Several figures sped through the passageway and soon stopped at a seemingly ordinary passageway.
"Not here! Let's go to the next place. "
Gu Zheng pointed in front of him and said immediately.
The others no longer hesitated and followed Gu Zheng in another direction.
"How did you determine that?"
On the way, City Lord Liu finally couldn't help but ask. Gu Zheng had only touched the first two places and determined that it wasn't here. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't seem to be joking, City Lord Liu would have suspected that he was blindly directing them.
"I analyzed it from the previous information." Gu Zheng didn't stop and carefully identified the direction. He also explained it to them. If it were him at such a critical moment, he would also have some opinions.
"Although the other party gave us false information, those traces also mean that the other party must have been there, right?"
Gu Zheng asked deliberately and saw City Lord Liu nod subconsciously. If those traces weren't so realistic, everyone wouldn't have thought that they were real. Moreover, it seemed that they were getting closer and closer to the other party. Even if he didn't search for a longer period of time, he would still be able to find the other party. It was just that it would take more time. He just didn't want to waste time looking for clues, so he continued.
"Since the other party has been there, then it's easy. From the time we set out to find them, how much time did they have to hide themselves and leave some traces to confuse us? This can only mean that the other party definitely needs to go there, and the others are used to confuse us. Moreover, from the last trace, the other party left a very short trace and is very close to the other party."
"Using the other party's actions as clues and circling around a few points, I found suspicious information about the other party. The other party must be doing something that isn't beneficial to us because they also know that with just the few of them, they can't do anything. They also need some credit to avoid being detected by us in time, so they won't sneak away."
"I also have a little understanding of the layout of the formation. If the other party really wants to do something, they must take action at some key points. Then it can only be these few points."
Gu Zheng's figure stopped again and touched the edge of the passageway in front of him. Then, he revealed a confident expression and turned to everyone.
"The other party is definitely here. Everyone, be careful."
"Follow behind me!"
City Lord Liu looked at the pitch-black tunnel and took the lead to walk into it. He was the strongest, even stronger than Thief Luo. However, his identity limited him. Otherwise, Thief Luo would not have been able to become the leader of the alliance.
The only person comparable to him was the City Lord of the Yao Soul Region. They had once come together, but the latter did not have the courage that he had. There was no turning back. At least, no one was surprised by his betrayal this time.
Although there were no traps in the short passage, and there was no trace of the other party's aura, City Lord Liu felt that he had found the other party.
After walking out of the passage, the area in front of them suddenly opened up. A huge space appeared in front of them, which made them feel refreshed and even more cautious.
Suddenly, City Lord Liu, who was walking in front, raised his hand and signaled for the people behind to stop. Then, he began to observe carefully.
"There are hidden detection arrays. Everyone, follow me and avoid them."
City Lord Liu transmitted his voice to the people behind him. Then, he began to walk around slowly, as if he was trying to determine the key points. The people behind him did not follow. After receiving the hint, they all discovered this very well-hidden Detection Spell Formation.
Now, they were all carefully watching City Lord Liu's movements, especially his footsteps. They could see that each step he took was at the least sensitive part of the array. That small movement did not attract the attention of the array at all.
After a full half a cup of tea's time, City Lord Liu breathed a sigh of relief. He waved his hand to the people behind him, indicating for them to come over.
As for the detour, in their observation, this detection array directly crossed a line. It was the same no matter where they went.
However, with City Lord Liu's exploration, they were all scared but not in danger. Then, they quietly approached the inside. Everyone stopped at the intersection.
From here, they could clearly see that there was another space inside. Under the white light, they could see City Lord Duan and another City Lord inscribing something on the ground. The others seemed to be on the side and could not see at all.
They did not dare to get closer. It was very likely that they would attract their attention. City Lord Liu gestured to everyone, indicating that he would leave City Lord Duan to him. The others directly rushed up and tried their best to injure the other party with a sneak attack.
