Outside the mountain where Meng Zhen disappeared.
In order to prevent Meng Zhen from escaping, they had reinforced a few layers of formations outside to seal off the surrounding space to ensure that he could not escape. The purple-robed man then brought a few of his trusted subordinates and prepared to capture him.
How could they share such a good thing with unrelated people? When the time came, it would definitely leave a good impression in front of the Demonic God.
Although the others were dissatisfied, the purple-robed man had used the Demonic God to pressure them. They could only stay outside helplessly and continue to guard the surroundings.
In their hearts, they already had an irresistible attitude towards the Demonic God. Of course, they felt that it was natural, as if it was deeply rooted in their hearts. Naturally, they did not feel anything wrong. Even the purple-robed man did not notice.
The cave was not big, but it was very deep. Meng Zhen hid in the slightly spacious area in the innermost part of the cave. He looked very relaxed and was not worried about being surrounded at all.
Gu Zheng had finished his preparations. He was waiting for the only powerful purple-robed man to come in to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Since the purple-robed man had the highest cultivation level here, and the others did not have any magical treasures, he actually had one too. If he had something that could allow him to escape, it would bring them a lot of trouble.
"Now is the time!"
Just as the purple-robed man brought his subordinates in to speed up, in the sky outside the mountain, five different colored lights suddenly burst out. The lights shrouded the mountain and everyone inside. A five-colored fog appeared in the surroundings and rushed towards the people below.
"What is this?"
The first reaction of the people guarding outside was to attack. But no matter what they did, it was futile. They could not break the fog at all.
Back when Gu Zheng was still weak, he was able to trap and kill them. Now that his strength had greatly increased, they did not even have the slightest ability to resist. They were all surrounded by the five-colored fog. Following a series of unwilling muffled groans, they completely disappeared from the world.
There was only one exception.
After the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, the purple-robed man, who only had half of his upper body left, flew out of the cave in a sorry state. However, when he saw that there was no one outside, and the familiar five rings in the air were shining brightly, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and shouted towards the sky.
"It's you! Come out! "
Gu Zheng's figure slowly appeared in the air. He sneered as he looked down. "Every dog has its day. You didn't manage to kill me last time. This time, it's my turn."
This purple-robed man really did have something good on him. But in front of Gu Zheng, he could only struggle for a moment. The reason why Gu Zheng didn't kill him was because he wanted to get some information from him.
Everyone else's minds were in a mess. They couldn't get any useful information from this. This enemy who was relatively sober was a breakthrough. What he wanted to know was naturally the seal on Elder Xiong's side. He believed that Elder Xiong definitely knew about it.
Because among so many people, only he could use it.
By now, Gu Zheng understood why he'd only sent a clone to follow Tang Li. That was because the fiendcelestial wanted subordinates who could think independently and work for him perfectly. He didn't want subordinates with high cultivation who could only serve as hired thugs.
The purple-robed man looked at Gu Zheng's familiar face, and his face turned ashen. Especially the other party's aura, it was stronger than his own. However, he remembered that the other party's cultivation was clearly so weak last time. Although he was a little powerful, his attention was on the Vermilion Bird at that time, so it wouldn't be difficult to deal with him.
But now, he'd led everyone into his trap. Everyone had been completely wiped out. Even he hadn't been able to hold out for long before suicide became an extravagant hope.
"How were you so sure that the other side would foolishly come over? If someone saw through us, all our efforts would've been for naught," Meng Zhen had dealt with the black rope treasure as well and emerged to ask Gu Zheng.
"I've dealt with them before. Did you forget that Wood Wolf's subordinates lost their minds as well? It's just that their injuries were more severe." If he hadn't killed them in the past, he wouldn't have known they were so stupid.
Back then, he'd only made a few simple arrangements before they came to their deaths one by one without any sense of vigilance. Gu Zheng had been a little puzzled back then, but he hadn't thought much about it. It wasn't until he left Tang Li's place that he recalled the matter and had Meng Zhen risk his life on the road.
