Gu Zheng looked at Tang Li as his heart turned cold. He never expected the man to be so venomous despite his amiable appearance.
It was as if he'd turned into a cold-blooded animal when it came to his daughter and himself.
In the end, he was still under the influence of the Demon God. Judging from his face and tone, he must have been a righteous man in the past, just like Tang Qing.
For the sake of his daughter, he'd colluded with the Demon God to help the evildoer. Gu Zheng didn't think the man was a bad person, but he knew he was standing against him.
Even if Tang Li hadn't seen him before, he could guess that the man was planning to borrow the pure essence of the Demon God to break through his own limits. His motives were similar to the Wood Wolf Demon God's.
It looked like the Demon God had been in hiding all this time and was preparing to reveal themselves. But he didn't know how many there were.
Now he knew who had taken Elder Xiong away. It was likely one of the Demon Gods, but he had no idea where they were.
Gu Zheng sighed inwardly as he wiped away the confusion in his heart. Then his figure flickered and he appeared by Tang Li's side, his hand reaching out to grab the man's shoulder. But to his surprise, his hand passed right through Tang Li's body. Tang Li was nothing more than a lifelike illusion, much to his surprise.
From what he could see, this was definitely the real body. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so impulsive.
"Heheh, since friend isn't willing, then don't blame me."
Tang Li's voice rose from the small space, his tone full of helplessness. It seemed like he didn't want to make a move.
"As long as you're willing to let us pass, I won't make things difficult for you," Gu Zheng shouted.
"Impossible. If I let you pass, the Demon God will kill my daughter himself. I won't allow anyone to hurt her."
By the end, Tang Li's voice had turned furious. At the same time, his figure reappeared in the distance.
A fiery red flame enveloped his entire body. Even his previously warm eyes had turned blood-red. He was looking at Gu Zheng with a gaze of hatred, as if he was his mortal enemy.
"I'm warning you one last time. If you try to break in again and put my daughter in danger, then don't blame me for being impolite," Tang Li was panting heavily as he gritted his teeth at Gu Zheng.
"I won't let him recover from his injuries. He'll cause even greater damage to the world. However, I guarantee that I'll be able to protect your daughter." Gu Zheng looked at the other party and said, not backing down at all.
However, his heart skipped a beat. The other party was clearly at the pinnacle of Jin Xian, but the aura on his body seemed to be only slightly weaker than his own.
"Hehe, then go to hell."
Seeing that Gu Zheng still wouldn't give up, Tang Li gave an angry shout. A black shadow suddenly flashed out from his body to reveal a person who looked exactly like Tang Li. However, this person's skin was completely black, and a black mist could be faintly discernible around his body.
Sensing the aura on his body, Gu Zheng immediately understood that the demon god had planted a clone in his body. It was just that it was hidden so well that he couldn't see it.
Right now, he was borrowing the demon god's strength. No wonder he was so stubborn. It looked like he still had his own thoughts, but he'd unknowingly become the other party's subordinate. It was just that he didn't know it at all.
His obsession with his daughter had probably become a knot in his heart that he'd never be able to get over. Still, it protected him from losing his mind completely.
While his thoughts were racing, Gu Zheng saw his opponent pouncing at him.
In such a narrow space, he could hurt himself if he wanted to release a powerful magic art. It was even easier for his opponent to interrupt him. Seeing this, he gave a cold snort and attacked with his bare hands as well.
A mere demon god's clone wasn't weak, but he was confident that he'd let his opponent have a taste of his own strength.
The three of them began to fight hand-to-hand in this small space. Even though he was fighting one against two, Gu Zheng didn't fall behind at all.
There was no such thing as skill. It was just a battle of brute force. Every punch landed on flesh, making the battle look extremely bitter. But the damage done by the two sides wasn't outstanding.
Even if it was just a clone or a main body, Gu Zheng could still transfer a portion of his strength into the void to reduce his own pressure. This was their territory, so they naturally had the advantage of location.
Tang Li and the rest had their flaws as well, because their clones were all made from Tang Li's body. Even if their strength had been forcefully raised and their opponents had plenty of battle experience, they still had plenty of openings against Gu Zheng. This lessened the pressure on him and made it easier for him to deal with them.
Although a single attack wouldn't do much damage to his opponents, thousands upon thousands of them could still deal fatal damage.
With a simple calculation, Gu Zheng knew that he'd only need a quarter of an hour to defeat his opponents.
If his opponents were blocking him in an open space, he'd have a harder time.
While Gu Zheng was fighting above, Meng Zhen was also locked in a bitter battle below.
The strength of this monster had already exceeded her expectations, especially with its ability to regenerate. The heavy injuries she'd suffered just then were healed within a dozen breaths of time.
Meng Zhen was also very clear about his situation. He wasn't the kind of person who had a particularly strong explosive power. When facing a normal enemy, he could rely on his elusive changes to make it difficult for the enemy to find him. However, when facing this kind of puppet without intelligence, it was almost useless. The puppet could accurately know where he was.
