Chapter 199: Geng Gold Spirit Body
This is the Gu God?
Ning Qi raised his eyebrows.
Looking at that face extremely similar to Lan Yiyi’s, he knew his previous speculation was correct, and then the Gu God’s words confirmed it even more.
However, what Ning Qi was most concerned about was the faint golden light overflowing from the Gu God’s body.
It was this golden light that blocked the giant Heavenly Sword.
“This golden light seems to emanate from within the body, possessing an extraordinary hardness that faintly restrains sword qi sharpness?” Ning Qi activated his Illusion Breaking Golden Eye and had already seen through some of its reality.
Perhaps this was the Gu God’s foundation.
Lan Yiyi trembled uncontrollably upon hearing the Gu God’s words, and she shrieked in fury:
“Get lost! I’m not your daughter, get lost!”
She was somewhat unable to accept it.
Qin Yun felt pain in his heart, wishing he could take her place. He held Lan Yiyi’s powerless body and glared angrily at the Gu God:
“A scum like you doesn’t deserve to be a father!”
The Gu God wasn’t angry either, merely appraising Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi leisurely. He smiled and said:
“I was wondering where that half of your life essence went. So it found a suitable partner, but your taste isn’t very good, far inferior to your mother’s. That’s fine too; you’ve both come to me together, saving me the effort of finding you myself.”
Though he was smiling, his gaze was utterly indifferent, even when looking at his own flesh-and-blood daughter.
Lan Yiyi’s eyes turned blood-red.
The person before her regarded her as a tool. From birth to growth, her life had always been manipulated, much of it false.
If she could, she would desperately want to personally tear off the head of the person before her.
Qin Yun gripped her hand and coldly stared at the Gu God:
“Big words without substance. Give me a little time, and you’ll know what despair is.”
The Gu God sneered, losing all interest in talking to these two ants. He knew the key today wasn’t these two, but that youth Daoist who hadn’t spoken. The terrifying sword qi from earlier when he was asleep still made him fearful. Though he had blocked it, it was enough to show the opponent’s extraordinary nature.
“You must be that Heavenly Sword Ancient Saint, right?” the Gu God said with a smile. “How about a transaction?”
Ning Qi didn’t speak. He activated his golden eyes, trying to peer into the essence of that golden light and find the opponent’s flaw.
Through the aura flow on the surface of the golden light, he already had some guesses.
That… seemed to be a golden skeleton.
Seeing Ning Qi silent, the Gu God continued on his own:
“Hand these two over to me, and consider it me owing you a favor. In the future, I’ll act for you once without conditions. How about it?”
He was very confident.
After stepping into the Martial Saint Realm, he would be among the peak few in heaven and earth. Such a favor was extremely valuable. At their level, they knew exactly what they wanted—nothing more than pursuing higher and farther paths.
He awaited Ning Qi’s reply.
But Ning Qi smiled.
“Not interested.”
The Gu God’s brows furrowed.
“You can’t do anything to me. Rather than making a strong enemy, why not turn foe into friend? You don’t need to pay any price.”
As he spoke.
The golden light on his body suddenly surged, weaving into a golden spirit armor on his surface, displaying powerful defensive power.
He was demonstrating his power.
Ning Qi said indifferently:
“Compared to that, I’m more interested in the skeleton inside your body.”
The Gu God was shocked and furious—furious at Ning Qi’s domineering attitude, shocked that Ning Qi had seen through his reality. But he quickly calmed his emotions:
“Fine then. If that’s the case, let’s fight.”
His gaze turned indifferent. Since the other party wouldn’t negotiate, then battle—even if an Ancient Saint, he had no fear!
As his words fell.
The golden light on his body blazed brightly. Streams of spiritual power surged from his body, mixing with the golden light to form a golden fist seal suppressing down. The fist seal was like an ancient mountain, full of heaviness, and the entire void stagnated.
But Ning Qi acted faster.
The white dragon roared to the sky, clouds and mist enveloped it, the divine dragon’s tail visible but not its head. Then the true dragon clawed out toward the Gu God. Under the dragon claw, space twisted. With a casual wave from Ning Qi, Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi were instantly pulled into the white mist behind. Battles of this level shouldn’t be too close, lest Ning Qi had to divert energy to protect them.
The dragon claw and golden fist collided with a boom.
Terrifying explosive roars echoed through the heavens. Waves of aftershocks spread from the impact center. The ancestral land, already reduced to ruins, was plowed over once more.
The Gu God roared:
“So-called Ancient Saint—nothing more than this!”
