"We didn't go the wrong way, right? Why do I feel like it's getting harder and harder to walk?"
Xing Cai's helpless voice resounded in the air as the two figures struggled to move forward in the midst of the wind and snow.
After flying for half a day, the further they went, the bigger the snowflakes in the air became. At the same time, they became more concentrated. Accompanied by the whistling wind, the snowflakes were like hailstones, falling rapidly and densely, causing ripples to appear around the two of them. Originally, they could still see very far, but now, they could only see within a few feet in front of them.
Even so, it was still blurry, and even their Divine Sense was disrupted. They couldn't detect too much distance at all.
Fortunately, the protective spirit light could still isolate them from the cold. Otherwise, they would have frozen to death here.
"We shouldn't have gone the wrong way. Hold on a little longer, we should be able to get out soon." Gu Zheng encouraged Xing Cai, but he was still a little worried.
This was just the outermost layer, and it already had such power. Once they reached the inner layer, wouldn't the mechanisms be even more powerful?
Looking up, it was getting darker and darker. The entire world seemed to have fallen into dusk.
"Hmm?" Xing Cai suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Gu Zheng was startled and asked.
"There seems to be something over there, but I can't see it clearly." Xing Cai pointed to the right and said to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng looked over and saw that among the overlapping white shadows, there seemed to be a pitch-black thing standing in the distance.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Gu Zheng said. After seeing Xing Cai nod, he immediately rushed over with her. In just a dozen breaths of time, they could clearly see the situation over there.
It turned out to be a series of palaces that covered a very wide area.
Perhaps there was something special about this place, but the closer they got, the smaller the snowflakes in the sky. When they landed on the ground, they were about the same size as when they woke up from their coma.
"Pfff!"
Gu Zheng and the others had just landed and found that half of their legs were buried in the ground. Although the snowflakes weren't big, they had already formed a thick layer of snow on the ground.
"Forget it, let's fly. Be careful." Gu Zheng took a look and flew out of the ground, sticking close to the snow.
Xing Cai shook her legs, and after shaking off the snow, she followed Gu Zheng. Compared to the consumption, this was much better than walking in the snow.
At this time, the palace in front of them wasn't very big, and the door had long been damaged. At a glance, they could see everything inside. However, the inside looked empty. Coupled with the snowflakes floating from the outside, the palace, the palace was covered in a layer of white snow.
The two of them continued to go deeper into the palace. They wanted to see if they could find anything. Of course, they hoped that there was a teleportation array to leave this place.
As they walked, they vigilantly observed their surroundings.
They noticed that many of the walls of the surrounding halls were already in tatters. There were also many traces of battle on them, as if a great battle had taken place there.
They went deeper and suddenly came to a huge open space. There were more than a dozen scattered jade pillars, but most of them were broken in two. It gave people a very dilapidated look.
Further up, there was a relatively tall palace. There were layers of stone stairs leading to it. The shadow they saw before was this palace.
The two of them didn't stay in this square for a while and continued to walk forward.
When they arrived at the top, they discovered that half of the wall at the bottom of the palace had collapsed with a loud bang. The remnants of the broken wall could be seen, and some black dried blood could be seen vaguely.
"Why is this place so scary? Why does it feel like a fierce battle has happened here?" Xing Cai looked and frowned.
"If I'm not wrong, this place should be the place where the traitors attacked last time. Then, the resistance here caused all of this. Clearly, after the formation outside was broken, they all gathered here. However, it seems that they were all massacred in the end." Gu Zheng swept his gaze over the hall. There was nothing worth paying attention to.
"So that's how it is. I thought someone had come here before us and fought." Xing Cai breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed the orb again. Just now, she was ready to fight at any time.
Gu Zheng shook his head and said, "You can feel it just by looking at the surrounding Spirit Qi fluctuations. It seems like there's nothing here. Everything has been looted. There's no need to look at other places. Let's leave."
"Okay!"
Xing Cai also knew. Just as she was about to leave with Gu Zheng, she suddenly heard a faint sound. Before she could react, she heard a loud explosion from the side.
"What's wrong?" Xing Cai turned around and looked at the corner in the distance. Wisps of black smoke were coming out of the puppet's upper body. A puppet with a big hole in its chest was lying there.
"A puppet that hasn't lost its power, but it's broken. It seems that it sensed our arrival and made a sound. Unfortunately, the energy in its body can only make it move a little." Gu Zheng stretched out his hand and grabbed. A long sword flew back to him with a "swish" and was put away by Gu Zheng.
Seeing this, Xing Cai also put away the reactivated orb.
The two of them soared into the sky and hurried forward.
While Gu Zheng was launching his attack, Sect Master Xue was leading the people behind him and hurrying on their way through the snowstorm. However, this was also the first time he had come to this place. Unfortunately, he had also lost his way.
"Stop!" Sect Leader Xue suddenly stretched out his hand and said to the people behind him.
The people behind him obeyed the order and stopped moving in the air.
Sect Leader Xue looked in a certain direction. A bloody light rose in his eyes and two small red vortexes appeared. It seemed to penetrate the endless snowflakes and see into the distance.
