Chapter 184: Rank five intense battle

第一百八十四节：五转激战

Translator: Skyfarrow Editor: Skyfarrow

“Tie Xue Leng, why is he suddenly here?” Fang Yuan recognised the voice, feeling shocked.

“铁血冷，他怎么会突然出现在这里？”方源听出这个声音，不由地心中一惊。

This loud voice echoed above the blood pond, causing intense waves to form.

这股巨大的声音，在血湖上空嗡嗡回响，引发汹涌的血浪波涛。

“This is… Heaven Earth Magnificent Sound Gu?” Fang Yuan gritted his teeth. As the loud voice hurt his eardrums, he felt his entire brain buzzing.

“这是……天地宏音蛊么？”方源咬牙，巨大的声音灌入他的双耳，让他觉得整个脑袋都似乎在发嗡。

Heaven Earth Magnificent Sound Gu, a Rank five Gu, was from a sound-type Gu. Once activated, it could form soundwave attacks that had a wide range, belonging to an extremely strong area-of-effect attacking-type Gu.

天地宏音蛊，高达五转，乃是音类蛊。一旦催发，能形成音浪攻势，范围极为广阔，属于极强的群杀类的蛊。

The voice that Fang Yuan was hearing now, is only Tie Xue Leng’s probing; it was just him slightly shouting and not activating his Gu completely.

现在方源听到的声音，不过是铁血冷牛刀小试，轻轻一喝，并未真正催动。

This intensity was like Fang Yuan using the Moonlight Gu to open the purple gold rock; it was a type of in-depth control of his Gu worm.

这种程度，就如同方源动用月光蛊，碾磨紫金石头一样。只是一种对蛊虫的细微操控。

Of course, the Heaven Earth Magnificent Sound Gu also had its weakness. If used for long, it would cause great strain to the Gu Master’s throat and vocal cord. Once his limit is exceeded, the Gu Master would become completely mute, losing his ability to speak.

当然，这天地宏音蛊也有弊端，催发久了，对蛊师的声带，咽喉都会有过重的负担。这些负担超越极限之后，往往就会令蛊师彻底哑掉，丧失说话的能力。

Bam!

砰！

A loud explosion occurred as blood and water flew everywhere.

一股巨浪陡然爆发，血水四溅飞射。

The top half of the huge python’s body appeared in Fang Yuan’s vision.

巨蟒的上半身，出现在方源的视野当中。

Blood river python!

血河蟒！

Fang Yuan’s irises shrunk as he saw the python with its bright smooth blood red scales, and its head around the size of an elephant. Scarlet-gold coloured sharp bone spikes protruded out from above its eyes, showing its ferocious and frenzy aura completely.

方源瞳孔一缩，只见这蟒浑身长着光滑的血红鳞甲，蛇头巨大如象，眉眼出生长着一片赤金色的骨头刀刺，令其狰狞狂暴之气尽显无漏。

“Blood river python… I remember that in the Gu Yue clan’s history, after the first generation clan leader created the village, a blood river python appeared and was a huge threat to the village. Legend says the first gen killed it, but don’t tell me…”

“血河蟒……我记得古月一族的历史中，一代族长立下山寨不久，就有一只血河蟒出现，对古月山寨造成巨大威胁。传说中，一代将其斩杀。难道说……”

Fang Yuan’s thoughts moved, thinking of something.

方源心中一动，联想到了一些东西。

The blood river python was humongous, snake head high in the air, its purple irises staring right at Fang Yuan with two ruthless glances.

血河蟒庞大无比，蛇头高耸，紫色的蛇瞳中两道残暴的目光射向方源。

It had a ruthless nature, untamable and fed on blood. Even if the Spring Autumn Cicada’s aura tried to suppress it, that would only cause it to become more frenzied. Among Rank five Gu worms, it was one of the hardest to refine.

它生性凶残，桀骜不驯，以血为食，哪怕是用秋蝉气息震慑，也只会让它更狂暴。在五转蛊虫中，是最难被蛊师炼化的蛊之一。

But after the blood river python took a look at Fang Yuan up on the walls, it raised its head higher and turned towards the top of the cave.

但血海蟒瞟了一眼山壁上的方源之后，就将头高高昂起，转向洞顶。

At the top of the cave, there was another tiny shadow, floating down from one of the holes at the ceiling.