"City Lord Duan, this side is ready. We are just waiting for Alliance Master Luo to activate it. This way, they will definitely not be able to open the internal defense."
City Lord Duan stood up and said happily to the side, "That's great. If this is the case, then we will directly pierce through the sky from the inside. We will directly make a few holes and completely turn this place into a tomb."
"We can't let them succeed. Follow me and charge!"
Although the voice was very weak, everyone could clearly hear that the other party seemed to be doing something that was not beneficial to them. City Lord Liu immediately ordered everyone.
Everyone nodded and immediately stopped hiding their aura. They aggressively rushed inside.
"Who is it! Not good, they have found us. "
At the same time, a loud shout came from inside. Suddenly, a shocking aura burst out from inside.
This short distance was crossed by Gu Zheng's side in less than a breath's time. With a sweep of his eyes, everyone rushed towards the nearest person.
Even if their reactions were extremely fast, they still appeared to be a little flustered under the intentional attack. Apart from City Lord Liu's side, Gu Zheng's side suppressed the other party. City Lord Bo was even injured and was now barely blocking the other party's attacks.
It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but Gu Zheng's side faced City Lord Fan. Under the cover of a City Lord, while City Lord Fan was vigilant against the other party, Gu Zheng directly appeared from the side, wanting to directly launch a sneak attack on the other party.
Unfortunately, amidst the sputtering light, a green light suddenly appeared on City Lord Fan's body, blocking most of Gu Zheng's power. Although the other party's precious defensive magic treasure was shattered, City Lord Fan only suffered a slight setback.
Gu Zheng carefully looked at City Lord Fan in front of him. At the same time, he looked around from the corner of his eyes. The space inside was unexpectedly large, as wide as two football fields. There were also many passageways leading to unknown places. His own people were already fiercely fighting with the other party, causing the entire space to constantly tremble.
"Since you've appeared here, it seems you've already killed Youyun." At this time, City Lord Fan looked at Gu Zheng and spoke somewhat cautiously. However, he didn't take this opportunity to make the first move.
"The other party is as weak as an ant. I can casually squash him to death." Gu Zheng coldly snorted. A faint red light appeared on his two palms, as if he was wearing a layer of transparent red gloves.
This was the residual energy of the Cleansing Flame produced by the Li Ring. Gu Zheng found that it was surprisingly useful against Yao Souls, but its power wasn't enough to deal with ordinary enemies. However, there weren't many of these flames left. Most of them were recovered from the shattered Cleansing Flame and attached to the fist to maximize its use.
Against this kind of enemy, the Cleansing Flame obviously wouldn't be thrown to the other party. It would be too wasteful. However, the flames produced by the Li Ring itself weren't very useful against people like them. Using these to deal with the other party was enough.
"I hope you can still be so arrogant when you die!"
City Lord Fan suddenly shouted when he felt City Lord Liu's gaze weaken. A green longsword appeared from his hand and directly rushed towards Gu Zheng's head. With a quick flick of his wrist, the green sword light filled the sky, making it impossible to see what was real and what was fake.
Ding ding dang dang!
Gu Zheng waved his left hand in front of him at the same time the other party moved. A thin layer of red light screen blocked his head, sealing off most of the space in front of him. When the sword images landed on it, the sound of metal clashing rang out.
In the next moment, City Lord Fan's figure flashed rapidly and directly distanced himself from Gu Zheng. Looking at the other party's movements, it seemed like he was avoiding Gu Zheng's counterattack. However, the latter stood in place, looking at the light screen in front of him thoughtfully and muttering to himself.
"So this is your true face. But what exactly are you?"
"Damn it!"
City Lord Fan naturally didn't know what Gu Zheng was thinking. When he saw the other party in a daze, he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. His body flashed in the air like a ghost and directly appeared beside Gu Zheng. The weapon in his hand expanded to almost the size of a long saber, and he directly slashed at the other party's back.
