Even though they'd reached the border, Gu Zheng's spirit sense didn't stop. It flew along the border, trying to learn as much as possible about this plane.
This plane was very similar to the wilderness. Gu Zheng found quite a few ingredients along the way, all of which were of high grade. The highest grade he'd found so far was excellent. However, Gu Zheng's current state was that of a spirit sense avatar, so he didn't collect any of the ingredients he found.
After a while, Fang Xing spoke first, "Fellow daoists, what's the result of your exploration?"
The other people who had their eyes closed all opened their eyes and reported the results of their exploration.
"Fellow daoist Bai and Fellow daoist Huang's exploration reached the border very quickly. Fellow daoist Yang and I've been flying for a long time. It seems this plane is a long and narrow zone!" Yang Jue said.
"That's right, it's shaped like a worm!" Huang Qi said.
"In the process of exploration, did any of you discover the existence of outsiders?" Fang Xing asked again.
"No."
Everyone shook their heads.
"Let's go, I've already calculated the center."
Gu Zheng led the way and everyone flew towards the center.
After flying for roughly three minutes, the terrain below was constantly changing. When they reached the top of a canyon, a shocking sword light flew out from the canyon, enveloping Gu Zheng's group of four in the air.
"Break!"
Gu Zheng brandished Tang Mo's Slash, and the others also used their own methods. A loud sound rang out in the air, and the shocking sword light was canceled out.
"Daluo Jinxian's cultivation!"
Yang Jue cried out. In this short exchange, everyone had a rough idea of their opponent's strength.
"Fellow daoist Bai, can you tell which cultivation realm Daluo Jinxian is in?"
Huang Qi transmitted to Gu Zheng. Without Gu Zheng, they wouldn't have been able to win this battle.
"It's early Daluo Jinxian, but it's no ordinary Daluo Jinxian!"
The sword light had come into contact with the saber light. This gave Gu Zheng a better understanding than the others. In his mind, this enemy he'd never met before was extremely powerful.
"What do we do now?"
With Gu Zheng so serious, Huang Qi was even more uncertain.
"Let's meet this person!"
Gu Zheng signaled to everyone, and everyone followed him to land in the canyon. Since there was a Golden Immortal here, if the other party wanted to kill them, it was better to work together to solve the problem than to hide temporarily.
A large river flowed through the valley. A red-haired old man in a straw raincoat was squatting by the river.
Beside the red-haired old man was a fish basket, a fishing rod, and two monks from Sangharama Temple.
"Hiss, hiss …"
An unpleasant sound came from the red-haired old man's hand. He was sharpening a strange dagger.
Ignoring Gu Zheng and the others who were standing above the canyon, the red-haired old man held the edge of the dagger with his finger and muttered to himself, "It's been too long. This dagger isn't fast anymore. Even four juniors can block one of its attacks."
"It seems you've been here for a long time. A high-grade immortal longsword was forcefully sharpened into a dagger by you."
Gu Zheng spoke. His face was expressionless, but his heart was shaken. This red-haired old man was obviously from this space. What did a Daluo Jinxian in this treasure trove represent?
"Yes! It's been too long. I can't remember what it looked like. I only remember that I've been sharpening it. "
The red-haired old man who hadn't raised his head looked at Gu Zheng. "Young man, this old man's dagger may be blunt, but it shouldn't be a problem to kill fish, right?"
"Kill fish? You don't have any fish in your basket! With your murderous aura leaking out, you won't be able to catch any fish. Even if there were, they'd run away! "Gu Zheng smiled.
The red-haired old man suddenly understood. "You're right. With my murderous aura leaking out, fish shouldn't be able to take the bait! But nothing is absolute. There will always be a few blind fishes that bump into us! "
"Old man, you're very arrogant!"
"What are you trying to do?"
Being called blind fish, Fang Xing and Yang Jue immediately spoke up.
"Nothing? I just want to kill some fish and eat some meat."
The red-haired old man laughed strangely and waved his dagger. A Sangharama Temple monk who had been lying on the ground suddenly jumped up with a scream.
Fresh blood flowed from the monk's thigh. A piece of flesh had been cut off there. The red-haired old man's dagger touched it.
