"You..." The eyes of the Nie Family Ancestor, already sunken, twitched fiercely, and his breathing halted. Inexplicably, he felt a chill, a bone-piercing, sinister chill.

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but the fact was, at this moment, he felt like he didn't recognize Nie Gu at all, as if Nie Gu's entire demeanor had transformed into someone else entirely.

"Are you Nie Gu? You're not Nie Gu!" The Nie Family Ancestor stared at Nie Gu intently, his voice trembling somewhat, filled with horror, disbelief, and trembling terror.

"Ancestor, I am indeed Nie Gu. Yes. In fact, what you see before you now is the real Nie Gu," Nie Gu said eerily, raising his hand gently and placing it on the shoulder of the Nie Family Ancestor. "Ancestor, since the young lad you favored is your most promising, most proud, and most anticipated successor, why not give me everything you should?"

As Nie Gu spoke, a trace of greedy malice appeared on the corner of his mouth, a chilling malice.

"You... you beast!!! You... you... you should die! You've been pretending all along?" The Nie Family Ancestor, filled with rage, was so enraged that blood dripped from the corners of his mouth as a mouthful of heart's blood came up.

More than two thousand years ago, a Nie Gu appeared in the Nie Family. From the beginning, because of Nie Gu's terrifying talent for martial cultivation, the ancestor paid special attention to him.

However, he didn't directly approach Nie Gu but instead observed him, not only his talent for martial cultivation but also his temperament, and so on.

After at least a hundred years of observation, he was satisfied with everything about Nie Gu, ultimately deciding to make Nie Gu his successor, passing on everything he had learned in his life to him.

Who would have thought...

Could it be that more than two thousand years ago, when Nie Gu was just over ten years old, he had already learned to deceive and plot?

Thinking this, the Nie Family Ancestor truly felt a cold fear and trembling terror.

Too terrifying!

If this is true, Nie Gu's insidiousness and patience are simply more terrifying than a demon.

"I've been blind. But I truly have nothing left to hide now; I've given you everything that should be yours." With a deep breath, the Nie Family Ancestor closed his eyes.

He didn't even want to look at Nie Gu again. Deep down, there was only sadness and despair.

He wasn't lying; the most valuable things he had in his life, "Nine Deaths Technique" and "Triple Layered Yuan Transformation," had been completely passed to Nie Gu.

"No. Ancestor, there's still one thing you haven't given me," Nie Gu shook his head.

"What?" The Nie Family Ancestor stared at Nie Gu with a sense of foreboding.

"It's yourself, Ancestor! Since you're going to die soon and won't live long, why waste the last of your essence yuan and spiritual flower?" Nie Gu said calmly, "Nie Gu actually has another skill—refining elixirs. Ancestor, Nie Gu can refine your blood into an elixir. A top-tier Black Demon Pill. It could even allow Nie Gu to break through two more levels."

Although the lifespan of the Nie Family Ancestor was near its end, he was, after all, a genuine Third Level Realm master of the Eternal Ancient Realm of Integration!!!

Extremely powerful.

In recent years, the Nie Family Ancestor's lifespan was nearing its end, and his strength had significantly waned; otherwise, being a Third Level Realm master of the Eternal Ancient Realm could have swept everything in the War Ancient Sky.

It's known that even powers like the Three Palaces of that super first-rank force level don't have a true Eternal Ancient Realm of Integration master; even Yanxu Palace's strongest, Qi Lao, is only in the Half-Step Fusional Eternal Ancient Realm.

The Nie Family Ancestor's lifespan was nearing its end, continuously consuming his essence blood, essence yuan, spiritual flower, and so on. To be blunt, he was surviving by burning his blood, and once it was all burnt out, he would die.

For a long time, Nie Gu had intentions on the Nie Family Ancestor's blood. The blood of a Third Level Realm martial cultivator in the Eternal Ancient Realm of Integration was extremely valuable, even more so than heavenly and earthly treasures, especially for refining a Black Demon Pill—simply perfect.

But before this, he had to suppress this greed.

On one hand, he hadn't yet extracted everything from the Nie Family Ancestor, and for the ancestor to die early would be a waste.

On the other hand, Nie Gu feared that even with his lifespan not entirely exhausted, the Nie Family Ancestor might still possess formidable strength. After all, even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so he dared not easily reveal his true nature.

But now, there's no fear; Nie Gu clearly perceived the scent of death emanating from the Nie Family Ancestor—his lifespan truly was nearing its end. Perhaps in a month or two, the Nie Family Ancestor would die.

In this state, the once camel-sized Nie Family Ancestor had shrunk to a cat, ready to be slaughtered.

Besides, the Nie Family Ancestor was on the brink of death, with ninety-nine percent of his blood burned, leaving little left. But even that remaining one percent is a treasure!

A mosquito may be small, but it's still meat!

Nie Gu was, of course, not going to miss this opportunity.

"You..." Listening to Nie Gu's ruthless and indifferent words, the Nie Family Ancestor almost popped his eyes out, still underestimating Nie Gu's cruelty, viciousness, and shamelessness. There's simply no bottom line!

In these two thousand years, he never interacted with other members of the Nie Family, remaining secluded in the Zixuan Cloud Pavilion, only summoning Nie Gu every few days for personal guidance.

He treated Nie Gu not only as his successor but even as his grandson and junior.

Who would have thought...

"I deserved it!!! Deserved it! Hahaha..." In the next moment, the Nie Family Ancestor laughed in despair. Who would've guessed that after living for over nine million years, only at death's doorstep did he truly grasp the evil in humanity.

The Nie Family Ancestor regretted it deeply.

How did he not see Nie Gu's wolfish ambition?!

"Ancestor, fare you well on your journey. Nie Gu is grateful for your care and teachings over these two thousand years. In Nie Gu's eyes, you are the best teacher," Nie Gu said earnestly, suddenly raising his hand, his right hand like five sharp swords, tearing into the shoulder of the Nie Family Ancestor with a 'tear' sound.

The five fingers, indescribably ruthless, pierced directly into the skin and bones of the Nie Family Ancestor.

"Ah..." The Nie Family Ancestor screamed in pain, yet he had no strength to resist, now just a dying old man hanging by his last breath, unable to fight back against Nie Gu at all.

Nie Gu remained expressionless, seemingly not hearing the ancestor's cries. His palm became like a devouring mouth, sucking! Sucking!! Sucking!!!

Clearly visible, drop by drop of crimson blood seeped from the shoulder of the Nie Family Ancestor.

For a full stick of incense time, the Nie Family Ancestor endured the harsh pain.

Nie Gu methodically extracted all the blood from his body, not leaving a single drop, not even blood marrow.

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