洞顶处，一个同样渺小的人影，从其中某处洞口，缓缓飘飞而下。

He wore a bronze mask, his hands behind his back, his gaze cool and calm. Although compared to the blood river python, he was small like an ant, but the imposing aura coming from his body caused a great pressure to emit from him at all directions, like a heavenly being descending down to Earth.

他面带青铜面具，背负双手，目光冷酷。虽然和血河蟒的对比，他渺小若蚁，但一股磅礴的气势从他身上散发出来，巨大的无形压力，充斥四面八方，宛若天神下凡。

Righteous Gu!

正气蛊！

A mind-type Gu that only someone who upheld justice could activate.

属于心类蛊，只有人秉持正义，才能催动使用。

People who were villainous or had weak minds and aspirations, were often scared shitless under the influence of the Righteous Gu, afraid of everything as they had a guilty conscience, their battle spirit decreasing in battle and causing them to feel an inability to defeat Tie Xue Leng, thus collapsing without battle.

宵小之徒，心志不坚的人，常常会在正气蛊下，胆战心惊，做贼心虚，心中战意急剧下滑，生出无法和铁血冷对战的感觉，从而不战自溃。

Screech screech….

吱吱吱……

Under the pressure of the righteousness, the bladewing blood bat Gu were frantic and could only scream shrilly as a strong pressure pushed down on their bodies. Their wings could only continue to flap as they struggled to stay in mid-air, floating up and down.

在正气的压迫下，刀翅血蝠蛊惊惶失措，发出尖锐的叫声。一只只宛若身上被压上了重担，两对翅膀连连拍动，在半空中挣扎飞腾，忽上忽下。

They could barely take care of themselves, much less bother about Fang Yuan.

它们自顾不暇，却没有再接近方源。

Even the ferocious blood river python slightly lowered its head, feeling Tie Xue Leng’s supreme presence.

甚至就连凶猛的血河蟒，都微微垂首，感到铁血冷的无上威势。

“What a good Righteous Gu!” Fang Yuan climbed on the wall, smirking.

“好个正气蛊！”方源攀在山壁上，嘴角冷笑。

This suppression from the Righteous Gu had no effect on him. Only those with weak minds could be greatly weakened. He was a supreme demonic overlord, his mind strong as steel, how could this illusionary pressure scare him?

这正气的压迫，对他毫无效果。只有意志越不坚的人，才会受到更严重的削弱。他是魔道巨擘，心意如钢似铁，怎么可能会被这虚无缥缈的气势所吓倒呢？

“Eh?” Fang Yuan’s immunity caused Tie Xue Leng to call out in shock, feeling very surprised.

“嗯？”方源的若无其事，令铁血冷忍不住轻咦一声，感到惊讶。

The Righteous Gu had been with him for many years, and he was very sure about the Gu’s effect.

正气蛊已经伴随他有许多年头，他深深的明白此蛊的效用。

Righteous Gu’s effect varied. It attacked the mind directly, sometimes having great effect while other times having no effect.

正气蛊效果可大可小，攻势直指人心，有时候能收到奇效，有时候却无功而返。

But the times where it did not work, were almost nonexistent. Even righteous people felt a strong suppression in their hearts. After all, their factions did not determine a person’s kindness and evil; there are no perfect humans.

但无功而返的现象，却少之又少。哪怕是正道人物，也多感到心头压抑。毕竟阵营说明不了善恶，人无完人。

But Tie Xue Leng knew deeply about Fang Yuan’s crimes. The first time they met, he already implanted a Gu on Fang Yuan, using it to track his whereabouts. After that, Tie Xue Leng could faintly discern the changes in the surroundings where Fang Yuan went.

但铁血冷深知方源的罪恶，早在他第一次见面时，他就在方源身上中了蛊，用来追踪。从那之后，铁血冷就能若隐若现地感应到，方源周边的环境变动。

Those who committed great sins, under the Righteous Gu, would definitely waver. But Tie Xue Leng also met a good number of demonic Gu Masters, that were unaffected by the righteous aura.

犯下罪孽的人，在正气蛊下，绝大多数都会心志动摇。不过，铁血冷也碰到过不少的魔道蛊师，在正气之下昂首酣战，不受影响。

“There is only one type of person who would be unaffected by the Righteous Gu even after commiting sins. These are the people with real demonic nature, in the deepest parts of their hearts. They are crazy and adamant, not treating their sins as sins, but thinking of it as natural. To think that this Fang Yuan has such an intense demonic nature! Hmph, I’ll get rid of this great demon here first. If Fang Yuan manages to survive, I will come and finish him later!”

