The Flood Dragon King sent his subordinates to test Gu Zheng's strength while Gu Zheng flew in the direction of the Flood Dragon King.
Meow Meow had been by Gu Zheng's side ever since they entered the swamp. As for Die Ling and Raging Man, one was sleeping in the Chaos Space while the other was cultivating in the Chaos Tower.
Before they knew it, half a month had passed since they entered the depths of the swamp. During this time, Gu Zheng and Meow Meow were in a hurry. Even when they stopped, it was to rest. Apart from that, they didn't waste any time.
"Sir, it's been half a month and we haven't encountered a single monster. This is really abnormal!" Meow Meow couldn't help but say.
"It is indeed abnormal, but it's also normal," Gu Zheng said.
"Oh? What do you mean? "Meow Meow asked.
"The Mud Spirit doesn't know much about the Flood Dragon King, but since the Flood Dragon King was able to have the Centipede King build a teleportation formation in his body, he must know a lot about the Mud Spirit. The teleportation immortal formation is built in the Mud Spirit's body, so it needs the Mud Spirit's energy to operate. Once the Mud Spirit dies, the teleportation immortal formation will no longer have the energy to operate. The Flood Dragon King's side will naturally know about it. He will definitely personally go and check it out, and will definitely be on guard. "
"Sir, if the Flood Dragon King will be on guard, will we still be able to find him?" Meow Meow asked.
"That's hard to say. We'll only know when we get there," Gu Zheng said indifferently.
"Sir, you don't seem to be worried about the missing ingredients anymore!" Meow Meow smiled at Gu Zheng's indifference.
"It's not that I'm not worried, it's just that there's no point in worrying."
As he spoke, Gu Zheng looked into the distance and frowned. There was a group of black dots flying in the distance. Although they were still far away, Gu Zheng felt that they were a group of monsters.
As the distance closed, the black dots in the distance also revealed their true appearance. It was a group of monsters with skulls and dragonfly-like bodies. Each of them was two feet long, and there were thousands of them.
"Although I don't know what these monsters are called, their cultivation level is equivalent to that of a Void Return cultivator."
Following the artifact spirit's voice, the flying dragonfly monster lowered its altitude, clearly aiming for Gu Zheng and Meow Meow who were flying at a low altitude.
"Mister, let me deal with them!" Meow Meow said.
"Be careful." Gu Zheng nodded.
"Got it."
Meow Meow flew toward the dragonfly monster and stopped at a suitable distance. She pushed her palm forward, and the surging energy of heaven and earth was mobilized. Waves that could be seen with the naked eye appeared in the air, sweeping toward the dragonfly monster wave after wave.
"Kacha …"
As the airwaves spread towards the dragonfly demon, cracks appeared in the already fragile space, spreading like cracked ice.
Meow Meow had controlled the strength of her attack perfectly. The spatial cracks would turn into black holes when they neared the dragonfly monster, and with the powerful suction force of the black holes, the dragonfly monsters would be sucked away in one fell swoop.
However, something unexpected happened. All of the dragonfly monsters began to emit a faint light. In the blink of an eye, they intertwined to form a light formation. The cracks in space stopped, and light beams shot out from the light formation toward Meow Meow like arrows.
The dragonfly monster's strength was only equivalent to that of a Void Return cultivator, but the destructive power of the light formation was on par with that of a Jin Xian cultivator! In this way, Meow Meow was facing countless Jin Xian attacks!
Meow Meow pushed out another palm, and the air rippled again. This time, Meow Meow used a different kind of force. She created a black hole in space, and all the light rays were sucked into it. However, due to the distance, the black hole only appeared between Meow Meow and the dragonfly monsters. Although the black hole sucked in all of the incoming light, it didn't cause any damage to the dragonfly monsters.
After creating the light formation, the dragonfly monsters were suspended in the air. Seeing that the light wasn't able to hurt Meow Meow, they began to move again. Moreover, as they approached, the black hole created by Meow Meow's attack began to heal at an extremely fast rate. As a result, a portion of the light that was no longer affected by the black hole shot toward Meow Meow like arrows.
