Chapter 10: The Gu Mi Continent (Part 2)

Guxi Bi’s tentacles moved frantically, absorbing the scattered soul fragments. The handsome old man never missed any opportunity to acquire souls. Yet, despite Guxi Bi’s strong devouring ability, it was still far inferior compared to Luo Jie and Qi Nanshan. After everyone rushed out, clusters of black flames flew back to their altar like moths drawn to fire. With just this one attack, the two of them obtained a vast amount of souls.

The Gu Mi family suffered heavy losses. They hadn’t truly received news that their enemies were trying to infiltrate; they only got vague information, so they made some preparations—preparations based on the assumption that the enemies would follow their plans. Unexpectedly, the enemies realized something was wrong and immediately launched a massacre. Within just dozens of seconds, they killed many people.

Guo Shier and the others weren’t fools. There were far too many people here, especially a large number of altar-level professionals. If they engaged in a prolonged battle, they couldn’t afford the losses, so they quickly flew away. Since they were already on the Gu Mi Continent, there would be plenty of opportunities to attack them later; it wasn’t worth risking everything now.

The battle was extremely brief. In less than half a minute, the Gu Mi family lost five or six hundred Grand Masters and Supreme Masters. There were countless lightly and severely injured people, and about thirty altar-level professionals died, including experts with first- or second-tier solid altars. They suffered a huge loss.

The most crucial moment was Guo Shier’s slash, which broke two rune pillars. Others also destroyed three more, destroying the teleportation rune array. To repair it, a great deal of material and labor would be needed, so it could not be used for now.

Dozens of high-level professionals pursued them, mostly experts with solid altars. Yet they didn’t know what consequences chasing them would bring—the enemies were far too strong. But they had no choice but to chase, as they couldn’t risk letting those madmen do something terrifying. They had to track their whereabouts.

Over the past few decades, the Gu Mi family had been extremely powerful, continuously annexing resources and populations from mid- to low-level continents, and their strength had grown steadily. They never expected to encounter such a formidable opponent that left them stunned.

They had already learned that these six terrifying experts came from a destroyed continent, where the entire sect and family were wiped out. The survivors were captured and taken to the continent where the Gu Mi family lived, to be sold as slaves. Thus, this hatred was one of eternal enmity.

The upper ranks of the Gumi family argued for a long time, with one faction advocating war and the other peace. However, after Guo Shier and the others entered the Gumi Continent, both factions reached a consensus: they had to kill each other, otherwise the Gumi family might be completely destroyed.
From just this brief encounter, Nan You and Luo Zhan both suffered minor injuries, and they needed to repair their altars.
A short while later, the six of them had flown nearly a thousand miles. Guo Shier used the tentacles of Guxi Bi to entangle Luo Zhan, Nan You, and Ying Mo, dragging them forward. Luo Jie and Qi Nan Shan could not keep up with their speed, while Guo Shier could easily follow because he had the old master helping to control the altar.
Among the six of them, neither Luo Jie nor Qi Nan Shan could possess a sacrificial spirit—this was a characteristic of the Black Symbol People. With the dominance of their Soul Flames, any sacrificial spirit that came to their altars would be burned to ashes. As for Ying Mo and the other two, they had not found a suitable sacrificial spirit yet.
A suitable sacrificial spirit was extremely rare; it usually came from a fallen altar and had to undergo a period of maturation before it could be considered qualified. The souls of recently fallen altar-level experts did not meet the requirements. An altar with a sacrificial spirit was completely different from one without—it could generally challenge opponents beyond its own level, as long as its inheritance was not too poor.
Guo Shier said, “We don’t have the symbol maps of the Gumi Continent. Master, where should we go?”
Luo Jie laughed loudly, “Just go anywhere! Blunder around, haha. We’ll definitely find a city eventually, and then we can take it step by step!”
Guo Shier couldn’t help but laugh and said, “That’s true. We can be completely unrestrained, haha. It’s like a bald guy holding an umbrella—doing whatever we want!”
Luo Jie asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”
Guo Shier shook his head and said, “Nothing much. Um, they still dare to chase after us?”
Luo Jie laughed, “I’ve noticed that already. Don’t worry. Let’s mess with them for a while first. Their strengths vary. After some time, some of them will fall behind. As for those who can catch up to us… well, it just means they’re unlucky, haha. Let’s fly faster!”
Qi Nan Shan said, “Nan You, Luo Zhan, Ying Mo, come to my altar. Don’t let Shier drag you along anymore.”
Ying Mo and the other two laughed as they folded up their altars and flew onto Qi Nan Shan’s altar. Only three altars remained in the air. When they saw the shadows of altars chasing from behind, the three altars flew away at high speed.

After flying for another half day, Luo Jie said, “Alright, let’s stop and get ready for battle. We’ll descend first and hide in the dense forest. Hehe, once they pass by… we’ll set up a small ambush.” He said this with great enthusiasm. Ever since learning that the Beifu Gate had been destroyed, he had been filled with rage, nearly going mad, though he appeared calm on the surface.

Guo Shier said, “Okay.” He gently tapped the top of the altar, and it descended rapidly, dropping into the dense forest in the blink of an eye. Luo Jie and Qi Nanshan followed suit.