“只有一种人即便犯罪，也不受正气蛊的影响。这些都是具有真正的魔性的人，他们从内心最深处，就偏执疯狂，根本不把自己犯下的罪孽当成罪孽，而认为是理所应当的事情。想不到这个方源，魔性是如此深重。哼，先把这边的大魔处理掉，若他还能侥幸活着，不妨再来收拾！”

Tie Xue Leng hated evil with a burning passion. With a cold snort, he turned towards the blood river python.

铁血冷嫉恶如仇，冷哼一声，眼眸转向血河蟒。

Once he appeared, he was locked on by this blood river python. As long as he was distracted in killing Fang Yuan, he would reveal a weakness.

他一出现，就被血河蟒锁定，只要分心击杀方源，势必就会出现破绽。

Tie Xue Leng had such a severe injury on him, and at the same time there might be a powerful enemy hidden in the background and observing him. Thus, he did not dare to lose focus.

铁血冷身负恐怖伤势，而强敌隐于幕后，说不定暗暗偷窥他，此时自然不敢分散精力。

He stared at this blood river python for a moment, before looking further into the blood pond.

他凝视这血河蟒片刻，目光便越过血河蟒，投向其身后的血湖。

Not long ago, he received a mysterious letter. Inside there was concrete evidence that Gu Yue village held a bloody calamity.

在不久之前，他收到一份神秘来信，信中证据凿凿，指明古月山寨当中，藏有血祸。

This letter was held by a red-crowned crane coming from the sky, with a questionable source.

这信是被一只白鹤嘴里衔着，从天而降得来，来源也很可疑。

But Tie Xue Leng would rather believe it than miss it. After all, the blood calamity was not ordinary, he could not take it lightly. If he lost focus, it would expand and spread like a plague, harming the world.

但铁血冷宁可信其有不可信其无，皆因血祸非同小可，绝不能麻痹轻忽。稍不留神，就会骤然扩大，波及四方，为祸众生。

The best method to deal with it was to eliminate the source before it forms into a strong force.

最佳的应对手段，就是趁着血祸没有成势之时，将这个动乱的苗头掐灭。

Coincidentally, he already had another request at hand — it was Jia Fu paying a high cost to ask him to investigate Jia Jin Sheng’s death.

正巧的是，他手头上还有一个委托，正是贾富以重金，要查出贾金生的死因。

Tie Xue Leng thus brought his daughter and rushed to Qing Mao Mountain.

铁血冷便带着女儿，提前赶到了青茅山。

He ordered his daughter to investigate Jia Jin Sheng’s case. It was to nurture and train Tie Ruo Nan, but also to act as a red herring, stalling for time and hiding in the background investigating this issue.

他令女儿来调查贾金生的案件，一方面是为了培养和锻炼铁若男，另一方面也是掩人耳目，拖延时间，自己居于幕后，调查详细情况。

The first time when he met Fang Yuan, he implanted a Shared-sense Gu on him. Although it was merely at a whim, he did it due to his accumulated experience and instinct.

他和方源第一次见面，就给方源中下感动身受蛊，虽是信手而为，但也源自长期以来，积累出来的经验和感觉。

Shared-sense Gu was formless and colorless, like a signet. He had implanted over tens of them, but the only successful one was the first one he implanted.

感同身受蛊，无形无色，仿佛印记，他布置了数十只。真正起作用的，却还是他信手布置的第一只。

“First gen Gu Yue, I know you are not dead. You hid for nearly a thousand years plotting this scheme, but unfortunately, it’s all going down the drain.” Tie Xue Leng opened his mouth, causing the air to tremble.

“古月一代，我知道你没有死。你潜藏了近千年，布下这个局，可惜到如今，要功亏一篑了。”铁血冷一开口，整个空间都嗡嗡作响。

But there were no changes to the blood pond. Instead, the blood river python opened its mouth, screaming furiously.

但血湖没有任何异变，反倒是血河蟒张开血盆大口，抬头怒吼。

It was born ferocious, unable to be suppressed. The Righteous Gu triggered its ferocity.

它生性残暴，受不了任何的压迫。正气蛊更激发了它的凶性！

Bam.