Meow Meow frowned, feeling a little angry. The dragonfly monsters weren't anything to be afraid of. As long as they didn't have to endure over a hundred of the light rays released by the light formation, they wouldn't be harmed at all. However, these things were like toads. Although they didn't bite, they were disgusting! Taking advantage of the environment to take advantage of the situation was indeed despicable!
No longer using gentle means, Meow Meow's hands danced wildly, sending one claw after another at the dragonfly monsters. Instead of tearing the space apart to create a black hole, the claw attacks only tore the space apart when they were close to the dragonfly monsters. This was a superb control of power!
Under Meow Meow's claw attacks, the speed at which the black hole formed was faster than the dragonfly monsters could repair it. The devouring power began to take effect, and batch after batch of dragonfly monsters were sucked into the black hole. Their light formation was also forced to dissolve. However, the dissolution of the light formation wasn't a bad thing for the dragonfly monsters. Without the restriction of the light formation, their flying speed returned to normal. This allowed them to escape the range of the black hole and form a new light formation in the distance.
"Let me do it!"
Seeing that Meow Meow wanted to give chase, Gu Zheng stopped her.
The Poison Swamp's environment was rather unique. Because black holes were particularly easy to appear, it was inevitable that they would be restrained when fighting. If this were a normal environment, Meow Meow would be able to quickly take care of these wretched dragonfly monsters! However, the power produced by these methods was very violent and difficult to control. If they were used in this environment, a black hole would immediately form, and the first to be affected would not be the dragonfly monsters, but the caster himself.
Meow Meow's restraint didn't apply to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng controlled the Intermediate Path of Space, so he could instantly repair the so-called fragile space and cause it to collapse in an instant.
Gu Zheng flew toward the dragonfly monsters in the distance, and countless rays of light flew toward him.
With a thought, Gu Zheng strengthened the space around him. Then, with a wave of his hand, a violent energy formed a hurricane, and the thousands of rays of light were instantly swept away like catkins in the wind. They couldn't cause any damage to him at all, and the space around him wouldn't be affected by his violent attacks.
"Die!"
Gu Zheng stopped at a suitable place. He stretched out his hand, and a violent spatial force was activated. An extremely terrifying scene immediately appeared.
In the center of the light formation formed by the dragonfly monsters, the space suddenly collapsed. The scene of the void collapsing into black holes was very shocking!
The light formation formed by the dragonfly monsters was easily destroyed by Gu Zheng. The defeated dragonfly monsters wanted to escape, but how could they escape? Under Gu Zheng's control, black holes appeared in the space from many directions. In just a few breaths of time, the original thousands of dragonfly monsters had been swallowed by the black holes, and only a hundred or so remained.
He stretched out his hand again, and the spatial force quickly repaired the black holes. The remaining hundred or so dragonfly monsters survived, but Gu Zheng used the energy of heaven and earth to fix them in the air. For these dragonfly monsters that were only equivalent to Jin Xian's realm, it was too easy for Gu Zheng to deal with them with his current cultivation. In Gu Zheng's eyes, they were like dough that he could pinch and roll as he wished. Fixing them in the air, they couldn't even move.
Gu Zheng wanted to search the souls of the dragonfly monsters, so he spared their lives for the time being.
In the periphery of the Poisonous Swamp, Gu Zheng's soul-searching was not successful because the Centipede King had planted 'memory shackles' on the monsters. In Gu Zheng's opinion, the Flood Dragon King probably also had such a remarkable ability, so he spared the lives of the dragonfly monsters. After all, the 'memory shackles' would loosen, and this was his chance to successfully search their souls. Among the hundred or so dragonfly monsters, there might be some that had their 'memory shackles' loosened.
Gu Zheng flew towards the fixed dragonfly monsters. When he flew to the side of the dragonfly monsters, his heart suddenly trembled! He realized that there were not only dragonfly monsters here, but there was also an unknown thing hiding in the space!
The monster that was hiding in the space was not simply hiding its presence. It had managed to merge with that small space and become one with it! Such a method of concealment was very clever because it was truly invisible. Even if someone flew past it, as long as their control of the power of space hadn't reached a certain level, they wouldn't be able to discover its existence at all!
"Get out here!"
