In the main hall.
Gu Zheng looked at the golden jade in front of him. It had been an incense stick's worth of time. Firstly, he wanted to let the ghosts go further away so that he had enough time to rely on himself. Secondly, he wanted to observe this place.
It could be said that after the ghosts left, he had been observing. He even circled around the surroundings. In the end, he returned to the door and stood there, carefully sizing it up.
At this moment, he was certain that the golden jade in front of him was the core golden jade. He had already noticed the fine lines on it.
There seemed to be no guards here. It seemed that as long as he took a step forward and reached out, he could easily take it away. In fact, Gu Zheng didn't find any traps nearby. It was the same even when he ran out and came in.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it!"
Gu Zheng muttered to himself after sizing it up one last time. He still didn't find anything.
After saying that, he strode forward, ready to take the golden jade down. Even so, he still set up a simple shield on his body, just in case.
Gu Zheng arrived at the high platform in a few steps and stood beside the golden jade. After looking around, he instantly reached out and directly grabbed the golden jade in front of him.
There were no obstructions in the middle, and nothing happened. It went so smoothly that he was a little surprised.
Although he was surprised, Gu Zheng was still very happy. It seemed that the other party didn't leave any defenses in this place, thinking that the ghosts outside could stop everyone.
The more Gu Zheng thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. After all, the ghosts outside were very terrifying after being strengthened. If his strength was slightly lower, it would be easy to lose his life here. In fact, the difficulty here was more than anything else.
In any case, if he was careful, he could go slowly. Once he was seen here, it wouldn't be easy to escape. Even if he had those consumables, they would be used up very quickly. When that time came, it would be a dead end.
He didn't forget the terrifying speed of the other party when he first came in. At that time, he had almost capsized in the gutter.
With two steps and three steps, Gu Zheng arrived at the door. With a wave of his hand, he removed the defense he had set up and was about to leave.
"Hmm? What's going on? "
Gu Zheng looked at the golden mist in front of him, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart. He had clearly pulled back the spell, so why was it still hanging there?
He stretched out his hand and approached it. As soon as he touched it, a golden light appeared and quickly flowed in all directions like water waves. Wherever it passed, the originally scattered golden mist actually condensed and took shape. In the blink of an eye, a golden screen appeared in front of him.
At this moment, Gu Zheng realized that he had unknowingly been trapped here.
Gu Zheng abruptly turned his head and looked towards the main hall. His tense body was already prepared for a sneak attack, but he was surprised to find that the surroundings were completely silent. There were no enemies coming to attack him at all.
After carefully looking around and confirming that there were no enemies, Gu Zheng once again turned his gaze back to the golden screen behind him. At this time, the golden screen was completely embedded in the door, completely sealing him inside.
He didn't know what had happened, but it definitely had something to do with him taking the core golden jade. One had to know that he could still leave earlier, but when he took the golden jade down, it became like this.
He tentatively knocked on the golden screen in front of him. A layer of hard tactile feeling came from the point of contact. This made him understand that it would be difficult to break out.
"If I put it back where it was, this layer of golden screen would be opened, right?"
This thought flashed through Gu Zheng's mind. He even laughed to himself. He felt that it was impossible, and he wouldn't put it back.
He wasn't stupid. When he released the ghost girl from the second level, he had already made a mistake. At first, he thought that if he could snatch it, he would do so. If he couldn't, he would leave. Later on, he completely understood that the demon fox was in charge of the exit. She would definitely have a way to stop him and not let him out.
This was also the reason why he asked Meng Zhen to leave first. Even if he really wanted to leave, he felt that he couldn't. He wouldn't put his life in the hands of the other party. That was why he followed the black cat here.
Of course, he wouldn't deny that he coveted this magic treasure. This thing was too powerful. It was still the same sentence. For him and for Wen Tianhou, who was about to face him in the future, it would be a great help. No matter how he felt that it was better than the increasingly useless Immortal Slaying Gourd.