A few minutes later, seven or eight talismanic lights appeared on the horizon. Luo Jie laughed and said, “They’re here. Hehe, Nanshan, you and I will go first. Shier, you and the others just surround those who escape and try to kill them all!”

Guo Shier nodded excitedly. “Don’t worry. With Uncle Eagle Demon, Uncle Luo, and Nanyou helping, there’s no problem!”

A total of eight people were chasing after them. The strongest among them was a master with a fifth-tier altar, while the weakest still had a third-tier altar. Among the eight, there was one with a fifth-tier altar, three with fourth-tier altars, and four with third-tier altars—making their strength unprecedentedly high. Yet, against Luo Jie and Qi Nanshan, they were still not a match.

To end things quickly, Luo Jie decided to take action himself. He said, “I’ll deal with the guy with the fifth-tier altar ahead. Nanshan, you take care of the three with fourth-tier altars. Shier, you hold off the other four. You don’t have to kill them, but don’t let them escape!”

After saying that, Luo Jie rode his altar forward.

The professional with the fifth-tier altar wasn’t from the Gumi family but a hired expert named Chen Tianyao. He was quite famous in the Wilds Continent as a renowned professional hunter. The Gumi family had spent a fortune to hire him specifically for tracking and hunting. He was well aware of the opponents’ strength, but as a hunter, he needed to know their whereabouts, which was why he had chased after them.

The other seven included three hired altar-level experts and four professionals from the Gumi family.

Chen Tianyao was very cautious. Although he chased quickly, when he saw the flash of talismanic light in the dense forest, he immediately controlled his altar to stop. The other professionals couldn’t react in time and rushed past him one after another. Then, he witnessed a terrifying scene: two altars suddenly blocked their path, and the two at the forefront immediately ignited black flames and let out terrifying roars.

In a flash, an altar appeared not far in front of Chen Tianyao. Luo Jie said, “Kid, fun chasing, right?”

Chen Tianyao felt all his hair stand on end and his soul tremble violently. Even though he was a professional at the fifth-tier altar, he couldn’t withstand this fear that stemmed from his very soul. He screamed and turned to run.
Luo Jie shouted, “Bastard… trying to run?”
Chen Tianyao cried out, “I’m not from the Gumi family… I’m not from the Gumi family…”
Guo Shier and the Eagle Demon rushed out of the jungle as well. As soon as he stepped out, he teleported over to block a professional at the third-tier altar. Now a professional at the fourth-tier altar, he could even fight against experts at the fifth tier without fear. Without wasting words, he swung his blade at once.
The Moon Blade transformed into a 100-meter-long blade, slashing through the air with a howl.
The professional on the other side was shocked. He shouted, “Wait!” and tried desperately to retreat using his altar. Guo Shier cursed, “Idiot! Slash!” If he was still thinking of buying time, his head must have been crushed by a door.
Once locked onto, the Moon Blade would never deviate from its target. Once targeted, the person couldn’t teleport and could only use their sacred artifact to defend. A huge axe was thrust forward in a hasty attempt to block the altar.
Boom…
The clash between sacred artifacts was terrifying, with a violent gust of wind spreading out.
The result of a direct confrontation between a third-tier and a fifth-tier sacred artifact was that the third-tier artifact would be on the verge of collapse. Guo Shier didn’t relent and swung another blade, shouting, “Don’t dodge!”
The handsome old man sighed. He was utterly speechless. Every time he saw Guo Shier fight, he wanted to curse. There was no skill involved—just brute force, head-on battles with no elegance, relying solely on the superiority of their sacred artifacts to overwhelm the opponent.
With that slash, the opponent’s sacred artifact immediately collapsed. Guo Shier drove his altar forward in a head-on collision.
The handsome old man finally couldn’t hold back and cursed, “You wastrel! Do you think altars are easy to repair…?”
Boom!
The two altars collided. Then Guo Shier shouted, “Handsome Old Man! Guxi Bi!”
The handsome old man immediately realized that this guy wanted the opponent’s soul. He became excited and shouted, “I’m coming!” Guxi Bi’s tentacles instantly pierced into the opponent’s altar.
Guxi Bi stretched out thousands of tentacles, wrapping the opponent along with their altar. The man’s screams could be heard. The handsome old man laughed loudly, “Good, the tentacles have entered the talisman storage space. Haha, there must be something valuable here…”

Items belonging to altar-level professionals are extremely difficult to steal. But after Guo Shieru obtained Guxi Bi and underwent training under Old Shuai, Guxi Bi could not only devour souls but also force its way into the talisman storage space of the opponent’s altar to plunder their items. Of course, the opponent had to be alive; if the opponent’s soul was destroyed, the talisman storage space in the altar would also be destroyed, leaving nothing to take.
Suddenly, the Eagle Demon shouted, “Shieru…”
Guo Shieru turned around and was terrified. Shouting loudly, he said, “Master!”
Luo Jie quickly turned back and saw the Eagle Demon being beaten back repeatedly. Fuming, he yelled, “Bastard! Looking for death!”
Guo Shieru released Guxi Bi’s tentacles and cried, “Hold on! Damn it…” He instantly teleported over.
Book 32: The Gu Mi Continent