The little bird's body was a little bloated, and its speed was also a little slower. It felt like it was about to reach its limit.
The shadow outside was also trembling. He was also about to reach his limit, and was only trying his best to maintain it.
Although the black flames were beginning to flicker, and the cold aura they contained was becoming weaker, there were still so many of them. It was as if there was no end to them, and it made people feel despair. They didn't know how many more black flames there were.
The little bird quickly tried to salvage the situation, and ate another black flame that had escaped. The little divine bird's eyes no longer had the initial pride. Although it was very powerful, it was now only a small shadow.
After eating so many black flames, it didn't taste good at all. It only felt waves of nausea in its heart.
It instinctively didn't let the black flames land on the man beside it, fearing that he would be hurt. It stopped on his arm for a moment, and saw that there were still many black flames in the distance, and they were still rushing over.
Fortunately, the other party's speed had also slowed down. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to hold on.
Just as it was about to leave, it suddenly saw a red ring in the corner of its eyes. It gave it a familiar feeling, and it subconsciously jumped over and rubbed its head against it.
Suddenly, a blazing flame appeared from the ring and burned the little bird's body. It seemed to have activated a hidden function, and the unconscious Gu Zheng spat out another mouthful of blood.
Then, the ring automatically fell off from Gu Zheng's arm, and it quickly shrank, and directly put on the little divine bird's head.
The little divine bird didn't feel anything. Instead, it felt a warm energy flowing back and forth in its body, dispelling all the coldness in its body, and it felt more energetic.
"Whoosh." The little divine bird spat out a spark from its mouth. At first, it was only the size of a grain of rice, but when it came out, it immediately turned into a raging fire. Some of the white flames directly burned towards the black flames. The little divine bird gently circled around, and basically all the black flames in the surroundings were swept away, leaving only a few scattered flames.
The shadow in the distance suddenly spat out a mouthful of black gas, and its figure became even dimmer. Seeing the other party's divine bird still flying back and forth arrogantly, and destroying all the remaining black flames, the defeated expression on its face became even more obvious.
"It seems that the other party is really not simple. Man proposes, God disposes." The shadow dragged its body and floated towards the main hall.
When all of the black flames disappeared, the little Divine Bird looked around, as if it wanted to find another enemy to continue fighting.
After putting on the Li Ring, he felt that the energy in his body was limitless, and he just wanted to vent it.
But now, there was nothing but dust all around. There was nothing moving at all. Disappointed, the little divine bird looked at the miniature Li Huan above its head and chirped softly a few times, as if to express its gratitude.
It turned into a red light and rushed into the ball on Gu Zheng's waist. The ball returned to its original state and stopped moving. Only the mini Li Ring remained, floating in the air.
Buzz buzz.
The Li Bracelet trembled a few times in the air before expanding once again and returning to Gu Zheng's hand. The red line on Gu Zheng's right wrist had already faded and could no longer be seen.
In the cave above, Pan Xuan stood up unconsciously when she saw so many black flames suddenly appear in the hall. She covered her mouth with her small hand and looked up in shock.
The black flames looked so powerful that the moment they exploded, even the air seemed to calm down.
The black flames that spilled out were burning fiercely inside and outside the main hall. There were no more sounds of fighting inside. Everything was quiet.
"Where are they?" This was the question in everyone's heart. They waited for a long time, but it was still the same. No one came out.
"Don't tell me they died together?" Some people couldn't help but have this thought.
At this time, an Asura person volunteered to go forward and ask for information.
He quickly went to the bottom of the stairs and felt the cold air above. A light breeze blew past, and he shivered. He felt as if his mind was about to freeze.
Seeing such power above, he didn't dare to go forward. He was afraid that he would also die.
"Senior Gu, can you hear me?" he shouted from below, making sure that his voice could be heard.
After waiting for a while, he focused on sensing above, but there was no sound at all.
He continued to shout a few more times and found that there was still no response from above. He didn't hesitate and took out a short wooden stick. It was covered in layers of ice. It seemed to be an ice type magic treasure.
He carefully controlled his magic treasure and immersed a bit of his divine sense into it. He went up and saw through the magic treasure's perspective that there were messy black flames everywhere, but he couldn't feel any heat.
The entire door was almost completely covered by the black flames, leaving only a small gap. Through this small gap, he did not discover anything. The inside was basically filled with black flames, blocking his line of sight. Thus, he decided to take the risk and pass through this gap.
He carefully controlled the magic treasure. Just as he was about to go through the door, he suddenly felt that the connection between him and the magic treasure became obscure and difficult to control. Something was interfering with his divine sense.
The stick magic treasure was affected and gently fell. It just happened to brush against a bit of the black flames. As a result, the black flames suddenly burned more vigorously and surrounded the magic treasure.
He felt a cold aura. It followed the divine sense he left in the magic treasure and rushed towards him. He was so scared that he dared to cut off his divine sense, even if it was just a little loss.
