“Was I stabbed by the Tianshao…?”

Gu Shen’s heartbeat suddenly slowed.

Even with the iron scale skin covering his body, he was still hit.

Fortunately, due to the characteristic of "Blazing Fire," the amount of originium stored in Gu Shen's body was extremely vast, dozens of times more than other cultivators of the same rank… so in the initial stage of being pierced by these Tianshao fragments, he could still withstand this cursed power.

If that woman hadn't reminded him.

He probably wouldn't have realized it for a while.

All nine enforcement officers saw the scene of Gu Shen protecting them… if Gu Shen hadn't blocked the "explosion" just now, then they would have been the ones stabbed by the Tianshao.

They were extremely grateful, but also very frightened and guilty.

As one of the highest leaders of this great extermination, Gu Shen suffered the Tianshao's stab to protect them?

“Mr. Gu…”

The woman wanted to step forward to check his injuries.

Gu Shen quickly waved his hand, signaling her to stop.

This kind of injury was useless for ordinary transcendent beings to check, it would be futile and a waste of time.

Gu Shen was extremely calm. Since he had already been hit… then there was no need to worry about any curses. He would first extract the fragments from his body!

He immediately took out the black silver box.

After this period of siege, the empty box was now full… this time, Gu Shen no longer used "Blazing Fire" to wrap his fingertips. He directly reached out and forcibly pinched out the fragments from the wound.

The injury was not serious.

But the curse of the Stone Sword had truly integrated into his blood.

The effect of picking it up with your bare hands was completely different from being stabbed for no reason… Previously, during the process of trying to extract the Tianshao fragments, Gu Shen used "Nether Fire." Under the wrapping, he used the power of the fire seed to conduct a rule-based confrontation.

The curse of the Tianshao would be blocked outside the Nether Fire.

But now… the curse had invaded the body and begun to take effect.

“…Huff.”

Gu Shen didn't have time to care so much. The originium in his body was vast enough. The consumption at this moment was nothing. The top priority was to first check the overall injuries of the enforcement team and quickly stabilize the situation.

He rushed towards the depths of the snow forest.

As far as the eye could see, it was a mess. This should have been a great victory.

Now… it was very tragic.

The enforcement officers who participated in the siege of Mount Kulong, especially the first wave of charging members, more or less encountered the sudden attack of "Tianshao fragments"… The trauma they suffered was not great. Their skin and flesh were broken, and some injured their bones.

But the most fatal thing was that the curse had fallen.

They felt their "originium" gradually dissipate in horror.

Currently, there was no way to crack the Tianshao curse.

Before the Tianshao collapsed, among those transcendent beings who had "contact" with the fallen fragments, there were special cases of "completely losing their abilities"… Being stabbed was a more serious injury.

This was likely to be an irreversible heavy blow.

Gu Shen's mental power swept across the gray and frightened faces…

He could guess what these people were afraid of at the moment… As enforcement officers, they could bleed and be seriously injured, but being stripped of all originium by the "Tianshao"… and reduced to an ordinary person who lost their abilities, was the ending they could not accept the most.

He took a deep breath.

Gu Shen's previously chaotic thoughts became very clear at this moment.

“Brother Gu, you’re here!”

Mu Qingyang was carrying a member of the Mu clan. He was very surprised to see Gu Shen, but then his expression changed… Mu Qingyang had good eyesight. He only glanced at the crowd and found Gu Shen's figure.

But after taking another look, he saw Gu Shen's forearm, which was still bleeding in the swirling firelight.

With just this one glance, Mu Qingyang stood still in a daze.

“You…”

“I was stabbed by a Tianshao fragment.”

Gu Shen said in a low voice, “The situation is urgent, there is no time to explain. I have urgent matters and need to rush back to the defense line. The statistics of the wounded in the scout team are left to you…”

The scout team was jointly responsible by Gu Shen and Mu Qingyang.

He needed to withdraw.

Then Mu Qingyang needed to take over the control here.

“No problem.”

Mu Qingyang asked anxiously, “Do the old masters have a way to deal with this injury?”

He thought that Gu Shen was going back to seek treatment.

“……”

Gu Shen shook his head and didn't say much.

He walked towards the muddy path down the mountain and sent a message on the channel, “Bai Xiu, Gong Zi, count the casualties of the enforcement team… Gather the transcendent beings who were stabbed by the 'Tianshao' and send them to the rear defense line.”

