Gu Killing

The burly man in the tank top sneered and suddenly threw a punch. It whistled through the air as it smashed toward Jiang Yiming's temple.

Jiang Yiming quickly bent his arm to protect his head.

Smack!

Fist struck flesh, and he immediately felt as though lightning had struck his entire arm. It went numb in an instant.

The burly man was a professional enforcer, and his punches were heavy.

That single punch was enough to send Jiang Yiming falling backward. As he fell, however, he instinctively grabbed the man's red tank top and pulled him down with him.

The burly man didn't panic at all. He had trained in jujitsu and was even stronger on the ground.

Thud!

When the two hit the ground, Jiang Yiming was pinned heavily beneath him.

The man in the tank top spotted an opening and swung his fist down.

Jiang Yiming crossed his arms and barely blocked the punch. At the same time, he finally summoned his Gu worms!

The man's broad body provided the perfect cover.

The people behind them were used to fights like this. Whenever the burly man had pinned someone beneath him in the past, that person had almost always taken a terrible beating.

They believed this time would be no exception, so they watched from the sidelines. Not one of them went up to help.

As they watched, the burly man suddenly let out a low roar!

No one knew what had happened, but after roaring, he stopped attacking and slumped straight down on top of Jiang Yiming.

"What's going on? He's got the upper hand, but he's not pummeling him? That's not like him..."

The people behind him didn't understand. They only thought he was acting a little strange today, but didn't think much of it.

What they didn't see was that, after the burly man slumped down, a green tinge gradually appeared on his face!

"Hey! What's with you today? Swing your fists and flatten him!"

"Come on!"

The onlookers, never ones to mind things getting out of hand, actually began urging him on.

A few seconds later, the burly man suddenly moved. His movements were a little lewd, though. Like a breeding boar in heat, he began moving his waist rhythmically.

These were instinctive convulsions caused by the poison. Apart from Jiang Yiming, however, no one else knew that yet.

The people behind him burst into laughter.

"Bro, didn't you get two in one go last night? How'd you recover so fast?"

At that, they laughed even harder. None of them noticed that the burly man's eyes had rolled back, foam was pouring from his mouth, and his face had turned a bluish green!

After a while, the burly man stopped convulsing and made no further movement. Only then did the others realize something was wrong. They went over together and turned him over!

At the sight of that dead man's face, everyone fell silent.

One of the bolder ones reached over and checked his breathing. He was immediately horrified. "Oh my god! He's dead!!"

At those words, the others fell into an uproar.

Someone wanted to call the police, but the others immediately stopped him.

"Are you crazy? Have you forgotten what we are?!"

"Someone died, so we can just move somewhere else. If we call the police, we'll all end up inside!"

Hearing that, the man immediately put away his phone, no longer daring to call the police.

At that moment, everyone's eyes focused on Jiang Yiming.

"What do we do with this kid?" someone couldn't help asking.

As soon as he spoke, Jiang Yiming slowly got to his feet. Before anyone could say anything, he spoke first. "Do you think you're stronger than the guy on the ground?"

At that, they all hesitated.

Jiang Yiming took the opportunity to walk toward the exit, pretending to be calm.

As he passed them, a short man suddenly charged into him. "Don't think you can bluff us! Every one of us has a life on our hands!"

Jiang Yiming had been on guard against just such a move. The moment the short man moved, he assumed a defensive stance and blocked the charge. At the same time, he released five Gu in one go. They burrowed into the man's clothes and bit him viciously.

"Ah~ What the hell! Ah!"

Before he could figure out what was happening, the short man dropped dead on the spot!

The Gu worms' poison was actually that terrifying!

Because they were hidden from view, the Gu worms Jiang Yiming released appeared and disappeared out of thin air without drawing attention. No one noticed them.

Everyone simply felt that the kid before them was extremely strange, but none of them knew exactly what method he had used.

Now that another person had died, the others no longer dared to make a move. They could only watch helplessly as Jiang Yiming left.

All the way home, Jiang Yiming was absentminded and nauseated, feeling an indescribable discomfort.

In all his life, this was the first time he had killed anyone, and he had killed two people at once.

He knew full well that they were both villains and that killing them was carrying out justice on heaven's behalf, but the smell of blood on his hands still made him want to vomit.

When he got home, Jiang Yiming threw away all his clothes and showered for an hour, yet he still felt as though the lingering smell of blood clung to the tip of his nose.

Not wanting to think too much, he buried himself under the covers.

The room was hot and stuffy, and he didn't even turn on the fan. He hid under the covers like that for most of the day. By nightfall, there wasn't a dry spot left on his body; he was soaked in sweat.

"So thirsty..."

He woke up in a daze.

He kicked off the covers and raced to the water dispenser in two steps. Putting his mouth directly against the spout, he gulped down several mouthfuls before finally calming down.

The discomfort he had felt after killing finally eased.

He took another shower and changed into clean clothes. At last, the smell of blood vanished from the tip of his nose!

Only then did he remember that he hadn't opened the System Store yet.

"Can I open the System Store now?"

[Yes. Only 1,000 grams of gold need to be deducted.]

The system responded immediately.

"Open the System Store!" With a thought, Jiang Yiming closed his eyes and instantly sensed an enormous shelf.

The shelf was about ten meters high, fifty meters long, and over a meter wide. It had five levels, all empty except for the bottom one, which held a round plate the size of a winnowing basket.

"This is the System Store? It only sells one thing. Isn't that a little too shabby?"

The system offered no explanation, merely sending him a message.

[The stronger the host's Gu worms, the more goods the System Store will carry.]

"The number of things on the shelf depends on the Gu worms I own?" Jiang Yiming hurriedly asked, "How do I make my Gu worms stronger?"

[Refine Gu.]

"How?"

[A Gu Refining Plate is required.]

"Is it this?"

Jiang Yiming focused his mind on the Gu Refining Plate and immediately learned its price—1,000 grams of gold!

"Buy!"

He had no choice but to buy it, so he reluctantly paid. The gold count displayed in the corner of the shelf instantly dropped to 2,100.

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained a Gu Refining Plate.]

With the Gu Refining Plate in hand, he immediately learned a great deal about refining Gu.

"Gu refinement: once Primordial Gu reach level five, they can be refined. Place five Primordial Gu in the Gu Refining Plate, and the Gu worms will tear and bite at one another. The last one alive will be a Yellow-Rank Gu worm."

"The ranks of Gu worms are: Primordial Gu, Yellow-Rank Gu, Mystic-Rank Gu, Earth-Rank Gu, and Heaven-Rank Gu. Each refinement requires five Gu worms, and Gu worms can continue to rise in rank."

Five for each rank. Was it that simple?

By his calculations, five Primordial Gu could be upgraded into a Yellow Rank Gu, and five Yellow Rank Gu into an Earth-Rank Gu, and so on. It would take only 625 Primordial Gu to refine a Heaven-Rank Gu worm.

"That doesn't seem like too many..."

Could it really be that simple? Jiang Yiming couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.