He, who had just cut off his divine sense, opened his eyes and saw a black flame following the connection between his divine sense and flying towards him. After he cut it off, it seemed that he couldn't tell the direction and helplessly floated down from the sky. In just a few seconds, the black flame had already flown half the distance.
He was so scared that he broke out in cold sweat and quickly returned to the crowd.
The people around saw him return but didn't go up. They all asked what happened. He told them everything he knew.
He didn't find anything unusual. He didn't see the two figures through the gap. It was all this black flame inside.
In the process of arriving, he especially emphasized the strangeness of the black flame.
Everyone also saw a black flame fly out of it. Only then did they understand that it could lock onto the enemy through divine sense. It was really too strange.
"I don't believe that the two of them would die together. He must be up there. Something happened and he's waiting for us to save him." Pan Xuan's face was filled with disbelief. Although most of her guesses were reasonable, she still felt that he was still alive. He was just trapped inside and hadn't come out.
Pan Xuan walked towards the stairs, insisting on personally taking a look. Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't stop her. They knew that her lover's life and death were unknown, so they understood how she felt.
However, Envoy Wu was probably already dead. Otherwise, after such a long time without putting away the flame and not appearing, everyone was mainly worried about Gu Zheng's life and death.
Although most people believed that the two of them had died together, there was still a portion of people who agreed with Pan Xuan. Gu Zheng wasn't dead. He was just trapped inside, waiting for them to save him.
Many people who weren't injured and some who were slightly injured came to the bottom of the stairs. They helped Pan Xuan think of a way to investigate the situation inside. Everyone was very grateful to Gu Zheng. They were all willing to find him and contribute their strength. If he really needed help, they wouldn't back down.
The remaining people used this time to recover. Now that the enemy was dead and Gu Zheng's life and death were unknown, it seemed that they wouldn't be able to leave for a while. They could only wait for the people outside to notice that something was wrong and come to save them.
Now, there weren't many people here. More than half of them had died here, which made some people sigh. They hadn't thought that an ordinary trial would allow an enemy to sneak in and kill so many of their people. When they returned to the top, who knew how big of a commotion it would cause?
When Gu Zheng opened his eyes, his first reaction was that he was fine. He looked up at the cave entrance. From below, he could vaguely see that there were still black flames burning above.
His entire body was filled with soreness. Gu Zheng felt the state of his body and bitterly smiled. Right now, his body was in a mess. He lacked Celestial Qi and his internal injuries were not light. His strength had most likely decreased greatly. At most, he could only use the power of a Heaven Immortal.
Gu Zheng endured the discomfort and quickly got up. He observed his surroundings. He only remembered falling down from above and then fainting until he woke up.
The surroundings were all gray and gloomy. The surroundings were very oppressive and bare. Not far ahead, there was a black hall. Behind him, there was a completely black figure.
There was nothing else. It was completely surrounded by stone walls. It felt like a prison, a place to imprison people.
Gu Zheng felt that the person next to him was somewhat familiar. As he got closer, this feeling became more and more obvious.
But now, this person seemed to have been burned into charcoal. Even his clothes had melted on his body. He couldn't see his original appearance from head to toe. Moreover, a large part of his chest had been burned into a large hole.
His eyes constantly scanned this person's body, trying to find something. When Gu Zheng's gaze stopped at his palm, he suddenly realized that a few of his fingers were broken, as if they had been cut off by something.
Could this be the Crow Emissary? Gu Zheng thought because he knew that in the previous battle, he had seen with his own eyes that the Crow Emissary had cut off his own fingers and fed them to his skull.
This empty spot was the same as what he remembered. Could it be that he had also died here? From the looks of it, he had been burned to death.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng also relaxed a lot. He realized that the other party was already dead. At least for now, there was no danger.
Gu Zheng subconsciously wanted to leave this place. But when he looked up and saw the black flames that were still burning above, he smiled bitterly. He had almost died here in Daluo.
With his current state, he definitely couldn't force his way through. He estimated that he would be burned to ashes in an instant. He couldn't be reckless.
He looked at the hall. Perhaps that was the place where he had been imprisoned. Gu Zheng thought for a moment and walked over. He was very curious as to why the Old Ancestor had imprisoned him here.
This space wasn't too big. Soon, he arrived at this place that could be called the hall.
The hall was about ten feet tall and was completely black. The main entrance of the hall was a semicircular entrance. It was very similar to a large family's corridor. There were no obstructions inside, but it was a pity that he could clearly see the situation inside.
Looking inside, there were only tall stone pillars that were emitting green light from an unknown source. The inside was very eerie and scary, filled with a dense ghostly aura. Gusts of wind that came from an unknown source constantly blew from the outside.
Gu Zheng could feel it even from outside. A chill passed over his body, taking away what little warmth he had. He could vaguely feel a strange howl coming from inside. It was like the howls of ghosts from the underworld.
However, there was a stone door near the inside, blocking his line of sight.
