The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 720 - 228: You Were Attacked by the Gu You Raised
"The most touching thing in the world of mortals is probably the bond of blood relations. Back then, Zhang Biyu hated you so much at first, yet in the end, she thought of taking you down the mountain. But it wasn’t easy for me to bring you into this world, so how could I let her take you away."
"I banished her from the Great Snow Mountain, made sure she could never ascend again, and planted a Heart Demon in her mind, ensuring that every time she thought of these matters, she would be unable to break through her limits. After that, I froze you, still swaddled in your crib."
"It was only eighteen years ago, when the time was ripe, that I thawed you and allowed you to grow."
As the Grand Shaman said this, she looked around, believing there ought to be applause.
But all she got was a sword strike from Liu Ji.
Wow, after all that talk about inciting a Heart Demon in the Snow Maiden, she didn’t expect to provoke an ally into turning first.
Liu Ji’s sword slash carried all his grief and indignation; although he had only just entered the Defiant Heavenly Realm, it was an incensed blow from the Sword Venerable, hugely powerful and swiftly executed, so fast that the Grand Shaman couldn’t evade in time.
She was sliced into several pieces, and before the sword light even faded, the Sword Qi whirled about, chopping the flesh into paste, imbued with a force that prevented wounds from healing and could also strike at the Divine Soul.
This unique sword strike of Liu Ji could indeed be called a Divine Skill.
The onlookers who came for the drama were stunned on the spot.
Uh, what...
The Grand Shaman was just killed like that?
Isn’t that a bit too rash?
"It’s not that simple."
Wu Xin said with certainty.
Indeed, after the Grand Shaman’s body was chopped up, the hand of a figure in a hanging black robe moved. She untied the rope around her neck and flipped back the hood, revealing a youthful and beautiful face beneath.
"Young man, don’t harbor such murderous intent, let me finish speaking."
Liu Ji: "..."
He couldn’t discern what method the Grand Shaman used; he had locked onto her Divine Soul when he struck, not merely severing her physical body. He hadn’t expected she could still live, shattered into that ghastly state.
Was this some sort of resurrection technique?
The eerie scene made Liu Ji hesitate to act rashly again, while the Snow Maiden also pondered over the situation in silence.
After a moment, the Snow Maiden felt she had overestimated herself.
How could I have anticipated this!
The Snow Maiden ceased her contemplations.
Seeing that she had intimidated both Liu Ji and the Snow Maiden, the Grand Shaman decided to finish the story she hadn’t completed.
She had done so much in secret over the years, bottled up without anyone knowing, and now that she had the chance to show off, how could she miss it!
"Your mother tried more than once to take you back from me. Misled by me, she always thought Ya Ruo was her daughter, fearing I would consume her daughter as I did other Shaman-Priests, so even though she was a retainer of the Spear King, she secretly acted as my inside agent."
"She didn’t know that the Northern Spear King she had been covertly scheming against all this time was actually her long-yearned-for daughter, nor could she have imagined that she would die by her own flesh and blood’s hand.
"How about that, everyone, isn’t the play I orchestrated quite interesting?"
The Grand Shaman laughed wildly, and Liu Ji’s eyes blazed with fury, yet he could only clench his fists, gathering his rage.
With his next sword strike, he must kill her!
He must avenge Zhang Biyu!
The Grand Shaman hadn’t expected to infuriate Liu Ji to such an extent; she had only ever had one goal.
After years of preparation, Zhang Biyu was but a pawn, including the deep planting of the Heart Demon, the induced misunderstandings, and the ensuing confrontation with the Snow Maiden that led to her death—all had been scripted from the start by the Grand Shaman.
All of it served a single purpose—to create a massive emotional upheaval within the Snow Maiden.
As long as the Snow Maiden’s emotional turmoil reached a certain threshold, she could enact her plan, to imperceptibly replace the Snow Maiden with herself.
Unknown to the world, during the battle of the four kings, others may have been lucky to inherit the legacies, but the Snow Maiden was the true possessor of the Holy Spirit Black Tortoise Bloodline.
The opportunity for deityhood was today!
The Grand Shaman gazed at the Snow Maiden with fervor in her eyes, however...
She was disappointed.
In the Snow Maiden’s gaze, she saw blankness.
The anticipated anger towards her, the regret for unwittingly killing her own mother, the sympathy and pity for her mother’s tragic fate...
None of these were present.
It seemed as if the Snow Maiden had stopped thinking altogether, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.
The Grand Shaman was full of question marks.
Ever since she obtained the essence of Xuanwu atop the Great Snow Mountain, she had been plotting this century-long drama, and through numerous manipulations, she had successfully orchestrated the current situation.
Everything was going according to plan, yet, it seemed she had overestimated the Snow Maiden’s intelligence.
Could it be that the freezing had been too long, allowing water to seep into her brain?
The Grand Shaman was starting to question her existence.
She had done so much, and if the Snow Maiden remained unmoved, then what was the point of it all?
"You don’t feel sadness? Pain? Guilt?"
The Grand Shaman asked, somewhat frustrated.
Your mother was manipulated by me, now even calculated to death, and you feel no emotional turmoil at all?
"Why should I feel guilty? The one who hurt her has always been you. Wouldn’t it be fine if I just killed you?"
The Grand Shaman: "..."
The Snow Maiden’s logic seemed unproblematic, but something was amiss.
