Chapter 488 - Gu Zuo is Seriously Injured

T/N: For those who skipped the previous chapters, this is a recap of any important information from Chapters 486 and 487.

Gongyi Tianheng is suspicious about the reasons behind the mysterious disappearances in Swallowtail City, but cannot come to any definite conclusions. Therefore, he bides his time and lays in waiting. On the day that the next kidnapping is supposed to occur, Tianhengs Celestial Realm shadow cat intercepts the culprit, saves the abducted woman, and tracks the culprit back to their base of operations. There are three enemies. Two Ascendant Realms who serve one Atomic Realm. Due to the relative strength of the opposition inside the cave, Tianheng orders the Tianlong Guards to remain in the city. Only Tianheng himself, wearing the black cloak, and the shadow cat infiltrate the cave.

Inside, they discover that the missing people are being mind controlled to copulate. Through some kind of evil technique, their energy and life force are drained into the pregnant womens respective fetuses. Tianheng arrives in time to stop one of the Ascendant Realms from cutting open one of the pregnant women. The shadow cat deals with the two Ascendant Realms while Tianheng fights the Atomic Realm. During the fight, Tianheng is forced to defend himself by using his trump card, which was given to him by the Blood Transformation Heaven Lord. In the end, all three enemies are killed and the captives are saved.

Once the three enemies are dead, the captives stop copulating, but they remain motionless like puppets with their strings cut. To preserve their dignity, Tianheng covers them with quilts. He also collects the enemies inter-spatial tools and burns away the corpses.

Tianheng orders the shadow cat to do several things: Inform the city lord of Swallowtail City to evacuate her citizens, bring the Tianlong Guards back to Ten Ultimates Sect, and report the matter to the Blood Transformation Palace Master for a.s.sistance. Because the Atomic Realm pract.i.tioner utilized a move that contained the strength close to a Heaven Lords attack, the one backing the deceased Atomic Realm must be equivalently powerful.

In order to safely evacuate the victims, Tianheng stays behind to look through the inter-spatial tools. He researches the evil techniques used by the Atomic Realm pract.i.tioner to understand the situation and undo the mind control. As it turns out, the pract.i.tioner combined the dual cultivation-type Yin Yang Harmony Sculpting Cultivation Method with demonic techniques to siphon yin and yang energies from men and women into fetuses, which were cannibalized as fuel to enhance his body and improve his own potential.

Now, Tianheng uses what he knows to remove the mind control on the city lords two daughters. The two women awaken with all of their memories intact

Fortunately, these two women were said to be over a hundred years old. They usually spent their days in relentless and bitter cultivation. They wholeheartedly devoted themselves to revitalizing Swallowtail City, and their temperaments were resolute.

After a flash of fury flickered across their faces, the two quickly got up, used the brocade quilts to cover themselves, and paid their respects to Gongyi Tianheng: Many thanks for saving our lives, young master.

Tianheng sighed, and hurriedly spoke several words to explain the situation to them. Then, he said: Although I can get rid of the puppeteering technique, it wont be convenient to settle down this crowd of people. Ill have to ask these two young ladies to work hard.

The two women replied: We understand.

After that, Tianheng waved his hand, and many pieces of clothing appeared on the ground. These clothes were part of the monthly allocations issued by Ten Ultimates Sect. It was just that they didnt belong to the category of spirit weapons. Thus, these clothes were only comfortable and nothing more. In addition, he had never worn them before.

At the present time, he wasnt the least bit stingy, and took out sufficient amounts. It was just that there were only mens clothing. He didnt have any apparel for women.

The two women didnt mind, and swiftly put on the loose mens robes. Then, one of them said: Young master, please remove the technique. You can leave the rest to me and my sister.

Tianheng faintly nodded his head. First, he undid all of the puppeteering techniques that those women were under one by one. The sisters surnamed Wan quickly went over to comfort them. When those women heard the twos ident.i.ties, saw their haggard faces, and realized that those two still wanted to console them, their resentment gradually came to a halt and their willpower slowly strengthened.

The moods of these women recovered. Tianheng tossed over two bottles of medicinal pills: This pill can replenish ones qi essence. Give them to these men. Otherwise, they wont live for long once they awaken.

When the group of women looked at those men, their gazes were rather complicated.

Although physical intimacy wasnt what they wished for, the other parties werent lecherous men. On the contrary, they were victimized as well Moreover, during that period of muddleheaded ignorance, in order to prevent the turbid mixing of yin and yang qi, each of them had been paired with the same man, respectively.

In their hearts, there was naturally the feeling of disgrace, but there was also a type of empathy that could only be shared between those who went through the same suffering. Therefore, hatred never arose.

Currently, it wasnt the time to overthink things. The two daughters took the medicinal pills, and distributed them to the women. Meanwhile, Tianhengs fingers swiftly moved, and all of the men were also awakened.

