Watching Gu Yu working so hard, Ri Jiu felt a pang of sadness. She didn't understand why she had fallen in love with him when they hadn't known each other for very long. She couldn't comprehend it; love was indeed a wondrous thing, capable of making one fall into its trap without them even realizing it.
“The High Priest said that one day I will die for you, and because of my death, you will protect the entire Qingqiu,” Rijiu murmured.
At this moment, Gu Yu was completely suppressed by Kong Yan. The Phoenix Fire was scorching and fierce. If it weren't for the fact that Gu Yu's divine and demonic power was not afraid of the Phoenix Fire, Gu Yu would have been burned to a pulp long ago.
"You're patheticly weak. You should have brought her with you back then, so she could see how utterly vulnerable you are in front of me." Kong Yan said disdainfully, looking at Gu Yu, who was being steadily defeated by him.
"Open Heaven." Upon hearing Kong Yan's words, Gu Yu immediately swung his wooden sword and unleashed a slash, but the powerful force of "Open Heaven" was nothing in Kong Yan's eyes.
"Phoenix Shield." With a flick of his hand, a shield made of phoenix fire appeared in front of him.
boom…………
The Heaven-Opening Slash struck the shield and instantly vanished. At that moment, Kong Yan suddenly unleashed a palm strike towards Gu Yu. Gu Yu blocked it with his sword, but his body was sent flying dozens of meters backward.
"Too easily defeated. I'll show you what true power is." Kong Yan's eyes suddenly blazed with flames, and the next second a fire phoenix appeared behind him, instantly igniting the surrounding air.
The fire phoenix appeared and let out a cry. Instantly, a burst of scorching energy swept towards Gu Yu, and divine and demonic power quickly formed a shield around Gu Yu.
"Phoenix Roaring Sky Slash." A flaming longsword suddenly appeared in Kong Yan's hand. This sword was not a real sword, but was formed from the flames of a phoenix.
The next second, Kong Yan swept towards Gu Yu with the force of thunder. The flaming blade in his hand instantly transformed into a ten-zhang long blade and slashed down at Gu Yu's head.
"Eight Directions Heaven-Reaching Shield." Gu Yu's pupils suddenly contracted, and countless blade energies instantly emanated from the wooden sword in his hand, forming a protective shield. However, facing Kong Yan's thirty-meter-long flaming greatsword, Gu Yu's protective shield shattered instantly, and Gu Yu was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Sister Rijiu, aren't we going to help?" Yang Xinxin asked Rijiu when she saw Gu Yu vomiting blood.
“This is a fight between men. We can’t help, and he would never allow us to help, because it represents dignity,” Riju said.
"Huh?" Yang Xinxin was a little confused. "But what if Gu Yu gets killed?"
It's important to understand that after fighting for so long, Gu Yu has no advantage whatsoever. Anyone with eyes can see that Gu Yu is no match for Kong Yan.
"Don't worry, Brother Gu won't be that weak," Zhang Huangling said. Gu Yu hadn't used his trump card yet! That move, "Heaven and Earth Sorrow," could kill someone at the General Realm. Although Kong Yan was strong, even with his primordial spirit enhanced, his combat power didn't exceed that of a General Realm cultivator. So Zhang Huangling wasn't worried about Gu Yu at all.
“But he clearly…” Before Yang Xinxin could finish speaking, Gu Yu suddenly laughed, a very sinister laugh.
"Kong Yan, in my eyes you are nothing but a third-rate nobody. I have already seen your true strength, so I will show you my true strength." The next second, the divine and demonic power around Gu Yu dissipated, replaced by Origin Qi.
"Triple amplification, Blade Nourishment Technique, Heaven Opening." Two hundred thousand strands of Origin Qi instantly merged into the wooden blade, and the inscriptions on the blade seemed to come alive, shimmering with a mysterious light. The aura on the blade surged like a torrent, as if it would split the heavens and earth.
Feeling the power emanating from the blade, Kong Yan's expression changed, for he sensed danger. The power surpassed that of a general, exceeding his ability to withstand it.
