Chapter 177: Dispelling the Miasma

None of them had ever seen such a scene before—this strand of golden energy actually managed to drive back all the miasma!

“This is…? The aura of Degenerate Energy?”

The Qiao Family Old Ancestor looked at the spiritual energy in Gu Fan’s hand with astonishment and said in disbelief.

“This secret technique of mine uses a portion of Degenerate Energy. With the method in operation, it can be tested on all of you. If it works, we can wipe out all three families immediately!”

Gu Fan shouted coldly.

Instantly, a Divine Moon Realm cultivator stood up and said:

“I am willing to give it a try. Let me see whether this technique can truly withstand the miasma!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan glanced at the Old Ancestor and the Qiao Family Head. Seeing that neither had objections, Gu Fan nodded.

Immediately, a surge of spiritual power gathered in his hand and was fiercely injected into the body of the Divine Moon Realm cultivator.

As for the so-called method in operation, it was nothing but a fabrication by Gu Fan.

He merely guided the spiritual energy through the entire network of meridians in the body, dissolving all the miasma that had accumulated within.

In the end, he infused another wave of spiritual energy into the cultivator’s body to ensure that the miasma wouldn’t invade again for a period of time.

As Gu Fan withdrew his hand and stood back, the male Divine Moon Realm cultivator opened his eyes, his expression filled with disbelief.

“Mysterious Power… it’s really restored! The miasma in my meridians has completely vanished… I feel as though I’ve regained ninety percent of my peak strength!”

“Holy crap, are you serious?!”

Someone in disbelief stepped forward and struck at him with a palm. Unexpectedly, this Divine Moon Realm cultivator had indeed mostly recovered his strength, and with a single punch, sent the probing cultivator flying!

“It really worked! It actually worked!”

The Old Ancestor hurriedly stepped up to examine him.

“How long can this state last?”

“Reporting to Old Ancestor, if there’s no combat, it should last about the time it takes to burn two incense sticks. If fighting at full strength, about one and a half incense sticks.”

The Qiao Family Old Ancestor beamed with joy and immediately laughed heartily:

“It really works!”

“This young hero, please use the secret technique on me as well. I want to see how long it can be maintained!”

Gu Fan nodded and repeated the process as he had done earlier.

Because this time the recipient was a Solar Radiance Realm expert, Gu Fan increased the amount of spiritual power retained in the body.

After it ended, the Qiao Family Old Ancestor tested his strength with a few moves.

“A miraculous technique indeed. To think such a wondrous method exists… then wouldn’t White Luo Mountain become your private garden in the future?”

Gu Fan gave a laugh to gloss it over, then asked:

“Well? How long can a Solar Radiance Realm cultivator maintain it?”

“I do feel that I’ve regained around eighty percent of my strength. As for time… roughly one incense stick. It’s a bit tight…”

Gu Fan frowned. This was already the maximum amount of spiritual power he could output. Unless he could immediately break through to the Divine Moon Realm, this was already his limit.

“No problem, even so, it’s enough for a fight. Those three Old Ancestors are merely at the early stage of Solar Radiance Realm. I, being at the late stage, can easily take on two of them!”

“But we must make good use of the time!”

Gu Fan nodded and immediately instructed:

“If the opportunity arises, come to me once during the fight. I’ll do my best to replenish your time once more.”

The Old Ancestor laughed and said:

“Very well, then let’s proceed according to this plan!”

“Does anyone have any objections?”

Immediately, everyone sprang up with excitement.

“Kill! Damn it, we’ve been hunted for so long—we’ve long wanted to strike back!”

“Exactly, it’s been too stifling along the way. Several of my brothers have been killed. I must avenge them!”

“Old Ancestor, please lead us in battle! Let us wash away this humiliation with the blood of the three families!”

“Old Ancestor, please lead us in battle!”

Everyone was filled with excitement, all declaring their desire to fight back.

Heaven knew how much humiliation they had suffered during this time, being hunted from the outskirts of the secret realm all the way to its depths.

Several brothers had perished along the way; they didn’t even have time to collect the corpses and could only keep fleeing.

Now that Gu Fan had brought hope of counterattack, they naturally didn’t want to keep running!

“Good! Kill all the beasts from the Three Families!”

The Qiao Family Head’s expression was ferocious.

“Everyone, follow the Old Ancestor, and wipe out the Three Families!”

“Kill!”

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“Old Ancestor, we’ve found some traces. Although very well-hidden, we can still sense that they’re human tracks.”

The Dongye Family Old Ancestor covered her right hand, expression gloomy.

“Have you confirmed the direction?”

“Confirmed—heading north the entire way, and it’s a sizable group. It should be the remnants of the Qiao Family!”

The Xun Family and Bai Family Old Ancestors both felt something was off.

That Qiao Family Old Ancestor had always been extremely cautious during the escape; otherwise, they wouldn’t still be evading capture to this day.

Why would he suddenly slip up now?

“Are you sure the traces were unintentionally left behind? Not placed deliberately?”

The scout subordinate lowered his head and replied:

“From what we can tell, it doesn’t seem intentional. If not for our people discovering it by chance, this clue might have been missed entirely.”

The Dongye Family Old Ancestor snorted coldly.

“You two don’t need to be so cautious. It’s just one Qiao Family Old Ancestor. Even if his strength is great, the three of us attacking together—what’s there to fear?”

The Bai Family Old Ancestor hesitated and said:

“It’s not that I’m being cautious, but something feels wrong. That old fellow from the Qiao Family has always been extremely careful. He’s fooled us several times along the way. For him to suddenly expose a trail—it’s hard not to suspect a trap!”

“Hmph! Even if it’s a trap, the three of us can deal with it easily. What are we afraid of? Kill them all!”

The Dongye Family Old Ancestor had an extremely violent temperament, and coupled with the lingering pain in the arm that Gu Fan had previously severed, her mood was even worse. She wanted nothing more than to slaughter the Qiao Family right now, then thoroughly hunt down Gu Fan’s whereabouts.

If she caught him, she would certainly torture him to death!

The Bai Family and Xun Family Old Ancestors thought it over and found her words reasonable. Delaying like this would only make things more uncertain.

Better to end it quickly and be at ease in eradicating the Qiao Family’s foundation!

“Fine, let’s do as you say. Kill the Qiao Family Old Ancestor as soon as possible. Recently, there has been word from the Qiao Residence through secret techniques that external reinforcements may have arrived.”

“Reinforcements?”

“That’s right. Supposedly a mysterious man and woman killed one of our Divine Moon Realm cultivators—with just one strike.”

The expressions of the Dongye Family Old Ancestor and Bai Family Old Ancestor immediately darkened upon hearing this.

Killing a Divine Moon Realm cultivator wasn’t difficult. What was shocking was killing them in one blow.

That was what made it truly terrifying.

Cultivators at the Divine Moon Realm—which of them hadn’t gone through countless battles? Unless the gap in strength was overwhelming, it was impossible to be killed in a single strike.

“Where did the Qiao Family bring in reinforcements from? At this time, no faction in Xuanguang City would dare cooperate with them—unless they no longer wish to live!”

“Hmph, not necessarily!” The Dongye Family Old Ancestor coldly snorted twice.

“Don’t forget, the Qiao Family had a daughter married off in the past!”

Everyone fell silent. With that said, it did seem plausible.

“Enough talking. Since we’ve found the trail, let’s not waste time. Catch up immediately and kill the Qiao Family Old Ancestor. Even if the juniors of the Qiao Family refuse to give in, they’ll still be at our mercy!”

With that, the three exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

The scout who had just reported took the lead, and the group of over twenty quickly advanced deeper into the secret realm.

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