"It's all thanks to Mao Zhen this time. Otherwise, we would've suffered a small loss," Meng Zhen wouldn't let go of any chance to form a good relationship with Mao Zhen.
But the other side was currently raising his brush to look at the five rings in the air and muttering, "If only I were that powerful."
His tone was filled with envy. Who told him to be less skilled than the five rings? One was used as a support, while the other had leveled up multiple times to become an existence that could attack and defend. It was countless times stronger than him.
These days, even magic treasures were starting to envy other magic treasures.
No matter how willing the purple-robed man was, he took advantage of the fact that Gu Zheng's group was too busy talking to pay attention to him to break free or contact the array outside to warn Lord Demon God. But all his methods were useless. He was nothing more than a catfish on the chopping board waiting to be slaughtered.
"Stop struggling. Let me deal with it for you." Gu Zheng naturally knew what the purple-robed man was trying to do. After Meng Zhen left, he slowly approached the purple-robed man and said with a smile.
However, the purple-robed man couldn't even open his mouth at this time. Even if he had countless thoughts of scolding the enemy in front of him, he could only glare at Gu Zheng with a pair of angry eyes.
Facing the murderous intent in his eyes, Gu Zheng didn't care. He snapped his fingers lightly, and the five rings hanging in the air began to shrink rapidly. Then, he looked at the purple-robed man who was firmly bound by the five jade rings and asked.
"What's your name?"
However, Gu Zheng didn't release the restraints on him at all. Even if the purple-robed man wanted to answer, he couldn't open his mouth at all. This made the latter very disappointed.
Gu Zheng looked at the purple-robed man like this, as if waiting for the other party's answer. Just like this, half a cup of tea's time passed. Without warning, he laughed and turned his head to Meng Zhen who was not far away.
"It seems that the Demon God doesn't have time to care about us now. Senior Zhu Niao has successfully stalled him. It's a pity that we don't know where he went."
If the other party was fighting nearby, no matter how far away he was, there would be a trace of movement. He should probably be in another space. This was good too. Only then could he safely help Old Xiong remove the seal.
Moreover, he deliberately wasted so much time, but the other party didn't appear. He was sure that the other party didn't know what was happening outside at all.
"So, I'm not interested in knowing your name."
Gu Zheng sighed regretfully. The next moment, he closed his eyes and put his hand on the other party's shoulder.
After the time it took to burn an incense stick, Gu Zheng kept the five rings. The purple-robed man who was completely dead fell from mid-air. Compared to his companions, at least his corpse was intact.
"I've found some ways to remove the seal. Let's go together." Gu Zheng said to Meng Zhen.
"Along the way, two of Jin Xian's enemies escaped. Will they affect us?" Meng Zhen suddenly asked on the way.
"Those two people might be the backup force here. I didn't sense any energy of the Demon God from them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."
Regarding those two people, he naturally knew about them. However, he could tell that they were newcomers, which was why he let them go. Even though he wasn't courteous to his enemies, he wouldn't kill the innocent. Since the other party didn't even attack him, he naturally let them go.
"However, did you notice that the subordinates of the Demon God are all Grand Heavenly Immortals? That's really unexpected." Meng Zhen thought of the previous incident and said with guilt.
"It's also possible that they didn't come out because they saw how strong we were. However, there are so many of them. They are much stronger than Wood Wolf. If he was Wood Wolf back then, we wouldn't have been able to save them."
Gu Zheng also felt that it was too dangerous previously. Fortunately, he didn't set up an ambush outside. Instead, he took the chance when Meng Zhen walked over and attracted their attention to sneak in and set up an ambush here.
Even though it was easy for the other party to notice it and fail at the last step, it reduced the risk that Meng Zhen had to bear. Once there was any danger, Gu Zheng could also go and help her. No matter what, they still won in the end.
"By the way, what information did you get from the other party? I'll help you later. Speed up!" Meng Zhen asked curiously.
