“Indeed, when facing alien invaders, hiding is the worst option. The only way is to fight them. Even if we can’t win, we must fight until they are afraid, until they submit, until they dare not come again.” Gu Yu said at this moment. The alien invaders respect the strong. Although they are tyrannical and cruel, they respect the strong and hate the weak, especially those who don’t even dare to fight and only compromise.
"Who are you?" Xu Nanqiang and Xu Beiqiang were both taken aback when they saw Gu Yu. Their Xu clan did not have such a person, and the man's clothes were tattered, which was obviously caused by a great battle.
"Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle, this is Gu Yu," Xu Da explained from the side. He was the one who brought the man, so if anything happened, they would definitely come to him.
"You are Gu Yu?" The two old men stared at Gu Yu at the same time. "Do you know how much damage it caused Ling'er to use Phoenix Source to save you?"
"Huh!" Gu Yu was stunned. To be honest, he didn't know that Xu Ling'er had used Phoenix Source to save him. He was very surprised that Xu Ling'er had restored him to normal after he was so badly injured. So, the reason he was able to open up two meridians was also because Xu Ling'er used Phoenix Source.
The changes in the situation are somewhat beyond his control. Xu Ling'er has a hidden family behind her, as well as Fengyuan, which is completely different from his previous life!
"What? Second Uncle, you said Ling'er used Phoenix Source?" At this moment, a middle-aged man came out, his face was very ugly, and the middle-aged woman next to him also looked very ugly.
Looking at the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman beside him, Gu Yu remained silent. He was very familiar with these two people from his previous life, and they had treated him very well. They were Xu Ling'er's father, Xu Yuan, and mother, Kong Qin.
“Yes, you’ll have to ask the third brother about that.” Xu Nanqiang said, looking at Xu Yuan and Kong Qin.
"Third Uncle, what exactly happened?" Xu Yuan looked at Xu Xiqiang. "Don't you know the price of using Fengyuan?"
"This..." Xu Xiqiang lowered his head somewhat embarrassed, as if he had done something wrong.
“Xu Yuan, you can’t blame Third Uncle. It was I who begged Ling’er.” Xu Da stepped forward at this moment. It was indeed he who begged Xu Ling’er to use the Phoenix Source to save Gu Yu.
"Isn't this ridiculous! Don't you know that?" Kong Qin questioned Xu Da after hearing his words.
“I know, but Gu Yu saved my life. There was no other way but Feng Yuan,” Xu Da said.
"Then should my daughter be sacrificed?" Kong Qin asked.
"What price?" Gu Yu was confused. He knew that Phoenix Source and Dragon Source were the same; using their power would only consume their power, and there was no price to pay! But looking at the atmosphere at the scene, it seemed that Xu Ling'er's Phoenix Source was a little different.
"It's all your fault." Xu Yuan saw Gu Yu speak and immediately appeared beside Gu Yu in a flash, striking Gu Yu with a palm.
"A 12th-grade Grandmaster?" Gu Yu was shocked. Xu Yuan, who was ordinary in his previous life, was now a 12th-grade Grandmaster. However, he had no choice but to defend himself. The next second, his body was pushed back dozens of meters before he could barely steady himself.
"He blocked it?" The others were shocked to see this. Gu Yu was about the same age as Xu Ling'er. For someone so young to be able to block a full-force attack from a 12th-grade Grandmaster was truly remarkable!
At this moment, Gu Yu's entire arm was numb. He was a 12th-grade Grandmaster. Fortunately, Xu Yuan had only filled 70 blood apertures, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to withstand it.
The next second, Xu Yuan struck again, and Gu Yu's expression changed slightly.
"I saved him voluntarily." Xu Ling'er suddenly stood in front of Gu Yu. Xu Yuan hurriedly withdrew his hand. Looking at Xu Ling'er in front of him, Gu Yu felt a little flutter in his heart, while Xu Yuan looked heartbroken.
“Ling’er, do you know the price? You… sigh…” Xu Yuan was also somewhat helpless.
“I’ve already done it. It won’t do you any good if you hurt him again,” Xu Ling’er said.
"What did you give up?" Kong Qin stepped forward and asked with a worried expression.
"Abandon?" Gu Yu frowned.
"It's nothing, it's alright, you don't need to worry," Xu Ling'er said.