In this battle, the most injured must be the enforcement team.

After all, the scout team was only assisting in the attack.

Mount Kulong was extremely chaotic at the moment, and the transcendent beings from the logistics department also poured up… The extermination had ended, but the stretchers they brought were all used to carry their own people.

Gu Shen, covered in blood, came to the rear defense line.

The A-grade barrier was still located above the night sky. The ethereal god was emitting wisps of healing holy light, adding spiritual assistance to every friendly army charging into the formation…

Gu Shen glanced at the god in the sky, and then looked at Li Qingsui, the little girl who was doing it herself and was fully urging this sealed item.

Each of the five great families in Nagano has a unique bloodline.

Li Qingsui was now sixteen years old, and her transcendent cultivation strength was low, but the effect of urging this sealed item was quite good… This should be due to the powerful bloodline power in her body.

However, she couldn't hold on for long.

Fortunately, the battle was over, and it was okay to withdraw at this moment.

Gu Shen knew that he could not escape the induction of the master of the barrier by taking the initiative to step into this barrier.

Li Qingsui's mental power steadily swept over everyone until it landed on Gu Shen. The little girl's pretty face suddenly turned pale. She woke up from the "meditation" state, and the illusion of the shrine barrier also dissipated at this moment.

After Uncle Gao left, Luo Yu was "protecting" Li Qingsui, while organizing the supervisory office in the rear to conduct command and mediation.

He noticed something was wrong and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“I saw… Gu Shen…”

“Gu Shen?”

“Gu Shen is covered in blood, and the originium on his body…” Before Li Qingsui could say a few more words, Gu Shen, covered in blood, came to the two of them.

“Chi…”

The iron scale skin on his body was slowly moving. The armor was not cold, the blood was still hot, steaming hot, bright and demonic.

The moment he saw the wound, Fatty Luo looked extremely shocked. He raised his head.

“Luo Yu, I was stabbed by a Tianshao fragment.”

Gu Shen said, “Arrange a quiet place for me… I want to heal my wounds.”

His tone was very calm.

If they didn't know, they would have thought that he had only suffered an ordinary minor injury…

Luo Yu quickly asked, “Does Grandpa Gu know?”

Gu Shen shook his head.

Luo Yu was anxious and immediately dialed the mental link, but the next moment, his commander's headset was snatched away by Gu Shen.

“Luo Yu, how is the battle situation?”

Grandpa Gu’s voice was low and magnetic.

Tonight's great siege of Mount Kulong was mainly the responsibility of the young leaders of Nagano. The older generation left a wide enough stage for the young people… At this moment, Gu Qilin was controlling another area not far from the outer line, commanding the scattered southern line extermination.

For someone of his level, receiving a call from the commander was either to report the results of the battle or a major accident had occurred.

“Old man, it’s me.”

The moment Gu Shen spoke, he subconsciously said the habitual title he used after changing his name to Gu Qilin.

Old man?

Li Qingsui and Luo Yu's expressions changed.

In the entire Nagano, no, in the entire East Continent… they had not yet seen a second person who dared to call the old man that.

“……”

However, the voice on the other side of the phone only silenced for a second.

“Gu Shen?” Grandpa Gu was not angry at all. Instead, he sensed something and asked, “Is the battle situation on Mount Kulong not going well?”

“The matter is complicated and cannot be explained clearly on the phone. You may need to come here.”

Gu Shen glanced at Luo Yu. He didn't directly say that he was stabbed by the Tianshao, but said calmly, “The most important thing right now is that you need to let Gu Nanfeng set off immediately. I will report the coordinates to you.”

The reason why Gu Shen named Gu Nanfeng was nothing more than… among the three titled experts stationed in the rear, Gu Nanfeng, who possessed the ability, was the fastest!

Grandpa Gu instantly realized the problem.

“Okay.”

He didn't ask any more questions and remembered the coordinates Gu Shen said.

There was no nonsense or excessive communication.

The phone call ended.

Gu Shen slowly exhaled a long breath. Grandpa probably already knew… this was Gao Tian's coordinates.

The reason why he was able to report these coordinates.

Was because before Uncle Gao set off, Gu Shen attached a wisp of fire to his body.

