On this side, Sect Master Xue was closing in on them with all her might. When she saw a familiar aura flashing from the other party's body, she thought for a moment and realized that the other party had actually taken off some of the chains. No wonder she felt that something was off when she checked.
Seeing the other party's speed slowing down, even if Sect Master Xue was confident that she could stop them, in order to prevent the previous situation from happening again, a red light flashed in her eyes and a strange fluctuation appeared in the air.
This fluctuation instantly arrived at Gu Zheng's location.
Gu Zheng felt his blood and Qi churning, as if it wanted to break out of his body and rush out.
A golden light appeared on the surface of his body again, suppressing the abnormality in his body.
However, Blue Snow and Xing Cai were not so lucky. Because they were using the medicinal power to stimulate their body's potential, their blood and Qi were already in a boiling state. At this moment, their bodies turned red and looked as if they were about to explode.
"Disperse the medicinal power!"
Gu Zheng realized that the speed behind him had slowed down again and understood what was going on. He turned around and immediately said to them.
Hearing this, the two of them spat out clouds of golden mist from their bodies. In the blink of an eye, a golden mist was left on the stone steps.
Without the impact of the medicinal power, the two of them hurriedly circulated their martial arts and suppressed the abnormality in their bodies.
While there was still a little bit of medicinal power left, they continued to rush forward.
At this moment, he could see the top. As long as they had an incense stick's worth of time, they would be able to reach the top.
At this moment, their delay allowed Sect Master Xue to close the distance between them. She was close enough that Gu Zheng could even see the other party's complacent sneer.
"Young Master Gu, please take Miss Xing Cai and leave. I really can't go up. Thank you for saving me before, let me help you out now." Lan Yu suddenly spoke up.
Gu Zheng looked and saw that Lan Yu's current state was not good. After losing the medicinal power, her body could not hold on any longer. Her face was pale and even the last bit of energy in her body had exploded out.
If she was not desperate and had no other choice, she would not have said such words.
Not only him, even Xing Cai was not in a good state. She was only slightly stronger than Lan Yu, but she would not be able to hold on any longer.
However, she gritted her teeth and held on.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You've already wasted two Golden Lotus Seeds. Dying like this is too much of a waste. Besides, do you think you can stop the other party?" Gu Zheng quickly moved forward, but suddenly stopped and stood on the stone steps.
When Xing Cai passed by, a hand wrapped around Xing Cai's waist and lifted her up.
Xing Cai didn't react at all. Her head was already on Gu Zheng's shoulder, and her body subconsciously resisted. But when she thought of Gu Zheng's purpose for doing this, her body instantly stiffened.
...... This way, you won't be able to escape. "
However, at this time, Gu Zheng's body suddenly emitted an intense golden light and began to move. He began to rush forward again at an extremely fast speed.
Xing Cai noticed that his left hand was actually grabbing onto Blue Rain's waist, directly grabbing onto him.
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. "Young Master Gu, why are you doing this? I will definitely help you stop the other party for two breaths!" Lan Yu was extremely moved. At this time, the other party still wanted to help her escape.
"All of you, shut up!" Gu Zheng suddenly shouted at them.
"Young Master Gu …" Xing Cai felt Gu Zheng hug her even tighter. Her eyes were a little moist. She mumbled, but did not know what to say.
"Since I promised your father, I will definitely bring you back safely. Don't worry. If they want to hurt you, they will have to step over my body." Gu Zheng looked up and said indifferently.
Xing Cai's body went limp. Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes. At this time, she really hoped that her act would become real.
But she knew in her heart that this was only her wishful thinking. For Gu Zheng, it was just a promise.
Seeing this, Lan Yu did not say anything. She just closed her eyes and adjusted her body's condition. She wanted to play a role at the crucial moment.
At this time, if anyone wanted to hurt Gu Zheng, they would also have to step over his body.
As Gu Zheng moved forward at full speed, Xing Cai and Lan Yu could hear the creaking sounds of Gu Zheng's bones. That kind of unbearable sound always made people feel that in the next moment, they would collapse because they could not withstand three times the pressure.
