I, the Villain, Become Invincible the More Descendants I Have

Chapter 55 The God of Gu Turns Against HimJust as the third watch drum sounded, the west gate of Gu City creaked open slowly.

Wu Ling stood beneath the city gate with hundreds of Wu clan disciples, holding torches and waving at the massive army outside the city.

Li Tieniu took the lead, commanding ten thousand iron cavalry as they flooded into the city like a tide, encountering almost no significant resistance.

The city had long been boiling with public grievances due to the tyranny of the Gu King. Upon hearing the news that the Great Xuan army had entered the city, the commoners opened their doors one after another, holding lanterns to line the streets in welcome.

”Kill the Gu King! Kill that devil!”

”Long live Great Xuan! Long live Emperor Xuan!”

Shouts of battle and cheers rose and fell, and the entire Gu City was in a complete uproar.

Hearing the commotion from the Gu Palace, the Gu King was so enraged that he smashed his dragon throne on the spot: ”Trash! A bunch of trash! You couldn’t even defend a city gate!”

He looked at the few trusted aides beside him, his eyes so dark and sinister they could drip water: ”Go! To the gu god altar! Today, I will summon the true form of the gu god and perish together with Emperor Cao Xukun!”

The group fled in a panic toward the gu god altar in the south of the city. As he ran, the Gu King laughed wildly: ”Emperor Cao Xukun! Do you think you have won? I am the reincarnation of the gu god! Even if I die, I will drag you down with me!”

Half an hour later, Emperor Cao Xukun surrounded the gu god altar with his army.

This was a massive altar built from giant black stones, covered in eerie gu patterns, and the air was thick with a pungent smell of blood.

The Gu King stood atop the altar, drenched in blood, holding a bone knife, looking like a mad demon.

”Emperor Cao Xukun! Do you dare to come up and fight me!”

”Why wouldn’t I?”

Emperor Cao Xukun tapped his toes, rose into the air, and slowly landed in the center of the altar.

His black dragon robe fluttered without wind, and the pressure of the late Soul Formation stage pressed down overwhelmingly, causing the entire altar to tremble slightly.

”Gu King, stop struggling. Your gu formation is broken, your city is gone, and your people have rebelled. Surrender now, and I can leave you with an intact corpse.”

”Surrender? Keep dreaming!” The Gu King roared, slicing his palm with the bone knife and letting his blood drip onto the gu patterns in the center of the altar. ”Great gu god! Your believer offers blood as a sacrifice to summon your true form! Please descend with divine punishment and slaughter the enemy before me!”

”Boom—!”

The altar shook violently as a pillar of black light shot into the sky. A hideous phantom, a hundred feet tall, slowly emerged from the light pillar. It had a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and its body was crawling with gu insects—it was the phantom of the ancient gu god.

The terrifying divine might made the army below unable to catch their breath. Li Tieniu’s expression changed drastically: ”Emperor Xuan, be careful! This thing looks even fiercer than Long Aotian’s dragon god phantom!”

”Fierce?” Emperor Cao Xukun shoved his hands into his pockets, looking disdainful. ”Summoning someone else’s phantom to fight me without even asking if they are willing.”

”You’re at death’s door and still talking tough!” The Gu King laughed crazily. ”Lord gu god! Kill him! Gnaw him until not even his bones are left!”

The gu god phantom let out a piercing roar and swung its thousand hands, grabbing toward Emperor Cao Xukun. Wherever it passed, space was torn apart, and even the air was corroded, sizzling loudly.

Just then, Emperor Cao Xukun slowly pulled out the black gu god pearl.

”You have the gu god phantom, and I have the gu god pearl. Tell me, whom will it listen to?”

Before the words left his lips, Emperor Cao Xukun injected spiritual energy into the gu god pearl. The pearl instantly erupted with dazzling black light, resonating strongly with the gu god phantom.

The gu god phantom, which had been pouncing toward Emperor Cao Xukun, abruptly stopped. Its thousand eyes stared in unison at the pearl in Emperor Cao Xukun’s hand, and it let out a respectful low hum.

”What?!” The smile on the Gu King’s face instantly froze. ”Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! I am the reincarnation of the gu god! It should listen to me!”

”You are worthy of being called the reincarnation of the gu god?” Emperor Cao Xukun sneered. ”You are nothing but a petty thief who stole a bit of inheritance. The true inheritance of the gu god is in my hands now.”

He raised a hand, pointed at the Gu King, and said indifferently to the gu god phantom: ”Kill him.”

The gu god phantom let out a heaven-shaking roar, abruptly turned around, and pounced toward the Gu King.

”No! Don’t! I am your believer! I am your reincarnation!” The Gu King was scared out of his wits and turned to run.

But how could he outrun the gu god phantom? A thousand giant hands instantly grabbed him, and countless gu insects crawled down from the phantom’s body and burrowed into his seven orifices.

”Ah—!”

A shrill scream echoed across the entire altar. The Gu King’s body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into a dried corpse, with even his soul gnawed clean by the gu insects.

This arrogant Gu King ultimately died at the hands of the gu god he had summoned—a classic case of reaping what he sowed.

[Ding! Successfully killed the Son of Destiny, the Gu King!]

[Reward obtained: Complete ancient gu god inheritance! Blessing of the entire Wu clan’s destiny!]

[Reward obtained: Cultivation level increased to the peak of the late Soul Formation stage! Only half a step away from the Void Refinement stage!]

[System notification: The Wu clan of the mortal realm will automatically submit to the host!]

With the death of the Gu King, the gu god phantom bowed deeply to Emperor Cao Xukun, turned into a beam of black light, and merged into the gu god pearl in his hand.

The entire altar fell instantly silent.

All the Wu clan disciples were stunned, and after a long while, they ”swished” and knelt down in unison:

”Greetings, Your Majesty Emperor Xuan! We are willing to submit to Great Xuan!”

”We beg for Your Majesty’s mercy!”

Emperor Cao Xukun put away the gu god pearl and looked down at them from above, his voice carrying across the entire scene: ”The Gu King acted against the natural order and deserved to die. From today on, all draconian laws of the Wu clan are abolished, and the commoners of the Wu clan shall enjoy the same rights as the citizens of Great Xuan.”

”Wu Ling shall be the patriarch of the Wu clan and manage all affairs of the Wu clan. Whoever dares to disobey, the Gu King shall be your fate.”

”Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live, long live, long live Your Majesty!”

A shout like a mountain collapsing and a sea churning rang out, spreading across the entire Southern Border.

Wu Ling stepped forward, bowed gracefully to Emperor Cao Xukun, her eyes filled with admiration: ”Thank you, Your Majesty, for eliminating the scourge of the Wu clan. On behalf of the entire clan, I, Wu Ling, swear to serve Great Xuan and Your Majesty unto death.”

”Rise.” Emperor Cao Xukun nodded. ”Pass down the order: clean up the battlefield and pacify the commoners. Three days from now, we shall return to the capital.”

”As you command!”

Li Tieniu excitedly accepted the order and left, feeling incredibly pleased. Another great victory, and he didn’t have to review any memorials—it was simply perfect.

Emperor Cao Xukun stood atop the altar, looking at the cheering crowd below.

Long Aotian was dead, and the Gu King was also dead.

As the sun set in the west, the golden afterglow spilled onto Emperor Cao Xukun, plating him with a layer of dazzling golden light.

He stood with his hands behind his back, the dragon and phoenix phantoms and the gu god phantom intertwined around him, as if the entire world were under his control.