The nine golden Dragon Centipede Pearls didn't launch any fancy attacks. They simply charged towards the red-haired old man's Nine Palaces, ignoring all resistance along the way.
Bang, bang, bang, bang …
Explosions rang out one after another in the immortal array. Eight bloody men with blurred faces exploded into smoke and dust one after another, and even the red-haired old man was knocked flying away.
Although the red-haired old man didn't die immediately, the egg-sized Dragon Centipede Pearl left a watermelon-sized hole in his stomach. Even the Immortal Power Ball in his body disintegrated as a result. Lying on the ground, he was no different from being dead.
Gu Zheng's hand seals changed again, and the Dragon Centipede Artifact Spirit in the immortal formation immediately disappeared. He flashed into the formation and looked at the red-haired old man on the ground. A trace of contempt appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Do you still want to eat fish meat? Fish has bones! "
"You —"
Before the red-haired old man could finish, blood gushed out of his mouth and cut him off.
Gu Zheng didn't want to waste any more time on the old man. He pressed a hand against the old man's head and searched his soul.
A moment later, Gu Zheng frowned inside the celestial formation.
"How is it?"
Huang Qi and the others asked.
"He's dead, but I searched his soul before he died!"
Everyone sighed in relief at Gu Zheng's words. Fang Xing asked, "Fellow Daoist Bai, what did you find?"
"This person can be considered as a candidate disciple of a Quasi-Sage. When he first entered the early stage of Perfected Golden Immortal Realm, he was imprisoned in this place by a Quasi-Sage. His body was also sealed by a Quasi-Sage. Only when a special opportunity appears can he leave this place." Gu Zheng said.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, what is this special opportunity you speak of?" Huang Qi asked.
"A special opportunity is when someone comes here to search for treasure after the treasure appears. If he can obtain three portions of the treasure hunter's blood, he can leave this realm and enter the quasi-sage's treasure trove. He might even be able to inherit the quasi-sage's legacy," Gu Zheng explained.
"Three portions? Apart from the two monks from Sangharama Temple, no one else has entered this place before us? "
Gu Zheng shook his head in response to Yang Jue's question.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, how much does this person know about the Sage Immortal's treasure?" Fang Xing asked.
"Not much. After all, he has never been to the real treasure."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he frowned and said, "However, he knows a lot about this space. This also let me know that there's an even greater trouble waiting for us ahead!"
Seeing Gu Zheng's serious expression, Huang Qi and the other two asked, "What trouble?"
"There's an ancient giant worm ahead."
As Gu Zheng's words fell, Huang Qi and the other two sucked in a breath of cold air. Anything related to the ancient times was extraordinary. Almost all of these things were born after the beginning of the world. Due to the special environment at that time, they all possessed extremely terrifying strength. Among them, the ancient giant worms were even more terrifying than the ancient beasts because of their terrifying reproductive ability.
"Is there really only one?"
Yang Jue's voice trembled.
Almost all of those ancient things had disappeared into the long river of history along with the end of the Antiquity Age, but their descendants had more or less survived. The descendants of the ancient beasts could occasionally be seen in the Untainted Land, but the descendants of the ancient giant worms almost only existed in legends. Because their reproductive ability was too strong, they were almost all hermaphrodites. The World of Cultivation did not allow their existence. Once they were discovered, they would be attacked by groups.
"It's not a hermaphrodite. That's why there's only one. However, even if there's only one, it's still troublesome enough to deal with. Even the red-haired old man might not necessarily be able to win against it!"
"Although the skin of an ancient giant worm is an excellent material for refining weapons, since it's so hard to deal with, there's no need for us to waste time on it. Let's avoid it, take the treasure, and leave as soon as possible," Fang Xing said.
Gu Zheng shook his head. "It's impossible to avoid it. The so-called treasure is in its stomach. Even the teleportation formation to leave is in its wormhole!"
Gu Zheng's words made Fang Xing and the others fall silent.
