Chapter 461: Chapter 320: Betting on Victory in One Battle

As soon as Huo Shuixian felt insulted and belittled, her figure suddenly swelled, her fierce moves mixed with overwhelming Inner Strength, sweeping towards Gu Changsheng in an instant…

Huo Shuixian attacked with hatred, striking a deadly blow right from the start!

Si Xi, Kun Nu, and Ning Er saw this and all narrowed their eyes anxiously!

Such a deadly move, even they might not be able to dodge it!

Seeing Huo Shuixian make her move, Gu Changsheng’s lips curled into a mocking smile, and a cold gleam of victory flashed in his eyes as soon as the scalpel left his hand.

Huo Shuixian’s techniques were fierce, and her Inner Strength surged out of her delicate body, stirring up dust and stones.

As her attack neared, Gu Changsheng could even feel the wind from her Inner Strength, sharp as a knife, scraping across his cheeks…

“Wife!”

Si Xi exclaimed in alarm!

His wife was not dodging, and if she faced Huo Shuixian’s deadly move like this, it was undoubtedly a path to self-destruction!

Si Xi swung his iron whip, ready to step forward!

Just at that moment, Gu Changsheng, who had been still until now, suddenly moved!

With a tap of his foot, he circled on the spot, skimming close to the ground to dodge the Inner Strength swung by Huo Shuixian, and sprinted towards her…

Gu Changsheng’s sudden dive took Huo Shuixian aback, but she was not a pushover, and she swiftly swung her longsword towards the ground…

Gu Changsheng, close to the ground, turned and dodged Huo Shuixian’s blade, continuing to close in on her!

Huo Shuixian had Inner Strength, she did not!

And she was never good at long-range combat, close combat was her forte!

If given a chance to get close, she had the ability to win with a single strike!

Gu Changsheng charged fiercely, like a desperate warrior, his reckless style of attacking only to close the distance momentarily threw Huo Shuixian off balance!

“Bitch! Meet your end!” Huo Shuixian roared, and the area around her suddenly filled with flying dust!

“To take my life, you’ll need the ability!” Gu Changsheng snapped coldly, dodging Huo Shuixian’s moves again, pressing closer!

In high-level combat, panicking easily disorients, a critical fault!

Although Huo Shuixian had powerful Inner Strength, compared to the Futu Demoness, she still lacked in impromptu combat skills!

On the battlefield, their figures intertwined and dodged at high speed, making Si Xi and others dizzy with worry but afraid to intervene rashly!

In high-level combat, one must not allow distractions; though Si Xi and the others were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, they dared not make a sound!

Huo Shuixian, though bolstered by Inner Strength, attacked with each move more ferocious than the last, determined to claim Gu Changsheng’s life.

Yet Gu Changsheng, known for her speed, was able to dodge at every critical moment.

This cycle continued, and Huo Shuixian’s patience gradually wore thin, a hint of desperation crossing her face!

She had underestimated Gu Changsheng’s skills, not expecting someone without Inner Strength to have such quick reflexes!

Huo Shuixian’s face turned red with anger, feeling her inner strength ebbing away, while Gu Changsheng seemed to dodge with ease!

If this deadlock continued, she would definitely not gain the upper hand!

A deadly resolve flashed in Huo Shuixian’s eyes, her left hand clenched tightly, her fingers digging deep into the palm, drawing bright red blood…

“Bitch! Die!”

“Wife! Be careful!” Si Xi, with his keen eyes, saw Huo Shuixian’s sudden move and exclaimed in a voice torn with fear, hurling himself forward.

Gu!

He was absolutely certain; it was a Gu in Huo Shuixian’s hand!

The Futu Demoness was skilled in this art, and it was unreasonable that Huo Shuixian, who had received her true teachings, would not use it!

“Step back!” Gu Changsheng, watching Huo Shuixian’s every move, had only time to shout at Si Xi, then flew towards Huo Shuixian’s palm!

She waited for this moment!

She was gambling!

In high-level combat, it was indeed a gamble with lives, and Gu Changsheng clearly understood this!

She was gambling! The Futu Demoness’s last deadly move was the Life-Linked Gu, but it had no effect on her!

So, was the Gu that Huo Shuixian deployed effective against her?

Gu Changsheng had always been a bold gambler, daring to place bets, even more so to face any failure!

Huo Shuixian unleashed her Gu charm attack, her defenses wide open…

Gu Changsheng moved like a bolt, ignoring the palm Huo Shuixian slapped towards him and lunged straight at her…

A slight pain transmitted from his shoulder did not stop Gu Changsheng at all, and at the critical moment, he suddenly retracted his gaze from the scalpel sweeping past Huo Shuixian’s neck…

Huo Shuixian felt the icy touch on her neck, trembling in terror, and was struck dumb!

Just when she thought she was doomed, the anticipated pain of her throat being slit did not come; instead, Huo Shuixian felt several major points on her body ache, making her body stiffen entirely, unable to move at all.

Silver needles flew out of Gu Changsheng’s hands, hitting Huo Shuixian’s points accurately. Seeing her incapacitated, he immediately flopped down onto the ground weakly.

