Though his heart blazed with fury.
Bai Zihe could only suppress it for now, as Bai Ruoyi was still in the hawk-nosed man's grasp.
The hawk-nosed man seemed confident in his poison.
After bringing Bai Zihe in, he locked him in one of the rooms and left.
The night grew deep.
Bai Zihe, who had been feigning sleep, suddenly opened his eyes.
He listened intently and found that there was almost no movement from the caves.
*Clink!*
Unlocking the copper padlock, Lin Tianxuan walked out of the small hut as if nothing had happened.
The caves had many intricate and winding passages.
Bai Zihe had to check them one by one, searching for the place where Bai Ruoyi was held.
Several times, guards awoke. Bai Zihe dispatched them with a single golden needle, killing them instantly.
These men had followed the hawk-nosed man in his wicked deeds, and death was too good for them.
Bai Zihe acted without mercy.
Finally.
After several twists and turns, Bai Zihe found Bai Ruoyi in the innermost cell.
At this moment, she…
was bound to the cold stone wall with four heavy chains attached to her limbs.
Her hair was disheveled, and when she occasionally lifted her head, her eyes, peeking through the messy strands, blazed with a bloodthirsty ferocity that was daunting to behold.
*Bang!*
Bai Zihe's rage reached its peak. He kicked open the door and the lock with a single blow.
The tremendous noise immediately alerted many people.
A clamor erupted from behind him.
Bai Zihe no longer cared.
As long as he could save his little sister, the hawk-nosed man's men were no match for him.
*Riiip!*
Bai Zihe's hands, like eagle claws, easily tore through the chains binding Bai Ruoyi, sending countless rusty flakes flying.
"Harrrgh…"
Unexpectedly, as Bai Zihe freed her, Bai Ruoyi lunged at him.
She was completely devoid of reason or consciousness.
She attacked everything she saw.
Bai Zihe pressed his fingers against Bai Ruoyi's body, sealing several major acupoints, and she immediately quieted down. *Kuai Shu Ge*
Looking at Bai Ruoyi's pale face, tinged with a faint black aura, Bai Zihe felt a piercing pain in his heart.
His hatred for the hawk-nosed man and the mastermind behind this had reached an unbearable level.
"This…"
After taking Bai Ruoyi's pulse, Bai Zihe's expression changed drastically.
Although his little sister was also infected with a Gu worm, it was unlike the Gu worms in the security guards and students before.
That Gu worm…
was violent and overbearing!
Moreover.
The Gu worm seemed to sense his probing and began to wriggle frantically.
Concerned for his sister's safety, Bai Zihe dared not delay. He immediately used the Yin-Yang Seventy-Two Golden Needles to temporarily suppress the Gu worm.
Subsequently, Bai Zihe employed all his skills.
But without exception, he could neither kill the Gu worm nor force it out.
"Bai Zihe."
"Give up. You can't save her!"
Suddenly, a mocking voice came from behind Bai Zihe.
It was the hawk-nosed man, who had come upon hearing the commotion. He watched Bai Zihe struggle and sneered.
Bai Zihe's gaze sharpened.
Perhaps…
he knew the method to remove the Gu worm.
*Swish!*
Without a word, Bai Zihe flashed and appeared before the hawk-nosed man.
The hawk-nosed man, taken by surprise by his speed, changed color and retreated rapidly.
Pointing a finger at Bai Zihe, his speech became faltering, "This, this… how is it possible?"
"I clearly saw you consume the 'Blood Dissolving Internal Energy Powder,' and your internal energy should have been almost dissipated by now. How are you unaffected? This… is unscientific!"
It was precisely because he firmly believed in the efficacy of the Blood Dissolving Internal Energy Powder, a potent elixir that could even incapacitate a Grandmaster, that he dared to bring Bai Zihe here.
After all, with that stuff in his system, even a Grandmaster would be at his mercy.
But now…
Bai Zihe seemed unaffected.