After a while, Fang Xing said, "It's a pity that Fellow Daoist Bai's immortal formation can't be used for the time being. Otherwise, with its support, we might be able to kill this ancient giant worm."
Immortal formations set up by formation treasures had their advantages, but they also had their drawbacks. Generally speaking, formation treasures were energy-gathering immortal treasures. Whether or not they could be used repeatedly depended on how much energy they stored.
Gu Zheng's Immortal Trapping Formation had consumed a great deal of energy in the battle with the red-haired old man. Although the formation artifact could automatically absorb Immortal Yuan to recharge, if he wanted to use it again to trap and kill the ancient worm that the red-haired old man was unwilling to deal with, it would probably take a day to recharge.
"It seems we'll have to plan this out," Huang Qi muttered.
"Let's go to the canyon first."
There were two monks from Sangharama Temple in the canyon. That was why Gu Zheng wanted to go there.
The two Sangharama Temple monks were still unconscious. The one who'd been 'sliced' by the red-haired old man hadn't treated his wound properly, so he'd lost too much blood and was seriously injured. Fortunately, the two monks were both Jin Xian early stage cultivators. If the injured one's cultivation had been just a bit lower, he'd have bled to death.
Although he'd woken the two monks up, Gu Zheng had placed restrictions on them to prevent them from being stubborn.
"It's you!"
"You scoundrel!"
The moment the two monks were awakened, they gritted their teeth and looked at Gu Zheng.
"Do you hate your savior so much?"
The mockery on Gu Zheng's lips was quickly replaced by impatience. "I don't want to waste my breath with you. There are only two paths in front of you. One is the path of survival, which is for us to work together to leave this place. The other is naturally the path of death."
If Gu Zheng used some of his trump cards, he was confident he could get rid of the ancient worm. However, there were still many unknown dangers in the treasure trove. It wasn't appropriate to use his trump cards too early. Thus, he wanted to win the two monks over. If these two early-stage Gold Immortal monks were to join the battle, it would be a very feasible way to deal with an ancient giant worm with the strength of six Gold Immortals.
"You want us to work with you after killing the monks of Sangharama Temple? Do you take this poor monk for a fool? "
"You want us to work with you? Don't even think about it. You scoundrels will definitely go to hell after you die! "
Faced with the killing intent in Gu Zheng's eyes, the two monks were fearless.
"Even ants drag out their lives, let alone humans."
Huang Qi smiled at the two monks and played the good cop. "As long as the two of you sincerely cooperate with us, we promise we won't burn the bridge after crossing it."
"Amitabha!"
"Is it your turn to play the good cop after playing the bad cop?"
"This poor monk doesn't want to see you again. You're even more disgusting than that bad cop!"
"If you want to kill us, do as you please. Give up on the idea of us cooperating with you!"
"Stubborn bald donkeys!"
Huang Qi and Yang Jue cursed at the same time, grabbing the monks by their bald heads.
Huang Qi and Yang Jue had no choice but to send these two ignorant monks to see the Buddha. However, before that, they couldn't avoid soul-searching.
"Is there any valuable information?"
Fang Xing asked Huang Qi and Yang Jue, who'd stopped their soul-searching.
"The treasure trove is dangerous!" Huang Qi frowned.
"Not only did the Sangharama monks encounter refined corpses that are even more troublesome than the wolf monsters, they also encountered an immortal formation that can separate people. That's why only the two of them entered despite so many monks from Sangharama Temple."
Yang Jue paused and looked at Fang Xing. "Fellow Daoist Fang, once we leave this place, it's time you share the treasure map with us."
Yang Jue had been wanting to say this for a long time. He'd only hinted at it before, but now it was time to make it clear.
