At this moment, Gu Zheng looked at the denser attacks above and felt that it would be difficult for him to go up. However, if he couldn't leave and the other party attacked in that direction, not to mention the failure of the devouring plan, even his three rings would be severely damaged.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng retreated. At the same time, he turned his wrist and slashed in front of him. A huge sword light that was more than a hundred feet long instantly flew out and flew towards the trunk in front of him.
However, the sword light that usually looked extraordinary was like a child in front of the other party's huge body.
As soon as the sword light appeared, it didn't have time to fly far before a few vines fell from the sky and blocked the sword light's path.
However, although the sword light seemed inconspicuous, its power was much greater. The few vines were cut apart without any suspense. They didn't even slow down the sword light at all and continued flying forward.
Some of the vines were like a hornet's nest. Countless vines fell rapidly as if they wanted to block the sword light, while some of them crazily rushed towards Gu Zheng. Countless sounds of the air being torn apart rang out, and Gu Zheng's surroundings were tightly sealed.
The sword light in front of him, under the other party's carelessness, rushed directly into the other party's trunk without any obstruction and tore a small hole in it.
In the next moment, Gu Zheng couldn't resist the other party's crazy attacks. He was directly hit in the chest by two vines and flew out. Fortunately, the vines didn't chase after him, allowing him to fly out safely.
Gu Zheng was in such a sorry state because his strength was suppressed to Jin Xian. Once he used too much strength, he would be directly teleported out.
Feeling the scorching heat around him, Gu Zheng looked at the huge trembling tree and then glanced at the other side. No matter what, he had to buy some time first.
A red light reflected in his eyes. Gu Zheng saw a red bead in the magma. It was only the size of a fist, and it was shining in the magma in the air. What surprised him even more was that an almost transparent line of fire extended from the bead and directly entered the tree spirit in front of him.
The magma that was in the surroundings wanted to transform into something, but it was all extracted by the bead and sent over.
If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't even be able to see those red threads that were thinner than a strand of hair.
The fire bead in front of him was unguarded. Gu Zheng rolled his eyes and stretched out his hand to grab it. The red bead was instantly pulled out by him.
This time, the ring of fire directly covered the bead. Then, Gu Zheng threw it far away to avoid being affected by the shockwaves.
At this moment, there was only one wooden ring in his hand that he had yet to obtain. Without even looking, he knew that the wooden ring was definitely with this tree spirit. However, when he thought of the tree spirit's cultivation, he felt a headache coming on. It seemed that he had no choice but to give up. If this was the outside world, he would have given it a try no matter what. However, he still had important things to do and could not give up just because of this.
Swish, swish!
At this moment, the trembling body of the Dryad in front of him suddenly stopped, and its body shrank rapidly.
In the short span of a dozen breaths, its huge body had shrunk to the size of a Tree Spirit that was only ten feet tall.
At this time, its body had changed greatly. It was now a fat tree stump. There were finger-thin branches on its head that supported a verdant leaf. It even had a pair of legs and a pair of arms. It looked a bit clumsy.
However, no matter how clumsy it was, its aura was real. Furthermore, the shrinking of its body would make it more nimble. At this time, Gu Zheng was already considering an escape route. If he had no other choice, he might even use his cultivation base to leave this place.
After all, his life was more important. Everything else was secondary. He wasn't a pedantic person.
"Don't panic fellow Daoist. I've already returned to normal."
Just as Gu Zheng was looking at the other party with rapt attention, to his surprise, the other party actually spoke in an amiable manner, giving Gu Zheng a fright.
After hesitating for a moment, seeing that the tree spirit didn't do anything, he softly said, "I'm a helper that Zhou Xuan invited. Do you know her?"
After saying that, he also took out the white bead. Its aura was exactly the same as the tree spirit's.
"I don't know her."
The tree spirit slowly said word by word. The first sentence made Gu Zheng's heart skip a beat. Before he could let his imagination run wild, he heard the tree spirit speak again.
"However, I've been separated from my main body for a long time. Maybe the other party gave her this thing and then gave it to you. Since you have this thing, it means you're trustworthy."
The tree spirit's tone was very slow. Every word clearly jumped out. Slow people were driven crazy by it. This sentence was actually five times slower than a normal person.
"Phew, you gave me a fright. But why are you here? Did the Five Elements Formation seal you?" Only then did Gu Zheng let out a sigh of relief and said to him.
"No, I was the one who set up these arrays, but something went wrong. But now that we've reached this step, it's time for me to fuse with my body. But if you want the last piece of wood essence, you'll have to help me get rid of the spirit spring in the middle. Then, I'll be able to drink it and recover my state."
The tree spirit said slowly. The speed was so slow that it made Gu Zheng a little crazy. After listening to it, Gu Zheng immediately said.
"No problem, you wait a moment. It will be done soon."
After saying that, Gu Zheng's figure flew towards the island over there. Only there was the spirit water he needed. He had seen it before.
Gu Zheng did not doubt the tree spirit. Of course, he was also proud of his current state. Anyway, the tree spirit was recovering a little. There was no difference between him and the current him. Anyway, he couldn't beat the tree spirit.