“Oh my god, that nearly scared me to death!” Gu Changsheng, looking utterly defeated, took a long sigh and patted his chest.

Damn it! Stopping the scalpel at the last minute threw her off balance, and she nearly face-planted!

“Wife… wife, you…” Si Xi lunged over, falling on top of Gu Changsheng, frantically checking him over.

“You cheap woman, soon you’ll know the agony of a fate worse than death! Ha ha…” Huo Shuixian, stiff as a mummy, didn’t care at all and burst out laughing!

Hearing Huo Shuixian’s laughter, Gu Changsheng contemptuously curled his lips, brushed off Si Xi who was clinging to him, “What are you doing? What are you doing? Who allowed you to grope me like that? Is this how you take your advantage?”

Damn, his touch was so ticklish–she was almost bursting out laughing, did you know?

Seeing Gu Changsheng acting as if nothing had happened, Huo Shuixian’s eyes widened unbelievably, “You… you?”

“What about me?” Gu Changsheng, sitting on the ground, raised his head, his large Phoenix Eyes innocently blinking as he casually asked, “Wondering why I’m unscathed, huh? Lady, not to brag, but do you think I’m so easy to kill? Haven’t you heard that calamities linger for a thousand years?”

“Do I look that easy to kill?”

As he spoke, Gu Changsheng clumsily got up from the ground, one hand supporting his waist with a pained expression, “Damn it, I almost twisted my delicate waist, damn it!”

Seeing this, Huo Shuixian’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull, her incredibly beautiful face twitching, “Hit by the Reincarnation Gu, and you’re still fine! Impossible! This can’t be happening!”

At that, Gu Changsheng reached into his nape, then twiddled something between his fingers before Huo Shuixian, blinking his big eyes innocently, “Miss Huo, is this Reincarnation Gu you mentioned this dead little bug?”

Although outwardly calm, Gu Changsheng was extremely shocked inside!

The Futu Demoness’s Life and Death Gu was ineffective against her! Huo Shuixian’s Reincarnation Gu was also ineffective against her!

She could clearly feel the moment Huo Shuixian attacked, that the creature known as the Reincarnation Gu indeed bit through the skin on her shoulder!

But it just bit through!

She only felt a minor sting, like a mosquito bite, and then… nothing followed!

This creature called the Reincarnation Gu just bit into her skin, wriggled twice, and then fell silent!

Even though it was dead, it still clung to her skin!

This is really something else!

Huo Shuixian, looking at the Gu insect shaking in Gu Changsheng’s hand, was so angry she spat out a mouthful of old blood.

If not for all her major acupoints being sealed at this moment rendering her completely immobile, she might have passed out from rage!

“Tsk tsk…” Upon seeing this, Gu Changsheng shook his head sympathetically, disdainfully looking at the thin as cotton thread crimson insect in his hand, “I say, Miss Huo, if you want to kill someone, at least bring a live bug, eh? Bringing out a dead insect, who are you trying to scare?”

“This is like offering sacrificial paper to the tombstone, purely bluffing! And to think I was prepared to go down with you, but you just had to pull out a dead bug…”

Instinctively, Gu Changsheng didn’t want Huo Shuixian to know that the Gu was ineffective against him!

This puzzled Gu Changsheng greatly–was it possible that spending days with herbs not only built up his resistance but even his blood could now act as an insecticide?

Man, that’s unscientific!

“Dead? Impossible! This can’t be! The Reincarnation Gu was well-nourished inside me, how could it be dead?” Huo Shuixian gazed at the dead Reincarnation Gu in front of her, murmuring in disbelief.

Just as Gu Changsheng had said, she used herself as a cauldron for Gu cultivation; she distinctly felt that when it left her body, the Reincarnation Gu was perfectly alive!

But…

Gu Changsheng, with a look of disdain, threw the dead Reincarnation Gu aside and turned to face Huo Shuixian, raising an eyebrow, “Miss Huo, it seems the last thing you should be worried about is not that dead insect, but yourself, right?”

Huo Shuixian then realized her predicament.

She… she had fallen into the hands of this despicable Gu Changsheng, all her acupoints sealed, completely powerless to resist!

“Tsk tsk… truly pitiful!” Gu Changsheng, propping his chin, circled Huo Shuixian twice with an evil grin, shaking his head continuously, “Seeing that you brought a dead bug and failed to take my life, I’ve put away my knife and spared your life. I’d say I’m quite magnanimous, having shown you mercy and justice! But…”

Hearing this, Huo Shuixian’s face turned cold, her arrogance unyielding as she spoke, “Since fallen into your hands, kill or torture as you please!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng nodded repeatedly, giving Huo Shuixian a thumbs up, “Not bad, not bad, very gutsy! You’ve got a bit of that Itinerant World heroine undying spirit!”

While saying this, Gu Changsheng turned to Si Xi and the others, “You guys should take note. In the future, if you encounter this kind of situation, don’t act like Miss Huo, all dignified and ready to die, got it?”

“She’s just a negative example, at times like this, she should have been taking advantage of her innate assets as a beauty, tearfully pleading for mercy. Who knows, I might have actually softened and truly spared her…”