"What exactly is it?" Looking at Xu Ling'er in front of him, Gu Yu suddenly grabbed her hand and asked.
"It's nothing. By the way, Uncle is badly injured, and..." Xu Ling'er said to Gu Yu.
"Dad?" Gu Yu was taken aback. "Where is my dad?"
“Inside the house,” Xu Ling’er replied.
Having learned where his father was, Gu Yu walked into the house under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"Hmm! This young man has such cultivation at such a young age, he is indeed worthy of Ling'er," Xu Beiqiang said.
"What a joke, he doesn't deserve it," Xu Nanqiang said, somewhat displeased.
Xu Xiqiang also entered the house, followed closely by Xu Ling'er.
Inside the room, Zhang Cuiping lay limp on the floor, while Gu Zhongyi remained unconscious, though his breathing was rapid. Seeing this, Gu Yu's heart skipped a beat.
He recalled his past life, in which his father was also lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), breathing rapidly.
“Dad.” Gu Yu stepped forward and looked at Gu Zhongyi. He placed his hand on Gu Zhongyi’s chest, and immediately a strong source of energy emanated from him, nourishing Gu Zhongyi’s body. Gu Zhongyi, who had been breathing rapidly, felt a little better, but he still did not wake up.
"What happened?" If it were a common internal injury, even a serious one, the patient would probably have woken up in the last few days, but they haven't.
"Sigh!" Xu Xiqiang sighed. "It's not an internal injury, but a lung embolism, also known as lung cancer. It wasn't in its late stage, but because of the serious injury, the tumor was aggravated, and the cancerous emboli spread everywhere. Now it has even triggered a cerebral infarction. I'm afraid his chances of survival are slim."
"What?" Gu Yu was stunned. Why? This was supposed to happen ten years from now, so why did it happen so soon? To prepare for this situation, Gu Yu had already started training his father, but he never expected it to happen so early.
"Senior, you must have a way, you must have one, right?" Gu Yu asked Xu Xiqiang.
"Sigh!" Xu Xiqiang sighed. "We are all cultivators, and you understand that there are some things that even cultivators cannot do. If your father's tumor had not spread, he might have been able to kill it by relying on the detection power of his primordial spirit and the source energy. But now that it has spread and is everywhere, we dare not make any rash moves. Only a god would have the means to seize the heavens and earth."
"God." Gu Yu was somewhat disappointed. The God Realm—in his previous life, he was only one step away, but he knew that one step was unattainable. Now, although there was hope for him to break through to the God Realm, he didn't know when that would take. His father's condition simply couldn't wait.
"How much longer can my father live?" Gu Yu asked Xu Xiqiang, because he did not have a primordial spirit and could not know some things precisely.
“If you keep using source energy, it can last for a month. But if you don’t have source energy, I’m afraid two days is the limit,” Xu Xiqiang replied after thinking for a moment. In this situation, it can be said that there is no way to save it.
"One month," Gu Yu murmured. He would never allow the things that happened in his past life to happen again in this life. In one month, he would never be able to cultivate to the Divine Realm. But if he could find the Fruit of Life, he could prolong his father's life and perhaps hold on until he broke through to the Divine Realm.
Having hope is always better than having no hope. If he can't change the fact that his father is gone, then what is the point of his rebirth?
"Please take care of my father and mother, I'll be right back." He needed to rely on source energy to sustain his father's life, but he didn't have any source stones. He thought of the jadeite rough stones in the central villa area, and set up a source-gathering array and then a guiding array to provide his father with the source energy to survive.
"Where are you going?" Xu Ling'er asked, seeing Gu Yu looking somewhat lost.
“Go back to the Central Villa District,” Gu Yu replied.
"I'll go with you!" Xu Ling'er said after thinking for a moment.
"No need." Gu Yu said and immediately left the house. Time was of the essence, and he couldn't wait any longer. Watching Gu Yu leave, Xu Ling'er immediately followed.
"Ling'er." Watching Gu Yu leave, the people outside didn't say anything, but seeing Xu Ling'er following closely behind, Xu Yuan called out, but Xu Ling'er didn't turn around.
Xu Xiqiang stared blankly at Xu Ling'er, who was leaving with Gu Yu. He had no idea what Gu Yu was going to do. But the fact that Xu Ling'er was going with Gu Yu was something he couldn't understand.