The situation had now reversed, with both Liu Ji and the Snow Maiden seeing the Grand Shaman as their enemy.
The Grand Shaman initially wanted to target the Snow Maiden, but it now appeared unfeasible.
However, she was not yet in a hopeless situation.
Liu Ji was already beset by a Heart Demon, making it a suitable time to act.
The Grand Shaman sneered, aware that this attempt might have failed, but what did that matter? She still had a chance to start over.
As long as the Snow Maiden has a lapse in her heart, she will be taken advantage of in her moment of weakness.
Just you wait and see!
She was not without a plan; after all, the Snow Maiden did care about someone.
She had never lived with her birth mother, Zhang Biyu, so there was no emotional foundation to speak of, which was understandable.
And what about Lin Yun?
This man would definitely be capable of causing a rift in the Snow Maiden’s heart!
The Grand Shaman brewed a new scheme in her mind while simultaneously invading Liu Ji’s inner world.
Liu Ji had already given birth to a Heart Demon inside him, and though it had not yet fully grown, a little bit was enough for her to lurk within.
The Grand Shaman wielded her Divine Skills, about to enter Liu Ji’s heart, when suddenly a fist emerged from his inner world.
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What was this?
This punch from the spiritual realm had the Grand Shaman utterly confused.
And the next second, Wu Xin stood forth.
Seeing Wu Xin, the Grand Shaman’s expression slightly shifted.
"It’s you!"
As if it were not enough for misfortune to strike, Wu Xin had to come looking for her at this very moment.
"It’s been years, and yet I never expected you to be living so carefree atop Snow Mountain—I truly underestimated you!"
Hu Yuling had not appeared alongside Wu Xin, a lesson learned from the previous incident with Zhang Biyu.
Though the Demon Race’s vitality was stronger, they were not immortal; in the face of powerful adversaries, one could easily die if not handled well.
It was best to hide for now and observe from the shadows.
However...
Did Wu Xin actually have a connection to this Grand Shaman?
From their tone, they seemed like old acquaintances.
Could it be that the Shaman-Priest of the Grassland was also a demon?
While Hu Yuling was still speculating, the Grand Shaman revealed the secret.
"There’s a lot you didn’t expect, just as you certainly never expected that a small creature you nurtured could send you tumbling and fleeing!"
A creature?
What was that?
As soon as the Grand Shaman finished speaking, Wu Xin’s face instantly turned pitch black, with surging Demonic Qi wrapping around her entire being.
This was the dark transformation.
"You really do flatter yourself. It was but a sneak attack that gave you an edge over me, nothing more. Still, the power you possess was bestowed upon you by me, and with me here today, your time has come!"
Wu Xin was serious now.
The Grand Shaman, observing the Demonic Qi around Wu Xin, felt even more uneasy.
Indeed, the person she least wanted to face was Wu Xin.
As Wu Xin had stated, her strength originated from Wu Xin; although she had surpassed her teacher, her power was more practical than Wu Xin’s, but when facing Wu Xin, she was still susceptible to her might.
This susceptibility was not absolute but rather mutual harm.
She could likewise restrain Wu Xin; for example, if a person developed a Heart Demon, both she and Wu Xin could take advantage of this opportunity to take over the person’s heart.
The snipe and the clam grapple, and the fisherman profits.
In the fight between two demons, after both suffer injuries, the person who gave rise to the Heart Demon naturally wins.
Defeating two Heart Demons at once, one’s Cultivation Level would improve even further.
If this were anywhere else, the Grand Shaman would not be afraid of Wu Xin.
Wu Xin seemed much stronger than before, yet she still had the strength to fight.
But now, with two other enemies lying in wait, both of the same realm, it was quite troublesome!
The most frustrating part was that she was still within a Formation; it was a trapping formation, and those inside couldn’t leave. Though she was the formation’s core and could dismantle the grand Formation given some time.
But with that time, the others could kill her several times over.
The situation was truly dire, with the original belief that it was going to be the Snow Maiden in a 1v3 scenario, but after her own maneuvers, it turned into her own 1v3 predicament. How the tables had turned.
Karmic retribution came too swiftly.
The more desperate the situation, the calmer the Grand Shaman became.
"You think you can kill me? Wu Xin, surely you haven’t forgotten what you did when you created me?"
Wu Xin’s expression immediately darkened.
Liu Ji also looked at Wu Xin with confusion.
The Grand Shaman brazenly claimed to be created by Wu Xin, and creating life should be an act reserved for the gods; how did she accomplish this?
"She is the Heart Demon Gu Worm."
Wu Xin did not conceal this information. Regardless of what Liu Ji’s composition was before, now they faced a common enemy—the Grand Shaman before them.
And the Grand Shaman was the most fearsome Gu created by Wu Xin’s very hands.
The Heart Demon Gu Worm.
Upon hearing this name, Liu Ji also panicked; anyone who knew the capabilities of the Heart Demon Gu understood how terrifying it was—a worm that could parasitize within a body, making one no longer oneself.
The Heart Demon Gu Worm didn’t even need a medium; it could infest as long as there was a demon in one’s heart.
"Wasn’t it said that the Heart Demon Gu had gone extinct, how come there’s still a Heart Demon Gu in this world?"
"Extinct? There has only ever been one Heart Demon Gu from the beginning until the end."