砰。

It stretched its body abruptly, the huge snake body rising with the tides of blood, bringing a killing intent that tore through the skies, pouncing towards Tie Xue Leng who was in mid-air.

它猛地探身，巨大的蛇躯激起冲天的血浪，带洞穿天际的杀势，向半空中的铁血冷扑去。

Tie Xue Leng was already wary against the blood river python, and he quickly moved, avoiding the blood river python’s bite.

铁血冷早防备着血河蟒，身躯猛动，闪过血河蟒的吞咬。

The python’s body was too long, and its momentum was too strong. It ended up crashing all the way onto the ceiling of the cave.

血河蟒身躯太长，冲势太猛，一头撞到洞顶。

A loud bang ensued as a portion of the ceiling collapsed, and large amounts of debris fell and caused much commotion in the blood lake waves.

轰隆的巨响声中，洞顶崩塌一大块，大量的碎石砸落下来，顿时激起血湖的滔天大浪。

“Hmph, First gen Gu Yue, you think you are safe with just a blood python protecting you? You might as well appear now,” Tie Xue Leng snickered. He moved about in the air, and the blood river python’s attacks were like a gentle rain pelting on him.

“哼，古月一代，你以为留着一只血河蟒把守，就万事无忧了吗？你还是出现罢。”铁血冷哂笑一声，他在空中腾挪，血河蟒的狂暴攻势，在他面前仿佛是清风细雨。

The blood river python attacked furiously, getting more worked up as it continued to miss.

血河蟒疯狂嘶吼，越加暴躁。

It had unparalleled strength, able to display it all and cause great damage.

它有无与伦比的力量，恣意施展，引发巨大的破坏。

The entire space was shaking from its strength like an earthquake, and the blood lake began to raise strong ripples.

整个空间中，越加动荡，简直是地动山摇，血湖亦掀起惊涛巨浪。

“Fuck!” Fang Yuan was caught by the crossfire, and as the red soil softened, his foothold had been ruined.

“可恶！”方源被殃及池鱼，赤土松软，原先的立足点早就被毁。

He could only use the Chainsaw Golden Centipede as well as the Thunderwings Gu to move along the walls. Meanwhile the rock debris was falling down like rain.

他只好利用锯齿金蜈，以及雷翼蛊在山壁上游走。碎石一块块的砸下来，如雨般密集。

As he had expected, the Thunderwings Gu was really in bad shape. Fang Yuan’s thunderwings were extremely weak and lethargic, unable to provide him much boost in speed.

果然如他先前所料，雷翼蛊状态很不好。方源背后的雷翅，十分虚弱颓靡，无法提供强大的上升力量。

But the strange thing was, the Thunderwings Gu was taking lesser and lesser primeval essence from Fang Yuan. During the period where Fang Yuan moved about, it started to absorb primeval essence from the surrounding air to replenish itself.

但古怪的是，雷翼蛊向方源汲取的真元却变得稀少。在方源腾挪期间，它竟然时不时地开始吞吸周围空气中的元气。

At first, this situation was uncommon and happened in short intervals.

起初这种现象，发生的时间很短，次数也很少。

As Fang Yuan continued to dodge, he did not notice initially. But eventually, the intervals got shorter and the duration lengthened.

方源努力闪避，并未注意到。但渐渐的，次数越来越多，每一次持续的时间也越来越长。

At the same time, the Thunderwings Gu got weaker and weaker.

同时，雷翅越来越虚弱。

“I get it, its the Blood Frenzy Gu!” Fang Yuan’s mind shone with inspiration.

“明白了，是血狂蛊！”方源脑海中闪过一道灵光。

Only when affected by the Blood Frenzy Gu will such a situation occur.

只有被血狂蛊污染，才会有这样的现象发生。

Plop!

扑通！

Fang Yuan put in 100% effort, but eventually still fell into the blood lake.

方源尽了全力，但终究还是掉落到血湖当中。

The blood river python was rampaging everywhere, using its thick tail to sweep across the place, causing large debris to fall like rain.

血河蟒在四处乱撞，用粗大的蟒尾横扫狂抽。碎石如雨，绵绵不绝地砸落下来。

Fang Yuan activated the Sky Canopy Gu, covering himself with a white armor. He was good at swimming. In his previous life he had lived in the Eastern Sea for a long time, thus he had sufficient training.