"Ha, so someone has already rushed over. Looking at the other party, they should know how to get out. Let's go! Let's follow them and save some time. "
After a while, Sect Leader Xue returned to normal and said with a smile.
The whole team followed Sect Leader Xue and hurried in a certain direction. That direction was the palace complex that Gu Zheng had just left.
Gu Zheng also continued to move in the same direction. At this time, he understood that he was going in the right direction because there were scattered palaces in front of him. Although they were called palaces, in Gu Zheng's opinion, they were more like residences. There were some weathered daily necessities inside. It should be the place where the servants used to live.
However, each building was built majestically and looked like a big hall.
There was no looting inside, but there was nothing that made people think about it.
Fortunately, the wind and snow in the sky didn't show any signs of increasing. It seemed to have reached its limit, which made them feel much more relaxed.
After half an hour, the originally flat terrain had obviously become higher. There was a towering mountain in the distance. Obviously, a special aura was coming from it. Even though they were so far away, they could still feel it.
Gu Zheng and Xing Cai looked at each other. Then, the two of them instantly sped up and rushed over.
When they got close to the valley, the wind and snow in the sky suddenly decreased. There was only light snow falling from the sky. Even the dark clouds above their heads had become much brighter.
Looking at the gradually rising mountain and the valley below, Gu Zheng said to Xing Cai, "Looks like it should be here!"
The two of them landed at the only entrance to the valley. At this time, the snow under their feet barely covered their shoes. It didn't affect their movements at all.
"What is this?" Xing Cai saw a human figure leaning against the mountain wall. She walked over curiously and blew at it. The snow on it was blown away by the wind, revealing a crystal clear puppet.
Its entire body was made of blue crystal. Even its facial features were carved clearly. If one only looked at its appearance, it looked like a real person. However, its eyes were closed at this time.
"It should be a guard puppet. However, it seems to be damaged." Gu Zheng glanced at it and saw a big hole in the center of the puppet. It seemed to have lost its power source.
"It's really exquisite." Xing Cai got closer. Through the slightly transparent body, she could see many ancient and profound runes directly engraved on it. Even she, who didn't understand anything, felt that it was pleasing to the eye. She couldn't wait to study it.
Gu Zheng walked to the other puppet on the ground. After sweeping away the snow on its body, he found that only half of its body was lying on the ground. It was also motionless on the ground. The only difference was that there was no big hole in its chest. It was just that there was nothing below the waist.
"Young Master Gu, it seems that this place is the same as the others. It has been broken in." Xing Cai turned around and gave up on studying the puppet. She didn't understand anything at all. Why waste time?
"Yes, we should leave …" Gu Zheng followed her words. Just as he raised his head, his face suddenly changed. He rushed toward Xing Cai like a whirlwind and grabbed Xing Cai's shoulder to retreat.
Xing Cai didn't understand the situation at all. She was still in shock when she saw an ice spear streaking across the place where she was just a moment ago. If Gu Zheng hadn't pulled her back in time, the ice spear would have pierced her heart.
The puppet that was leaning sideways on the mountain wall opened its eyes at some point. It condensed an ice spear from its hand and threw it at Xing Cai's back.
Moreover, there was no sound in its movement. Even when the weapon was flying, it didn't show any killing intent. If Gu Zheng hadn't seen it, Xing Cai would have been injured.
When the puppet saw Xing Cai dodge, the blue runes on its body lit up again. Countless ice and snow on the ground swirled around it. In the next moment, a puppet covered in ice and snow armor rushed out.
It raised its hand and the snow in the air condensed to form a long spear.
Gu Zheng looked at the puppet with some surprise. Even at this moment, the puppet didn't show any signs of life. It was like a pile of lifeless rocks next to it.
"Step back, I'll deal with it. You be careful!" Gu Zheng said to Xing Cai. At the same time, his figure directly got up.
Looking at the puppet's long spear, he didn't show the slightest carelessness. A long sword flashed in his hand and directly slashed at the puppet's weapon.
"Clang!"
A crisp sound echoed in the air. The strength of the two was actually equal in the air. Even if Gu Zheng hadn't used his full strength at this time, he could still see how terrifying the puppet's strength was.
Gu Zheng saw the puppet throw away its weapon and directly rushed towards him in the air. A blue light condensed in its palm. The arm that originally looked hard bent like water and smashed down on Gu Zheng's head.
Gu Zheng also raised his other hand. A golden light flashed in his hand and met the puppet's blue crystal fist.
"Buzz!"
A blue light flashed on the puppet's fist. A large number of runes appeared on its arm. A wrist-sized blue light beam shot out from it. It streaked across the air at an extremely fast speed.
At such a close distance, almost at the same time that the blue light beam was seen, the light beam had already reached Gu Zheng's fist.
"Just in time!"
Gu Zheng didn't feel any pressure from it at all. He was sure that the puppet was interfering with him. The strength in his hand increased again. As the golden light flashed on his fist again, the blue light beam was broken by Gu Zheng before it could do anything. It collided with the puppet's arm.
