The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 465 The God-Slaying War Begins! (Page 12)

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi and Zhang Xuanqi had just rescued You Tu when the Gu God completed the reconstruction of his physical body. So what does his new physical body look like? Let's find out together.

Li Yi looked up at the sky and said, "I would like to trouble Senior Brother Zhang to help the High Priest recover his spiritual power. We still have a tough battle to fight next."

"Leave it to me. High Priest, please meditate and regulate your breathing. I will use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to help you recover."

Yu Tu looked towards the Abyss and said wearily, "It seems like the Peacock King is over there..."

"I'm going now!" Before he finished speaking, Li Yi had already disappeared. He used the Buddhist Enlightenment Step to arrive above the battlefield.

At this moment, Kong Qinglin, who was surrounded, was holding down a King Gu centipede with one claw and pecking at its flesh with his sharp beak. As he tilted his head back to swallow the meat, he saw Li Yi's figure, and Kong Qinglin immediately transformed into his demon form.

To the army of Gu worms, Kong Qinglin had surrendered and given up resistance. They immediately swarmed forward, each wanting to tear off a piece of flesh from the second-grade demon and taste it. However, a Buddha's hand slammed down from the sky, instantly turning these Gu worms into minced meat.

"Why does my brother look so disheveled?"

"Stop making sarcastic remarks, I'm just trying to help you!"

Li Yi landed beside Kong Qinglin and casually handed him the osmanthus fruit that the Old Man of the Moon had given him. The latter took the fruit and swallowed it immediately.

Aren't you worried about any side effects from these laurel fruits?

What does "side effects" mean?

"Every advantage has its disadvantage. This osmanthus fruit can help you quickly recover your combat strength, but it will also bring you other troubles. This is the side effect. The Old Man of the Moon is a righteous god who governs cause and effect, so the side effect of this fruit is cause and effect."

"If it's about karma, then there's even less to worry about. My karma has already been taken away by Fairy Chanmo. You should think about how to deal with these insects!"

Li Yi turned his head and swept over the swarming Gu worms, immediately summoning the Martial Saint King Dharma Image to protect Kong Qinglin. Even when several King Gu attacked simultaneously, they couldn't break through his defenses. After besieging Li Yi and Kong Qinglin for a while, the King Gu decided to ignore them and turn to attack the remaining demon army, which was surrounded by only the smaller Gu worms.

"How much longer, brother?"

"what?"

"If we delay any longer, I'm afraid there won't be many demon soldiers left of you. Hey, besides Qingye, why don't I see any other peacock demon generals?"

Kong Qinglin sneered, "You know perfectly well why you're asking this."

"Heaven will not allow a large number of demons to appear on the Nine Provinces Continent again. However, this approach of making the demons exert their efforts while denying them a way to survive is truly..." Li Yi shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, even Heaven will grow old if it has feelings. Let's just do our own thing. I do have a way to save them, but I need your full cooperation, brother."

Kong Qinglin slowly stood up, not only transforming back into the arrogant Peacock King, but even the bloodstains on his peacock robe disappeared and regained their luster.

"Tell me, how do I want to cooperate with you?"

"Brother, come closer."

A moment later, Kong Qinglin revealed his true form and soared into the sky, unleashing his four wings and activating his metal-type innate divine power. Feathers rained down like raindrops, swarming and killing the Gu worms. When the feather blades stopped, Kong Qinglin transformed back into his demonic form and crashed straight to the ground, activating his wood-type innate divine power, Azure Wood Seal, the instant he landed.

When the smoke cleared, a green halo appeared around him, and twelve huge feathers were stuck beside him. The nine-ringed eyes on them indicated that these were all his own feathers. Kong Qinglin, who always cherished his feathers, was going all out to save the demon army.

Countless strangely shaped trees grew on the battlefield. The base of the trunks was twisted and crooked, as if they had grown knots, but they went straight up and were all very tall. Only by careful observation could one see that the knots and the crooked trunks formed a wooden statue of the thunder beast Kui Niu.

