At that moment, I sensed that something was wrong.
Whenever I tried to circulate my qi, my dantian felt as though it were blocked.
This had never happened before. It definitely wasn't some coincidence.
We had run into a group of gu masters.
What gu masters were best at was using "gu."
If nothing unexpected had happened, both my master and I could have developed the same symptoms.
Either we had been poisoned, or we had been afflicted by some kind of gu.
Even Tong Ghost qi couldn't dispel this gu, and my master hadn't noticed it either.
But no matter what, all we could do now was grit our teeth and fight. The moment we relaxed, we'd die here.
I forcibly circulated my True Qi and threw out the three Evil-Suppressing Talismans in my hand.
The instant the Evil-Suppressing Talismans struck the gu insects, three explosive bangs rang out. The power of the talismans instantly blasted an entire swath of gu insects to death.
But the other three had already raised their weapons and closed in on me from three directions.
I didn't dare slack off in the slightest. I dodged the first man's attack, then swept another aside with my sword.
Facing the third man's attack from the side, I kicked out, then quickly moved toward my master and used Ox Tears to open my spiritual sight.
At the same time, I tried to draw in a breath of True Qi, only to find the blockage had become even worse.
"Damn it!"
This is bad, I thought.
Then two more people charged at me from the side.
They were two young men, likely with cultivation around the peak of the Essence Soul Realm.
One came from the left and the other from the right, both raising their curved