On the entire green light, there were sawtooth-like ripples. It could be seen that it was constantly flowing. Small explosive sounds seemed to be connected together, making an ear-piercing sound.
City Lord Fan was confident that even if the other party released that defense and wanted to block him, he was confident that he could split open the other party's tortoise shell.
Gu Zheng just raised his head and waved his arm. The flames in his palm quickly spread, as if his entire arm was burning fiercely. He directly collided with the other party.
"Boom!" a loud sound rang out!
It seemed that the other party had the upper hand. At the moment of contact, a dazzling green light burst out. However, the red flame, from the beginning to the end, only trembled rapidly a few times. After a stalemate of a breath, it directly blasted the green light into pieces.
City Lord Fan's body was directly sent flying like a cannonball. His mind was even more shocked. He absolutely didn't expect that Gu Zheng, who looked like he was only in the early stage of the Grand Heavenly Realm, would actually defeat him in a head-on confrontation.
"Alliance Master Luo, leave quickly!"
At this moment, a City Lord in the distance shouted loudly. A figure appeared in the distance and retreated outside.
"Everyone, retreat!"
City Lord Duan also forced City Lord Liu away and shouted to the others. Then, he fled towards another exit.
At this moment, City Lord Fan's figure just happened to turn around. With the help of Gu Zheng's strength, he sped up and left with his companions. Almost in the blink of an eye, these people separated from their opponents and retreated. It was as if they had thought of retreating at any time before the other party said anything.
"Don't let them escape!"
How could City Lord Liu let go of this opportunity? They followed one after another. Soon, Gu Zheng was left alone here.
He didn't think of chasing after them. Instead, he landed on the ground and slowly walked towards another floor. It was an ordinary wall. Like the surrounding walls, there were some aftershocks of their battle just now.
When he came in front of the wall, Gu Zheng didn't stop. His body was surrounded by a ball of red flames. His entire body slowly continued to move forward. His entire body sank into the wall in front of him and disappeared outside.
"It seems that you've also noticed the difference here. Am I right? Human compatriots from the outside world. "
This was a room inscribed with silver patterns. At this time, the surroundings were constantly flickering with a strange luster. On an open space, Thief Luo was sitting on the ground, constantly connected to the surrounding formation. When he saw Gu Zheng come in, he took the initiative to speak.
"Your mere camouflage can fool others, but you can't fool me." Gu Zheng ignored him. He seemed to have noticed the difference. He looked around and then said.
"If it were others, including City Lord Liu, I'm confident that I can fool them. But facing you, the new reinforcements invited by Lonely Peak, this trick is still not enough. But I didn't think of it before until you used that strange flame. That flame is not something that we can control." City Lord Luo said helplessly.
"What are you doing? Why don't you accompany me to exercise my muscles?" Gu Zheng looked at City Lord Luo below and said with a dignified expression. He was ready to fight with the other party at any time.
"If I could move, when you came in, it would be the best time for me to sneak attack. But now, I can only do this. It only takes two hours for me to completely blow up the defense here. At that time, the barrier you need to rely on is just some hard stones." City Lord Luo said with a wry smile.
"Oh? Then I don't need to spend much effort. "
Gu Zheng said. In fact, he did not believe the other party's words. But seeing that the other party was not prepared from the beginning to the end, as long as he launched a surprise attack, he would be able to severely injure the other party. Still, he was cautious and did not act rashly.
"There's no need to hold back. I don't want to die from the backlash of this formation." When City Lord Luo saw Gu Zheng coming over, his whole body shook. Several different colors lit up outside. Then, his body was directly sent flying by an invisible force. Large mouthfuls of black fog were spat out from his mouth. His aura dropped in a straight line and he looked extremely dispirited.
Without City Lord Luo's restriction, the ground quickly flashed a few times. Then, a tyrannical aura suddenly burst out from it and swept in all directions. However, this was just an ordinary airwave. Instead, the surrounding walls lit up with milky white light and kept spreading outwards.
