"Is that true?" Gu Zheng asked for confirmation. When the Asura heard this, his eyes were filled with despair. He knew that if Pan Xuan spoke, nothing would happen and no one would pursue the matter.
On the other hand, if something happened to Pan Xuan, no one would be able to escape punishment. Some of them might even die.
"I'm sure. I believe no one has any objections." Pan Xuan said decisively. Gu Zheng looked back and saw that although everyone's expression was somewhat unbearable, no one objected. This was indeed a method that couldn't be helped.
Envoy Wu had already started to retreat. He knew that he did not have the chance to hold another hostage. It seemed that the other party had really decided to give up on him. In that case, his value was about to disappear. He had to continue running.
It seemed that he would not be able to escape. However, even if he died, he would drag him down with him. The other party would definitely be heartbroken if such a monstrous genius died.
Gu Zheng took a deep breath and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were filled with coldness. He looked at the other party as if he was looking at a dead person.
"I'll return him to you." Envoy Wu did not wait for the other party to attack. He directly threw the person in his hand forward. At the same time, he took out a few thumb-sized black eyeballs. Under the cover of the Asura, he hid behind him and rushed forward.
As for himself, he quickly retreated a few steps and turned into a black light. He turned around and fled towards the high platform.
Gu Zheng wanted to chase after him, but he realized that the other party was not far from him. More importantly, he was actually still alive. The other party did not kill him. Gu Zheng had no choice but to stop. He did not notice the sinister black eyeballs behind him.
"He's still alive." Gu Zheng shouted behind him. In any case, he could not run out of here. When he turned around, a few black eyeballs came into view.
"Peng, peng, peng." After a few light sounds, the black eyeballs exploded. In an instant, the surrounding area was covered by a black fog. Everyone's vision was pitch black and they could not see anything.
"Quiet, everyone quiet. This black fog is not harmful. It only blocks your vision. Don't panic." Gu Zheng immediately held his breath. After sensing that there was no danger at all, he hurriedly said loudly.
At the same time, he kept trying to get rid of the black fog. However, the black fog was very difficult to get rid of. No matter how strong the wind blew or how strong the fire burned, it still stubbornly stood there.
This little thing was not dangerous at all. In addition, he was attracted by the Asura and did not notice it at all. It seemed that there was still a small flaw in the forceful upgrade, but it was only a pseudo Daluo state.
Fortunately, the other party wasn't a true Grand Heavenly Immortal and was forcefully promoted. If it was a complete early-stage Grand Heavenly Immortal, he would definitely be in a very sorry state.
Gu Zheng directly transferred everyone out. Comparatively speaking, this was much faster and easier.
Fortunately, everyone had listened to Gu Zheng's words. They were only on high alert and did not cause any trouble.
Gu Zheng patted the unlucky guy's body a few times and released the restrictions on his body. He looked up to see where Envoy Wu was. After a while, he could no longer see him.
"Can we escape now?" An Asura suggested. In his opinion, since the threat had been made, they could think of a way to escape first and let the lord deal with it later.
"No. Didn't you see that the cave entrance is still closed? It means that we are still trapped below." An Asura seemed to have thought of this problem long ago.
"I reckon that the method to open the passage above is still in Envoy Wu's hands."
"Swoosh." Everyone turned their heads to Gu Zheng and looked at him.
"Can you still hold on?" At this moment, Pan Xuan had already come over and asked gently. Looking at the wounds on his body that were constantly bleeding, her heart ached.
"I'm still okay. It's only been an hour. There's no time to lose. I'll go and chase after him now." Gu Zheng knew that he had to find Emissary Wu quickly. Even if he couldn't find out how to get out, he had to kill him. Otherwise, after a while, he would spread out this energy and his side would be in trouble.
He vaguely remembered that Envoy Wu had fled towards the high platform. However, he still quickly circled around the cave and carefully checked to make sure that Envoy Wu was not hiding in the surroundings. Only then did he walk towards the high platform.
As for that lucky guy, after resting on the ground for a while and spitting out a few mouthfuls of black blood, he crawled up and returned to the group.
If he had made the same choice, he would not blame the others for making the same choice. He could only blame himself for being too unlucky. Right now, he was only rejoicing that he had escaped death. It was all thanks to the ancestor's blessing.
Gu Zheng walked up to the high platform and carefully sensed the interior of the hall. Right now, he could only hide here. Although he could sense that everything inside was basically the same as before, there was no difference.
He could sense a weak aura, but he could not pinpoint where Envoy Wu was.
Gu Zheng carefully pushed open the door and stood at the entrance to observe carefully. In the middle of the hall, there was a black smoke rising in spirals. A sinister aura was coming from there.
"Could it be that there is another world?" Thinking that Envoy Wu could not have appeared here for no reason, he must have come out from somewhere. Could it be that he was below the hall? He raised his head and looked at the stone pillar. Right now, he was sure that someone had installed it later.
"Could it be that someone had already come here in advance? And then accidentally released him? "
After inspecting it again, Gu Zheng walked in with doubts. He wanted to see what was below.
