Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 608 - 605: Gluttonous Gu

Chapter 608: Chapter 605: Gluttonous Gu

Many hadn’t noticed the faint sound, mistaking it for another whirr of the safe’s internal mechanics, and the blonde youth was oblivious.

Just as he was gloating, a thin, black shadow darted out from the just-opened safe, heading straight for the chest of the blonde youth.

There was a hidden weapon! Lin Tian saw it clearly—it was a gray, slender needle.

Given the speed and force of the needle’s flight, if the blonde youth were struck, the needle would pierce through his chest.

Faced with sudden danger, the blonde youth was completely unaware, but Lord Gu beside him moved, forcefully pushing him aside.

The blonde youth dodged with his chest, but his arm wasn’t so lucky. The needle shot through his arm and then continued flying until it hit the wall behind with a "ding" and stopped.

"Why not use a bomb instead of a measly needle?" Lin Tian could not fathom.

"Bombs can be detected by scanners, and you shouldn’t underestimate this needle," Ning Luoxi said indifferently.

"Is it coated with a lethal poison?" Lin Tian asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, the blonde youth let out a horrific scream. Lord Gu suddenly reached into his robe, and his hand emerged holding a short blade, its edge sharply menacing.

With a swift motion, Lord Gu struck with the knife, severing the blonde youth’s arm at the root. Blood spurted wildly, staining the ground red, yet the blade remained clean, untouched by the blood—a dangerously sharp blade!

"Ah..." The blonde youth screamed in agony, his legs gave out, and he fell to the ground, crying out in confusion, "Lord Gu, why..."

"Take him away," Lord Gu commanded as he sheathed the short blade back into his clothing, his tone detached.

Two men came forward and carried the armless blonde youth away, leaving behind a trail of blood and agonized screams. Without being told, another person came forward to clean up the blood at the scene. Finally, apart from the now-open safe and the unsettling severed arm, it was as if the incident had never happened.

Lin Tian watched, dumbstruck. This Lord Gu was ruthless, severing his subordinate’s arm without hesitation, and remained as calm as a breeze afterwards. True to a practitioner of Gu arts, he was utterly cold-hearted.

But why sever the blonde youth’s arm, Lin Tian couldn’t understand. To say it was due to some unknown poison seemed far too rash.

Not just him, none of the surrounding Japanese understood, their faces filled with perplexity.

As they puzzled over it, a bizarre scene unfolded with the severed arm. The blonde youth was wearing a short sleeve, and the exposed part of his arm started slowly sinking inward, as if something was hollowing it out from the inside.

Then, something even more strange occurred. Within the sunken area, something under the skin began to wriggle. Wherever it moved, that part of the arm caved in, as if a creature was continuously gnawing at the flesh within the severed limb!

"What... what is this?" Nishio Yoshiaki wiped his cold sweat, asking somewhat fearfully.

"This is the Gluttonous Gu. It has a very short lifespan but reproduces rapidly, feeding specifically on the flesh and bones of humans and animals. If his arm hadn’t been severed, what would have been devoured would be his entire body," Lord Gu explained calmly.

"Gluttonous Gu!" Nishio Yoshiaki gasped, beads of cold sweat appearing on his forehead, sprung from sheer fright.

Just now, he had thought about going up to open the box himself, and the thought of it was terrifying, especially since the severed arm was still so eerie.

If the shot hadn’t hit the arm, but had struck right through the chest, wouldn’t his organs have been devoured and hollowed out?

The other Japanese all looked relieved, glad that they hadn’t scrambled for the right to open the box just now.

"This must be Granny Li’s Gu Worm, right?" As soon as he heard Lord Gu say this, Lin Tian immediately thought of that woman, who was seventy or eighty years old but maintained the appearance and physique of a woman in her thirties, still beautiful, charming, graceful, and with the elegance of a goddess.

"Precisely, I originally wanted to install a bomb to end it all, but Granny Li provided me with that thin needle. The needle was coated with eggs of the Gluttonous Gu, which proliferate immensely upon contacting blood. As for the effect, you’ve seen it yourself," Ning Luoxi whispered.

"Such a dangerous woman," Lin Tian couldn’t help but exclaim. Who could have imagined that a plump, mature, and charming goddess could be so ruthless?

"That’s why I warn you, don’t mess with just any woman, especially Miss Li Yue, or else be careful of your own skin," Ning Luoxi said with a faint smile in her eyes.

Damn, every woman thinks I’m a lecher. I’m still single, haven’t even had sex. I’m genuinely a virgin, indeed more wronged than Dou’e, Lin Tian thought gloomily.

By now, the severed arm on the ground had completely shriveled up, leaving only a dull and lifeless human skin. Some of the more timid Japanese were already trembling in their legs, ready to collapse at any moment.

"You all step back," the Gu Cultivator suddenly said.

Nishio Yoshiaki and the others didn’t understand why, but they didn’t dare to disobey the command and retreated about five meters away. Given the identity Lin Tian was impersonating, he didn’t have the right to get close, so he had been standing on the periphery watching.

The already shriveled arm suddenly began to wriggle intensely beneath the skin, and then something astonishing happened. A clump of black object rolled out from the broken end of the arm, and this black object was also wriggling.

Then the mass of black suddenly spread out, covering the ground. If one looked closely, it was all tiny worms, which, seemingly sensing the presence of living people nearby, ferociously lunged out.

"Lord Gu, the Gu Worms... the Gu Worms are coming out!" Nishio Yoshiaki said in panic, and although he was already five meters away, he couldn’t help but keep retreating.

"Hmph!" Lord Gu snorted coldly.

He stretched out his hand and scattered a handful of white powder, which wafted down over the swarm of Gu Worms. In no time, the black Gu Worms stopped crawling, each flipping over, belly-up.

Only when all the Gu Worms were dead did the surrounding Japanese breathe a sigh of relief. Their superior officer was the Gu Cultivator, so they knew the terror of Gu Worms better than anyone else and were the most afraid of them.

"Lord Gu, why were there Gu Worms in the safe? Is someone trying to set a Gu on us?" Nishio Yoshiaki asked worriedly.

"You need not ask further," Lord Gu said coldly, sounding quite displeased.

Lin Tian certainly knew why he was displeased. Losing to another Gu Cultivator and losing his life-bound Gu would displease any Gu Cultivator.

By now, the safe was completely open. Inside the safe was a piece of bright yellow silk cloth, wrapping something.

The Japanese, seeing this "treasure," temporarily forgot their previous fear, and the man in sunglasses, under Lord Gu’s direction, walked up to the safe and slowly uncovered the silk cloth.

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