Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1698: Chapter 862: Could They Be the Same Kind of Entity?

The entire body uncontrollably flew backward, like a kite with a broken string, fiercely crashing into the hard wall behind with a heavy thud, then slid limply to the ground, the spear in his hand clattering to the side.

At this moment, the shadow held by Gu Sheng’s left hand by the throat, suspended in mid-air, started struggling violently again after a brief period of ”obedience,” as if some indestructible vitality was supporting it from within its blurred black form.

Gu Sheng’s eyes narrowed, as he connected it to the figure that had used the spear to ambush him earlier and the one that had fired the poison needle, pondering in his heart.

”Are these things of the same kind? Could they be special creatures born from this Secret Realm, guarding this place?”

As he thought for a moment, from the corner of his eye, he sharply noticed a faint cold light flickering again in the blurry palm of the struggling shadow, as if it was forming that envenomed silver needle once more!

”Stubborn!”

Gu Sheng’s heart surged with anger.

These things are not only difficult to deal with, but their attack methods are insidious and sinister.

No longer holding back, the muscles in his right arm instantly bulged, and the power of the Glazed Golden Body erupted without reservation! He swung this shadow like a ragged sack, once more slamming it hard into the ground with even greater force than before!

Bang!

A dull roar sounded as the hard rocks on the ground were crushed into crisscrossed cracks!

Under such terrifying force, the pitch-black shadow could no longer maintain its form, breaking apart instantly like a water bag filled with black slurry smashed with fierce force, the viscous, faintly fishy black liquid splattering everywhere, the hazy figure completely dissipated.

However, a chilling scene unfolded!

Those black liquids that splattered onto the ground and walls started to move, as if possessing life, slowly wriggling like worms to converge at a central point! At this rate, given time, they might re-form again!

”It can regenerate?”

Gu Sheng frowned deeply, the degree of nuisance of this thing exceeded his expectations.

While he contemplated countermeasures, at some unknown moment, the shadow with the long spear that he blasted away had already stood back up, though its chest was caved in and its movements stiff, yet the ghostly blue spear once again, filled with fierce killing intent, pierced through the air towards his back heart!

At the same time, from the corner of his eye, Gu Sheng glanced towards the end of the corridor, his pupils constricted abruptly!

There, at the dim, dark end of the corridor, countless pitch-black shadows had appeared at some point! They seemed to seep out from the walls and shadows, silent and undetectable, nearly filling the entire corridor!

These shadows held various weapons——swords, blades, spears, halberds, bows, crossbows... There were even some exotic weapons.

The energy fluctuations they emitted were also slightly different, some hot, some cold, some sharp, some heavy. Clearly, their abilities were different as well!

Individually, the strength of these shadows ranged from the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm to the First and Second Layer Heaven Sect Realm, not a significant threat to Gu Sheng in his current state.

However...the sheer number is terrifying!

Looking at a glance, the end was invisible, hundreds, thousands? Or even more?

Gu Sheng instantly realized that once surrounded by such numerous shadows, even if their individual strength wasn’t high, the coordination of various abilities, both ranged and melee intertwining, plus that eerie regenerative ability... Continuing to battle fiercely, even with the Glazed Golden Body, his True Qi and spiritual power would surely be exhausted, eventually dying of exhaustion, with no good ending!

”Can’t fight head-on!”

The thought of retreat instantly took root and solidified in Gu Sheng’s mind.

At this moment, in the group of distant shadows, those wielding bows or capable of ranged attacks had already begun attacking from afar! Countless energy arrows, poison needles, ice cones, fireballs... came raining down like a storm, engulfing Gu Sheng completely!

Simultaneously, the shadows wielding melee weapons moved like a tide, with silent yet rapid strides, approaching Gu Sheng quickly from both ends of the corridor, intending to form an encirclement!

”Retreat!”

Gu Sheng made a decisive decision, unleashing the True Qi inside him like a volcano, the powerful physical strength from the Small Success Glazed Golden Body fully erupted!

He stomped fiercely on the ground, causing it to crack instantly, and his body shot forward like an arrow from the bowstring, or like a humanoid bolt of lightning, no longer entangled with these shadows, charging directly deeper into the hall!

His speed reached its peak, nimbly weaving and flickering through the dense gaps between the shadows. His figure like a phantom, leaving trails of afterimages.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh! Boom, boom, boom!

Dense ranged attacks fell down like rain, most skillfully dodged by his extremely agile movement technique, and the occasional stray missiles that couldn’t be completely avoided were precisely blocked by the Gang Qi Shield infused with the mysteries of the Transformation Path that he instantly formed on corresponding body parts, emitting dull thuds yet unable to halt his stride.

He was like a slippery fish, tearing open a breach in the tide of death with sheer speed and agility, before the shadows could form a complete encirclement!

Despite the overwhelming number of pitch-black shadows, their individual regeneration abilities and seamless coordination, in the face of Gu Sheng’s singly aimed breakthrough and complete lack of hesitation for combat, they were temporarily at a loss, watching helplessly as he shot out of their encirclement like a drift of smoke, swiftly disappearing into the distance.