The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1572 - 1568: Cooperation

"I just now cleared the toxins that the Golden Silkworm Gu had introduced into my body when I discovered that once these two types of Gu poison merge, their toxicity would increase by more than a hundredfold," Ghost Teng Master said.

Everyone, amidst the lulls in battle, also turned their gazes toward Ghost Teng Master, and seeing the terrifying scars on his face, their hearts tightened.

"Are you saying, Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist, that the poisonous insects we encountered earlier and the Gu snakes and spiders we are facing now were merely laying the groundwork, and that the Golden Silkworm Gu is the real killer move?" Yan Lie asked in surprise.

"Indeed, I was merely lucky before, and I had some precautions against witchcraft and poisonous insects, so I was not seriously harmed by the Golden Silkworm Gu. Hence, the Gu poison in me is not deep, and I was not killed by this stacked poison technique. However, if we continue to slay the Gu snakes and spiders, we will inevitably inhale more Gu poison, and if we are afflicted again, I’m afraid we’ll be powerless to recover," Ghost Teng Master continued.

Hearing this, everyone was still a bit hesitant.

"You may not know, but there are a total of six Golden Silkworm Gus in this hall. Only two have actually started attacking us, and the other four are just moving around. They are waiting for us to kill more of the Gu snakes and spiders. Once the timing is right, and all six Golden Silkworm Gus act together, their flying speed is extremely fast, and once they constrain our movements, we might not avoid getting injured," Shen Luo, while still controlling Ghost Teng Master, urged them.

At this moment, Wanshui Zhenren suddenly exclaimed.

A Golden Silkworm Gu suddenly attacked him, and had Shen Luo not reminded him, and had he not been fully alert, he would have almost been bitten on the neck.

"That was close... Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist, what do you suggest we do?" Wanshui Zhenren dodged the attack while asking.

The others also gradually began to sense the increasingly concentrated Gu poison accumulating in the void surrounding them, and unease started to seep into their hearts.

"My friends, I can vaguely discern the flight paths of these Golden Silkworm Gus. I can guide everyone on where to attack. If you are willing to trust my word, let’s cooperate together. As long as we slay these Golden Silkworm Gus first, the rest of the poisonous Gu will not be a problem," Shen Luo controlled Ghost Teng Master, sweeping his gaze, and spoke.

"How do I know you won’t deliberately harm us?" Tian Sanqi was unwilling to trust Ghost Teng Master so easily.

Upon hearing these words, before Shen Luo could say anything, Liu Hong and the two others began to express their dissatisfaction.

"Surnamed Tian, aren’t you being way too suspicious? If Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist really wanted to harm you, he would have just let you be controlled by the Yang Umbrella inside the Soul Birth Gate, allowing your divine soul to be extracted, and could have simply slapped you dead. Why would he bother to save you?" Liu Hong couldn’t help but curse.

"Exactly, if you don’t want to cooperate, then just get lost. Besides, if you don’t trust Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist, what other ideas do you have? Let’s hear them," Li Biao also chimed in.

"Friend Tian, after all, it was Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist who saved us earlier. Right now, I don’t think he has any reason to deliberately harm us. The trial isn’t over yet; it would be best for us to cooperate together. Moreover, Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist is just providing us with a pathway to attack, our safety still depends on our own strength. What do you think?" Tao Xiang also spoke.

"Enough, no need to persuade anymore. As long as he doesn’t cause trouble, the few of us are enough," Wanshui Zhenren said coldly.

"Let’s just hope that when he betrays you all, you won’t count the money too happily," said an exasperated Tian Sanqi, but he had no choice but to acquiesce.

"Okay then, everyone, time is pressing. Who knows when these Golden Silkworm Gus will launch a full-scale attack," Shen Luo, controlling Ghost Teng Master, spoke.

"Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist, tell us what to do?" asked Yan Lie.

"In a moment, I will release the Ghost Tide and engage the Golden-tailed Pythons and Dark Green Poisonous Spiders with corpse refinement techniques. All of you just need to attack from the positions I designate, prioritizing the extermination of the Golden Silkworm Gu, then the remaining poisonous Gu will be negligible," Ghost Teng Master said.

"Alright," everyone replied.

Seeing the situation, Shen Luo, controlling Ghost Teng Master, once again summoned the Ten Thousand Demons Banner with a wave of his hand.

This time, the wailing atop the Ten Thousand Demons Banner grew louder, as rolling Ghost Fog surged forth, and tens of thousands of ghosts lunged at the poisonous Gu insects.

For a moment, the entire space was filled with pervasive ghostly Qi and continuous wailing, making it unclear whether it was they who were here to face the trial, or the poisonous Gu insects instead.

However, with the ghosts and refined corpses hindering them, the others finally managed to disentangle themselves and caught their breath.

At this moment, Shen Luo’s divided soul was controlling the ghosts and refined corpses inside the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, while his main body peered through the Free and Easy Mirror in his sleeve, tracking the position changes of the Golden Silkworm Gu and passing down commands to his divided soul.

"Friend Yan Lie, directly to your north and one zhang in front, get ready... attack," Ghost Teng Master opened his mouth and ordered.

Yan Lie concentrated intently, listening to the instructions and turned to face the north. He stared fixedly at the one-zhang point ahead in the void, but saw only emptiness, nothing in sight.

However, upon hearing the command "attack" from Shen Luo, he did not hesitate for an instant and swung the Dustless Fan abruptly. A gust of Xun Wind immediately swept towards the void.

Confused within his heart, just as he thought his strike had missed, he suddenly saw a speck of Golden Light smashed into the center of the wind blast from the Dustless Fan, immediately followed by the sound of chimes as the dense wind blades tore through it.

A Golden Silkworm Gu was sent careening by the wind blades but remained unshattered.

"The shell of the Golden Silkworm Gu is extremely tough, ordinary attacks can’t break it. Friend Yan Lie, do not be careless," Shen Luo, controlling the Ghost Teng Master, spoke again to remind.

Upon hearing this, Yan Lie did not hesitate. With one hand he formed a magic spell and pointed it towards the Dustless Fan, transferring Mana into it. The Xun trigram pattern on the fan lit up, and the wind burst forth in a straight line emitting a Green Wind Blade that didn’t dissipate.

With the fan in hand like a green-bladed sword, he stepped forward and slashed down.

The Green Wind Blade effortlessly cut through the gust of the Xun Wind and sliced the still struggling Golden Silkworm Gu in half.

With a "hiss" sound!

A wisp of pale golden fog surged from the cleaved body of the Golden Silkworm Gu but quickly dissipated into the void.

Everyone, upon seeing this scene, finally placed complete trust in the words of Ghost Teng Master.

"Ghost Vine Fellow Daoist, what’s next?" Wanshui Zhenren asked.

As the words were spoken, Ghost Teng Master did not respond, leading to a bout of confusion among the crowd.

"What’s going on?" Tao Xiang voiced her confusion.

"After slaying one Golden Silkworm Gu, the positions of the other Gu insects have changed, and their flight trajectories are completely different from before. Moreover, it seems that they have all been activated and started to attack," Shen Luo conveyed through the mouth of Ghost Teng Master.

Hearing this, everyone quickly looked around but failed to capture any trace of the Golden Silkworm Gu, only seeing a large number of ghosts vanishing into the void.

"Right now, we still have ghosts distracting them, but soon they will turn to attack us, what shall we do?" Li Biao asked.

Upon hearing this, Shen Luo did not answer; he just stared attentively around, needing to quickly analyze the entirely new flight paths of the remaining five Golden Silkworm Gu.