Of course, due to the other party's clumsiness, it couldn't do much to Meng Zhen either. The two of them were in a stalemate, but Meng Zhen was still at a disadvantage. After all, this space was too small for her to dodge. A single mistake could lead to serious injuries.
But Meng Zhen had other thoughts as well. She took the initiative to lower her disadvantage.
Whoosh!
A head was thrown out from the tentacle. Compared to the huge one in the middle, it looked like a small head. It stared at Meng Zhen with its red eyes and opened its mouth that was filled with a rotten stench.
Even though there wasn't much space for her to retreat, Meng Zhen's body quickly retreated to create a distance. Then, a palm-sized mirror appeared from the side of her body. Then, a silver light flew out from the mirror and smashed the head in mid-air.
Along with the sound of the head exploding, a cloud of black gas spread rapidly in all directions. However, it couldn't get close to Meng Zhen.
Just now, it was a moment of carelessness that caused the explosion to happen right beside him. He had almost been killed by the other party.
"It's a pity that my Mirror Demon hasn't grown to my level yet. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let it be so arrogant."
Meng Zhen thought angrily as the mirror on the scroll retracted.
However, the cultivation of the Mirror Demon couldn't be done in a short period of time. If it was rushed, it might fail.
Meng Zhen watched as her opponent drew closer like a wall. She quickly drew an outline in the air and opened up a tunnel in front of her. Then she flashed through and appeared behind the monster.
Her opponent didn't have the strength to block her path. She could sense that its movements were slowing down, as if the power that summoned it was weakening. She wanted to carry out her plan.
"Should we strengthen our fighting capabilities? If this keeps up, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long."
There was a slightly larger space in the void outside. The man and woman by Tang Li's side could clearly see Meng Zhen's battle outside.
They could see that neither side could do anything to the other. However, that monster consumed a lot of energy. Their original plan was to rely on the narrow space to kill the other side.
With the strength of the demon god supporting the monster, neither side would gain an advantage in a head-on clash. But who would have thought that the woman in front of them would be so clever? She was like a mouse that couldn't be touched or touched. No matter how much strength they used, it was useless.
"We've already reached this point. Even if we use our last resort, didn't His Excellency Tang Li tell us to use it as soon as we feel like it's necessary?" the man said from the side.
"But if we do that, then all the other defensive formations will fail. All the cover here will fail as well as those people in the void," the woman said after some hesitation.
"That's a woman's view. The other party might be our subordinates, but we're loyal to His Excellency the Demon God. For the sake of buying us some time, their sacrifice is the best way to repay His Excellency the Demon God," the man said without hesitation. At the same time, he turned to the woman with a gloomy expression. "Are you going to stop us? His Excellency the Demon God won't spare you. "
"No, no. If that's the case, then we'll start the final plan immediately," the woman said in a panic.
If she really tried to stop them, she'd probably die without a grave. What did their lives have to do with her?
"Very good. You keep controlling that monster while I activate it," the man nodded in satisfaction.
This companion of his was still a little naïve. He had no idea how she'd gotten to this point, but it didn't matter. As long as they succeeded this time, His Excellency the Demon God's reward might loosen his vase and allow him to enter the realm of his dreams.
Thinking up to here, he was filled with motivation and began to increase his output. He didn't know where the backup energy was coming from, but it was enough as long as it had an effect. He didn't need to kill the other party, but he could at least buy them some time. Then their mission would be complete.
Who told the other party to be so strong? This much was enough for them.
Meanwhile, the woman continued to control the monster to attack the Meng Zhen.
Time passed a bit earlier. Just as the man and woman controlling the monster were preparing to activate their last resort, there was another equally spacious room deep underground. There were 40 to 50 people crammed inside, so it wasn't spacious at all.
None of them could sense the battle going on outside. They were all chatting and laughing as if none of this had anything to do with them.
"I don't know who it is that's causing us to mobilize so many people. They even want us to hide here and escape at any time." In a corner, a few people who knew each other were chatting casually. Suddenly, one of them threw out this topic.
"It must be someone hard to deal with, or else things wouldn't be like this. But that's good too. At least we won't have to risk our lives. His Excellency Tang's already done very well," one of them sighed with emotion.
"That's true. After we complete this mission, not to mention the rewards, we'll have to stay by Sir's side in the future. Our futures will be limitless. We'll be the first batch of people to follow him," another person with scales on his face said.
Most of the people here were Goblin. Only a small portion of them were humans. Because Goblin were too conspicuous, most of the humans were sent outside.
"That's true. But if His Excellency Tang Li kills the other party, it'll be better if we don't leave. It'll seem like we're superfluous if we leave."
"Not superfluous at all. We still need to go outside to catch people, haha!"
Everyone roared with laughter. They knew their role long ago, which was to find lone humans and demons. As long as they were in the Celestial Immortal stage, they'd bring them back. As for the results, they didn't need to be said.
