A hundred-meter-tall black tower sat in the middle of the ground. Layers of black light flickered on its body, and runes lit up and extinguished on the tower. If one listened carefully, there seemed to be an intoxicating whisper.
Around the black tower, countless violent explosions rang out. Whether it was in the sky or on the ground, there was an intense battle going on. As long as one was careless, anyone could die at the hands of the enemy.
But no matter who it was, no one dared to approach the black tower. A few Goblin Souls who were fighting here were also sucked in before they could react. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive. This made the Painting Soul Elder who was chasing immediately stop and retreat. She didn't want to disappear for no reason.
An Painting Soul Elder without the Ghost General's restraint was actually able to deal with five Goblin Souls alone, and even had the absolute upper hand. They could only defend and had no power to counterattack.
The Goblin Souls were barely supporting themselves and carefully killing the other party. They had also done it. A weaker Mirror Demon and a few City Lord's subordinates had already died at their hands. Of course, they had also paid the price of more than ten.
But at this time, they realized that no matter which side it was, other than a woman who was strictly protected, the weakest was the Painting Soul Elder.
But the Painting Soul Elder had a unique painting scroll technique, and was very difficult to kill. There were a few times when they were forced into a corner and almost killed the other party. In the end, they turned into a ray of light and were sucked into the painting scroll by the other Painting Soul Elders, avoiding the danger.
On the other hand, they weren't so lucky. In such a chaotic battle, their losses were obviously greater. Even so, their ferocity was aroused, and they fought with their lives on the line.
But the difference in strength wasn't something that could be achieved by fighting with their lives on the line. This kind of action caused their losses to be even greater.
On this side, Cheng Jun and the others were also in the midst of a bitter battle. The two of them were also facing the Third Elder and the Fifth Elder, but they could only restrain them. It was impossible to kill them. Although they were also safe and without danger, they were very worried.
They definitely hadn't thought of this result before. Even if the Painting Soul Elder had started to forcefully break through when they left, it was impossible to break through the palace's defenses at this time. How did the other party come out? Even the Heavenly King didn't know. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken precautions.
However, everything was a mystery. They could only pray that the Heavenly King would come out quickly. Otherwise, they really wouldn't have any confidence.
While the Monster Souls above were fighting, the situation of the Monster Souls below was not optimistic either. Under the pincer attack, the Monster Souls below had already shrunk into a defensive formation. The ones who posed the greatest threat to them were Gu Feng's troops. They had been fighting for many years, so they were very familiar with the Monster Souls. They even had weapons that could restrain them. Almost 70% of the Monster Souls were killed by Gu Feng, which showed how powerful he was.
The battle between the two sides was very intense. No one ran away, and no one surrendered. The only way to end the battle was for one side to completely fall.
The only variable was the Black Tower to the side. Whether or not Wen Tianhou, who had been locked inside, could carefully escape, and whether or not Wen Tianhou could escape was the nearby Gu Zheng, who was currently avoiding Xiao Ying's pursuit.
On this side, Gu Zheng maintained the operation of the Black Tower as he dodged Xiao Ying's pursuit. He was already very careful, and in the short span of half a day, there were still quite a few wounds all over his body. There were even a few times where if he hadn't dodged quickly enough, he might have already lost control of the Black Tower.
Wen Tianhou seemed to have been pulled in, but everything wasn't so simple. He had to fully control it.
With only half of the Black Tower, and without Gu Zheng's assistance in the early stages, it was impossible to drag Wen Tianhou into the core. During this time, he had no time to divert his attention to battle. He couldn't even activate his five-ring defense, and couldn't leave the range of the Black Tower. He could only follow carefully.
However, after getting used to Xiao Ying's attack style, he relaxed. After all, Gu Zheng could still accelerate and escape, and didn't have to fight her head on. More importantly, Wen Tianhou didn't know what order Xiao Ying had given her, but not only did she chase after Gu Zheng, but even her moves didn't change much. She kept using the same moves, and seemed to be very careful. Later, after he got used to it, the threat Xiao Ying posed to him greatly decreased.
