Then that person will not be that person, but a phoenix reborn from the ashes.
Xu Ling'er is in this situation, but this method is too defying the heavens, so it also has some great limitations, namely the contract.
As long as Xu Ling'er does not use the power of the Phoenix Source and the contract is not broken, the Phoenix will not be able to possess Xu Ling'er.
As for the contract, it is the seven human emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock. To be precise, every time the power of the phoenix is used, one emotion will be lost. Once all seven emotions are gone, the phoenix will take over, and Xu Ling'er will cease to exist forever.
Gu Yu looked at Xu Ling'er. No wonder he always felt that Xu Ling'er was strange. Since he met Xu Ling'er, he had never seen her smile. It wasn't that she didn't smile, but that she had forgotten how to smile.
Looking at Xu Ling'er's cold face, Gu Yu felt a pang of pain in his heart. In his previous life, he watched Xu Ling'er die with his own eyes, but he could do nothing about it. Was he going to have to watch Xu Ling'er be possessed by a phoenix again in this life? No, he would never allow it.
“Phoenix, I don’t know if you can hear me, but if you ever dare to possess Ling’er, I will exterminate your entire clan,” Gu Yu said.
"You mere human, how dare you speak so arrogantly." Phoenix seemed to have heard Gu Yu's boastful words and immediately said in a cold voice.
"I'm not threatening you. If you dare, I guarantee that as long as I, Gu Yu, live, I will fight your Phoenix Clan to the death," Gu Yu said again after hearing the Phoenix's response.
"If my strength hadn't been incomplete, I would have killed you right now, you ant-like thing." The phoenix was somewhat angry, no, extremely angry. Although Gu Yu was extraordinary, in front of it, he was nothing more than an ant.
Of course, it was still somewhat wary of Gu Yu, after all, Gu Yu possessed the Dragon Source.
What Phoenix didn't know was that Gu Yu's words came true; he really stormed into the Source Gate and almost wiped out its entire clan.
"Ling'er, how many times have you used it? Tell me." Gu Yu grabbed Xu Ling'er's shoulder and asked.
"Twice," Xu Ling'er lied.
"You can't use it again." Gu Yu felt guilty because he used it twice because of Gu Yu. What he didn't know was that Xu Ling'er had also used it three times, the time she used it with Ma Li.
"Okay!" Xu Ling'er nodded.
"Wait!" Just then, everyone seemed to realize something. "You have the Dragon Source?"
They only paid attention to the first half of Xu Ling'er's words, but didn't have time to pay attention to the second half.
"Mm!" Gu Yu nodded.
Xu Chenghua asked, "Are you confident you can deal with Wuzhui?"
“Okay.” Gu Yu nodded. The reason he asked them whether they should choose to escape or deal with Xu Dongqiang was because he had the Dragon Source, which could contend with the Five Cones. Otherwise, with these people, let alone dealing with the Five Cones, even a single Cone could take them down. Moreover, he had already heard the answer from Xu Ling’er.
"That's wonderful!" Hearing Gu Yu's words, everyone immediately felt more confident.
"Are you really confident?" Xu Ling'er asked Gu Yu.
“If we weren’t confident before, but Long Yuan has consumed so much life essence, dealing with the Five Cones should be a piece of cake,” Gu Yu said.
"I'm really fed up with you, kid. If you want to do it, do it yourself. Don't drag me into it." Long Yuan said indignantly. Did you even ask for my opinion before using your own strength to fight Wu Zhui?
"Ten clusters of life essence, are you in or not?" Gu Yu asked through his consciousness when he heard that Long Yuan had objections.
"No way! You still owe me ten clusters of life essence. When are you going to give them to me?" After helping Gu Yu deal with the three guards, Gu Yu hadn't yet fulfilled his promise to give it life essence!
"I'll give it to you after we deal with that Five Cones," Gu Yu said.
"What are you talking about? You want to renege on your debt?" Long Yuan was suddenly stunned. Yes, this kid wanted to renege on his debt. If he didn't agree to deal with that Five Cones, he probably wouldn't get those ten clusters of life essence either.
"Since you put it that way, I'll renege on my debt. What can you do about it?" Gu Yu said, as if to say, "I'm going to renege on my debt, so what? Try biting me!"