She also knew that Gu Zheng wasn't willing to let her take the risk for her safety. Initially, she wanted to lure these people out. At that time, she didn't expect there to be so many people here. At most, there were a few enemies of similar strength. Fortunately, it was more daunting than dangerous.
"Now, my friend, Elder Xiong, is bound by the other party's special method of the Demon God. At this time, she has fallen into a nightmare specially designed for her. They want her to completely become the subordinate of the Demon God." Gu Zheng didn't hide anything and said directly.
"Let's not talk about how tragic their methods are every day. Now, our first step is to pull her out of the Nightmare Realm. If she doesn't wake up, it will take too long for us to break the seal outside. We can't wait."
"The second step is relatively simple. There are many key formation eyes on the stone peak. They aren't very strong. However, before I could find out from the other party's brain, he couldn't bear it and died. We can only look for it slowly."
At the end, Gu Zheng felt a little regretful. He didn't expect that a mere late stage Grand Heavenly Realm enemy would be so weak. He couldn't even compare to Meng Zhen. This was beyond his expectations. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made the other party collapse so easily. If he stopped, he might be able to find those nodes.
"However, there's a hidden place behind the stone peak. Someone is maintaining a part of the basic operation of the formation there. When we get there, we'll deal with that place first." Gu Zheng added.
As they spoke, they soon arrived at the bottom of the abyss. Meng Zhen didn't touch the stone peak previously. Instead, she used a spell to make the other party think that she was destroying the formation. Only then did she successfully seal them out.
When they arrived here, they directly pounced into the hidden space behind to prevent the other party from discovering that something was wrong outside and taking defensive measures.
As soon as they went down, the people inside seemed to know that they had been discovered. Two early stage Grand Heavenly Realm experts rushed out from inside and took the lead to attack Gu Zheng and the others.
This made Gu Zheng overjoyed because there were some defenses inside. If the other party insisted on defending, they would have to spend more effort. However, they chose to fight with their lives on the line. As expected, they did whatever they thought of, which saved them a lot of time.
In just half an hour, the two enemies who refused to retreat were lying on the ground, completely dead.
Originally, it wasn't so easy to deal with them. In the end, Meng Zhen accidentally discovered that when she attacked the stone peak, the enemies in front of her actually foolishly blocked for the stone peak, regardless of what she did.
Of course, they wouldn't let go of this obvious loophole. After a few times, they had already collapsed. Although they had strength, they could only obey orders rigidly.
"What a pity. What's wrong with being your own strength? What's the difference between you and a puppet now? I don't know if you'll regret it when you know what happened to you." Gu Zheng completely destroyed the other party's corpse and sighed.
His heartache for them only flashed across his heart. Then, he went to Elder Xiong and prepared to think of a way to wake her up.
"Why don't we destroy the formation core first?" Meng Zhen swallowed her breath and suggested looking at the huge crowd in front of her.
"No, if there's a commotion outside, it's very likely to cause damage to Elder Xiong. Therefore, we have to wake her up first. Moreover, we also need her combat power to fight against the Demon God together." Gu Zheng deliberately emphasized his tone to tell Meng Zhen that he was very concerned about Elder Xiong.
"I'm just saying. We'll do as you say. I don't have any good ideas." Meng Zhen looked in front of her and spread her hands helplessly.
She could pull the enemy into her scroll and create a scene with similar effects. However, she wasn't very good at pulling the enemy out of her scroll.
"Actually, it's not difficult to deal with the Nightmare World. After all, it's only a place that she can't forget in her heart. To us outside, it won't affect her at all. The difficult part is how to make her face the world in her heart. You keep watch outside. I'll go in." Gu Zheng explained to Meng Zhen and prepared to go in alone.
After seeing that Meng Zhen had retreated to a safe distance, Gu Zheng turned into a ray of light and flew directly towards Elder Xiong's head.
However, the moment Gu Zheng got close to Elder Xiong, a sudden black gas rushed out of the stone peak and turned into a black tornado. It directly swept Gu Zheng into it. Then, Hei Feng disappeared in the air. However, Gu Zheng also disappeared without a trace.