To be honest, seeing Xiao Ying looking at him as if he had killed her father, he felt very sad. However, he also knew that if Xiao Ying knew that he was like this, she would probably ask him to kill her. She wouldn't become someone else's puppet.
Like this, three days passed. He finally helped the Black Tower pull Wen Tianhou into the core area. The rest was out of his control, and Wen Tianhou would begin his final struggle. Just as Xiao Ying said, Gu Zheng didn't have the confidence to kill Xiao Ying. The chance of Xiao Ying escaping was very high. What he needed to do now was to weaken his strength as much as possible.
Xiao Ying was already heavily injured, so as long as he was weakened to a certain extent, they would be able to kill him with so many people. Not to mention, they still had the Asura clan's trump card. The reason Xiao Ying hadn't revealed it until now was probably because of Wen Tianhou.
Gu Zheng, who finally had some free time, turned around and directly pounced towards Xiao Ying. At this moment, he was free to deal with Xiao Ying.
Bang!
Xiao Ying didn't know how to dodge. After being shaken by Gu Zheng a few times, she revealed an opening. Immediately, Gu Zheng's palm landed on her abdomen.
However, to Gu Zheng's surprise, his merciless attack felt as if it had struck a hard rock. Instead, it caused his wrist to ache faintly. On the other hand, Xiao Ying, who had been sent flying, was not damaged in the slightest, nor was she injured in any way.
After crawling up from the distance, she once again flew towards Gu Zheng. Two balls of green flames shot towards him from the left and right, but they were scattered by Gu Zheng's fist.
His figure flashed and he dodged Xiao Ying's reckless attack. He appeared behind her and raised the Cloud Desolate Sword. He carefully looked at Xiao Ying's back.
"Young master, what is this thing? It's so beautiful. Is it a flower? So there are so many types of flowers. I'm really happy. "
"Young master, don't worry. Leave it to me this time. I'll definitely help you settle it."
Countless memories surged into his mind, causing Gu Zheng's wrist to tremble slightly. But in the end, he didn't chop it off. He still had a trace of hope in his heart. He was praying that Xiao Ying would recover.
While he was stunned, Xiao Ying had already turned around. The once innocent smile on her face had now been destroyed by her slightly ferocious expression. The weapon in her hand carefully smashed towards Gu Zheng's body. Countless green lights appeared around her, forming densely packed vines in the air that wrapped around Gu Zheng's body.
But even Zhu Hun wasn't Gu Zheng's match, let alone Xiao Ying, whose reaction was too slow. Before the vines wrapped around him, he had already escaped through the opening.
Golden light flashed, and a sword light slashed at Xiao Ying's neck.
Clang!
A loud and clear sound reverberated through the air. Gu Zheng stood in the air and looked at Xiao Ying who had been sent flying by him. He carefully examined the weapon in his hand. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he looked over. Xiao Ying, who had been sent flying, was once again charging towards him. There was only a faint white mark at the place where he had attacked her. He hadn't been able to break through her defense at all.
This shocking defense had already surpassed his understanding. Even a Silver Ghost General wouldn't be able to come out unscathed.
That was the truth. When Gu Zheng once again appeared behind Xiao Ying and attacked her several times, he was shocked to find that he really couldn't injure her. Her entire body was like a hard magic treasure, making it impossible for him to attack her.
Gu Zheng didn't believe in heresy and directly grabbed her. He wanted to use his strength to suppress her, but he also found that she wasn't affected at all. It was as if there was a mysterious power in her body that was expelling his power.
This time, Gu Zheng had no other choice. The other party's current state was clearly not right. It was as if he had entered a special state. In the previous battle, such a situation had not occurred. Perhaps this was the reason why the other party was somewhat stiff.
But this was also good. At least Xiao Ying's gaze was still following him. At this time, he could easily dodge her attacks. While dragging her outside, he also paid attention to the situation outside the Black Tower.
The battle above was still continuing. However, the Devil Souls had lost at least a third of their people. They were all weak, and the more they fought, the more difficult it would be to deal with them. If they wanted to completely kill them, it would take at least ten days to half a month. And that was under the condition that they didn't run away.
