The Mystery Of The Ancient Gate

Stance 18 of the dragon's foot

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The sound of chaotic fighting was heard very loudly; the evil insect army had now spread widely in the Wudang sect temple. Not only did they fight with their inner strength, but they also used weapons. Many warriors fell as a result of the fighting, which angered Wen Gu several times. From a distance, he can still monitor his troops fighting with Rong Long. Rong Long didn't have any sharp weapons with him, while Wen Gu himself took the attack with his signature white sword. The white sword struck Rong Long's body several times, but nothing happened to him. The insect demon was still able to stand well against Wen Gu's attacks.

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"Tsk! No matter how hard you try to kill me, you'll never be able to! An insect demon will never die with a sword!" Rong Long replied firmly.

Wen Gu, who heard those words, immediately narrowed her eyes. Rong Long's words were so arrogant that they made her feel disgusted. "Feel this arrogant young man!"

Sring...

"Hahahaha! Even if you get tired, you won't be able to hit me, young fool!" He said it curtly.

Wen Gu stared intently at Rong Long until a few seconds later, Wen Gu's agile hand released a force from within his body and aimed at Rong Long's body. This time he did not dodge, so their forces clashed for about twenty minutes. While Wen Gu was busy balancing this action, Rong Long brought his hand close to Wen Gu's arm and then spontaneously drove his long nails through Wen Gu's pores. Wen Gu was so surprised by Rong Long's action that she let go of her energy while Rong Long was still pumping up his energy. Seeing this caused Wen Gu to fall backwards.

Bugh.

"Aarrgghhtt!!!"

Wen Gu winced as he held his right arm while his body fell to the ground. Rong Long smiled sarcastically as he saw his opponent weakened by his actions, but it wasn't long before the young man was back on his feet in a stance, preparing to receive a kata attack in retaliation for his opponent's actions against him, even though his right hand was in pain from the poison.

"Damn demons, taste my vengeance! I won't let my troops be wiped out by those damn bugs!" Wen Gu said

Rong Long immediately smiled sarcastically. "Even you will die in my hands!" Rong Long replied.

"Hahaha! Don't you think I'm that weak?" he said, still defending himself.

A few seconds later, after saying that Wen Gu stepped forward to give Rong Long his deadly attack, he said that the energy he was using at this time was the energy from his hermitage some time ago on Mount Hua San. Wen Gu unleashed the 18 treads of the celestial dragon and the white sword simultaneously. After he knew that this insect army was great, the power that he had long kept but never used came out for the first time. Actually, this energy should not be used carelessly by others, but because the situation forced him to use it, he could not help but let this mainstay be shown by the insect demons.

"Feel this!" He shouted.

Rong Long was on guard for Wen Gu's action, but just as the energy and action that attacked him suddenly reached right in front of his face, a wooden stick with a dragon's head on the end blocked his face, blocking the energy from penetrating his body. Wen Gu was startled by the action, while Rong Long, who recognized the object immediately, turned his head to the side and saw what was happening. He smiled to see a woman standing next to him with a sharp gaze towards Wen Gu. She is the queen of Tian Xie.

"Queen Tian Xie?"

"Help the other insects!" Tian Xie ordered sternly.

"Good queen!"

After saying that, he immediately walked to the side of the hermitage monument where Wang Yibo was fighting with the insect demon. Rong Long helped the insect demon; they fought strongly. Just as he was about to help the insect demon, he suddenly saw that the insect had been slashed by the white sword until it was bleeding fresh blood on its body. This made Rong Long immediately run to the insect demon and help him. The sharp, stabbing gaze was directed at the warrior from the Wudang sect. He did not accept the actions of the troops of the warrior who injured the insect demon suddenly, so in the end, Rong Long was angry. Rong Long was furious, avenged the actions of the warrior from the sect, and finished off by utilizing the poison in his body in order to melt the opponent. The battle was getting hotter and hotter; both of them were strong and did not want to be defeated, but of the many troops fighting each other, the troops of the insect demon were the only ones who were weak in their hands, while the troops of the shrimp Sakti warrior had died several times.

Rong Long greeted the swordsman and then slammed him hard. Wang Yibo, as a leader, did not accept Rong Long's action against the young man. Before he could retaliate against Rong Long, Rong Long suddenly grabbed Wang Yibo's arm and gripped it so tightly that he injected poison into Wang Yibo's body.

"Arrgghhtt..!! Let go!" He pleaded while wincing in pain.

But unfortunately, it was ignored by Rong Long. It wasn't long until Rong Long's heavy and firm voice rang in Wang Yibo's ears.

"This poison will eat away at you over time!" Rong Long said

Wang Yibo winced in pain as he struggled to release the strong grip on his arm. The poison on his body was slowly burning, penetrating into his body, but unfortunately he couldn't break free from Rong Long's grip.

"Let go!"

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Wen Gu and Tian Xie were engaged in a fierce battle of strength between them. Here, Wen Gu was still curious about Tian Xie, who was actually fighting with him. His attack after attack hit Wen Gu's body gradually, until a few seconds later, Tian Xie parried Wen Gu's hand.

"Let go of the damn woman!" He spoke sternly and coldly.

"That's nothing compared to what you did to my troops!"

"You misunderstand," Wen Gu said.

"You brutally attacked an insect army that has nothing against you! So, don't blame the insect troops if you're wiped out!" Tian Xie said

Wen Gu awakened his inner strength, allowing the grip to break free. Rong Long was about to bounce, but because his defense was too strong, he was able to stand up and only jerk back without falling.

