Seeing that Song Shan had returned to normal, Gu Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. It was great that he didn't have to fight with Song Shan to force out the black Qi in his body.
After helping the unconscious Song Shan up, Gu Zheng began to examine him carefully. Even though he was confident in the Demon Vanquishing Immortal Jade, since he had already returned to normal, it was still better to be careful when facing the cunning Chaos Demon.
After a careful inspection, Gu Zheng was completely at ease. All of the Demonic Qi had disappeared. Moreover, the remnant power of the Evil Destroying Immortal Jade was still in his body, continuing to work and heal his internal injuries, saving him some worry.
He leaned Song Shan against the wall and swallowed a pill. Then, he began to rest quietly.
After a series of battles, although he didn't have any injuries, he had consumed a lot of energy and spiritual power. He took the opportunity to adjust his condition. Even if it was just to leave this place, he could only head towards the single exit.
It was unavoidable to fight with those Demon Souls on the way.
He knew that if he wanted to leave this place and reach the area where the Demon Souls were, he had to pass through that door. However, that door was behind the Formation Eye.
As long as he cooperated with the Formation Spirit and took back the Formation Eye, he could leave this place.
However, once the Array Core was taken back by him, Star Tyrant and the others outside would definitely send people to charge in and completely destroy this place. At that time, no matter what the other party did, the final result would be failure. This was something he had always believed.
After all, when they came over, they were much stronger than here. Especially Star Tyrant, he was the real trump card. After this calamity, he was close to the Peak Grand Heavenly Realm. It was simply unbelievable. In other words, he would definitely break through this level and reach the Quasi-Sage Realm. He didn't believe that Star Tyrant could stop him.
After a while, when Song Shan woke up, Gu Zheng woke up almost at the same time. This short period of time was enough for him to recover more than half of his strength. The remaining medicinal power was enough for him to fully recover to his peak state on the way.
"You saved my life again this time." Song Shan looked at Gu Zheng in front of him and said with some bitterness in his voice.
He was very clear about what he had done previously. It was just that he could not control himself. He had just rescued the array spirit, but he did not expect the chaos demon to hide in his body and sneak into the depths of his body. At that time, he had placed the array spirit in a bad place. He wanted to hide in a place and use all his strength to chase the chaos demon out, but he failed.
By the time he forcefully explained the method to Gu Zheng, he had completely lost consciousness. If not for Gu Zheng, there was no need to think about what would have happened.
"Don't say so much. If you hadn't brought the array spirit out and waited for it to be controlled by the other party, we wouldn't have had a chance at all." Gu Zheng saw the other party's guilt and comforted him.
"Hey, let's not talk about this for now. Where's the Array Spirit? Why isn't she with you? "Song Shan changed the topic and asked.
"She went to scout ahead. I came back to help you get out of the other party's control. Since you're fine, we've wasted a lot of time. Let's go quickly. There are more important things that we need to do." Gu Zheng helped Song Shan up and said.
"You're right. Let's go quickly. Time is of the essence. We have to chase all the Demon Souls out. We'll talk about other things later." Song Shan pulled himself together and agreed with Gu Zheng.
The two of them hurried towards the direction of the hall and soon came to the hall where the array spirit was separated.
"This entrance." Song Shan glanced at it and pointed to the side.
"Indeed. You're quite familiar with this place." When Gu Zheng left, he purposely waited for the array spirit. When he saw them leave, he went back to find Song Shan so that he could find the other party's escape route.
"I've been here for a while and I'm familiar with most of the routes. It's just that I didn't have a good opportunity to come into contact with the people here. If not, I wouldn't have been able to save the array spirit unexpectedly. Even those Demon Souls didn't notice my tracks. But at that time, the situation wasn't so bad." Song Shan said.
"I see."
Gu Zheng thought of the spider in the treasure box. It seemed that the other party had been resisting the Chaos Demon for a while. Fortunately, he came in time. Otherwise, the array spirit would have been devoured by the spider.
Following this path, the two of them continued forward. After walking for half a cup of tea's time, they came to a place that seemed to be a transit point.