The battle below was the same. It was progressing much faster than the battle above. Lone Peak's people were too powerful. At most, in a day's time, the Devil Souls below would probably be completely annihilated. It was unknown if Wen Tianhou regretted his previous decision to bring his people here and let them die. This was probably something he hadn't thought of.
In a flash, a day passed. Things were as Gu Zheng expected. All the Devil Souls below had been annihilated. The remaining Soul Alliance members and Lone Peak's people simply packed up and stood far away. They rested and healed while looking up, waiting for the battle above to end.
At this moment, they were completely exhausted. There was no need for the rest, nor was it something they could participate in.
The Shura species to the side, under Young Master Feng's lead, retreated and began to reinforce the defense near the formation to prevent it from being destroyed by Wen Tianhou. They had already thought of this problem in the beginning. There was a trace of the ancestor's will in the formation. As long as they controlled it from inside, it would be very difficult to break through.
"Peng peng"
Just at this moment, the Black Tower suddenly shook, and heaven and earth also suddenly shook. The sound of a drum being struck rang out, causing everyone's figures to shake as well, and they carefully looked in the distance where the Black Tower was.
Very soon, as the Black Tower swayed, the tremors in the air carefully came, as if something was about to come out from there. This caused the two sides to disperse and gather together. Meanwhile, the Painting Soul Race also gathered on one side, and did not cross paths with this side.
This was because everyone knew that no matter which side won, it all depended on Wen Tianhou.
"It's coming out. This is bad." City Lord Liu looked into the distance and saw that there were still enemies that were about the same number of people as him. He said with a headache.
"If you have any methods, hurry up and use them. It'll be too late once they come out." Ruo Chen wasn't polite and said to Elder Jin.
In reality, if they didn't say they had a way to stop Wen Tianhou, they wouldn't have fought to the death with him. After all, they didn't have any methods to deal with him.
"Don't worry, let's wait for him to come out. Then again, he's already heavily injured and he still dares to come out. He's really courting death." Elder Jin said confidently.
"I'm so tired. After this time, I'll definitely apply for a few thousand years of rest." Shui Ling said from the side with a tired look on her face.
In this life and death battle, everyone was on the tip of a blade. If they were careless and fell, they would have to be careful. Even the Asura clan elders who were used to seeing life and death felt that it was very dangerous.
"When the time comes, what difference does it make if you apply or not? I'm afraid you'll miss these days in the future." Mu Xuan said from the side with a laugh.
Don't look at his harmless appearance, like he was easy to bully. The number of Monster Souls that died at his hands was the most in their group.
"Haha, that's true." Shui Ling gave a charming laugh.
At this moment, the atmosphere on this side was clearly relaxed. It was as if they felt that they were about to win.
"The other side is so confident, I'm afraid they don't know how strong Wen Tianhou is. This world already has his mark. Should we remind them?"
The Painting Soul's side was not in a good mood. After all, two of their weaker elders had already been sacrificed. There were also three members of the Mirror Demon Clan who had died. With such a large loss, they were all like sisters, so how could they be happy. However, seeing the situation on the other side, the fifth elder still spoke to the second elder beside her.
"No need. If the other side can deal with Wen Tianhou, then we'll be relaxed and won't have to take the risk." The second elder looked back. The great elder was there with a small stone tablet in his hand. He was carefully adjusting it. He couldn't see anything special about it, but it should be their killing move.
"Alright, we'll just watch from the side." The fifth elder nodded. He retreated to the side and continued to watch the black tower that was shaking more and more intensely.
Even Xiao Ying, who was chasing after Gu Zheng, had also returned to her cautious position, as if she was waiting for something.
"Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng!"
On this side, Gu Zheng knew that the black tower could no longer trap Wen Tianhou. He had already tried his best to weaken Wen Tianhou. Even if he was the main body of the black tower, with his current strength, he couldn't completely kill Wen Tianhou. Just as he was about to return to the crowd, he suddenly heard a weak shout. Looking towards the voice, he saw a familiar figure waving at him from a small hole below.
It was Painted Shadow, that clever girl, who knew what she was doing carefully.
There was still some time before Wen Tianhou came out. Gu Zheng directly went down and said to Painted Shadow, who was alone, "Why are you here? Where are the others?"
