95: Chapter 95 Jiu Wuming goes mad, intending to detonate the earth's veins to blow people up.

"Yang Qianjue, do you really think breaking the blood formation is enough to kill me?"

"How naive!"

"Kid, just obediently become my new Physical Body!"

"Once I occupy your Physical Body, This Envoy will surely be able to take a step further."

As Jiu Wuming's voice fell...

A blood-red heart burst out from the ground, its surface covered in hideous blood vessels. Every pulse stirred up a foul wind and a rain of blood.

"Profound Ice Fiend Corpses, merge!"

Jiu Wuming's wild laughter echoed through the blood mist. Thirty-six ice corpses twisted and entangled like living things, fusing into one with the blood-red heart.

Thump!

The heart swelled to ten zhang in size, and Jiu Wuming's distorted face surfaced on it. Blood vessels like withered claws pierced into the ground, frantically extracting essence blood.

"Kid, This Envoy is taking your Physical Body!"

Jiu Wuming's voice came from all directions as countless ice crystal tentacles suddenly extended from the blood mist.

Gu Han swung his blade to sever three of them, but foul-smelling black blood sprayed from the cuts, corroding deep pits over a zhang wide into the blue bricks upon landing.

Gu Han's brow furrowed. He took three Heavenly Prison Steps, tossing Yang Qianjue toward a safe zone.

"Iron Pillar Wang! You..."

Yang Qianjue crashed into a ruined wall. His black tortoise spirit armor shattered completely, revealing a hideous wound on his chest.

"Lord Commander should save his strength."

"Instead of just watching here, you'd better hurry and save the others."

A mocking curl appeared on Gu Han's lips as the Azure Dragon Dharma Idol flickered behind him.

Then, Gu Han tapped the ground lightly with his toes.

The Azure Dragon Dharma Idol behind him suddenly lunged into an attack.

"It's useless."

Jiu Wuming's voice carried the amusement of a cat playing with a mouse.

Immediately after...

That blood-red heart was being embedded into the forehead of a giant composed of Profound Ice Fiend Corpses.

And within the giant's chest cavity, Jiu Wuming's withered true body was clearly curled up!

"So that's how it is!"

Gu Han laughed wildly while descending.

"You old dog, you're quite a ruthless one!"

"To think you'd slice your own Physical Body into thirty-six pieces and refine each one into a Profound Ice Fiend Corpse."

"Ruthless enough! Extreme enough!"

Amidst the blood mist, Jiu Wuming's voice sounded frenzied.

"As long as I succeed..."

"...what does a little pain matter?"

"Since you've found out..."

"...then all of you can just die!"

The giant made of Profound Ice Fiend Corpses took a heavy step forward, making the ground tremble like a drum.

The blood-colored heart throbbed frantically inside the giant's chest, each beat spewing out foul-smelling black mist.

Yang Qianjue's face was deathly pale. His black tortoise spirit armor was broken, and the long saber in his hand was covered in cracks. He gnashed his teeth and roared.

"Iron Pillar Wang, are you really going to stand by and watch us die?"

"You are going back on your word!"

A wicked smile curved on Gu Han's lips as his figure flickered through the blood mist like a phantom, his voice drifting and uncertain.

"Lord Commander, your attitude when asking for help isn't quite sincere enough."

"Besides, I have already fulfilled everything I promised."

"You..."

Yang Qianjue was fuming with rage. Shards of his black tortoise spirit armor suddenly shot toward the back of Gu Han's heart.

Clang!

Gu Han blocked the strike.

Then, he looked coldly at Yang Qianjue.

"Lord Commander, this is burning the bridge after crossing it."

"In that case, I will not be staying to keep you company."

Having said that, he moved as if to charge toward Yang Qianjue's direction.

Jiu Wuming thought Gu Han was trying to flee.

"Trying to run?"

Amidst Jiu Wuming's cruel laughter, the blood-red heart inside the ice corpse giant's chest suddenly shot out thirty-six blood lines.

Each blood line accurately locked onto Gu Han's path of retreat, turning the surrounding hundred zhang into a blood-colored cage.

The soles of Gu Han's boots brushed past a blood line, and the bluestone ground was instantly corroded into a three-foot-deep trench.

His figure shifted like a ghost, but he came to a sudden halt on the seventh step.

Yang Qianjue's broken saber was pointing right at the back of his heart!

"Iron Pillar Wang!"

Yang Qianjue sprayed blood and froth as he spoke.

"Either we join forces to slay this old dog, or..."

"Idiot!"

Gu Han suddenly barked, his Heavenly Prison Steps shattering the ground.