However, Gu Zheng did not seem to be aware of it. Even if he was carrying two people, the pressure on his body was the sum of the three people. His speed did not decrease at all. Instead, it seemed that he was getting faster and faster.
Behind him, Sect Master Xue's eyes showed some anxiety. She did not expect that guy to be so fast. He was only a short distance away from the top of the mountain.
She could not catch up to him in time. Looking at how familiar the other party was with this place, there might be a teleportation formation leading to other places. She did not want to play a game of cat and mouse.
A sharp light flashed in her eyes. This distance was enough. The blood-red dagger appeared in front of his chest again.
Gu Zheng raised his hand and lightly touched it. The dagger let out a clear sound. Immediately after, a red light flashed on its surface. A bloody aura surged out from the dagger and rushed towards Gu Zheng at extreme speed.
Gu Zheng heard a hurried sound in the air. Turning his head, he saw that the red light had already appeared in front of his chest. At the same time, a feeling of danger, as if death, instantly filled Gu Zheng's mind.
At this moment, there was no time for him to completely dodge. He subconsciously threw a golden lotus seed into his mouth and dodged to the side.
With a puchi sound, a bloody arrow flew out from Gu Zheng's abdomen and continued to fly forward.
Xing Cai only felt Gu Zheng's body tremble and come to a stop. At the same time, she felt the aura on her body rapidly drop. At this moment, she discovered that a layer of her calf had been damaged. Without any repair, it had completely lost its function.
That bloody light suddenly stopped in the air and actually pointed at Gu Zheng's head. It seemed that in the next moment, Gu Zheng would lose his life.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a loud sound suddenly resounded in the air. A huge bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky. It was like a huge lightning dragon.
The black stone steps underground suddenly lit up. Layers of black light spread out in all directions. The bloody light that was about to attack seemed to have encountered some kind of obstruction. It actually kept swaying in the air.
The sound of thunder had yet to fade away when the bloody light disappeared in the air.
At this moment, Gu Zheng's body trembled again. A wisp of black aura emerged from his wound. It was mixed with some golden light. Once again, it rushed upwards at an extremely fast speed.
At this moment, its speed was actually a bit faster than before. In addition, it was about to reach the top. Almost as Sect Leader Xue was stunned, Gu Zheng's figure disappeared from the stone platform.
Sect Leader Xue saw this. Although she didn't know what was going on, the bloody aura in her body surged and she rushed upwards.
However, her body suddenly stiffened. Above her head, the huge lightning had already appeared and was aimed at Sect Leader Xue below.
Sect Leader Xue's eyes abruptly shrank. A bloody mist immediately surrounded her body.
In the next moment, a bolt of lightning the size of a house directly fell from the sky. It emitted a terrifying aura and instantly struck the bloody ball below. Countless lightning rays drowned her.
The dazzling lightning instantly lit up the entire world.
At this moment, Gu Zheng had just stepped onto the high platform. He saw that not far in front of him, there was a very simple thatched hut. However, it was releasing a huge yellow light, as if it wanted to illuminate half of the mountain peak.
Although it was so close, it didn't hurt his eyes at all.
Feeling the terrifying aura behind him, Gu Zheng's body swayed. He once again spat out a mouthful of blood. As for Zi Yi and Lan Yu, they fainted the moment the huge bolt of lightning came down.
Glancing at them, Gu Zheng clenched his teeth and rushed towards the small thatched hut in front of him.
As long as he entered there, he would be able to leave this place.
As for Sect Leader Xue behind him, she actually dared to make a move on this road. She really wasn't afraid of death.
This was the place of the test. Even if it was just an illusion, there would be a lot less obstacles. However, if he made a move, it would easily trigger the restrictions above. The Black Dragon had specially reinforced this place.
This was also the reason why Gu Zheng didn't attack Sect Leader Xue from above. He also stopped Xing Cai and the others from attacking.