"Phoenix Returns to Origin." The fire phoenix spirit behind Kong Yan instantly soared into the sky, drawing a magnificent arc in the void, like a shooting star streaking across the heavens. The flames burned even more fiercely, and the intense heat distorted the surrounding air. The fire phoenix spirit instantly transformed into a giant fireball, the light at its center seemingly able to penetrate everything, illuminating the entire battle area.
boom……………
Gu Yu slashed down with his sword, and the huge fireball instantly appeared in Kong Yan's hand. Kong Yan roared, and the fireball immediately met Gu Yu's wooden sword. A deafening sound spread out, and the two of them were sent flying backward.
As Kong Yan was being thrown backward, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the flames on his Fire Phoenix Primordial Spirit were extremely dim, as if they had been doused with water.
Gu Yu was in much better condition than Kong Yan. Although his clothes were covered with large holes burned by the flames, he was not injured.
Gu Yu looked at Kong Yan, then swung his sword again, aiming a slash at Kong Yan.
Faced with Gu Yu's sudden charge, Kong Yan gritted his teeth. He hadn't expected Gu Yu to be so strong, capable of leaving him in such a sorry state.
"Gu Yu, you must die today!" Kong Yan shouted hysterically, and an even more intense power emanated from his body. This power forced Gu Yu, who had been charging forward, to retreat and temporarily avoid the attack.
"Is this the power of the Fire Phoenix Source?" Zhang Huangling frowned. It was no secret that Kong Yan possessed the Fire Phoenix Source; it was common knowledge among the major families and sects. "This power is probably already at the Marquis level. Brother Gu is in danger."
"Marquis Realm?" Ri Jiu, He Wen, and Yang Xinxin's expressions also changed. Gu Yu was indeed powerful, but he had no resistance whatsoever against a Marquis Realm expert.
“Human, you have angered me. But I’m curious, how do you possess divine and demonic power? Although it’s not pure and is quite low-level, it’s still something a human like you could never control.” At this moment, Kong Yan’s eyes turned red, radiating a terrifying aura. He looked Gu Yu up and down and said, “Tell me, and perhaps I can spare your life.”
Gu Yu was in great pain at this moment. The oppressive force emanating from Kong Yan made it difficult for him to resist, and the scorching power made his body feel as if it were burning.
This feeling is both powerless and painful.
"Fire Phoenix Source," Gu Yu said through gritted teeth.
"Since you won't tell me, then I'll explore your memories and find out everything." With that, the Fire Phoenix arrived in front of Gu Yu, and the scorching power instantly made Gu Yu feel suffocated.
Fire Phoenix pressed her palm down toward Gu Yu's forehead. Gu Yu tried to struggle, but found that he didn't even have the strength to struggle in front of Fire Phoenix.
Seeing this, Ri Jiu suddenly flashed with golden light. "Release him. If you dare to touch him in the slightest, I will annihilate you completely."
"Hehe..." Upon hearing Ri Jiu's words, Huo Feng stopped what she was doing and laughed, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. A woman with only four cones dared to boast that she would annihilate him. Wasn't that a joke?
"I never expected this! You have a woman who's not afraid to die for you. Tsk tsk, she's quite pretty." Fire Phoenix's gaze fell on Ri Jiu. The next second, a scorching aura swept towards Ri Jiu. Ri Jiu groaned and staggered back a few steps, spitting out blood.
"Don't hurt her." Seeing this, Gu Yu tried his best to utter a muffled sound.
"You should worry about yourself first!" Fire Phoenix's hand instantly pressed against Gu Yu's forehead, and Gu Yu immediately felt a force sweeping through his entire body, causing him to convulse.
boom…………
At this moment, the golden light on Rijiu's body suddenly intensified, her eyes turned golden, and an aura of old age emanated from her.
"How is this possible? Where is your primordial spirit?" Fire Phoenix suddenly froze, staring at Gu Yu in shock. He couldn't sense a primordial spirit from Gu Yu, even though he felt Gu Yu had clearly condensed one! But the next second, sensing Ri Jiu's aura, he immediately turned around. "Who are you?"
"Release him, or I'll annihilate you, body and soul," Ri Jiu said again.
"How could this be? How is this possible?" Huo Feng's eyes were filled with fear. He could actually sense a dangerous aura emanating from Ri Jiu.
"What's going on?" Zhang Huangling was puzzled. From his perspective, he didn't sense anything unusual about Ri Jiu, but he saw a hint of fear in Huo Feng's eyes when he looked at Ri Jiu, which he really couldn't understand.