Those men discovered their own miserable conditions, and many reacted no better than the women. All of the women fed the medicinal pills to the men one after another, distributed the clothes, and were busy again.

Once the men took the medicinal pills, their originally shriveled skin and flesh slowly plumped up. It wasnt to say that their bodies had recovered back to the way they were before, but they were no longer so weak that a strong wind could blow them over.

Afterwards, Tianheng plainly said: Although those evildoers have been slain, Im afraid that theres a backer supporting them. All of you shouldnt stay here for much longer. Going back to Swallowtail City is the correct course of action.

When everyone heard this, it was only natural that they didnt dare act negligently. After hurriedly supported one anothers weight, they rushed to Swallowtail City extremely quickly under the leaders.h.i.+p of the two women surnamed Wan.

Seeing them depart far into the distance, Tianheng came out of the cave, and carefully inspected the surroundings. Each and every vicious trap and evil trick left behind by those people were dismantled by him one by one.

Following a short period of time, he destroyed the cave and flew into the sky.

But right at this moment, a rolling and thunderous sound suddenly approached from beyond the horizon. A terrifying power abruptly pressed down from above!

Tianheng only felt his heart palpitating. At once, he rapidly operated his inner cultivation method, gathered all of his strength into his body techniques, and quickly dodged to the other side!

Only a streak of blood shadow remained in his original position.

However, even though it was like this, the terrifying power still caused Tianhengs chest to ache. A rivulet of blood spilled out from the corner of his mouth. He didnt dare to be the slightest bit careless, and immediately brandished even more strength to dodge again!

An extremely huge palm pressed down from the heavenly vault. Tianheng barely managed to evade it, but its remnant power was so strong that two ribs in his chest were broken and the internal qi in no fewer than three qi oceans were almost completely depleted. Right now, he only had half of his profound qi left!

But the third attack was already here!

These attacks were relentless, and didnt give any room to breathe. Their purpose was to suppress Tianheng to death!

He wasnt even able to split his attention to identify it. He only heard a berating shout

What kind of brat dares to kill my grandson? Youre courting death!

As the third attack fell, a torrential river of blood suddenly appeared from within Tianhengs body to cover the top of his head.

He allowed this river of blood to be swiftly crushed under that attack. Meanwhile, his figure transformed into a ray of b.l.o.o.d.y light and rushed toward another direction!

This direction was naturally opposite that of Swallowtail City

Tianheng didnt catch a glimpse, but the person who arrived was an old man with a tall and st.u.r.dy build. His hair and beard were both white. It was clear that he was a peak Royal Realm, and

the distance to the realm of Heaven Lord was merely a hairs breadth away

. Now that he came here in a rage, he didnt care about anything else. He only wanted to kill Gongyi Tianheng.

How large was the difference between the Royal Realm and the Atomic Realm?

For Tianheng, no matter how many more abilities he possessed, regardless of how good his apt.i.tudes were, such a gap was like a natural moat. He was completely incapable of competing with this old man.

At this very moment, Tianheng had no choice but to flee for his life!

Unfortunately, even if he wanted to run away or intended to stall for time, it was extremely difficult.

After a few times, even though Tianheng escaped the attacks, his body was inevitably injured by the remaining powers. There wasnt even enough time to treat these injuries. He could only strive his hardest to flee to a larger city At that time, perhaps a powerhouse might see this one-sided chase, and break him out of this encirclement.

Unfortunately, Tianhengs luck ran out. If it hadnt been for the fact that Tianheng already activated the Heavenly Blood Palm, he couldve used it to block for a period of time. This wouldve allowed him to quickly escape. It wasnt known if he mightve found a teleportation array to get away. However, that object had been used long ago. Now, he could only rely on the cloak and his own capabilities to deal with this situation. Risking his life and being wounded with every round, he hurriedly fled into the distance.

Gradually, the conditions of Tianhengs injuries worsened. The profound qi within his six qi oceans were also steadily and continuously drawn out. Currently, only an extremely thin layer remained.

Tianheng didnt notice it, but the fragments of the power of chaos, which were originally floating above the qi oceans, were also being squeezed to their limits and extracted. One thread after another helped to stabilize the qi oceans, which prevented him from being completely destroyed under the barrage of boundless attacks.

Ten Ultimates Sect, within the manor, at the summit.

The furnace flames were burning strongly. Gu Zuo, who was originally right in the middle of refining a batch of medicinal pills, was suddenly struck with a sharp pain. At once, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. As for the pills that were on the verge of forming inside the furnace, they also promptly collapsed into waste pills.

Gu Zuos fingers faintly twitched. His face was as white as paper.