This place wasn't big and there weren't any decorations. But in the surroundings, there were a few passageways that led to unknown places.
But there were also traces of battle here. Furthermore, they were more concentrated. It was unknown when they were left.
"This leads to a hall. And that hall leads to the array core. I don't know about most of the other passageways. The ones that I know are incomplete passageways." Song Shan pointed and said.
"There's no hurry. Let me see where the sword spirit went."
Gu Zheng said as he took out the blue stone that the sword spirit gave him. Azure traces rose from it.
As Gu Zheng injected more Dharmic powers, the blue light became even more dazzling. It spread towards the surrounding passageways.
Gu Zheng saw the traces left behind by the medicine boy at a glance. It was a very inconspicuous green grass. At that moment, it was lying sickly in a corner. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't have noticed it. It was completely inconspicuous.
And after looking around, Gu Zheng found traces left behind by the array spirit. It was a faint blue footprint. Only under the illumination of the blue stone could one see a trace of it.
However, it was in the opposite direction from the medicine boy's traces. Song Shan also noticed the faint traces and was about to walk in that direction.
"Wait a moment."
Gu Zheng pondered for a moment and called out to Song Shan. Under his puzzled gaze, he walked towards the grass. Only now did he discover the existence of the grass. He was somewhat surprised.
"Why is there a grass? It's impossible for any plant to survive here."
"Goddess Yu Fei's medicine boy. He left me a message. Let me take a look." Gu Zheng said as he walked in front of the grass. He squatted down and gently touched it with his hand.
A strange green light flashed on it. Gu Zheng immediately understood the message left behind.
"Goddess Yu Fei. I know she's here. However, she was in Xuanyuan Palace previously. I couldn't enter." Song Shan said without any surprise.
"Yes, there's a problem now. I'll tell you what I know later. You'll know the whole story. Let's go to the array spirit first." Gu Zheng stood up and said to Song Shan.
The grass beneath his feet turned into a green light and completely dissipated. Gu Zheng already knew the message left behind by the medicine boy.
He wanted Gu Zheng to help Goddess Yu Fei and help her break out of the encirclement.
However, the situation wasn't very urgent. At least, Goddess Yu Fei wouldn't be in danger for the time being. Furthermore, there were more Fey Souls there. If the two of them went, they would still be a little weak.
"Alright." Song Shan agreed immediately. He was quite convinced of Gu Zheng's abilities after their previous interactions.
Following the traces left behind by the array spirit, Gu Zheng told Song Shan what he encountered. Song Shan also told Gu Zheng what he knew. However, relatively speaking, there wasn't much useful information.
"Yes, there's a situation."
Along the way, Gu Zheng's ears twitched. He suddenly sent a voice transmission to Song Shan.
Song Shan also heard the faint sounds in front of him. He nodded and the two of them stealthily moved forward.
The closer they got, the more noise they could hear. It seemed like many people were fighting. There were even a few shouts that were very clear.
The two of them paid attention as they moved forward. Soon, they walked out of the tunnel. At this moment, the sounds of fighting were even clearer. Gu Zheng could actually hear the cries of the brush. Although it was very faint, there was no mistake.
"The array spirit is fighting over there." Gu Zheng pointed at a tunnel where the sounds were coming from.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry over and help." Although he knew that the array spirit had the ability to protect itself, he was still worried. Song Shan urged anxiously.
"Alright, let's go!"
Gu Zheng nodded and no longer deliberately concealed himself. His body flew forward. However, after taking two steps forward, the two of them suddenly stopped and looked toward the other passageway.
"Deng deng."
Although it was very faint, the two of them could still hear the traces of someone running in that direction.
"Help!"
A faint voice came from inside. It seemed to be asking Gu Zheng for help.
"You go and help the array spirit. I'll go in and take a look." Gu Zheng said decisively.
Song Shan nodded and flew towards the tunnel again. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared and rushed into the hall.
After seeing the other party disappear, Gu Zheng also entered the tunnel and chased after the other party.
In just a few breaths, Gu Zheng passed through the tunnel and came to the end.
