As the old master explained. Luo noticed the ugly insect sitting on the pipes. They were there in a collective manner. A squad of Gu Insects! They were barely reaching the 1st stage body-tempering stage.
They were considered Zero Star threats. Their backs were black polished from the black liquid they released from their butts. It was acidic to the point that it could corrode wood easily.
"Gu insects," he repeated. The Gu insects were spread over the pipeline system. Over the past, Gu were assassination material or heart Gu, whose work was to engluf the hearts of prisoners so that they could be killed in an escape situation.
The gu had a variety of them. The Gu's noticed Luo's Qi and presence. Their pipes were covered in algae; barely Luo could see their back.
"Ahh! How disgusting," he roared as he vomitted on the floor. The guys revealed their full body. A mixture of spider, centipede, and caterpillar, they had bodies of centipede and legs also; from spider, it took its four major legs aside from its leggy tail. Yes, his legs had tens of legs yet were small like caterpillars.
His not-so-famous look amazed anyone they found.
Gu quickly soreaded his deadly teeth 2 feet apart. And attacked Luo.
Eight Insects!
At a speed no low to that of a cat, it attacked with a slash. Luo had nothing but a fishing rod behind his back. He dodged with his reflexes.
"Too slow," his void filled with sarcasm. He again felt like vomitting when it again bared its teeth, while the other seven watched from back.
"No time to waste, frick, come on," he roared and threw his fishing rod with his tight fists towards the Gu.
Thung!!
It crashed against the Gu; the Gu was not that reflexive as cats were. His body shattered and blood splattered around the wood. The dim, dark room bathed blood.
His eyes quickly fell on other Gu insects.
He ran towards fishing and grabbed it up.
Shyuing!
The Gu climbed his back. And scratched his butts against his clothes. The acid corred his clothes. He quickly tore some area of his robe. Revealing his toned back.
They threw away corrupted cloth. It spewed out a strange liquid towards Luo again.
Luo again dodged.
He tightened his grip on his fishing rod and threw on the Gu. Seemingly terrifying energy accompanied by trembling speed pierced through Gu.
The entire fishing shattered. Hopefully, the other Gu backed off. Their black back turned white from energy, and their body pulsed.
They came together with zero distance.
Gu formation!
"What the f*ck, these Gu can form formations," he tried to pass through the back doors. But eventually failed, and the door was tight from liquid.
His entire body shaken with exhalation. His eyes bore tiredness.
He lunged himself. He was against the wall of wood. He could see the Gu formation of six Gu. He tried to channel his energy, which was only possible in the Qi condensation realm.
Suddenly, his tries made his body's Qi vibrate. The Gu were still in defensive formation, readily forming an attack.
Breakthrough! He climbed one realm.
Seventh stage of body refinement!
Eight stage body refinement!
Ninth stage body refinement!!
Tenth stage body refinement!!!
The breakthrough completion stage was just a mere distance of inches away.
Half-step Qi condensation!
His cultivation stopped. He spoke, "Actually, I broke through six stages," and his eyebrows widened.
"The remaining energy in your vessels from fire and mircale river is fully refined to top grade as you broke through to the seventh stage; now you under-"
Boom!
The formation was cimplete to attack.
"No time to waste old man," he quickly blocked the attack. His qi was still unstable from the sudden breakthrough, and he didn't have time to stabilise his qi and power.
He tried to channel his qi. Even though he was at half-step Qi condensation, he still could condense some energy.
His energy appeared on his finger, and he attacked the formation constructed from Qi condensation level poison and the blood and flesh of Gu.
He pierced through it.
Ten percent!
Fifty percent!
Eighty percent!! "Just around there, some more effort."
Hundred percent!!!
The formation shattered to the ground. Poison and energy blood splattered, his entire body shook tremblingly, and his mouth bleed blood. His nose was also bleeding from extreme energy consumption.
"A attack equal to Full Qi condensation from Body Tempering Level Gu." He prevented his bleeding nose and mouth by covering his mouth and nose with his hand.
His energy wavered as he saw Gu slitherung over the group.
A bloody vomit accompanied by extreme disgust he couldn't wait, just run to the door and closed it behind.
He quickly watched surrounding a vomitted a jug of blood because all his fiod reserves in his fat stomach was exhausted already from vomitting.
A black blood, slithering Gu posion he excreted from his bloody vomit.
Impurities! "Did these Gu came to reduce my bodily impurities or increse my disgust sensitivity."
He rubbed his hands to his clothes, nearby his gaze fell upon a dusty library. It had a shelf containing five books. The each book had a larger space than other.
His wavering muscles and his health were not in good condition.
He quickly sat down, several times away from filthy bloody insects. He cultivated, trying to stabilize his Qi. Felt something strange.