Fang Xing thought for a moment, then nodded. "No problem. I'll share it with everyone once we return to the treasure trove! However, the most important thing right now is how to leave this plane. Now that the two bald donkeys are dead, how are we going to deal with the ancient worm? "
Fang Xing looked at Gu Zheng. Only Gu Zheng's strength was off the charts in their group. Without Gu Zheng, even an early Daluo Jinxian cultivator would be able to wipe them all out, to say nothing of the ancient worm that even the red-haired old man had trouble dealing with. Furthermore, Gu Zheng had told them that the red-haired old man had fought with the ancient giant worm a few times. Therefore, they knew that ordinary methods were useless against the ancient giant worm.
"I have a suggestion. Let's stay here for a day!" Gu Zheng suggested after some thought.
"Eh?"
"A day?"
Huang Qi and Yang Jue looked at Gu Zheng.
"That's right, a day!"
Gu Zheng paused, then continued. "First of all, there are many resources here. We can harvest them all in a day. Secondly, in a day's time, my formation artifact will be fully charged. At that time, I will have a better chance of winning against the ancient giant worm. Also, because I used the 'Mad Demon Blade', I will need some time to rest. As for the problem of time that you are most worried about, I feel that you don't need to worry too much about it now. This is only one of the difficult areas on the second floor of the treasure trove, and it is already so dangerous. I don't think that the difficult areas on the second floor of the treasure trove will be any easier than this one. Therefore, I feel that time is not the most important thing in this treasure hunt! "
Hearing Gu Zheng's analysis, the three of them slowly nodded.
"Right, did the red-haired old man try to use poison against the ancient worm?" Fang Xing looked at Gu Zheng.
"No," Gu Zheng replied.
"I heard from Fellow Daoist Huang and Fellow Daoist Yang that Fellow Daoist Gu is an immortal chef. Can you make some delicious dishes and then add poison to them?" Fang Xing asked.
"Ordinary poisons are definitely useless against the ancient giant worm. However, I have thought of this method before. Whether or not it will be effective will have to wait until I see the ancient giant worm before I can make a conclusion," Gu Zheng said.
"If it's possible to use poison, I have some powerful poisons here!" Fang Xing chuckled.
In the following day, Gu Zheng and the others avoided the center of the space and looted all the valuable resources.
Because this was a lower level realm than the Desolate Era, the ingredients here were not as plentiful as the ones in the Desolate Era. In the area that Gu Zheng was in charge of exploring, he obtained a total of twenty-five good grade ingredients and one high grade ingredient.
Due to their prior agreement, Huang Qi and the others would also exchange the high grade ingredients with him. After all, he had contributed the most to killing the red-haired old man.
Unfortunately, whether it was killing the red-haired old man or the two monks of Sangharama Temple, Gu Zheng and the others didn't obtain anything particularly useful. The red-haired old man's spatial immortal tool had been taken away when he was trapped here by a Quasi-Sage. Apart from that broken dagger, he didn't have anything else. As for the two monks of Sangharama Temple, they did have spatial immortal tools on them. However, the items inside were not worth mentioning at their level of cultivation.
A day passed quickly, and Gu Zheng arrived outside the Wormhole. Huang Qi and the others hadn't come. Gu Zheng had only come to scout the area.
The Wormhole was an extremely large cave. It was six meters tall and five meters wide. Within a certain range, not a single plant or animal could be seen. A unique fishy smell permeated the air. It was precisely this smell that caused plants to go extinct and animals to stay away. In fact, it wasn't just animals. Gu Zheng didn't find the smell to be a problem, but if a cultivator below the Return to Void realm smelled it, it would be a fatal poison.
In the red-haired old man's memories, the ancient giant worm in the Wormhole was usually in a deep slumber. It grew by absorbing the immortal essence in the air. However, its reactions were quite quick. If a powerful presence approached, it would quickly emerge from the Wormhole.
Just as the red-haired old man remembered, Gu Zheng had just arrived outside the Wormhole when the ground began to tremble. A strange, loud grinding sound came from the Wormhole.
Soundlessly, an earthen-yellow ray of light shot out from the Wormhole. Its target was Gu Zheng, who was standing outside.