He laughed to the sky, his figure shooting upward. Streams of golden light mixed with spiritual power swirled around him, filled with explosive aura.
Ning Qi’s brows twitched slightly.
He saw it.
The amount of spiritual power the Gu God controlled was very abundant, but the methods of circulation were very crude.
“Is this Blood Emperor Gu so useful?”
Ning Qi recalled the origin of cultivating the Blood Emperor Gu: first absorbing human blood essence and various precious medicinal herbs to refine the Blood King Gu, then having numerous Blood King Gu fight until the Blood Emperor Gu emerged. Through such a method, it could actually nurture such dense spiritual energy?
He was somewhat astonished.
“It seems the human body might contain extremely faint spiritual energy. Perhaps the resonance with heaven and earth at the moment bone structure forms is for this reason.”
While pondering, his movements didn’t slow at all.
The white dragon unleashed its might, spewing glistening white light. If looked at closely, it was like strands of rain silk, possessing bone-eroding power. The Gu God condensed another golden light giant palm, but in an instant, it was pierced through with countless holes by the glistening white rain silk.
The Gu God’s expression changed.
This person’s control of spiritual power far surpassed his own, with all sorts of wondrous changes beyond his reach.
“But so what? I’m only one step from true Martial Saint. Even an Ancient Saint must retreat now!” He roared, power erupting endlessly from his body.
Evidently.
He had completely refined the Blood Emperor Gu’s power, giving a sense of inexhaustibility.
But Ning Qi’s expression remained unchanged.
After successive probes, he had gradually grasped the Gu God’s reality. The Gu God was stronger than ordinary False Saints, with the source in that golden skeleton inside his body.
At this moment.
Endless golden light erupted from his body, then condensed into golden sabers one after another. But Ning Qi could see the power circulation was very shallow. With a wave of his hand, he condensed Heavenly Swords like stars again.
Myriad Swords Return to Origin!
In an instant.
The Heavenly Swords and golden sabers clashed.
Booming sounds rang without end.
Then a giant Heavenly Sword condensed, ruthlessly suppressing toward the Gu God. This aura was even stronger than before.
But the Gu God grinned ferociously:
“I told you, you can’t do anything to me!”
More and more golden light burst forth from his body. He condensed golden spirit armor on the surface. The giant Heavenly Sword’s sharpness was blocked by the spirit armor’s golden light. The Gu God was blasted back a hundred zhang, his body’s golden light dimming somewhat, but clearly, he was still very relaxed.
“How about it?” He laughed, his confidence even greater.
“Your sword is useless no matter how strong!”
His protective golden light somewhat restrained such sword dao sharpness.
Qin Yun and Lan Yiyi paled slightly.
The Gu God’s power exceeded their imagination. Most importantly, they also saw that the Gu God seemed unafraid of Ning Qi’s sword.
But Ning Qi’s expression remained calm:
“Is that so?”
The madly laughing Gu God’s heart jolted, then his pupils suddenly widened. A stunningly brilliant sword qi shot out from the void, a slender spatial rift extending—utterly terrifying. This sword qi slashed toward the Gu God, abrupt and with immense power.
It was the innate divine sword qi Ning Qi had nurtured anew.
Previously, this sword qi had severed Chiyang Martial Saint’s left arm, its might evident.
The Gu God was greatly alarmed.
He fully urged his protective golden light, trying to dodge this terrifying sword qi. He had a feeling that if he took it head-on, he would pay a heavy price.
But unfortunately.
Too difficult.
The innate divine sword qi’s speed was terrifyingly fast, arriving in a flash.
The Gu God could only take it head-on.
He roared to the sky, golden light spreading to envelop his entire body. A strange buzzing sound rang from within his body. Lan Yiyi widened her eyes:
“This is…”
Ning Qi formed sword art, the sword qi slashing like a wandering dragon.
In an instant.
Golden light shattered, sword qi breaking through like splitting bamboo. The Gu God’s body was shredded by the sword qi. He decisively protected his head with all golden light. Then, crisp clanging sounds rang without end, mixed with sporadic cracking noises.
When all sounds faded.
Qin Yun couldn’t help sucking in a cold breath from his heart.
The Gu God now looked utterly changed. The innate divine sword qi had melted away all his body’s flesh and blood, leaving only a head. But his torso wasn’t empty—a golden skeleton glowed brilliantly. The organs inside were wrapped tightly layer by layer in golden light. The skeleton was covered in dense sword marks, some even neatly severed.
Such a horrific scene was clearly a skeleton with a remaining head, utterly fierce.
The Gu God laughed shrillly:
“I told you, you can’t do anything to me! This is your strongest move, right? Now, it’s do or die between us!”
