He wasn't confident in dealing with the Corpse Beetle King, but he was confident in dealing with one of the methods the Corpse Beetle King had left behind.

"Don't try any tricks." The Corpse Beetle King slowly walked into the area of ​​the Land of Gods and Demons, and said to Gu Yu again.

"Let me tell you, don't hurt my companions, or I'll make you pay for it even if I die," Gu Yu said.

"Don't worry, while I'm still here, your companions are my lifesavers. I don't care about hurting them, I just hope they're all safe and sound!"

"Come in, I've already cast the protective shield," Gu Yu said.

The Corpse Beetle King looked at Gu Yu, cautiously extended a hand, felt it, and immediately showed joy.

It has been here since it was born. It has thought about leaving countless times. It is too lonely and boring here. Although there are other corpse beetle monsters to keep it company, those corpse beetle monsters are too stupid and dumb. It has had enough of staying here.

The thought of escaping this place filled it with immense excitement.

Taking a step forward, it looked at the divine and demonic powers that it had been so wary of, now blocked outside, and became even more excited.

“Follow me. Let me tell you, if you don’t follow me, you’ll face the consequences,” Gu Yu said to the Corpse Beetle King.

"I know I still have many things to do, how could I not cherish my life?" At this moment, the Corpse Beetle King was so overwhelmed with joy and excitement that his mind was somewhat clouded.

A cold smile appeared in Gu Yu's eyes. He started walking in front, and the Corpse Beetle King followed closely behind him, never leaving his side. It seemed that this guy was really afraid of death, but he was also a bit stupid.

Of course, if it were anyone else, they would have already been captured by the Corpse Beetle King. After all, not everyone is like Gu Yu, who has the God-Slaying Array Plate and can use the Ten Directions Shift to instantly return to Ri Jiu and the others.

Moreover, Gu Yu is now heading in the wrong direction with the Corpse Beetle King. As for where they are going, Gu Yu doesn't know either, but they are getting further and further away from the Thunder Dragon Palace.

As for the Corpse Beetle King, Gu Yu was certain it wouldn't doubt him, since it had never left the Thunder Dragon Palace and wouldn't know which way it would go.

"Gods and demons, how long will it take?" The Corpse Beetle King was still immersed in excitement, but after walking for more than half an hour, it still hadn't left the area covered by the power of gods and demons, and it couldn't see the end, which made it a little strange.

"Do you think the area covered by the power of gods and demons is small?" Gu Yu said at this moment. "It's huge. The place you are in is just a drop in the ocean compared to the area covered by the power of gods and demons. At our speed, it will probably take us several days to get here. You know, it took us three days to get here."

"Three days?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the Corpse Beetle King's eyes widened. It had always thought that the power of gods and demons had only covered part of the Dragon Palace Tower and that the area should not be large. It did not expect it to be so large. Fortunately, it had restrained its desire to rush out for a while, otherwise it would probably be dead and turned to ashes by now.

"Can we speed things up a bit?" the Corpse Beetle King asked Gu Yu. Three days was too long, and Gu Yu's speed was too slow.

"No, if the speed is too fast, I can't guarantee that the defensive shield won't break. After all, whether the shield breaks or not won't affect me. But as for you..." Gu Yu replied directly, immediately dispelling the Corpse Beetle King's idea of ​​increasing its speed.

"Then let's slow down," the Corpse Beetle King said immediately. If the shield broke, that would be terrible; he would probably be instantly killed by the power of gods and demons.

When it came to matters of life and death, the Corpse Beetle King became much more amiable towards Gu Yu.

"I can't hold on much longer. My cultivation level isn't high enough, and I need my weapon's enhancement." Gu Yu suddenly turned pale and said to the Corpse Beetle King.

"Then use it quickly! What are you waiting for?" Hearing Gu Yu say that he was about to collapse, the Corpse Beetle King immediately said anxiously, "Mother! If it can't hold on, it will die today!"

"Alright." Upon hearing the Corpse Beetle King's words, the God-Slaying Array Plate immediately appeared in his hand. The reason Gu Yu told the Corpse Beetle King was that he was afraid that if he suddenly took out the God-Slaying Array Plate, it would arouse the Corpse Beetle King's vigilance. It was better to tell it openly.