The hawk-nosed man panicked.
Seeing the murderer of his little sister before him.
Bai Zihe's starry eyes reflected an icy, snow-covered world, and boundless killing intent enveloped the entire cave.
With a single stride, the stars shifted.
He reappeared, his hand clamped around the hawk-nosed man's neck.
"Speak."
"Who is the mastermind?"
"How can the Gu worm in my sister's body be resolved?"
The hawk-nosed man, suffocating under his grip, his face turning crimson.
Yet, a trace of disdain flickered in his cold eyes, and he turned his head away.
He was choosing to… resist to the death!
Bai Zihe was furious.
*Crack.*
Without further ado, he forcibly tore off the hawk-nosed man's only remaining arm.
Instantly, flesh and blood flew, and a腥风 (xiān fēng - pungent/bloody wind) assaulted the senses.
Cruel and brutal!
The hawk-nosed man sweated profusely from the pain, nearly fainting on the spot.
But he still looked at Bai Zihe with disdain, even a slight curve of his lips, though it was disfigured by pain and distortion.
"A tough nut to crack?"
The cold light in Bai Zihe's eyes was almost palpable.
The next moment, he raised his foot and crushed the hawk-nosed man's right foot, mixing blood, flesh, and bone fragments into a sight that chilled the bone.
The excruciating pain made the hawk-nosed man twitch uncontrollably, and he immediately lost consciousness.
But with a golden needle from Bai Zihe, he was revived, his consciousness crystal clear.
Then, his mouth began to move.
But he was too weak to utter any sound.
Bai Zihe leaned closer.
"Bai, Bai… Zihe, don't harbor futile hopes, haha… Ah—"
He was actually mocking him!
In his rage, Bai Zihe raised his leg again and crushed the remaining leg, turning it into a bloody mess.
Thanks to the golden needle, the hawk-nosed man did not faint.
But his face still bore that mocking expression.
"She, she is doomed!"
"The Gu worm, is in… her brain, the most intricate organ of the human body."
"Bai, Bai… Zihe, dare you… gamble?"
"With her… her accompanying me to the grave… Ugh!"
Bai Zihe no longer wanted to listen to his nonsense and simply twisted his neck.
Afterward.
Bai Zihe killed all of the hawk-nosed man's accomplices and gathered all the students infected with Gu worms.
While curing them of the Gu worms, he also studied these parasites, hoping for some inspiration to cure Bai Ruoyi later.
But to Bai Zihe's frustration.
The Gu worms on them were indeed different from Bai Ruoyi's.
As the hawk-nosed man had said, he had implanted the Gu worm in Bai Ruoyi's brain, which Bai Zihe could not cure.
"Junior Brother!"
Just then, a voice filled with surprise echoed from outside.
It was Fifth Senior Sister, Yue Rushuang.
She had been worried when she heard Bai Zihe had fallen into the hawk-nosed man's hands and had rushed over.
But looking at the situation now, it seemed everything was resolved.
"Fifth Senior Sister, you've come at the right time."
Bai Zihe's expression was unusually solemn. "The hawk-nosed man implanted the Gu worm in my sister's brain. Do you have any way to remove it?"
Bai Zihe felt hatred.
Hatred for the hawk-nosed man's insidious actions against his sister.
He also hated himself for having brute strength but being unable to cure his sister of the Gu worm.
Yue Rushuang smiled faintly and gave a confident answer, "Junior Brother, it's actually simple for you to remove Ruoyi's Gu worm."
Hearing this, Bai Zihe's eyes lit up with fervent hope as he looked at Yue Rushuang.
"As long as your strength is great enough, you can easily achieve it!"
"For example, unlocking the Decahedron will grant you even greater power!"
"Then removing this Gu worm will be a trivial matter."
The Decahedron?
Bai Zihe stared intently at Yue Rushuang, his voice tinged with surprise, "Fifth Senior Sister, have the secrets of the Decahedron been unlocked?"