"You butcher!"
The monk roared, golden light erupting from his body.
"Hmph!"
The red-haired old man snorted. He didn't seem to do anything, but the golden light on the monk's body was extinguished like a candle flame. He fell to the ground with a plop.
The red-haired old man put the flesh on the dagger into his mouth, chewed a few times, and spat it out.
"Stinky!"
With a strange laugh, the red-haired old man flew up the canyon.
Gu Zheng's natal truefire vibrated. A huge fire dragon appeared out of thin air and flew toward the red-haired old man. Yang Jue and the other two also attacked the red-haired old man.
Facing the storm of attacks, the red-haired old man laughed strangely and disappeared. When he reappeared, he wasn't far from Gu Zheng's group.
"Come here!"
The red-haired old man waved his hand. Yang Jue, who was closest to him, immediately flew toward him.
At the same time, the red-haired old man's dagger slashed across Yang Jue's throat. It looked slow, but it was actually extremely fast.
This was the difference between Daluo Jinxian and Jin Xian. This attack alone made Yang Jue, Huang Qi, and Fang Xing break out in cold sweat.
The biggest difference between Daluo Jinxian and Jin Xian was that cultivators at this level had a deeper understanding of the Dao. They even had control over many different types of laws.
For example, the red-haired old man's teleportation included a deep understanding of the Dao of Space. However, this kind of teleportation was similar to teleportation. It was a relatively low level Dao of Space. Even so, the Dao of Space was a terrifying ability that could be used both defensively and offensively.
Gu Zheng was a bit annoyed by this. All this time, Gu Zheng's cultivation had been in a special state. When he became a cultivator, he comprehended the Immortal Domain, something not even Daluo Jinxian could comprehend. This was a Dao of Will, and a high level Dao of Space!
However, Gu Zheng still hadn't grasped the lower level Dao of Space. For example, this relatively simple teleportation. This special situation was like a question. Gu Zheng was lucky enough to know the answer, but he didn't know the steps to solve it. The red-haired old man knew a bit about the steps, but he didn't know the answer!
At this critical moment, just as the horizontal sword light was about to hit Yang Jue's neck, a black saber light mixed with ever-changing saber essence not only destroyed the sword light, but also traced it back to its source.
"What a powerful strike!"
The red-haired old man flew back, at the same time waving the dagger in his hand. Sword light flashed wildly as he tried to cancel out the Mad Demon Blade.
Loud booms rang out in the air as Gu Zheng's saber forced the red-haired old man to retreat. This was the first time Gu Zheng had attacked without holding back since he had learned the 'Mad Demon Wild Saber'.
"Crack!"
The red-haired old man swung his sword to block the blade light, but the sharpened dagger finally broke in the old man's hand.
The red-haired old man's expression changed as he dodged again, but he was still a step too late. The Mad Demon Blade's remaining power left a deep wound on his chest.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
Fang Xing waved his fan, sending a large number of ice crystals wrapped in lightning towards the red-haired old man.
"Whoosh …"
Huang Qi took out his immortal weapon. With a heavy whistle, the mountain-sized gold ingot pressed down on the red-haired old man.
"Die!"
Yang Jue took out a pearl and shot a blinding light at the red-haired old man.
Unfortunately, the red-haired old man's figure only flickered in the face of the various attacks. He teleported to another location and dodged all of the attacks.
The red-haired old man appeared again, a black mist swirling around his hand. He used his finger to trace the wound on his chest, and the bleeding wound instantly healed.
"Your blade technique is quite powerful, to be able to seal teleportation! However, using such a move with your cultivation, the taste of the backlash isn't good, is it? "
The red-haired old man wasn't in a hurry to attack again. His eyes narrowed into slits, as if he wanted to see through Gu Zheng.
"Backlash? There isn't that much left, do you want to try again? "
Gu Zheng sneered and pointed at the red-haired old man with Tang Mo in his hand. "However, teleporting consecutively isn't good for you either, is it?"
Teleportation couldn't be used without limit. It consumed a lot of immortal force. Gu Zheng knew that the red-haired old man didn't attack immediately because he wasn't sure if he could use the Mad Demon Blade again, and also because he was waiting for his immortal force to recover.