There's no entanglement between the two! They only saved each other once. Could it be that Xu Ling'er fell for Gu Yu on that one occasion? Perhaps that's the possibility!
Actually, Xu Ling'er herself couldn't figure out this question. She didn't understand why she would follow Gu Yu. It was just a strange thought that suddenly came to her.
Gu Yu was very fast, but Xu Ling'er never fell behind; her speed was no slower than Gu Yu's.
Gu Yu soon returned to the Central Villa District, only to find it surrounded by law enforcement officers and city guards.
Gu Yu ignored them and entered the villa area like a ghost, as did Xu Ling'er.
Gu Yu found the place where he had set up the Source Gathering Array. Looking at the jadeite rough stones, he quickly picked them up one by one and put them into his Source Space. At this moment, Xu Ling'er also arrived and helped Gu Yu.
"How did you know that I and your parents were in Xujiabao?" Although Xu Ling'er knew that now was not the time to ask such a question, she couldn't resist her curiosity.
“Because I’ve been there in my dreams,” Gu Yu replied.
"In a dream?" Xu Ling'er was taken aback.
"I dreamt about everything, about you, about my father's terminal illness, but everything seemed a little different. Maybe it really was just a dream." Gu Yu seemed to be talking to Xu Ling'er, but also to himself.
Yes, everything happened in the dream, but everything was different. The North Plain Snow Mountain Source Gate was brought forward, the encounter with Xu Ling'er was different, Xu Ling'er's background was different, and her father's illness was brought forward. Everything was different from her previous life. He suspected that he was not reborn, but everything in his memory seemed to be real. Otherwise, how could he explain the cultivation technique? How could he explain the system?
"Is it really possible to have such a magical dream?" Xu Ling'er was somewhat doubtful. Perhaps she had doubted Gu Yu's dream before, but now she was starting to believe it. Some things are not coincidences. It was a coincidence that Gu Yu knew her name, it was a coincidence that he knew her favorite food, but was it also a coincidence that he knew where her home was? Are there really that many coincidences? She didn't believe there could be.
"I don't know, I'm not sure myself, it's all too real and too fake," Gu Yu said.
The next second, Gu Yu's expression suddenly changed. He moved and appeared in front of Xu Ling'er. A layer of gas was released from his body, and a large-caliber bullet whizzed past the spot where he had just left.
With a Tang sword appearing in his hand, Gu Yu swung it and cleaved a large-caliber bullet that was being fired at him.
Gu Yu's hand holding the sword went numb instantly, and the Tang sword slipped from his grasp.
"There's a sniper rifle, run!" Gu Yu shouted to Xu Ling'er, and the two of them rushed into the villa in an instant. The best way to deal with a sniper is to make yourself invisible to them.
"Xiaoju, you actually missed." A burly man appeared next to the sniper Xiaoju in the distance, with a rocket launcher slung over his shoulder.
"The opponent is not weak. I didn't expect both of my shots to miss." Xiao Ju said with some surprise. He had once killed a fifth-grade grandmaster with a sniper rifle.
"Don't worry, Xiao Zha has already planted bombs all over the villa," the burly man said.
Gu Yu, who had just rushed into the villa with Xu Ling'er to avoid snipers, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He pulled Xu Ling'er into his arms, turned around, and activated the triple amplification. Gas filled the air, and a protective shield enveloped the two of them.
Rumble...
An explosion rang out, and the entire villa collapsed with a roar, causing the ground to tremble.
Upon hearing the loud noise, law enforcement officers and city guards outside the Central Villa District immediately grabbed their guns and rushed inside.
At this moment, Gu Yu coughed up blood. His gas shield was instantly shattered during the explosion. He pressed Xu Ling'er to the ground, protecting her tightly inside, while his body was covered with huge rocks.
Cough cough cough…
Gu Yu coughed, and blood spurted out with each cough, dripping onto Xu Ling'er's head.
Xu Ling'er looked up at Gu Yu's face, and a strange feeling suddenly stirred in her heart.
Gu Yu braced himself against the ground with his arms, his body circulating with the energy of the source. The stone on his back was instantly blasted away. He stood up, and with a flick of his wrist, the Tang sword was drawn into his hand.