"You...you're really something." Longyuan was truly impressed. He used to be so powerful, but he was completely helpless against Gu Yu, a mere greenhorn. Indeed, there was nothing it could do if Gu Yu reneged on his debt.
"If you help me deal with that Five Cones, I guarantee it will be yours." Gu Yu softened his tone, after all, he really needed Long Yuan's help.
"I don't believe you for a second. You're a wicked little devil," Long Yuan said. "Unless you give it to me first, dealing with the Five Cones is too much trouble. Ten regiments won't do. Give me a hundred regiments of yours."
Hearing Gu Yu's tone soften, Long Yuan also found a way out.
"One hundred groups it is, but we need to write an IOU. I don't have that many." Gu Yu said, shrugging. He wasn't trying to cheat Long Yuan; he genuinely didn't have that many.
"What nonsense are you spouting without me?" Long Yuan rolled his eyes. So it was all a ploy to get something for nothing, a way to fool Long Yuan!
“I certainly won’t shortchange you. I have the essence of life and can create life essence, but it will take time,” Gu Yu said.
"What? Essence of Life?" Long Yuan was stunned. Of course he knew what Essence of Life was. Compared to Essence of Life, even Fruit of Life was a mere junior. "The Tree of Life can even give you Essence of Life? Wow! That's incredible!"
"So? Should I help or not?" Gu Yu knew he'd fallen for Long Yuan's trap when he saw the shocked look on Long Yuan's face.
"I'll help, but you'll have to use life essence to help me recover later," Longyuan said. In its current condition, life essence is the most effective for it, and Gu Yu also has life essence. As long as there is sufficient source energy, there will be a continuous supply of life essence, which is simply its god! As long as it stays by Gu Yu's side, it will be able to recover sooner or later. Although it will not be able to recover its strength from its previous life, reaching the King Realm will still be no problem.
"Then we want to take down that Five Cones." Seeing Long Yuan turn into a lapdog, Gu Yu said, this was exactly the effect he wanted.
Without the Dragon Source, Gu Yu really wouldn't know what to do. After all, the enemy he was facing was too strong, and it was impossible for his cultivation to break through so quickly in a short period of time. The Dragon Source was his only reliance.
"Kid, give me a ball of Life Essence to warm up first. You should have a ball of it, right?" Long Yuan said.
“Okay.” Gu Yu said, giving Long Yuan a ball of life essence.
"Then I'll set off now to find Xu Dongqiang," Gu Yu said to Xu Ling'er and the Xu family.
"Let's check on the other three family heads first," Xu Chenghua said with some worry. He had heard from the guards that the three family heads had been crippled, which made them very concerned.
"Alright! Ling'er, you stay here and watch over them. I'll go out and check the situation," Gu Yu said. At this moment, the only members of the Xu family who were unaffected by the paralyzing powder were Xu Dongqiang's faction and Xu Ling'er.
He needs to go out and investigate, and then there will be no one to protect the Xu family members, so Xu Ling'er needs to stay here.
"Yes! Be careful." Xu Ling'er looked at her parents and relatives, and said to Gu Yu.
"Don't worry." After saying that, Gu Yu left the room and began to investigate Xu Family Fort. Xu Family Fort had five hundred households and a population of over a thousand, but most of them were ordinary people. There were only about two hundred cultivators, and they were all direct descendants.
However, most people were now under Xu Dongqiang's control, including ordinary people. Several courtyards were filled with ordinary people being imprisoned.
As for the cultivators of Xu Dongqiang's lineage, there are actually not many people, only about forty.
After surveying the area, Gu Yu discovered that Xu Dongqiang's side had three people at the Cone Realm, one at the Three Cone Realm, and two at the One Cone Realm. The Xu family's overall strength was not considered strong among the hidden families; it could only be described as average.
This is only because Xu Dongqiang has just been promoted to the fifth level; otherwise, he would only be considered lower-middle level.
"Xu Nanqiang and the others should be imprisoned in this room." Because of the three cones guarding it, Gu Yu did not dare to use his primordial spirit to investigate, but he was basically certain.
Even if the cultivation of the Cone Realm is destroyed, its primordial spirit still exists. Although its strength is greatly weakened, it is still extremely terrifying if Xu Nanqiang and others fight to the death. Therefore, it needs the Three Cones to guard it.
