. He took five steps back, stood still, his face as pale as paper, and a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. His ghostly claw had been pierced by the sword rainbow, leaving a hole in it, black smoke billowing out, and the evil power was rapidly dissipating.
He looked up at Lin Chen, a serious expression appearing in his eyes for the first time.
"I didn't expect your combat strength to be so formidable after breaking through to the Transformation Realm." He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse. "But do you think you can defeat me like this?"
A mad glint flashed in his eyes.
"Since that's the case, let's all perish together!"
He bit his tongue hard, spitting out a mouthful of his vital essence. The essence was black, thick as ink, and emitted a pungent, fishy stench. It turned into a cloud of black blood mist in the air and completely entered the Gu Mother's body. His face turned from pale to ashen, and he looked as if he had aged ten years in an instant, his body swaying precariously.
The Gu Mother absorbed the life essence, and its aura surged instantly. It roared to the sky with a deafening shriek, a sound sharper and more piercing than ever before, causing the rubble in the stone chamber to tremble. The black fur all over its body stood on end, like steel needles. Its size doubled again, expanding from nearly ten zhang in length to nearly twenty zhang, its torso as thick as a train.
With a sudden burst of strength, the trapping formation shattered completely. The twelve array flags fell from the sky, their surfaces charred black, their flagpoles broken. The golden array patterns scattered in the air like shards of broken glass, turning into specks of golden light that dissipated into the darkness.
The Gu Mother's massive body crashed through the roof of the stone chamber, sending rubble and dirt raining down. It emerged from its underground lair and charged toward the surface.
"Oh no! The Gu Mother is trying to escape to the border town!"
Su Muyue's expression changed drastically. Blood still clung to the corner of her mouth, and her face was ashen, but her voice held no fear, only anxiety. She knew that if the Gu Mother were allowed into the border town, within a day, all the people in the town would be controlled by the Gu worms. At that time, Qing Shi Border Town would no longer be a city, but a giant Gu nest.
Qin Kun laughed loudly, then flashed away, following behind the Gu Mother. His laughter echoed through the passage, wild and triumphant.
"Too late! Qing Shi Bian Cheng will soon be my domain!"
Lin Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gripped the Star Sword tightly. The silver-white light on the sword had dimmed considerably, but it still shone, flickering like a star that refused to go out.
"We absolutely cannot let it escape!" His voice was low but firm. "Chase it!"
Five people rushed out of the underground lair.
Under the cover of night, the colossal body of the Gu Mother rampaged through the streets of the stone-lined border town. Its size was immense, the streets too narrow; houses along its path crumbled like paper. Debris flew, dust billowed, and countless rubble and wood chips swirled in the air. The collapsed houses buried civilians who couldn't escape in time; screams, cries, and pleas for help rose and fell from the ruins. Countless low-level Gu worms, startled by the disturbance, detached from the Gu Mother, raining down like black droplets onto the streets, burrowing into homes and bodies.
The calamity of Qing Shi Bian Cheng has only just begun.
Lin Chen and his four companions followed closely behind, passing through collapsed houses, billowing smoke and dust, and throngs of panicked people. His eyes were fixed on the massive black figure ahead, on the receding silhouette, on the nightmare that was about to bring annihilation to this border town.
Chase them. Don't stop for a moment.