Gu Zheng used the Ethereal Body Illusion Technique to move his body back and forth to avoid the earthen-yellow ray of light. However, he was only able to hold on for a moment before he was forced to fly into the air. After all, it wasn't just one ray of light, but a total of sixteen. With so many rays of light, it was impossible to continuously dodge them with the Ethereal Body Illusion Technique.
"Hooo …"
Seeing that the ray of light couldn't kill its target, the ancient giant worm's strange roar came from the Wormhole. It, which had stopped coming out of the Wormhole, began to move again.
Gu Zheng finally saw the full appearance of the ancient giant worm. It didn't differ from the red-haired old man's memories at all.
Its entire body was earthen-yellow and had many wrinkles. Its body was thick at the top and thin at the bottom. The thickest part was its head, which was as big as a house. It gradually became thinner until it reached its tail a hundred meters away.
Overall, the ancient giant worm's head looked a little like a vegetable bug that had been magnified countless times. However, there were eight pairs of compound eyes on its head. The sixteen rays of light had been shot out from these compound eyes.
Apart from its head, the other part of the ancient giant worm's body that was worth mentioning was its tail. It looked very similar to a scorpion's tail. As soon as it came out of the Wormhole, it raised its tail and aimed it at Gu Zheng in the sky.
"Hooo …"
The ancient giant worm roared at Gu Zheng in the air. In its open mouth, Gu Zheng saw countless sharp teeth. Even if it was the Daluo Jinxian's immortal body, he would probably end up like a piece of meat thrown into a meat grinder.
From the red-haired old man's memories, Gu Zheng understood that the ancient giant worm could sense the strength of its opponent through one's aura. When it encountered a strong and difficult opponent, it didn't want to waste too much energy. Its strange snoring was a warning to its opponent.
Gu Zheng's main purpose this time was to scout out the situation. Although the ancient giant worm didn't have much intelligence, he didn't want to anger it and cause any undesirable changes. Therefore, he flew away directly.
Seeing Gu Zheng fly away, the ancient giant worm lowered its tail. It stood at the entrance for a while longer before retreating back into the cave.
Although Gu Zheng had left, he had finished scouting out the situation. In that short period of time, the ancient giant worm was like an ingredient. A 'digital' display appeared in his eyes.
According to the grade of ingredients, the ancient giant worm was considered poisonous. However, Gu Zheng used his Eye of Dao to observe it mainly because he wanted to understand its body and see if there were any poisons that could be used against it.
"How is it, Daoist Bai?"
Seeing Gu Zheng return, Yang Jue was the first to speak.
"How do you feel?"
Gu Zheng didn't answer Yang Jue's question immediately.
"It's terrifying. Even though we're quite far away, the giant ancient worm's two grunts, especially the second one, made us panic and gasp for breath. It was as if we were ordinary people running all the way here. If it were to let out a snort like that in a direct battle, we wouldn't be able to fight well even if we don't die. "
Yang Jue and Yang Jue smiled wryly while the other two nodded. They hadn't even fought yet, but they'd already experienced the terror of the ancient giant worm. In the eyes of most cultivators, they were the high and mighty Jin Xian.
"The results of the scouting are very good. This worm can be used as food by me. It'll be a great help in killing it."
Gu Zheng paused and patted Yang Jue's shoulder. "As for the snoring, you don't have to worry at all. I guarantee that it won't make any noise when the time comes!"
"Wonderful!"
Seeing the certainty in Gu Zheng's eyes, the three cheered.
"Now give me your poison. It'll be of some use. I'll prepare a feast for the ancient giant worm immediately."
Gu Zheng immediately got to work after asking Fang Xing for the poison.
Although the ancient giant worm ate immortal energy, that didn't mean it didn't eat anything other than immortal energy. It was just a little picky.
After seeing the ancient giant worm's body with his Dao Eye, Gu Zheng understood what kind of food would attract it the most. Only then would the poison have a better effect.
As for cooking, Gu Zheng was going to keep it simple. After all, he was serving a giant worm this time. There was no need to make everything look, smell, and taste good. He only needed to ensure that it would eat everything.
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