"Long Yuan, make your move! We need to take care of that three-pointed guard quickly," Gu Yu said to Long Yuan.
The next second, white light emanated from Gu Yu's body, and he instantly rushed towards the three cones.
The man with the three cones was resting with his eyes closed when his pupils suddenly contracted. He was about to react when he was suppressed by Gu Yu's powerful force and was immediately unable to move.
boom…………
The man with the three cones collapsed instantly, closing his eyes. Xu Chenghua was the most senior among the three family heads, and he was the strongest member of the Xu family besides the three family heads.
With the three family heads crippled, he was the strongest besides Xu Dongqiang, so he was less guarded and vigilant. However, he did not expect that Gu Yu would suddenly appear, leaving him with no room to resist in an instant.
Besides the three cones, there were six other guards, but their strength was even less capable of reacting. The next second, six streams of qi were unleashed, and all six of them fell to the ground.
Gu Yu pushed open the door, and the scene inside moved him deeply.
The three elderly men with gray hair were already in their twilight years, and it would probably be long before they passed away.
The three elders were stunned when they saw Gu Yu walk into the room. In fact, they had already lost hope, since all the Xu family members who did not obey Xu Dongqiang had been imprisoned. Now their only hope was the missing Xu Ling'er.
At first, Xu Nanqiang blamed Xu Xiqiang for letting his great-granddaughter go to a dangerous place with Gu Yu. Now that the Xu family has suffered a misfortune, he suddenly felt that Xu Xiqiang's actions were right. No matter whether Xu Ling'er was dead or alive, at least there was still a glimmer of hope, especially since that heartless Xu Dongqiang actually wanted to marry Xu Ling'er to Ma Li.
Yes, Ma Li may be very outstanding, but when prominent families marry, they also emphasize matching social status. How can the Xu family compare with the Ma family? Even if Xu Ling'er marries into the Ma family, Ma Li probably won't be devoted to her, and her own family won't be either. Besides, Xu Ling'er is just an item that Xu Dongqiang sent to Ma Li to please him.
"Quickly, take Ling'er and leave here." Xu Nanqiang said. Gu Yu was back, so Xu Ling'er was back too, which made Xu Nanqiang anxious.
"It's alright." Gu Yu walked up to the three elders and took out a ball of life essence. What the three elders lacked most right now was vitality, and life essence was what they needed most. Unfortunately, Gu Yu only had this ball left in his source space.
"This is... the essence of life?" The three elders were stunned when they saw the essence of life in Gu Yu's hand.
The effects of the paralyzing powder didn't last long; the effects had already worn off. The reason they were so weak was because their cultivation had been destroyed and their lives had come to an end.
"You succeeded? You got the Fruit of Life?" Xu Xiqiang was the most surprised. When Gu Yu resolutely decided to go find the Fruit of Life, he thought it was all in vain. But he didn't want to discourage Gu Yu's hope, so he let Gu Yu leave. He just didn't expect that Gu Yu would actually find the Essence of Life.
"Mm!" Gu Yu nodded.
"You actually found it." Xu Xiqiang was utterly shocked upon hearing Gu Yu's confirmation.
"You should absorb the essence of life first," Gu Yu said to the three old men.
“Alright!” The three elders nodded and immediately began absorbing the life essence. In a short while, the life essence was completely absorbed by the three of them. Although it did not have a significant effect, the three elders’ condition improved considerably.
"Thank you very much." Xu Nanqiang said gratefully to Gu Yu. The three of them were in a state where they wouldn't live for more than a few days, but with Gu Yu's life essence, they could hold on for a little longer.
"Let's go." After saying that, Gu Yu led the three elders to the room where Xu Ling'er and the others were.
Upon seeing Gu Yu bring the three family heads, everyone was immediately filled with excitement.
“There are still some cultivators imprisoned! But they are scattered, and I haven’t gone to rescue them,” Gu Yu said.
“Yes! Given the current situation, Xu Dongqiang won’t go to extremes to wipe them out. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of imprisoning everyone. What he really wants is for the Xu family to survive, not to perish. So those people aren’t in danger right now. Even if they were rescued, the effects of the paralyzing drug would still be there, rendering it useless and only increasing the danger,” Xu Nanqiang said.
