Since the Great Witches she brought were all dead, the Miao King completely lost her channel of communication with Li Miao.
When they met, Li Miao would kill her.
Ji Tianrui knew what kind of person Li Miao was, and the Miao King naturally knew too.
He didn't care about power, his own martial arts were unfathomable, his temperament was arrogant and ruthless, he had a self-consistent way of dealing with the world, and he was not pedantic at all.
To deal with evil people, one could use temptation; to deal with petty people, one could use coercion; to deal with those who sought fame through good deeds, one could promise them reputation; to deal with chivalrous people, one could humble themselves and say they were also acting against their will, or even threaten them with the lives of others.
But someone like Li Miao was truly impervious to both soft and hard tactics, completely unyielding.
He had no intention of reasoning with the Miao King, nor did he want to gain any benefits from it, nor did he want to put himself in a “righteous” position.
He felt the Miao King deserved to die; no matter what her difficulties were, or what conditions she offered, Li Miao would simply crush her and kill her.
Everyone in this world had a price, and Li Miao was no exception.
He came to kill her simply because he felt she had too many lives on her hands, and would kill too many more in the future.
Therefore, human lives should be able to stop Li Miao.
However, the Miao King vaguely felt that if she was worth a thousand lives in Li Miao’s heart, then even if she held nine hundred and ninety hostages, Li Miao would still mercilessly strike to kill without hesitation.
Now Li Miao had already forced his way to her doorstep; how could she have time to test how many lives she was worth?! And where would she find the time to gather so many hostages?!
Facing such an opponent, even the Miao King couldn't help but grit her teeth at this moment.
The Great Witches of the Twelve Sect Branches had blocked her senses, and during that time, only Ji Tianrui occasionally sent people to deliver messages, while she remained in a dormant state for the rest of the time.
She finally woke up, and as soon as she opened her eyes, Li Miao was causing trouble at her home!
How could she even begin to reason with this?!
“So be it, so be it!”
“Since it has to be a fight to the death, let’s see who survives!”
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Li Miao followed the glowing Gu worm released by the old man, moving forward.
As Li Miao delved deeper, the cave gradually widened. By now, it was wide enough for three or four people to walk abreast.
The surrounding rock walls were uneven. Li Miao reached out and touched them; they were covered in layered marks like pinecones, with countless small holes on them.
Li Miao walked several tens of steps further, then suddenly heard a distant sound from ahead.
“Heh, finally starting to make a move.”
Li Miao sneered and tightened his gloves.
He had been wearing those gloves ever since he left Shaolin, and during that time, they had been stained with the blood of at least a hundred people. After his battle with the Great Witches of the Twelve Sect Branches just now, plus the blood of those venomous snakes, they had become even more crimson.
Dense footsteps came from ahead.
A pale head appeared in Li Miao’s vision.
Bang!
Li Miao raised his hand and delivered a Xuantian Finger.
Before the body even appeared, the head had already exploded.
However, inside the skull, there was no brain matter, but countless insects, like flowing water, falling and crawling towards Li Miao along the ground.
Then, three pale, naked human figures followed closely behind.
Their bodies were emaciated, without a trace of fat. Their skin was tightly stretched over muscles as strong and dry as bamboo. There was no hair anywhere on their bodies, not even on their chests or crotches, which were completely flat, showing no distinction between male and female.
On their faces, their eyelids and lips had been peeled away, exposing their gums and eyeballs to the air. Several pairs of pale pupils looked at Li Miao.
“Is that all? Feudal zombies?”
Li Miao sneered, raised his hand, and delivered another “Xuantian Finger.”
Crack.
Whoosh—
The sharp true qi struck one of the heads, but it failed to make it explode completely.
Flesh and blood splattered, and a fist-sized hole opened in the skull, revealing the tangled insects within.
The injured figure swayed, then steadied itself.
Then, it hunched over and fell to the ground, suddenly pouncing towards Li Miao!
“Roar!!”
This thing was incredibly fast, reaching Li Miao in an instant!
Li Miao stomped his foot on the ground, then horizontally braced with a fist.
Advance step, Block and Parry Punch!
He smashed a punch into the thing’s shoulder!
Limbs twisted, flesh and blood splattered, and the thing flew backward, crashing to the ground.
But it struggled a few times, then flipped over and stood up.
Its lifeless pupils looked at its right arm, which hung limply. It directly bit it, then violently shook its head, tearing it off by sheer force!
After taking a blow from Li Miao, this thing could still move.
Because its injured right arm was no longer useful and would only interfere with its own movements, this thing actually tore off its severed limb with its own hands, then threw it to the ground like trash.
“Vajra.”
Li Miao smiled.
“This is your trump card.
“Heavenly Human Gu Soldier.”
The condition the Miao King exchanged with Li Miao was to be able to store Gu worms of the Tianren Realm.
And on Mount Tai, Lan Lechuan’s “Summoner” was also taken by Yun Zelin using a Gu worm.
So, it was reasonable that the Miao King and the Ming Cult would have several Heavenly Human Gu Soldiers.
It’s just… how could these three Heavenly Human Gu Soldiers possibly stop Li Miao?
Swish!
Without seeing the process, only hearing a gust of wind, Li Miao had already crossed several zhang, appearing in the middle of the Gu Soldiers.
His left palm formed a blade, his right fist formed a spear!
Five Tigers Severing Gate Blade!
Moon-Treading Cloud-Breaking Spear!
They weren’t profound; they were common martial arts in the jianghu.
But it also depended on who was using them!
Three Gu Soldiers: two Summoners, one Vajra.
Li Miao’s intention was to take out the two Summoners first!
The palm-blade sliced across, from the left shoulder to the abdomen.
The fist-spear thrust out, from the chest straight through to the back.
Whoosh—
Pfft—
One Gu Soldier’s chest and abdomen were ripped open, revealing bloody, stark white ribs, with internal organs spilling out and blood gushing.
Another Gu Soldier had a large hole opened in its chest, and behind it, Li Miao’s hand was gripping a pulsating, throbbing fleshy lump.
Thump.
Flesh and blood squeezed out from between Li Miao’s fingers; that heart had already been crushed into a pulp by Li Miao.
At this moment, the Vajra Gu Soldier finally reacted, letting out a roar and turning to pounce on Li Miao.
Li Miao was about to pull his hand back to respond to the enemy, but he hesitated for a moment.
The two Gu Soldiers attacked by Li Miao actually raised their hands in unison, locking onto Li Miao’s arms.
Even risking their lives, they could only restrain Li Miao for an instant.
In that instant, the Vajra Gu Soldier had already reached Li Miao.
At close range, the Gu Soldier’s chest suddenly burst open!
Swish!
From that wound, a foot-long, red and white centipede suddenly shot out, opening its ferocious mouthparts and pouncing towards Li Miao’s face.
This was the Miao King’s killing move.
The Miao King had never expected these few Gu Soldiers to stop Li Miao.
Even Heavenly Human Gu Soldiers were only tough-skinned and thick-fleshed. Their minds were muddled, unable to use martial arts, making them vastly inferior to ordinary Tianren.
Using martial arts to deal with Li Miao was like teaching a fish to swim.
Only Gu arts, completely unrelated to martial arts, had a chance of defeating Li Miao.
“Heh.”
Li Miao chuckled lightly.
Then he suddenly exerted force!
His dark black combat suit creaked as his muscles suddenly expanded.
The two Gu Soldiers locking him down were actually lifted entirely by him and smashed towards the centipede!