Chapter 51: Is this the Divine Bird?
With Pa Yinan leading the way, the group entered the cave without hesitation and began to walk forward quickly.
After Gu Yu entered the cave, he immediately observed his surroundings carefully, preparing to see how capable the Six-colored Gu worm was at drawing and whether he had understood it correctly.
Upon inspection, his guess was correct.
Corresponding to the first drawing of the Six-colored Gu worm, besides gravel underfoot, there were tiny streams of water, which seemed to gush out from nowhere and continuously flowed around their feet.
The water flow was not large, so there was no need to worry about getting their shoes wet, and there were no side effects for the group.
It seemed his comprehension ability was quite good.
Seeing that it was indeed as depicted in the Six-colored Gu worm’s drawing, Gu Yu was very satisfied, thinking that his comprehension ability was truly at a genius level, to be able to understand the content of a worm’s drawing.
It was truly amazing!
Just as Gu Yu was feeling proud, the water flow under everyone’s feet disappeared, and the angle of walking began to tilt, giving Gu Yu an intuition that they were starting to head underground.
The darkness around them remained as usual; without torches, it would be like blindly stumbling around.
However, before they had walked a few steps forward, the surroundings suddenly lit up.
Gu Yu smiled as he looked at the sconces hanging on both sides of the cave walls, thinking that he had also guessed the second drawing correctly.
These sconces, once lit, had the effect of repelling insects.
But he wondered if it would affect people…
With these thoughts, Gu Yu became even more cautious, keeping detoxification pills in hand, ready to pop them into his mouth as they proceeded.
However, after a long time, no side effects appeared.
Gu Yu had been overly cautious.
But for Gu Yu, he would rather be overly cautious than face a life-threatening crisis.
A good life had just begun, and it would be a real shame to die.
“Lord Gu, please be careful from now on! If we go further, we will encounter the Phoenix Divine Bird. As the most formidable guardian, it has a somewhat volatile temper.”
Suddenly, Pa Yinan slowed her steps, and as she spoke, Gu Yu felt a vague sense of anticipation.
Was the hen from the third drawing finally about to appear?
He wondered how large it would be, an opponent that could instill a sense of mortal fear in the Six-colored Gu worm, probably the size of a rhinoceros!
As for elephants or anything larger, that was beyond Gu Yu’s comprehension; his intuition told him there wouldn’t be such a massive bird.
Otherwise, KFC would be crying.
“Gaa!”
Then, as expected, Gu Yu saw the Phoenix Divine Bird that Pa Yinan had mentioned.
Looking at the brightly colored hen in front of him, Gu Yu’s forehead was covered in black lines, thinking whether the chicken was too arrogant or if he, Gu Yu, was no longer capable of drawing his sword, as he saw disdain in its eyes.
Yes, it was truly a chicken.
Except for being more brightly colored, there was nothing else eye-catching.
“This… is this the Divine Bird?”
There was a long silence among the group, which made Ge Ge, who suddenly spoke, the focus of attention, with several pairs of eyes turning towards him.
This made Ge Ge smile sheepishly and quickly move closer to the cave wall, secretly thinking why he had to say anything!
He hadn’t even spoken when Gu Yu hadn’t said anything; why was he rushing to seek attention?
“Everyone may not know, but due to its special constitution, any Gu worm that sees this Phoenix Divine Bird becomes like a mouse encountering a cat, too scared to move, and can only be pecked to death and swallowed.”
Upon hearing Ge Ge’s words, Pa Yinan did not dismiss him but took the opportunity to explain.
At the same time, she also revealed the ferocity of the Phoenix Divine Bird.
This way, Gu Yu would know that the things in the cave were all very powerful.
As for the sconces in the cave earlier, they also contained medicinal powder that made Gu worms uncomfortable; some weak Gu worms would die on the spot upon smelling it.
However, for powerful Gu worms, it would only cause discomfort.
This was also why Pa Yinan had not reminded them, as she believed the Six-colored Gu worm was a very powerful Gu worm and did not need to worry about these insect-repelling medicinal powders.
“I see.”
After hearing Pa Yinan’s explanation, Gu Yu did not say anything further and showed a look of understanding on his face.
Originally, Gu Yu had found this hen very strange, wondering why a chicken could be so majestic.
Although Nanjiang was a very mysterious region, and the hundred thousand mountains hid many wonders, this chicken looked too ordinary, completely lacking any imposing aura.
However, upon hearing that it was a chicken that ate Gu worms, Gu Yu immediately understood.
In Nanjiang, which profession was most envied and admired? Undoubtedly, it was the Gu master profession… capable of striking fear into others from a distance and protecting oneself and one’s family from harm up close.
And a chicken that could eat Gu worms could shatter the confidence of any excellent Gu master.
No matter which Gu master encountered this chicken, they would feel a headache and internal turmoil, thinking their luck had run out.
Alas, Gu Yu was not a Gu master.
He was not afraid of this chicken at all.
Perhaps Gu Yu’s expression was too obvious, causing the hen, which looked up at everyone, to let out an angry “ga-ga” sound before charging forward like lightning, slashing its claw towards Gu Yu’s left cheek.
If it had landed, Gu Yu’s handsome face would have been ruined.
The Phoenix Divine Bird was not only effective against Gu worms, but its speed was also outrageously fast; otherwise, Gu masters could also deal with a hen without the help of Gu worms.
“Gaga!”
Because it was a sudden attack, the Phoenix Divine Bird let out an excited cry, clearly imagining the satisfying feeling of disfiguring Gu Yu.
As the nemesis of Nanjiang’s Gu worms and possessing lightning-like speed, it had already dealt with all the humans who saw it as a mere hen. No one could leave this cave.
Even though that human girl had come and spoken about it last night, it would not show any mercy to humans who underestimated it.
Die here!
A ruthless glint flashed in the Phoenix Divine Bird’s eyes, and its speed increased, its sharp claws extending towards Gu Yu’s face with unfeeling precision.
However, just then, a slender, fair hand precisely grasped the Phoenix Divine Bird’s neck.
The immense strength prevented its subsequent attack from continuing, forcing it to redirect its attack on Gu Yu, preparing to scratch that hand fiercely with its sharp claws.
Having consumed countless Gu worms, the Phoenix Divine Bird contained a considerable amount of poison; as long as its claw broke even a tiny bit of skin, one would be invaded by thousands of poisons and die in agony.
“Heh heh.”
However, before the Phoenix Divine Bird’s claws could touch anyone’s skin, Gu Yu’s laughter suddenly rang out.
Immediately after, some white medicinal powder was sprinkled over.