His four Spirit Rings were still devouring there, but the Earth Ring on the other side looked like it was about to finish devouring.
Gu Zheng flew straight ahead. The shield that was erected before was still above, surrounding the island.
However, its strength was not very high. It was shattered by Gu Zheng in just a few moves, and he directly landed on the island.
The whole island was empty and there were no miscellaneous things. Soon, Gu Zheng came to the side of the small pool.
Just by getting close, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed over. Gu Zheng took a deep breath, and he could feel that the heavy feeling in his heart had become much more relaxed.
After doing all this, Gu Zheng blocked the spirit energy from pouring into his body. He did not find anything wrong.
However, thinking that the tree spirit would not deceive him, and looking at the tree spirit, he did not dare to approach here. There must be a mystery.
Since there was no problem with the spirit energy, then it could only be the pool.
Gu Zheng's body was ready. He took two steps inside and looked closer. The pure blue spirit spring looked very transparent. At a glance, he could see that there was nothing under the spring water.
"Ding Dong"
Gu Zheng flicked his finger, and a small stone fell into the spring water, creating faint ripples. The ripples slowly spread from the center to the edge, while the stone slowly fell down.
Then, under Gu Zheng's gaze, there was nothing at all. Everything was normal.
Just as he was wondering, just as the stone was about to fall to the bottom, a ripple suddenly rose from the ground. In the blink of an eye, thousands of black dots came out of the ground and surrounded the stone. By the time they scattered, the stone had disappeared.
Those black dots that were the size of dust swam around in the water. When they did not find anything, they fell back into the soil. There was no trace of them at all.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng took a deep breath. He did not expect that there would be such a small thing under the urn. Although Gu Zheng did not know what it was, when he looked at it closely, that group of small things gave Gu Zheng a sense of danger.
If his guess was correct, this small thing could completely suppress the tree spirit. There was only one possibility, and that was that someone had purposely placed it here. Even the spirit spring was purposely placed here to trick the tree spirit. Little did they know that the tree spirit had already known.
As he thought about it, Gu Zheng did not stay idle. He quickly thought of a simple plan.
This thing did not look very strong. Perhaps it was very scary to the tree spirit, but to him, it was just an ordinary flying insect. In order to ensure that he could kill all of them in one go, he immediately retreated.
Twelve copper bells lined up in the air, concealing themselves in the air. Gu Zheng took out a hard rope from his bosom. One end was tied to a stone, while the other end was suspended in the air. It just so happened to be in the middle of the copper bells' encirclement.
Since the tree spirit reacted to the stone, it was better not to use anything else as bait. It would be a waste.
After doing all this, Gu Zheng hid his body to the side, and then lowered his body into the pool.
As the rope swayed below, the black insects rushed out again as expected. In the blink of an eye, half of the rope Gu Zheng prepared disappeared. The black insects in the air continued to nibble at the top of the rope.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng immediately controlled the copper bells to appear in the air. With a flash of yellow light, a sharp piercing sound rang out in the air. Sound waves that could be seen with the naked eye instantly filled the surrounding space.
Especially above the urn, the air became a little blurry. In just an instant, most of the black insects were directly turned to dust by the sound waves. The remaining black insects, which clearly had some golden spots on their bodies, flew back with all their might.
Some of them even flew straight to Gu Zheng's hiding place. They actually discovered Gu Zheng hiding beside them.
The seemingly weak black bugs were now all valiant generals. Every single bug was emitting an intense golden light. Even though the sound waves were trembling violently, wanting to completely shatter the other party, they were truly powerless in the face of the other party's defense.
There were less than a hundred of these black insects, and some of them rushed towards the spirit water below. It looked like they wanted to rush in and hide.
"Hmph!"
Gu Zheng would not give them a chance. He clenched his hand into the air, and the black insects' figures suddenly froze in the air. It was as if a pair of invisible hands were strangling them. At this moment, the entire Illusory Copper Bell trembled again. The two of them combined into one. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding sound waves suddenly changed and began to gradually solidify.
Fortunately, Gu Zheng was already prepared. Faced with such a troublesome black bug, they only managed to struggle at death's door for a moment. At the next moment, the sound waves in the middle were suddenly pulled into a straight line, forming an extremely fine net that enveloped the surroundings.
As Gu Zheng released the restraints in his hands, the black insects rushed forward again. However, they were knocked back. The remaining black insects were unable to rush out. They could only watch as the space around them kept shrinking.
With the retraction of the giant net, they had no way to reverse the situation, and were all directly strangled to death.
Only at this time did Gu Zheng let out a sigh of relief. However, he immediately frowned slightly. That was because there was an aura similar to the black water in the air. There was no need to say who had placed it here.
"Great, I knew you would be able to get rid of these hateful insects."
Gu Zheng had yet to return to inform the tree spirit. The tree spirit had actually flown over on his own. Perhaps it was because he was happy, but his words were spoken very smoothly.
