Corpse Recovery Diver

The Old Transgender was truly giving birth and intended to raise a child, and that first child genuinely considered her their mother, willing to protect her at all costs.

But his mother was killed by this boy right in front of him!

Li Zhiyuan: "I'll give you a chance, avenge your mother."

After speaking, Li Zhiyuan removed the Array, and instantly felt dizzy, slumping backward onto the ground.

The three enormous crystals ahead, with no Array to block them, were going to pierce through his body.

Li Zhiyuan snapped his fingers.

"Snap!"

A child's silhouette appeared before Li Zhiyuan.

He was only bones, but blood light clung to them, forming a different sense of flesh.

The three crystals collided with him, instantly turning to dust.

The boy saw this and turned to run, wanting to destroy the blood-red crystal on the altar.

The Gu Worm Child's figure flickered and appeared directly in front of him, grabbing the boy by the neck and pinning him firmly to the ground.

At that moment, the Gu Worm Child exuded a strong killing intent, as if tangible.

The boy pleaded pitifully: "Brother, my dear brother, we are biological brothers, born of the same mother!"

The Gu Worm Child merely held him down, not killing him.

This gave the boy hope; he quickly looked at Li Zhiyuan, who was staggering to his feet, and shouted:

"It's him, he brought people to kill mother; it was him who caused mother's death, our mother was killed by him.

Brother, my dear brother, quickly kill him, and after he's dead, I'll bring back mother for you, no, for us!"

Li Zhiyuan looked at the boy with pity.

"I said, you're stupid."

Then, Li Zhiyuan mimicked the boy's earlier movements, waving his palm downwards.

The Gu Worm Child, following the command, let out a roar and launched the swiftest attack.

"Boom!"

Li Zhiyuan witnessed firsthand the one who looked almost identical to him exploding right before his eyes.

He was dead, dead on his birthday.

Earlier, when he performed this mirror secret technique, Li Zhiyuan already knew what was going to happen.

The boy didn't even recognize his own mother, naturally wouldn't recognize his brother either, so Li Zhiyuan intentionally changed his position, expending so much blood to isolate the stele, making the boy forget about his brother.

But, while the boy could make such an oversight, Li Zhiyuan couldn't.

If the Gu Worm Child were to revive like this, it would kill the boy, but it would also certainly kill him and all outsiders under the lake.

So, initially, Li Zhiyuan was secretly helping the boy suppress the Gu Worm Child, as he had no choice; he was indeed a "stupid brother."

However, the Gu Worm Child's life level was too high, being of the peak existence in the past, capable of being slain by the Dragon King. To control it with the method from Wei Zhengdao's Black Skin Book was exceedingly difficult.

Fortunately, the boy cooperated on his own, his constant blasphemy against the Old Transgender, his mother, igniting the Gu Worm Child's inner desire for revenge.

The Gu Worm Child not only stopped resisting the control but actively cooperated to be controlled, eager to kill this brother who had murdered his mother.

After killing, the Gu Worm Child stood still.

Li Zhiyuan looked at the blood crystal on the altar, inside housed the vitality that the boy had previously sacrificed, and even now, it hadn't completely been consumed.

The boy pointed to the blood-red crystal: "Destroy it."

The Gu Worm Child's figure appeared on the altar and crushed the blood-red crystal.

The blood glow vanished.

The "flesh" on the Gu Worm Child disappeared; he reverting to a skeleton, falling to the ground.

The once clamor-filled lake bottom went quiet at this moment.

Thankfully, the boy led himself into the "core birth chamber," and even murdered his mother.

If the Old Transgender had performed a sacrificial secret technique at all costs, then the Gu Worm Child would surely be under her control.

Also, it was fortunate that his companions bought him enough time; otherwise, any "native" entering from the outside would have prevented him from controlling the Gu Worm Child.

Li Zhiyuan wondered: Was the intensity of this operation excessively high?

This level of Evil, without proper caution, could lead to total annihilation of his side!