“I’m going to find Xu Dongqiang now. Once we take care of him, his faction will be leaderless and will surrender, and the others will be safe,” Gu Yu said.
"Sigh!" Xu Nanqiang suddenly sighed, "Even if we kill Xu Dongqiang, it won't make a difference. The Ma family is coming. They'll be here at daybreak. Now that our cultivation has been destroyed, the Xu family has even less hope."
"The Ma family?" Gu Yu frowned. "We'll deal with them one by one, then the others."
Being cautious and hesitant is good, but it can also make people timid and afraid to do anything, and thus unable to accomplish anything. Sometimes it's better to be decisive and just do it.
After Gu Yu finished speaking, he walked out of the room.
"Wait, how are you going to deal with Xu Dongqiang? He's a Four-Cone!" Xu Nanqiang suddenly thought of a rather serious question.
“I have the Dragon Source.” After saying that, Gu Yu walked towards a house.
“Dragon Source? No wonder!” the three elders said in unison.
"Xu Dongqiang, come out and face your death." Gu Yu's voice resounded throughout the entire Xu Family Fortress, which startled Xu Dongqiang, who was cultivating.
Gu Yu's body was surrounded by a surge of qi, and he hovered in the air. After he finished speaking, he suddenly slashed out with his sword, and the qi of the sword swept towards the house where Xu Dongqiang was.
Xu Dongqiang instantly emerged from the roof, while the house collapsed under the force of the blade.
"It's you? You're still alive?" Xu Dongqiang looked at Gu Yu with some surprise. Although he hadn't used his full strength in that palm strike, it still had seven or eight tenths of its power. Not to mention a 12th-grade Grandmaster, even a First-Grade expert would have been killed long ago.
"Xu Dongqiang, you harmed your family for survival, which is unforgivable. You even took it upon yourself to betroth Ling'er to Ma Li, stealing my life fruit. You deserve to die," Gu Yu said. He could be calm about Xu Dongqiang harming his family, but he couldn't help but be angry about betrothing Ling'er to Ma Li. Xu Ling'er was his, and no one could take her away from him.
"How arrogant! Although I don't know how you survived my palm strike and now possess power comparable to the Five Cones, I believe you won't be able to use this power for long!" Xu Dongqiang said disdainfully.
"Then give it a try." Gu Yu gripped his long sword, its blade gleaming with a dazzling cold light under the moonlight. He charged fiercely towards Xu Dongqiang, his steps firm, like a hunting tiger.
Xu Dongqiang sneered disdainfully, and a long sword suddenly appeared in his hand, its blade gleaming coldly, revealing its sharp edge.
The two clashed instantly, their swords flashing and shadows dancing like shooting stars across the night sky, leaving behind illusory trails. Their moves were as fast as lightning, almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Each clash caused violent tremors, with flashes of light and sparks flying, and the houses beneath them collapsing under the impact of the energy blasts.
Gu Yu slashed at Xu Dongqiang with his blade, the wind from the blade howling like a gale. Xu Dongqiang parried with his sword, sparks flying as their swords clashed. Their figures intersected, then separated in an instant, like two bolts of lightning meeting in mid-air.
At this moment, Xu Dongqiang was shocked. He did not expect that Gu Yu would be so powerful with the help of external forces, and that he was on par with him at the Five Cones level.
Gu Yu, who was fighting Xu Dongqiang, was also somewhat surprised. Xu Dongqiang had just broken through after stealing his life fruit, but he did not expect his realm to be so stable.
"Extinction Cross Slash".
Gu Yu shouted, and his body was immediately surrounded by a powerful aura. Centered on his body, a strong aura suddenly spread out, and the air seemed to form a whirlwind that swept outwards.
His figure transformed into lightning, leaving countless afterimages. Every movement was like teleportation, making it impossible for anyone to catch his form. Countless cross-shaped blade energies slashed towards Xu Dongqiang.
Xu Dongqiang felt powerful blade energy rushing towards him, as if it would tear him apart. He dared not be careless, and his body was immediately surrounded by energy. He wielded his longsword repeatedly, and sword energy shot towards the blade energy that Gu Yu was slashing at.
These sword energies collided with Gu Yu's saber energy midway, producing a series of explosive sounds. The air seemed to form a shockwave that spread outwards, and the two of them were immediately blasted backwards.
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