After being on guard, Gu Zheng came to the middle of the hall. There was a concave round hole there. Through the black smoke, he could faintly see a black hall. The smoke was rising from a skeleton below.
As he was observing, a black flame suddenly rose from below and quickly rose up along with the smoke.
Gu Zheng was startled and hurriedly moved aside. A black flame had already spewed out from the hole like a fountain. It landed on the ground and burned one by one. Quite a few of the stone pillars above were also touched by the black flame. The flames directly reached the sky, as if igniting something.
As more and more flames came out, gradually, the empty space and ground started to burn. Some of the black flames even intentionally or unintentionally shot towards Gu Zheng, forcing Gu Zheng to hide pathetically. He did not want to be burned for no reason.
After not finding any traces of Envoy Wu, Gu Zheng decided to leave first.
He would enter again after the flames subsided. He felt that Envoy Wu had already escaped below. He still had some time, so he decided to wait and see.
Just as he was about to retreat, he discovered that the entrance was blocked by someone. It was Envoy Wu, whom he suspected to be hiding.
Envoy Wu looked at Gu Zheng with a smile and crossed his arms. A translucent black barrier appeared in front of him, blocking Gu Zheng's path. He did not say anything and just looked at Gu Zheng strangely.
No matter how Gu Zheng looked at it, it felt very strange. Seeing that the other party did not move, Gu Zheng did not hold back and directly punched. The black light flashed, but Gu Zheng retracted his fist and immediately returned to normal.
When Gu Zheng saw this, he immediately took out his weapon. The moment the small sword appeared, it immediately released a dense sword light. The Magistrate Brush also shot out more black light.
However, the black barrier kept flashing back and forth, layer by layer like waves. However, it stubbornly refused to disperse. The black flames behind him had already reached him. He could not dodge in time and a few of them had already started to burn on his barrier.
He felt the Immortal Qi in his body rapidly depleting. He also went forward and broke through the black barrier together. An earth-shattering fist shadow appeared in the air and quickly landed on the black barrier.
The air continued to explode, but the black screen could not be broken. Gu Zheng raised his head and looked at Envoy Wu. He discovered that blood was flowing out from the corner of his mouth.
Gu Zheng was stunned. He did not injure him, so how could he be injured? Could it be an old injury from before?
He looked at the black barrier in front of him. With every attack from the small sword and Magistrate Brush, more blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
It turned out that he had transferred a portion of the black barrier's attacks to him, using his own life to prevent him from trying to break out. He clearly knew that he could not defeat him and could not escape. He would die sooner or later, so he wanted to die together with him.
Knowing that he could not stop him from breaking out, he decided to use all his strength to defend himself and stall for time so that he and the other party would die here together. This was also why Gu Zheng felt that the other party's smile was so strange.
Feeling the flames behind him getting denser and denser, Gu Zheng's body was already covered in flames. He also attacked the black barrier with all his might.
The cold in the air also became more and more serious. Gu Zheng felt a wave of Yin Qi lingering around him, trying to invade his body.
Outside, everyone heard the sounds coming from above and felt the shocking aura inside. They guessed that they had already started fighting, but they did not know who would come out in the end.
On the other side, Messenger Wu spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood under Gu Zheng's concentrated attacks. He could no longer maintain his elegant standing posture. He was half-bent, one hand covering his abdomen, the other supporting himself against the wall. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Because of the pain, his remaining fingers were all covered in blood. They were left behind from clasping onto the wall.
"Come down and accompany me." Suddenly, Messenger Wu raised his head and smiled at Gu Zheng.
The black flames behind him exploded, and in an instant, the entire room was ignited with black flames. The entire space was filled with black flames, and the cold Yin energy had already penetrated his protective shield and entered his body.
He could feel his body stiffening. The immortal energy in his body was burning rapidly like a waterfall. He couldn't go on like this. In a few minutes, he would run out of immortal energy. He wouldn't be able to maintain the barrier and the flames would burn his body.
The stone pillar above his head had long been burned to a crisp, leaving not even a speck of ash behind. He did not want to end up like that.
Immediately, he put away all his weapons. His vision was blocked by the flames. Gu Zheng felt his way forward. He felt that the black curtain was still in front of him, but Messenger Wu's aura had disappeared.
Gu Zheng punched the black curtain with all his might. However, the black curtain was still there. He knew that he could not break it in a short time. Gu Zheng's mind spun quickly.
Suddenly, he thought of the scene he saw just now. There seemed to be a huge space below. Gu Zheng quickly felt for the position of the hall below. He touched it with both hands. Previously, it was only the size of a bowl. Now, it had been burned into a big hole by the flames. It could fit him completely.
Gu Zheng rejoiced in his heart and hurriedly jumped down.
He heard the sound of the wind. He could clearly feel that he was descending against the black flames. He felt the little immortal energy in his body. He hoped that it was not too high down and that he could still escape the range of the black flames.
However, it was a beautiful thought. When Gu Zheng was still descending from the sky, he suddenly felt his aura falling like a cliff.
Although there was still some immortal energy in his body, he was unable to maintain his Zenith Heaven Realm. Now, he was falling back to his original realm.
