The Fourth Insight Eye

From the perspective of the Falcon Spirit Monster, the swarm of Gu beneath the youth's feet surged like black waves under the firelight.

Through the gaps revealed in the swarm, one could see that most of the bandits had met a miserable end, their bodies turned a bruised blue-black as the Gu poison took hold.

"Save us..." the fourteen survivors writhed on the ground in agony.

The Falcon Spirit Monster blinked its hawkish eyes, staring at the youth who brandished a terrifyingly heavy sword.

It had nowhere left to run and was forced to carve out a path to survival. As for the fourteen men on the ground infested with Gu, it could barely save itself, let alone them!

Its wings vibrated, and a demonic wind whipped up, shedding a flurry of feathers.

"Whoosh, whoosh..." The feathers shot forth like steel darts, volleying toward the youth.

To Liu Feng, the incoming feathers seemed to slow down. His figure swayed amidst the flickering firelight, and he suddenly lunged forward with his sword.

From the Falcon Spirit Monster's perspective, the feathers it had launched seemed to follow a pre-arranged trajectory, all of them missing the youth entirely!

While the monster was gripped by shock and suspicion, Liu Feng had already closed the distance to within two yards.

The skin on his face rippled, and his compound eyes suddenly snapped open.

The path in the Falcon Spirit Monster's vision vanished instantly, replaced by an image of the stone chamber's exit. It felt as if it only needed to take one step forward to escape to safety!

"What kind of demonic art is this..."

With a soft squelch, the monster's head went flying into the air.

Liu Feng did not pause his forward momentum, heading straight into the depths of the passage.

Behind him, the fourteen bandits were in excruciating pain, pounding their own chests as if trying to crush the Gu insects burrowing inside them, though the effort was clearly futile.

They had witnessed the Falcon Spirit Monster being decapitated, and beyond terror, they felt only despair.

They had spent their lives slaughtering refugees and harvesting the blood and essence of the living to aid their two masters in their cultivation; never had they imagined they would meet such a wretched end themselves!

"Creak, creak..."

By the time Liu Feng reached the stone chamber, it had already been sealed by a cage of vines and wood, coiled in countless layers inside and out.

Near the exit of the stone chamber, two men had been isolated by the vines: Zhu Li and Shen Yushu.

"Did you finish them all?" Shen Yushu glanced over and asked indifferently.

"I left fourteen of them to be hosts for the Gu."

After Liu Feng spoke, he looked through the gaps in the vine sphere, taking in the dim scene inside the stone chamber.

Two figures were clashing violently within; had it not been for his Mind Eye Technique, he would have struggled to track their movements.

"Clang, clang, clack..."

These were not the dull thuds of flesh being struck, but the ringing sounds of iron being hammered.

Li Si's state was bizarre; his entire body exuded a fragrance as he unleashed the Gu poison and medicinal power accumulated within him.

Most of the Gu poison was trapped inside the stone chamber, and as long as the Corpse Refiner's internal organs retained a spark of vitality, he could not escape the fate of being poisoned.

This was the capability of a Gu Master: to refine a martial artist into a half-dead Medicine Person, pushing their combat prowess to a peak in a short time, or even, under the potent medicinal boost, driving them beyond their limits.

Furthermore, the Medicine Person was augmented by Soldier Gu and Gu poison.

"Bang." The white-haired Corpse Refiner was sent flying, crashing into the vines with blood spilling from his nose and mouth.

His face was hideous, fangs protruding past his lips, and patches of golden spots were emerging amidst his iron-black skin.

"So there was another one. You three juniors, I shall ensure you do not live to see the dawn." The white-haired Corpse Refiner swept a cold gaze over Liu Feng.

"You're at death's door and still spouting nonsense. Once the Medicine Slave beats you to death, I will use your Blood Crystal to refine medicine."

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, the white-haired Corpse Refiner cut Shen Yushu off. Without waiting for Li Si to strike again, he slammed a palm against his own chest.

The Corpse Refiner seemed to receive a massive boost; a fierce red light flared in his eyes, and blossoms of Corpse Fire danced across his skin.

In the blink of an eye, frost began to spread from him to all the surrounding vines.

"Clang." The white-haired Corpse Refiner traded a palm strike with Li Si, using the force to retreat.

"Not enough." The white-haired Corpse Refiner struck his chest again.

A strange, manic laugh mixed with agony erupted from the white-haired Corpse Refiner's throat, and the three of them watched as even more Corpse Fire ignited upon him.

In an instant, he clashed with Li Si once more, shifting from a position of weakness to one of equal footing.