"The others are behind. The elders didn't let us come up, saying it was dangerous. I snuck up to see the situation ahead," Painted Shadow said softly.
Gu Zheng's expression became serious, and he immediately said, "What nonsense. How could you have such thoughts? Even your elders have died in front. If you go up, you'll be committing suicide. Go back."
"The elders are also dead? Is that true?" Painted Shadow looked at Gu Zheng anxiously, tears gathering in her eyes.
"Yes, but there are only a few. Don't be sad. The other party did it for the future of the Painting Soul Tribe." Gu Zheng didn't think that Painted Shadow would have such a big reaction, and hurriedly comforted her.
"I know. How can there be no sacrifices when fighting with the enemy? Our Painting Soul Tribe has never been afraid of sacrifices." Painted Shadow forcibly held back her tears and said with a choked voice.
"There are still things over there. You guys stay a little further away and don't get involved." Gu Zheng saw the situation and instructed again, and was about to leave.
"Wait, Gu Zheng, don't you still owe me a favor?" Painted Shadow directly grabbed Gu Zheng's hand, looked at Gu Zheng, and nodded before continuing, "Because Big Sister Meng Zhen's body is infected, a few elders want to lock Meng Zhen up, the kind that restricts her freedom. I beg you, when you leave, take Big Sister Meng Zhen with you."
"Why do they want to lock her up here?" Gu Zheng asked curiously. He knew about Meng Zhen's situation, but he didn't have a good solution. He wanted to prepare the Shura Clan and the others, but he didn't have the time.
"Because on the way here, I eavesdropped on the elders. I believe that Wen Tianhou will definitely be chased away. At that time, we can leave here and live outside. However, in order to prevent the enemy from tracking us, if Big Sister Meng Zhen can't get rid of the mark on her body, she will definitely lose her freedom. Count it as my condition, and also count it as me begging you not to let Big Sister Meng Zhen suffer." Painted Shadow looked at Gu Zheng and begged.
"I didn't think that you guys would have so much confidence in me, but I can promise you. I understand what you mean. Once I find a way to get rid of the mark on her body, Meng Zhen can come back, right?" Gu Zheng didn't think much and agreed immediately.
"Yes, Big Sister Meng Zhen knows how to find us. Thank you!" Painted Shadow said seriously. Then, without waiting for Gu Zheng to say anything, she quickly retreated.
Gu Zheng looked at Painted Shadow's back and shook his head. Since he had agreed, then he had to talk to Meng Zhen. He immediately flew towards the back.
At this time, the black tower's movements were getting more and more intense. The tower's body was shaking, and the ground around it was also shaking. Seeing Gu Zheng come over, Elder Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that something had happened to Gu Zheng just now.
"The enemy is about to come out. Can you control where they appear?"
Elder Jin didn't blame Gu Zheng for not completely imprisoning the enemy inside. With his strength, it was enough to buy them so much time.
At least now, the enemy's experts were no longer enough to affect them. No matter what they did, it would be very convenient. Not to mention, if Wen Tianhou went in, he would be even more injured. In this way, it would be even more difficult to deal with them.
"Yes, what do you need me to do?" Gu Zheng directly nodded and said.
"On the empty ground over there, wait for the enemy to appear. Let them see the consequences of daring to come out," Elder Jin also said excitedly.
Not to mention him, even the other elders were the same. Obviously, their trump cards seemed to be able to deal with the enemy.
"No problem. If there are no accidents, there is still half a cup of tea's time. Hurry up and do whatever you need to do."
The place Elder Jin pointed at was a large empty ground. It was far away from here, but closer to the demon spirits. Obviously, they had other ideas. Gu Zheng directly gave them an exact time. Then, he stood to the side and watched the enemy's methods, wondering if they were right.
Two blood-red lights appeared beside Elder Jin's hands. Then, they turned into two blood-red sword shadows, quietly hanging in the sky. From the outside, one couldn't feel any threat at all.
However, other than the Shura people, everyone knew that since it was the enemy's trump card, it was very likely that it was the method of the person behind them.
At this time, everyone stopped talking and quietly waited for Wen Tianhou to appear.
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