As for Gu Zheng's seemingly unaffected appearance, it was naturally an act. The full power of the Mad Demon Blade had caused quite a bit of backlash. Even now, his qi and blood were still roiling inside him.
"Do you know whether it's good or not?"
The red-haired old man cackled. "You want me to try? Let's try then! "
Without his immortal weapon, a black mist erupted from the red-haired old man's body.
"Retreat!"
Gu Zheng transmitted to Huang Qi and the others, who immediately began to flee.
"Awooo …"
The black mist on the red-haired old man's body turned into a giant eagle with a wingspan of forty feet.
The giant eagle had two heads, one spitting out black mist and the other white mist. As soon as the two types of mist appeared, they turned into nearly a hundred winged birdmen in the air. As they flapped their wings, the mist turned into bird feathers and shot towards the backs of Gu Zheng and the others like arrows.
Gu Zheng and the others' flying speed was already very fast, but the birdmen's speed was also very fast. After the feathers left their bodies, the birdmen's endurance was even more astonishing. Soon, they were not far from Gu Zheng and the others, looking as if they were going to shoot through them.
Gu Zheng and the others turned around and flew back, at the same time, they used their techniques to clear the pursuing birdmen's feathers.
"Stop for the Old Man!"
The red-haired old man, who had been chasing after Gu Zheng and the others, teleported again. However, he did not dare to appear too close to Gu Zheng, as he was afraid that Gu Zheng could still use the Mad Demon Blade. He only appeared in front of Gu Zheng and the others. With a push of his palms, a hurricane-like black mist swept towards Gu Zheng and the others.
"Go in!"
Gu Zheng raised his eyebrows and formed a hand seal. The hurricane-like black mist and the red-haired old man disappeared.
Without needing Gu Zheng's instructions, Huang Qi and the others immediately turned around and began to clear the birdmen and giant eagles in the air. Gu Zheng, on the other hand, focused on controlling the immortal array.
After being ambushed by the shocking sword light, Gu Zheng already knew that the other party was definitely an early-stage Daluo Jinxian.
Although Gu Zheng was very powerful now, he was still very careful when dealing with people. Before flying to meet the red-haired old man, he set up the Immortal Trapping Array, which he had not used in a long time. Previously, when the red-haired old man attacked, they immediately ran for their lives because they wanted to lure the old man into the array.
Originally, the Immortal Trapping Array was not enough to deal with the red-haired old man. However, with the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit in the array, everything was different.
At this moment, the red-haired old man, who was trapped in the Immortal Trapping Array, was very cautious. He first used a few palm strikes to test the strength of the immortal array. Then, he changed his strategy and deduced a clever way to break the array.
As the person who had set up the immortal array, Gu Zheng understood the situation in the immortal array at a glance. He changed his hand seals, and a violent wind immediately blew in the immortal array. Waves of wind blades swept towards the red-haired old man.
"Child's play!"
In the face of the violent wind blades, the red-haired old man waved his hands repeatedly, and the wind blades that filled the sky were instantly scattered. However, as if there was no end to them, another wave of wind blades appeared immediately after the first wave was scattered.
"Are you trying to use this kind of attack to wear me down to death? Let me tell you, you'll only make me laugh to death! "
The red-haired old man roared. A black fog erupted from his body, and he no longer cared about the wind blades' attack.
"Ping, ping, pang …"
Countless wind blades hit the black fog on the red-haired old man's body, but all of them were bounced off without exception. They could not hurt the red-haired old man at all.
"This is just a warm-up!"
Gu Zheng, who was outside the array, sneered. He changed his hand seals, and a new change occurred in the immortal array.
Array spirits contained the Dao of Array Formations. An immortal array could have many array spirits. Although the Green Bird Array Spirit's power was not enough for Gu Zheng's current cultivation level, its existence would still make the immortal array more stable. Moreover, its activation time was relatively short. It could be used as the vanguard to buy time for the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit behind it.
The entire immortal array space shook. The huge Dragon Centipede Array Spirit appeared. The appearance of this crazy array spirit immediately brought strong winds and strong poison to the array.
