The Quest for Immortality

Lugu’s magic treasure is a Demon-slaying Bone Saber.

Cangu’s magic treasure is a pair of Decapitating Crescent Axes.

The Barbarian Tribes’ heritage is mostly not that complex; they focus on Body Cultivation, forging the body, emphasizing slaughter.

The two Late Golden Core Stage individuals, each wielding their magic treasures, engaged in close combat in the valley. Between the saber and the axe, the Golden Core’s strength solidified, grinding Earth and Wood into dust, making the sky darken and the earth tremble.

They were like two humanoid Monster Beasts slaughtering the surroundings.

Lugu’s strength was naturally superior to Cangu’s, but only by a small margin. Moreover, in the ever-changing battle of the late Golden Core stage, Lugu didn’t have the absolute power to win against Cangu.

After battling for more than six hundred rounds, the entire valley was reshaped, yet neither side emerged victorious.

Lugu then remembered Mo Hua’s instructions:

”If you haven’t won within six hundred rounds, don’t drag on. Fake defeat and lure Cangu a hundred miles north to Stone Fall Mountain.”

Faking defeat, these four words meant ”humiliation” to Lugu.

Out of the General’s pride, he wouldn’t willingly do such a thing.

But having previously ignored Mo Hua’s advice and causing conflict made him feel guilty.

At that moment, he indeed couldn’t quickly take down Cangu. If he continued to disregard Mo Hua’s words, Lugu wasn’t sure about the consequences.

Lugu gritted his teeth and exposed a flaw while fighting Cangu. Cangu seized the opportunity and struck his back with an axe, drawing blood.

Lugu cursed, turned, and fled.

Cangu paused, sensing something was amiss but couldn’t pinpoint what.

He knew Lugu was someone with brute force, a strong sense of vanity, taking victories and appearances seriously, and couldn’t possibly fake a defeat with such base behavior.

Cangu hadn’t considered that a General like Lugu would shamelessly fake defeat, so seeing Lugu flee injured, Cangu was initially bewildered but then rejoiced, shouting:

”Worthless Lugu, defeated underling, stop running!”

Lugu, hearing this, wished to turn around and fight Cangu to the death, but ultimately held back his fiery anger and focused on escaping.

Lugu endured the insults, not looking back.

Cangu was further convinced that Lugu indeed messed up and immediately didn’t hesitate anymore, employing his escape skill. Enveloped in sinister white Qi, he chased after Lugu.

Lugu remained silent, only continuing to flee.

Soon, with Cangu chasing and Lugu fleeing, they crossed a hundred miles into Stone Fall Mountain.

Stone Fall Mountain was narrow, with jagged rocks and a dark surrounding.

Cangu observed and grew suspicious, ”Is Lugu fleeing here or deliberately luring me here? Could there be an ambush hidden here?”

Yet he was of the Late Golden Core Stage, at the peak of the Third Grade Mountain Realm, what could be used to ambush him?

In Lugu’s faction, there were no other Late Golden Core Great cultivators.

Other ordinary Mid-stage Golden Core Cultivators weren’t his match either.

Despite this logic, Cangu still felt a sense of caution, hesitant to pursue deeper, instead feeling a slight urge to retreat.

Lugu turned back, sneering, ”Cangu, you worthless creature, if you don’t kill me today, I will skin you and grind your bones to dust someday.”

Hearing this, Cangu felt an even stronger urge to retreat.

Lugu cursed under his breath, his back still bleeding, as he drew the Demon-slaying Bone Blade and met Cangu in battle.

His moves were ruthless, each cut lethal, fighting to the death.

Cangu was temporarily suppressed by Lugu.

At that moment, the ground suddenly rose up, layers of mountain stone set off a series of explosions.

Cangu’s expression changed, realizing he had fallen into an ambush.

Yet the explosive aftermath, affecting him, caused no harm. Cangu chuckled coldly, ”Second Grade Holy Pattern, who are you trying to kill?”

In this moment of pause, Lugu pressed his advantage with the Demon Bone Cutting Knife, its strength pushed to the extreme, even covered with a layer of blood color.

Superior Barbarian Tribe Knife Skill: Demon-slaying Bone-breaking Saber.

This knife’s power appeared undemonstrative in appearance but concentrated all its strength into the blade.

Golden Core Power wrapped around the blade.

Fast to start, fast to strike, and quick to kill, this was the Superior move of Barbarian Body Cultivators, prioritizing slaughter over flair.

Cangu’s face turned pale, ”You want to risk your life?!”

He didn’t want to fight for his life with Lugu, but in that instant, Lugu’s Demon-slaying Bone-breaking saber blade was already slashing over.

Cangu had no choice but to activate the Decapitating Crescent Axes and his superior Daoist skill.

On the ax magic treasure, a pair of blood moons floated, surrounded by strong winds woven together.

Their magic treasures collided head-on. The ground collapsed, the mountain forest turned to ash, and the mountain stones were ground to dust.

Yet they still remained at an impasse.

Lugu slowly increased his force, and Cangu slowly countered.

As their strengths swirled like a vortex in a stalemate, Cangu suddenly sensed something strange behind him, a tinge of chill seeping through.

He dared not turn his head, but with a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw a giant hand resting on his shoulder.

Cangu was shocked.

Who?!

Who could approach this Late Golden Core General without revealing any aura, and only now did he realize it?!

Cangu tilted his head slightly, looked behind, and saw a familiar, imposing face.

This face, he was once very familiar with, even fearful of.

This person suppressed him his whole life.

But now, this face was cold, dead, with deep and dark eye sockets flashing eerie blue light, looking terrifyingly sinister.

”Sishen! You’re not dead?!”

Cangu’s spirit was thrown into turmoil, thinking of Sishen standing behind him, hand gripping his shoulder; he felt his whole body become weak, courage vanished, and his strength dissipated.