The Great Worm Lich

Even though Duan Lianbao was born with a golden spoon in his mouth and had an arrogant, willful personality, he was actually very kind inside. Not only that, but he also had a sense of propriety in critical moments.

Seeing that Li Xiangzhou, a person who was well known in their Gate for being daring and reckless, had even advised him to admit to his bad luck, he glared at Zhang Lisheng with fire almost bursting out from his eyes. Even so, he still gritted his teeth and threw out the black stone egg in his hands. “There, take it! Be careful. Don’t let the ferocious beast bite you to death when you hatch it!”

When Zhang Lisheng saw how the teenager had suddenly become deflated and threw the stone egg of the Manifestation Gu to him, he quickly caught it.

Carefully rubbing the stone egg’s smooth, hard outer shell and feeling the faint magical vitality inside, he muttered happily, “Not bad, not bad! It’s already a fossil structure, but it still contains life. This is amazing.”

“It’s good that you know how amazing it is. The Manifestation Gu’s stone egg has been given to you, so you better hand over the relic that was concealing your wizard power right now!” When Duan Lianbao heard it, he snapped viciously.

“I didn’t say I want to trade. It’s you guys who threw the stone egg at me…” Zhang Lisheng replied as he counted the time in his heart. A nonchalant smile appeared on his face as he reached out a hand to his forehead. “Alright then, since you guys insist…”

While he was speaking, his hand ripped off the stamp-sized portrait of a clown wearing a mask from his forehead. “This is the magical item that conceals my ferocity. Can you please look at whether it concealed my wizard power as well?”

Zheng Tianliang, Li Xiangzhou, and Duan Lianbao had finally gotten what they wished for and saw the treasure concealing Zhang Lisheng’s wizard power, but amidst the face of the ferocious, violent aura billowing in the air and the countless bugs either crawling or flying out of the young man’s gaping flesh that transformed to become several dozens of meters large, they did not have the slightest sense of joy in getting what they had wished for.

In the end, it was Zheng Tianliang who first snapped back to reality. Acting as though nothing had happened, he smiled and said, “Dr. Zhang, so you’ve actually inherited the ancient witchcraft’s legacy. This is really…”

“A tiger has the means to kill humans and humans have the intention to kill a tiger too. In that case, why are we still talking nonsense here?” Zhang Lisheng’s sinister sentence threw Zheng Tianliang’s wish of ending this dispute away. Colorless scales began to appear on the young man’s body. In just a flash, his body turned into nothingness, leaving behind only a sweatshirt and a pair of short pants that fell on the ground.

“It’s actually a transformative power that can nihilate and turn invisible! Xiangzhou, your ‘little wizard’ has brought disaster to us! Hurry and enter the formation so we can hide…” Seeing that the giant insects that were blotting out the entire sky started to rush towards Li Xiangzhou, Duan Lianbao, and himself the moment the young man disappeared, Zheng Tianliang howled and quickly leaped behind.

A dim light door suddenly appeared in the wilderness. After entering the door, he disappeared without a trace.

When Li Xiangzhou and Duan Lianbao saw Zheng Tianliang hiding in a formation door, they quickly leaped behind and in an instant, two light doors magically appeared in front of them as well.

Upon seeing the emergence of the light door, Duan Lianbao darted into it without hesitation. Li Xiangzhou, on the other hand, threw out the talisman in her hand at the giant bugs chasing at them before jumping into the light door and shouted out loud, “I call for the thunder to strike and the wind to slice…”

The talisman ignited by itself and transformed into a silver fireball in the air that flickered with brilliance. Dense black clouds suddenly gathered in the air and several lightning bolts as thick as buckets struck from the sky, splitting open a black beetle that had thousands of legs underneath its elliptical body that constantly whirled around when it crawled.

When the thunder and the lightning struck, wind howled immediately, sending the cracked wizard gu’s shell flying away and scraping the exposed white meat to become a puddle of meat. even so, that round insect still did not die and barged into the light doors while constantly whirling its body.

“Hide then! Since this is not teleportation, I’d love to see where the three of you can hide…” Looking at the three light doors, where the three Gate of Dao’s disciples had hidden, as they disappeared after his wizard gus continuously gushed into them and no longer appeared, Zhang Lisheng showed his body and smirked coldly.

Sure enough, just as he expected, only half of the 1777 giant bugs managed to enter the light door but the three light doors gradually collapsed and shattered, before transforming into thousands of light spots that slowly rose into the air.

Among the countless flashing spots, Zheng Tianliang, Li Xiangzhou, and Duan Lianbao who were being chased by the wizard gus would appear once in a while. By the time the light spots had completely disappeared, the three figures, covered with thick poisonous bugs’ fluid, finally appeared once again.

Upon seeing their formation doors shattered, Zhang Lisheng sprinted a few steps and once again transformed into nothingness.

Duan Lianbao’s face flushed completely to become bloody red as he held two strange round balls which were white and black respectively in both of his hands that could make the wizard gus in front of them kill each other when he waved them around. A few seconds later, without warning, a pair of sharp claws emerged above his head and grabbed him.

“Lianbao, above your head! Watch out!” Seeing that the sharp claws covered with faint black scales were about to have its way, Zheng Tianliang, who had been watching out for his Junior Brother by the side, ignored his own safety and suddenly shouted out loud. At the same time, his eyes widened till his eye sockets began to crack as he stamped his feet with all his might onto the ground, causing the earth to shake and made Duan Lianbao stagger right away.

The staggering of his footsteps allowed the teenager to escape from this calamity. Even so, his right arm was still caught by the claws, before being ripped off by force.

Fresh blood spouted out like crazy. They could see red and white colors around him as the bone attached with some flesh became exposed. The heart-wrenching pain made Duan Lianbao, who had never experienced the cruelty of actual combat, cry out loudly.