When Gu Zheng had obtained the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit, it had only used poison to attack. However, this was not its full strength. It was just that the Quasi-Sage who had set up the immortal array had set the difficulty! If the Quasi-Sage had not set the difficulty for the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit and allowed it to attack with all its strength, then even the late Daluo Jinxian could have fallen in the array. Therefore, the existence of the treasure would not have been much of a necessity.
Gu Zheng was different from the Quasi-Sage. He was not looking for a successor with great fortune. He wanted to kill the red-haired old man. Therefore, the Dragon Centipede in the array could be said to be using all its strength.
At this moment, the Dragon Centipede in the immortal array seemed to be convulsing. Not only was it spitting poison, it was also using its huge body as a club to smash the red-haired old man.
"Bastard, where did you get the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit?"
The red-haired old man, who was exhausted from dealing with the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit, couldn't help but roar.
Although the Dragon Centipede was a rare ancient variant, the red-haired old man had coincidentally encountered it once. The Dragon Centipede he'd met at that time was close to the Quasi-Sage level. If the Dragon Centipede hadn't been fighting with another ancient variant, he would have become the Dragon Centipede's snack.
"Pfft …"
Under the frenzied attacks of the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit, the red-haired old man didn't last long. He was sent flying by the Dragon Centipede's body. Like a kite with a broken string, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Extreme Dao Blood Shadow!"
The red-haired old man roared. Under the urging of the immortal power in his body, he spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood.
The nine mouthfuls of blood that he spat out transformed into eight blurry human figures. Including the already weakened red-haired old man, there were exactly nine of them.
The red-haired old man was in the middle. The eight blurry blood figures formed the power of the Nine Palaces with him. In an instant, the red-haired old man's originally depressed aura surged wildly.
"Slash!"
Faced with the Dragon Centipede's body that was smashing down again, the red-haired old man roared and raised his hand to chop at the Dragon Centipede. The eight blurry blood figures did the same.
A blood-red mist was produced by the hand chop. In an instant, it condensed into a wild dragon that was six feet long. It crashed into the Dragon Centipede's body that was smashing down.
The red-haired old man was going all out. He had used all his trump cards. In his opinion, although this attack wouldn't destroy the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit, it would still be able to paralyze it temporarily! As long as it was temporarily paralyzed, it was possible for him to break out of the Array. After all, during the time he was trapped in the Array, although he couldn't deduce wholeheartedly, he had finally found the Life Gate in the Array.
"In your dreams!"
Gu Zheng, who understood the red-haired old man's thoughts, shouted. His hand gestures changed again. The Dragon Centipede's originally solid body became ethereal before it collided with the blood-red dragon.
"Bang!"
The Dragon Centipede, which had completely turned into an illusion, was hit by the wild dragon and exploded into a grayish-yellow mist. However, it instantly formed a new Black Dragon, which was still baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It was still as arrogant as ever!
"No!"
The red-haired old man felt despair. He didn't expect the Dragon Centipede Array Spirit to be able to switch between illusion and reality. What was he going to do?
The Dragon Centipede Array Spirit that appeared again didn't smash the red-haired old man with its body. As it roared at the red-haired old man, it spat out nine golden pearls.
"Dragon Centipede Spitting Pearls!"
The red-haired old man was in complete despair. He didn't expect the Dragon Centipede, which had been refined into an Array Spirit, to be only one step away from being able to transform.
The Dragon Centipede was an extremely rare ancient species. It was born with the strength of Daluo Jinxian. Although it was born tyrannical, it was extremely lacking in intelligence. Logically speaking, it wouldn't absorb the purification of heaven, earth, sun, and moon. Naturally, it wouldn't be able to comprehend Dao.
A Dragon Centipede that could spit out pearls meant that it had already touched Dao. The nine Dragon Centipede pearls were a sign that it was about to transform! The Dragon Centipede that the red-haired old man had seen before could only spit out seven pearls, which was equivalent to the cultivation of a Sage-to-be. Now that the Dragon Centipede could spit out nine pearls, even if it had been refined into an Array Spirit, it was still an existence that he couldn't contend with.
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