The Immortal Slaying Gourd in the beginning seemed to have helped him a lot. What was it again?
Thinking of the Immortal Slaying Gourd, Gu Zheng's mind was in a daze. He seemed to have forgotten something. It was like a big thing. But after thinking for a while, it didn't seem to be the case.
"Forget it. I'll think about it later."
Gu Zheng shook his head and threw away the messy thoughts. This was a critical moment. How could he let his thoughts run wild? Next, he had to think of a way to leave this place.
Looking at the golden screen in front of him, Gu Zheng raised his fist and attacked it.
"Boom boom boom!"
In this huge hall, loud sounds began to rise continuously.
After a long time, the intense and rapid explosions finally stopped.
Gu Zheng's chest panted slightly. He looked at the shiny new golden curtain in front of him and shook his head. This thing was far too hard. He was actually unable to break through it despite his rapid attacks. Or perhaps, it could be said that his actions were completely useless. Instead, his arm was shaken until it became numb.
"Or? There are also mechanisms in other places? "
Gu Zheng turned his head and looked around with some doubts.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng simply gave up on the shield in front of him and then checked his surroundings. He didn't feel that the golden light was dazzling. He didn't let go of an inch of the wall and knocked on it.
Although he only carefully looked at all the places he could touch, it took him a full three days to carefully and patiently walk around this huge place.
After it was over, he didn't even care about his skin. He didn't even let go of the jade platform in the middle. He continued to pounce and explore bit by bit.
A day later, Gu Zheng was lying on the ground with some disappointment, gasping for breath. These continuous days of painstaking searching, in addition to the previous month, he had almost no rest. It made him somewhat tired. One could clearly see the exhaustion on his face.
After lying on the ground for half a day, Gu Zheng recovered a lot of strength. When he stood up again, he was full of disappointment.
This search had wasted a few days in vain. He hadn't found anything, and had wasted even more energy.
Next, Gu Zheng didn't think of a way to leave this place. Instead, he stood beside the door with his back to the edge. Then, he closed his eyes and began to adjust his breathing, recovering his condition first.
Soon, Gu Zheng's mind was completely immersed in his body. His breathing also became indistinct, and he began to recover. Outside him, a faintly discernible transparent shield was protecting him.
After he fell into recovery, the entire hall became quiet again. If it weren't for Gu Zheng's figure and the golden screen on the door, it wouldn't have looked any different from before.
Half a day passed in the blink of an eye. Above the hall, on the wall, something suddenly moved. One could vaguely see a figure slowly descending along the edge of the hall.
The figure was actually lying on the smooth wall around it. Moreover, its body was emitting the same light as the background. From the outside, if it weren't for its movement, which caused the light and shadow to change, it would be almost impossible to see its figure.
Of course, the biggest flaw at this time was that pitch-black eyeball. It was so eye-catching on the wall that anyone who saw it would be able to find traces of it.
This figure silently came to the top of the door and then stopped moving. It crawled there and carefully looked at Gu Zheng below. There was a deep killing intent in its eyes, but it was restrained inside and didn't leak out. After a long time, it closed its eyes and its whole body completely merged with the wall. It was impossible to imagine that there was a creature hidden in this place.
Two days later, Gu Zheng suddenly opened his eyes. As a wisp of golden mist came out of his mouth, it slowly dissipated in the air. He slowly stood up.
Compared to before, his mental state had greatly improved.
Of course, it was impossible for him to completely recover in just two days. He had at least recovered 70% of his mental state, and it wouldn't affect his strength.
Seeing that there weren't any changes in his surroundings, Gu Zheng didn't waste any time and directly came in front of the golden screen. Today, he was going to forcefully break open this defense.
Last time, he had tested it, and he knew that it wasn't impossible to forcefully break open the golden screen. It was just that he had used up too much energy last time. This time, he would definitely be able to completely break open the golden screen.
