<h4>Chapter 287: Chapter 0288: These Tricks</h4><h4></h4>


    The battle was extremely intense. As one of his Lifebound Gu was crushed by Chu Ge, the dancer in ck no longer dared to let the ck Beetles charge so close, only allowing them to harass from a distance and asionally spew some venom.


    But, as Chu Ge covered his entire body with True Qi, these venoms lost their effect, instead, the crazed ck-clothed Man in front of him had numerous wounds corroded by the venom.


    "Bang—"


    Finally, as the fists of the two collided once more, the True Qi inside Chu Ge suddenly erupted, the crazed ck-clothed Man letting out a muffled grunt, and was directly forced back several hundred meters.


    Not only that, the True Qi surging around Chu Ge formed an immensely powerful airflow, exploding outwards, causing the weaker Gu Worms surrounding him to burst directly, while the ck Beetles let out a cry of distress, all flying back to the side of the dancer in ck.


    "Is that all the tricks you have?"


    Chu Ge looked up. It hadn’t been early when he arrived, and now a faint tint of dawn was already visible at the horizon. Perhaps in about half an hour, the sunrise wouldpletely rise.


    "Arrogant Huaxia man, these tricks are enough to kill you!" The dancer in ck seemed somewhat frantic, standing on a tree branch, staring at Chu Ge and roaring angrily.


    Indeed, what was thought to be an incredibly easy task had turned out this way.


    Almost all of his Gu Worms had been killed in battle, leaving only his Lifebound ck Armored Gu Worms. Even these ck Armored Gu Worms had several killed by Chu Ge in battle.


    Lifebound Gu, nurtured through countless efforts by the keeper, it took him over forty years to raise a few of these ck Armored Gu Worms, yet nearly a third were brutally crushed to death by Chu Ge, causing the dancer in ck’s heart to bleed!


    As for the crazed ck-clothed Man, his eyes were still bloodshot, staring at Chu Ge, his eyes devoid of any rationality, filled only with intense killing intent, standing in the distance, slightly bending down, breathing heavily like an old bull.


    "Attack, kill him!"


    The dancer in ck roared loudly, and the crazed ck-clothed Man charged forward, while at the same time, all the ck Armored Gu Worms also shrieked and rushed over.


    However, this time, Chu Ge did not throw a punch to meet them. Instead, he stood in ce, quietly closing his eyes.


    Previously, it was less of a battle but more of him probing, testing the opponent’s moves and his Gu Worms.


    Indeed, throughout this entire fight from the start, Chu Ge had not shown his true power!


    Seeing Chu Ge closing his eyes, the crazed ck-clothed Man let out an excited roar, thinking he caught a chance, his fist engulfed with rolling ck mist aimed for Chu Ge’s heart.


    However, upon seeing this scene, the dancer in ck knitted his brows deeply, for some reason, he suddenly felt a vast sense of crisis, as if... facing imminent death!


    "Be careful—"


    All of a sudden, the dancer in ck’s eyes widened, shouting aloud.


    And at this moment, Chu Ge slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth: "Heh, toote!"


    As his voice fell, the air behind him suddenly twisted, and an intense, deadly atmosphere suddenly filled the area.


    If one looked closely, one could see that his twisted air behind him subtly took the form of a sword.


    "Roar—"


    At this time, the crazed ck-clothed Man had already charged to the front of Chu Ge, his body’s ck qi rolling like thick smoke, his right hand wing towards Chu Ge’s heart.


    And Chu Ge did not dodge nor evade; he did not even assume a defensive stance, but merely raised his right hand, his index finger and middle finger pressed together to form the shape of a sword, and shed fiercely forward: "sh!"


    A loud boom resounded as the transparent greatsword fiercely struck the frenzied ck-clothed man.


    After all, he was a Middle-stage Innate expert, even though he had only temporarily elevated himself to this level. Nheless, in the instant the greatsword was about to strike, he sensed the danger.


    This time, the frenzied ck-clothed man did not opt for a strategy of trading injury for injury, since it had already endangered his life.


    What little rationality remaining urged him topletely abandon his attack, drawing upon all the ck Qi within him to form a wall of ck Qi above his head.


    The moment the wall formed, the transparent greatsword also fiercely struck down upon it.


    "Boom—"


    The air roared, dust flew up!


    Thick smoke billowed forth, resembling the aftermath of a recently extinguished great fire. The fierce residual effects of the battle hurled stones and chunks of earth in all directions, even ripping out severalrge trees by the roots from nearby, flinging them into the distance.


    The dancing ck-clothed man in the distant tree was dumbfounded. Although he hadn’t participated in the battle, he had distinctly felt the aura from the transparent greatsword just before.


    It was a force capable of ying Innate beings!


    For those at Early Innate level, they would likely have been cleaved in two straight away under that greatsword; even his own ck Armored Gu Worm, without being directly hit by the greatsword but only affected by its Sword Qi, had its shell cracked open.


    Had he not run away swiftly, it likely would have split apartpletely, leaving nothing behind.


    Nevertheless, with his Lifebound Gu Worms all heavily injured, the color drained from the dancing ck-clothed man’s face, his aura sharply weakening in an instant.


    Several dozen secondster, the dust finally settled, revealing the scene before everyone’s eyes.


    When the sight in front of Chu Ge became clear, even though the dancing ck-clothed man had been psychologically prepared, he couldn’t help but gasp sharply.


    Before them on the ground was a colossal trench stretching hundreds of meters long, dozens of meters wide, and over ten meters deep! The entire trench was shaped like a sword, undoubtedly created by that transparent greatsword. Dust and smoke were still slowly drifting out from within the trench!


    "Thump—"


    A patch of ground suddenly exploded, and a figure leaped out from it, none other than the frenzied ck-clothed man from before.


    Only now, his appearance was far more wretched than before.


    His ck robe was left with only a few pieces of tattered fabric barely clinging to his body. Although his muscles appeared strong, they were densely covered with wounds.


    Especially the front, where a scar began at his forehead, tracking downward, extending past his belly button, with blood beads continuously emerging from it.


    It was a sword scar! Just a little more and it would have split his whole person in two!


    "Snap—"


    With a crisp sound, the mask he had always worn on his face split into two and fell to the ground, revealing a face unmistakably that of a Miao Region man.


    At this moment, that face was twisted together, marked by a deep fear.


    Chu Ge’s sword had not only inflicted heavy injuries on him but had also directly shattered his spirit!