Dashing Student

Chen Nan's mouth corners slightly lifted, with a fleeting glint of coldness in his eyes.

He still maintained a weak state, his body trembling slightly, breathing rapidly, as if he could collapse at any moment.

"As expected, they've come."

A cold smirk crossed Chen Nan's mind; before coming here, he had a premonition that today's enemies were certainly not limited to Hu Ba alone.

After all, the Poisonous Insect Sect has always coveted the Gu Sect Token on him, and his battle with Hu Ba was already well-known. It was highly likely that the opponent would hide in the crowd, waiting to reap the benefits.

For this reason, he had everyone leave the island and pretended to be seriously injured.

The purpose was to lure out the hidden Poisonous Insect Sect experts!

Sure enough!

The opponent really fell into the trap!

"Hehehe, I told you this guy was heavily injured, now do you believe it?" That crisp laughter rang out again, carrying a touch of pride and mockery.

Following that, three figures slowly emerged from the distant woods.

Leading them was a young girl in a purple dress, her eyes and brows picturesque, her smile sweet, but her lively eyes carried a hint of slyness and coldness.

Following her were two middle-aged men, one burly with a face full of flesh, holding a huge iron hammer in his hand.

The other was gaunt like bamboo, his face pale, playing with a black copper bell in his hand, the bell engraved with eerie runes, faintly emitting a chilling aura.

"Who are you?" Chen Nan looked up, his voice weak and hoarse, as if he didn't even have the strength to speak.

"Can't you guess who we are? You're so intelligent, you should be able to figure out our origins!" the girl in purple looked at Chen Nan with a smile.

"Are you people from the Gu Sect?" Chen Nan's face changed dramatically.

The girl in purple laughed lightly, her steps light as she walked in front of Chen Nan, looking down at him from above, her eyes carrying mockery: "Chen Nan, didn't expect this day, did you?"

Chen Nan coughed twice, blood spilling from his mouth corners, his voice intermittent: "You...came for the Gu Sect Token?"

The girl raised her eyebrows, her smile growing brighter: "Clever! Truly worthy of being the one who defeated a Great Grandmaster."

"However, now, you probably don't even have the strength to stand up, do you?"

The burly man behind her snorted coldly, his voice like thunder: "Miss, why bother talking so much nonsense with him, I think we should just kill him and take the token!"

The gaunt man grinned eerily, shaking the copper bell in his hand lightly, producing a piercing bell sound: "No hurry, let him suffer a bit more, let him know the consequences of offending our Gu Sect."

Chen Nan lowered his head, the corners of his mouth slightly curled into a cold smile, but soon returned to a weakened expression.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes carrying a trace of unwillingness: "You think you can succeed like this?"

The girl in purple laughed lightly, scorn flashing in her eyes: "What? You still expect someone to rescue you?"

"Stop dreaming!"

"On this Luming Island, except for us, there is only your dying shell left."

As she spoke, she took out a small jade bottle from her sleeve, within which a blood-red Gu Insect could vaguely be seen wriggling.

She gently shook the jade bottle, her tone carrying a bit of pride: "This is our Heart-eating Gu, as long as we let it enter your body, all your secrets will become ours."

"Of course, the process might be a tad painful."

"But... you wouldn't mind, right?"

Chen Nan's eyes flashed a hint of "fear," his body slightly recoiled backward, his voice trembling: "You... despicable!"

The young girl smiled even more brilliantly, her eyes filled with mockery: "Despicable? Haha, how else could we retrieve the Sect Leader Token?"

As she spoke, she gently opened the jade bottle, and a blood-red Gu insect immediately crawled out from it, taking flight towards Chen Nan.

However.

Just as the Gu insect was about to reach Chen Nan, a fierce light suddenly burst forth from his eyes.

"You... are too naive!"

Chen Nan's voice suddenly became ice-cold and forceful, his originally weak aura vanishing without a trace.

He abruptly raised his hand, a golden light condensed at his fingertips, instantly shattering the Gu insect into powder.

"What?!" The girl in the purple dress's face changed drastically, instinctively stepping back, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Chen Nan slowly stood up, the bloodstains and dishevelment on his body as if they had disappeared in an instant.

His gaze swept over the three people like a knife, his tone carrying a hint of mockery: "You think you're fit to reap the benefits of the fisherman's fight?"

The muscular man roared and charged at Chen Nan with his hammer: "Pretending to be a ghost, seeking death!"

However, before his hammer could strike, Chen Nan's figure had already vanished from the spot.

The next moment, Chen Nan appeared behind him, with a palm strike thundering like lightning, directly sending the muscular man flying and crashing heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Seeing this, the skinny man's face changed drastically, shaking the bronze bell in his hand frantically, emitting bursts of piercing bell sounds.

However.

Chen Nan just sneered coldly, being a super-expert in the Qi Refining Fourth Layer with an extraordinary Soul Power, the other party's bell sound couldn't affect his mind at all.

"Petty tricks, daring to flaunt in front of me?" Chen Nan's voice was cold and commanding.

His figure moved like a phantom, appearing instantaneously in front of the skinny man, with a palm strike, directly shattering the bronze bell.

The skinny man screamed miserably, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground, unable to get up again.

The girl in the purple dress turned pale, her eyes filled with fear.

She had never imagined that Chen Nan's previous weakness was just a pretense!

She trembled as she moved back, her voice carrying a hint of pleading: "Chen Nan, you… you can't kill me!"

"I am the daughter of the Poisonous Insect Sect Leader, if you kill me, the Poisonous Insect Sect will never let you go!"

Chen Nan chuckled lightly, his face showing a hint of disdain: "But, I am the true Sect Leader of the Poisonous Insect Sect!" He said, pulling out the dark Sect Leader Token from his chest, and placing it on his left thumb.

Seeing the Sect Leader Token, the girl in the purple dress's face drastically changed, her eyes revealing a hint of fear, and she stutteringly said: "Even though you have obtained the Sect Leader Token, you haven't braved the three trials, so you can't be considered the Poisonous Insect Sect Leader!"

Out of curiosity, Chen Nan asked: "Which three trials?"

The girl in the purple dress swallowed nervously: "Why should I tell you if you haven't braved the trials? Humph, even if you have the Gu Sect Token, you absolutely can't command the Poisonous Insect Sect!"

"Unless you become the true Poisonous Insect Sect Leader!"

Chen Nan nodded thoughtfully, then removed the Sect Leader Token from his thumb, casually tossing it back to the girl in the purple dress, and said nonchalantly: "In that case, this ring should return to its rightful owner!"

The girl in the purple dress looked at Chen Nan in astonishment: "Are you really giving it back to me?"