Just then, a dragon's roar suddenly emanated from Gu Yu's body, and the next second, a powerful energy emanated from him. His attention was completely focused on the fire phoenix on Ri Jiu's body, and before he could react, he was blasted away by this force.
After sensing the power emanating from Gu Yu, Ri Jiu instantly returned to normal.
"Hey kid, have you missed me?" A familiar voice rang in Gu Yu's mind.
"Long Yuan?" Gu Yu was taken aback. "You've finally awakened!"
"Hehe! You must have missed me terribly these past few days!" The speaker was none other than Long Yuan, who had been in seclusion for a long time. "I have some good news for you. This time, my strength has recovered a lot. At least from now on, you can walk sideways without worrying about not being able to beat others."
"That's wonderful!" Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Gu Yu's face immediately lit up with joy. "What realm are you in now?"
“Hou Jing, I never expected that I would actually recover to the strength of a Hou Jing,” Long Yuan said.
"Marquis Realm?" Gu Yu frowned upon hearing Long Yuan's words. At first, he thought Long Yuan had recovered to the King Realm. After all, to be able to walk around freely, one needs at least the cultivation of the King Realm. But Long Yuan was only at the Marquis Realm. Of course, it wasn't that the Marquis Realm wasn't powerful enough, but given Gu Yu's current situation and location, it was clearly not enough for the Marquis Realm to walk around freely.
"What kind of tone is that, kid?" Long Yuan was immediately displeased upon hearing Gu Yu's words. He could still picture Gu Yu's admiring tone and expression after learning that he had recovered to the Marquis level, but this kid not only didn't show any of that, but instead seemed disdainful.
“Long Yuan, perfect timing. I’m in trouble right now and I need you,” Gu Yu said. It just so happens that Huo Feng is at the Marquis level, and so is Long Yuan. That way, he won’t be afraid of Huo Feng.
"You're quite the troublemaker." Long Yuan rolled his eyes when he heard Gu Yu's words. "Let me see who's got the guts."
"Dragon Source?" Fire Phoenix looked at Gu Yu, his brows furrowed and his face became solemn. This human in front of him was too special. He possessed the power of gods and demons and had condensed his primordial spirit. Others could not perceive his primordial spirit. Now, a Dragon Source had appeared.
The Phoenix was well aware of the dragon's power. In the past, the Phoenix clan disobeyed the Dragon clan and even joined forces with the Qilin clan. Even with the two clans working together, they could not defeat the Dragon clan, which shows how powerful the Dragon clan was. As a result, the Phoenix clan and the Qilin clan lost countless divine realms, and the Qilin clan even came close to extinction.
"Fire Phoenix Source?" As soon as Long Yuan took over Gu Yu's body, he sensed the unique aura of the Fire Phoenix. Moreover, the strength of this Fire Phoenix Source was no less than his own. He immediately understood what Gu Yu's expression was all about.
He hadn't been in seclusion for very long! In just a few months, Gu Yu had already gotten into a fight with Hou Jing? Thinking back to what he had told Gu Yu before, that he could walk sideways in the future, Long Yuan felt his cheeks burning. "You really are a troublemaker!"
"Which dragon of the Dragon Clan are you?" Fire Phoenix asked Dragon Source tentatively.
“The Heaven-Shaking Dragon God,” Long Yuan replied. To be honest, he didn’t want to fight the Fire Phoenix Yuan in front of him, because the opponent’s strength was about the same as his. If they fought, his seclusion over the past few months might have been in vain.
"The Heaven-Shaking Dragon God?" Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Huo Feng's pupils suddenly contracted. "The leader of the Twelve Dragon Gods? How is that possible? Who could possibly kill you?"
"That's none of your business," Long Yuan said arrogantly. "Since you've heard of my great name, you should know how terrible the consequences were for your Phoenix Clan offending my Dragon Clan back then!"
Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Huo Feng's eyes darted around. Just when Zhang Huangling thought a great battle was about to break out, Huo Feng suddenly fled into the distance, disappearing without a trace in an instant, its speed reaching extreme speed.
"Heh... as expected, still the same pathetic creature." Long Yuan sneered as he watched the fleeing Fire Phoenix.
