Chapter 487 - 337: Murder and Arson Bring the Golden Belt! (Part 2)
Chapter 487: Chapter 337: Murder and Arson Bring the Golden Belt! (Part 2)
But with Gu Yuan’s slaughter technique, even if several people were to wield their artifacts, I’m afraid it would be of no avail.
As for the Thunder Flood Dragon Strongman, he only had a piece of armor, a high-grade demon artifact, seemingly made from the scales of another flood dragon. Once worn, it could provide a body strength comparable to that of a late-stage flood dragon in a short time, which was quite remarkable.
Unfortunately, this flood dragon was killed by the Great Thunder Origin Cave Divine Dharma Eye, rendering the armor completely ineffective.
The one with the most artifacts was the Gua Daoist, possessing a golden turtle shell, a spirit rope made from some unknown beast tendon, and a small black arrow.
All three artifacts were high-grade.
Among them, the turtle shell was used for divination, and the spirit rope for binding, both possessing remarkable power.
But what intrigued Gu Yuan the most was that small black arrow.
The small arrow was only two fingers long, completely black, even with patches of rust, yet the arrowhead was bloodstained.
No one knows whose blood it was, but it exuded an aura of rot and nirvana, giving Gu Yuan a strong sense of foreboding.
He had a feeling that if he were struck by this arrow, even if it merely grazed his skin, there was a risk of death and the dissipation of his Dao!
"Curse-Killing Treasure?"
"Black Heart Soul-Piercing Arrow?"
Gu Yuan manipulated his Divine Thought, rummaging through the Qiankun Bag of the Gua Daoist to find a treasure book, and only after carefully reading it did he learn about the arrow’s information.
This was a curse-killing treasure, usable only once, and once unleashed, it could not be used again. However, its formidable power was extremely terrifying.
The blood on it was said to come from the tainted blood of a Daoist Embryo Cultivator after death, containing a strong sense of decay and destruction.
Just by reciting the curse-killing incantation, the blood arrow would instantly shoot out, unstoppable, even a late-stage Golden Core Cultivator would face a certain risk of demise.
However, the arrow had one flaw, which was that the spell had a very long prelude. One must slowly and evenly recite the curse-killing incantation before the arrow could be activated.
If truly facing a late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, there might be no opportunity whatsoever.
But against mid-stage Golden Core cultivators, it was definitely an extraordinarily powerful trump card.
This was the source of the Gua Daoist’s confidence.
Unfortunately, in the end, it was all for naught.
"It’s quite a treasure!"
Gu Yuan was slightly moved as he looked at the blood on the Black Heart Soul-Piercing Arrow.
Forging treasures with the tainted blood of a Daoist Embryo after death, it was indeed the first time he had seen it, but its power was indeed extraordinary, capable of killing a late-stage Golden Core.
This arrow required no refinement, only needing the recitation of the curse-killing incantation to use.
The Gua Daoist must have had some thought in mind, yet he even kept a complete copy of the treasure book containing the curse-killing incantation within the Qiankun Bag, which was now to Gu Yuan’s gain.
After storing it away properly, Gu Yuan then turned his attention to Song Yuyang’s artifacts.
In fact, what interested Gu Yuan the most about Song Yuyang was his several golden seals.
Unfortunately, in this magical combat, it was too intense, transforming into a dragon body, Gu Yuan feared something unexpected might occur, and used all his methods in one go. Although he managed to slay Song Yuyang, who was possessed by the Blood Soul Strange Insect, the golden seals were also shattered.
This was a common occurrence.
Golden seals are eternal only in terms of time, but if violently destroyed by a Golden Core cultivator, they are also difficult to preserve in the world.
Like a delicate porcelain that would not be eroded by time, it needs to be carefully protected.
The corpses of the others were melted by the Blood Soul Strange Insect, the golden seals also turned into golden mist and dispersed.
Everything happened too fast at the time, Gu Yuan had no time to stop it, and can only feel regret now.
Song Yuyang’s artifacts included a compass with a gold base and silver patterns, a palm-sized jade bell, and actually a Primordial Magnetic Treasure Gourd, but it was already damaged and of little use.
The compass is called the Tribulation-Crossing Disc, and after roughly refining it and learning this information, Gu Yuan understood why several people could so quickly catch up to him from the Heart Inquiry Stone Tier.
But this was only part of the reason.
Through the memories devoured by the Heart-devouring Insect, he learned that the Blood Soul Strange Insect he slew was truly named "Blood Spirit Heaven-Devouring Worm", its abilities were quite similar to the Heart-devouring Insect’s, capable of attacking a cultivator’s Divine Soul and occupying their body.
But unlike the Heart-devouring Insect’s "Soul Stealing Technique".
The Heart-devouring Insect devours the opponent’s Divine Soul memory, equivalent to seizure, and can cultivate using the host body. Without a Soul Lamp, even the closest person might not detect anything unusual.
Whereas the "Blood Spirit Heaven-Devouring Worm", it cannot devour memories, it merely wraps around the opponent’s Divine Soul violently, like puppet strings, remotely controlling the body, not true possession.
At most, after a few days, the remotely controlled body, deprived of Spiritual Qi nourishment, would see its Divine Soul enter nirvana, forcing it to leave the body.
However, during its stay, it could devour flesh to forcibly enhance the body, raising it to match its own Divine Soul level to kill enemies.
Moreover, its Divine Soul power was quite exceptional, capable of deploying illusion techniques; the earlier agitation and bloodlust of Gu Yuan and others were due to this.
During millennia of suppression, this worm had already found a "loophole node" in the Spirit Treasure Cliff Array, using it to leverage the grand array.
The issuance of treasure orders by the Spirit Treasure Cliff was its handiwork, the path of the Heart Inquiry Stone Tier and the surrounding area were being concealed by it to cause Gu Yuan and the others to kill each other.
It even allowed only mid-stage Golden Core cultivators to enter as a result of frantically manipulating the grand array.
If Gu Yuan didn’t have the trump card of transforming into a dragon body, this worm might have truly managed to break free.
If it could further manipulate the grand array, it could directly escape without the need for waiting in hardship.
Devouring exotic fruits, birthing spiritual wisdom, relying on its spiritual mechanism to traverse Zuiyun Mountain, cross Treasure Burial Lake, and finally enter the Spirit Treasure Hall, it was trapped by the grand array due to ignorance, its body wore away to nothing, only the soul lingered, after a thousand-year suppression, finally leveraging the array, an inspiring tale.