Know your place!

The dark hall elder Gu Yue Zou Cheng was a Rank 3 peak stage elder of the Gu Yue village with nearly twenty five years of experience. He was responsible for the security of the village and had the most of number of Rank 2 gu masters working under him. In a way, he was the second most powerful person in the clan but he never formed any factions of his own. He was always subservient to the clan. As he looked at the intruder, he noticed the missing arm on the intruder and used Rank 2 Dark sight Gu to see who the intruder was. When he saw that it was the infamous Gu Guangzhi he became furious.

"Oh! It's you Gu Guangzhi! Of course only a traitor like you would try to sneak into our village at night!", said Zou Cheng.

Gu Guangzhi was rather an infamous figure among the elders of Gu Yue village. When he was nine years old, he was expelled from the village. A few years later, when he joined the Xiong clan and proved his battle prowess in the wolf tides, the Gu Yue clan elders reached out to him and invited him back, reminding him that their clan leader given him a provision to allow him back into the clan when he had proven himself. But Gu Guangzhi had flatly rejected them. This was a hot topic among the Xiong clan elders and Gu Yue clan elders a few years back but Gu Guangzhi stayed with Xiong clan. Now, when he saw that Gu Guangzhi had Rank 3 aura, he was surprised and disgruntled about it.

"You have rejected Gu Yue clan's kind offer back then but you've come now bearing arms. What do you want?", shouted Zou Cheng.

Gu Guangzhi didn't reply. He was not in the mood to talk about his feelings. He quickly wanted to get in the Gu Yue village. He ordered his water wolf to use Rank 3 River flood Gu. The water wolf blasted Zou Cheng with a huge flood but Zou Cheng's didn't get swept away. Instead his image flickered for a few times before completely vanishing.

'Oh no! It's a shadow clone from Illusory Moon Gu. Zou Cheng must be hiding elsewhere in preparation of a sneak attack.', thought Gu Guangzhi. At the same moment, he felt a poisonous needle prick him in the back. This was the effect of Rank 3 Shadow pin Gu, a gu insect commonly used by assassins. It contained a potent paralyzing poison. Gu Guangzhi felt his body slowly feel numb.

Several gu masters used this opportunity to attack with moon blades and pine needles. As Guangzhi's water wolf sensed this and it used Water veil Gu to protect Gu Guangzhi from the barrage of attacks. Gu Guangzhi used this brief moment to use Bamboo stalk Gu to heal himself. He drank large sips of the sweet medicinal wine from the Bamboo stalk Gu to suppress the effect of the poison. He started using Rank 1 Hellrise bamboo bird Gu to send hellrise birds in all directions to sniff out Zou Cheng. Soon the explosions, shed light in all directions and uncovered Zou Cheng. Some Rank 2 gu masters even got hurt due to the sheer amount of explosions.

"What do you want Gu Guangzhi?", asked Zou Cheng as he was discovered. Gu Guangzhi replied, "Revenge." Saying so, he used Bamboo wings Gu to raise up some dust. Then Gu Guangzhi unsealed a few Lightning bamboo Gu. He used multiple Lightning bamboo Gu at once and it appeared like a severe thunderstorm just appeared out of nowhere. Zou Cheng was taken aback at this sudden barrage of lighting attacks. Even though he had a good defensive gu insect, the lightning attack was quite erratic in the dust storm. Gu masters were running for cover and there was total chaos in the battlefield. The flashy attacks attracted several elders from the Gu Yue village.

As the dust settled, one the elders who just approached asked, "What the hell happened here? Are we under attack from another clan?"

Zou Cheng looked all around for Gu Guangzhi but couldn't locate him. He immediately ordered his subordinates to look for the intruder. He grudgingly replied, "Not a clan. It's just one person."

Gu Guangzhi left the battlefield and successfully sneaked into the Gu Yue village taking advantage of the chaos in the battlefield. One aspect in which Gu Guangzhi was lacking was concealment and stealth. His Earth concealment Gu was primarily used to conceal his earth path gu attacks or things hidden underneath the ground. And sooner than not, as he was making his way towards the academy, he was spotted by the Academy Elder. He was an old man in his sixties but he was still a Rank 3 gu master.

He quickly alerted the the guards and got into a battle with Gu Guangzhi. As the guards in the academy were closing in on Gu Guangzhi, he activated his Rank 3 killer move Heavy Handed soldiers to battle with the crowds. It was getting increasingly difficult for him to control all the grass puppets and modified grass puppets effectively. He was slowly getting intoxicated by the medicinal wine he had from Bamboo stalk Gu.

The biggest advantage of Heavy handed soldiers lied in overwhelming the opponents and making them expend more primeval essence by confusing them. However as the guards were too many in number, they were able to effectively deal with the modified grass soldiers. Gu Guangzhi saw the situation was getting out of his hand. His primeval essence reserves were depleting rapidly trying to maintain the killer move. His water wolf was of huge help to him and was able to keep the Academy Elder at bay on it's own. Gu Guangzhi was frankly astonished by its strength. However, it could not use gu insects in tandem to create more powerful moves. It's attacks were one dimensional.

Gu Guangzhi took the risk and modified his killer move on the spot. He used Bamboo spear Gu along with the killer move Heavy handed soldiers to form a new killer move, Rank 3 Spartan soldiers. The newly created grass soldiers were strengthened with Turn Rock Gu and had metal spears in their hands. These new soldiers, dubbed Spartan soldiers by Gu Guangzhi, were able to take on Rank 2 gu masters on their own. They had incredible defensive and mid-range offensive abilities. As this battle was taking place, Zou Cheng and the other elders came to know about this and rushed to the Academy grounds.

As all the ruckus reached the dormitory, Several students came out in surprise to see what was going on. Fang Yuan was one of them. When Gu Guangzhi spotted him, his anger burst like a dam and he poured his primeval essence into Pronghorn beetle Gu and dashed forth towards Fang Yuan with Dagger tail Gu in his hand. However, since he didn't have much experience with the killer move Spartan soldiers and it was suddenly interrupted, he faced an intense backlash. But Gu Guangzhi ignored the damage and moved past all the guards towards Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan was momentarily taken aback at this unexpected danger. He was only a Rank 1 middle stage gu master. He activated the Moonlight Gu along with Little Light Gu in a last ditch effort and shot it at Gu Guangzhi who was already close to him. Gu Guangzhi swatted away the moon blade. Gu Guangzhi's dagger tail was moments away from ripping apart Fang Yuan's head from his body but suddenly a sturdy hand caught hold of the dagger tail, not allowing it to harm Fang Yuan. It was Clan Leader Gu Yue Bo. He punched Gu Guangzhi with all his might. Gu Guangzhi flew a few meters away in a half dead state.

He spoke to Gu Guangzhi, "You ungrateful wretch! Know your place!"