Li Zhiyuan couldn't help but suspect whether Jiang Shui had arranged another team as a backup for handling the waves, in case of his failure, to avert a crisis.

He felt like Xiong Shan before the event at Taohua Village.

And if there was a team arranged for the follow-up, who would be the most suitable choice?

Li Zhiyuan thought of someone.

Leaning against the wall, the boy walked out of Zhaojun Temple.

Outside, he saw two Fierce Beasts' severed bodies and within the massive corpse pieces, Run Sheng was laboriously dragging himself with a shovel.

"Xiao Yuan..."

Upon seeing Li Zhiyuan, the tension in Run Sheng's heart completely relaxed, causing him to pitch forward, falling to the ground, passing out from exhaustion.

Li Zhiyuan went over and tried turning Run Sheng over to prevent him from drowning face down in the puddle.

But after these actions, he felt somewhat winded and tired, knowing he must conserve energy, or else he might not leave the lakebed.

The boy stood up, retrieved a Jianlibao from his backpack, opened it, drank as he walked out.

In the corner of the mural cave, Tan Wenbin's eyes were sunken, looking like he had been drained of yang energy.

Originally, there was only a big chasm in the mural above, now completely defaced with graffiti—all by Tan Wenbin. He, in his own way, polluted the place.

Upon closer inspection, the surviving murals depicted two resentful babies tearing apart the other figures in the murals.

Anyone unaware would probably mistake these murals as records of the deeds of the two resentful babies.

Luckily, Tan Wenbin's eyes still moved, his gaze following Li Zhiyuan as he approached.

As Li Zhiyuan passed him, he softly said, "Brother Binbin, take a nap first."

Tan Wenbin closed his eyes.

Exiting the cave, arriving at the Worm Lake, no sight of Yin Meng.

Li Zhiyuan felt a foreboding sensation - could Meng Meng not have made it, could she be dead?

"Splash..."

The now immobile large Gu Worm exposed a crack near its mouth, and Yin Meng slid out.

Her entire body was black, indicating poison.

Li Zhiyuan bent down, felt her breathing, still alive.

Only unsure whether she was swallowed by the large Gu Worm or willingly climbed inside to attempt poisoning.

The latter seems more likely.

Li Zhiyuan noticed Yin Meng's right hand clenched tightly, with two black tendrils protruding, seeming alive since they were still wriggling.

Completely unconscious, still clutching a small Gu Worm?

Besides the one in Yin Meng's hand, all other worms here had died from poisoning, allowing Li Zhiyuan to safely cross the Worm Lake and reach the outer platform.

Lin Shuyou knelt on one knee, upper body upright, trident laid across his knee, with eight talisman needles pierced into his chest.

The scene was incredibly heroic, with the angle chosen perfectly, facing inward, visible as soon as one emerged.

No need to check pulse or breath; Li Zhiyuan knew Ah You was definitely alive.

Because this posture clearly was the White Crane Child's last effort upon leaving.

Under normal conditions, placing a trident across the knee to maintain balance without dropping is no simple feat.

...

Xue Liangliang squatted by the lakeside smoking, surrounded by cigarette butts.

They've been down there so long, why no sign yet?

Xue Liangliang was anxious but helpless. He dared not go down, fearing he would only be a burden despite trying to help.

Just then, Xue Liangliang saw ripples on the lake surface before him, followed by a figure emerging.

"Xiao Yuan? Xiao Yuan!"

Emerging from the lake bottom, Li Zhiyuan was almost out of energy.

After Xue Liangliang pulled him ashore, the boy made an effort to stay awake, trying to speak as clearly as possible:

"Brother Liang, go down and bring them up."

"Alright!"

Xue Liangliang said nothing else, adeptly started undressing.

"There are many corpses below, remember to use talisman paper to hide your breath, avoid awakening them..."

Xue Liangliang waved:

"Don't worry, no need.

Jumping in rivers and diving past corpses, I'm a professional!"