What Gu Zheng was worried about happened. The barrier outside started to flicker. In Gu Zheng's horror, it flickered once and disappeared.
Countless black flames rushed towards his body. Before he could see the black flames land on his body, the sudden burst of coldness drilled into his brain. Feeling the coldness in his brain, he fainted.
"Bang."
In the next second, Gu Zheng fell heavily to the ground. When the black flames nearby saw him, they could not wait to surge towards him. The black flames stopped shooting upwards.
What Gu Zheng did not know was that when he fainted and the black flames were about to touch him, a ray of light appeared from the strange-looking ball at his waist. All the black flames rushed into the ball.
The ball was originally red. Slowly, black spots appeared on it. As the black flames poured in, the area kept expanding.
Suddenly, a jade bottle appeared in the air. It was the Phoenix blood that Gu Zheng collected in the hall above. Now, it had appeared on its own.
Soon, a few drops of blood exuded a strange power. As soon as they appeared, they shone in all directions. It was actually four drops of Phoenix blood essence.
This was probably something that Young Master Yu did not expect. This Phoenix blood was actually given to him by someone else. He did not pay much attention to it and kept it. He treated it as a descendant of the Phoenix bloodline and obtained blood from its body. This thing was very difficult to use here, and it was not considered precious. He kept it in his hand.
This time, he pretended to be the Phoenix blood reward to lure the other party and increase the other party's suspicion. It was killing two birds with one stone.
If he knew that it contained the Phoenix blood essence, he probably would not even have the heart to die. This thing was a priceless treasure at this time. It could be said that it was ten thousand times more valuable than the Phoenix blood. How could he bear to leave it here and let Gu Zheng take advantage of it for nothing?
When the black flames saw the Phoenix blood essence appear, they actually stopped in the surroundings in fear. Some of the black flames were accidentally covered by the multicolored light and were instantly extinguished. The black flames were so scared that they retreated and circled back and forth outside, not daring to come up again.
Under a mysterious power, the drops of Phoenix blood essence slowly came to the side of the ball and fused with it drop by drop.
As the blood essence fused with the ball, all the black spots on the ball were swept away. The entire ball became very red and emitted an extremely high heat wave. The black flames were forced to retreat again.
The ball suddenly began to bulge and shrink, as if it had a life of its own. The sound of a heartbeat echoed in the air and became more and more frequent. The ball also started to beat quickly along with the heartbeat. Moreover, every time the ball bulged, it would become a little bigger than the last time.
It seemed like something was about to come out from inside. Along with another huge bulge, the ball was more than two times bigger than before. Once again, it suddenly shrank back to its original size and stopped moving.
"Whoosh" A mini bird suddenly appeared from the void. A high-pitched cry reverberated in the air. The cry was very pleasant to the ear.
Although this little bird was only fifty centimeters in size and looked very small, it was accompanied by an ancient and desolate aura. It was ancient and distant, making people unable to help but prostrate themselves in worship.
It had a dazzling, fiery red tail feathers, and colorful feathers. Its steps were dazzling, and its eyes were bright and full of expression. It was looking at the surrounding black flames with disdain.
If Elder Xiong saw it, he would be surprised to find that this little bird was seventy percent similar to the divine bird.
This little bird was the only nirvana that the divine bird had prepared for itself. However, at that time, in order to calculate the seed of the Red Jade Core here, it had sacrificed too much, and most of its power had been instilled into it.
Although it knew that the probability of successful nirvana was pitifully low, it could even be said that there was only a one in ten thousand chance of success.
It was precisely because of this little seed, no matter how small the seed was, it also represented hope.
With the help of an unknown senior and the opportunity to encounter the Phoenix blood essence, it actually turned the impossible into a possibility.
Now, under the stimulation of the black flames, it automatically detected the Phoenix blood essence that Gu Zheng possessed. Because it was contaminated with Gu Zheng's aura, it directly took it out from the other party's space and absorbed it unconsciously.
Under such a tyrannical energy supplement, it felt the danger and a virtual shadow came out first. Its body was still brewing in the ball, waiting for the final growth.
However, even if the divine bird succeeded in nirvana, it was no longer the same as before. It had already lost most of its memories from its previous life, and the only thing it had left behind was its inheritance.
Its bloodline was thicker than before, and its potential for growth was greater. It had no karma with its previous life, and it could be said that it was a completely new divine bird with the Phoenix bloodline.
Although it was only an illusion, the aura it exuded was enough to instill fear in the black flames.
A virtual shadow looked at this scene in shock. It had never thought that the divine bird had such a pet.
It bitterly smiled and gritted its teeth. It did not have much time, and under its full control, the black flames finally rushed up.
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in the little divine bird's eyes. It had not expected the other party to be so tactless.
Its small mouth agilely flew towards the black flames, and it ate them one by one. No matter how many came, they were all eaten by the little divine bird.
As the black flames were eaten by the little bird, its colorful feathers had a trace of black Qi. It had eaten too much and could not digest it in time.
However, the black flames were still rushing up, and the little bird had no choice but to continue.
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