Meanwhile, Li Yi, wielding the Panlong Brush, was using his righteous energy and spiritual power as ink to write thunder incantations in mid-air, while thunderclouds gathered above his head, obscuring the sun. Even the most powerful individual Gu worm couldn't eliminate so many, so mobilizing the power of heaven and earth was the best method. All the Gu worms sensed the powerful force of heaven and earth, and they all looked up at the sky.

However, while Heavenly Thunder can eliminate a small number of Gu worms, it might accidentally injure the demon race when facing such a large army of Gu worms. Therefore, Li Yi asked Kong Qinglin to cooperate fully, using talismans and the Thunder Beast wooden statue to receive Heavenly Thunder, and then combining it with the feather blades scattered all over the ground to maximize the killing effect and casting range.

After writing the incantation, Li Yi casually slapped the lightning spell onto the ground. The lightning flowed along the tree roots toward the thunder beast statue, leaving lightning patterns on the wooden statue. Finally, it converged into black dots in the eyes, giving the impression of adding the finishing touch to a painting.

With preparations complete, Li Yi and Kong Qinglin exchanged glances and simultaneously activated their spells. A torrent of lightning cascaded down, striking the towering, strange tree within the abyss. The lightning was conducted to the thunder beast statue, causing its eyes to gleam with ferocity.

Li Yi and Kong Qinglin simultaneously slammed their hands on the ground and shouted, "Heavenly Thunder Formation, Wooden Beast Golden Feather!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the roots of all the strange trees formed an electric net, instantly electrocuting any Gu worms that stepped into it. All the Thunder Beasts shot lasers from their eyes, which refracted off the feather blades, piercing even the King Gu wherever they passed. These rays instantly divided the battlefield into sections, severing the Gu worm army's connections.

Li Yi didn't intend to use this formation to kill all the Gu worms, as that would be unrealistic. His real purpose was to create an electromagnetic field underground on the battlefield, and then use the electromagnetic field to free these Gu worms from the control of the Gu God. And he succeeded! A few breaths later, the Gu worm army scattered and fled.

"Brother, quickly send the demon army to hunt down the Gu worms! Don't let a single one escape!"

"Understood!" Kong Qinglin immediately used his demonic magic to give the order: "Now that the Gu worms have lost their support, my minions, kill the Gu worms for me and avenge our fallen brothers!" After saying that, he revealed his true form, flew into the air, and let out a long cry.

Apart from the King Gu, the other Gu worms only wanted to escape and did not want to resist. Even the King Gu was no match for the demon generals without the control of the Gu God. Thus, the demon army launched a great counterattack.

Looking at the fleeing Gu worms, Li Yi said, "The demon army is not much left; I'm afraid they won't be able to eliminate all the Gu worms."

Kong Qinglin said confidently, "Don't worry, reinforcements will arrive soon!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than warriors of the Peacock Clan appeared, immediately throwing themselves into battle and beginning to annihilate the army of Gu worms.

"This... Brother, did you hold back? Did you never intend to preserve the Peacock Clan's strength from the beginning?"

"Hmph, if I really did that, would I be able to convince everyone? Besides, if Heaven truly intends to exterminate us all, how could I possibly protect the Peacock Clan just because I want to? I merely..."

The cry of the Gu God suddenly came from the depths of the Abyss, interrupting Kong Qinglin's words. He and Li Yi looked in the direction of the sound.

"Third brother, you've really angered him this time!"

Li Yi laughed and said, "He's an insect, he has no hair. But we don't need to worry about these little insects anymore, so let's get down to business."

"Let's go and meet this ancient demon god!"

"I'm also very curious about what that guy's new body looks like."

After speaking, Li Yi and Kong Qinglin headed towards the depths of the Abyss. Meanwhile, You Tu, with Zhang Xuanqi's help, had almost fully recovered. After bowing in thanks, he set off for the Abyss to reunite with Li Yi and the others; the battle to slay the gods was about to begin.

Having learned from their previous experience of being ambushed by the Gu God's willpower, Li Yi and You Tu both chose to stop in a relatively safe location to observe.

But Kong Qinglin, unaware of the situation, asked, "What can we see from this far away?"

"Get any closer and we'll be entering the domain of the Gu God's will."

"Willpower domain? What is that?"