"Bang!" A loud sound was heard.
Gu Zheng's fist, accompanied by blue ice crystals, smashed into the other party's shoulder like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.
Xing Cai saw the puppet, which had lost half of its body, directly fly out. In a flash, it was embedded in the side of the valley. A large amount of snow rustled and fell from above, setting off a white wave.
Gu Zheng didn't chase after it. Instead, he frowned and looked at his palm. A layer of blue light spread from his fist to his body. A bone-piercing chill, similar to the outside, seeped into his arm.
Layers of blue frost continued to freeze from his arm. He felt that his entire arm was somewhat stiff.
A layer of flame suddenly burned from his arm. Suddenly, the blue frost evaporated.
"Huff … Huff …"
At this time, the wind and snow in the sky suddenly became stronger. The wind and snow outside were attracted by a mysterious force. In Gu Zheng's eyes, all of it rushed towards the puppet's location.
The Hesitant Puppet didn't have a living body. Gu Zheng didn't know the puppet's current situation. However, when he thought of the puppet's armor formed by the snow, he knew that the puppet had manipulated the wind and snow to heal him.
Thinking of this, he rushed over again. While he was still halfway, he threw the long sword in his hand.
"Rumble …"
In the midst of the wind and snow, a violent explosion sounded. The wind and snow were completely blown apart.
Gu Zheng waved his hand. A gust of wind rose and blew away all the snow that splashed out, revealing the situation below.
At this time, the puppet had been blown into several pieces. Its head was blown to another place. In its chest, a long sword flickering with golden light was inserted into the ground. Half of the sword's body was buried in the ground. Beside it were several pieces of broken body.
Gu Zheng took a few steps forward. After crushing a few blue crystals, he pulled out his long sword and said to Xing Cai, "This puppet's strength and skill can be considered average. It should be the kind that was mass-produced. If it's a one-on-one fight, it might only have the strength of a late-stage Jin Xian. It might not even be able to defeat a late-stage Jin Xian."
Xing Cai walked over and said to Gu Zheng, "This thing should be a puppet used to guard the entrance. Maybe there are even stronger puppets inside. You know, Black Dragon's lair. With his cultivation, he wouldn't have low-level guards. We should be careful."
"I know, but I thought this thing was broken. I didn't expect it to still be able to move. It seems we have to be careful." Gu Zheng agreed with Xing Cai's point of view. They couldn't be careless here.
At this time, Xing Cai's expression changed. The pearl in her hand flew behind Gu Zheng like a meteor.
"Bang!"
Gu Zheng looked in the direction of the pearl. A blue head had unknowingly appeared behind him. Its eyes were shining. It wanted to sneak attack him.
However, he didn't have the chance. Before the other party could attack, the pearl directly hit it. The head was like tofu. It was smashed into pieces.
"Ding!"
A blue crystal core jumped out of the other party's head. Before it fell to the ground, Gu Zheng stretched out his hand and sucked it over.
"Isn't this the same crystal core that my father took out?" After Xing Cai recalled her weapon, she went to Gu Zheng's side and asked curiously.
"It shouldn't be the same. However, this should be the other party's driving core. It seems that hiding in the head to control this body will not stop until the other party is destroyed." Gu Zheng went to the front of the half-body puppet and gently pushed it with his foot. There was a hole behind the other party's head. The core inside had long been gone.
"Let's go. Don't waste any more time here."
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, he walked towards the valley. Xing Cai also followed behind him. However, she had already taken out her weapon.
Her cultivation was indeed a little weak here. Even the lowest level puppet was not much weaker than her. This made her a little nervous.
"If others want to hurt you, they have to go through me." Gu Zheng saw her nervousness. Without Xing Ba's protection, it was inevitable that she would feel a little uneasy.
Although Gu Zheng was very powerful, compared to Xing Ba, he was at least a hundred Gu Zheng. The two of them could not be compared.
Even with Gu Zheng's consolation, Xing Cai's heart was still unable to calm down completely. However, Gu Zheng's words at least gave her some peace of mind. With a layer of protection, at least she would be much safer than a Grand Luo.
The higher the two of them went, the higher the terrain became. It was like a very flat hill.
Moreover, the densely packed buildings were squeezed together. However, most of them were damaged. Gu Zheng and Xing Cai also picked up a few halls that looked slightly more intact. In the end, other than some trash, there was nothing.
Those damaged magic treasures that could not even be melted down took up too much space.
After seeing that this place had been looted, Gu Zheng and the others also searched again. They just hurried on with their journey.
Soon, the buildings behind them were left behind. They came to a path that went up the mountain.
"Is there a formation that can leave this place?" Xing Cai looked behind them. They looked around again and did not find anything strange.
"I can feel a force above. It should be a teleportation formation." Gu Zheng focused and sensed above. He could vaguely feel a tyrannical force. From the aura, it should be a teleportation formation.
The Divine Sense here was too strong. It could almost cripple their Divine Sense.
"Then let's hurry up!" Xing Cai urged from behind.
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