Even with the titled expert taking action, Gu Shen still subconsciously remained vigilant. It was certain that Gao Tian would chase and kill the Taotie, but at that time, the dangerous premonition of the Calamity Bracelet had not completely dissipated.

Gu Shen always felt that something else would happen.

Of course, this wisp of fire could not hide from Uncle Gao’s induction.

It was just that Uncle Gao did not remove it… because the role of this wisp of fire was equivalent to an extremely precise "mental locator," and an extra layer of insurance was not a bad thing. Before the explosion, Gu Shen vaguely felt that Uncle Gao seemed to have stayed in a location for a long time.

The Taotie had no ability to hold back Uncle Gao for more than a minute.

The appearance of this situation only had one possibility, and that was that Uncle Gao encountered another titled expert, and it was still a tricky opponent.

Associating with Han Dang’s “gift.”

The identity of that person was already obvious…

Zhu Wang!

Tonight's Mount Kulong was actually a tragic situation jointly designed by Zhu Wang and Han Dang, the master and apprentice. As the biggest fish in Nagano's extermination net, Han Dang was still struggling. This was to put pressure on the enforcement officers by using the only weapon, the "Tianshao."

Last time, it was considered a "friendly" display.

This time, he was proving that he possessed sufficient "destructive power."

After this snowy night of mutually assured destruction, many enforcement officers would be afraid of the "Tianshao"… They could bleed and be injured, but they could not lose their abilities.

If this mess could not be resolved.

The subsequent enforcement resistance would become very great.

……

……

Gu Shen stayed in a temporary unmanned camp that was built behind the defense line.

After dismissing others, only the little girl Li Qingsui stubbornly stayed by his side… She was the future head of the Li clan, and no one had the right to stop her from doing what she wanted to do.

The Gu family night watchman had no choice.

The work of the logistics department could be transmitted through the mental channel, and Li Qingsui, who had just completed the layout of a barrier, was also very tired and needed to rest, so she stayed in the adjacent camp.

This little girl was not an outsider.

But to be on the safe side, Gu Shen still set up the "Qingzhong Array Pattern" to ensure that the noise he would make next… would not be detected by anyone.

After completing these preparations.

Gu Shen lit the Blazing Fire, and then lifted the iron scale skin.

Driving countless blades, slowly falling, landing on the ground, like a rain of beads…

He saw his appearance again in the firelight.

He had not been so tired even after fighting four fourth-order opponents in a row… This time, after being stabbed by a few small Tianshao fragments, his spirit was so "sleepy," which was really not right.

Moreover, other transcendent beings who were stabbed by the Tianshao did not seem to have such a situation?

Was he too lucky to win the first prize?

Gu Shen supported his spirit and checked his wounds. There were only three in total, two overlapping on the forearm, and the other one stabbed the shoulder… The fire of life kept burning, but it could not be cured no matter how much it was repaired.

Because the "Tianshao" injury was not in the flesh and blood, nor in the bones.

But in the originium.

These three gaps destroyed the "integrity" of his body, causing the originium to flow continuously…

There used to be a suffocating experiment in which prisoners were tied up, blindfolded, and then cold water was dripped and dropped, hitting the same position on the forehead. Before long, the prisoners would collapse.

The "fear" brought by the Tianshao was like this feeling.

Once stabbed, the curse began to spread.

It would never stop.

Moreover, those transcendent beings… would not have such a huge originium reserve as Gu Shen. With their strength, they would not be able to last long and would be completely dissipated. If the Tianshao could not find the originium power, the curse would naturally be lifted, and at that time, they would become mortals.

This was also the reason why prisoners tried their best to kill people and share the curse.

Share more of the Tianshao curse with others.

Their lives would be longer.

Even if they were going to die in the end, who wouldn't die?

If they could constantly dilute the "curse," turning big holes into small holes, then they could desperately cultivate and perhaps save their lives.

Gu Shen used the pendant, but there was no response… It failed at this moment.

Unsolvable?

Gu Shen's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down.

One possibility was that it could not find a way to crack this disaster.

Another possibility was that the solution pointed directly to the "Nether King Fire Seed," and this divine object was not within the scope of fate's guidance.

“After being stabbed by the ‘Tianshao’… can my Nether Fire still have an effect?”

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He carefully summoned the small wisp of Nether Fire from his brow.

After examining it for a few seconds.

Gu Shen pressed this wisp of Nether Fire into his wound.