Sure enough, when the Corpse Beetle King heard that Gu Yu was about to give up, he was even more anxious than Gu Yu.

"Could you give me the top-grade source stones first?" Gu Yu's eyes darted around as he spoke again. Of all the things on the Corpse Beetle King, besides the Thunder Dragon Pearl, the top-grade source stones were the most coveted by Gu Yu; they were extremely useful to him. "As you can see, my things require the power of top-grade source stones. Look, I currently have three fully charged ones, but they definitely won't last much longer, so..."

"How did you manage to hold on when you came in?" The Corpse Beetle King was puzzled. It was just itself now, but when Gu Yu and the others came in, there were two of them, plus Long Yuan. No matter how you compared them, something didn't seem right.

"Sigh! Can their cultivation compare to yours? You're a King Realm cultivator! I don't know why, but it seems the higher the cultivation level, the greater the drain on me," Gu Yu said, making things up.

"Indeed, how can they compare to me!" Hearing Gu Yu's words, the Corpse Beetle King nodded. Gu Yu's explanation was reasonable. After all, it was well aware of the power of gods and demons. Perhaps it was because it was so powerful that it consumed a lot of Gu Yu's energy.

Thinking this, it moved its hand, and five top-grade source stones appeared in its hand.

"Are five enough? If not, I have plenty of high-grade source stones," the Corpse Beetle Emperor asked considerately.

"That should be enough," Gu Yu said, looking at the five top-grade source stones.

"Take these. If you need anything, be sure to tell me in advance." The Corpse Beetle King handed five top-grade source stones to Gu Yu and instructed him.

“Okay.” Gu Yu nodded, took the five top-grade source stones, and then immediately began to operate the God-Slaying Array Disc.

"This is probably a divine artifact!" The Corpse Beetle King frowned as he sensed the power emanating from the God-Slaying Array Plate.

“That’s right.” Gu Yu’s eyes gleamed with a sharp light. The Corpse Beetle King looked at Gu Yu’s gaze and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Corpse Beetle King, you are quite clever, but not enough. If it were me, I would never believe anyone's words," Gu Yu said, looking at the Corpse Beetle King.

"What do you mean?" The Corpse Beetle King's expression changed instantly, and a bad premonition immediately arose in its heart. "Gods and Demons, let me tell you, your companions are still in my hands."

"Heh..." Gu Yu suddenly sneered, "Just wait to be annihilated by the power of gods and demons! Goodbye."

After Gu Yu finished speaking, he immediately activated the Ten Directions Shift, and his figure disappeared in front of the Corpse Beetle King. Seeing Gu Yu disappear, the Corpse Beetle King made a move in an instant, but the violent lightning missed its target.

The Corpse Beetle King's face was extremely ugly at this moment. It had taken every precaution and thought that everything was under its control, but it never expected that Gu Yu would have such a trick up his sleeve.

But it was too late for it to be angry. It immediately roared to the sky, "Gods and demons, I know I was wrong, I was wrong! Come back, come back quickly! I am willing to give you the Thunder Dragon Pearl, come back quickly!"

But no one answered its question. Seeing the protective shield left by Gu Yu growing weaker and weaker, and seeing the power of gods and demons outside, the Corpse Beetle King's eyes flashed with a sinister look. "Gods and demons, if you don't come, I will kill your companions. Die!"

At this moment, with Ri Jiu trapped, Zhang Huangling and Long Yuan's lightning swept towards them, and their expressions changed instantly.

Zhang Huangling instantly unleashed the same thunderous power, but his thunder appeared extremely weak in the face of the thunder that had trapped them.

Long Yuan also unleashed his full power to resist the lightning. Although he knew he couldn't stop it, was he just going to sit and wait to die?

Just as they were about to be swallowed by the lightning, Gu Yu's figure appeared out of thin air. He held the God-Slaying Array Plate in one hand and a wooden sword in the other. The Yin-Yang Amplification Array on the God-Slaying Array Plate immediately activated, and Gu Yu's aura instantly soared to the peak of the King Realm. The next second, 25 million strands of Origin Qi immediately spread out and quickly gathered in the wooden sword.

Gu Yu gripped the wooden sword, uttering the phrase, "Eight Directions Heaven-Piercing Cover."

Instantly, countless blade energies burst forth, forming a protective shield that enveloped the group.