"Gu Zheng!"
When Meng Zhen saw that Gu Zheng had disappeared, she shouted subconsciously. It was obvious that he hadn't entered the Nightmare World. Instead, he had triggered a trap.
However, before she could look forward, she realized that the same Hei Feng had swept out from the stone peak and was rushing towards her. Seeing this, Meng Zhen immediately retreated.
At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened. A layer of light black shield appeared in the air and completely sealed the place. At the same time, a strong pressure rose in the sky and the surrounding air became like a swamp.
Meng Zhen's speed suddenly decreased. She felt that something was rushing towards her from behind. Then, she turned her head and realized that the black fog had already caught up with her. The next moment, she was drowned.
However, before she was drowned, she saw countless black fog emerging from the cracks of the stone peak. It almost covered the entire bottom of the abyss. No matter where she hid, she couldn't escape.
She didn't know that it wasn't just this place. When Gu Zheng activated the mechanism here, a huge black fog also rose up in the surrounding thousand miles, enveloping this entire region. Countless huge black fog patrolled this region, searching for hidden enemies.
However, other than the local creatures that were trembling in fear, there were no other enemies in this area.
The Demonic God had left a restriction on Elder Xiong. As long as the opponent's strength was enough to trigger it, it would be activated immediately. As long as the opponent's cultivation hadn't reached the level of a Quasi-Sage, they would be sent into the trap that he had prepared.
Less than a thousand meters away from this layer of protection, the two brothers who had just defected were dumbfounded when they saw the scene of destruction behind them.
After a long while, their companions regained their senses and said with relief, "Luckily, we ran fast. Otherwise, we would have been dead."
"Yes, let's hurry up and run!"
The two of them didn't hesitate anymore. They were even 30% faster than before and hurriedly left this place. To them, they would rather die like this than think about how to break through on the evil path.
They left in time and escaped from this place. However, Gu Zheng was swept away by Hei Feng. His vision blurred and he found himself in a new place.
Above his head was a red rock and the other three sides were black walls. He was standing at the crossroads of a passage. No matter which direction it was, he didn't know where it led to.
With just a little delay, he understood where he was.
This wasn't some mountain range. It seemed like he was in a magic treasure. He also understood that he had stepped into the trap that the opponent had prepared. It was no wonder that the opponent had so openly asked them to rescue Elder Xiong. He thought that there were reinforcements behind the Vermilion Bird, so he had set up the trap. However, they didn't discover it and were sent here directly after triggering it.
The only thing he was worried about was Meng Zhen. He didn't know if Meng Zhen had been captured. With the opponent's means, he definitely wouldn't have just captured one person.
However, he was worried. After waiting for a while, when there was no other movement and Meng Zhen didn't appear, he walked towards the passage on the right.
This place was extremely hard. If he wanted to force his way out, Gu Zheng still couldn't do it in his current state. Even if he had advanced to the peak of the Grand Heavenly Realm, he still couldn't force his way out. However, it didn't mean that he didn't have a way out.
As long as you were strong enough, there was no absolute dead end in this world. He already had a way to leave this place. However, if Meng Zhen came in, he didn't know if he could get out. Therefore, he had to find him.
After walking past a few passages vigilantly, Gu Zheng's eyes narrowed. At a corner, there was an obvious scratch mark. He immediately walked over and observed it carefully.
This scratch mark was at the edge of another passage. However, when he looked forward, he could see some uneven gaps in this passage. It seemed like it had been attacked.
After observing for a while, he stood up again and looked into the distance.
It seemed like the Vermilion Bird had also come here and had a great battle with the Demon God. He didn't know where it had run to now.
Even he had a way to leave, so the Demon God definitely had a way to leave.
This was the Demon God's home ground. It was obvious that the Demon God's strength was stronger. However, she still fought with the Demon God here. Obviously, she didn't want to implicate Elder Xiong outside, even if it was more difficult.
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