However, at the entrance of the tunnel, a muscular, fat Goblin Soul blocked in front of him. When he saw Gu Zheng coming, the twin hammers in his hands lit up with black light. He directly hammered at Gu Zheng.
"Bang!"
Gu Zheng's body did not slow down. A golden light rose in front of him and formed a golden shield. He hurriedly collided with the other party.
With just a slight contact, the other party's body flew back from the tunnel. The whole body suddenly dimmed in the air and almost turned into ashes.
A mere Little Goblin, Gu Zheng did not even put him in his eyes. How dare he block him? He really overestimated himself.
After barging into the room, Gu Zheng began to quickly size up his surroundings.
This room was not small, and in the far corner, there were a few spirit bodies lying on the ground, their bodies flickering. White light and black gas constantly intertwined. There was also a high level spirit body wearing white armor lying on the ground. His condition was much better, and he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, resisting the black light on his body.
At this time, the Goblin Soul had condensed his body into a black mist. He wanted to sneak away, but just as he reached the door, a golden net fell from the sky and caught him.
Gu Zheng extended his hand. The golden net brought the Goblin Soul over and stopped in front of Gu Zheng.
BOOM!
The golden net in front of him suddenly expanded and then slowly returned to its original shape. However, the Goblin Soul inside had already disappeared.
Originally, Gu Zheng had wanted to interrogate him. He knew that apart from a portion of these Goblin Souls, the majority of them had their own thoughts. They were not simple ghosts.
He did not expect that before he could interrogate him, the other party would self-destruct. This was really out of Gu Zheng's expectations.
The golden net in front of him slowly disappeared in front of Gu Zheng. He quickly descended and looked at the Spirit Guards.
These Spirit Guards were all taller than ordinary people. They all had strong bodies. Through the faint white light, he could vaguely see each other's facial features. However, they were now in spirit form and could not be differentiated between men and women.
Gu Zheng could feel the two struggles in their bodies. If he waited until the black Qi was completely suppressed, they would completely lose themselves and become puppets.
"Friend, please help us."
Just as Gu Zheng was observing the other party, he suddenly heard a voice. He looked up and saw that the Spirit Guard, who seemed to be the leader, had opened his eyes and said to Gu Zheng.
"What's going on? I also heard the sounds of fighting over there. "Gu Zheng's heart stirred as he asked.
"Those Goblin Souls ambushed us. If not for Lord Formation Spirit's timely arrival, I'm afraid we would have been wiped out." The Spirit Guard said.
"What's wrong with you? You seem to be trapped here. "Gu Zheng said as he approached him.
"The other party captured us and then prepared to turn my subordinates into their subordinates so that we can kill each other. Because my cultivation is a little higher, I can barely hold on. But after a while, they will become enemies and meet with their blades." The Spirit Guard said with a dejected expression.
"Then how can I help you?" Gu Zheng had already approached the other party and asked.
"You only need to …" The Spirit Guard opened his mouth and suddenly, the black Qi on his body rolled. He spat out a small mouthful of white Spirit Qi and his body fell to the ground like a pile of mud.
"What do I need to do?" Gu Zheng saw the situation and immediately went forward. He held the other party's shoulders and asked urgently, wanting to help the other party.
"You only need to, you only need to." The Spirit Guard took a deep breath and then opened his mouth to tell Gu Zheng. However, his voice was very soft. Gu Zheng could not help but come closer to hear more clearly.
"As long as you have your life!"
The first four words of the injured Spirit Guard were still normal. However, when he said the last two words, his expression suddenly turned ferocious. He suddenly let out a loud roar. At the same time, his pure white hand instantly turned pitch-black. Four sharp ghost claws rose from his hand and pierced towards the somewhat surprised Gu Zheng.
As soon as he finished speaking, the sharp claws in his hands had already reached Gu Zheng's abdomen. Next, he was going to pierce his abdomen and split him into two.
Unfortunately, its sharp claws were only able to touch the outside of the body. A layer of golden light suddenly emitted and firmly blocked the other party's advance. Before it could figure out what was going on, a palm directly hit its chest.
"Puchi!"
