"Phew, phew, phew..." Gu Yue Fang Xiang panted heavily, hiding amid the roots of an ancient tree.
The ancient tree towered into the sky, its enormous exposed roots twisting and intertwining above the ground, providing excellent concealment.
Gu Yue Fang Xiang had only just temporarily escaped his pursuers, gaining a chance to catch his breath and recover.
Blood still continuously spilled from his mouth and nose. He hastily wiped his lips with the back of his hand before inspecting his condition.
Gu Yue Fang Xiang's expression darkened. He discovered more than a dozen wounds on his body, three broken bones, and, most seriously, damaged internal organs that needed immediate treatment.
However, he was not particularly panicked.
After all, this was far from the first or second time he had suffered such injuries.
Gu Yue Fang Xiang tore open his shirt. It had already been reduced to tatters during the fierce battle, and ripped apart easily, exposing his chest covered in black hair.
A wound across his chest was long and deep, revealing the ghastly white of broken ribs.
Gu Yue Fang Xiang gritted his teeth and activated a Gu worm.
The Healing Gu worm resembled a centipede. It burrowed into his body through the wound and immediately suppressed the severe internal bleeding.
Before long, the centipede crawled back out of Gu Yue Fang Xiang's body, covered from head to toe in blood, and lay across his wound.
Its hundred pairs of legs plunged directly into the flesh on both sides of the wound. Excruciating pain struck, making Gu Yue Fang Xiang suck in a cold breath.
Then the centipede slowly exerted force. Its hundred pairs of limbs forcibly dragged the flesh together with faint creaking sounds, ultimately making the enormous wound barely close.
This treatment merely addressed the symptoms, not