"The essence of will is the magnetic field formed by bioelectricity. When the will is strong enough, this magnetic field can exist independently of the living organism itself, and can even forcibly bind the soul within the magnetic field."

Before his true form was killed by Lady Tai'an, the Gu God attached his will magnetic field to the deepest part of this abyss. Over millions of years, he gradually restored his own will by merging the soul bound within his will magnetic field with his own remnant soul.

This is why the Gu God survived, and also why the Heavenly Dao and Lady Tai'an didn't initially realize he was still alive.

"Since even Lady Tai'an couldn't kill him, what method do you have to kill him?"

"Heaven has already taught me the method to kill the Gu God. The Divine Thunder Seal in my body was originally intended to deal with him."

"Isn't he immune to the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning?"

Li Yi looked at Kong Qinglin and laughed, "It seems that you didn't understand the meaning of magnetic field, brother. Never mind, just do as I say. I can't see clearly from this far away. You have good eyesight, brother, take a look at what the Gu God has become now."

Kong Qinglin looked up and saw a strange-looking, yellowish-green caterpillar, five zhang long and one zhang wide, crawling step by step toward him.

The reason it's described as strange is that this caterpillar isn't covered in downy hairs, but rather has tentacles of varying lengths and thicknesses. The problem is, these tentacles aren't for crawling; they seem more like defensive weapons. Kong Qinglin clearly saw the Gu God freely extending and retracting these tentacles, as if wielding countless scythes.

There's more than one strange thing about it. Normally, a caterpillar's eyes are on the sides of its head, but this Gu God caterpillar has a row of eyes on each side of its body, and a pair of main eyes on its long antennae that can be flipped up and down at will!

The caterpillar has no other antennae on its head, but it has four pairs of sharp horns. Strangely, its mouthparts are not chewing type, but consist of two pairs of freely retractable chelicerae.

After listening to Kong Qinglin's description, Li Yi stroked his chin and asked, "The Gu God didn't put on a hard outer armor? And what's with this caterpillar-like shape? It's so small, even the Four Imperial King Gu are twenty or thirty feet long. Something feels off. Could it be that he hasn't finished reshaping his physical body, or that he can transform into something else?"

Kong Qinglin casually said, "What can we possibly learn by just looking? We should go over and test the waters first!"

“That’s right, big brother, stick close to me!” Li Yi took out the jade ring and put it on his hand, creating a barrier of consciousness around him before flying over on the Five Elements Wood Sword.

During the flight, Li Yi drew back the Heaven-Shooting Sun Bow and fired four arrows in quick succession. The Spirit Feather Arrows arrived in the blink of an eye, but were easily deflected by the Gu God using the horns on his head. When he was less than a hundred feet away from the Gu God, Li Yi suddenly transformed the Measuring Ruler into a spear and extended its shaft, then unleashed a powerful Dragon Breaking Army strike.

The dragon of fortune coiled and flew along the gun barrel, but the Gu God's body suddenly changed from yellowish-green to purplish-black. At the moment when the gun tip and the dragon of fortune struck its head at the same time, it underwent a mutation, forming a layer of Gu God armor under its skin, which forcefully withstood Li Yi's attack.

Kong Qinglin looked at the crack left on the Gu God's head by Li Yi's shot and laughed, "It seems that it's not so hopeless. At least we can still hurt him."

You Tu suddenly flew over, carrying them backward and dodging the four spring-like fangs of the Gu God. He said, "The Gu God is about to molt; we need to stay far away."

Kong Qinglin asked in surprise, "Isn't the Zerg at their weakest after molting? Shouldn't we take advantage of this and launch a fierce attack?"

"You're talking about the Zerg, but he's the God of Gu!"

Looking at the Gu God's gradually cracking skin, Li Yi asked, "How will it prevent us from getting close when it molts?"

"poison!"

As soon as You Tu finished speaking, purplish-black poisonous gas erupted from the crack, causing the caterpillar's body to shrink continuously, and the poisonous gas quickly covered this section of the abyss. Li Yi and Kong Qinglin both used their own methods to probe the situation within the poisonous fog.

"No need to look anymore. This is a new poison. Even I can't cure it. We can only wait until it dissipates before we can do anything about it."