The surging thunderbolts struck the Eight Directions Sky-Piercing Cover, instantly unleashing a deafening roar.

In an instant, ripples of energy swept out, shattering countless dragon bones throughout the Thunder Dragon Palace.

The Eight Directions Sky-Piercing Slash also exploded in an instant. Gu Yu staggered, his face turned pale, and his aura instantly dropped back to the Three Cones level. The lightning left by the Corpse Beetle King around him also dissipated.

Thankfully, my calculations were correct. If we had arrived a second later, Rijiu, Zhang Huangling, and Longyuan would probably have turned to ashes.

He calculated that after he used the Ten Directions Shift to leave, the Corpse Beetle King would not immediately kill Ri Jiu and the others. If it chose to kill them immediately, he might not have enough time.

"Where is the Corpse Beetle King?" Long Yuan asked Gu Yu at this moment.

“I threw it into the range of divine and demonic power; it should be dead by now,” Gu Yu said.

"What about the Thunder Dragon Pearl?" Zhang Huangling asked immediately upon hearing Gu Yu's words.

"Although the power of gods and demons can kill the Corpse Beetle King, it cannot destroy the Thunder Dragon Pearl. According to my perception, the power of gods and demons only strangles living beings and does not pose much harm to inanimate objects," Gu Yu said.

"Gu Yu, I admire you more and more!" Long Yuan said at this moment. The Corpse Beetle King, a being who could contend with the peak of the Emperor Realm, actually died just like that, and Gu Yu killed him almost without shedding a drop of blood.

"It's nothing. Although the Corpse Beetle King is quite intelligent, it's too confident. It thought it had everything under control and had me figured out, but it never expected that it had already fallen into my plan," Gu Yu said.

"Shall we go and get the Thunder Dragon Pearl now?" Zhang Huangling had been eagerly anticipating the Thunder Dragon Pearl for a long time. The main reason he came here was the Thunder Dragon Pearl, and more importantly, it was to fulfill his master's last wish, the Old Celestial Master.

"Hmm! It should be dead by now." Gu Yu nodded, then took out the God-Slaying Array Plate again. At this time, only one and a half top-grade source stones were still lit up on the God-Slaying Array Plate, but Gu Yu didn't care. He had just obtained five top-grade source stones.

The next second, the God-Slaying Array Plate started operating, and Gu Yu's figure immediately appeared in front of the Corpse Beetle King. However, just in case, Gu Yu deliberately kept a distance from the Corpse Beetle King.

At this moment, the Corpse Beetle King lay on the ground, its body torn to pieces, its eyes filled with anger, hatred, and resentment.

Gu Yu slowly walked towards the Corpse Beetle King. Through the Corpse Beetle King's fragmented body, he could see the Thunder Dragon Pearl inside the Corpse Beetle King's body. At this moment, the Thunder Dragon Pearl seemed to have become dim and lackluster due to the influence of the power of gods and demons.

“There’s no sign of life, it seems to be dead.” Gu Yu murmured as he looked at the Corpse Beetle King. “The power of gods and demons is so powerful. I wonder when my power of gods and demons will become so strong. If I use the power of gods and demons to cover the area around the Source Gate, wouldn’t that mean that even if the Source Gate opens, the creatures inside the Source Gate will not be able to get out?”

Gu Yu came up with another grand plan, but this plan was even more difficult to implement.

How many times does he need to awaken to reach this level of strength? Six or seven times? He can't even awaken a third time now, let alone so many times.

Gu Yu had already walked to the side of the Corpse Beetle King and reached out to take the Thunder Dragon Pearl.

The next second, his scalp tingled. The lifeless Corpse Beetle King had moved. A terrifying power of lightning instantly emanated from its body. It opened its mouth wide and lunged at Gu Yu.

It did not die. All of this was because of the Thunder Dragon Pearl. It had been relying on the Thunder Dragon Pearl to cultivate, and thus, when it was about to die, it received a bit of protection from the Thunder Dragon Pearl, which allowed it to prolong its life a little longer.

And it waited silently, believing that Gu Yu would definitely return, since Gu Yu had not obtained the Thunder Dragon Pearl. In fact, its guess was not wrong; Gu Yu really did return. It wondered if it could also possess the ability to be unafraid of the power of gods and demons if it ate Gu Yu.