At this moment, the space around them suddenly trembled. Following that, lines of runes appeared and spread in all directions.
"We're about to start the teleportation. Everyone, pay attention," one of them shouted.
Following that, their bodies began to shine with different lights. Almost all of them had left this place before, so they knew what to do next. If they didn't set up any defenses, they'd be lying on the ground for a while.
"Looks like the other party is really strong. We can only retreat for now," one of them said regretfully.
By the time everyone finished setting up their defenses, the entire room was covered in runes. No one could leave.
"Why hasn't it started yet?"
After waiting for a few breaths of time, they should've left by now. But there was no movement outside, so someone couldn't help but ask.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a scream rose from the crowd, drawing everyone's attention.
In the middle, a layer of black tentacles wrapped around a person's body. The ends of the tentacles were deeply inserted into his body. The outer layer of defense was completely useless.
Everyone could easily see that the other party's body was rapidly thinning. The two black tentacles bulged and kept sending down. Everything in the other party's body was rapidly being absorbed.
"Save … save me!"
The person stretched out an arm and grabbed his friend beside him. His eyes were filled with fear.
Several people who were close to him subconsciously took a step back, as if the other party would pull them into hell. His friend, on the other hand, didn't know what was going on, but he still stretched out his hand, ready to save him.
However, as soon as he got close to the other party, the black tentacle suddenly split off a small section and instantly landed on his body. In the blink of an eye, the tentacle drilled into the person's body and expanded into a full tentacle. The other end went deep into the ground and began to absorb everything from the person through the nursery rhyme.
"What's going on!"
Everyone looked at the two people in the middle, and everyone was filled with panic. But this time, no one dared to rescue the two of them.
"Why haven't you left yet? The other party has already infiltrated here." A person suddenly shouted. At the same time, he slapped the wall behind him, as if he could activate the formation.
Many people, including him, thought that it was the enemy's attack this time. Some people took out their own magic treasures. Not only did they add a layer of defense on themselves, but they also created a transparent layer in the middle, completely trapping the people inside, so as not to implicate them and watch them turn into dried corpses.
"It's over, right?"
One of them said with some uncertainty. In the face of such a strange thing, if they didn't see it with their eyes and only relied on their divine sense, they wouldn't have noticed it at all. Even if it was right under their eyes, it was as if there was nothing there.
In just a dozen breaths of time, the bodies of the two people in the middle turned into a mass of dust almost at the same time and completely disappeared. Only two tentacles that were more than ten feet long were left on the ground.
The next moment, one of the bodies jumped and directly rushed toward the people outside. However, it crashed into the protective layer outside and fell to the ground. This also made the people outside breathe a sigh of relief.
However, before they could completely breathe out, the two tentacles split into dozens of pieces, each of which was only the size of a palm, and then rushed toward them.
This time, the defense that they had placed high hopes on didn't play any role at all. Even the messy defense behind them was also useless. They were all attached to the small tentacles.
It did not take long for wretched cries to ring out. After the tentacles attached themselves to the cultivators' bodies, there was no way to remove them. Their bodies turned stiff and they were unable to move. All they could do was watch as their cultivation bases and life force were absorbed by the tentacles.
"Why haven't you left yet?!" A person shouted in despair.
Soon, everyone here disappeared, and those tentacles drilled into the ground. The original escape tunnel had completely become their grave.
It wasn't just him. Even his companions in the void who were about to run out of energy suddenly had tentacles emerge from beneath them, sucking them all dry.
"Liar, liar! I don't want to die! "
In one of the voids, an old man who had escaped here saw the situation around him and understood what had happened. He roared with a face full of unwillingness.
Unfortunately, no matter how unwilling he was, he disappeared from the world with the others.
How could such a commotion not attract Meng Zhen's attention? Looking at the things that happened suddenly in the void, her mind was unsteady. The other party's bone claws had already reached her head quickly. With a sudden acceleration, it caught her in its hands.
However, Meng Zhen reacted in time. A layer of milky white light rose around her, firmly protecting her. However, she was also caught in the other party's hands and raised in mid-air.
Meng Zhen's thoughts moved, and the brush in her hand disappeared. She quickly wrote on the top of her head. However, just as she was writing halfway, two skulls flew from afar and knocked her away, interrupting the magic of the brush.
However, the two skulls wouldn't let go of this opportunity. They followed the other party closely, making it impossible for Meng Zhen to use her magic.
"This is a good opportunity."
Initially, Meng Zhen still had a way to escape. However, after thinking about it, she stopped her actions and tried to control the brush to save herself.
Soon, she was caught in front of the other party's chest. More than ten tentacles that had lost their heads rushed toward Meng Zhen at lightning speed. The bone claws also exerted more force, wanting to crush her shell and completely crush her.
"Brush, save me!"
When Meng Zhen saw this, she immediately pretended to panic and shouted.
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