Ao Ying, the battle slave hidden nearby, emerged and hastily arrived in front of Gu Zuo: Pharmacist Gu, are you alright?

Gasping for breath, Gu Zuo abruptly reached out his hand and firmly grabbed Ao Yings arm. He clenched his teeth to stifle his coughing, and spoke with difficulty: Quick Take me to see the palace master! Big brother, something happened

While he was talking, his thoughts moved. Some medicinal herbs already appeared in his hand. He managed to bring them to the edge of his mouth, and hurriedly chewed and ate them. Right away, the warm medicinal power flowed through his body, which immediately improved his injuries.

Ao Ying didnt dare to neglect anything. Right away, he carried Gu Zuo on his back and went straight to the Blood Transformation Palace Hall at flying speeds. Having arrived at the palace gates, the guards also recognized Gu Zuo. Seeing that he was in such a dreadful state, it was only natural that they immediately reported the matter.

Shortly thereafter, the Blood Transformation Palace Master appeared before Gu Zuo in the blink of an eye. He took Gu Zuo, and only felt that his whole body was ice-cold. A trail of blood was still constantly leaking from the corner of his mouth. Although he was continuously chewing and eating precious spirit medicines, every time his condition improved, he would suddenly be afflicted with even worse injuries. As for why these wounds showed up, the palace master had absolutely no idea!

Gu Zuos fingers were tightly clenched. His complexion was already deathly pale: Something bad happened to big brother! Palace master, go to Swallowtail City!

The pupils of the Blood Transformation Palace Master suddenly shrank. However, he didnt call Gu Zuo into question. Instead, he turned around while cradling Gu Zuo with one arm, used his other hand to strike the air, and appeared dozens of kilometers away extremely quickly. At the same time, the qi energy surrounding his body rose and swelled, safely protecting Gu Zuo from the slightest bit of turbulence.

Gu Zuo continued placing spirit medicines to his lips. While mechanically devouring the herbs, he spoke as succinctly as possible: Big brother and I have a contract. When he is seriously hurt, a portion of the injury can be transferred based on my tolerance level. Im very safe inside the sect, so since I suffered a serious injury, something must have happened to big brother.

The palace master hastened along their journey. As for Gu Zuos explanation, he didnt miss a single word as everything entered his ears.

He naturally didnt know that such a contract existed between Gu Zuo and Gongyi Tianheng, but after finding out, he was gladdened and grateful towards Gu Zuo.

The guardian contract between the two had already reached the third rank: Life and Death Companions. Originally, this kind of contract was one that they had control over. However, Tianheng was so exhausted from running for his life that he couldnt even think about it. As such, there was no way to consciously control the contract. Because the contract sensed Tianhengs imperilment, it transferred his injuries onto Gu Zuos body based on the maximum limit that Gu Zuo could bear in order to leave a glimmer of life for Tianheng.

It was also due to this that Gu Zuo immediately thought of the contract when he was injured. Thus, he swiftly chewed and ate spirit medicines to heal himself. In this way, as the condition of his wounds improved, the contract would be able to transfer even more injuries. The probability of his big brothers survival would also increase. As a result, the Blood Transformation Palace Master found that every time Gu Zuos injuries got better, they immediately worsened.

Currently, Gu Zuo was extremely regretful. Not only was the speed the spirit medicines healed injuries slower than that of medicinal pills, it was also very wasteful. If he had considered earlier that he himself could also receive wounds, he wouldve refined more pills that specifically treated pharmacists. How much better would that have been? Then, he couldve treated himself even faster!

Unfortunately, it was too late now. He could only endure the sharp pains and devour spirit medicines In any case, this was better than doing nothing.

When the Blood Transformation Palace Master was a high Royal Realm powerhouse, he had received incredibly useful gifts from his disciples out of filial piety. As early as several months ago, he broke through to the peak of this realm, so he displayed the fastest speeds. In coordination with the teleportation arrays, it was only natural that they rushed to Swallowtail City extremely swiftly.

After reaching their destination, the palace master immediately sensed that the atmosphere here wasnt right. Someone was brazenly punching straight down from above. If the punch connected, all of Swallowtail City would be destroyed!

When the Blood Transformation Palace Master saw this person, he knew that this was certainly the a.s.sailant who attacked his disciple. Otherwise, who else couldve suppressed his disciple in such a remote location? At that moment, he also suddenly took action. A blood-red giant palm swatted out, and caught this attack.

After that, he got a clear look at this persons appearance. He furrowed his brows: Its actually this guy?

The blood-red palm smashed that attack to pieces. To the people within Swallowtail City, this was like a light drizzle of amnesty. They only felt that they had escaped from the jaws of death.

Meanwhile, the Blood Transformation Palace Master flashed ahead, launching an attack on that person!

T/N: The next four chapters are double-length.

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