Chapter 167: Chapter 167: One Sentence Leaves the Other Party Speechless
Gu Weilan didn’t even have time to cast a proper glance at the male who spoke. She could tell it was Xuanshuo just by his voice!
Lu Xuyin glared fiercely at Xuanshuo and growled, "If you’re going to help, then do it right!"
In front of the makeshift medical point, the battle cries shook the heavens. The Insect Clan surged toward the medical point like a tidal wave.
At first, all the beastmen were still using Energy Guns and laser guns to spray fire at the enemy. But as the distance between them closed, they were forced to shift into their Beast Forms and engage the Insect Clan in close-quarters combat.
All kinds of elemental Beast Rank Energy were hurled at the Insect Clan. Gu Weilan weaved through the center of the front lines. Her Ice Domain continuously suppressed the Insect Clan’s mobility, while her Space Domain buffed her allies with increased speed. Her Wood Element Energy Transfer Talent Skill directly and frantically plundered the enemy’s energy!
Corpses of the Insect Clan piled up in heaps around her. The beastmen charged fearlessly, unafraid of death, yet the Insect Clan’s numbers remained massive. The two sides slaughtered each other in a storm of blood and flesh, pushing the battle to a terrifying stalemate.
Pushed to the brink, the Insect Clan realized their ambush had only wiped out a tenth of the beastmen’s forces. Seeing that their sneak attack was about to fail once again, they instantly launched a frenzied counterattack!
Unwilling to retreat in defeat, they roared and gathered all their remaining strength! They vowed to slaughter more than half of the four hundred-plus beastmen before them. Even if it meant mutual destruction, they refused to appear so incompetent.
In an instant, all the surviving members of the Insect Clan lunged forward with red eyes. Blades danced and energy blasted wildly. Their offensive was several times more ferocious than before, instantly swallowing the entire battlefield in an even more tragic slaughter.
Gu Weilan absorbed Devouring Vital Energy once again, nearing the point of total exhaustion. However, she didn’t dare to stop. While devouring, she maintained the area-of-effect release of her other Talent Skills.
Naturally, the Insect Clan locked their sights on her. She had caused the deaths of so many of their kind; it would be a miracle if they let her go!
Just as she was absorbing the Vitality Energy of eighteen Insect Clan members, a half-crippled member of the Mantis Insect Clan suddenly sprang up from nearby and launched a sneak attack.
Shi Lingfeng instantly drained all his energy, transforming into a Gray Wolf as he valiantly guarded Gu Weilan. He leaped into the air. As he slew the mantis, his abdomen was slashed open, leaving a wound so deep that bone was visible.
Lu Xuyin transformed into an Azure Giant Dragon, tearing through the Insect Clan with a combination of his Wood Power and razor-sharp claws. His own body, however, was covered in bite marks and slashes.
Seeing this, Xuanshuo threw himself forward to protect them. His chimpanzee Beast Form suffered a heavy gash from his shoulder blade down to his abdomen, blood flowing profusely.
The Azure Dragon that Lu Xuyin had transformed into was also besieged by more than ten members of the Insect Clan. Using their mandibles and mantis-like pincers, they shattered his scales and left wounds that cut deep to the bone.
Gu Weilan’s eyes went wide with sheer fury. At this life-or-death juncture, she forced a breakthrough, advancing from the Twelfth Rank to the Thirteenth Rank.
Countless vines instantly bound the remaining thirty-odd members of the Insect Clan. Ignoring the hideous veins bulging on her face and the agonizing pain of her body threatening to explode, she frantically began Devouring Vitality from them until all of the Insect Clan’s strength was thoroughly drained.
The rest of the beastmen, whose energy was depleted and could only rely on external weapons, took the opportunity to swarm forward and deliver the finishing blows. Only then did this tragic battle finally come to a grueling close.
Gu Weilan gasped. Enduring the severe pain in her meridians, under Pomegranate Seed’s guidance, she collected the eggs of the parasitic insect clan and the insects themselves into a glass bottle.
After she had collected all the members of the parasitic insect clan and placed them into her Space Button, she finally passed out.
When Gu Weilan woke up again, she surprisingly found herself in the same large hospital ward as Shi Lingfeng, Lu Xuyin, and Xuanshuo.
Lu Xuyin and Shi Lingfeng had already had their bodies repaired by the Healing Pods and were mostly recovered. Xuanshuo was in a similar condition, but he simply hadn’t woken up yet.
Mo Jincuan sat by Gu Weilan’s bed with a cold face. Ji Yanqing, with an equally dark expression, sat on the other side of her bed.
