Rebirth of the Peak Young Master
Chapter 78: Like Ants

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Like Ants

"Is it also for the venomous enticement?"

When Fan Liya heard the man in the black robe’s words, her initial gratitude toward Sang Kun instantly vanished. She looked at him in shock and instinctively stepped back.

Sang Kun frowned at her reaction, his earlier kindness disappearing in an instant. He reached out aggressively, attempting to grab Fan Liya.

"Come with me, and I might just spare your life!" Sang Kun said coldly.

However, facing Sang Kun’s intimidating demeanor, how could Fan Liya trust him? She immediately started struggling.

But alas, as a delicate woman, she could not possibly escape Sang Kun’s grasp.

Just then, a hand calmly locked onto Sang Kun’s wrist. A composed voice spoke, "Did you ask my permission before trying to take her?"

"You? Who do you think you are?"

Sang Kun sneered disdainfully as he replied.

When he had arrived earlier, he had seen Ye Fei completely frozen in fear before the black-robed man’s Ten Thousand Gu Devouring Body technique.

Of course, he did not believe that Ye Fei was hiding any kind of strength.

In his eyes, Ye Fei had plainly been scared stiff.

And now, after Sang Kun had easily disposed of the man in the black robe without breaking a sweat, Ye Fei had stepped forward again—what kind of fool would do this?

Yet Ye Fei merely said indifferently, "I am no one important, but Fan Liya is my high school classmate, so I must help her!"

"High school classmate? Help her?"

Hearing this, Sang Kun burst out laughing.

A mere ordinary student, daring to stand against Sang Kun and claim to help Fan Liya? It was utterly laughable!

The man in the black robe not far away shook his head slightly, inwardly remarking that Ye Fei had indeed lost his mind.

Despite his unwillingness to admit it, the man in the black robe was well aware of just how powerful Sang Kun was as the White Miao Clan’s Great Gu Master. If Sang Kun wished, he could effortlessly kill someone as ordinary as Ye Feifei.

To think that Ye Fei wanted to save Fan Liya—what difference was there between that and seeking his own death?

Even Fan Liya immediately cried out anxiously, "Ye Fei, run! You’re only throwing your life away for nothing!"

"Throwing my life away? They wouldn’t stand a chance against me, even if the White Miao and Black Miao Clans combined!" Ye Fei replied with a faint smile.

"What did you just say?!"

Sang Kun’s face immediately twisted into a vicious expression as he sneered. "Kid, I was going to overlook your stupidity, thinking you were a fool. But since you’re begging for death, I’ll oblige! Not worthy, am I? Then I’ll show you just how worthy I am!"

As he spoke, Sang Kun flipped his right hand. A black, claw-like appendage formed, lunging toward Ye Fei.

"Witch Gu Claw! My heavens!"

Upon seeing Sang Kun’s blackened claw, the man in the black robe exclaimed in shock.

One of his subordinates, curious, asked, "My lord, what is that? What’s this Witch Gu Claw?"

"It’s the White Miao Clan’s unique secret technique! Only their Great Gu Masters can master it. It is created by extracting the venomous liquid from ten thousand Poisonous Insects and infusing it into the practitioner’s own hand," the black-robed man explained nervously. "Once it strikes an enemy, their entire body will immediately fester and dissolve into a pool of blood. It’s even crueler than our Black Miao Clan’s Ten Thousand Gu Devouring Body. It looks like this kid is finished!"

Finished?

Hearing this explanation, Fan Liya took a deep breath and silently blamed Ye Fei for not heeding her warnings.

"Ye Fei! Though I appreciate you coming to rescue me, why didn’t you listen to me? I told you they aren’t your match. Why didn’t you believe me? And now, under that Witch Gu Claw, can you even survive?"

"Forget it! My life was already at its end—if you die for me, I’ll follow you in death!"

With these thoughts, Fan Liya began slowly closing her eyes.

"Ah!!!"

Just as Fan Liya shut her eyes, a piercing scream suddenly rang out, jolting her entire body.

But something strange struck her—this scream didn’t sound like it came from Ye Fei. A flash of doubt crossed Fan Liya’s mind.

Could someone else have been struck down before Ye Fei?

Thinking of this, Fan Liya quickly opened her eyes. What she saw left her utterly dumbfounded.

For at this moment, Sang Kun was hovering above Ye Fei’s head, his Witch Gu Claw mere inches from Ye Fei’s forehead.

Yet those inches might as well have been an unbreachable chasm, for the claw could not move forward. A single hand had locked onto the Witch Gu Claw in an iron grip, thoroughly warping it out of shape.

Sang Kun’s vaunted Witch Gu Claw had been directly neutralized by Ye Fei?

Witnessing this, Fan Liya’s jaw dropped in astonishment.

The man in the black robe stood frozen in utter disbelief, unable to process what he was seeing.

But the true shock was still to come.

Sang Kun, his voice tinged with genuine surprise, muttered, "I never... never thought you’d be a deeply hidden master. But do you think touching my Witch Gu Claw will leave you unharmed? You’re dead!"

"Oh, is that so? With your petty insect-manipulation tricks?" Ye Fei responded, a faint smirk playing on his lips.

Sang Kun opened his mouth to retort, but Ye Fei suddenly let out a thunderous roar—"Swallow!"

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, the blackened Witch Gu Claw visibly faded, turning gray, then pale, before finally reverting to the color of an ordinary human hand!

Sang Kun’s face turned ashen, his expression one of utter horror. "Im... impossible! You destroyed my Witch Gu Claw? How did you do it? Are you... are you the Poisonous Insect King capable of commanding all Gu?"

Poisonous Insect King?

Hearing this, Ye Fei scoffed, sneering coldly.

"Some so-called Gu Control Technique—a mere parlor trick passed down by the Demon Cultivators. Any Demon Cultivator could dabble in it."

"Against the Soul-controlling Technique of the Demon Evil lineage, how could such pitiful methods not be devoured?"

This made Ye Fei the natural nemesis of any Gu Master.

But while Ye Fei remained dismissive, Sang Kun wore an expression of sheer terror.

The Poisonous Insect King was a legendary figure in the Miao Region.

It was said that the title passed down a single lineage, its bearer always remaining hidden. But the Poisonous Insect King was also claimed to possess one undeniable trait: complete immunity to any Insect Poison.

As the White Miao Clan’s Great Gu Master, Sang Kun’s mastery over Gu techniques was unrivaled among his people, and his Witch Gu Claw was his most prized creation.

Yet not only had it failed to harm Ye Fei, it had been utterly dismantled. Naturally, this led Sang Kun to suspect that Ye Fei was the legendary Poisonous Insect King.

And because Ye Fei merely sneered without denying it, Sang Kun fell to his knees, trembling as he said, "Your Excellency, King of Gu, I... I didn’t recognize who you were and gravely offended you. Please, forgive me!"

At this, Fan Liya finally exhaled in relief.

No matter if Ye Fei was the Poisonous Insect King or not, or how he had destroyed Sang Kun’s Witch Gu Claw...

As far as Fan Liya was concerned, as long as Ye Fei could frighten Sang Kun into submission, the ordeal was over!

But before her relief could take root, Ye Fei chuckled softly and said, "Poisonous Insect King? Heh, I am no such thing."

"You’re... you’re not?" Sang Kun froze in shock.

"That’s right. Because even your so-called Poisonous Insect King is no more than an ant before me!" Ye Fei replied with an icy smirk.