Love Gu

At Liu Yan's words, Zheng Zhu's breathing visibly faltered.

He hated it most when others made jokes about his appearance.

Because he cultivated the Five Poisons Cultivation, Zheng Zhu's body had been tainted by all sorts of toxins, leaving his skin pitted and uneven.

This was probably a common affliction among Five Poisons Peak disciples—they carried all kinds of toxins within their bodies.

Those toxins conflicted with one another, making their bodies prone to all sorts of problems.

That was why most Five Poisons Peak disciples kept their entire bodies wrapped up.

The reason was simple: compared to their faces, the festering sores on their bodies were even more revolting.

"Liu Yan? The Black Widow?"

Zheng Zhu glanced at Liu Yan, then quickly lowered his head, not daring to let her see his expression.

This was because Liu Yan was even more famous in the Inner Sect.

Though Liu Yan dressed revealingly and often made suggestive remarks,

anyone who had spent some time in the Inner Sect would keep their distance from this witch.

Her strength was only one aspect of it. For Zheng Zhu to fear her so much, there was no need to question her power.

In a head-on fight, Liu Yan could go toe-to-toe with Lin Xiaojiao, who possessed the Peerless Gu.

One had to know that the Peerless Gu specialized in body cultivation.

Very few people in the Inner Sect could clash head-on with it.

Most terrifying of all, aside from her physical body, Liu Yan's spiritual power was also exceptionally abundant.

All of this was because the Gu planted within Liu Yan was a Love Gu.

The Love Gu belonged to the Five Poisons Gu and was a special variant of it.

This Gu was cultivated with the flesh and blood of the woman who raised it, and the moment it was planted, its host would be afflicted with a poison known as Heartbreak Poison.

This Heartbreak Poison was secreted by the Love Gu. As long as the Love Gu remained, it could never be cured.

Heartbreak Poison made its host alluringly beautiful, while causing a fragrance to constantly emanate from her body.

That alone was not enough to inspire fear.

What made the Love Gu truly terrifying was that the mother Gu could split off offspring Gu.

The offspring Gu could be planted in others, but only in people who deeply loved you.

There would be no ill effects in the early stages after planting an offspring Gu.

On the contrary, it could continuously draw nourishment from the mother Gu.

It could rapidly raise the cultivation of whoever bore the offspring Gu. It would not be strange for an ordinary person to reach the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation.

But later on, they would have to repay that debt. Those implanted with offspring Gu would willingly offer up everything they had.

In the end, even their wills would be twisted.

Their minds would be filled with nothing but love and desire. They would willingly give everything to their beloved—their vitality, spiritual power, and more.

In the most extreme cases, they would even feed their own flesh to the Flesh Gu, all to provide their beloved with more cultivation resources.

Moreover, because of the connection between the mother Gu and offspring Gu, the spiritual energy and vitality on the offspring Gu's side shared the same origin, so draining them caused very few side effects.

Unlike Zhou Feng's Demon Devouring Gu, which caused spiritual power to become chaotic and vitality to scatter.

People might think that since the Love Gu was so formidable,

no one would dare approach Liu Yan. Yet in reality, countless people still threw themselves at her.

As the old saying went, even dying beneath a peony flower was worth it.

If nine out of ten men had such a gorgeous beauty standing before them,

they simply could not resist the temptation, not to mention that the Love Gu itself secreted an aphrodisiac scent.

As it happened, Liu Yan's previous Dao Companion had died not long ago.

Now was the time for Liu Yan to find a new target, and many promising Inner Sect disciples were avoiding her.

Naturally, Zheng Zhu was also afraid of catching her eye.

So even in the face of Liu Yan's humiliation, he only dared lower his head.

I may not be able to deal with the Black Widow, Liu Yan, but can't I deal with you?

Zheng Zhu did not dare vent the grievance qi filling his stomach on Liu Yan, so he naturally turned Zhou Feng into his target.

Just as expected of someone from Bitter Bamboo Peak—his spiritual power was utterly chaotic, and his vitality was equally scattered.

A moment ago, Zheng Zhu had released several small spiders to probe Zhou Feng's exact condition.

One venomous spider was even slowly crawling toward Zhou Feng's feet.

I'll torment him for seven days. Seven days should be about enough!

Zheng Zhu silently thought to himself.

Others might fear those monsters from Bitter Bamboo Peak, but he did not.

Once the people of Bitter Bamboo Peak started fighting, they were little different from mindless beasts.

Zheng Zhu was best at dealing with enemies like that.

Meanwhile, Zhou Feng glanced at Liu Yan and immediately sensed a feeling of danger.

Then he felt a resentful gaze fall upon him.

"Demon Devouring Combat Method!"

Surging Demonic Energy erupted from his body.

In an instant, the Demon Devouring Armor appeared around him.

A large amount of spiritual power condensed into one tentacle after another, each resembling a giant python.

A faint Demonic Shadow also appeared behind Zhou Feng, manipulating those countless tentacles.

This was an attack method he had comprehended from the Demon Devouring Combat Method.

Speaking of which, Senior Brother Sun had given him the inspiration—he used the incantation of the Demon Devouring Combat Method to condense a Demonic Shadow,

then had the Demonic Shadow control those tentacles.

Zhou Feng had thought carefully about why he condensed all the spiritual power in his body into tentacles.

His spiritual power was immense, but it was all loose and scattered. In terms of quality, it was inferior to that of many cultivators at the same realm.

Its only advantage was its sheer quantity, so naturally he had to make use of that sole advantage.

Though these Demonic Shadow tentacles were not very strong, they could continuously regenerate with their inexhaustible supply of spiritual power.

As long as the spiritual power in his body had not run dry, those tentacles could regenerate endlessly.

Originally, Zhou Feng had considered this his trump card.

But what use was a trump card now? He needed more resources, and he needed to speed up his cultivation!

More than ten tentacles lashed toward Zheng Zhu, while Zhou Feng himself charged straight in.

"Courting death!"

Zheng Zhu reacted extremely quickly, and his movement technique was excellent. He predicted Zhou Feng's attack in advance and evaded the many tentacles.

Looking closely, several strands of Spider Silk were tied around his back.

Then a huge spider flew through the air, intending to leap onto Zhou Feng's face.

At the same time, an extremely tiny spider shot onto Zhou Feng's leg.

Then it bit down viciously.

Zhou Feng's attention had been drawn by the large spider flying at his face, and he had not noticed the tiny spider on his leg.

Moreover, Combat Instinct had not warned him of danger, so Zhou Feng continued employing his strategy of trading injury for injury.

He charged at Zheng Zhu once more, while the tentacles behind him seized the flying spider and flung it aside.

"You actually dared ignore my Essence Breaking Spider? You're truly courting death!"

Seeing this, Zheng Zhu revealed a cruel smile.

Sure enough, the people of Bitter Bamboo Peak had no brains. He actually dared ignore the Essence Breaking Spider.

Had it been someone from another peak, they definitely would not have been so careless.

Charging in like a brute—other than being toyed to death, what other outcome could there be?

But in the next moment, the smile on Zheng Zhu's face froze.