方源催动天蓬蛊，全身罩住一层白光虚甲。他水性很不错，前世曾在东海生活很长一段时间，得到过充分的锤炼。

The falling rocks were as large as houses, and he tried his best to avoid them. Sometimes he swam underwater, sinking into the lake to use the water to reduce the impact of the rocks.

大如房屋的巨石，他都极力躲闪。时而游弋，时而沉入血湖里，利用血水来缓冲撞击力量。

But for the smaller fragments, some were fist-sized while others were like grindstones, and he could not avoid them all.

但那些琐碎的石块，小的有拳头大，大的如石磨，他就无暇躲闪了。

The white light armor was firm like a monolith, but it could not handle the full impact of the rocks, causing him to feel pain when they hit his armor. At the same time, his primeval essence also decreased with each hit endured.

白光虚甲坚如磐石，但却无法减缓冲击力量，砸在他身上，一阵阵生疼。同时，他空窍中真元也在因为每一次的承受，而缓慢的减少。

Thankfully, the Righteous Gu’s power was surrounding the area, causing the group of bladewing blood bat Gu to fly around randomly, not finding trouble with Fang Yuan.

万幸的是，正气蛊的力量笼罩全场，导致先前的那群刀翅血蝠蛊，仍旧在四处乱飞，没有来找方源的麻烦。

But Fang Yuan’s expression was solemn.

但方源面色却相当凝重。

The Thunderwings Gu was half crippled after being corrupted by the Blood Frenzy Gu, and without a special Gu to clean it, it would soon turn into a puddle of blood water, turning into a new pollution origin.

雷翼蛊已经半废了。被血狂蛊污染，没有特殊蛊虫清洗，过不了多久，就会化为一滩血水，成为新的污染源。

How did it get infected by the Blood Frenzy Gu?

它究竟是如何被血狂蛊沾染的？

Fang Yuan considered the previous events, and there was only one explanation — in this blood water, there was a Blood Frenzy Gu inside.

方源思前想后，只有一个解释。那就是这血水中，依附着血狂蛊。

The Thunderwings Gu continued to weaken, and started to become uncontrollable.

雷翼蛊越来越虚弱，且开始出现不受操纵的苗头。

Thankfully he activated the white light armor in time, otherwise if the Blood Frenzy Gu got into his body and entered his aperture, most of his Gu worms would get corrupted.

幸好他及时撑起了白光虚甲，否则血狂蛊沾上他的身体，气息渗透到空窍中。他大部分的蛊虫都要被污染了。

But if his primeval essence was expended, or if this armor was broken, the consequences would be severe!

但若是他真元耗尽，或者这层光甲被打碎，那后果就会变得相当的严重！

“I have to leave this place as soon as possible!” Fang Yuan gritted his teeth, trying to find a way out from the surroundings as he swam around.

“必须尽快地离开这里！”方源咬紧牙关，在血浪中沉浮，四处张望寻找出路。

Large amounts of red soil on the mountain walls collapsed from the battle.

山壁出大量的赤土，被震落下来。

The cave ceiling was completely destroyed beyond recognition as well. Tie Xue Leng floated in mid-air, engaging the blood river python in combat.

洞顶也面目全非，铁血冷悬浮在半空中，在和血河蟒纠缠。

Rank five battles were not something Fang Yuan could interfere in.

五转级数的战斗，根本就不是方源能够插手的。

The more a Gu Master advanced, the larger the difference in battle strength among ranks.

蛊师越到后阶，不同修为间，战力差距将越来越明显。

Maybe with a sweep of the blood river python’s tail, it could break the light armor and cause the Sky Canopy Gu to be gravely injured, breaking all of Fang Yuan’s bones in the process. Perhaps with a simple wave of Tie Xue Leng’s hands, it could send Fang Yuan falling into an impasse.

也许血河蟒的一次甩尾，就能令光甲破碎，天蓬蛊被反噬重伤，方源全身骨折。也许铁血冷的随手一击，就能让方源陷入绝境。

The situation right now was like two giant elephants fighting, while Fang Yuan was a domestic cat. Although he had tiny claws, there was nothing he could do.

现在的局面，就好像是两头巨象争斗，方源是附近的一只花猫。虽也有小小利爪，但难登大堂。

“Wait, a cave entrance?”

“等等，一个洞口？”

《蛊真人》中英文对照版 第一百八十四节：五转激战

《蛊真人》中英文对照版第一百八十四节：五转激战