Gu Zheng roared and activated the power of space. Ning Cui, who was hiding in the space, was forced to reveal itself. At the same time, it was also fixed in the air by Gu Zheng.
"This bird's realm is equivalent to the early stage of Daluo Jinxian's realm."
The Artifact Spirit told Gu Zheng about Ning Cui's strength, and a variable appeared. Ning Cui's body flashed with green light, and it actually broke free from Gu Zheng's restraint and disappeared into the space again.
"Where do you think you're going?!"
Gu Zheng frowned and activated the power of space again. Ning Cui was forced out by him again. However, this time, Ning Cui only had one head left. It had risked its life to break free from Gu Zheng's restraint, but in reality, it had lost one of its heads.
Knowing that it wouldn't end well if it fell into Gu Zheng's hands, Ning Cui looked at Gu Zheng with a gaze as venomous as the Centipede King. In the next moment, Ning Cui chose to commit suicide. Its other head also exploded, and the life aura that belonged to it disappeared along with it.
"I have to say that these monsters related to the outer circle are all very strange! Its strength is only equivalent to the early stage of Daluo Jinxian's realm, but it was able to kill itself under my control. This is really amazing! "
Gu Zheng's emotional voice paused, and his eyes turned cold, "But do you think that death is something that can be done just because you want to?"
Gu Zheng raised his hand and drew an array pattern at the place where Ning Cui died. After the immortal array was set up, he reached out and used the power of time.
If Ning Cui's realm was equivalent to the late stage of Daluo Jinxian's realm, then it could really die if it wanted to. However, its realm was only equivalent to the early stage of Daluo Jinxian's realm. With Gu Zheng's current intermediate control of the power of time, it was really difficult for a character of this level to die if he didn't want it to!
Under Gu Zheng's control, time was only used on Ning Cui's corpse, and its exploded head was restored.
After regaining life, the terrified Ning Cui naturally wanted to commit suicide again. However, the immortal array that Gu Zheng had set up before was effective, and caused its suicide to be affected. Since it didn't die immediately, it completely lost the opportunity to commit suicide. Gu Zheng placed several restrictions on Ning Cui's body to make it easier for him to search its soul.
"I originally wanted to search the souls of those dragonflies, but since you hid in space to observe me, then you must know more than those dragonflies!"
Under Ning Cui's despairing gaze, Gu Zheng pressed his hand on its head.
Gu Zheng didn't dare to have too much hope when he searched Ning Cui's soul. However, this time, things weren't as complicated as he had feared. There was no 'memory shackle' in Ning Cui's mind, and its memories were completely open to Gu Zheng.
After searching Ning Cui's soul, Gu Zheng learned some things about the Flood Dragon King, as well as the situation in the depths of the Poisonous Swamp. In addition, Gu Zheng also discovered a bunch of interesting information. This information was actually the power of Dao!
Ning Cui controlled the power of space, and this was also the reason why it could hide in space. The information that Gu Zheng discovered was the power of Ning Cui's Dao of Space, and this was a situation that defied common sense! According to common sense, the control of Dao wasn't something that could be discovered through a soul search, and no one could do it. Twisting such a thing into a bundle and storing it in one's mind. Ning Cui could twist the information of Dao into a bundle, but this wasn't its ability. It could only be said that it was an instinct that it couldn't control.
For Gu Zheng, the information of the Dao of Space in Ning Cui's mind could be considered an opportunity. He could use this information to see if he could gain anything.
When Gu Zheng's consciousness entered Ning Cui's Dao of Space, he felt as if he had suddenly barged into a curtain of rain. Countless raindrops fell from the sky.
Every raindrop contained a bit of spatial information. Gu Zheng sensed that they were flowing away. What Gu Zheng needed to do was to find the part of the Dao of Space that could form the complete Dao of Space from these raindrops. This situation was different from comprehending the Dao. This was a screening! If one didn't have a certain foundation in Dao of Space, it would be impossible to gain anything under such circumstances. After all, the flow of raindrops represented the disappearance of Ning Cui's Dao of Space. People without a foundation in Dao of Space wouldn't have the time to deal with all this.
Gu Zheng's consciousness moved up and down among the raindrops, touching some of the raindrops in an orderly manner. The bits and pieces of information that formed the Dao of Space also became complete during this process.