Standing in front of the golden screen, Gu Zheng deeply breathed in. Following this, a weapon appeared in each of his hands and he attacked the golden screen.
Golden light shot everywhere, and the sound was like a bell.
Loud noises rang out in the hall again. Under Gu Zheng's continuous attacks, ripples constantly rose up from the golden barrier as it was slowly whittled away.
As Gu Zheng's movements became more and more relaxed, his movements also became louder and louder.
Just as he was completely focused on attacking, a pair of narrowed eyes above his head finally opened a little. Looking at the scene below, the figure slowly moved. However, its movement speed was very slow, so as not to alarm Gu Zheng below.
Of course, Gu Zheng didn't notice anything strange above him. Although he had left a bit of his mental state to observe his surroundings, it was only toward the distance. Furthermore, the movement above him was very small, and it was perfectly merged with the wall behind him. He didn't notice it at all.
Following his powerful attacks, large ripples appeared on the golden screen in front of him. Although he had used up a lot of energy, things were going unexpectedly smoothly. It wouldn't take long for him to completely leave this place. His attacks were also becoming more and more intense.
Swish!
Just as Gu Zheng was fiercely breaking through the golden screen, the creature had already moved to the predetermined location. Seeing Gu Zheng's raised hands about to land on the golden screen, its body was like lightning as it pressed down on Gu Zheng.
One moment it was still on the wall, and the next it was above Gu Zheng's head. Its speed was so fast that Gu Zheng was still attacking the golden screen in front of him.
"Crap!"
Gu Zheng was still attacking the golden screen when he suddenly felt a shadow press down on him. A fatal threat came from above, causing his hairs to stand on end.
Without thinking, he immediately gave up on attacking the golden screen in front of him. At the same time, his head tilted, and he fell back, trying to avoid the attack.
However, everything had happened too quickly. In this short time, adding on the opponent's sneak attack, it wasn't enough for him to struggle and escape.
Pfft!
Blood blossomed in the air. Gu Zheng saw a black light streak across his face. That was where his head had been. He didn't even have time to rejoice before he felt a pain in his shoulder. He was sent flying by a tyrannical force. He landed heavily on the ground and then continued to slide back.
Streaks of bright red blood splattered on the ground, forming a trail of blood.
Only now did the creature that had ambushed Gu Zheng reveal its body. Its pitch-black skin looked at Gu Zheng who was still rolling in the distance. A snake-like tongue came out of its head and licked its lips. Its four limbs exerted a bit of strength on the ground, and it chased after him like an arrow.
Take advantage of his weakness to take his life. That was something it knew.
However, while it was still in the air, golden Sword Qi suddenly appeared. It was like a chaotic storm. There were over a hundred of them, completely surrounding it.
That disrupted its plan. In the face of those sharp attacks, its body flashed with black light, and a layer of faint black mist appeared on its surface. Those sword Qi slashed down on the mist, producing sharp vibrations. However, they were only able to knock down a bit of the black mist. They were unable to injure the monster inside.
The monster waved its arm, and several of the golden Sword Qi blocking its path were forcibly scattered. It was just about to continue charging forward when half of the sword Qi suddenly condensed, forming a small golden wall that knocked it back. However, another dozen golden Sword Qi were scattered in the air.
The remaining sword qi turned around and turned into golden ropes, rushing forward and binding the monsters that were charging back.
The monster's body swelled, and it began to struggle. The golden Sword Qi was broken by it, unable to bind it at all. However, even more golden Sword Qi charged forward from the side, continuing to trap it in place and buy time.
Gu Zheng endured the pain and lay on the ground, not getting up. He split his attention to control this side. Seeing that the monster was temporarily trapped and unable to charge forward, he let out a sigh of relief and stood up.
"Hiss!"
There were five claw marks on his left shoulder. They had already sunk deep into his flesh. The deepest one had even pierced through his shoulder, leaving behind a small bloody hole. Intense pain constantly came from it.