Almost simultaneously, the ice corpse giant's fist smashed into the spot where he had been standing. The shockwave sent Yang Qianjue flying dozens of zhang.

Shards of the black tortoise spirit armor were driven deep into Yang Qianjue's internal organs.

He coughed up blood clots and looked up, only to see Gu Han charging upward along the ice corpse giant's arm.

The Azure Dragon Dharma Idol, entwined with dark gold chains, looked exceptionally ferocious under the blood moon.

"Lord Commander, watch closely."

Gu Han's fingers formed a claw and pierced into the giant's eye socket.

"This is what the Dharma Aspect Realm is!"

Roar!

The Dragon Shadow Dharma Idol suddenly surged to ten zhang in size. The chains wrapped around its body tightened like living things, strangling the ice corpse's neck.

Jiu Wuming's startled and furious roar came from the giant's chest.

"Impossible! You were clearly..."

"...clearly supposed to be parasitized by the Blood-thread Worms?"

"...supposed to be controlled by the Blood God Seal, right?"

Gu Han sneered, a wisp of Heavenly Prison True Qi appearing at his fingertips.

The True Qi spread along the chains, instantly turning the ice corpse giant into a blazing torch.

"Old dog, take a good look."

Gu Han used the Heavenly Prison True Qi to wrap around the Blood God Seal, forcing it out of his body to hover in mid-air.

Yang Qianjue's pupils vibrated violently.

"Ahhh!!"

The ice corpse giant struggled frantically, every piece of its remains twisting and exploding within the Heavenly Prison True Qi.

Jiu Wuming's screams of agony suddenly turned into a frenzied laugh.

"You think this is over?"

Boom!

The blood-red heart suddenly exploded, and Jiu Wuming's illusory Divine Soul emerged from the rain of blood.

His withered claws formed a hand seal, gathering a vast amount of Spiritual Qi.

"Using my remnant soul as a guide..."

"...I summon the Nine Nether Profound Baleful Qi!"

Watching Jiu Wuming's actions, Gu Han couldn't help but murmur.

"There's more?"

"These old dogs really have quite a lot of secret techniques."

Before Gu Han could finish complaining...

The ground cracked in a spider-web pattern, and ink-black Profound Yin Qi gushed out.

Gu Han's expression shifted slightly. This old dog was actually going to detonate the leyline here.

"Madman!"

Yang Qianjue struggled to crawl up.

"Stop him, quickly!"

"Once he detonates the leyline here, we'll all be buried without a grave!"

Before he could finish, Gu Han's figure had already appeared before Jiu Wuming's Divine Soul.

The Azure Dragon Dharma Idol behind him suddenly opened its massive maw and swallowed Jiu Wuming's Divine Soul in one gulp.

The heavenly prison within his Dantian operated frantically.

*Burp~*

Gu Han let out a satisfied burp and lightly flicked non-existent dust from his lapel.

"The taste is alright, just a bit salty."

Yang Qianjue: "..."

The remaining Zhenwu Guards: "..."

Snap!

Gu Han suddenly snapped his fingers.

Jiu Wuming's remnant soul inside the dragon's belly let out a shrill, miserable wail.

Everyone saw a piercing blood-red light glow from the belly of the Dragon Shadow Dharma Idol behind Gu Han. Countless chains could be vaguely seen strangling something within.

"Lord Commander."

Gu Han turned his head, revealing pearly white teeth.

"Now, let's talk about the reward."

Seeing this, Yang Qianjue roared repeatedly, gnashing his teeth as he spoke.

"Haven't I already given you the dharma image diagrams?"

"What more do you want?"

Yang Qianjue shrieked, his eyes full of venom and resentment.

Hearing this, a mocking sneer appeared on Gu Han's lips.

"Lord Yang, I have saved so many of you."

"To think a mere three dharma image diagrams could offset that..."

"...your lives are surely far too cheap!"

"You!"

Yang Qianjue was so angry he shook all over. He spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

"Lord Commander!"

The few remaining Zhenwu Guards cried out in terror, only to see Yang Qianjue crash heavily to the ground. His chest was caved in, and his life force was rapidly fading.

Gu Han stood with his hands behind his back, looking down coldly at Yang Qianjue.

"Lord Commander, it seems this is your fate."

Yang Qianjue struggled to lift his head, his eyes filled with venom and resentment.

"Iron Pillar Wang... you will die a horrible death..."

"Even in death, I will not let you go..."

Before he could finish, his pupils suddenly constricted, and a bizarre smile appeared on his face.

"Jie jie jie..."

Yang Qianjue's body suddenly twisted in a strange way. Countless blood-colored lines bulged under his skin, and his entire person swelled rapidly like an inflating balloon.