"Ah, ah ah!"

A scream was heard.

The uncontrollable Xu Huoyao began to spread wildly, with the Gu Worms turning into countless particles invisible to the naked eye, floating in the air and consuming the corpse of someone who had just been shot in the head.

Spreading at a visible speed, as Jiang Feng described it, it looked like venom, immediately entangling the body, and countless Gu Worms devoured all the flesh and blood, turning the entire corpse into stark white bones without a trace of blood left, all in under twenty seconds.

Before the lead disciple of the Lou Family Stronghold could react, he saw another of his brothers similarly tainted by the Xu Huoyao, and in panic, he could only shout.

"Use fire, use fire!"

Realizing that countless pink Gu Worms were crawling up his body from his pant leg, the tribe member of the Lou Family Stronghold frantically grabbed a Fire Lighter and ran it down his pant leg while hastily performing the Fire Rune Technique, attempting to fend off the Gu Worms and battle Xu Huoyao.

But this had no substantial effect.

In less than ten seconds, his entire leg was already consumed, with no blood seeping out during the process, as if the leg had vanished into thin air. It was chilling, and even the Fire Rune Technique he managed to perform only stopped the spread of Xu Huoyao.

After a moment's pause, those pink Gu Worms continued up along the Fire Lighter, apparently devouring the flames!

"How could this be possible, how could this be possible!"

The voice, shrill and grating, was like a beautiful melody to Jiang Feng. Liu Tangxi had clearly stated when she learned Jiang Feng would face Gu Miyun, the top disciple of the third generation, at the Nine Peaks Martial Meet, that if it were within the sect, he would undoubtedly lose.

The key words here are "within the sect."

She never said Jiang Feng couldn't win, only that given the constraints within the sect, he couldn't prevail, the reason being her junior brother's countless demonic methods.

Niter, Gu Worms, Yin Souls, Blood Body Refining, Divine Soul Devouring, you name it, anything related to "demonic" or "evil," her junior brother had dabbled in. Therefore, she was never worried about him traveling alone.

In fact, she was more concerned this little fiend would go berserk outside and provoke those old monsters into action.

"The useless effort, you blockhead!"

Shouting loudly in the Southern Border dialect, Gu Worms had already burrowed into the body, and as he yelled, blood burst from his orifices, only to be silently consumed by Xu Huoyao before it hit the ground. He seemed unfamiliar with the Fire Rune Technique, only knowing the most basic Five Elements Taoism.

"He can't be saved, run, run!"

Without hesitation, ignoring the tribesman reduced to scraps behind him, he screamed frantically and turned to flee, scattering in all directions.

Xu Huoyao was undoubtedly the final psychological breaking point for the Lou Family Stronghold's many tribesmen.

Before, Jiang Feng's kill-like-chicken display didn't break their spirit, but the appearance of Xu Huoyao engulfed everyone present in fear, as this was a Gu Worm discovered years ago by Southern Border Disciples in a Cave Heaven Secret Realm.

After intense internal competition among various Southern Border forces, it ended up in the hands of the Cen Family.

Though they had never encountered it personally, all had undoubtedly heard elders mention this name and past stories. This Gu Worm's characteristic is devouring, consuming anything, whether Gu Worms, poisons, flesh, or even Divine Souls.

But logically, these Gu worms should be extremely afraid of fire, their typical solution. So why doesn't it work on Jiang Feng?

"Forget him, run away! Scatter!"

The remaining three dispersed in flight. Left behind was the man who had already been devoured waist down, lying on the ground reaching to desperately seek help, but his tribal brothers chose to flee.

Jiang Feng just quietly watched the scene below his feet with no emotion on his face, lazily following behind. With his speed, catching up was easy; he was just lazy. So what if they escaped?

Is he worried they'll retaliate? Who will retaliate against whom?

In his eyes, these people had completely lost any threat.

As long as they were split up individually, their strength was no match for the overseas Stewards stationed at the border of the Purple Cloud Palace. They merely relied on numbers for any advantage.

Whatever issues they might pose to other sect disciples was not Jiang Feng's concern. As the saying goes, save your own skin first, wrecking other sects was quite beneficial.

"The stuff Yue Yue gave really works well, it seems she's developed many versions over these three years."

He stretched out his hand.

The Qiankun Bags by the two skeletal remains in the distance were already in his grasp. Both were at the Foundation Establishment Peak. He only needed to forcibly break through the residual Divine Soul to access them.

He delved inside and rummaged around, finding mostly various clay pots for nurturing Gu Worms and various herbs, as well as Spirit Stones used for cultivation and a bunch of books. From the crooked writing, he couldn't discern much but guessed they were related to Gu Poison.

The pink Gu Worms, having completely devoured the second corpse, swarmed up Jiang Feng's body, gathering in his palm to form something resembling a slug, commonly called a snot worm.

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