Just as Liu Gu was puzzling over this, the densely packed white Gu Insects on the Sword Platform suddenly spread their wings in unison with a boom.
In an instant, tens of thousands of Gu Insects flew toward Liu Gu together, blotting out the sky in such dense swarms that there was nowhere to escape.
Shing!
Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Gu slashed at the swarm ahead of him, once again speaking as though to himself:
"Old man, are you saying these insects are Gu Insects, just like the ones you had me raise, and I mustn't let them touch me?"
As he spoke, Liu Gu's blade cleaved a swarm of those jade-white Gu Insects into powder with a boom.
Then Liu Gu could be heard talking to himself again:
"All right, old man. I understand."
With that, Liu Gu stepped upon the Gang Wind and shot straight into the heavens with a boom, instantly leaving the dense swarm charging toward him behind.
After leaping high into the air, Liu Gu first sheathed his blade with a swish, then gripped its hilt tightly. His eyes fixed upon the Gu Insects surging toward him like a torrent from below, he counted down expressionlessly, "Eight, seven, six, five..."
With every number he counted, the blade force gathering behind him doubled, and another enormous ring formed from snow-white blade qi appeared behind his back.
When he reached one, the number of blade qi rings behind Liu Gu had increased to nine.
At the same time, the blade force behind him was nine times stronger than that of his earlier slash at Meng Gu.
However, the Gu Insects surging toward him like a torrent were now only a little over a hundred zhang away. At their flying speed, they would surround Liu Gu again