"Run if you get the chance, don't worry about me." Gu Yu said to Xu Ling'er. He could have run away with Xu Ling'er, but he hadn't finished collecting all the jadeite ore, and it wasn't enough to set up the Gathering Source Array and the Guiding Array, so he had to finish collecting all the jadeite ore.
His figure instantly appeared at the location of the Gathering Source Array. Just as he reached out to collect the jadeite ore, a large-caliber bullet was fired at him.
With a single slash, Gu Yu sliced a large-caliber bullet in two and instantly picked up a piece of jadeite.
Bang bang bang...
Xiaoju suddenly pulled the trigger repeatedly, and several large-caliber bullets were fired at Gu Yu.
"Mountain Opening Stance." Gu Yu did not hesitate. He circulated his Origin Qi and unleashed a blade of light, instantly annihilating the large-caliber bullets that were being fired.
“This person is definitely not a beginner Grandmaster, but a Transcending Limit expert,” Xiaoju suddenly said.
"A Breakthrough Realm expert?" The burly man was stunned when he heard Xiaoju's words. "Lord Zhao Kang said he was only a second-grade Grandmaster, how could he have broken through the Limit?"
"The intelligence might be wrong. A Grandmaster like him would definitely not have survived the explosion just now, and even if he did, he wouldn't have such great power," Xiaoju said.
At this moment, another figure appeared. "Don't be afraid. Didn't Lord Zhao Kang say that this person can unleash the power of breaking through the limit? He must have used it. It won't last long. Besides, we have made ample preparations."
Law enforcement officers and city guards rushed in at this moment. They were shocked to see the villa reduced to ruins. They then looked at Xiaoju and the other two, as well as Gu Yu, and were momentarily confused. However, in their eyes, the guns and rocket launchers were more dangerous, so they immediately pointed their guns at Xiaoju and the other two.
"Put down your weapons and surrender immediately, or we will open fire."
"This is really troublesome." The burly man said impatiently as he watched the law enforcement officers and city guards pointing their guns at them.
Just as he picked up the rocket launcher to fire, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the city guards.
"I am the newly appointed commander of the city's defense forces, Mo Hai. This is my identification. These three are my friends whom I have invited," Mo Hai said to the city's defense forces, dressed in military uniform.
The city guards and law enforcement officers looked at Mo Hai's identification and immediately saluted, "Commander."
"This man is guilty of heinous crimes, having killed He Yaowei's entire family. On my orders, take him down," Mo Hai commanded. Immediately, everyone's guns were pointed at Gu Yu. Gu Yu had already collected all the jadeite rough stones, but just as he was about to leave, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at him.
He dared not take the rocket head-on; even if it were a high-powered weapon, it wouldn't be able to stop it. He moved swiftly and dodged the rocket.
Rumble...
Just as Gu Yu was about to escape, he suddenly found himself surrounded by people, who were also carrying cannons.
"Gu Yu, I'm afraid we can't escape." At this moment, Xu Ling'er appeared behind Gu Yu, looking at the cannons around them with a very serious expression.
"You didn't leave?" Gu Yu was startled when he saw Xu Ling'er.
"Put down your weapons and surrender," Mo Hai said to Gu Yu.
"Where is Mo Tai?" Gu Yu asked Mo Hai. The city guards were under Mo Tai's command, but now they were surrounding him. Gu Yu couldn't understand it. He didn't know that Mo Tai and the others had been dismissed.
“Heh…” Mo Hai chuckled coldly, “As expected, Mo Tai colluded with you, a heinous person. He has been suspended from his post and is under investigation. Now I am the commander of the city guard.”
"What?" Gu Yu frowned. Mo Tai had been suspended from his duties and was under investigation? Because he had colluded with him?
“Not just Motai, but also Li Demin and Luo Nanshan,” Mo Hai added. “Aren’t you going to surrender?”
“Gu Yu, this is targeted,” Xu Ling’er said from the side.
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for being impolite." Facing the cannons on all sides, Gu Yu brandished his long sword.
"Hehe... Even if you are strong, you can't withstand the cannon." Mo Hai waved his hand, and the cannon was immediately ready.
Looking at the dark cannon barrels, a layer of gas emanated from Gu Yu's body. Xu Ling'er was the same; she was also a Grandmaster, and a tenth-grade Grandmaster with one hundred and eight blood apertures.
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