Gu Zheng slowly approached the entrance. His eyes constantly scanned the surroundings, emitting strands of cold air. He was a little fearful. He didn't know what kind of existence was inside the hall, so he was still hesitating.
In the end, Gu Zheng thought that there shouldn't be any danger here. He had nothing to do outside. Moreover, he was also very curious as to what was inside the place where Messenger Wu was imprisoned. Perhaps he could find some of the things he had left behind.
Taking a step inside, it was as if he had entered another world. The four walls were inlaid with luminous pearls that emitted a faint green light. The faint green light illuminated the interior of the hall, causing it to appear particularly eerie, as if it was a sinister underworld.
As they continued to walk forward, they didn't find anything else outside. However, there was a black gas lingering around the stone pillar. The color was very faint, so it wasn't easy to detect it here.
The closer he got to the stone pillars, the colder the air became.
In the end, Gu Zheng circled around and arrived at the stone door. Apart from this door, there was nothing else. Perhaps the secret was inside.
Gu Zheng forcefully pushed open the stone door. It was also eerie green inside, but it was even dimmer. The space inside was even smaller, and there were only a few Night Pearls scattered above.
When he saw the scene inside, he gasped. He was so shocked that his scalp went numb. On both sides of the hall, there were two rows of dried corpses. Their dried bones and flesh were wrapped tightly around their bodies. Their expressions were abnormally hideous.
Most of them had painful expressions, and some looked like they were struggling. Who made them like this and placed them here? It was as if they were tortured to death.
At the front, there was a tall platform. There was a green crystal on it that was flashing.
Gu Zheng focused his mind. After sensing that there were no dangerous auras, he slowly walked forward. He felt even colder inside. Gu Zheng subconsciously covered his body with Immortal Qi. Only then did he feel slightly better.
Looking at the eerie corpses on both sides and their hideous expressions, he felt like he had come to the underworld.
Very quickly, Gu Zheng came to the platform that he was looking at previously. There was a small staircase that led up. Just as he was about to go up to take a look, a sigh came from nearby.
"Who's there? Don't hide in the dark." Gu Zheng subconsciously shouted. He turned around to look at the stone door behind him. He realized that it was still open and didn't close with the sound.
A figure appeared from behind the crystal on the platform and looked at him just like that.
It was a very handsome stranger. He had a handsome face, sword-like eyebrows, and a straight nose. He was indeed a talent.
"Did you forget me so quickly?" A stranger's voice came from behind him. It sounded like he was very familiar with Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng looked at him with wide eyes. He was sure that this was the first time he saw him. Why did he say that he had forgotten him?
In the blink of an eye, Gu Zheng took out his Magistrate Brush and looked at it warily.
Only then did he realize that the only person here who knew him was Messenger Wu. However, wasn't he already dead? Why was he still here?
Messenger Wu looked at Gu Zheng's wariness and felt that the other party was going to attack him in the next second. He didn't say anything and just stared at him. After all, he was going to die sooner or later.
Gu Zheng looked up and was a little surprised. Why didn't the other party attack him? They were mortal enemies. Instead, he was relaxed and looked like he was ready to die.
He subconsciously checked the other party's condition and realized that the other party was only in a spiritual state. Moreover, the aura on his body was very unstable. It felt like he was going to disappear at any time.
Taking a closer look, he saw a very weak green line on his body. It was connected to the green crystal behind him. If not for the support of the crystal behind him, he wouldn't have been able to hold on.
Only then did Gu Zheng solve the doubts in his heart. The other party was already so weak. He reckoned that any random person could beat him to death.
This was his original appearance. The one outside was just a body that he had borrowed.
The Magistrate Brush had a natural counter to the other party's spiritual body. It could use 200% of its power.
"Who are you? Why are you going against the Shura people?" Gu Zheng didn't put down his Magistrate Brush. He was very curious about why the other party was imprisoned here.
Messenger Wu's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Gu Zheng's face for a while before slowly speaking.
"I didn't expect you to be interested in my matters. Since I'm going to die, there's no harm in telling you, as long as you have the patience to listen to my nagging.
"The main reason I'm imprisoned here is that damned ancestor." Messenger Wu's voice was filled with anger.
Gu Zheng's ears perked up as he tried to discern whether the other party was telling the truth or not.
Messenger Wu looked at the expressionless Gu Zheng and quickly continued speaking.
"My original name was Xiao Le. I used to live in Feng River. My family and friends were there. I lived a happy life there. Only when I found an opportunity did I embark on this path." Xiao Le's eyes were filled with nostalgia. There was even a hint of a smile on his lips. It seemed that he was indeed very happy back then.
"After a long time, I started traveling in the Primeval World. During a very ordinary adventure …"
As Xiao Le continued speaking, Gu Zheng understood why he was imprisoned here. His original strength was actually at the peak of the Grand Heavenly Realm. This was beyond anyone's expectations.
He was captured and brought here tens of thousands of years ago. Speaking of which, he had been tortured here for tens of thousands of years. It was a kind of torture on the mind and soul.
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