Gu Weilan raised her eyebrows. Upon waking up, her entire body felt sore and weak. It was as if she had spent the whole night experiencing the sensation of slaughtering fish at a supermarket non-stop for ten years.
Her head was throbbing in waves. When she tried to sit up, Mo Jincuan hurriedly reached out and adjusted her hospital bed.
"Where is Vice Admiral Wu?" Gu Weilan took a deep breath and asked.
Mo Jincuan looked at Ji Yanqing, his meaning obvious—telling him to fetch Vice Admiral Wu. Ji Yanqing pursed his lips, having no choice but to stand up and walk out.
Gu Weilan looked at Mo Jincuan. "Why are you here? Is the Priest no longer busy?"
Mo Jincuan’s long, narrow peach-blossom eyes were filled with suppressed forbearance in his gold-green irises. He looked deeply at Gu Weilan. "How do you feel right now?"
Gu Weilan rolled her neck, clenched her fists, and wiggled her toes. She thought, "Thank goodness! Nothing is wrong!" Giving Mo Jincuan an exasperated glare, she said, "You scared me to death. I thought something terrible had happened to me!"
Seeing that Gu Weilan wasn’t treating him as politely as before, the corners of Mo Jincuan’s mouth couldn’t help but curve up. He took a deep breath and said, "To save the beastmen at the medical point, you devoured an excessive amount of energy. The neurons in your body are in chaos, and your meridians couldn’t handle the strain. Many of your tiny capillaries have completely necrotized due to being crushed by the energy."
Frightened, Gu Weilan immediately asked Pomegranate Seed in her mind, "Seeding, I haven’t become crippled, have I?"
"It’s not that bad. It’s just that there really is a problem with your body. You need to rest and recuperate properly," Pomegranate Seed replied in her mind. "If you can endure the excruciating pain and persistently soak in the Body Refining Medicine Bath for half an hour every day, you’ll be fine in less than three months. You’ll just need to soak in the Initial Stage Body Refining Bath for a few more days, the Mid level Body Refining Bath for forty days, and the HighRank Body Refining Bath for forty days, and then you’ll completely recover."
Only then did Gu Weilan breathe a sigh of relief.
Mo Jincuan’s chest heaved. Seeing the calm expression on Gu Weilan’s face, he couldn’t help but furrow his brow slightly. Not having the heart to lose his temper with her, he instead looked up at Shi Lingfeng and Lu Xuyin. "If you had spent just a little more effort on improving your own abilities, you wouldn’t have become such a massive burden to Weilan Female!"
Shi Lingfeng pursed his lips, and Lu Xuyin lowered his head. Neither of them said a word, both drowning in self-blame.
Xuanshuo, however, couldn’t resist jumping out to make his presence known. "Oh! You just arrived late and managed to pick up the scraps. Now you act as if you’re our savior. Why don’t you mention that if you had arrived earlier, Weilan wouldn’t have had to suffer?"
Gu Weilan raised her eyebrows, getting the gist of the situation. Mo Jincuan was left speechless by Xuanshuo’s retort.
Ji Yanqing brought Vice Admiral Wu into Gu Weilan’s ward.
Vice Admiral Wu’s brows were tightly knitted, leaving deep creases on his forehead. He pursed his lips and looked at Gu Weilan. As he opened his mouth to speak, his eyes grew red.
She thought, "I’m still alive! What is with that expression?"
"From now on..." Vice Admiral Wu organized the words in his mouth. He choked up for a moment before managing to say calmly, "From now on, you might not be able to absorb Star Cores anymore, nor will you have any way to increase your Beast Rank through devouring or other methods."
"Huh?" Gu Weilan tilted her head slightly, asking in her mind.
"Well, if you don’t soak in the Body Refining Bath, the necrotic neurons and capillaries in your body will make it impossible for your Beast Rank to grow anymore. You might even experience a drop in your Beast Rank," Pomegranate Seed explained. "You can tell Major General Wu Rong that you possess the Wood Element Vitality Activation Talent Skill. However, you’ve already displayed three Wood Talent Skills. According to the rule that there’s a chance to awaken one skill at the First Rank, a possibility at the Fifth Rank, and a possibility at the Tenth Rank, your quota for Wood Talent Skills is already full. You’ll have to use a different element, like the Light Element. You’ve only shown two visible Talent Skills for that one."
Gu Weilan had no choice but to comfort Vice Admiral Wu. "It won’t be that serious. As for my Light Element Talent Skill, I awakened the Vitality Activation Talent Skill when I reached the Tenth Rank."
"I feel like I can cure myself," she said. She thought, "So please stop looking like you’ve ruined a young person’s future. It makes me feel terribly guilty just looking at you."