Gu Zheng's footsteps stopped. Looking at the passage that had lost its ability to cover, the originally dark space outside lit up one by one, as if something had been activated.
Looking at City Lord Luo who seemed to have lost all ability to resist, even if he thought of many important things that had happened, he still could not figure out the other party's intentions. For a moment, he did not understand the other party's intentions.
"If you feel … that it's not safe, then seal me up. I just want to rest a little more." City Lord Luo raised his head with difficulty and gave Gu Zheng an ugly smile.
Gu Zheng originally wanted to kill the other party directly. However, after thinking for a while, he stopped his actions. A few rays of light shot out from his hands and completely sealed the other party's cultivation. However, in order to allow the other party to have basic movements and to prevent him from dying, he limited his cultivation to the Celestial Immortal Stage.
No matter what the other party was scheming or had other motives, Gu Zheng was relieved at this time. He had sealed the other party and the other party could not play any tricks. Looking at City Lord Liu who was sitting up to catch his breath, he asked curiously.
"Why did you do this?"
"If I didn't do this, you would have casually probed and disturbed me outside and I would have died in here. I don't want to die. If it weren't for you, even if the other party came here, the outside cover could have easily fooled them. Give me two more hours. Two more hours and you won't have any power to turn the situation around. Cough cough!" City Lord Luo laughed bitterly and then pointed to the surroundings.
"Look, the internal defense formation that you wanted to activate has been activated. At this time, even if we break the sky inside, we won't be able to shake the runes inside. Everything is protected again."
Gu Zheng had noticed it just now, but he did not expect it to be this. Previously, Madam Xue had privately complained that if it had been activated at the beginning, how could the Luo Bandits' subordinates have destroyed the first layer? Without the first layer's assistance, at least 40% of the barrier's power was reduced, almost half.
More importantly, the other party had been worried that the Demon Soul would break in like an expert and wreak havoc inside. It could easily damage the various formations. At that time, it would be equivalent to being trapped inside with no hope at all.
They didn't expect that this time, City Lord Luo had activated it by accident.
"It seems that we came at the right time." Gu Zheng walked to the wall and felt the strength inside. He laughed at City Lord Luo.
"Of course, I was only two hours away. My three days of hard work went to waste, and I even suffered such a backlash. If I hadn't come out in time, I'm afraid I would have died in there, and the magic array would have been successfully activated." City Lord Luo sighed, but his eyes were filled with joy. It was unknown if it was the failure of the mission or the survival of his life that caused such a complicated expression.
"Ok, let's go." Gu Zheng said to City Lord Luo. He was going to bring him back and let the others interrogate him. Seeing how afraid he was of death, it would be easy to obtain all the secrets of this fortress. As for how to deal with him, that would have to wait until everyone decided together.
"I'm so heavily wounded, how can I still walk? Give me some black crystals to replenish myself and rest." City Lord Luo glanced at Gu Zheng and pointed at himself, "Also, aren't you curious as to why I betrayed Soul Alliance? In reality, I know I can't live for long, but I'll hold on for as long as I can. "
"Don't worry, the battle has just begun. Do you think it's so easy for demons to break in?"
Gu Zheng hesitated, but was still convinced. He walked up and gave him a decent black crystal.
The main thing was that he was right. Adding on the fact that his current state wasn't good, after he sealed his cultivation, the injuries in his body were very unstable. It seemed that he really could die at any moment. He also helped him remove some of the seal's power and fixed his cultivation at the Jin Xian initial stage. Together with the black crystal, he finally stabilized his injuries.
This way, if the opponent had enough time, he would definitely be able to break Gu Zheng's seal. However, once he recovered a bit, he could reseal him.
"Take advantage of this moment and tell me. I'm curious as to why you betrayed Soul Alliance with your cultivation and position."
Gu Zheng saw that the opponent's breathing had stabilized and said.
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