He hated Ning Qi to the extreme for meddling, otherwise why would he pay such a price.
Ning Qi looked intently.
That golden skeleton possessed dense spiritual energy, no less than the King Yu Bead or Great Sun Compass.
Lan Yiyi’s shocked voice rang out:
“Gold-Devouring Gu! You actually fused with the Gold-Devouring Gu! You cultivated the Blood Emperor Gu not to consume it directly, but to fuse with the Gold-Devouring Gu!”
Afraid Ning Qi didn’t know the details and would suffer, she spoke rapidly:
“The Gold-Devouring Gu is a divine gu from legends in our Southern Border. It devours metal for sustenance, refining its essence to feed back to the host and metalize their skeleton. This divine gu has an extremely high limit, all depending on postheaven cultivation. The more metal devoured and the higher the quality, the stronger it becomes. His golden skeleton comes from fusing with the Gold-Devouring Gu’s power!”
“He’s the Gold-Devouring Gu now, and the Gold-Devouring Gu is him—this madman!”
Ning Qi suddenly understood.
All mysteries solved.
So the Gu God cultivated the Blood Emperor Gu not to directly step into the Martial Saint Realm. He probably knew such a method would have flaws and shackles. Instead, he took another path, using the Blood Emperor Gu’s power as a catalyst to fuse himself with the Gold-Devouring Gu, creating this skeleton dense with spiritual energy.
Ning Qi had wondered earlier why the Gu God could control so much spiritual power. Now he had the answer.
However.
Ning Qi had another question.
He didn’t know where the Gu God got this method from. Unless the Gu God created it himself, he wouldn’t believe it.
At this moment.
The Gu God finally stopped laughing. He looked mockingly at Lan Yiyi:
“Worthily my good daughter, so knowledgeable. How about it? How’s this Gengjin Spirit Body I’ve forged?”
He slowly turned, brazenly displaying his golden bones.
It was clear he was extremely satisfied with it.
“As long as you offer your life essence, our blood merges, and this Gengjin Spirit Body will be perfected. Then, I’ll stand at the world’s peak!”
He spread his arms, the golden arm bones gleaming.
Lan Yiyi’s face was unsightly.
No wonder even such powerful sword qi couldn’t harm the Gu God. The root was here.
Ning Qi smiled:
“This Gengjin Spirit Body is indeed good. It can make my foundation even deeper.”
Such a spirit body could rival a gold-attribute Martial Saint secret treasure.
Ning Qi was deeply tempted.
A thread of eagerness appeared in his eyes.
The Gu God sensed that gaze and felt extremely uncomfortable. He knew Ning Qi saw him as prey. He sneered:
“Feel free to try if your sword can sever my spirit body. Careful not to break your teeth!”
Originally, his unperfected Gengjin Spirit Body was bound by flesh. Now fully released, it allowed him to unleash spiritual power even more unrestrainedly and smoothly.
Intangibly offsetting the impact of his injuries.
Golden light erupted everywhere, spiritual power surging immensely.
Ning Qi had to admit, this was the densest spiritual power he’d seen so far. After all, Heaven-Slaying Martial Saint and the others hadn’t erupted like this.
But he was unafraid.
“Who says I only have swords?”
Ning Qi chuckled lightly.
This Gengjin Spirit Body did restrain sword dao sharpness, but how could he not know? Those earlier attempts were to sever the Gu God’s flesh body and reveal this golden skeleton’s true form. From the start, Ning Qi had used Illusion Breaking Golden Eye to glimpse its flaw.
“Your spirit body is imperfect—hard enough, but perhaps lacking toughness.”
The white dragon’s light rain silk earlier was a probe, making Ning Qi even more certain. Now was time to test the results.
The Gu God’s heart jumped, but he forced calm:
“Come and try!”
Ning Qi raised his hand.
In an instant, two rays shot to the sky—one glistening white, one crimson red.
When the lights landed, the glistening white object was a smoothly rotating warm treasure bead, while the crimson red object was a profound compass emanating scorching aura.
King Yu Bead!
Great Sun Compass!
The Gu God’s heart grew more uneasy. He urged golden light into a heaven-covering giant hand, attempting to interfere.
But the white dragon struck first. Streams of spiritual power surged from the King Yu Bead, enhancing the white dragon’s might, its body gradually shifting toward pale blue. On the other side, the Great Sun Compass also bloomed with light.
Accompanied by an equally shocking long chant.
A crimson flame true dragon radiating extreme scorching aura condensed.
Two true dragons charged side by side, one water one fire, their aura surging!
