<h4>Chapter 286: Chapter 0286: Lifebound Gu Worm</h4><h4></h4>


    Thebat between two individuals, whose fighting strength isparable to the Middle-stage Innate, is certainly no joke.


    You could see that wherever the two fought, the ground would roll and rise, and whether it be trees or boulders around, all without exception would be shattered by the remnants of their battle and scattered everywhere.


    The man in ck clothing on the tree sped up his dance moves even more, even shing his own wrist again, dancing while sttering ck blood.


    A strong, pungent smell permeated through the air, causing Chu Ge to frown upon smelling it, feeling an inner turbulence and an urge to kill.


    However, as soon as he circted his cultivation technique, the feeling disappeared instantly, leaving behind only the pungent smell.


    On the other hand, the man in ck he was fighting was different, his eyes turned blood-red, filled with an unbelievable murderous intent, and even starting to strike recklessly.


    Normally avoidable attacks he would not dodge, instead he adopted a tactic of trading injury for injury with Chu Ge, resulting in him being covered in wounds in less than a minute.


    Yet, as his injuries worsened, the man in ck showed no signs of weakness. Instead, his presence grew stronger and more frantic!


    "Hmph, equivalent to an assistant, huh?"


    Chu Ge nced at the distant dancing man in ck, sneered coldly, and immediately forsook the man in front of him, charging directly towards the dancer.


    The fighting man in ck roared and closely followed behind Chu Ge.


    Upon seeing Chu Ge charging at him, the dancer was startled but chose not to flee. Instead, he waved his sleeve and threw a mass of ck objects.


    "Buzz, buzz, buzz—"


    These were a swarm of ck beetles, which upon being thrown, pped their wings and rushed towards Chu Ge.


    Chu Ge paid no heed, still charging straight at the dancing man in ck. However, as the beetles approached, he circted his True Qi and threw a punch.


    The change happened at this moment!


    He originally thought the beetles would be smashed by his punch, as it was empowered with his True Qi. Even a Martial Artist in the Postnatal Realm wouldn’t be able to withstand it!


    However, to Chu Ge’s surprise, he felt a sharp pain in his fist, and as for the beetles, they only got pushed back a bit but appearedpletely unharmed.


    "Ha ha ha ha, my ck Armored Gu Worms, did you think they were so easy to kill?"


    On the tree branch, the dancing man in ck saw Chu Ge like this and couldn’t help but burst into loudughter. "These little treasures, I’ve cultivated them with countless efforts. Each one isparable to a Martial Artist in the Postnatal Perfection. Moreover, their shells are incredibly tough, making them impervious even to attacks from the Innate Realm unless they are hit many times!"


    Chu Ge furrowed his brows, then in the dim moonlight, he nced at his right fist.


    There was a small wound on his fist, seemingly inflicted by those beetles just a moment ago, and now the wound had already begun to turn ck, with ck blood flowing out from it.


    Upon witnessing this scene, the dancing ck-clothed man burst intoughter once more, he even stopped dancing, pointed at Chu Ge’s fist, andughed loudly: "Hahaha, I forgot to tell you, each of these little treasures of mine carries an extremely intense Gu Poison. Even if one is at the Innate Realm, once infected with Gu Poison, unless I provide the antidote, the only path left is death!"


    At this point, the ck-clothed man looked at Chu Ge, and said triumphantly, "Now, kneel down, submit to me, and I can give you the antidote to detoxify you. You’d better make a decision quickly, otherwise, after three minutes, even I will be powerless!"


    "Is that so?"


    Feeling his fistpletely numb, Chu Ge suddenly sneered coldly, circted the True Qi within his body, and sent it surging towards the meridians of his fist.


    This was his confidence; even Jian Chunqiu had said that the Cultivation Technique within the Jade Pendant probably had a significant origin; even with his level of Divine Communication, he couldn’t discern the depths of the technique.


    Indeed, as the True Qi flowed, the sensation in his fist slowly began to return, and at the same time, a stream of ck liquid started to flow out from the wound.


    After the ck liquid had flowed out, what followed was the deep red of fresh blood.


    "How... how is this possible?" Seeing the fresh blood, the dancing ck-clothed man’s eyes widened, his face showing an incredulous expression.


    The Gu Poison from the beetles, which he had concocted after mixing countless kinds of poisons, was the strongest Gu Poison selected. Even a strong person in the Innate Realm, if they did not take the antidote within three minutes, would suffer total bodily decay and die.


    Yet this young man in front of him, who was not even truly Innate, could resist the effects of the poison?


    What on earth kind of monster was this? The dancing ck-clothed man, at this moment, was roaring this question in his heart.


    Fortunately, at that moment, another frenzied ck-clothed man rushed forward, not saying anything, and howling as he rushed towards Chu Ge.


    And the dancing ck-clothed man again started that strange dance, and once more waved his hand, releasing all the Gu Worms on his body, directing them to charge towards Chu Ge.


    Originally believing that this was merely a simple mission, to kill a youngster who hadn’t even reached the Innate Realm, and it turned out to be an overkill to deploy both of them.


    Not until this moment did he realize, this young man was no simple opponent.


    Honestly, if he had to choose, he would rather fight against a real Innate Grandmaster!


    "Die!"


    Suddenly, Chu Ge grabbed a ck Armored Gu Worm, congregated True Qi in his palm, and then exerted force.


    "Puchi—" A dull sound was heard, as the beetle was directly crushed in his palm, the ck fluid sttering everywhere.


    "Puh—" The dancing ck-clothed man in the tree paused his dancing, and arge mouthful of ck blood was expelled from his mouth.


    The ck Witch Sect bred two types of Gu Worms, one was ordinary Gu Worms, which were simple to maintain and wouldn’t affect much even if they died, thus less powerful.


    As for the Lifebound Gu, it was fed with the keeper’s essence blood, normally nurtured with essence blood, very obedient due to the psychic connection to the keeper, and immensely powerful. However, should a Lifebound Gu die, the keeper would also suffer bacsh, severely endangering their life!


    And these ck beetles, undoubtedly, were the Lifebound Gu Worms raised by the dancing ck-clothed man. Now that Chu Ge had directly crushed one, he too suffered some bacsh.