By then, Huijue's suffering on the ground had grown even worse. His howls had turned hoarse and feeble, and his body curled into a ball, as though invisible flames were burning through his entire head from the inside out.
Wu Chongxun's face was livid. Seeing Huijue, one of the strongest fighters under his command, in such a wretched state, he knew that unless he bowed his head, this affair would be difficult to settle today.
Forcing down his fury, he gritted his teeth and barked at Huijue, "Huijue! Apologize to Mr. Lu at once! Beg him to show mercy!"
Huijue had no defiance left in him now. His instinct to survive overwhelmed everything else. Struggling, tears and snot streaming down his face, he kowtowed toward Lu Changfeng, his head bobbing like a pestle pounding garlic. "M-Mr. Lu... this poor monk was blind and offended you... please... please spare me! Spare me!"
Wu Lingyun's guard rose to its utmost. Watching Huijue now left her deeply unsettled.
She knew all too well how formidable and unruly "Mad Weituo" Huijue was. He was a true fiend who had fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood; even her father normally treated him with courtesy.
Yet now, this martial Grandmaster of fearsome renown lay on the ground like a dying wild dog, howling and begging for mercy. She instinctively tightened her grip on the short sword in her sleeve, her gaze filled with wariness as she looked at Lu Changfeng.
Standing beside her, the widely experienced Shang Poyue had already recognized that this might be the legendary [Blazing Wind Gu].
This gu insect was indeed nonlethal, but its viciousness arguably surpassed even that of the Golden Silkworm Gu!
It was much easier to refine than the Golden Silkworm Gu, but