However, Sect Leader Xue didn't have anyone to guide her. She obviously didn't know that this time, even if the other party didn't die, he would lose a layer of skin.
Even if he had to suffer this attack, it would be worth it.
When he entered the yellow hut, Gu Zheng faintly heard an even more deafening sound of lightning. Immediately after, his vision blurred and he actually fainted.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Zheng slowly woke up. The first thing he saw was a stone wall.
Gu Zheng suddenly thought of Sect Leader Xue. He quickly sat up from the ground and saw Xing Cai and Lan Yu who had fainted next to him.
"Thank the heavens, the other party didn't chase after us." Gu Zheng said with some relief.
From the looks of it, he hadn't been unconscious for long. Thinking of that terrifying lightning, Gu Zheng knew that the other party wouldn't dare to chase after them for a while. Unless the other party was really daring and wanted to chase after them with a heavily injured body.
If there really was a slightly more powerful trap or other people here, then no matter how many people he had, he would still be dead.
Even so, he wouldn't delay the other party for too long. When he came here, he felt that someone was closely following him. The other party definitely knew the passage to this place and would come here sooner or later.
He had to hurry up and leave this place. Even if he didn't want the Scarlet Soul Pill, it would be fine. Compared to his own life, everything else was just worldly possessions.
Feeling the injuries on his body, he felt that they were almost completely healed. Moreover, there was still a huge amount of energy stored in his body that was constantly being replenished. This made Gu Zheng feel better than he had ever felt before.
After standing up, Gu Zheng looked ahead. There was an incomparably magnificent hall. Just by looking at the height, he could tell that it was dozens of zhang high. The entire hall was made up of some kind of large black crystal. Even from far away, he could feel that spiritual energy was constantly being sucked in by this hall.
Although there were no patterns on it, he felt that it was as stable as Mount Tai. It was indestructible.
Apart from that, there were rocks all around him. It was as if they were in the middle of a mountain. Behind them was also a dead end. Other than in front of them, there was nowhere else to go.
"Wake up, wake up!" After looking around, Gu Zheng saw that the two of them still hadn't woken up. He could only hurriedly wake them up.
"Oh"
Xing Cai woke up in a daze. After seeing Gu Zheng standing next to her, her face immediately showed a pleasantly surprised expression.
"We escaped?"
"Of course, but the current situation isn't very safe. The other party just didn't know the rules of that place, so they were heavily injured." Gu Zheng looked at Lan Yu, who had woken up right after Xing Cai, and explained to them what had happened.
"So, after the other party panicked, they might send someone down to act as the vanguard. So, we should hurry and leave this place."
"Cough cough, Young Master Gu is right. Right now, we just barely managed to take it out. The rest is up to you, Young Master Gu. I'll listen to your orders." Right now, Lan Yu was completely convinced. Adding on the fact that they were heavily injured and didn't have much strength left, they might as well listen to Gu Zheng's orders.
"Then I'll be polite. You two eat some pills to recover first. We'll go to the main hall. Also, you have to be careful. There are traps inside. It's not a safe place." Gu Zheng said to the two of them.
"If we're lucky, we'll leave as soon as we get what we want. If we're unlucky, we'll just give up!"
Xing Cai and Lan Yu nodded. After eating their pills, they followed Gu Zheng into the main hall a few minutes later.
When they arrived in front of that huge door, Gu Zheng gave it a light push. The seemingly heavy door was actually very light. It didn't take much effort to push it open.
This made Gu Zheng somewhat surprised. According to his memories, this place shouldn't be so easy. He had even prepared a method to open the door.
But when he saw that there was no restriction outside, he subconsciously gave it a push and found that it actually opened. This meant that someone who knew about this place and was familiar with it had already been here.
However, he didn't know if it was an enemy or a friend.
"There's someone inside!"
Gu Zheng transmitted to the two people beside him. Xing Cai and Lan Yu became even more vigilant. Their movements also became more gentle.
Right now, in front of them was a straight corridor. It was as spacious as a room. It was so spacious that it could be mistaken as a hall.