Gu Yu's expression changed drastically at this moment, but he quickly recovered. Perhaps in other places he would only be devoured by the Corpse Beetle King, but this place was different. Here, there was divine and demonic power everywhere. Although he could not take this divine and demonic power for his own use, he could still control a portion of it.

In an instant, divine and demonic power emanated from Gu Yu's body, his eyes turned gray, and the divine and demonic bloodline in his bone marrow began to throb.

Instantly, the divine and demonic power around him converged in his direction, the converging divine and demonic power murmuring with excitement.

The power of gods and demons is one with their bloodline. This power of gods and demons has been wandering here, unable to find its way.

boom……………

Under the impact of the divine and demonic power, Gu Yu felt excruciating pain all over his body, as if his blood vessels and skin were about to burst.

The next second, he suddenly unleashed a palm strike, sending countless divine and demonic forces hurtling towards the Corpse Beetle King.

The Corpse Beetle King's expression changed instantly. The lightning around it was annihilated in an instant under the bombardment of the divine and demonic power.

Its broken body was quickly reduced to dust under the sweep of divine and demonic power.

"Gods and demons, I am not reconciled! If I were given another chance, I would surely grind you to dust..." The Corpse Beetle King said angrily before its death, its hatred for Gu Yu was deeply ingrained in its bones.

Of course, it also regretted it very much. Even if it could never leave this place and was trapped here, it could still live. As long as it was alive, that was better than anything else. But now it was dead.

boom…………

The Corpse Beetle King completely vanished. Under the impact of the divine and demonic power, it left nothing behind, except for the storage ring and the Thunder Dragon Pearl.

At this moment, Gu Yu was panting heavily. He felt that if he were to unleash his divine and demonic bloodline and control the divine and demonic power here, he could even fight against a true god. However, his body simply couldn't hold on.

After recovering, Gu Yu finally obtained the Corpse Beetle King's storage ring and the Thunder Dragon Pearl.

Looking at the dim Thunder Dragon Pearl, Gu Yu was very cautious. This thing was not as simple as it looked. If it were to unleash its lightning, even with the help of the surrounding gods and demons, Gu Yu would probably not be able to react in time.

Gu Yu took out the God-Slaying Array Plate again, and the Ten Directions Shift was activated instantly, allowing Gu Yu to return to Ri Jiu's side.

"Gu Yu, are you alright?" Ri Jiu asked anxiously as soon as she saw Gu Yu. Gu Yu, who possessed the Ten Directions Shift ability, shouldn't have been gone for so long, but he had been gone for a very long time, which clearly meant he had encountered trouble.

"It's nothing. I underestimated that Corpse Beetle King. It wasn't completely dead, but I still managed to take care of it." Gu Yu said casually, but Ri Jiu, Zhang Huangling, and Long Yuan felt that it probably wasn't that easy. However, what they didn't expect was that although it wasn't easy, it wasn't difficult either.

"Brother Zhang, the Thunder Dragon Pearl." Gu Yu immediately took out the Thunder Dragon Pearl and handed it to Zhang Huangling.

Zhang Huangling, who had been eagerly anticipating the Thunder Dragon Pearl, did not accept it directly. Instead, he looked at Gu Yu and suddenly knelt down on one knee before him.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yu rushed forward and helped Zhang Huangling up.

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing?" Gu Yu asked, frowning.

“Brother Gu, if it weren’t for you, I’m afraid I would never have been able to obtain the Thunder Dragon Pearl in my life. You are my benefactor, Zhang Huangling. From today onwards, I, Zhang Huangling, am willing to go through fire and water for you without hesitation.” Zhang Huangling said from the bottom of his heart.

Without Gu Yu, he wouldn't have been able to get here at all. Even if he had, could he have defeated the Corpse Beetle King? He was able to obtain the Thunder Dragon Pearl entirely because of Gu Yu, so at this moment, Gu Yu was his benefactor, and to him, it was like being reborn.

“Brother Zhang, you’re being too polite. We’re friends, comrades-in-arms, brothers. We’ll be fighting side by side in the future. If you’re having trouble getting over it, then get stronger quickly and protect me when the time comes,” Gu Yu said, patting Zhang Huangling on the shoulder.

"Gu Yu, I will." Zhang Huangling looked at Gu Yu with sincere eyes and said firmly.