The Spirit Guard that emerged from the Demon Soul turned into a wisp of black flame. Before the palm pressed, his entire body turned into a cloud of black smoke and quickly flashed away from his original position. He appeared in another space and flashed his original form.
It was the Demon Soul that blocked Gu Zheng previously. He did not expect that it was actually its clone. No wonder it killed itself so easily.
"How did you notice the difference?" The Demon Soul held the Octagonal Golden Claw Hammer and shouted at Gu Zheng.
"Look at what I have!" Gu Zheng sneered and pointed at the Cloud Desolate Sword that was hanging on his side.
"It's a weapon. No matter how good it is, it still depends on who is using it. Did you restore the Formation Spirit?" The hammer in the Demon Soul's hand made a banging sound as he said disdainfully.
"That's why I saw through your disguise at a glance. That's why I played along with you. I didn't expect you to make a move so quickly." Gu Zheng took out his weapon and pointed at the other party.
One must know that no matter who it was, they would all call him the successor. Although he did not like this title, he did inherit the sword, so he did not say anything else. However, the other party called him a friend. It was too obvious.
However, those Spirit Bodies that were about to transform were the real deal.
"What's the use of you doing this? Wait until we help the Formation Spirit get the array back. Then, it will be restored." Gu Zheng thought and said to the other party.
"Haha, what a joke. Even if you were ten times stronger, you wouldn't be a match for me, the Demon Commander. Even if you opened all the arrays in the Black Tortoise Array, it would still be impossible to restore it. Dream on." The Demon Soul laughed as if he had heard some funny news.
"That's not necessarily true."
Gu Zheng smiled at him, making the other party a little confused. However, with a flash of white light at the end of the sword, all the Spirit Guards on the ground disappeared, leaving the other party dumbfounded.
"Hurry up and hand over the Spirit Guards. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite." After a few more glances, the Demon Soul did not know where the Spirit Guards went. One must know that the Spirit Guards were special and could not be taken away. However, he knew that it was Gu Zheng's doing and immediately said.
"You're going to be impolite? You can't even protect yourself and yet you're boasting shamelessly. "Gu Zheng looked at the other party's fierce expression and said disdainfully.
"You … go to hell!"
The Demonic Soul was enraged. The golden claw in its hand violently slammed forward. A loud bell sound suddenly exploded from the collision between the two. A golden ripple charged towards Gu Zheng. Wherever it passed, ripples would appear in the air.
"Ding!"
The twelve bells above Gu Zheng's head instantly rose and fused together. Similarly, they shook in the air and a crisp bell sound rose in the air. However, the bell sound did not disappear. Instead, there were countless ending notes that constantly vibrated from within, forming a similar sound wave that enveloped him.
The moment the other party's golden ripple entered Gu Zheng's body, its speed suddenly slowed down. It was as if it was moving in slow motion as it advanced towards Gu Zheng.
With this speed, even a mortal could easily dodge it, let alone Gu Zheng.
However, Gu Zheng had no intention of dodging. With a thought, the originally dense sound waves became even denser. In the blink of an eye, the other party's golden ripple was forcefully crushed.
"It's impolite to not attack. Let me give you a move."
Gu Zheng raised his head and lightly pointed at the Demon Soul. The Illusory Sound Copper Bell above his head suddenly trembled. All the sound waves gathered and formed a small golden ball between his fingers.
However, this ball was not the same as an ordinary one. It was completely made of waves. Even the surrounding space became somewhat blurry.
SWISH!
Gu Zheng flicked his finger gently, and the soundwave ball in his hand immediately drew an arc in the air at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, smashing towards the other party.
"You're bluffing. I'm not some random Tom, Dick, or Harry. I'm the second Demon Commander." The Demon Soul shouted at Gu Zheng when it saw the attack that didn't have the slightest bit of momentum.
As soon as he said that, a black mirror rose from his chest. With a flash of black light, a ray of black light shot out of it and enveloped the sound wave ball. In the next moment, the two of them disappeared from the sky.
"Interesting."
Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes. Just from this move, he could tell that this Demon Soul's identity was truly extraordinary.
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