You're Actually a Buddhist

After hitting the ground, Liu Feng spat out a mouthful of bruised blood mixed with dead Gu. His nerves were taut; this was his first time seeing a Spirit Monster display martial arts.

"With Mind Eye Technique, I can anticipate that punch, but with my current footwork, I can't dodge it." He had found his weakness: his eyes were quick, but his body couldn't keep up.

More importantly, Liu Feng had never fought a true expert before. He lacked experience, and he didn't understand martial artists.

With Buddha Eye Insight, the Black Wolf Spirit's illusions were useless against him, which had given him an advantage. But now, the two Spirit Monsters meant to fight him with their bare bodies!

"Just my physique and Buddha Eye Insight aren't enough to hold them off. I have to use Gu techniques too..."

Before he could think further, a streak of black shot in from the front left.

At the same time, the Ape Spirit appeared to his front right, hurtling toward him like a boulder, its momentum astounding.

"Gu Masters fear few poisons. I refuse to believe you Spirit Monsters are immune, too!" Thousands of black specks surged out before Liu Feng, forming a wall of black.

In an instant, the wall of insects dispersed, and a vast cloud of poisonous mist rose.

At the same time, the skin on Liu Feng's face rippled inside the mist. Seven additional eyes blinked beside his original two.

Moreover, six eyes opened on each of his arms, along with a vertical eye among the hair at the back of his head. Every Compound Eye he had gained from the Exotic Gu opened.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Feng became a terrifying figure with twenty-two eyes, his body swarming with Gu insects, and the Soldier Gu Split-Tooth in his hand.

Boom! The Ape Spirit's powerful body crashed to the ground.

Relying on its formidable Spirit Monster body, it charged straight into the poisonous mist, killing countless Gu insects with the shock of its landing.

With its powerful physique, neither the poisonous Gu nor the mist could seriously harm it in the brief time it was exposed. It could simply force the poisoned blood out afterward.

"Boy, I'll take just one of your arms..."

As it spoke, the beastlike face beneath its fur looked vicious and terrifying. Its ape hand curled into a claw and tore toward Liu Feng's right arm.

But this time, its swipe missed!

Not only had its attack missed, but when it tried to turn and sweep at him with its other arm, Liu Feng vanished right before its eyes.

"Huh..." The Ape Spirit's movements faltered for an instant.

In that brief pause, three sprays of blood burst out with a splat, as three vicious insects pierced its arms and chest.

Almost at the same time, the brawny Black Wolf Spirit charged into the poisonous mist and snapped at empty air. The scene in its wolfish eyes became an endless sky.

Two more sprays of blood burst out with a splat, as two insect legs stabbed into the Black Wolf Spirit's waist and belly.

Dozens of yards away, Su Jing and Su Anjie, the other Gu Children, and the Gu Servants could only see the two Spirit Monsters charge into the poisonous mist.

Through the blue-black haze, they saw the two powerful bodies stop moving.

Then furious howls and screams rang out from within the mist.

Whoosh... A breeze swept through.

As the poisonous mist drifted away, Liu Feng's figure emerged. He dashed toward a cave beneath the cliff not far away.

The Ape Spirit and Black Wolf Spirit appeared next, but both looked wretched.

Blood poured from their bodies, and Gu insects crawled all over their fur. To the Gu Servants watching, the two beasts had already been poisoned.

Once the Gu poison entered their blood, it took effect immediately. The two monsters' movements were clearly slower than before.

But their bodies were so powerful that they still refused to fall.

"Close your eyes."

"Chase him."

To the stunned gazes of the Gu Children and Gu Servants, the two Spirit Monsters shut their eyes and pursued Liu Feng into the cave, relying only on their animal senses of smell and hearing.

Beneath the tree and under the stone eaves, everyone who had witnessed what happened was stunned.

Li Xiang'er, standing beside Leng Qiuyue, widened her eyes and said in astonishment, "That thing just now... the monster covered in Gu insects, with so many eyes—was that Liu Feng?"

Leng Qiuyue stared speechlessly. She had only caught a glimpse before Liu Feng darted into the cave.

Just as Li Xiang'er had said, the Liu Feng from moments ago bore no resemblance to the refined-looking young man who had first appeared.

Poisonous blood flowed through his body, and every vein had turned blue-black. He looked like a many-eyed monster covered in black lines, carrying the equally horrifying Soldier Gu Split-Tooth.

Ma Kun and the other four among the crowd wore complicated expressions.

"The outcome is settled. Those two monsters have been wounded in several places and badly poisoned."

"With the help of that Exotic Gu technique, Liu Feng should have no trouble dodging their killing blows before his strength runs low."

"Even if they catch up to him, they'll probably only manage to injure him a little."...

Like the other four beside him, Ma Kun's venomous gaze held a note of excitement. They could see that Liu Feng was probably more than a match for Liu Xing.

Judging by what they had just seen, Liu Xing wouldn't last two exchanges against those two ferocious Spirit Monsters.

As long as Liu Feng recovered before the Valley Master summoned him, and went with the others who had hatched Exotic Gu, Liu Xing couldn't possibly be the one to come back alive.

At that moment, deep within the dim passageway,

three figures darted back and forth, one ahead of the other two. One man swung his greatsword again and again, while the two monsters fought with savage fury.

They had long since forgotten their master's orders. Instead of taking the boy's arm to eat, they now wanted to take his life.

But things had turned out the other way around. They hadn't managed to kill him; they themselves were about to die here.

Just as Ma Kun and the other Gu Servants had expected, the Gu poison inside them had taken effect, and the wounds Split-Tooth had torn into their bodies were still pouring blood.

The two monsters, their eyes tightly shut, grew visibly slower. They could barely land a hit on Liu Feng.

Thud, thud...

A short while later, two muffled thumps rang out as the bodies of the two Spirit Monsters finally collapsed to the ground.

Before them, Liu Feng glared with all twenty-two eyes.

With his expanded vision, Motion Vision Technique, and Mind Eye Technique, he had still suffered six gashes. Gu insects now crawled all over them, stopping the bleeding.

On top of that, two of his ribs had been broken.

"I'll make you pay for what I lost today!" Liu Feng flicked his hand, sending the Soldier Gu Split-Tooth flying.

Split-Tooth spread its five insect legs, driving them all into the two monsters. Suction cups sprouted between its fangs as well.

Liu Feng sat cross-legged where he was. Gu insects poured from his body in dense swarms and rushed toward the monsters.

His own fingers were like knives as he plunged them into the beasts' flesh. He had long heard that the blood of Spirit Monsters was a powerful tonic, especially that of beasts. This was the perfect chance to find out for himself.

The Black Wolf Spirit and the Ape Spirit lay sprawled on the ground, covered in Gu insects. Only their two pairs of beastly eyes remained uncovered, filled with terror.

"Hmm!" Before he could even refine their blood essence, Liu Feng let out a soft exclamation.

He moved his right hand, which had been resting on the Ape Spirit, and pulled something from beneath the fur on its arm. It was a piece of silk embroidered with tiny characters and images.

The silk showed little figures striking various poses, with a set of hand seals beneath them.

After looking it over, Liu Feng's face twitched.

He glanced at the Ape Spirit, his expression strange. "So you weren't a martial artist at all! You're a wild Spirit Monster, and you're actually a Buddhist..."

On the piece of silk in his hand, five golden characters stood out at the very top: Diamond Demon-Subduing Sutra.