Moreover, the inside wasn't as big as it looked from the outside. At most, it was a little more than three zhang tall.
"This place is the same as the runes engraved before. It also has the ability to gather spiritual energy!" Right now, the hall was empty. However, the sharp-eyed Xing Cai saw the runes engraved on the ground and whispered.
"That's right. This place is mainly used for alchemy. I reckon that there's no place worth searching. Just follow me!" Gu Zheng looked around. There were three directions here.
However, although this was the first time they came here, Gu Zheng seemed to be very familiar with this place. He led them to wander around this maze-like place.
"Wait, don't touch it. Everything here is a trap!" When Gu Zheng was thinking about the direction at an intersection, he suddenly saw Xing Cai curiously walking to the side. There was a mural there. However, the angle of the mural was a little strange. She had to walk a little closer to see it. Therefore, he hurriedly stopped her.
"Once you touch a trap, a guard puppet will come out. It's an early-stage Grand Heavenly Realm puppet. If it really comes out, we'll be in trouble." Gu Zheng saw Xing Cai return and hurriedly warned her again.
"Try not to touch anything here. I'm not too sure if there are traps in many places."
"Understood!" Xing Cai put away her exuberant curiosity and obediently followed behind him.
As for Lan Yu, she didn't speak from beginning to end. In fact, she had been suppressing her strength to treat her injuries.
After an entire hour, Gu Zheng brought them to a very spacious hall. It was also the periphery of the core. In front of them was the alchemy room, which was also the core of the entire hall.
However, after pushing open the door, the three of them held their breaths at the same time. Because in the middle of the hall, there was a pitch-black humanoid puppet standing there.
Judging from the aura it emitted, it was at the early-stage Grand Heavenly Realm.
If it wasn't for the color of its skin and the fact that it didn't have any hair, it would look no different from a real person.
"What do we do?" Xing Cai quietly transmitted.
"Wait for me." Gu Zheng didn't enter at this time. He stood at the door and began to secretly contact the sleeping Zi Yi. Why would there be a puppet here? He didn't remember it.
"What's wrong?" In less than the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Zi Yi's voice appeared in Gu Zheng's mind.
"How can we go over now?" Gu Zheng hurriedly explained the current situation and asked.
"Puppets? I don't have any good ideas. I'll help you ask! "Zi Yi thought for a while and realized that there was no way, so she immediately said to Gu Zheng.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Zi Yi's voice sounded again.
However, compared to before, Gu Zheng felt a little tired.
"That woman said that there are a total of three types of high-end puppets here. They are black, red, and purple. They correspond to the three realms of Grand Heavenly Realm. However, they are very rare. She has a way to hide the black puppet from the other party. However, only Lord Black Dragon can control the red puppet. Only your Illusory Demon Orb can control the purple puppet. As for the purple puppet, it only exists beside Lord Black Dragon. Moreover, it's very powerful."
"This is a spell given to you by the remnant soul you brought out. You can try it later. It should work. After all, the other party has no reason to harm you now."
Although Zi Yi relied on the other party's fusion to advance to the Grand Heavenly Realm, she was actually very wary of her. There was no helping it. Of course, she was also involved in the invasion. Moreover, after the other party died, she picked up the other party's belongings.
After Zi Yi gave the spell to Gu Zheng, she hid again.
However, she did not continue to sleep because she was worried. Moreover, after this period of rest, she was much more energetic.
After Gu Zheng received the spell, he found that it was a concealment spell. However, the degree of concealment was not very high. However, it could make the body emit a strange fluctuation. It seemed that it was used to interfere with the puppets.
This spell was not difficult. After a dozen breaths, a layer of strange fluctuation rose from Gu Zheng's body. It made Xing Cai feel that Gu Zheng seemed to be here, but also not here.
However, she knew that this was definitely a way to pass through here.
"You guys wait here. I'll go and test it out. No matter what happens, don't rush in. I have a way to escape." Gu Zheng took a deep breath and said to the two of them.
He wanted to test it out personally to see if this spell could be hidden.
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