"The insects aren't difficult to deal with. But are you a clone or some other form? Why did you seal yourself in here? "Gu Zheng saw the tree spirit stop beside him and greedily look at the spirit spring in front of him.
"I'm just a clone of my main body. I can't explain it in a short time. Without the black insects, the spirit water's effectiveness will be greatly reduced. This is for you. In any case, I won't be able to use it." The tree spirit seemed to be very anxious, but in fact, he was recovering slowly. When he finished speaking, he threw out a green thing that looked like a heart.
Gu Zheng immediately reached out and caught it. He found that it was the last thing he needed. He saw the tree spirit extend two thick branches from the top of his head into the spirit water below and began to quickly absorb it. He also took out his wooden ring. When the two collided, only the wooden ring was left in his hand.
This wooden ring was much gentler than the jade ring before. Under the fusion of the two, more than half of it was fused. The rest was also quickly fused together.
As the spirit water around the tree spirit decreased, his entire body also underwent a tremendous change.
Layers of bark began to fall off from his originally clumsy body. By the time the spiritual water was completely absorbed, his originally slightly cute body had already turned into a milky white ball. Even his previous body had disappeared. It was the white ball that Zhou Xuan had yet to split apart.
"He finally returned to his original appearance. It seems that he has found a helper." At this time, the ball floated beside Gu Zheng and said with a somewhat comfortable voice. It was not as slow as before and looked much more normal.
"What are you doing here? No matter how I look at it, it looks like its inner core. "Gu Zheng sized up the tree spirit and said.
However, before the tree spirit could speak, Gu Zheng felt something strange in front of him. Then, a light flew out from Gu Zheng's chest. Xiao Ying, who was holding a green lantern, came out and shouted at the tree spirit.
"What are you? Young Master, don't be afraid. I'll protect you."
"Okay, it's over. This is one of us. Don't be impulsive." Gu Zheng looked at Xiao Ying's expression and thought that she was facing a great enemy. He did not find it funny.
"Ah?"
Xiao Ying looked around and saw a few jade rings that were about to end. She found that this was indeed the case. Her face immediately turned red and the lantern in her hand disappeared.
Xiao Ying returned to Gu Zheng's side and quickly said, "I think I fainted just now. I thought that a powerful enemy had come, so I quickly came out."
"There are no enemies. It's just a formation. I've already broken it. It's fine." Gu Zheng comforted her and then looked at the ball of light, waiting for it to reply.
"Yes, I'm a part of the main body. I also have a part of the main body's blood. As long as I can prevent it from being killed, I can use this body to revive. Although the loss is great, it's better than being completely killed. However, since you're here, it seems that I can also return." The ball of light quickly said.
"This place was originally a backup plan I left behind, but it was discovered by a brat. He set a trap for me and trapped me here. If it weren't for your help, I would never have been able to come out unless I agreed to the other party's conditions."
"You can go back now. I still have to help you clean up some filth outside. Please let us leave."
Gu Zheng more or less understood the situation and immediately said to it.
"Don't be in such a hurry. It's very simple for me to return. However, I'll have to wait until you completely release it before I can return. I've also collected a batch of treasures. Take it as revenge for me." The ball of light shone and a fist-sized white crystal floated out from the other party's body.
Gu Zheng reached forward and grabbed the white crystal. After sensing it slightly, his expression changed slightly. He didn't expect there to be so many things inside.
"You're the main body. The one outside is your clone, right? You're really smart. If it weren't for me accidentally bringing the things your clone gave us here, your clone would have really become the main body." Gu Zheng took a deep look at the ball of light in front of him and couldn't help but say.
"Haha, so everything is the will of the heavens. Even this little thing isn't enough to express my gratitude. However, if you want to use the teleportation formation at the bottom, you'd better hurry. The other party is the one who threatened me. Through the secret passage he left here, he has already changed the mechanism in front. Moreover, he himself is rushing down through another passage." The ball of light didn't deny it and instead said to Gu Zheng.
"There are too many things here. I'm ashamed to accept them. Even if I save you, I can still get so many things." Gu Zheng handed over the things in his hand and said.
"You might be able to use them. You should know that there are many greedy fellows outside. You can pick some good ones and leave them behind. However, to you, they might not be good enough. Then, you can order them around. Of course, you can also fight alone and leave everything here."
The tree spirit said meaningfully. Then, it pointed forward and a circular white vortex appeared in mid-air.
"Thank you. It seems that even if you are suppressed here, you still know everything outside." Gu Zheng looked at the exit and said meaningfully.
"Without your help, even if I know, it's useless. Don't worry, I will remember our agreement. Whether you pass through the teleportation formation or not, once I can truly control my body, I will find you as promised. After all, I have suffered all these years. My body was divided into several parts and used as a space transfer station. I will definitely take revenge."
The ball of light revealed a trace of resentment in its voice. It could be seen how strong its hatred for the other party was.
"I hope you can come out soon."
Gu Zheng nodded to Xiao Ying. Then, with a thought, the four jade bracelets that had been completely absorbed outside gathered towards Gu Zheng. After collecting them, the two of them directly jumped into the vortex. The next moment, the two of them disappeared.
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