"Why don't you chase after them?" Gu Yu asked Long Yuan at this moment.
“Kid, this Fire Phoenix is no less powerful than me. I’m not confident I can defeat him. Since he’s run away, your troubles are over, and I don’t have to waste my energy. Why not?” Long Yuan said.
"Didn't you say I could walk sideways from now on?" Gu Yu said. He understood very well that what Long Yuan was saying was actually a possibility that he might not be able to defeat the Fire Phoenix.
"Who knew you'd mess with a Phoenix Origin Realm cultivator?" Long Yuan rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Wait, the Origin Qi here is so dense, it must be the world beyond the Origin Gate!"
"Yes, this is the world of the Minotaur race," Gu Yu replied. He didn't continue to expose Long Yuan's shortcomings. After all, if Long Yuan hadn't awakened this time, Gu Yu might have really died. Although he couldn't walk around with impunity, Long Yuan's cultivation at the Marquis level gave him something to rely on and another trump card.
You should know that he has suffered a lot of grievances recently because his contribution points are about to run out, and he has even lost his confidence when doing things.
"Brother Gu, you are indeed extraordinary!" Zhang Huangling flew towards Gu Yu and said to him. He never expected that Gu Yu would have the Dragon Source. No wonder the Azure Dragon allowed Gu Yu to join the Dragon Group!
"Alas! If it weren't for the Dragon Source, I would probably be dead at the hands of that Fire Phoenix," Gu Yu said. "But today's score, along with past scores, I will settle with them one day."
"Alas! When will this cycle of revenge end?" Zhang Huangling shook his head and sighed upon hearing Gu Yu's words.
“Brother Zhang, don’t advise others to be kind if you haven’t experienced their suffering,” Gu Yu said. “Besides, I have never provoked the Kong family; on the contrary, it is the Kong family that has been provoking me.”
"Sigh!" Zhang Huangling sighed upon hearing Gu Yu's words. Indeed, even if Gu Yu let go, would the Kong family let go? The answer is no, unless Gu Yu is powerful enough to do so.
"Are you alright?" Gu Yu looked at Ri Jiu. The events that had just happened were still fresh in his mind. When he was in danger, Ri Jiu actually dared to stand up and threaten Kong Yan. For this alone, Gu Yu had no way to repay Ri Jiu.
"It's nothing, just a minor injury," Ri Jiu said. Her face was pale, and she hadn't wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Of course, this was intentional; she wanted Gu Yu to see it.
"Oh!" Upon hearing Ri Jiu's words, Gu Yu instantly produced several wisps of life essence in his hand and then injected them into Ri Jiu's body.
"Life essence?" Zhang Huangling was shocked again. Gu Yu had given him so many surprises. First, there was the Six Harmonies Demon-Controlling Array, which severed one of the Demon Queen's arms and broke the Blood Mechanism Pull. Then there was the Dragon Source, and now the Life Essence. Gu Yu had too many secrets. His master said that the Array Heavenly Book was also on Gu Yu's body.
Gu Yu was only eighteen years old. He didn't have a powerful backer, and he had only recently joined the Dragon Group. His background was also extremely simple. Why would he have so many secrets? This made Zhang Huangling very interested in Gu Yu.
Ri Jiu didn't stand on ceremony. After Gu Yu injected the life essence into her body, she absorbed and refined it without hesitation. She had seen Gu Yu give life essence to others, but he had never given it to her. Whether it was out of gratitude or guilt, it was a change in Gu Yu's attitude towards her.
"Brother Zhang, let's continue hunting the Minotaur race," Gu Yu said to Zhang Huangling. Now that the Dragon Source had awakened and its strength had greatly increased, he was even more confident.
“Alright! Let’s continue,” Zhang Huangling said with a smile.
Gu Yu and Zhang Huangling then embarked on another journey to hunt down the Minotaur race, while Ri Jiu followed them.
"This kid is really good at hiding his strength; he even has a Dragon Source." At this moment, a man in black who had been hiding in the distance murmured, "Luckily, we didn't act rashly, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. But what is the power of gods and demons?"
"Brother, Kong Yan from the Kong family just fought Gu Yu, and even used the Fire Phoenix Source, but he still couldn't defeat Gu Yu." At this moment, Jiang Kuang said to Jiang Ze in a room.
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