As for the result of the monster's sneak attack, he could tell just by looking at his drooping left arm. Right now, he was unable to sense his left arm. It seemed it had been wasted for now.
If he hadn't turned his head at the critical moment, his head might have been crushed by the monster's claw.
He had been extremely careful. When he had entered, he had felt a gaze on him, but it had disappeared in an instant. He had even thought it was an illusion. Later on, he had even used bait to slowly patrol the hall. Everything he had done after that had been done to lure the monster out.
In the end, he had been so weak, but the monster hadn't appeared. He had really thought it was an illusion, that he had been overly sensitive. In the end, he had focused most of his attention on attacking the golden barrier, leaving only a little to observe the outside world. At that time, he had thought that even if there were hidden enemies, they would most likely attack when the golden barrier was broken.
After all, that should have been when he had been the most relaxed. However, the monster had done the opposite, launching a sneak attack on him midway.
One attack had been effective, but Gu Zheng had paid a heavy price for it.
Gu Zheng circulated the energy in his body to temporarily stop the bleeding. Only then did he look at the monster that had been freed from its restraints.
It was the humanoid monster he had seen the first time he had entered.
"Hiss!"
When the monster saw Gu Zheng, it stuck out its tongue and hissed at Gu Zheng. Its eyes had become somewhat rhombus-shaped. It seemed its attention was completely focused on Gu Zheng, treating him as its prey.
Gu Zheng warily looked at the other party, grumbling inwardly. He had tried just now, but he was still unable to take out the things he had hidden in his space. It was sealed by that mysterious power, and he didn't even have a single low grade pill on him. He could only fight with the other party with his injuries.
From the exchange just now, he knew the monster wouldn't be easy to deal with.
However, he wasn't afraid. Even if he was at a disadvantage from the start, he had already made up his mind. He had to kill the monster here. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.
The monster did not think too much about it. It leaped into the air, leaping several feet high. With an air of superiority, it pressed down on Gu Zheng.
"Do you only know how to use brute force?"
Seeing the other party being so reckless, Gu Zheng was surprised. He pushed back and at the same time, a weapon condensed from Fa Li appeared in his hand. He quickly shook it, and dozens of golden Sword Qi came out of it, shooting toward the monster in the air.
The monster saw Gu Zheng dodge to the side, but it didn't care. It slightly raised its four limbs in the air, and its body changed direction. It was still facing Gu Zheng.
As for the golden swords in the air, it had already fought with the other party before. It knew that the other party's attacks couldn't break through its defense at all. It completely ignored the other party.
The Sword Qi fell on the monster's body, but just as the monster thought, it didn't hurt its skin at all. It didn't even slow down its speed.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Zheng saw that the other party had broken through the golden light and was already above his head. The palm that looked like a human arm was actually a sharp claw that was shining with cold light. It was already reaching out toward Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng suddenly accelerated the moment the other party approached, narrowly avoiding the other party's attack. At the same time, he turned around and raised the weapon in his hand. Ignoring the other party's attack, he crazily poured his Fa Li into the weapon. The whole weapon emitted a strong golden light, and its shape couldn't be seen clearly. It slashed fiercely toward the side of the monster's waist.
"Bang!"
The monster's arm was about to slash toward Gu Zheng, but its speed was obviously slower. Its whole body trembled, and then it was completely blown away by Gu Zheng's huge strength. It also ended up like Gu Zheng before. After rolling back and forth on the ground a few times, it directly hit the wall.
"Bang!" A loud sound was heard, and even the wall trembled. It could be seen that Gu Zheng was ruthless just now.
However, the monster seemed to be fine. After stabilizing its body, it climbed up the wall. The original black light on its body gradually turned the same color as the wall.
Originally, Gu Zheng could still see the different colors on the wall, but after the other party quickly moved half a circle on the wall, it quickly disappeared from his eyes. It was impossible to distinguish where the other party's figure was.
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