"You're strong, young man; I thought you could only harass other sects. Apparently you're good too," Tian Xie said.

Wen Gu immediately smiled sarcastically at him. He was satisfied because Tianji was able to see his ability directly, so he would not be able to underestimate him anymore.

"Do you think only insect queens have great strength?" He asked sarcastically. "Hey! Insect queen, I can even finish you off right now! Don't you think I'm weak? I'm not losing; I'm just giving in!" He said it with a smug tone.

Tian Xie narrowed his eyes towards Wen Gu, his hand stretched forward, asking the young man to beat him up. Without waiting any longer, Wen Gu mobilized all his inner strength to attack Tian Xie. Wen Gu stepped his feet forward and backward, then made a crosswalk to the right corner and to the left corner alternately but quickly, up to 18 steps. The move used is called the 8-step dragon tread move, with hands slashing to the right and left simultaneously up to 17 times, and the last one is slashing towards the opponent even 18 times, drawing energy from the sky, so this move is appropriately named the 18-sky dragon tread move.

The clump of energy that came out of Wen Gu's palm and was released approached Tian Xie with a very fast movement; fortunately, he was able to use his magic stick to block the energy that was about to enter through his body, so that the battle between the dragon head stick belonging to the insect queen and the energy of the Wudang sect warrior was opposite. The strong power of the two clashed with each other until it came to a point where the energy released by Wen Gu was truly ferocious.

"You just misunderstood our sect's insect queen!"

"We have no intention of attacking you; we just misunderstood you by thinking that your troops would seize the new knowledge we just took from you."

"Hua San Mountain!" Tian Xie spoke as he held the staff to ward off the energy that was about to enter his body.

Hearing Tian Xie's answer, Wen Gu reflexively released his energy. Tian Xie gasped in surprise at the action, but fortunately he was able to quickly control the condition so that the energy he mobilized could be stored back into his body without being drained in the slightest. Wen Gu looked seriously at Tian Xie while crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"You know Hua San Mountain?" He asked suddenly.

Tian Xie smiled at the question. "Hahahaha!!! Young man, young man, who doesn't know the greatest mountain in Five Flower Lake City? A holy place rich in martial arts," he explained.

"You're right! I just did it a while ago," he explained.

Tian Xie looked away as he chuckled softly. "Tsk! I'm not interested in going to that mountain at all, because a demon like me doesn't need a hermitage; only a sacrifice can make us immortal!" He said.

That made Wen Gu gasp in shock. "What do you mean, insect queen?"

Tian Xie took about two steps forward to the right, then turned his body and faced Wen Gu.

"The red full moon is almost here. I needed a human sacrifice to make me live forever! And now I've found you." Tian Xie paused. Then he turned his body to face Wen Gu again while making a seductive face. "Many warriors have fallen as a result of this fight; they could have been attacked by the poison from our insects, including you and your younger brother," he explained with a sly smile.

Meanwhile, Wen Gu, who heard Tian Xie's words, was still confused, not understanding what he was talking about. Until a few seconds later, the dragon-headed stick pointed at Wang Yibo, who was still fighting with the insect demon Rong Long.

"You see that little brother of yours! Rong Long's poison has entered your brother's body; the reaction of the poison is very fast, so sooner or later your younger brother will die at the hands of Rong Long!" He said it firmly.

Wen Gu turned his gaze towards his brother, who was already weak in Rong Long's hands. Seeing the fierce battle that almost cost her brother's life made Wen Gu feel insecure. A few seconds later, Rong Long pressed his scratches on Wang Yibo to make him fall helplessly, and at the same time, Wen Gu ran over to the younger brother, who was already lying down.

"Wang Yibo...!!!"

"What did you do to your younger brother?" He asked angrily.

"I already said that we need a sacrifice; after this, you will also feel the same as your younger brother!" Tian Xie replied.

Wen Gu's hands clenched tightly into fists, casting a fierce gaze at Tian Xie, the evil energy tasked with helping him prepare to come out and attack the insect queen. Seeing that many of the Wudang Sect's warriors had died as a result of this battle made Wen Gu even more furious. But before he could retaliate, Tian Xie suddenly pulled all the insect demons back to their respective residences.

"Set the formation! We're going back!" Ordered the insect queen.

Hearing the queen's code, the insects flocked to return to their respective homes as instructed by their queen. The beautiful and strong woman turned her body around, walked up to three steps, then turned into a large insect.

"Damn it!" Wen Gu spoke as the insect army left the temple.

Only Wen Gu and a few troops were left unscathed by this attack. Meanwhile, Rong Long and the insect demon assigned to burn down the temple were still in front of Wen Gu. Wen Gu stared hostilely at Rong Long, their gazes clashing, but unfortunately, Rong Long responded with a casual stare without any emotion at all.

"You are indeed evil insects with no heart! Are you satisfied now that you've caused a ruckus in our sect?" Wen Gu asked sternly.

The young man standing next to Rong Long was about to answer that question, but Rong Long quickly held back and replied. "The reaction of this poison is very fast; if you don't provide the antidote within 24 hours, your brother and the rest of your troops will die!" He said it coldly.

"Don't underestimate our insect poison! What Tian Xie said is not true; we will not take you as a sacrifice; therefore, if you want your sister to survive, then immediately give her the potion!" Rong Long said kindly. After saying that, he left Wen Gu and his troops, who were lying weak in the martial arts hall.

Wen Gu was stunned to hear Rong Long's words. He was kind to her, a clear proof that he wanted to take responsibility for what he had done.

"I'm sure he's just manipulating so he won't look bad in front of me!" Wen Gu said

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