"Something is wrong. He isn't just stimulating his own essence blood—how could a Corpse Refiner improve this much all at once!" The smile on Shen Yushu's face vanished, and he felt a sense of foreboding.

"He saw the Medicine Slave and still dared to claim we were courting death. Could he have some secret technique?" Zhu Li's expression was equally grim.

Under their stunned gazes, the white-haired Corpse Refiner struck his chest a third time.

With a low roar, the white-haired Corpse Refiner knocked Li Si aside and turned like a mad tiger, slamming into the vines at the stone chamber's exit.

"Crack, crack..." His iron-like palms tore through the wood, snapping countless vines.

Just as Shen Yushu and Zhu Li were struck with horror, Li Si arrived in time to engage the white-haired Corpse Refiner in battle once again.

Behind the two men, Liu Feng's gaze was somber as he used his Zen Eye Technique to peer into the heart, one of the five viscera, of the white-haired Corpse Refiner.

Having seen the Walking Corpse Blood Crystal that Shen Yushu had produced, Liu Feng identified the blood crystal inside this Corpse Refiner at a single glance.

It was a blood crystal larger and more rounded than that of a perfected walking corpse. Strangely, a diamond-shaped blood crystal was embedded into it.

That dark red, diamond-shaped blood crystal emitted a crimson glow, clearly transcending the realm of mortal blood, and was lodged in the Corpse Refiner's blood crystal like a Blood Crystal Dagger.

As the white-haired Corpse Refiner struck with three palms, the Blood Crystal Dagger began to crack bit by bit, pouring crimson blood light into the Corpse Refiner's heart, which then circulated throughout its entire body.

Whose blood is that? It certainly couldn't have originated from this white-haired Corpse Refiner! Liu Feng withdrew his gaze, his heart filled with shock.

"Crack..." Another leg swept against the Vine Wood Sphere, and the vine wood at the entrance of the Stone Chamber shattered instantly.

Corpse Fire surged, bringing with it a biting frost.

Zhu Li and Shen Yushu felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; their instincts told them they had to retreat immediately and leave Li Si behind as a meat shield to stall this Corpse Refiner.

But if they abandoned the Medicine Slave Li Si, how would they deal with the demonic practitioners of the White Sun Sect?

If they did not bring the Eldest Senior Brother back, the Valley Master of Insect Valley, their master, would never let them off easily.

As the two hesitated, Liu Feng shouted, "Third Senior Brother, stop at once! Let me take over guiding the Medicine Slave."

The two men in front heard this and their eyes lit up; they had almost forgotten about the "Evolution Pupil."

The Gu arts of the Exotic Gu Evolution Pupil were far better suited for guiding Medicine Slaves, which was the very reason they had brought this new junior brother along on this trip.

"Boom." Airwaves rolled through the Stone Chamber.

Seeing the white-haired Corpse Refiner strike its own chest with its palm once more, Liu Feng opened all of his compound eyes.

Unbeknownst to Zhu Li and Shen Yushu, Liu Feng was doing far more than just using the Evolution Pupil Gu art.

"Buddha Eye Insight, the fourth eye: Insight Eye!"

At this very moment, the Buddha Light on Liu Feng's spine scattered into specks of golden light; this was his first time utilizing the Buddha's power.

The fourth eye, the Insight Eye, could perceive the most minute details; meridians, and even Qi, primordial energy, Buddha power, and corpse aura... all were visible.

Liu Feng saw the circulation route of the corpse aura throughout the white-haired Corpse Refiner's body, and in doing so, he found three points where the flow of corpse aura stagnated—the back of the heart, the lower throat, and the inner right leg—which were its exact weaknesses.

The next moment, whether it was Zhu Li, Shen Yushu, or the frenzied white-haired Corpse Refiner, no one could have anticipated the bizarre scene that unfolded: the Medicine Slave Li Si reenacted the very same performance Liu Feng had displayed earlier!

The white-haired Corpse Refiner's dozens of punches missed, as if it were intentionally avoiding him.

Conversely, the Medicine Slave Li Si struck vital points with every punch, his eight insect legs stabbing out like steel spears in rapid succession.

"Puchi..." With a strange sound, the insect legs pierced into the back of the white-haired Corpse Refiner's heart.

With a single pull, he not only tore through the Corpse Refiner's heart but also ripped out a rounded blood crystal.

Embedded in that blood crystal was another dark red, diamond-shaped blood crystal resembling a small dagger, which flared with a brilliant crimson light, leaving the two men before the Stone Chamber stunned into silence.