Upon hearing his cries of horror and despair and seeing the runes drawn by Li Xiangzhou in the air mixed with a flash of red while she was being chased by a group of giant bugs chaotically when he turned around, Zheng Tianliang gnashed his teeth and a look of determination crept upon his face. Suddenly, both of his index fingers pointed up into the sky before it penetrated into his own temple.

At once, a golden flame rose from every single pore of his body. When it shone on the surrounding wizard gus, they actually disappeared away like wax meeting fire.

Not far away, Zhang Lisheng was about to claw the body of Duan Lianbao open after seeing that the teenager had broken down after having his arm ripped away, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of golden brilliance from the corner of his eyes. At once, he started to feel as though his body was being burned.

Even though this burning sensation was not strong, Zhang Lisheng, who had gained the advantage but did not want to risk any recklessness, gave up pursuing his victory without hesitation and disappeared without a trace.

The young man dodged away from the brilliance for the time being. Even though there were many wizard gus in the sky and on the ground, they could not stop the footsteps of Zheng Tianliang who was emitting golden brilliance. Easily, he managed to convene his Junior Brother and Junior Sister to his side.

When the three of them convened, Duan Lianbao was covered entirely in blood and had even lost an arm, but Li Xiangzhou completely ignored him. Instead, she looked at Zheng Tianliang who was forcing the group of bugs away in an awe-inspiring manner and said in a trembling voice, “Y-You’ve activated the Origin God! Tianliang, you’ve activated the Origin God!”

“Xiangzhou, if I hadn’t done so, we’d all be dead by now.” Now that things had reached such a critical situation, Zheng Tianliang became calmer. Adjusting the golden brilliance on his body to pulsate and throb as though it was breathing, he blocked the wizard gus out of the light circle while he said with a smile, “I have little time left before I go. I’ll seize this chance to incite the Origin God and say a few of my last words. Lianbao, don’t cry, listen to me! You’re honest and kind, but you’re arrogant and willful when you do things. For example, you’ve recklessly used your Eight Formation Diagram to trap the enemy but instead, we’re caught in the web which we spun ourselves. We don’t even have the time to undo the formation while wizard gus chased us. You must remember this lesson! You know, there’s a spell that allows you to regenerate your arm, but if you lose your life, then you’ll disappear forever…”

Knowing that Zheng Tianliang had cut off his own Dao journey for the sake of rescuing him, Duan Lianbao snapped back from his fear and fell into a remorseful feeling of pain, feeling tears well up in his eyes. He burst into tears and shouted out, “Brother Tianliang, I was wrong! I was wrong! I’ll never do it again! Never again…”

“What are you crying for? Lianbao, you’re no longer young so remember, big boys don’t cry!” Zheng Tianliang reached out a hand to wipe away his Junior Brother’s tears gently and said with a smile. Then, he looked at his Junior Sister and smiled. “And you, Xiangzhou. Never do things recklessly anymore. When you’re away from Senior Sister Lu again, remember what I said today…”

“Tianliang, you’ll only ruin your Dao journey when you activate the Origin God! Don’t say such things as though you will say goodbye forever! We still have several dozens of years we have to spend together…” Li Xiangzhou’s body was as stiff as a stone. However, she put on a nonchalant expression as she answered.

“Don’t be stupid, Lianbao’s arm has been ripped off now so there’s no way for him to undo the Eight Formation Diagram anymore. I can only incite the Origin God Energy to send you two out of the diagram forcefully, so how can I add another crippled person like me in such a situation…” Zheng Tianliang shook his head and said with a smile.

After hearing this, Li Xiangzhou staggered a few times. The nonchalant expression on her face finally fell apart as tears began to drip down from her eyes. “No! No! You’re not crippled! You must leave with us! Leave with us!”

“Haha… I can’t believe that I can actually see you cry, Junior Sister Xiangzhou. How incredible! I guess it would be worth it for me to leave the world now.” While Zheng Tianliang was saying so, he had already adjusted the throbbing of the golden brilliance on his body to a mysterious rhythm. Feeling that it was the right time, he transferred all the golden brilliance onto Li Xiangzhou and Duan Lianbao before bowing deeply to them. “Xiangzhou, Lianbao, take care of yourselves! I’m foolish, so my journey will end right here. I’ll see you guys again in the next world…”

Seeing that Zheng Tianliang had transferred all the Origin God Energy onto Duan Lianbao and herself, Li Xiangzhou knew that he could no longer leave. Without warning, she shouted to the air, “Dr. Zhang, Dr. Zhang, I, Li Xiangzhou, swear that if you let my Senior Brother go, we’ll put this in the back of our minds and forget it! Not only that, in the future, I’ll do whatever you wish as long as it doesn’t violate my morality…”

What she said stunned Duan Lianbao who was by the side for a while before howling desperately. “Yes! Yes! I, Duan Lianbao, also swear that as long as you let Brother Tianliang go, I’ll listen to everything you say! If you harm Brother Tianliang, then I’ll resolve to destroy you in seas of blood…”

Right at this moment, the golden brilliance shrouding Li Xiangzhou and Duan Lianbao suddenly shrank, enveloping them and turning them into a raging golden flame that rushed towards the sky.

With a crisp ‘pop’ sound, most of the flames exploded in the air. The walls and tiles of the farmhouse suddenly appeared in the splattering golden flames while the remaining golden brilliance drew two streaks of light in the sky, bringing Li Xiangzhou and Duan Lianbao along, before disappearing in an instant, leaving behind nothing but Duan Lianbao’s last sentence of ‘I’ll resolve to destroy you in seas of blood…’ that gradually echoed in the air.