"Force-Seizing Gu? On Qing Mao Mountain, only one person has this Gu insect, and that's my cousin, Xiong Zhan!" Xiong Jiang's face turned dark as well.
Xiong Li squeezed his eyes tight, a fierce gleam flashing within. Others might fear Bai Ningbing, and he certainly held reservations too. But hesitation didn't mean weakness or cowardice. In his heart, he was already prepared to sacrifice himself for his family and fight Bai Ningbing to the death!
"Bai Ningbing, is the Force-Seizing Gu truly in your possession or not?" He took a large step forward, letting Fang Yuan pass by, and confronted Bai Ningbing directly.
Bai Ningbing chuckled coldly. "So what if it is?"
Xiong Jiang's face was grim as he demanded, "Speak! How exactly did my cousin die? Why are his Gu insects in your hands?"
Xiong Lin also spoke up. "Bai Ningbing, I respect you as a senior. But you privately withheld Gu insects belonging to our Bear Family Stronghold without turning them over. This is a blatant violation of the alliance!"
With that, he raised his hand and released a signal Gu.
*Bang!* Colorful fireworks burst in the sky.
The vibrant light illuminated Bai Ningbing's face as he burst into hearty laughter. "What bullshit alliance? I never took it seriously. I only saw someone using the Force-Seizing Gu and found the process amusing, so I kept it as a collection piece."
Hearing this, Xiong Jiang could no longer contain his fury. With a low, angry roar, he charged toward Bai Ningbing. "Bai Ningbing, you watched my cousin die in battle without lifting a finger! You bastard!"
The team of five operated as one. Publicly and privately, Xiong Li's team was now irreconcilably opposed to Bai Ningbing.
Combat was inevitable. The scene instantly descended into chaos.
On one hand, Bai Ningbing was being attacked by the combined force of the five members of Xiong Li's team. On the other, they were surrounded by a pack of wolves and still had to face the biting attacks of the Electric Wolves.
Fang Yuan had detached himself from the battlefield, standing at a distance to observe leisurely.
The wolf pack surged like a giant grinding mill. Six Gu Masters fought with abandon, each slip-up leading to the tragic fate of falling into a wolf's maws.
Xiong Jiang activated the Swimming Corpse Gu, his pupils turning a ghastly green. Xiong Li's eyes blazed crimson, while Bai Ningbing's pupils were a crystal-clear blue. The clash between these three became the most intense spot on the entire battlefield.
Under the power of the Swimming Corpse Gu, Xiong Jiang transformed into a zombie, drastically increasing his defense against water and ice, barely able to withstand Bai Ningbing's attacks. Meanwhile, Xiong Li activated the Bear Hero Gu. Empowered by the strength of two bears, his fists, the size of sand bowls, were overwhelmingly fierce. After just two or three punches, even Bai Ningbing's Water Sphere Shield was blasted apart.
As for the other three Bear Family Gu Masters, they couldn't intervene in this fight and could only do their utmost to handle the Electric Wolves. The Mighty Electric Wolf that Fang Yuan had lured over could have been easily taken down before, but now it too had become a massive threat.
"Bai Ningbing, you will pay for what you've done!" Xiong Jiang roared hoarsely, charging at Bai Ningbing.
"Hmph, just you?" Bai Ningbing scoffed, nimbly leaping backward to create distance. At the same time, he flicked his left hand, shooting five ice cones, each the size of a finger.
The ice cones struck Xiong Jiang's body squarely, but he felt no pain whatsoever. When transformed into a zombie, he wouldn't feel any pain even if an arm or leg were broken off.
The chill of the ice cones would normally slow a person's movements to a crawl, but he only felt a refreshing coolness. As a zombie, his body was inherently yin, unable to withstand fire, thunder, or harsh sunlight, but it had considerable resistance to this kind of icy energy.
"Bai Ningbing, in your current predicament, you still want to toy with us? Show us your true strength!" Xiong Li bellowed.
From the start of the fight, Bai Ningbing had been suppressing his cultivation, only displaying the strength of a Second Transformation Gu Master, and the Gu insects he used were mostly Second Transformation as well.
This made Xiong Li feel despised, and the humiliation that sparked only fueled his burning rage.
"Heh heh heh, what right do you minor characters have to demand I use my full strength?" Bai Ningbing laughed coldly, his attacks growing even more fierce, yet he still held back, not using a single Third Transformation Gu.
Standing at a distance, arms crossed as he observed, Fang Yuan understood perfectly.
*It's not that he doesn't want to use them, he can't. Bai Ningbing, ah, he is the Northern Underworld Ice Spirit Body after all.*
According to the world's most ancient legends, all humans are descendants of the Human Ancestor.
But as the saying goes, dragons begets nine sons, each different. No two people are ever identical; even twins have their differences.
In this world, the difference people care about most is aptitude.
Those with cultivation aptitude could become Gu Masters and rise above others. Those without it were mortals, living at the very bottom of society, trampled upon and manipulated.
Cultivation aptitude was divided into four grades: Grade A, Grade B, Grade C, and Grade D. This was common knowledge.
However, above Grade A, there were even more exceptional aptitudes.
This information was a secret. Clans would never publicize it; only those with sufficient social standing would come to learn of it.
People like Xiong Li would certainly not know, and even Elders and Patriarchs might not be aware. But Fang Yuan, in his previous life, had reached the Sixth Transformation, transcended the mortal body to become a Gu Immortal, so he naturally knew all about this.
The aptitude superior to Grade A had ten types, collectively known as the Ten Extreme Bodies.