After a while, Gu Zheng, who had finished searching Ning Cui's soul, couldn't help but smile.
"Mister, what are you smiling about?" Meow Meow asked curiously.
"Searching the bird's soul gave me a spatial dao ability," Lu Yun murmured to himself.
Gu Zheng told Meow Meow what he'd learned from searching Ning Cui's soul. The ability he was talking about was Ning Cui's Spatial Concealment.
Ning Cui's control of the Dao of Space was only at the elementary level. Even with its elementary mastery of the Dao of Space, it could almost fool Gu Zheng. With Gu Zheng's intermediate mastery of the Dao of Space, his Spatial Concealment would be able to fool even more people.
However, Ning Cui was truly dead. Once the spatial information in its head was searched, it would immediately begin to disappear. Once the information completely disappeared, it would be completely dead! Even Gu Zheng's Dao of Time wouldn't be able to reverse this.
"Mister, I'm so envious. I also want to have a Dao of Space ability!"
Meow Meow was really envious. She, who hadn't comprehended the Dao of Space, was clearly restrained when dealing with the dragonfly monsters.
Gu Zheng pinched Meow Meow's nose. "When the Star Ruins Mountain is repaired, I'll give you the opportunity to comprehend the Dao of Space. Whether or not you can grasp it when the time comes will depend on you."
Since he'd already obtained useful information from searching Ning Cui's soul, Gu Zheng didn't need to search the dragonfly monsters' souls anymore. Moreover, the dragonfly monsters didn't have Neidans in their bodies. They were really useless! Therefore, Gu Zheng didn't waste any time dealing with them and had the black hole swallow them all.
"Mister, since Ning Cui's death can be immediately known to the Wyrm King, do you think the Wyrm King will run away?" Meow Meow asked.
"He won't! He only knows that Ning Cui is dead and doesn't understand our strength. He definitely won't run away because of this. "
Gu Zheng frowned slightly as he spoke. There were still some unclear things in the information he'd obtained from searching Ning Cui's soul.
In Ning Cui's memories, the Wyrm King needed to guard an important Immortal Formation. Ning Cui didn't know what the Immortal Formation was, but Gu Zheng had seen the general appearance of the Immortal Formation through her memories. It was an extremely huge Immortal Formation. Gu Zheng had only seen Immortal Formations comparable to it in the Immortal Barracks!
Gu Zheng had a vague feeling that perhaps the Immortal Formation the Wyrm King was guarding had something to do with the abnormalities in the Poisonous Swamp in the past few decades! After all, the Wyrm King and the Centipede King had the strength to unify the depths and periphery of the Poisonous Swamp a thousand years ago. However, they'd only truly achieved it in the past few decades! All these suspicious points made Gu Zheng feel that the so-called Immortal Formation was very likely involved in some kind of conspiracy. The Wyrm King, who had to guard the Immortal Formation, couldn't have possibly run away. However, without seeing the Immortal Formation, Gu Zheng didn't know much about the conspiracy.
The Wyrm King naturally knew of Ning Cui's death. He couldn't wait to find Gu Zheng and fight him. Unfortunately, he couldn't get away. The following period of time was very crucial, and there were too many things he needed to do.
"I didn't want to cause too much of a ruckus, but since you're all bent on seeking death, this King doesn't mind fulfilling your wishes!"
The Wyrm King laughed coldly in the swamp. After leaving the swamp, he came to a Sky Traversing Boat and stood on something that looked like an altar.
The altar flickered with light, illuminating the Wyrm King's cold face. He began transmitting to all the demons in the depths of the Poisonous Swamp, telling them to hurry to the Wyrm King Palace as soon as possible.
Due to the Flood Dragon King's orders, the situation in the depths of the poisonous swamp changed. The demons that weren't near the Flood Dragon King Palace all emerged from the swamp and rushed towards the palace.
Gu Zheng and Meow Meow soon saw a demon with a fish head and a human body emerge from the swamp. Gu Zheng didn't search the demon's soul. He could guess why the demon that had received the Wyrm King's order to hibernate had appeared. He could also see the scene of thousands of demons gathering near the Wyrm King Palace.
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